New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-02
NEW-YORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY
| The grounds about the cathedral at Flfth-aYe.
and Fftlcth-st. are being prepared Tor grass anu
| beds OF flowers.
The children of the Five Points Mission day school
will celebrate their annual reGeptlon-tnne tI 1a
| tieih since the opening of the schOol-On TUESDAY
| at p. M -
The number of visitors to the METROPOLITAN Mu-
seum of Art during the week ending ycseFMysy was
| SO COS. During the month OF april 14I,oIz per-
sons visited the Museum.
| Thieves broke into the store of Klin0enstein
Brothers, merchant tailOrs at No 3l2 Grand.sI,'
Yesterday, entering through secOnd-stOry Wlhdo"'
| and stole silk valued at S72S.
| The remains of Joseph Selgman arrived in tins
CITY Yesterday morning by special train from New
orleans G ot No. 90 West Th iHD
There was recorded in the Registers office yeSter-
day tho transfer of the property at NO. ~ Wali:St
and Nos 13 and 10 BroadIst rom ZEN onn
The Farmers Market Mt Gansevoort-st is steadily
increasing in popularity. Yesterday many OIL tne
produce dealers of Washington Marker anu JUS
! nnighbnrhOOd removed their business to the new
| location.
The arrivals at Castle Garden yesterday numbered
! 1901. Tho Oder, from Bremen, brought $40 p t
| sengers the WicaDd, from Hamburg, 40 tue
| France from Havre, 9l7 and the Rotterdam. from
| Rotterdam. 40O.
All the ponds along the line of the New-York and
| New-Haven Railroad were covered with leo yoster
| day morning, and about II. m there was ,nurry
of snow which appeared to extend from NcW-ha'eh
| to New-Rochellc.
| Business Is brisk along the East River front
Nearly every dry-docl contains vessel undergoing
| repaiIs. Fewer 'lOngshOremen are seen lounglng
along SOuth-st., while all the shlpyardS are ailVe
| with busy workmen.
Wahlstrom. the Swede," has challenged the
| pool Champion Samuel +. Knight to o match game
to be played early ~ June for the EConm0r mega Thn
| challenge has been accepted.
The new Lodging-House for NewsbOys, in Gonv-
erneur-st, is tast apprOacnlng coi1pipioIe lIu
| superintendent, George Calder, and ms FAMILY
moved IN yesterday, but th9 building VIII not It.
| cciYe its inmates until May ~.
A musical, literary and DRAMATIC entertainment
| Nav 10 by Miss Julia and Miss Annie Thomas, as
| sisted by Mrs. Florence Rcc-Knox and others.
one-act comedy will also be performed.
A little girl, about ten years old, was knocked
down and run over by an express wagon IN front OF
1inany's yesterday afternoon. She escaped aPpaT-
emily uuhurt, and the wagon went on WITHOUT
stopping. A policeman appeared after the wagon
! had disappeared.
The funeral Of the late John Watson Of No. 400
West Forty -scYrnth-st., who committed suicide by
| shooting himself last Thursday IN Central Park,
took place yesterday at the Pilgrim Baptist Church,
| Of which he was a deacon. He was buried III Wood
| lawn Cemetery.
Deaths. last week. 500; births 442 marriages,
| $50. The police arrested 1910 persons The Ex-
| else Board issued 6l2 licenses and collected fees
amounting to $3gi29 D9rng april 13S2 f6 sees
turns for the year, to May l. footup: 1868 licenses;
fees, $I35,555.
William Levy, age nineteen, living, with his
parents mt No. AS East Fifty-eghth-st was
| charged i'm the YOrkvo Police Court yesterday
with obtaining by false representations ABOUT $lOu
in iewclry from business houses in MadenIIaF ne
| John-st. and Nassau-st, lie was cOmmlICeu 1OI
| trial in default of $1,000 BAIL
Tho general press dispatch published IN TIE
TRIBUNE on FRIDAY last cIassed incorrectly the Me-
| tropoitan plate.Class Insurance Company among
| the companies not doing new business" IN tue sy-
| nopss OF AssemblYman Bakers report. Inc cOni'
pany is doing business and M hGrteau the presa
dent, sayslt Is nexpeable to him now such sIate-
ment could have been made
Some workmen we're engaged about p. m. yes
terday In putting new cap on the large wafer man
| that the water had been turned of. they removed
the onp when the water rushed out in great force,
deuging the men who were in the ditch, and flood.
| water ran dearly an hour before 1t was shut OIL
James Cuddy, Of No. 125 West sixteenth-st., made
charge of bigamy against his VIE ~ me JEFFERSON
Market Police Court yesterday. He alleged that
| he married her In Boston three years ago, her
maiden name being Josephine Fisher that she had
| left HIM, and had recently married jacob Boock-
| laor OF No 80 First-st The woman admitted tho
second marriage, aud was Communications examina-
ton.
William IT, Vanderbilt, accompanied by Mrs. Van
derbilt his daughter Miss Vanderbilt and his son.
! George w. Vanderbilt sailed for Europe yester-
day in the steamer Britannia Of the White star
Line. Mr. Vanderbllts trip IS said TO be merely one
| of pleasure, md will last several months ne
party will first visit England, and afterward the
| continent, There n large crowd OF Alr. van
derbilt's friends at the pier to SEQ him Off
The Police Commissioners received letter from
John ID. Townsend Yesterday. asking that an early
dny be fixed for the trial of Detective Murphy, OF
the Eighth Precinct on tho charge OF Dackmali ana
colusion with disorderly characters, the two wit
nesses for the prosecution who went out OF Town
having now returned. Monday, at IL u. m. was set
down M the time for the trial. The superintendent
has been ordered to secure the attendance OF the
fugitive witnesses.
Civ express wagon No 2O,Os1 was jogging down
| Fifth-ave at Eghteenth-st. Yesterday about y;
M with q load COnsistlngot two men, two small
bureaus and other household chatte;s in bags ana
bnrrcls bound for Long Branch, \. J., when per-
son on the sidewalk noticed namcS under inc
drivers seat, Before the wagon could 10 unlOaueu
aged. A fire company arrived in short time and
nearly drowned the wagon
The Metropolitan Concert Hall. Mt Broadway and
Fort y-first-s is very nearly cOmpcted and VIII be
oprncd TO the public in short time. lt Will con-
liin large number Of novel features. The orches-
ira OF Mr.. Rudolph ArOnson VIII DC arranged IKE
that of Strauss IN Vienna, and concerts ike his
are to be given. The orchestra VIII he composed Oh
SIXTY pieces. A new march has been composed by
Mr. ArOnson, entitled The Inauguration" for pre-
sentatIOn on the opening night.
The steamship George W. Clyde, which arrived
yesterday from Charleston. on Friday passed Eic
Steamships City of Washington and Saratoga The
; former was thlrty-yo minutes ahead OF tho Sara
toga Tho ships, which belong TO rival Cuba lines,
LETT this port on Thursday ut about the sane Time,
| the Washington passing Quarantine ten minutes
before the other. Considerable interest ~ tho re-
suit of the is felt not only by the friends OF tue
! companies, but generally i'll shipping circles
, At the Jefferson Market Police Court YESTERDAY
, | Daniel Welsh hOster, who was arrested by De-
, tive Schmttberger. Of the 1wonty-nnth Precinct,
for stealing painting from tho ruins of the Madi-
son Square Garden, was arraigned Soon after the
wall fell Welsh assisted tho tiremen in piing mp
8 and removing to q place of safety the paintings
which were on exhibition, and when this work was
done ho ran off with one belonging to MIR. Wood an
artist, valued at $3.50 Justice Kllbreth committed
Welsh for trial. fixing his bail ut $4,000
Officer Lake, of tho Twelfth Precinct, on Thurs
: dav found Catherine SattcTy lying lnsensible ut
the foot of the stairs in the hall of No 223 East
Onc-hundred- and eleycnth-St. He removed the
woman to the hospital, and subsequently, arrested
Michael Slattery. her husband, on suspicion OF hay
ing thrown her down stairs. In the Harlem Police
! Court yesterday morning when no was aIraigned,
L. Nnrt Yns liifnrlnnh nlicnlY of Mrs SlatterYls