New-York tribune., 1880-02-13
NEW-YORK CITY.

! with silk instead of linen as formerly.
Thestrke of the pano-casemakers employed by
J,ehr d Peck. which continued for some weeks, mas
| at last been satisfactorily concluded.
| free lecture will be delivered by Professor l.. a.
Bnterfeld ut Association Hall this evening on the
Visible Speech, or the Science oil Universal ApA-
! bets"
The second lecture in the cOurse before the work
| ingmen of the First Ward delivered last even
| ing at the Lord public reading room ny a. ~ r.
| Randolph on George Stephenson, the English en-
| gineer.
Pelerine collars are the latest collars imported:
| They are deep round collars, formed by rows OF
peated lace, alternating WIN rows OF IN iscrioh tllI
finished around the throat with full iralse, tied
| with narrow rbhon.
The New-York Bible Society distributed during
| January 500 Bibles or 1estaments among Z,oio
families in the city, 1S9 vessels in the harbor ms
| sion Sunday-schoOls and the J,G77 immigrants Who
| landed at Castle Garucn.
| Fx-Congresslnan Thomas &. Patt, recently ap-
pointed Quar1ntine Commissioner TO me sJe
his first visit to the office OF the commissioners, III
| Exchange Court. yesterday. lie VIII rellcNe Oen-
| eral McQade on Monday next.
| The steamship Daniel Steinman left her dock III
Jersey CITY yesterday afternoon ON her voyage 10
| Antwerp. As she steamed down the bay shc was
discovered to be leaking ana was oDilged 10 20 I
The leak WIS not serious. and was caused by "A loOsc
| bolt The vessel will probably sail To-day.
The cigar manufacturers employing tenement
| house labor are circulating pamphiet aiming 10
show that there ~ nothing ObnONlOus III tue mah-
uiocture of cigars in teucmen-Lcuses. as an argu-
| meat against the bill now pending before the Leg
slaturc providing for the suppression OF such man
! uiactIlrc.
The Heard of Managers of the Produce Exchange
| Yesterday referred the following subjects to the
| Floor Committee The al ysabilityo of limiting the
| membership Of the Exchange; the question Oi
changing the ttlc 10 the NowYork Commercial
Exchange; aud the question OF adding system OF
| life Insurance.
| No further testimony was taken by the Com
mittce of the Board of Education appointed to IN
vc,tigate the charses against Principal john Is;
| Moore Yesterday. The defence did not appear. aud
| Commissioner WetmOre gau that the prosecution
| had no more evidence to offer. The report of the
committee will be made at the next meeting oithe
Board.
The Irving Hall Committee on Contested Seats
continued last evening It, investigation OF the con
! tested election in the AINth Assembly District;
| John TYLER Kelly. the Mayors Marshal appeared
as the advocate OF a ticket which, It was claimed,
| received 100 votes IN an orgluzatlon whose en-
! rolled membership was about 4Oo. Decision was
| reserved.
:. V. White. receiver Of the Groccrs' Bank ap-
piled yesterday 10 the supreme Court for authority
| 10 pay go per cent 80 dcpOsliuTa lie now has
! S271 .l27 cash on hand AMI the total amoant due
| depOsiiors is Sj3l.52S The payment VIII be made
| on or after Match /, and the amount IN his hands
| by that tine will be equal to 60 per cent OF the
| liabilities.
The 'long.horemen who refused TO work on the
| Mallory, Ward ana Bristol lines Of steamships be
| cause tncr wages were reduced or Monday. 10 make
| them correspond with tho rates pad on the NoIth
| River -tll lolt,r along The East RIVER front dis
| ~ 4.
filled by n0n-soclrty men, who do their WORK sa'is-
| iaciOIllF.
! 4 poor. grav-haircd Italian named Niccnto Do
reuico. was taken before Justice kiloreth, at lne
! Tnmls Yesterday. charged with cmptylng ashes III
the street. The prisoner, through an Interpreter.
| stated that hc only arrived in the city from Italy
| from his sons room No. 73 Mulbcrry-st, not know
! ing that ne violating the law IN dong as he
| did The Justice fined HIM 81
Much interest was taken by the passcngerso of n
| Itaf "a "A
| wears os age that % policeman was taxing 10 the
Central Onicc The lttle fellow had been found
| early in tuo evening wandeting IN Ihuty-Secohd-
ST. H. was well dtcssc, and seemed 10 bc enjoying
his ridr togr her with large stick 81 candy NhCh
/ had been gNcn HIM. But ms tear stained face
showed that tins happier mood had not been oi long
duration.
or H., variety Of y loniincs there seems 20 be 10
end Esch year greater skill and taste appear 10 he
layishcd 6ron these tokens oi goo" W. anu ono :"
them are really artistic and hriut'inl. Inc Nas.au-
ST. store oi 4. j. Fisher j, now very attractive"
,aot for young men rnd maidous and for Older pc0-
u'r too wEu still keep up the pleasant tradition ot
! St Valentine. Visitors however, may Dee prrpleXcd
| 10 uak. -cccuou. so great Is the abundance and
| - wide The diversity Of dainty concclts. pretty
| coiors aud delicate fabrics.
Mrs y Nlbie complained yesterday to the Boarl
| OF Health that her hod,t. No. ~ Nc, Forty -hith
St., was pcryadcu hy uoXlons scwef-sa-es mem
her of her family wa ill iu consequence. SANITARY
Inspector Robert Johnson WIS dctalled To examine
| the house and reported tnat the drainage was de
frrtiyc. Measures were tnkcn to correct tie cviL
Tho ltIte No. lsi EISl fuIlN- l-r. Wfl- also
complained of tor similar reason he hyc-siory
| tenement No. ll6 Parhayc. ~ which eight iami-
lies hyr in all iorty-uInc persons, WAS reported as
dangerous to lie ANA detrimental To hcdlih by
| rcas,n of ITS construction. An Investigation was
! ordered.
Nichoag RAFT. of NJ. 202 Fifth-ayc.. about six
weeks ago engaged Paul Dcs Chnmr-, French
vaict vino came 10 him well recommended, ~
| wages Paul received SO week, his meals and "a
bottle oi wine a day. He had u charge ol ms en-
| plny,ris waulIobc On Wednesday morning Mr.
Itttf al lat fetf II
! been stolen. Detective Schmutbcrgrr suspected
| the valet. aud Wednesday evening followed him 10
Rnit'- properly valued al $500. lie arrested Dcs
| Cnuncs. who in the jefferson Market Police Court
yrsiciday was committed for trial III default ol
| 5000 bail.
The Executive Committee Of the Property
| Owners Association of the Tenth Eleventh aud
! Seventeenth Wards met last evening at No. 1856
| East Fourih-st. George St"lnbrcohrr IN the Guar
! and T. Rauer acting as SECRETARY. DE-. NJ j. Il.
Mes,cmer spoke in favor of Sena r AatoFa bill cX-
cmptiug charitable institutions irom taxation tor
| Croton water. Charles Wc2 WAS not IN favor Of
cNrInptin2 them from the payment of s'menS 10
| which they may become liable through improve
mems being made Ia the street, in thor nclglbor-
hood, and moved TO refer the matter 10 the Central
| TaxpayerI Association for further discussion. d..
Bauer said that the Croton watGf would not rise To
| f!e ulfasr floors of teucmcnt-hpuscs unless q new
reservoir were built located above the level Of the
! teucEGnts' upper stories
s,arah Palmer of No. 337 East Twenty y-siXtli-st.,
ouncaItd m The YuTkvic Police Court Court ycstcr-
fdavunnd complained against her sister Agnes
| Palmer Both claim the nalUo OF Palmer from the
fact that both had been married to the saue man,
Charles Palmer. an engineer on one of the Black
Wells Island boats. Agnes had been the first wife
of Palmer but he fell in love with Sarah while she
,yns living with Mrs. Palmer. aud they clDpcd.
subsequently Palmer succeeded IN obtaining di-
| y0rce from his wife. lie then married her sister.
The charge against Agnes Palmer was that she had
threatened to sot fire TO her sisters apartments and
to Kill her child; but Agnes denied the charge. She
WAS sent on tue Island Tor six months in default of
$500 bail to keep the peace.
The second annual dinner of the Veteran AssOcia-
tion of the lst Ncw-Y0rk Mounted Rifles was had at
thc :; ;urevant House last evening. Before sitting
down to dinner the following officers elected
President. Colonel B. +. Ondcrdonk; ylce-prcsident,
H. Hamilton. SecretarV and trpasuTer w. IL.