New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14
The Idea" Pinafore troupe will be at Niblo'S
duIlng this week.

ish Legation at Yodo Japan.
The "IdealD Pinafore troupe will be at Niblos
DUNG this week
NETWORK CITY.
The steamship Celtic, which arrived yesterday;
brought 400 Storage pas ngers. The arrivals oil
immigrants for the week amounted 10 f'o-o'
Deaths last week 500 births. 53l: marriages,
$50 The Board Of Excise issued 100 licenses re-
ceiving IN fees $3.50. The police arrested l'l|o
persons.
Sudden deaths Yesterday: Mrs Mary Lynch ut
No ia Avenue-D Mrs. Ellen BOlder. az no. 343
West Thirty-seventh-st.; Mary Lnwler' at NO. 100
SOnth Flfth-ave.
The steamship Amerique, of the French line,
which sailed from Havre on the 14th, was que az
this port FRIDAY. She had not arrived yesterday
She has over 500 steerage passengers.
At a meeting of the Cotton Exchange yesterday
a rule was adopted that in sales the signatures on
contract slips must he made hereafter ny member
of the firm or BY its authorized attorney.
Four hundred shares of stock were sold Yesterday
at The Stock Exchange for the account OF T. r:
Davenport. who announced his inability to meet
his agreements. Until lately Mr. Davenport had an
Office ut No. Wall-st.
In accordance with the request Of the Committee
on OILS Of the Produce Exchange, meeting OF the
oil trade lother than petroleum. Will he held Thurs
day az 2:1 , p. m at the Exchange, to consider the
discontinuance of the oil call.
The ashes of Dr. Samuel Hahn, whose body was
burned AZ Washing tOn. Penn, Tuesday last, were
received Yesterday by A. * g. Kaufman, picture
dealers. No. 20 Duane-st. The ashes weigh five
pounds and thirteen ounces, aldarc iucosed III TN
box.
Superintendent Walling received n dispatch from
the Baltimore police yesterday, saying that an in
sane man was In custody there who gave his name
as Arthur Brunsden. He had case of ms ruments
IN his possession. ard said NE was an assistant M
Wards Island Asylum. There Is no assistant or
other employee of the name on Wards Island.
Nothing has yet been heard from Samuel W. Jones,
who has been missing since March > from the res
taurant of his brother. {. r. JOucs No. l37 Eighth
ST. lie is a member of the list Regiment, and has
stood high in the estimation of his acquaintanceS.
He has been IN poor health. and his brother fears
that he has committed suicide. His parents i've I'D
New-Hampshre.
At The Art Students League recently Chinaman
bad been induced o pose in his native coSi unc as
model for the portrait class. but suddenly me "a ght
sight Of a skeleton hanging near by. and thinking
himself in a dissecIng-r0om, ana unable 10 under
stand any explanations the Cclestlal rushed ABOUT
in terror until a student opened the door, when he
quickly vanished.
The seiching Yesterday, which rs good as at
any time during the Winter was ENJOY by many
persons who as if sure that II would not last long,
made the most of it. lhe ayenues and bouevart5
in the upper portion Of the city presented an a.
tTactive appearance during the afternoon ana carry
evening from the fast horses, jlnglng bells, and
merry parties to be seen therein.
From the completed tables OF death statistics pre-
pared by EcQiSter Maggie 1t appears that inlectlous
diseases took 4 IS victims i'm NewlOrI last year,
of whom 2. G62 died i'm tenement houses. iwentv-
five persons died of smallpox 23S OF measles, 617
nf dnht horia and 40 of scarlalina piphtheTia
and measles have decreased. while mall-pox in
creased from two cases III 1878 TO twenty-five In
1879.
The shipments of live stock and fresh meat from
the United States to Europe have received sudden
impetus those of last week being the largest IN any
week for more than a year The steamer lhane-
more which sailed for England yesterday haI on
hoard $40 live cattle from r. c. Eastman, which is
the largest shipment of live cattle on any ono
steamer since January l. The total shipments last
week were 100S live cattle 13Oo quarters OF peer;
l 700 carcasses of mutton, 30 live sheep ana 900
hogs.
One of the first official actions Of Captain Byrnes
as Chief of the Central Office Detective Squad was
TO secure TO the money centre of this city adequate
noce protection. THIS object has been effected by
the establishment of branch of the Detectiye De
partment in Wal.st. Its office at No. II Wal-st.
viii be opened tomorrow. Captain Byrness plan IL
70 have during business hours some Of his most
eff lent officers within call ofthe banks or brokers'
Offices or other institutions with which 1t will be
connected by telephone.
BROOKLYN.
Permits for erecting thirty-twO now buildings
were issued last week.
Mr.. Bcecher is absent from Brooklyn on lcctur
inc tour and will not preach to-day. His pulpit
will be occupied by the Rev. Dr. II. II. Storrs.
CAPTAIN J. 7. Dlllont, Of Company F. 18th Regi-
mrnt has been elected Major of that regiment. The
former Major, {. /. Christensen, has been MADE
Lieutenant-COlonel
The suit recently brought by Miss Grace F..
| HAYNES against IIarwOOd V Mann, thc son of Dr..
| Mann. a physician of Bedford-ave, TO recover
$4,000 damages for alleged BETRAYAL under
! promise of marriage, has been discontinued.
| Martha Mlrshon. age thirteen. of No 3l7 LoIe
mer-st. accidentally set her dress on fire on Friday
night. while carving piece OF lighted paper from
| one room To another. ana was 50 severely injured
| that she died in short II ne.
| Coroner Simms held inquest Yesterday in the
cas-" Of John tlageyan, who was Killed IN a Fran
! shutc st J. i. & G.. c. RObnS0ns stores, in Nal
Brunt-st., on March 8. The jury declared that the
| man was sufocated and that insufficient safe
| guards for the protection of life were provided.
Officer James Dreeand, Of the Butler Street Po-
4in t,li fof t-t1-
tcrdav on charge of cowar,lice IN failing 10 render
assistance 10 Officer james NJ stone, Who was nearly
| murdered hy the " Smoky Hollow Gang" on
! February 30 he decision was reserved. Officer
Stone whose skull fractured, has been reported
to he improving for the last few days but yesterday
he was not so WELL NEWARK
Mrs. Phphe Acton. an old resident Of Irvington,
! near Newark New-Jersey. was burned to death at
her home Yesterday She had been left alone IN the
house and it supposed that her dress CAUGHT fire
at the staVe IN the room where she SAT- Beng very
! old and nirm she was unable to help hcIset or
! call for ass stance.
| Two men who had acted susp.cousy in the neigh
! borhood of several banks were arrested yesterday
| afternoon on suspicion OF being the persons who
| ROB bed Graham a Co.. bankers. on March u. They
gave the names of George Anderson, Of No. 81 rst-
! ST. and George H0wartt of No. 1j7 Allen-st., New
| York. They were not fully identified, but were
| locked mp.
| Edward r. Stoutenburch. who was convicted re-
Gently Of abstracting a diamond worth 81 800 from
| a ring belonging TO Mrs. Frances Lcavltt, ot West
| Orange. and whO has since been confined IN the
| Essex County jail pending his removal TO the state
| Prison nj Trenton to serve Imprisonment Of two
| wears is very III. On Friday night he was seized
with a violent hemorrhage, and Yesterday the attack
was repeated several times leaving him IN an ex-
| hausled condition,
| NEW-JERSEY
| PAuRAPo-The wife of William II. Noe drug
g1st ar Pamrapo disappeared suddenly in July last.
| a few days ago Mr.. Noe ascertalned that she was
with her parents in Keene. " H.. and that she had
| instituted a divorce suit against him.
| WFruAwKEN.-Internal Revenue Officers Reid
| and Harris found large quantity of unstamped
cigars in the liquor store Of Michael Lynch at Wee
| bawken Friday afternoon. Lynch attempted TO put
j g. hmi when told who tLnN WORN