New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-21
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY
At meeting of shoemakers, held at No. 100
Cbaiham-st, reports were received or an lncrease
of wages in the different shoe factories.
The fifth anniversary Of the New-York Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children will be held
nj Chckering Hall next Monday evening at .
o'clock.
Robert Simpson and c. F. Priest by whose shoot
ing at n rat C.. II. Murtagh accidentally
wounded on Monday are still held as prisoners 10
allow the police to investigate the case lurther'
The scores at the chess tournament YESTERDAY
were as follows: Grundy, number Of games won'
10: Judd q Noble. Sl2 Mackenzie y SelIHlah,
712 Delmar, zig; Ryan. 5; Ware, 3; Congdon, Zi2.
An unknown sailor about thirty-three years old,
wearing striped trousers, a leather belt, coarse
shirt. plush cap and par OF sea boots, was lothd
dead last evening at No. 30 New Church-st. Dy the
police of the Twenty-seventh Precinct
The propertv-owners and tradesmen doing bust
ness af or near Washington Market have addressed
n petitiOn to the Mayor and chairman OF the street
Openings Committee, asking that Colege-place he
widened aud extended to Junction with Green
wich-st.
The schooner Walter L. Pummer. from the
coast of Africa brought tour Of the crew. of the
American brig Julia +. Cearney, which was burned
nj L0anza the latter part of November, and became
a total loss. She belonged TO KiIham. Loud " 90,
OF Boston.
The members of the Gotten Exchange met yester
day TO consider an extensively signed petition LOT
a plan of Organization OF mutual benefit m
surancc association. similar to that of the stock
Exchange. \ committee was appointed TO consider
the subject ami 10 devise n pial
The persons committed for trial for selling I'M
branded olcomargarinc IN violation Of the statute
were yesterday arragned before the Court OF
Special Sessions for trial Augusta Buse pleaded
guilty and was fined $40. Dennis Sullivan ana
Manahan Il Go. asked adlournmcnts
Rcports recently reached the Board Of Health that
many children in Monroe Rutgers and MadiSOn-sts.
were sick with dipthcrla and group An lnvestiga-
ton was made by Inspector Murtha, who yesterday
reporfrd that cases of these diseases had occurred
but not so many as had been reported.
John Roche Frenchman. and Charles May
naldo an Italian. got into dispute on a doorstep
in Aiulberry-st. on the evening Of January !. Tho
Italian stabbed Roche in the back with sharp
ened piece of steel made in the shape of stietto.
lie sent 10 state Prison Tor three years by Judge
GIlderslceve yesterday,
There was a meeting of the Bullion Club at No.
10 West Twcnty-fOurth-st. last evening, aad Pro-
lessor MORGAN Draper, OF Lake City, Colorado lee
turrd ON " The san Juan Mining Country" The
speaker gave glowing description of this tract OF
country, and quoted many statistics to show how
great It's resources are.
The inouest i'm the case Of William I4ennahan, the
painter who was killed by fall from scahold on
the Elevated Road at Third. ave. and Ihirty-fourth-
st. on January g. was commenced Yesterday and
adjourned TIL Thursday. Much contradictory tcs-
timony was taken rs to whether the company was
TO blame for the accident or not
The Commissioners of Emigration met Yesterday,
and opened bids for furnishing meat for Wards
Island during the current year, in such quantity
and OF such quality IA may be required at stated
times. There were four bids received, the lowest
briug thatsf j. VI. Evans, OF No. u Nhltendl-st,
TO whom the contract was awarded.
The committee Of tobacco manufacturers in this
city held a meeting OF Wall and Frout-sts.. few
DAYS ago, when II was reported that the petition
against the " Free Leaf bill to be presented to
Congress had been presented to all tobacco, cigar
aud snuff manufacturers and leaf vendors IN tins
city for signature, and It had been willingly signed
| bv all.
Assoclation Committee. mailed circular letters to
thc several yacht clubs Of the United States yester
day, announcing that meeting OF delegates VIII
be held in the lntter part OF February 10 consider
the qurqtion of the permanent organization OF the
| Yachting clubs OF the country IN National Asso-
! citation.
Tho committee Of the Maritime Association on
Pilotage Abuses held q meeting yesterday. various
letters were read, from lchabod Goodwin, ex-Gov-
ern0r Of Ncw-Ilampshirc. from the NeW-England
| SLipoWncTS Association OF Boston, rom vessel
| ov,ners and the Captains Association of Phadcl-
pha and Others all strongly in favor of the aboli-
! lion of compulsory piloiage.
/ : w slmonson, who has been nominated bv the
! President Ms an Assistant Appraiser has been for
several years an active Republican politician in the
XVlIth Assembly District. lie served ~ Assistant
| Alderman In 1873 and 1874, was elected Alderman
! i'm 1876 and Assembyman IN 1873. For the last
! two or three years he has opposed the leaders OF
| the dominant element in the Republican party.
The following is comparative statement OF
cases of contagious disease reported to tho Board
of Health for the two weeks ending January H.
| 1880: o
Typhoid ssarlst vi sgias y...,., 1 DiPs-
Week ending fever fever. meningitis Iease~ th't5a'
lamar lamar IT IL. 3 3 5$55 S
John w. Anderson. OF No Carlislc-st., was walk
ING through Mulbercy-st. on the night OF January
| /. when he was met by three men. One OF them
held him by the throat while the other two searched
| his pockets and took AL the money he had. lie
| subsequently identified William O'ljrien and John
! McCa6c as two of the thieves. In the Court OF
General Sessions Yesterday they pleaded guilty and
were sent TO State Prison for three years.
A meeting of the Columbia COLLEGE Alumni Asso-
| III L.. At naltn 49,. no
| committee appointed TO secure the mathematical
and scientific portion of the lbrary of the late DR..
j. II. Anderson, for presentation to tho college re-
| nortcd lis success. The library contains 1,3OO
| Volumes and numbers many valuable works.
| Abram : Hewitt, former pupil OF Dr. Anderson
| paid an a1cctionate tribute To his memory.
| communication was sent to the Board of Police
Yesterday, stating that Thomas Burke was the
| name OF the tmckman recently arrested for dump
ing or endcavOring 10 dump, load OF rubbish IN n
bn,iness street near Trinity Church. just after 1t
| had been swept Burke was taken to the Iombs
Police Court but tho presiding justice refused To
hold him or to entertain the complaint The matter
is at present III the hands oil commissioner Mac
| Lean.
| Jo,ie Mott, bold-ooking young woman. ar
raIened III The YOrkyillc Police Court yesterday to
answer 10 charge of having slapped me lace OF
Officer Conroy of the Eighteenth Precinct, at the
French ball on Monday night. She SAID that the
officer would not let her pass into the reception
room TO get her. cloak, and she had, therefore,
stamped his face for him. Justice Wande.l said
| that an act of that kind " i'll became lady," aud
fined her 80.
Adintant- General Townsend has appointed Brga-
dior-tiencra T.. l.. Molneux, Colonel Geo. ID. Scott
| and Lieutenant-ColOnc W. G.. Wilson as the Milf
! taiy Examining Board of the National Guard. Gen
eroi Molincux succeeds Colonel Rodney c. Ward,
anpoinfrd Collector of Internal Revenue OF Brook
| I'M General Townsend Yesterday also appointed
| Contaiu Joseph G.. Story. of the 23d Regiment AS
sistant nspcctorGcncral of Rifle Practice. with the
| rank OF colonel.
| There was full meeting Of the New York Mutual
| Gaslight Company mt the compaDy's Office in
IJniou -sguarc Yesterday. ut which the question OF
! reducing the CAPITAL stock from $4,000 900 To
| x3 600 900 was discussed. After the meeting the
Stockholders were very rctccn as to what bad been
| done aud would not admit deny that tie capital
| had been reduced. 1t was learned, however thar a
committee appointed which will report on