New-York tribune., 1880-04-07
NEW YORK CITY.

chant, died Monday evening at his home, No. = Eas
SiXteenth-st.. at the age OF eighty years
DR. Smith the new Health officer of the port
was present at the meeting Of the. Health Commls
siOners yesterday By virtue Ol his postum io 10
member Of the Board.
The conveyance of one-third interest in the AstoI
HOnsc from the trustees of Henry to J0hn >; ailo
| William Ast0r was recorded i'll the RegHtcrs O1ce
yesterday. The consideration was 1885.
V.K Stephenson. president of the Real Estate stare
! Trust Company has purchased from T.: Is. GuhtheI,
six lots on the northeast corner of Fifth5aDc % ana
| Seventy -nnth-st. The consideration was @ZZo'UoV
At the Police Board meeting Yesterday Captain
| Williams reported that inquiry into the complaints
made to the Police Commissioners oil ashes oeihg I
dumped in the harbar had shown the charges 10 pc
unfOunded.
Jesse Patterson was struck by tram on the ne SiAri
Avenue Elevated Railroad yesterday while at WORK
| at Tw.tntv-nintl-st and was severely injured. lie
was taken to his home at Eightl-aVe' ana Ohc-
| hundred-and-twenty- -cgit-st.
There was recorded yesterday Mt thc kcgiStef )
| Office conveyance of the property on tue ,hOlin
side of Fifteit-st. from Broadway 10
from August Traum aud others TO W. IL 'dnucio"''
| The consideration was T2OOOOO'
Moses Wagner. a child of two years, left alone by
| its mother, who was called away from her home at
| No IL East Broadway yesterday, found q bottle oi
n mixture TO relieve tOOthaClc and drank us COLI
tents. The crcOsotc killed the chIld.
There were landed at Castle Garden yesterday
1904 immigrants the Graf Bismarck from bT'mri
! bringing 5lG: the Hclvctla from Liverpool 900 |;
| the Utopia from Glasgow, 5O2. Ihis makes totai
! of Immigrant arrivals in two days OF I1O3.
Col. Delaney Kane will begin driving. the Tally
ITo coach between Hotel Brunswick IN tins rity ah
! Castle Jnn New Rochelle. on April II. The coach
| will leave Ncw-YOrk at 10 Il. in arrive mt New
Rochelle at midday. and start on the return trip at
3l2 p. III.
The quarterly report of the Bureau of Vital stat
istics show that during the last three months there
were GglG births iSOZ deaths and 2l1o marriages
in Ncw-YoIk This is a decrease from the CORES
pondng quarter of 1870 Of IA deaths and an i'll
crease of 100 births and 3fS marriages.
At the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday,
the Inspector of Offensive Smells reported that the
works Of the Mutual Gas Light Compan at East
Elevcntll-s give out offensive smell, 10y reason
of the Use of lime rs purifier ana urged that the
Company bc ordered TO dcsist from this practice.
Samuel j. Tldcn was much observed as hc slowly
moved up Nassau-st. on Monday, with bis nndercQat
and oycrcoat thrown wide open and his left cyelid
dropping more than usual lie seemingly dragged
ono foot along after tho other with much dlihculty
There was tired and baggard look about ln.
Sylvanus IIodgins, n child of seven years, was
frightened to death y Mondays thunderstorm.
The clild's parents live at No. Ji1 West Fifty
scvcnth-st Tic boy was delicate and the sudden
ness and violence Of the storm frightened him into
cunvulSOns lie died before medical aid could bc
summoned.
The Ncw-York City and Northern Railroad Com
pany finds that the iron BRIDGES erected by the old
company are unsafe and therefore Will VostEmne
running trains until new bridges are built. This
will probably DELAY the opening Of the road until
the comp cton of tlse new railroad bridge over the
Harlem River
There were four marriages at the City Hall yes
trrlay The most interesting couple wcr, james
Wong Gan age 30. Il Celestial of No. - Mott-st.,
and Mary Ann OCOnnell, huXnm Irish girl OF ~.
President Morris performed the mnrriagr ceremony
in tin. presence of throng 0f 'ialS and others.
Chief Clerk Twomey raying away the bride.
Tho Art Students League held It's monthly re-
ccption at the rooms No. $50 Fith-avc. yesterday
evening. There large number OF pictures and
siudics exhibition, including many from the
studios of Eastman johnson and Humphrey Moore.
Among the PERSONS present were j. :. Hartley,
Arthur Quar- ley. F.. a. Armstrong, E. l.. Sackelt
and Ion PlTdcaris
At meeting of the grain trade OF tho Produce
Exchange Yesterday. lctt'r from the lnanaErrs.ot
the trunk line railroads vHs read asking ihat
conlnitter he appointed TO irr with them cn The
cuual ZHinn oi terminal freight charges this and
other porfs. Franklin Edison. Leonard llazrltinr
Edward Amman, David bingham and w. s. Wallace
were appointed Il committee
Miss Marguerite Scott. for fifteen years mission
ary III Liberia, addressed the Arkansas refugees
who arc now on their way to that country, Yc'tcr-
day at hclr quarters IN lhriy-scventi-st Tie lee
turc cOmposed mainly Oi tactS regarding the
climate of Liberia. the manners and customs Ol the
people. and the difficulties to be overcome ny those
who emgrate 10 that country.
The quarterly examination under civil service
rules foi admission tohc Custom Service was begun
Yesterday There were l3 applicants for clerk
ships Among llr visitors were William H. liishop
A. &. Bellies. Professor Hubbard of Dartmouth Col
lngc.. George William Curtis and john lnislOw. Of
the Department Of Assessments, brooklyn. The
examination to-day will be OF Inspectors and night
inspectors.
Major William Post. a clerk in the Wcphcr's de-
partnlcnt ~ the Custom HOUSE, was found dead in
bed N No. lOb IaSi ltntll-St. yesterday. Heart
disease WAS the caiisc of DEATH Mr.. Post was for
mcrIy employed in The Vaccination Bureau of the
Board of Health. and at one time was the private
secretary OF Governor Fcnton at jamestown. y. \.
He earned his title Of major in the war. lie WAS
unmarried.
The st. Nicholas Club has elected the following
Onircrs: President, Frederick de- Irystcr: vicr-
president. James VI. McLcan; treasurer, Edward
Srlicll secretary, Charles A. Sohrnncrhorn;
trustees. AugIlslus Schcll, B,namm l.. Swan, ir.,
Euecl,c Srhi"hrlin. John &. Mill, i'rrGcric Ruosr
vclt Edgar dc Prystcr. and William II. de LAmccy.
With the exception of the last three trustees the
ticket elected WAS the regular one.
The inquest in the ease Of Peter Daily thr black
wells Island keeper, who was killed March s
by falling over the blnlf at First-avc and Seventy
iftI-s,.. held on Monday by Coroner Brady, In
QuiIy into the circumstances OF the case had been
made by Captain Gunner. and no evidence bad been
found 70 show that DAILY had been murdered. Eu
was therefore hOnOrably discharged.
At the annual meeting Of fhc Staten Island Rail
way Company yesterday. at the office at the foot
elected for the rnaniug year Il apiain Jico,l. Van
drrbit. President; Is. Krrischu, Louis III. Meyer,
CANA Canavcio % Nahanci I M"rsI '''i WiSm m''Ei Kine M
D"ient 1Jwnshond James J. Wynant James Me- |
Mama. ;. u. Ocicrshauscn, and }. H. Vanderbilt ir
For come time a report has been current HAT
Lester Wa,lack had purchased property near Mad- |
son Square. upon which he contemplated erecting |
an elegant theatre very coon \ EInUNE reporter |
called ut MallaCk Theatre. and in the absence of
Mr. Wallack Was informed by Mr.. MoSs that the re- |
port was utterly untrue. Mr.. Wallack expects to |
build new theatre some time. Int has no site in |
view, and has 10 idea Of doing anything Of the kind
SOON.
President Ives, of the Stock Exchange. yesterday |
called the attention OF members to the bylaws for
bidding members 10 join directly or by partner any
other organization in which stocks and bonds are
dealt in. lie referred TO the report that nearly |
thrrc-uuaTtcrs of the members of a new Mining IN
change aiout to he established were members of !
the Exchange lie said that etcps would hc taken |
to exclude from the Hoard any members who yio-
lated the rules of the Exchange.
Constable William p. Brown. of Roche ter n Y.
has been in this city several days searching for
Peter q. Strong, who is charged with svinuling
Daniel LOwcTy. of Rochester, out Of $4,000. The
warrant with which the constable is armed recItrs
that Strong obtained THAI amount from MT. Lowcry
in 1876 by falsely representing himself to be the
owner OF Il quantity Of wool in this city, With the
assistance OF Police Detectives Won Gcrichten and
ONeil. Olicer Brown arrested STOng at the SnnYtcn