New-York tribune., 1879-04-25
NEw-YORK CITY.

Tabernacle on Monday evening next.
MIA. p. Burbank will recite Kip Van Wrinkle"
in Chckcrng Hall to-nght-ths being his last ap-
pearance prior tO his departure to England.
A small counterfeit has been discovered on a.
uptown bank. The counterfcitcr should be We IL
executed, az he il well calculated to deceive.
When Mr. Talmagr complains that the prose' ut;
ing counsel is running hIm. and also " nagg'lg"
HIM. he seems to be giving us u good deal OF horse
talk.
Mr. Flouret. tho Secretary Of the Executive
Committee Of the Swiss fair lately held tnlS
city. reports that the net proceeds amor nlted 10
81 ,6's 10.
Shakespeare birthday was cclehra'"h by, the
attempted murder oi Edwin Booth: Yet 't has bech
a good many years since Mr.. Booth murdered
Shakespeare.
In 'hc ease Of the infant son of Mrs erickson. OF
No. DOB Chorry-st., cnroncTs jury = Stcriay rem
dcrrd "A ycrlic. of death from cOnyu oOn5, due to
neglect. The mother was held Iesi"hsiDlc Ior tue
same.
4 pcti,ion 10 the Mayor is in ri cuaion down
town aud has already received q nImh"r Of sigma
lures of insurance men and other asking for the
appointment OF General Shacr - llrc COnnls-
soncr.
The crying need Of n Schu'zcnfcst is cmpha-
sized hy The disgraccfu awkwPrdnrss Of these az
sassln- VINO shoot at the oni"c of their animos'ty
at the distance OF a few feet aud generally miss
them altogether.
The furniturc-woTkers, pi?1o-makcrs, yarnishers,
pulishers aud others cmp'pycd In the furniture
manufacturing industry, q 6 ehIeayoFIng 10 secure
eight hours u day, ldl o., with the same wages
paid Tor ten hours a,Iy wOTk.
Some Communists IN as city are taking meas
ure. tn honor the hlrno and the deed Of kashka
Praskowza, the handso' ie Young woman who as
sas,lnatcd Russian Iobloman IN Moscow about
the lst uf thIs mont for political Icas0ns, ana
who Will undonbtedl, bc executed
The family Of Mrs Emily IIarwood, living i'll the
rear Eou>c at No. 22s West Elslternlh-sf Is ~
great distress. TIE husband is seventy years of
age and uyalii. Ihoy have two children, and
al arc suffering IN hunger, and expecting 10 be
elected lmmcdia'cly for failure Ia pay tho rent.
The family IL deserving of a,siSiancr
A .PhllantbroPIc Convention will be held Mt
Science Hail. W. III LIghth-st. MAY p and -. at
10 q. n., for tie purpose Of Organizing mutual
employment ,Dulpany and dcyirIng aaopting and
executing a ractIra plan by which worthy work.
ing people may bc furnished with constant employ
ment and b, enabled to produce tor themselves
the article tney need To be comfortable happy and
prosperous.
Thr IIoI. Edward Comhes. of New South Wales.
late Exc Itiyc Comnl, 'ioncr at the PARIS EXp0'.
ton au'. DIR. Roberi Giimshaw, of PhliadephIa of
the jur' at the Exposition. arrived from England
by the Algeria and are ~ the windsor Hotel. Mr.
Coml' visits this country on 4 mission from his
Cove iIncnt IN relation to public schools: having
just Completed tour of the European States IN re-
latinu Ia the same matter.
John Herbert of No. 10 Greenc-st, William Bell
Of No. Is West ThIrty-tifthst., and Edward tilynn
% No. lO2 WOoste.st., were aIraIgued IN Jefferson
Market PIlice Court yesterday morning, chaIgrd
with entering the store of 7. ~ H. Michel. at No.
Js7 Broadway April and -. and Carrying away
O.tnch feathers aud TWENTY-FIVE pieces ot SIX, III
all valued AT about 5000 1hcy werc each held
for tral in default of ~ 900 bail
The bdudholders OF the Mont somerv and Eufaua
Railroad Company, al am"etng in this city, have
decided to sell the road to the Louisville" and Nash
ye Railroad Company on the basis oi ; 100000.
the Louisville and NashSIll llaroad Company, Sc
cured by a mort gage on the Euiaua Branch. The
property has been IN the hands OF aIcce'yer for
several years. and Will be sold under foreclosure
proceedings.
The funeral service, over the remains Of Ori-on
Blunt were held at hIs residence, Nc. - East tIfty;
burial service was read - th Ery. Henry Gesn,r,
of Sing Sing. large number friends and rrla-
aitrnGed, but AL the aIran$'nrntS w"rn quiet
and simple. MANY beautiful floral tr.but"s had
been received and were conveyed with the remains
to Gr, enwood Cemetery. Mr Blunt leaves II wife
AMI four children.
Revenue Aycut Blocker arrested kcr"s Wessock
yesterday ~ he was coming ont "f No. 20 Orchard,
II. He had IN "A vail-c 300 cigars packed
III boxes which did NJ bear the necessary stamp.
He was held bv United States Commissioner
Shields IA $500 bail. subs, qurntly the revenue
agent secured search warrant for the nrisolcr's
rooms and iounI i, 100 looso cirars. about ft,y
empty boxes a lot of washed stamps and cigar
makers Label and rr -.
new species of elephant in now on its way 10
tins country. The specimen Is nearly five feet III
hcighth and It's entire body IA covered with blark
hair uearlya fcot IN length. II rs native ~
Africa coming from the northern district Il
kawcLdI. The specie is extremely iaro and fl'
extinct. This one Which ~ expected Ia arrive rN'.
day, was sent by The King If IT," Manga Hs-rg
Prince Thebay of Bnrmah. 1hcbay IN tiri. .,
presented the hairy elephant {" l.. 1. Bsr'nu."
The amateur twenty tv, mile walk - -, o.c's
Garden Wednesday night was woi. hg !. y. .,frul.
of Boston, III 4lI. LIN 9s, acc"rd:nl o" y
trc scoring and tmlng upon w"'./~ T'!ncc
the second p.ize and Ihoula. ~ Br,k,"y of
brooklyn. the thirl. On" man dr", ,p thc track
from exhaustion, another retire when he ONLY
lacked seven laps of winning thc M rue. and a
collection was taken UP for ' i-'uccc,-iul anna
tcur
At the competitive evan. ,tlon under Civil
ff bc
Service, twcnty-riplu card 49,, prc.cn,cd Them
selves "Wednesday. Grr,ra' /. Graham, Sarvsy"r
S Stsui a t'' T. 1 ,@.i' T@ shn f0T T. %s%s G"
stock ofthe NaSa Onic, a. of tbe alternate. Fonr
Of & the Gand,a, ,ra ~ r'y from The contest.
E5ssiaen, , ., TIE y 81 al i.kof C@naefse; Eoyai
Barney. Dormap Eaton and Alexander Knox.
Frank'n Ed. :. chairman Of the special -four
commit &c Of - Prr!ncc Exchange. received a dis
patch 'r1nU, b.. hard. of the Ncw-iork, Lake
Ere a.d w ..rn .iIrlroA1. yesterday. in relation
I" IT, a'cl- hOf road, .ogr;h'1 w!tt the New
ioIk Cry iann irnh.ylyana Railroad. ms to the
sl"rag" = hour the docks. They declined 10 re
,c,c fry the POSITION limiting tue time for dock
dcliy,g TO 'Ilf d2ys, hut eXtrtdcd the tine tor
h.idt h"n "hghtrraac free" fort Ten days instead
81 ''., NATL June !, after when tiE,c ,he
f'uI -ys d" will apply
.nci- ,-Ir"Vc WAS arrmCn"d IN ~" Court Of
& .eral >r- ions yesterday for tnll on chtrgr Of
inr q .,c,c-sofy with Ms. Bertha liciGr. an he
Il.lg"l Cora SAmml~. of hortLpost. l.. /. JDLn
4. iASrnpor. appeared for the prisoner ani nu,ci
fnI = post poucIncnt until No iday r.Nt, ne wa, |
nnablc 10 attend ing 10 profeS iional engage
Inrnt-. Nj. Bell. who appears for the people, OBJ
-ctrd to farther delay, the witnesses all |
present and ihc ready for immediate trial. |
Judge Cowlng after listening To long arguments on
both sides. finally allowed in adjournment until |
MONDAY. but refused to permit the prisoner To re-
main a large on bail. COsgrgyc N.Is consequently
remand,d 10 the iomb~.
The following additional contributions for the
s-nsIdr sunitirmm tor destitute sick rhilGTcn |
have been received: j. a. IIavmcycr, 80; Ann |