New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-30
NEW YORK CITY.

Ireland.
The Union Ferry Company is building an addi-
tional waiting-room and entrance to the hamilton
| ferry house.
| new ornament for a wrting-desk is n paper
weight OF irdescont glass in the shape of an apple,
| pear or peach
The newest style of stockings for boys is called
the veoclpede stocking. made OF lamps WOOL
These very warm and durable
At the hall of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton special devotional services were observed yes
terday afternoon and evening IN behai OF college
students.
| The New-York Voting Mems Roman Catholic Be-
| neyolent Association yesterday sent $3.50 to Arch
bishop McIIale of Tua, for the benefit OF the poor
| in Ireland.
| On invitation of the Board of Trade of Passaic.
n j., a number of manufacturers made an excur-
sion to that city Yesterday for tho purpose OF exam
| lining its manufacturing facilities.
The casdonia is one of the latest features in the
new fashions and a closely fitting basque rather
| long, and made of an entirely different mateilai
| from that of the rest of the costume.
proof that Brooklyn is something more than
the dormitory of New-York is afforded by the ware
| houses of that city. In one establishment there
| were stored yesterday 5000 bags or coffee.
| Adiutant-Genera Franklin Townsend has issued
| an order to commanding officers OF the National
| Guard. saying that in the future more attention
shall be gwen to skirmsh and rifiepracicc drills.
| More immigrants arrived at Castle Garden yester-
| day than on any other day for two weeks the
| Amerique from Havre landing 300, Wicland from
| Hamburg $50. Assyria from London ~ total 90
| Elijah A. Morse who was the Prohibitionist can
didate for Northumberland OF Massachusetts 10
the last election, will lecture in the Allen Street NJ
+. Church Tuesday evening next on y Duty or, the
| Right and the Wrong Side"
| Testimony taken by Coroner Hermann yesterday
as TO the death of Mrs. Caroline Mechtold tue wife
| of druggist, on Wednesday from the effects of an
overdose of choral, at No. 120 West tltty-third-s
showed that the large dose was taken by accident
| The troubles among the contractors in regard to
the plyment for the construction of the Riverside
| Drive seem TO have come to an end by compro-
| mise between the contestants. The city was re-
strained by an injunction from paying any one until
| the trouble was at an end.
! The games of chess which were TO have been begun
yesterday by Captain George H. Mackenzie, OF this
| civ and James Grundy, of England. VINO each won
! 1910 games in the tournament which closed last
week. were postponed until tomorrow at p. N.
They 10 be played for the first aud second prizes
| which respectively $500 and $500.
| rrimor having gained circulation that the street
railroad companies intended 10 reduce their fares
to three cents If the Legislature should pass the bill
compelling the elevated roads to carry passengers
| for five cents each. inquiry was made at the offices
of the principal lines last night, and the officers
denied intending to make such reduction.
| At meeting of the Board of Trustees OF the Aura
and Ophthalmie Institute. at No. 40 East Twelfth
ST. last evening, the follow ing officers elected
| for the current wear: +. 5. Winston president;
Robert Hoe vice presidents L. ). Balm. treasurer
| and Ph. Bssinger secretary. The annual report of
| the physicians shows that 5,167 patients were
| treated.
| The only feature Of interest in Yesterdays mar
kets for breadstnfis was ~ corn, which closed with
an advance OF y cents "A bushe on account of its
reported scarcity. Wheat opened al an advance OF
10 cents and though IL lost this advance afterward
there export demand. prices still being above
shippers limits. Flour opened with an advance of
| 10 cents a barrel which was lost later.
An interesting series of athletic games will be
| given In the Madison Square Garden by the Man
! haitian Athletic Club on the evening of Saturday.
February z: The number of y0nng men who con-
tend in athletic sports Is large, and the COM
| petition between them Is so keen, that the season
FOR outdoor contests is found too short to satisfy
them and Winter games are becoming very popu
| lar as the recent success of the Columbia College
| sports and other indoor contests has shown.
John Barry, living AT No 151 West Fiity-first-st
| Now York, was discovered IN Calvary Cemetery on
| "Wednesday afternoon apparently suffering from the
| effects of poison DIR. Dennler was called TO attend
him and ascertained that lac had taken quantity
Of sugar Of lead. After antdotes werc admins
tered he was sent home in charg" of Ohicer Walsh:
Barry, II appears made tho remark To the driver OF
the horse-car, on which he rode to the cemetery
| that he Intended 10 commit suicide
The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of
| the New-York Ego and Ear lnfrmary WAS held last
evening. when the following officers were chosen for
min II. Field and Or. Abram Dubois, vice-presi-
dents; John l.. Rlker, treasurer and DIR. Richard
H. Derby temporary secretary me lrelsarers re-
port showed that the total receipts during the past
| year have been about $4,000, and the total
| disbursements nearly Sl4 800. The number OF
| patients treated gratuitously was ll,4l9.
| Attached TO the permits for the transfer OF dead
bodies issued by the Board Of Health IN this citv
are coupons to be detached NJ ferries or railroad
1
| Bureau of Vital Statistics as u check upon its
records The same practice in the Issue of permits
was used by the BROOKLYN Board of Health until
| the beginning Of the year, when It was abolished
| Permits now are issued without coupons, and the
| undertaken who carries body through this city
| must procure a new permit from the New-York
Board he cannot enter or leave Now York, as the
| case may be- -
John Dolan, age fifty, Of No. 272 South Fourth-st,
| is reported as missing since last Tuesday.
| County Judge Moore yesterday appointed Anthony
Barrett receiver of the Brooklyn Opera House, at
| Smith and Fulton-sts.
Cortardo Clireori, age twenty-five, sailor on the
bark Italiano Boscheti lying IN the Atlantic Dock,
| while walking across haichway yesterday, fell
! twenty-five feet and was killed.
Coroner smms held an inquest yesterday. in the
case of Mrs Sarah NicHenry, who died Monday
| from injuries inflicted by her husband. Pierce Nc
| Henry. Mclienry was committed 10 await the
| Grand Jury's action.
The colors on the Sandy Hook pilot boats
hyug Mt half-mast yesterday IN respect TO the MEN,
| Ory of David A. Thomas Sandy Hook pilot. who
| died on Wednesday in Brooklyn Thomas was tho
youngest and one OF the ablest men III the service.
| Miss Ellis a teacher In Public School No. 20, IN
| Gates-ave., has become insane. and on Friday she
was taken to the Asylum for the Insane at Flatbus.
The first indication that her mind was disordered
appeared about three weeks ago, when she attacked
| j. T. Ryan. the principal of the school.
The Board Of CITY Works yesterday appointed
Philip Grant Superintendent of Ponds and Conduts.
| in place of James McCarty, removed. Mr.. Grant is
| n Republican, and his appointment was opposed by
| President Massey. Five inspectors were removed
| because there no money TO pay them.
At the meeting OF the Kings County Supervisors
| Yesterday the Pententiary Committee reported on
| the recent fire nj the workshop. No new facts
| presented. Mr.. Williamson, chairman of the COM
mittee denied the truth of the report that the
yicts were compelled 90 work on Sunday. The COM
mittee was authorized to award the contract for
| building the workshop.
| Giacomo Bogloli. an Italian. who keeps a peanut
stand at Washington and fultou-sts., was arrested
| Yesterday for assauting Francis 7. Hughes of No.
:i25 East Thirty fourthst. Hughes W as drunk and
josted against the Italian, vino seized heavy iron
nut-cracker, and struck Hughes upon the head. The