New-York tribune., 1880-02-19
NEW YORK CITY.

Wide side.plcatings finish the bottoms of the
skirts of new costumes, the pleatings Delng Hom
fourteen TO eighteen inches III wldth'
Among the recently importe bonnets Is pretty
st1iIa neither very iree nor very small cal ed the
marie Christine" after the young queen OLE cpaln
Flora Marks. of Troy who crossed the river IN the
Fulton Ferry-boat Farraont last evening, was ne
victim of a pckpockct, who secured her pocket
book and $14. This is one OF severel r3DDeIes, -, ?l
tins kind which have occurred recently on thlS
ferry
In the case Of the Government against u. h;ni Jhgh
for alleged undervauatiOns Of KID gloves, Whlch
has been on trial two days before Judge wallace.
the inIy YESTERDAY rendered verdict against the
Government. DlstTict~AttOlne5 NooHloI" oo"
ducted the case.
Michael Wall n small boy. was killed recently by
the fall of ladder uscd in the construction ot ihc
Second Avenue Elevated Railroad track les'e!uTs
2 coroners jury cenSur"d the contractor franclS u;
Page. and Coroner Ellinacr held him IN bail oi
So 900 to await the action of the Grand jury
Samuel Hoffhcimer. who was caught Sunday
robbng the pOnr-noX in 81. PauPS Roman Cath"ic
Church. at Clurt and C0ngress-stS;, was sentenced
ly Justice Ferry to six months imprisonment
Uctfbcimer protested that be was poor and hat as
ihc money was mt into the box Tor tue poor he was
as much entitled to II as any one
On complaint Of Hvman SchimkOwl'z president
of the " Society of the SOns OF Prd;hko; Erhesl
Fink was arrested yesterday. charged WIN haVlnH
embezzcd 1919 Of the sccietYs funds fInkS doc-
tor certified thai he was suffering from pneumonia
and was unable TO lcave his bed. An officer was
left in charge of thc prisoner.
or two ago hv policemen in an ash barrel ~ front
of No. 1877 Du1ne-st. II was taken 10 the M"rguc'
where yesterday Deputy-Coroner Donlin made ai
autopsy. II reyea led the tact ihat the cnI ''.i @
been alive when thrown INTO the street ana h"u
died from exposure and neglect.
vonng man named Michael Ryan. is N Bellevue
Hospital, suffering from dangerous wound Tues,
day evening he played billiards WIN {2nlh naned
Hughes and young man named 9hn DuHN, al No.
430 E,st 1hirtecntll-st. \ quarrel arose over tne
game and RVan's companions bOth drew reVolNcfs'
Being nnarmed, hc ran but was shot IN lne breast.
Hughes and Dafiy fled. All three are said TO De eA
cOnyicts.
A suit was begun some time ago by Mr. Moses
Levi,on of New Rochelle, AGAINST the Ncw-lork.
Ncw-lIaven and Hartford Railroad Company. for
exemplary damages fer being tJ"cied from ono Ga
the ears OF the company aicr having p'id ms laie'
Tie case came up for tra before judge Wallace. ~
the United States Circuit Court. on Moh"aY, ana
WAS concluded yesterday afternoon me Jury rem
deIed "a verdict in favor oi tlr plalntlh Tor S|oo'
Mrs. Hogan. of No. G2 Middagh-st., reported to
Officer Gttns of the YoIkst. Police, last evening;
that she was IN very destitute cIrcunslan ana
that her husband had bcan sick since Jannar1 10.
when he fell from q ladder and was baily injured.
The officer went 10 The houS, aud found Hogan sex
IN bed. There nc hre and nothing ~ the mouse
TO cat. except pound of -four. Mrs. Hogan slld
that she was willing TO work. but was unaD'e 10
get any,
Horace Young clerk in the employ Of John II.
Starin was arrested yesterday by RounnSman Cos
grove of Inspector Murray's staff, charged with en-
bezzlng money 10 the amount ol F%Uo "I more
Yonng. who Is only twenty two years old ana lives
at No 100 West Tnirty-clghih-St, was Tor years III
Mr. StaTin's office. at one time IN the calaclN oi
collector; he obtained money from II. u. Claiiin N
CO. and other firms, and turucd II 10 his own use.
Whcn arrested he confessed hs guilt.
At tnc meeting Of the Par, Commis ssioncrs yestcr
day an order was received from Judge Lawrence
di solving the Injunction fOrhldding the cont inu-
ance of work ON Riverside Park, and contractor es-
flmatcs amouu.ing ~ - 600 Wcrc then audited
and sent 10 the Finance Department The West
munster Kennel Club asked permission To give an
exhibition Of Collie dogs on the common III central
Il Ia yrqs q, ft4stp
ground that the turf would bc ruined for the season.
Miss Grace HAYNES age twcnty-thrcc whose
mother is a widow. living IN Bedford ave, Brook
lIn has begun n suit ~ the Kings County supreme
Courf against iIarwood i. Mann, to recover $1,000
damages Tor alleged breach OF promise oi uaiiia""
The defendant H. son ~ Dr. Mann. VINO lives 30
fine employ Of the plaintiffs father. who Gict about
two months ago. Young Mann is tall 20 nave gone
to Europe. An order mas occu sued to serve no-
ticc of the suit upon him by publication.
boy five years old fell INTO the water at the foot
of R1osryelt-st. yesterday afternoon. \ large
crowd gathered round. but 10 one dared /" 90 to
inc bny's ass.staucc. and be would hay" been
drowned had not a boo black who was polishing
nai-s boots near 10y. left his nmer ani jumping
INTO the river pulled the boy out upoaa raft oi logs
The mother of the rescued hOv cicrrd ha rrc-crycr
50 but the latter. seeing that she was poor
woman. gond-humorcdy declined rc gilf The
name Of this brave lad is John Higgins and he
llves AT No. PSI Fron-st lie lsa rcgul9ratteEdant
at thc night school ia Nandcwalcr-st and The pr.u-
cpal of that school, rs we'll as his teacher speaks
highly OF INN. ,,,,,,.,,.,,
While Eveliue Kcnnert, colored, are fourteen. II
No lGJ South Eigntli-st., standing ~ irout o.
n stove yesterday morning, her clothing caught fire
and she was fatally burned.
The Hon Il. W. thompson, Secretary OF the Navy,
will deliver. in the Brooklyn Academy oi Aiu,c to
morrow night, lecture whlchha "ntit'e3 Febohh
Rccullcctons ol Distinguished Stat sncn."
Charles +. Kingsbury who died on Christmas at
No. 1G HancOck-,t., bequeathcd tJ the Amcrcan
Bible society ten shares OF the stock OF the Joseph
Dixon Cuciblc Company OF jersey CITY; 10 the
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions" twenty
shares of the same stock, aud TO the Presbyteran
Board Of Relief for Disabled Ministers, twenty
shares.
The Mayor Controller and Police Commissioning.
yLo are the trustees Of the Pnlicc Pension Faud
met Yesterday 10 consider means for paying the in
creased number Of pensions: II was decided 10
have an act presented 10 the Legislature fixing tie
maximum pension at 800 and couiiniug The pay
meut OF pensions to men mentally or physically
able 10 serve and 10 widows and orphans OF
deceased members OF the police force.
JERSEY CITY
All the goods stolen from the trunk Of Mary Nor
gan by three masked burglars on sunday morning
last have been recovered. They were found hidden
under a wood pile near Lorllard's tobacco factory.
NEW w-BRUNSwiCK.-C Christopher Van Dyke, age
slxfv-fve committed suicide by hanging at New
Brunswick on Monday. IrOnble with ms wife and
INABILITY to procure work led to the act
A man, name unknown, was seriously wounded
at the pigeon match held near Guttcnhcrg yestcr-
day by the accidental discharge OF gun in his face
He was conveyed into the town and his injuries
were attended TO.
ORANGE-As the sf2 cxDress train on the Della
ware Lackawanna and Western Railroad was pass
ing through Orange yesterday morning The locomO-
tive struck and instantly killed Daniel Acticary,
laborng man OF that place. VINO was walking on
the track. lie leaves three grown children.
An argument took place on Monday before the
Chancellor in the-casc Of the Central Railroad OF
NewtJerscy against the West Line Railroad. Some
time ago the Central procured injunction against
the West Line prohibiting it from occupying certain
lands at COmnunipaw, which il had acquired by a
foreclosure sale. The argument on Monday was to
make the Injunction permanent. The Central claims
the land by lease from the Riparian Commissioners
and by Improvement. The argument was not fin
ished.
NEWARK
The Chancellor has issued order directing the
onicers of the Dime Saving Rank tO nav IN d.