New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-02
NETWORK CITY.
Persian tinted ribbons are again popular.


| and hosiery
| Anumber of new benches have been placed IN
| MadisOu-,quare.
| Derby felt hats are again fashionable for misses
| ami young ladies.
| Now rs the time that telegraph wires ana churcn
steeples are lined with Kites
| Scyenth-ave. Is being repaired between EieVen'h
| aud Fourteentn-sts.
| Large yellow California pears are the most tempt
| ing fiuIt displayed on the street slahds'
Little girls dresses of white cashmere or Han
| mel, and are worn with crimson s1Shcs
Tentl-av. alb we Observation-Disclosures
| is in a bad condition., OWNS to the recent rams
| A large shad has just been caught IN the hudson
! River opposite Observation-Disclosures nIUh-st'
Street car travel In Elm-st, was seriously inter
| fered with yesterday by the laying OF gas MANS
The building of the Board of Education has been
| cleaned and repaired during the summer vacation.
| ORIENTAL cashmere Is the new k-and-WOol goods
with design, IKE the coloIs and figures seen III CASH
| mere snlwls.
Hich-heecd shoes are usod ouly for house wear,
whiic the broac, fiat English boot Is lhtehued ior
| the street.
Notwithstanding the cool weather, the free ice
water fountain at the Five Points continues TO De
| well patroniz ID.
French newspapers are more prominent than any
Others on roe news stands ~ the french quarter
| around B.eecker-st West o. Broadway.
Eleventh-st between Thru and FouIt'I-aveS., Is
| bockaded on both sides with large pdvmg-stoneS
| waiting to BE- placed IN the street.
Workmcn were tearing ~ the old cob6c-s' one
pavement III the Fourth-aye. tunnel yesterd4y pre-
paratory to repav.nG the tunnel with Belgian
| blocks.
Captain William II. Benjamin, Past Master OF
Continental Lodge, No. 2S7, r. and y. NJ, was pre-
| senlcI with a handsome gold watch last evening
" for his long aud valuable services 10 lhe rouge rs
KNOCKED DowN BY A TRUCK.
| A laborer nam ii JJnn Deyoe was attempting TO
eros, Jerome-avr at One-hundIed siXt y-ihrd-
ST. Wednesday evening, when he was knocked down
| bV "a team driven by John DcmaTeSt, OF NO. 90
| Broomc-st. His lag was broken, and 6e was Ie-
| moved 10 the NInety-nlnth Street Hospital
PRfTENpING To BIZ WHAT HE WAS NOT;
| George +. Jones. who represented hlnlsef as a
| clerk from the Commissioner of Jurors office, At
| tempted obtain 90 cents from III Oh McFarlan.
OF No. 425 East seyepteenth-st on tuesday lie IS
| al examination on the charge OF false pretences.
| AN GNCoRRGIBLE RUNAWAY.
| Mrs Mary thompson. of No. 647 Water-St., COM
planned yesterday, at Police HeadqnaTcrS. that ner
| son Andrew "A boy of sixteen wears. had been MSS
| ing from home since the middle of last month Inc
! lad according to his mothers statement, 10 an m
| corrIgible runaway. lie began when very Young,
and has sine. started out to make his own living
TRNFOLD INCREASE
! The Government recently made application In the
| United States Circuit Court N tle SUIT brought
against Harrison Johnston, Government cotton
agent of Nls-Iss phi. to increase The amount OF ITS
claim fronts SO 900 to 81 SCI 900. Ii is claimed that
Johnston appropriated he proceeds OF tne sales OF
cotton 80 lis own use Yesterday Judge BIatchI0Td
|
| The FIRE COMMISSIONER MEETING.
At the regular meeting of the Fire Comm ssiOners
yesterday the resgnations of ExaminerS Jacobus,
| McMurray and IrelOr, OF the buildings Bureau all
| Republicans, which they rendered on Tuesday.
giving a. a for so doing that they were over
| worked were accepted Inc vacancies have rot
been filed The Bureau for the Inspection OF Build
ings viii 6e moved to Its rooms in the Fire De-
| partmcnt Headquarters on October l.
| 4 DRAwING-RooM ENTERTAINMENT
| The first OF "A series OF drawIng-rOom entertain
mcnIs, under the direction of PIOiessor Paul
PREMIER was gwen last evening at 'he Masonic
Temple. The peliormance consisted of musical
! selections by X. o. Phelps, number Of magical
| frlcks by Professor PRIMER, and Frank Boards
| "Chalk- ialk" IN which ne illustrated upon the
| black board the art OF making come cartoons. A
large audience manifested It's appreciation by fire.
quent applause.
The iron pillars of the elevated railway serve only
| rs bboaTds for advertising placards
new flying machine ID 20 be tested to-day from
the top OF the CIty Hall to the roof Of the buildings
| near Dv. The inventor Is To make the test.
The funeral of George c. Harvard, who was killed
! Oh Sunday mornna /! AfaGuc-ave.. near Bond-st.,
took place yesterday Gi;crno on from his home, No.
| 40 Dean-st.
| The force of police surgeons who look after the
sanitary condition Of the aionhouses and care tor
policemen who sick BIAS been reduced from five
! to TWO by the removal OF Drs Burdck, Rooney and
| Hopkins.
The stoneworll Of the bridge terminus at Wash
ington and SanGs-sts. Is now almost completed, only
the parapot rcmalnlnGt TO he put In place. Inc BRICK
arches thai support Inc rOadMuy are also rapidly
nearing COmpetlOn
Bridge Keeper Callahan. who has had charge of
| the bridge over Newtown Creek, between BrOOkiyn
and loug Island CIty. has been suspended by the
iont Bridge Committee OF tno Supervisors of Kings
and Queens Counties.
The Brooklyn police were instructed yesterday to
look for Emerson d. Pray, OF No. 1j5 Madlson-st.
who lett home on Monday morning. Charles NJ.
| EdFertOn. age twenty-scyen, Of No. LIZA Futon
ST. has been missed from his home Monday
morning.
| , .l.ro1 low tpdrovv Stn.o1 o,,o so..rtoo,
was arrested Wednesday evening ny Detective
| Cnrrau, OF The First Precinct, upon the accusation
Of stealing property worm 500 rom the ran shop
| II WIlilam Huntington. OF No. GIL Paciilc-st., on
August 20.
| tramp who refused Il cup of coffee which he
| demanded OF Mrs. Doretnea SicGier. of No. l3
| PreSiicut-st.. on Tuesday afternoon, vIcOu-iy
struck her on the arm Win cudgel ho CARROT.
He was arrest aud gave the name OF Joseph Neil
soil, age sixty. with no nome.
An Armenian GIRL fifteen years Old, recently ar
rived from Turkey, strayed RON her fathers house
| IN Brook yn on luesday morning She cannot speak
| 4 word OF English, and knows no language except
| Armenian she can speak a few WORKS oi IuI ki,h.
lhongh only h!tecr, sG" seems eighteen or twenty.
She II > feet OF inches IN height. of dark com
plexioi aud has short curly HAIR and jet black eyes
Sic wore a ght woolien skirt. colored cotton
waist, and slippers. Her lame is Tokeek Shamir-
'A"' JERSEY CITY.
Tho coroners jury III the case OF Archibald Nc
kenna the boy VINO was killed by truck alter tall
| ing or being pushed from street-car, rendered
| verdict Tuesday nlpht, ceu~urlng the jersey Guy
and bergen Railroad Company for it, criminal ca re-
!cssnrss sending three cars to piculc win ouly
! one conductor.
The medical staff Of the Charity Hospital of Jer-
scI City which is 10 he closed Tor the If funds
| n4- .rit a uro.oat 10 the Board OF Pohce COMMAS
| so;. . / he paper was signed BY Drs T. k. Varick,
T. A. Watson, j. II. VonJy, j. ". Hunt, 4. +. Nor
| r., aLd :. ii. Forman. IL b!dmos the Board OF
finance and Taxation for not giving tho hospital an
appropriation sufficient 10 pay It's expenses Tor the
year ,-,,r,np
| James b. Dorian, age twentv-one, a native of
| VnIion England was drowned in the PAssaic