New-York tribune., 1880-02-21
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK CITY.
The public schools will be closed on Monday in
honor OF Washingtons Birthday.
The annual celebration of Washington's Birthday
by the students of Cooper Union will take place
this evening in the great hall.
The westerly gales which have prevailed for some
days have delayed the ocean steamers, but 1t Is
probable that some of them will arrive to-day.
Mayor Prince and several Aldermen of Boston
Yesterday called Mayor Cooper. They are on
the way 10 Washington to confer with the authorl-
ties relative to strcT gthenng the harbor defences OF
that city.
wel-known confidence man. " Ike " Vail, was
arrested yesterday bS officers Of the Steamboat Po-
lice charged with stealing $50 from Levi r.. Ih0mp-
son. a farmer from Minnesota, who was on visit
TO the city.
MANY passengers who cross to Brooklyn on the
Hamilton Ferry have signed petition requesting
the Legislature to pass law obhglng the company
TO build an additional ferry-hOuse on the New-l0rk
side, and also TO increase the number of boats
The guy-rope of derrick in the quarry in Forty
eighth-st, near Tehth-ave, broke Yesterday, ana
the heavy timbers fell on Peter Brady age hfty
wears of No 454 West Fifty-secOnd-st., who was at
work splitting stone. He was Instantly killed.
A man giving mis- address as No. 0Dey-st: has been
swindling boarding-house keepers in various parts
of the city by representing that he published Il
boarding house directory, thus collecting Il doar
from each victim for promised years ADVERTISING
A nublic meeting of the New-YOrI Sabbath Com
mittee will be held tomorrow evening nj Assocla-
ton Hall. Among the speakers VIII he secretary OF
The German taxpayers associations of the
Tenth Eleventh aud Seventeenth wards nave
taken action to join the different cigal-makerS as
sociatiOus in efforts to he made TO insure the pas
sage of the bill by the Legislature prohlbing cigar
making in tenement-hOises.
A match game of ffteen-bal pool for a gold
medal, emblcmatcal of the champonshp of Amer
lea and 1900, took place at No. go East -Four
teenth-st., Thursday night. between Gotthold Z.
Wahstrom. known as " the Swcdc," and Samuel +.
Knight. The match n very closely contested
one, and was won by Knight in SIN hours.
All the emplovts at the Fifty second-st. factory of
Steinway & Sons, and about one fourth Of those at
the Astoria factory, are still on the strike and at
Ffty-second-st. the works are not in operation, as
the strikers have stationed watchers TO prevent the
entrance of new hands. They have rs yet, how
ever. made no demonstrations of force, and none
are anticipated.
Deuis O'Brcn's road house. at Central-ave and
Observation-Disclosures y-nnth-St was DESTROYED by
insured for ) 200. Fire Marshal NcGrath caused
the arrest OF the hOstler. Thomas Kennedy, on sus-
pciou that ne set fire 10 the house. In the Harlem
Police Court Kennedy was held for further inquiry
bY Justice Morgan.
Charles Adams, alias Lanpdon W. Moore. one of
tho most audacious bank burglars IN the country,
was arrested Yesterday on n TcQulsifIOn from the
Governor of Massachusetts,. He is charged with
robbing bank m Boston some months ago.. George
Mason, one Of the thieves. who IS already In the
hands of the Boston police confessed the crime ana
implicated Adams. Adams ls at the Central once
The sub Committee OF the Wallace Senate Com
mittce resumed yesterday Its Investigations on the
legality of the arrests made on election day III 1875.
All the testimony oi the same kind as that
taken on previous occasions. The eighteen wit
uesses testified that they had voted or attempted TO
vote on naturalization papers OF 1865. aud had
been taken before Commissioner. Most OF them
had been DISCHARGED at once, but others had been
kept until they could obtain bail Tor their su0se-
quent appearance.
The death, from paris green. Of Annie Spoehrel.
the wife of q poor candl dle-mnker at No. 81 East
Thrd-st. reported yesterday at the Coroners
office. The woman had been helpless invalid for
four months, suffering from painful disease Her
two children were with her while her husband was
at work and unable herself TO move from her bed,
She had repeatedly eudcayored To the oldest to
give her "A lar containing paris that stood on
ing that II was poison refused. The youngest of
the children alone with her on Thursday, aud
unsuspcctingly did her bidding
BROOKLYN.
Charles johnson, of 1GJ Twenty thrd-st left his
home Oh February aud has not been seen by his
friends since. He Is marble cutter, about thirty
three years OF age.
Assist ance is asked by the managers OF the Sailors
Coffee House, near the Navy Yard. IN Brooklyn.
Several liberal subscriptions have been received,
but more money i needed to carry on tine work
Captain Woglom, of the Fifth Precinct, reported
Yesterday that the investigation of the police did
not confirm he story OF John stark struggle WIN
Z. thief III frcss printing establishment, III South
HTst-st. Thursday morning.
The woman calling herself Jane Anderson, who
told the police strange story about being drugged
aud assaulted last week, was discharged by Justice
Ferry Thursday. Police Captain Lcavey reported
Yesterday that he sent n detective TO follow her
after leaving the court-roOm aud that the nvestl-
CATION showed her TO be drunkard and liar.
Detective Price. Of the Myrtle Avenue Police,
went To No. 2i3 Navy-st Thursday, to arrest
Thomas RAY, ave twelve. on the charge OF stealing
a horse aud wagon. valued at 5000. from stable
i'm Raymond-st. The boys parents refused to allow
their son TO Ice taken from the house and the officer
was compelled tO OBTAIN assistance before lie could
secure hm. Ray was held by Justice Courtney
Yesterday for examination on Monday. He has been
arrested three times before on similar charges.