New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-16
NETWORK CITY.

Tie number of families living in tins city
213,467.
The Tammanv Society last evening initiated seven
members and elected twenty-five
The annual reception of the Rambler association
will take place az Terrace Garden tomorrow even
ing. ooooo
II is officially estimated that there are 10000
tenement houses in this city and that they cohdn
100000 people,
The long coat-tail backs which are seen on the
new costumes are lined with color contrasting
with that Of the garment
One Of the new cotton fabrics is satin.striped
CoutIe, the same material which Is ,sc LOT coz
sets Ii is very handsome, and almost lndeStrnctl-
BILE II comes in the POnpadour colors ana designs.
The Philadelphia and Reading Company advanced
its prices of coal about the first OF the month anu
Yesterday the other companies according nhRIee
nent advanced prices on an average aD0uI 20 cehtS
a ten.
The examination in the matter of the complaint
of Officer Carter, of the Eighteenth ffeclhci'
against Asscmblyman Edward L. ilagan ana MS
brother for assault and battery, was ADJOURNED ioi
the week yesterday at the lombs.
Mayor Cooper yesterday signed the resolution OF
the Common Council giving permission 10 ne lleu
| matte Iramway Company to one Of ITS cars on
he Second Avenue Surface Road. as an experiment,
and for period not exceeding three months
John Dickson, a sailor. was struck IN the head
with snOw-bail by a boy while crossing the Bat
erv Park Yesterday. He ran after the boy ana was
about to seize hun when the boy stabbed The sailor
with knife. Dickson was sent TO the ChanlOcI'
/
The newly-formed Veteran Association Of the
9Th Rogimcnt las elected the following officers {:
President Colonel Anton Meyer secretary, Dr.
Rudolph IIirZcl financial secretary JOnh rat
Tho executive committee was composed of W.
Schneider John Bcckcl and Martin Eberhard.
Redinqotcs are seen on a number Of the new cos
tunes They of different styles the hancsonest
of which does slope from the front, but Is cut
perfectly straight from the collar To the bottom,
and falls gracefully apart below the waist. These
redingOcs lined with silk or Sam OF contrast
,..Ttxrt ~
Mrs. Annie Walters, Of 40 Westinghouse, died
Yesterday from taxing dose of Paris green which
she had bought two weeks before to XIII reaches;
She WAS intoxicated on Sunday Afternoon and
Willie IN that state tool, the poison, but whether IN
mistake for the purpose OF committing suicide ID
not known.
Thomas Deyinc. age ten, was nrraigned in the
York Vile Police Court yesterday. on a charge of
throwing n stone AT Edward Lawn, age nine, and
Featuring his skull. DR.. Canman OF St. Lukc's
Hospital sent certificate TO Court stating that
Lawn would probably die. Both boys 1--we IN west
Flfty-fourth-st. Devine was committed to await
the result of his victims injuries.
The Ncw-York and Hudson River Conference of
Unitarian Churches Will hold meetings at 10 a. m.
and D. m. tomorrow mt the Church OF the
Messiah. PaIk-ave. and Thrty-iourth-st The
me- tingl will be open to the public and addresses
will uc made by the Rev. DTs. Bellows aud Edward
Everett Hale, the Rev. Niessrs Robert Collyer Rush
r. Shifftn Charles q. Ames and others.
Minnie Hughes. girl six years old, was yester-
dav taken IN charge by tue Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children. She had been abqn-
doncd bv her mother. who ia now on BlackwelPs
Island She ard brother and sister were az the
house of Mrs. Harrington, No; AZ East Forty
fonrth-st Minnie Green, girl eleven years old,
was abandoned by her parents at No. 3 Mechanic
alley.
Detective Bissctt of the Seventeenth Precinct
arraiencd Julia Thomas, Young woman, before
Justice Patterson mt the Essex Market Police Court,
Yesterday charged with stealing $500 in clothing
iewelry and silverware from her mother VINO keeps
n boarling-bouse at No. ~ Second-lye. julia SAID
She was put up TO it By two other women, and
thc magistrate remanded her until they could be
brought forward.
A model ship about five feet in length, which was
made several years ago at the Home for lnfrm
sailors IN Paris and was sold at the late PARIS FIX
nosition for 81 600. is now on exhibition in the
iobby of the St. Nicholas Hotel IL rests upon arti
Gciaf waves from which are seen projecting the
heads of varions marine monsters, while at one
corner ~ "A miniature lighthouse, with very ugly
mermaid cooled at its base.