New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-21
NEM.YORK CITY.


Annie trees arc putting forth their leaves.
Coid-st betyyeen Frankfort and Beelman-sts. Is
being Tcpaved ,oo
fro in G. V. Sumpfs lounge factory at No; 1876
Attorney-st. damaged the stock $3,OOO, yesterday,
Fancy fans to be used for decorations nave the
shape and huos Of a huge pansy' SunnO"'i VI
daisy. =,
Hcliotrope is the newest color, and comes III al
shades from the deep reddish purple 10 the P'le
mauve.
The portition that formerly divided the r0tllnda
i'm the Custom House from the walk has been re-
moved.
The staten Island shnd drft-net fishermen caught
about 900 shad in the Lower Bay ana NarIoWS
Yesterday
The Ncw-York and Manhattan Life Insurance
Companies are charging their buildings by adding
to them two stories.
"The Young Man in Chains7 is the subject Of. n
lecture TO be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Carfoii Ih
Jane Street NJ. +. Church this evening"
Panscs and mignonettc are the flowers most in
favor this Spring, and milliners say that they can
scarcely get enough of them to supply the demand
The unknown woman who was run over on DlOh-
day and killed by Second Avenue street car was
identified yesterday Mary Rasekia, OF NO. OI0
FiISt-aVe.
Two deaths from measles were reported yesterday
from the Ncw-YOrk Founding ASYlm-Ue9rBe
Rogers age eleven months, ana fIiIik van 4No'9'
age SIX months.
ycndcr of cough drops on Broadway has . sign
with - Stop that coughing i'll very large lrttcIs'
But he seems unable to cure himself, Tor he lscohth-
ually coughing
Three steamships landed 1904 immigrants at
Castle Garden yCstcrday-thG City OF Ncw-forK,
from Liverpool, 1,122 Devolla, from GiaSgOW
1880 iceland, from Antwerp, 49,.
The new Sarah silk that has come IN the latest
inlpnrtatons is q soft twicd silk OF the most
pliahlr texture hut heavier than fnulard. 1t comes
in solid cOoTs, embracing all the new tnts'
improvements have been made in Washington
SQUARE Seats have been placed around the four
tain and Il pathway from the fountain TO west
Fourth-st. has breu changed into grass-plot.
An unknown man fell to the pavement n ut yes
tcrday morning, mt Ihird-ayr ana tlSI nlrlH-SlA-
th-St and remained uncaTcd for fully hait an hOuI'
when he was removed TO Bellevue Hospital.
limitations of the celebrated Jersey" are seen
among the new imported costumes. They are 81
stOrkinG-nct and have few seams, hut are SIMPLY
bad limitations of handsome garment which IS
made without seams.
The circulation of the English translation OF
ZOla'S novel Mana has been discontinued ~ inc
Mercantile Library by order of the Board 81 lDrrc
tion Fifty copies were bought and were circulated
for two weeks before the order was issued.
John Simon age forty yrarSa Iscryant IN the employ
Of Mrs Bgsc0mbe Mt Observation-Disclosures hist.
and WaSliugton-ave. attempted to cut his throat
Yesterday with q razor, hut did not succeed. The
police took him to the hospital. His wounds arc
slight.
An old stove in one of the rooms of the City Hall
tumhlcd to pieces yesterday morning and burning
wood fell upon the floor. ActingMayor MorriSMnd
several of his assistants qncnchrd me nir. nc
eminent.
The NewYork Independent Ice Company held IFS
second annual meeting last evening at NJ; ~
Broome.st Edward Brennan was elected president
lie rrported rvofably Oh the prospects of the conf
pany and announced the enrolment OF 100 adds
tOual members.
Officer Kennedy, of the Eighth Precinct, while pur-
suing crowd ofdsordcrly persons in Narck-st; yes
f {sF and f5 a BRd ifi Sr@r i Pac MGa Of
2g0 HndsOn-st, in the hip: wounding nm severely
Mn(, rotI 40 fpk =
The inability of the Health Officers to discover
what had become of the body Of Margaret kaalia,
who died in Castle Garden on March 80 was OK
planned Yesterday by the discovery that she lad
been buried on March 81 under the name OF Maggie
Colletta. The error was in the Coroners office.
Inspector McDcnnott will he buried in Calvary
by platoon of ppcc, will start from the house of
tie Inspector, and after services mt -. Lawrence
Church in East Eighty-fourth-st. viii follow the
remains to the Astoria Ferry at Ninety SccOndSt.
The following is a comparative statement of cases
of contagious disease reported for the two weeks
ending April II, 1880:
vSs gS9 f fc9IS' spinal ncns Measles, %
A AETiI IT, t. 8 4 Z 81 g
Mary Brown. age fifteen. of No. 40 Mulhorry-st,
and Francis GunbCrg age twenty, Of No. 23f East
Tcnth-st., employed at No. 100 WIliam-st., fell to-
geihrr from the fourth to tho first story of the
building through n hatchWay yesterday Afternoon.
Tie glr's thigh was broken, and GunberR received
severe bruises
The late Avas G. Williams, cx-Shcriifof Brooklyn,
and for many years a merchant OF tGl5 city was
one Of the first to the ADVANTAGE oi insurnE in
the Mutual Life of NewYOvk. He held policies for
$1,000 in that COMPANY ana th' H'gIde%d ADJ,
lions increased the insurance to SlO,1Il, Inc
claim was paid yesterday.
An officer from Minneapolis searched the records
ut Police Headquarters Yesterday for news OF Anton
Come, resident Of Minneapolis, who left that city
on January II. tn 20 10 Eurppc. lie reached New
York on January II. but did not take passage on
any steamer. Nothing has been heard from him
since. No trace Of him was found by the police
yesterday.
. The Rev. Dr. Richard s. Storrs lrcturcd last even
ing 10 large and fashionable audience aL AssOcia-
ton Hall on "Ihc Effect OF Christianity on ~"
Worlds Hope of Future Progress" The speaker
described the results Of tie Christian diSpCn,atiOn
on past ages, and thence drew differences Tor the iu-
tuIr. Ills address was atifHjNcly listened to, AID
often provoked hearty applause.
The new iron steamship Columbia, lult by John
Roach IL Sons ut Chester, Penn. Ior the Oregon kall
way and Navigation Company, Is now lying at the
foot of Nint-5t. East River, to receive her ting5
before loading for her outward trip. Her dImrn-
sIOns are if feet over al, 3Sl2 feet beam and 23
feet depth of hold. Tic ship - provided with i
great mlnY improvements and she ranks among the
finest vessels of her class in the United states.
Officer Mcclure, of the Fourteenth Precinct, on
Mondav night arrested Michael DCgrla age twenty
six VCnTs u nbOrrr, in the rear Of the premises No.
SO BaXor-st. lie had shaved off his Whlsl,rrs aud
otherwise disguised himself to prevent idenIlira-
tiOH ; hut was rerOgnz' Ct as the man who stabbed
Michael DcmOniC1 III q braWl over Il game OF cards
~ a beer sh, p at No. 80 Mubcrryit., AVril -.
He was arrag Icd before Justice KIlhrcth yesterday
at the TOmbs. and was committed without bal.
Fanny Haynes. twenty years of aye. of No. 90
Egs; 1hirt-st. WAS arrested for disOfdery cOnHuCt
on Monday night, and locked up IN tie E!dr:dgc
Street Police Station. About milnl Int. while lock-
ing up another prisoner, the wntchman heard tue
eulud of heavy breathing. Rushing to her cell he
found her Ianoing to the cell door. lie cut her
down. and found that sic used her handkerchief as
n moose. Justice Smith, in the Essex Market Police
Court yesterday, sent her to tho Island Tor three
months
Mrs. Margaret Quinn, q drcssmalcr died on Mon
day night in bellevue Hospital from starvation.
She was found by the police ON SATURDAY na fourth
ave. sick and helpless. Her husband is shoe
maker and the wOmaus fcllOw-tcnan say that