New-York tribune., 1879-02-28
NEW-YORK CITY.

! Nineteen building permits were issued III
! this city last weeS.
| Slippers of satin, embroidered with seed
| pearls, arc worn by brides.
Outside jackets for suits are still made cut
away with velvet or silk vests.
TWillcd satin foUlards are among the new
suit materials at A. r. stewart's.
Very little iewelry is worn on the street
now by fasEionably dressed ladies.
Handsome evening silks may be bought at
James McCreery's for 81 cents a yard
New evening dresses at Lord " 1aylors
are made with Marie Antoinette pinlers.
Irwin Paul, age f0rty-One, of No. Al Stone
ST. died No j5 Pearlst yesterday OF heart disease
One of the Spring novelties in dress ma
terials az Arnold, Constable & Cos Be2e do santo
The artists in the Tenth-st studio are
busiy Mt work preparing the Spring exhibition at
the Academy OF Design, which opens April l.
The Arcadian Union, a benevolent associa-
ton will give an entertainment and bali at Terrace
Garden for the benefit OF Of its members this even
A lecture, "A Visit to the French Exhibi-
ton was delivered lasG evening by John Patou At the
Workngmen5 Public Reading Groom, No. l35 Green
wici.-st.
The Jury before Judge Gilderslceve yoster-
day acquitted Michele Marmora. accused OF killing
Michael McDermott at no. Is Eooseyeltst' Oh NoVem-
her o. 1873
The work of the City Mission for February,
IS reported III the following statistics Forty mission
aries 427I visits, lol meetings. 294 pledges 100000
tracts receipts, $5,lG5 "a; expenditures, slOGl 49,
debt yl,475 So.
The seventy Commencement OF the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia Col
lcge will he held IN steinway Hall this evening The
address To the graduating ass VIII be made Dy fLo
iessOT Roswell ID. Hitchcock.
Owing to the severity of the weather, the
Chatham street branch OF the NewYork Elevated Rail
way will not be completed by March l, according to
contract thought that trains VIII run over 1t by
the lat,er part "f next week.
The six lodges of the Knights of Pythias
in this cry gayo ball at Irving Itall last night 10
of the sixteenth anniversary Of tho founding oi
the order There WAS large attendance despite the
fact tIat it the second night N Lent.
Vice Chancellor Van Fleet. of Newark, has
heard argument in favor Of stay Of proceeding in the
case OF A. T. Stewart & CO. against the Franklin
Woolien Mills Company. COrandt Parker appeared for
fte company and Thomas y. McCaItcr FOR Judge
Hilton. Decision was reserved
The suit of Annie L. Ham against II. j.
Sheffield and Jerome y. Fellows for libel and sondcr
was closed yesterday before Judge Lawrence in supreme
Court Chambers, Nh Van Allen summing MP Inc de-
PENDANTS and John d. Townsend Ter the plaintiff The
jury wiu bring II sealed verdict thiS informing.
The Department OF Street Cleaning has pre-
parcd comparative statement ot tie work and expense
cf the department daring The last five years showing
that u. present nearly twice as many miles Of streets
swept and that much l1rger quay OI S"Ena.e j. re- re-
moved than 1873; and all at AZ average cost or %
per cent u load less.
Thomas II. O'Neil, Custom House en-
p!9y6 who acted deputy marshal On registration and
election days arrested yesterday on the charge ot
| malng false certltcatOn as to tho work performed
Commissioner Osborn held him I'm $500 bail. This Is
another phase BIissBicn contest; the arrest in
this being made, 1t Is sad at the instance Ot Bg
ms friends.
President Edison Of tho Produce Exchange,
has appointed the following members as delegates 70
the sixth annual meeting Of the National Butter Cheese
AID Egg Association 10 be held IN Chicago March 8, q
aud :: j. +. Joyce A. II. Turner, Henry Hun, w.
Carr G. B. Fclrs, d. J.. Mantou, = ". Hoyt. A. Mae
kcnzo. T. b. Post, N. Folsom p. l. Van Eiper. J. d.
Hunter. j. G.. ShbIi, r. r. stone AID thomas BanlDcI
The new champion rules for billiards were
partly tested and freely discussed az SOsson's billiard
pa,or at No. 10 West Twenty. third-st.. last
evening" The room was filled with In
torcsted IN watching the erect OF the IN
uovatious. The general opinion that the
rules we're too complicated FOR general adoption, aud
torabr because tnoy burdcuel billiards. with too great
ana placed the game 100 much u the hands Of
the rt'ettc.
The inquest before Coroner Flanagan on
Jacob Slngnt who was Killed at Nc. GO Gold-st on
February 10. 1879, resulted IN a verdict mat sei2ht
c,mc to hts death from blow with mallct inflicted by
Martin Gross. The evidence including that of Scght's
own SON. went far to show that rha deceased man
Gross. Tie Grand jury, h0TtNcr nave ignored Tie
complaint against HIM.
BROOKLYN.
Marriages in Brooklyn last week, 80; births,
I7t; deaths, 2O9.
Fire Marshal Thorn has just reported to the
Police Board that there twcuU-Liuc nrcs during
January, the total loss being flildo The insurance
was three that amount Two deaths were caused
10y burning accidents
The Emielant Savings Bank, at Court and
LyngstoI-sts., having closed mp lis affairs and paid rs
druostcrs clos it, doors finally yesterday. II wRe
orr l,d fifteen years ago. but on account OF the small
auuult oi DushcsL VAS decided ia juno last to dis
contuuU Il.
G.. T.. Quimby, who was arrested recently by
detective on the charge that he had stolen articles ot
iewclry ctc which he had different times presented
10 Mrs Christina Lowe of No. % Oakland ave 10 whom
he formerly engaged Vas honotaDly dischalIed
yesterday by Justice Elliott.
The Rev. Father McCabe assistant priest of
s. Jlmes's Roman Catholic Cathedral In Jl'-st. has
been appointed succeed Father Matthias Farley o The
Church Of St. Vincent de Paul, North siNth-,t.
Father Farley having been oppo onted prcs' Of 81
Raphac's Church. lH Bssyllle. The Rev. James Mitch
ell ;7i succeed Father McCahc
The canal boat Damon, of Whitehall, car
rcd away part Of the Thrd-st bridge the Gova-
nus Canal while being towci under yesterday morn
ing city ordinance requires the bridge 10 be opened
when necessary between o. NJ and , y. NJ, but the
captain thought he could pass under safely before
O'cock, as tie tdc was low. LcSu proceedings VIII
b. taken against him.
Edwin d. Miller, formerly a wealthy mcr-
chant doing business In No"-Ycrl and residing
al Pou. .hkccpsc, vas found dead IN his bed
Yesterday morning at ST. Johns Hospital. which
he entered recently when suffering from chrouIc
sciatca His death was caused oy paralysis OF the
heart few Years ago he met with rcycrscs in bus
intss and sIHco then he has held position III the Gus
tom House. He leaves daughter, who is married and
/ i've. IN GAlcsav".