New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-18
NEW-YOkK CITY.


The balayeuse is fuller and more conspicuous tins
season.
Mcn without homes" are on the increase in
Harlem.
The ps1ncesse style of dress is still preferred fo1
evening dresses.
Thrra is talk Of removing the Union Theological
Seminary uptown.
Cows mix sold here" is the specific sign on a
shop IN Thirty-fonrth-st.
The ice on the large Ike IN Central Park was IN
poor condition yesterday.
The senior class of Columbia College VIII hoid its
class supper February 81.
The political deadlock in the University of the
CITY OF New York Is broken.
Workmen armed with picks have begun an attac6
upon the glaciers III Fifth-ave.
There in to be bowling mach in Harlem shortly.
in which only women will pqIflcipate. ~
An enterprsine 1oris. in the Blwery displays an
extensive forest scene in his shOw-window'
Snow-sboss could be used to great advantage IN
many Of the streets i'll the annexed districts
Fashionable wax candles now take the obellsk
form aud decoration. They stand IN small porcelain
plates instead OF candiestlcKs.
Passengers COMPLAIN of the long DELAYS IN me
morning at the Fifty-ninth Street Stationsor tue
Sixth Avenue Elevated Railroad.
A woman spparently about eighty years old at
tracted attention in Broadway YESTERDAY by promo
nadng in tie costume OF the last century.
The explosion in the building occupied by James
MrCreery & Go. did no damage to the stock, and
the business has gone Oh without interruption.
The inability Of the poce to stop boysfrom coast
ing dawn some of the streets leading 10 lnlro-aVe.,
in NorrisaDia, has resulted in several accidents.
Albert Bishop a driver fell from his truck ut
Ten,h-aye and ihirsy -ffth-st. yesterday, and was
instantly killed. He lived at No. Il Commerce-st'
DIFFICULTY IN GETTING VICTIMS.
Mesmerism is becoming ponuiar as a. means Of
evening entertainment III the paTlor. ne greatest
difficulty in the matter seems to be IN the procu[ihs
of suitable subjects--Or perhaps more properly
victims"
PRESIDENCY OF TIE GoETHR CLUB.
The committee of the Goethe Club appointed to
select st IN R amess
day and decided to request Edmunu y. Steuibah u
accept the position
.,o sotsn Dgw Srt Sao aNt No. 81 Nassaus
this afternoon and tomorrow al O'Clock, colec-
tioa of oil paintings by Achenbach Bristol, BrGher,
Col, CoUan, De Coch FreIk, Glhord haek Mack
and others, will be sold.
HIS BROTHER IN OFFICE.
Michael j. Morrisson brother OF the recent Excise
Commissioner was appointed YESTERDAY as pI inter,
prefer in the Mayors office in the place OF Rolmr
Pratt and Felix Kennedy IN place OF w, V. l. Mer-
Ger, clerk in the Office
g FILING HIS BOND.
Nelson j. Tappan, as receiver of the Philadelphia
and New York Steam Navigation Company. yester-
day, filed his bond in the sum or $2o,0O0 IN the
County Clerks office. The bondsmen are James ID.
Fish and Arthur B. Graves
ANNlvERsARY OF THE wOMEN's P8orECTIvg UNION.
The seventeenth anniversary Of the Working
wo,neTs Protective Union will be held a. CHECKER
Stewart l.. Woodford and the Rev. Drs Edward
Mc4lynn and Joseph ii. Rylance.
THE MAYOR AS THE CHILpRENs FRIEND.
Mayor Grace has refused the application of Charles
Mc5eachy theatrical manager, TO be allowed to
have little children sing at theatrical entertain
ment. The examination before the Mayor. week
ago. showed that the children were 10 De em2ioSe
TO dance as we'll rs to sing.
TIE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
At meeting of the Executive Committee OF the
National Rifle Association yesterday j.. A. Buck de-
Oh Gle president
swing to his anticipated absence from the city dur
ing the season. special meeeng OF the Board VIII
be held Thursday 10 elect president
vroIAT! OXs OF THE Lottery LAWS.
NJ Snyder was held in 1850 hai by Commissioner
Shields yesterday for serdng Lottery, ccrcnar
through hs mail Henry Breitenburck, of No. 2J1
Secon,l-st and Charles Gardiner. of No. 115 Cln-
tou-st were each held i'll $500 bail to answer yio-
latIon of the lottery law III the Essex Market Police
Court yesterday.
THE BAPTIST PREACHERS.
The Rev. DR.. John Quincy Adams read paper
Yesterday morning at the Baptist Ministers Con-
ference on the subject, Z" How can we best promote
n revival IN our Chsrchesw Dr.. Adams said that
he had prepared the paper al o'clock in the morn
ing and consequently did not attempt to tieat the
subject extensively.
. WISHING MORE PREQCENT TRAINS.
More trains and reduction of fare are desired on
the Harlem Railroad. between MOTisanIa and Forty
second-st. Residents of Morrsania are about 70
present petition 10 the directors, asking that
trains every ten minutes, the fare not to ex,
coed 10 cents TO the Grand Central Depot and 13
THE sFvENTY-FIRsT REGIMENTS BALL.
The annual ball of the list Regiment will be
given at the Metropolitan Concert Hall tonight
The orchestra viii be under the direction of Bern
stein. Among the invited guests are General Grant
General Hancock, mmodore Cooper, General
Shaler. General Varian aud General Wiley. Anew
floor for dancing will be laid
SALE OF THE FROST COLLECTION.
The oil paintings Belonging to the estate of
Charles !; Frost will be sold without reserve at
nin0s The collection includes four pictures by
Boughton, and examples of the work Of Claws,
Ccrot, Daubigney. Frere. Kensett Ihorn' Vcrboeck-
lOyen, Waltz and MANY Others.
AN OLD WOMAN MISSING.
The police were asked yestel lay TO look for Ann
GOdschmdit. age forty five, who left her home. at,
no. 63 East Nnety.frst-st., January |. to MAZE a.
visit in Eight ST. She carried travelling bag with
q brass plate inscribed James W.. OBrlen"
Noting has since been heard Of her. Mir. Gold;
schmdrs mind had been impaired Tor some time and
fears are entertained for her safety.
PUNISHED FOR BIGAMY.
John NJ. Phillips, clerk, twenl y-ninc years old,
he Court Of General sessions and was sent to the
Elmira Reforniatory.. He was married first IN st.
Peters Roman Catholic Church by the, Rev. Father
Coubey, April 10, 1874. and on December "a, 1870,
he was married in the Emanuel Church in Brooklyn
tO Mrs Mary COhn, OF No. 1919 Bond-st., Brooklyn.
WANTING FIVE CENT FAREs
Five cent fare" is still the cry of people in the
annexed district who patronize the Harlem and
Fbrdham street railway. One man goes further-he
at cents head. Three cents, in tue opinion of
others, much as travel on this line is worth.
Mean while some persons walk mile more rather
than pay the extra cent demanded, and some ride
only ON stormy days.
OFFICERS OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
The annual meeting OF the Taxpayer Central
Association was held last evening at No. $40 Third
ave. DIR. MESSENGER acted as temporary chairman.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing
year: bter A. Cassidy, president; NJ j. Ii. Messe-
mer and Cornelius OReilly, Independents; George
b. Kopik recording secretary w. +. Pitshke, cor
responding secretary Peter vomer, treasurer and
G. g. Shurrager assistant treasurer.