New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-28
NETWORK CITY.

| Tuesday. Lila
The gypsy hat is very becoming iOr young iau'eS
and girls. t
yellow from the lack of rain
MANY old buildings in the Bowery are peing ue-
mOlished to make way for new Ones
Tho 9th Reqiment will attend memorial service
ot the Church of the Disciples Sunday evening"
1be $50 u. m. fast express from newborn Is
again rnnning on the New-York and Long Branch
Railroad.
During these hot DAYS the Harlem boats ida are
turned into floating nurseries, nOCnolS anu O"HN0
enjoying the breezes.
Pretty hats for little girls are Of cashmere straw
in melon shape, with the crown dehteu through VHo
centre from front 10 back.
A neat. white uniform cap for Summer use has
been designed for the employee OF inc elevaIeu
roads. They Will begin to wear them tomorrow
The ladies of the Fruit and Flower Mission Dis
tributed many gifts of flowers yesterday 10 Ine
poor and sick in the hospitals and tcnement-houseS'
TWO NEW AMERICAN STEAMSHIPS. -.
William Cramp g. Sons, the Philadelphia SNIP
builders have closed q contract with persons living
in New-York to build two iron steamships $50 feel
i'm length 80 feet BEAM and % feet depth OF hOid'
A PORTRAIT OF SECRETARY SHERMAN; -
The portrait of Secretary sherman, HnnIeH ny
Dfnici Huntington for the Chamber OF Commerce.
is finished and is at Pachs photograph rooms Where
several photograph copies have beeu made ior mcih-
bers of tho Chamber
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
The Feast of Corpus Christi celebrated yes
terday in all the Catholic churches. The altaTS
were decorated and the host was carried tnromR3
the aisles followed in procession by acOlytes ana
Young girls dressed in white.
POISONED By SEWER GAS.
Maria Catharne Huber, age iifty-nine years, died
r A. Rob Eo Of No 81 North Moorcst
who attended the patient reported to the Board OF
Health that her illness was due to sewcr gases.
YOUNG CHILDREN As HoUsEKFEPERs,
The Sunbeam class IN Kitchen Garden lchil-
drcn varying from five to ten years OF age) VIII cN-
hibit publicly Their SKIN N Lne Ge,3Is Oh nosc
keeping Mt De Witt Chapel, No. 100 West twenty
ninth 81. to-day at y. M, and on saturday NJ /
o'clock.
CHARGE AGAINST STEAMSHIP DISMISSED,
United States CORNERSTONE Shields YESTERDAY
dismissed the charge against Captain Barre, OF the
steamship Main Of bringing To tins country more
passengers than the statute allowed. Evidence was
submitted that in the case OF the Main inc law ndu
not been violated.
I>JURGNG A FELLOW WORKMAN.
Michael Gleason aud John Hall last SUNDAY werc
laying pipes for the Harlem Gas Llgnt COMPANY ~ "
Tcnth-ave. and Oue-hundre Land -thrtelh-St. hall
became intoxicated aud when Gleason luuRheu NJ
him struck hIm on the head, njuriug him so that he
may die. Hall is locked up
WHAT TIIE CITY MISSION Is DOING.
The work of the City Mission for May may be
seen from the figures following: 40 Guy msMona-
RIGS a $50 visits 1897 MEETINGS. 205 pledges, 5000
tracts naDers and books, $40 families aided. Re-
GENTS for the month, $2,42S 50 4; payments,
SD, sos 50 debt remaining, Sl1,Ol3 o.
PRETTY MATERIAL FOR COST MIS-
"VoIle religleuse," more commonly called nuns
yelling" increases in favor 10 the season advances.
II comes in delicate shades, but the creamy white
is preferred. 1t is a soft, cnging and inexpensive
material and may be converted into very hand
some costumes with the aid OF the yellow Langue-
doc lace.
VAIN EFFORTS To LEAVE THIS wORd.
man named Cox sought assistance on Wednes-
day night at the Edridgc Street Police station aud
getting nothing hut advice, tried TO cut his throat
Ivtth oshormakcr's knife cXcaimiug that the world
was against him. ii" was put IN - padded cell and
there tried to hang himself with his lea:h"r waist:
strap. Yesterday he was committed to the care OF
the commissioners OF Charities and Corrections.
TIE CORNFR IN RED WHEAT.
The corner in May options Of No. Red Wheat,
which has been created in this market by the fact
that the stock in this grade Is manipulated by ono
firm remains unbroleu, but the excitement III the
grain trnde Mt the Produce Exchange, which was
| Intense Wednesday. had subsidized to considerable
extent Yesterday. but Diccs are held firm at 81 II
to 81 42l2 with the probability that they Will con
tlnue so the rest Of the month, and unless an al
iustlneut of the contracts IL mado bIOre the hrst
| call tomorrow still greater excitement Is antici-
pated.
OBJECTS OF THE PARNILL, Lt%p LEAGUE,
| A meeting of the Sixteenth Ward Parncll Land
League was held last evening IN 81. COLUMBIA Hall,
in Twenty-eighth-st., near Elghth,avc. NJ. ID. Gal
exclamation of the objects of the League. He said
| in the course Of his speech: We owe a lasting
debt of gratitude to James Redpat, tine correspond
ent of The TRIBUNE IapDlausel Tor his pen pictures
| of the condition of our people The English Gov
crnment to-day fears nothing so much as the Ancrl-
can idea of discussion and alIalOn. This nation IS
| influencing the whole world IN this way"
FAST STEAM YACHTS FOR WALL STREET MEN.
| PTL.DEIPUIA, May 26.-TwO iron steam Yachts
| Corsalr and Stranger, built by WI liam CramP o.
| Sons of Philadelphia have been launched. The
Corsair is owned by Charles j. Osborn, the former
! owner of the encouragement Dreadnaught. and the
Stranger by George A. OsROOd owner of the schOon
| err yaCht Fleetwing, both gentlemen being prOmi-
| nent members Of the Stock Exchange and of the
New-YOrk Yacht Club Tn yachts arc 35 bout 45o
each They will be elegantly fitted up and will be
very fast. rho owners will make European cruise
| in the yachts next Fall and Winter
BROOKLYN.
Gilbert Sayres n lawyer. received 81 100 from a
client Saturday to pay off mortgage but when he
went homo that night he missed tho money. lie
saws that a large man and woman jOsl led him as he
was going to the Long Island Railroad.
Abram II. Daley has published letter stating
his reasons for giving up further legal proceedings
against Walter l.. Livingston for the Kings County
Surr0gateship. He says thar the case has been be-
fore tho public for three years that new trial
has recently been ordered a technical error not
involvng~he merits OF the case and that for nearly
four months hc has tried in vain 10 bring the
70 retrial lie claims that every means of delay
was Tesorted to by his OppOnents. Tho case was
put off until October, and no then went 10 tue
Attorney General and obtained his consent to Its
discOntinuancc
JERSEY CITY.
The body of man dressed as q laborer was
found yesterday in the canal at the foot of Essex
st.
Frederick Brightcnbccker, of Harrison, gave bail
Yesterday in 81 900 on a charge Of atrOclOus as
Sault and battery made by Michael Christ. Bright
enbecker attacked Christ ard after firing twice
at him beat him severely on the head with club.
NEWARK.
The FairmOunt Baptist Church property is adver-
tisod for sale, under foreclosure of mortgage to
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company.
The will Of Aaron o. Price has been admitted 10
probate With the exception of $4,000 tie prop
erty is devised to different religious and charitable
institutions.
man ,vbo onn1ed for hoard at M "a EIGHTH.
aye. on Wednesday disappeared shortly thereafter
with suit of fine clothes and $40 belonging to one
of tho bOarders.
young man who represented himself to be a
boOkkeepcr in the employ of ID. NJ. Lyon called sew
eral times last week at the jcwclry store Of Gaven
@ nd nIirnl fclln nt,I