New-York tribune., 1880-03-01
NEW-YORK CITY.

| NEW-YORK CITY
The handkerchief dresses will be worn again th's
| Summer.
| The beige colors so much worn last Summer will
| remain in favor the coming season.
The number Of emgTants landing at castle dar-
don Yesterday was over 900 They were mostly
| from Germany.
The Hudson River being free Of ice !1s as far @ as
! Albany. the Citizens Line of steamers Will Oegh
running its boats on March 10.
An American fouard silk, new this Spring. rs
called satin imprime or impressed SATIN II II Is hsde
in chintz and small palm designs ana al Cne he"
and fashionable cOors.
The steamship Wieland Saturday brought 2S6
immigrants, and the GlOstcr, from Bristol landed
2j The arrivals this port for the week amounted
to 2, ,95G and for the month to 7,1O1.
The kitchen garden class connected with DE
Witt Chapel of the Collegiate Church VIII give an
entertainment tins evening al the chapel NO. 100
West Twenty-nlnth-st, near SeNehth-aYe.
The captain Of q vessel wing at one of the East
River piers called az Police Headquarters YESTERDAY
and informed Inspector IhOTnc That the steward OF
the ship had run away with $500 belonging to the
crew.
Wor}lmcn were engaged Yesterday in finishing the
bridge at Chatham square, winch connects the sec
ond Avenue Elevated RailIOad station with mo
Third Avenue Station. Ii will be ready for use this
morning.
Garbage from the streets is being used as fer
tilizer in the Battery Park and chips, bricks. de
Caying vegetable eT, old shoes ana other ar
ticeS of historic interest now enllven the monotony
Oi the place
Services were held in the Presbyterian Memorial
CigTch. at MadiSon-ayc. ana l1tty-third-st.' YES
tcrlay morning. for the benefit Of the southern
freedmen. Tie Jubilee Singers were present, and
sang several hymns The amount Of the collection
was $132 50.
Tho Toifad STATES t,rredo boat Alarm. which rc-
Gently made trial trip up the Hudson River totcst
the working of new patented propeller, VII he
raised on the Balance Dry Dock, at the foot of Pike
St. at & q. tn. to-day. Tor the purpose OF MAKING
alter@t ms and repairs.
Mrs. Isabella Rcccher Hooker delivered lecture
yesterday afternoon before the NcW-Nork state La
dies social Science Association at No. % East Four
tccntb-st., The subject announced was "Thc Dutv
of American Women" but the. lecture was almost
entirely devoted to an argument III behalf OF the
right Of women to vote
A board of survey has been ordered by the Secre-
tary cf the Navy 10 inspect the ship Cousteat on.
now lying at he Brooklyn Navy Yard, IN aniicpa-
ton of sending her to Ireland with provisions, etc,
for the relief OF the furnishing people. II is stated
that tho COnst teaton is IN seaWotthy condition,
and could DO putin commission within week.
For John W. Iiamltons bcnclt at the Aquarium
on the afternoon and evening of Mednesday. The
Herbert brothers, from NIblos William Batchcllor,
tho leaper. " Frank" Melville, the rider, James
clowns and the full Imperial Partisan Circus Com
pauy have volunteered. Some novel features VIII
be introduced.
j. Abner Harper, Of Harper & Brothers. one Of
the prominent art collectors OF the city has an
nnlnced his purpose 10 sell his collection Of ol
paintings and water cOlOTs at auction IN Chlckrr-
ing Hall on the evenings of March II and 49, lhc
Thursday morning at the LeHvltt Gallery, No. Stl
Broadway. and comprises 142 pictures, many OF
them by the most celebrated OF modern artists.
john Clark who claims TO be graduate OF a
well-knowB Catholic theological college at Mon
treal within the last few months has committed q
number of small rObbeTies in this city and escaped
detection until last Saturday night, when he was
captured by Detective Schmittbcrger Clark who
Is young man under twenty-five years OF age, was
locked up over night, and yesterday morning was |
remsnded BY Justice Duffy at the jefferson Market
Police Court The prisoner has been frequent !
visitor at the rooms OF the Young Mems Christian
Association and took advantage of the welcome ho
received there to rob the cOatrOOm of several
coats. He Is also suspected of collecting consider |
able money by representing himsrt az Catholic !
priest trying to raise sufficient money to build anew
church. At the time Of his arrest Clark had with
him a sstchcl containing Bible aud some plesty !
garments ,oo,-r,.,,
While William Eagle of NO. q Lee-aye., was
getting on a NOstrand-ave. car at broadway Sdtur-
day evening, he had his pocket pickad OF a gold
watch valued at $50.
The verdict of the CoronoPs jury IN the case Of
Clara CraddOck, whose death resulted on FRIDAY
from beng run over by truck, exonerated the
driver, George Selleck, from responsibility IN the
matter.
Charles s. Brown age thirty, OF Wcstfeld, n. j.,
fell overheard at JEWELS Dock, Saturday night,
and wouid have drowned if some persons near bad
not gwen him assistance. lie was taken to the
Second Precinct Station and held for lntoxicatlou.
Death from accidental drowning was the verdict
gwen az the inquest held by Justice BcnGcr, of
East NeW-1 Ork, upon the bOuN Ol MlCnacl Lul, Ol
that village. which was found in a pond at Fiat
lands Oh Saturday. Lur had been missed several
days.
Andreas Hanson, Of Court and Bcrgen-sts. was
taken 10 the Long Island College Hospltal from the
Third Precinct Station yesterday, suffering from q
severe fracture of the skull, received Saturday
night by falling In Atlantic-ave while intoxicated.
His injury at first supposed To be slight.
Morgan SlOddaTd. of No. 90 Cumberland-st.. was
arrested yesterday upon warrant granted to An
drew Robinson, Of No. 02 Washlngton,sst-i who
charged that StoddaTd represented himself falsely
as sent by the Ktua Fire Insurance Company to col
lect $50, which Robinson paid to him.
While Officer James stone, of the Third Precinct,
was attempting to arrest Joseph Mungerford age
twcnty-four of No. 3G5 Icks-st., for ntoxication,
Munqerford, assisted by hIs brother and friends as
saulted the officer aud knocked him down aud frac-
turcd his skull. The inlurcdsman was taken home.
and MungeriOrd afterwdrd arrested by Oihcer
OBren after de perate resistance, the officer being
obliged to use his club.
JERSEY CITY.
At the matinee in the jersey City Academy Of
Music on Saturday afternoon, wnen" The Two Or
rhans" was being performed false alarm Of fire
was raised as fire engine passed the building.
There were many children present and they became
much alarmed, but panic was averted by the
prompt measures adopted by Acting Manager liofelc
and the members Of the company.
NEWJEReEY.
HoBoKFN.-The skeleton Of man which was
found Friday afternoon IN a box buried In the
EiYsian Fields at IIoboen, is believed TO be that
of a man who was found drowned twenty years
AGO Tie body was then barred by jim" Stevens.
an eccentric character who lived near where it was
found 1900 49,. ..
LONG ISLAND
HEMP P-TEAD.-Hcmpstcad has no indebtedness as
a town, but on the contrary has surplus of
100000
HrAT,NGION-The proposition to use the funds
received for n soldiers monument at huntington III
erecting library buildlug has aroused the patriot
ism of the residents who decidedly object to its
beng nut to any other use than that for which il
was raised. The monument as originally intended
will now be built.
STATEN ISLAND.
ToMPKINSvILLE.-A mad dog made his appear
aucc at ToInpkinsvllc Yesterday, and for time
created much excitement. The animal attacked
two women in st. Paups-ave. VINO screamed Tor