New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-27
NETWORK CITY.

| in dainty floral designs.
J. & C. Johnston making great reductions IN IN
their numerous dress goods departments Ill spo VI
| the rise in silk and wool.
The Rev. DIR. Stephen II. Tying, IT, rode out on
| Tuesday and Wednesday, but yesterday was not 80
| well on the previous day.
Two additional cases of smallpox were reported
| Yesterday. One patient was found III Sprng-st'
and the other in Thrd-aye.. near Sixty-ftth-st'
The principal sugar, tea, coffee and tobacco mer-
| chants down town have resolved 10 Keep tnelI
| business places closed from tho Sd to the 7th OF
| July.
The flags at Castle Garden were displayed at half
| mast Yesterday, out of respect TO the late cyrus
| Curtiss, who died on Wednesday. Mr. Curtiss was
| for q long time Commissioner OF Emigration
The steamer Thomas Cornell will leave New
York OH Saturday afternoons at D. M IN order 10
| accommodate the Summer travel making the nslal
| landings at Newburg POughkeepsie and ROndOut'
Park Commissioner Wenman superintendent the
| construction of a band-stand IN the Battery Park
| YESTERDAY, and Crooks Amateur Band Association,
George Wioeand. conductor, will begin its second
season of open-air concerts there this evening.
| Handsome econces at the Merden Company's arc
| in the black glass with relief OF white female
| figures. The candesticks on each side are orna-
! mented with the pictures OF cards. Ihese sCOhceS
are so arranged that they may be hung or used as
! mantel or table ornament.
| Collector Merritt left New-York yesterday for
potsdam on his Summer vacation. lie viii be away
two weeks, the most of the time among the Adiroh-
dacks. General Merritt has suffered recently from
! an old complaint, and his physician mas rccohi-
mended rest aud change OF ar
Field daisies are the fayorte flowers of the
moment. Great lunches of them are worn at The
belt of nearly every fashOnably dressed woman on
Broadway This passion for the humble little
flower was inauguIated by Ada Cayendlsh, VINO
wears them in her representations of Miss GtciH
The work of the City Mission for June is repre-
sented in part. in the figures following Forty city
missionaries, BAG visits, 1873 meetings, 26,IZS
tracts, 157 pledges. 800 families aided. Ihe
receipts for the month were %Z'zo2 % tme en
naming S7,714 SO.
Nelson b. Bartram, liqndating clerk in tho
Collectors department, has been named by Cohec-
tor Merritt for the vacant position OF Weigher at
the Custom House. In the competitive examination
of applicants for tine office about two months AGO.
Mr. Bartram attained the highest rank. salary OF
50. 500 is attached to the office.
John Hone convicted Of completely in the Man
haitian Bank robbery was brought yesterday to the
Court of General Sessions to receive his sentence.
His case. however, was further rcmanded until to-
day The Grand Jury had the papers before them
Yesterday in reference TO John Kelly, arrested on
charge of being concerned in the same robbery.
The Floor Committee of the Produce Exchange
has ordered a meeting for Tuesday TO consider the
application of Oliver Stahnccker to be restored TO
the privileges of the Exchange; and all members
having objections TO his reinstatement have been
invited to state them. Mr.. Stahinecker was sus-
pended on November l. 1878, fer charges uubcconI-
ing member of the Exchange.
The managers of the New-Yorl Central and Hud-
son River Railroad elevators at SINticth-St, North
River have sent notice TO the Produce Exchange
that on and after July the charges for trimming
all vessels whether udtta IN Dlllk or DdB7,
will be 81 per 900 bushels. This is n reduction of
20 per cent from present charges, and is done to
meet the reduction of expenses III canal frelghts.
4 resolution was adopted by the Board OF Man
ayers of the Produce Exchange Yesterday, request
ing the members to send to the Board before We'd
nesday next the names Of such persons as they
would desire to have serve as committee on tue
new Exchange Building. The Board Will select
twenty-five names from the lists sent III and ask the
members TO elect eight of these as the final commit
tee.
One member Of the New-York Coaching Club fully
demonstrated his ability to handle " the ribbons
by driving down crowded Broadway yesterday
afternoon with a gay party of ladies' and gentlemen
on the coach. Truck and omnibus drivers gave the
fOuT-iu-haUd wide berth as possible. The
spirited horses We're handled with great skill, and
despite the crowd OF vehicles moved tester than the
onnibuses. the party was bound for Prospect Park
and C0ney Island.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society, as will be
perceived by an advertisement on another page,
have made an important change in the form Of their
contract with policy-hOldcrs A contract has been
adopted containing the liberal concessions of max
ing policies luCOnteStlhlc after three years from
their date, providing definite surrender value IN
paid-up Insurance in case the policies are forfeited
after three years from their date, and putting
definite surrender value in each i0ntiEc policy.
Recent complications In regard To transactions in
wheat at the Produce Exchange will cause the
Grain Committee to submit TO the trade at meet
ing to be held to-day, tho following question:
where graded grain Is sold sellers option
and tender il before the expiration of such
OPTION but the grain rendered proves not to be Of
the grade required is the seller compelled 10 tender
at other wheat of the proper grade or does the
contract revert to its original position though no
tender had been made"
No better sign OF Improvement in the times is
needed than that afforded by the rise IN desirable
Ncw-loTk City real estate. The recent sale of the
DOUGLASS property in Fifth and MadSOn-aycS.,
Seveutyeighth and Seventy-nmth-sts., opposite the
Central Park is the latest illustration. This prop
ertv consisting of thirty -four lots, offered two
year. ago at auction ior less than P4OOOOO II has
Just been so!d LOT s2inethlhg ies' tai 9OgOOOO by
MessH Dun, Barlow 4 Co, of the Mercantile
Agcncv, who owned IL, and who, il Is said, make q
clear profit of nearly 100000 by the operation.
Jesse W. Lllienthal, son of the Rev. DR.. Lilien-
thai and member of the class of 70 of the Law De-
partmeut in Harvard College, las jGst had the hon
Orary degree unexpectedly conferred upon hun. 4 |
few months before the close of the term Mr. Lllien
thai compelled, owing 10 It too close contine-
ment t. his studies 20 proceed to the West Indies
and Europe, and he supposed he had lost his
diploma. But owing to his high standing in his
class prior his absence. the faculty paid him the
compliment of awarding HIM the diploma without
special examination.
The examination of the counter-charges of assault
and battery preferred by Officer fully against
Roundsnan Orr, of the Fifth Precinct, vas held be-
fore Justice Flammer at the 1ombs Police Court
yesterday. The offence occurred ut Beach and Hud-
sou-sts on the morning of June s. ROundsman Orr
and Officer Tuly repeated their stories told at a
previous hearing Other witnesses were examined, |
who testified to the clubbing Of Roundsman Orr by
Officer Tully In the summing mp IL was contended
by counsel that Iuliy was perfectly justified In
sauting Orr. Justice Flammer reserved his de-
cIsiUn.
Notice was given at the County Clerks Office yes
terday OF the law signed by the Governor on June
20 in regard 10 the future requirements of the law
concerning dentists practising in this State. This
statute provides that shall hereafter begin |
the practice of dentistry unless he has received
diploma certihcaton OF qualification from tho
State Dental Society from the faculty of reput
able dental or medical college under a penalty of
from $50 10 5000 for each offence. Every person
now pTactsingis required within sixty DAYS fromths
date of the passage Of the law 30 register in the
County Clerks Office his name. Office and post Office
address. lie will then receive n certificate of regis
traton on payment Of a fee of 30 cents.
BROOKLYN.