New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-09
NETWORK CITY.

falling down stairs at No. 2Ol East EIghty-llst-S''
Between ten and fifteen thousand people Gathered
IN Broad-st. Tuesday evening to witness the puou9
| display Of fireworks, which had been postpoheu
from the previous evening on account oil the r''"'
DRESSED LIKE 4 SAILOR. ;,
Blouse waists of Surah silk are maze 10 DelI
closely or to drOop over the waist sailor fashion.
| They are finished with wide Byron collar, whIch
Is worn with wide sailor scarf of white Surah'
THE EXHIBITION OF 1888.
Secretary of State Evarts has info; med w. ii. &;
Price that the Commissioners for tac luternaionai
Exhibition of 1883 will be called to meet IN TINS
| city on August 10.
FOUND N TIE North RIVER:
The body of a drowned man was found Yesterday
| in the rvcrat the foot of West Forty-sXth-st Inc
! body Of Sidney Emsley, who was drowned on July
g. was found in the river 1T West Sryenty-nlntn-s'
| USES TO WHICH HANDKERCHIEFS ARE PUT:
Hlndkerchiefs are playing leading part IN fasn-
ion This season They are used not only for cos
Tunes but for head-dresses, and very pretty D0ws
for the throat are made OF them.
SUNDAY EXCURSION To NEw-HAyFN
The steamer C. II. Northam, of the New Haven
Line will start for New-Haven Sunday morning
! from Peck Slip at 9 n. m, stopping at twenty
| third-st., East River, at $40.
TWENTY-FIVE CARS ALL IN ROW.
A switch that wouldn't work. and . team OF
carhorses that wouldn't stand sti:l until rho switch
| could be nut in order were the causes of Il twenty
five car blockade on the Bowcry Wednesday.
FAILURE IN THE PROVISION TRADE.
Augustus II. SimOns provision commission mHr-
chant. of No. 81 Front-st, sent notice to the Tro
| duce Exchange Yesterday of his inability to meet
| his mercantile ODHRdttOna. HIS hdoiilbicS hOiO
| said to DO small
AFRAcrURE or TUT SKULL.
Matthew Reilly. of No. 3O5 ,We't-st., WhiIo at
work the steamship CITY OF Brssets. a' Plef No
! by an iron hook winch fell on him. lie was taken
I to st. YIncent's Hospital
A COMPLIMENT TO \ PRIEST.
Friends of the Rev NJ. 4. Hunt, o. VI. l., who
panied that steamer down the bay in two steam
| boats The committee of ARRANGEMENTS comprised
! Dr. !. |. Hayes and Messrs. Kler, Burke and MORT
! arty.
DYING WHILE ENGAGED IN QUARTZ.
Mrs. Jane Kingsbnry, dressnaker. OF No. 500
| West Twenty -fftll-st fell dead on Wednesday dur
excited she raised her hand as If to strike. wien
! she fell dead She probably had sudden attack OF
! heart disease.
WORK or THE UNITED STATES GRAND JURY.
The United States Grand Jury Yesterday pre-
! sented indictments IN the Circuit Court against
Joseph Newly, Post Office Clerk for embezzle-
ment, and against George GILES, George Gibson Jas.
| Wilson and William Stanley for cOunterfellng An
! Indictment was also presented against william
! Rahls for perjury.
SERIOUS FALL. FROM CLIFF.
Henry TTOllpr, tWenty-One wears Old, OF One-hln-
dred- and y-cIghth-st and COurtlandaye, while
attending picnic at Excel slor Grove, n. j., ies-
tcrday. fell from cliff a distance OF thirty iee'
and was injured seriously. lie was conveyed to
! New-York and placed in the Ninety ninth Street
| Hospital.
TOKEN OF rsTEFM.
The employees Of the Continental Telegraph Com
pany last eYelng presented 10 q. :. Mott, the SUI
psrintendcnt who has resigned 10 accept tho post
ton of Snperin' ot the Atlantic and Pacific
! Telegraph Company, service OF silver Speeches
| were made and cOnTatulatOry messages received
| from all points along the line.
RETURNED TO TIE JAIL FROM WHICH HE ESCAPED.
William Lanniug. VINO was arrested by Sergeant
Randall. of the Fourteenth Precinct. Tor beng
! fugitive from the Jail at White Plains. where he
detained on charge OF burglary III me iirSt de
gree, was brought up at the Iombs Ponce Court
Yesterday, and gwen over to the custody OF an OIL
Ger from White Plains, by whom he vas securely
manac led.
AN OFFICER ASSAULTED.
! Officer Grissel. Of the Steamboat Squad was In
formed yesterday afternoon that several men were
bathing at Pier Ne. g. North River. lie found there
q group of Young men Who 1t was SAID, had Dcen
bathing. While he was making inquiries he was
attacked by the men aud beaten severely about the
face and BODY lie arrested one of them, who gave
his name as John Burke, G. No, % Washington-st.
LIGHTS BENEATH THE ELEVATED ROADS.
The Elevated Railroad Companies previously
have Gsregarded resolution OF the Board 81 Aluel-
men, passed IN March last direotlhg them 10 cause
a HIGHT 10 be suspended from the pillars at each
street crossing. President Morris yesterday re-
cevcd a letter from j. T.. Worcester, secretary Of
the Manhattan Company announcing resolution
of the Executive Committee, directing light to be
placed under each station on the company's lines.
DIRECTORS or THE METRO; oLiTAN COMPANY,
At the annual meeting OF the Metropolitan Ele-
waited Railway Company yesterday ne former d.
rectors. with one exception, were reelected, M0iII-
mer Ward being chosen to take the place Of +.
Nrra who was unwilling to serve longer The
election was without opposition. The Board is
constituted as follows: William Il: Carbon, John
Baird jose +. de Navarro, William Foster, jr.,
George u. Pullman, Horace Porter john L. Ken
nedy William Adams, jr George ). Forrest, Charles
II. Clayton and Mortimer Ward. NO other business
was done at the meeting.
REFUSING TO RETURN WITHOUT a RsQUGSInoN.
Maud Hamilton an actress. was arrested III this
city few weeks ago for the robbery of 500 from
an acquaintance in Chicago. She was taken TO that
civ and was there admitted TO bail. She did not
wait to answer the charge however. but came to
| New-York. On Wednesday evening Detective
Maloney. of the Central office. and Officer Schulam.
| of Chicago, found the woman IN Il house III West
Thirtv-sccond-st. and took her into custody. When
brought TO the Jefferson Market Police Court yes
terday, she refused 10 return TO Chicago without a
| roqulsition. She was released IN $1,000 bail.
| TRYING To REGAIN POSSESSION or RAILROAD.
A committee of seven was appointed at meeting
| of the stockholders OF the BOSTON, Hartford and
! Erie Railroad Company yesterday To act with the
president III attempting TO regain possession OF the
! property. The committee consists of William
! Cooper; John OBren, W; ;. AlehoS, Henry Earle
York and George +. Harrington, of Boston. a suit
10 set aside the sale under foreclosure OF the
pany's property has been begun III Boston. and de-
termination WAS expressed yesterday that the suit
| shOdld be prosecuted 10 the highest courts.
DISCUSSING SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS.
! The Health Commissioners recently extended an
invitation TO architects engineers and builders 10
! meet them aud exchange views on the subject of
plumbing IN private dwellings and tenement houses
! and the best means OF securing uniform system,
satisfactory IN a sanitary point OF view. number
OF gentlemen, among whom wereJ. {. Baylis. edit
of The Mctd! Worker, W. t. Partridge editor of The
sanitary Engine. {. f. WIngate ana W. G.. Elliott.
responded 10 the invitation Yesterday The spea ers
agreed that the Board Health should be invested
with discretionary powers IN the matter as a san-
tary measure of great Importance, but TO the de-
tails OF ic system Of soil pipes TO be used there
was great diversity of opinion.
BROOKLYN.
The regular Saturday afternoon concerts in Pros
| pect Park will begin tomorrow. COntcruO's band
! will play in Cpucert Grove at BIO p. III.
| John French, Commissioner Of Public Works. has
dismissed j. w. Adams chief engineer of the De
| partment, and Aaron BrintcrhCf register of water
rates Their SUCCESSORS have not yet been appointed
The deaths for the week ending July 3 numbered
400 an excess of % over thu previous week and