New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27
NETWORK CITY.


Easter lilies are already abundant in the florists
windows. =,
The new Surah is satin like instead Of being dull
like silk.
The Mayor was still too ill yesterday to be at the
City Hall
Mining operations have been resumed In Flood
Rock at He'll Gate.
Deaths last week. 694; births. $50; marriages.
1856; arrests, 1,223.
The "bob.tail car seems to have been devised 10
carry street urchns free. -,
Lenten costumes OF black Surah are Veheo WIN
lace and studded with let. -,
The money-boxes on the cross-town cars pan OUT"
literally in counterfeit COINS.
The work of laying the floor beams OF INC E"''
River Bridge as resumed yesterday
A bu,lder in the annexed districts has contracts
for the construction of more than loo houseS ~,
| since the death of The Harvard Ldmpoon me Coz
umbia Spectator Is the only i'inS'ra'eu g. ala
silk waste which few years ago was sou or;civ
rogs il now manufactured in this city INTO 'aioF
| of fine cloths. A. or;
The number of trucks waiting to go over tne tari
| ous ferries at the Battery ID so si0"' ~
| travel is much delayed.
| A dnpv-looking hostery In Centre-st. advert'ses
| ga nights lodging, free lunch ana napusonie Gu
| tertainment for CENTS.
Tho directors of the Western Union Telegraph
| Company net yesterday and adjourned without
| transactiDg any business.
The "sleigh-be I" is the favOrite, jet trimming
II combines gold, silver and metallic drops tnaC
| Jingle when the wearer moves.
Laura Barmorc of No. 135 Greene-st.. was held IN
default of 81 COO bail yesterday by Justice Patter-
son for keeping disOrderly house.
There was moro floating ice in the East River yes
terlay than on any previous day during the week.
but not enough to interfere with the ferry 0oats'
THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB.
The Union League Club VIII remain IN us presTnS
quarters until Friday night. Saturday morning.
| tine new house, at ThiIty-nintl-st ana fnth-ave,
will be open and breakfast will he served there Tor
the members There will be no ceremonies at tne
opening. -
! fire in the basement of the building NO. %
| Broadway, under drug store, alarmed hundreu
| girls who were at work in shirt factory IN lhe
upper stories, yesterday afternoon, but panic was
avertcd by the arrival or the hremen SlenI uaih
age was done to the building.
FIVE ARRESTED. BUT ONLY ONE HELD,
George stump. of No. 4 GOuvernrur slip. Willlam
smith of No 70 MaTketsty Henry , Wilson; OF Mo-
John Blsmark. of No. 1872 Chrystie;st, were ar
pairned before Justice Smith in tho Essex Market
I otter law. They were ali discharged with the
exception of Bismark who was held IN 800 ball 10
await the action of the Grand Jury.
BROOKLYN.
General Excise Inspector Oliver Cottcr was yes;
terday discharged by General Jonrdan on the grouha
that the appropriation was insufficient TO pay us
salary. -,
The Very Rev. NJ. A. Hunt OF London, will lecture
| this evening in the Roman Catholic Church OF tne
TRANSPORTATION, in Marcy-aVe, on the suO1ec' VI
Priest and People"
A detachment of rs United States marines COM
manded by Captan Robert Meads let the nart
Eavy-Yard yesterday for washington " t"Ao 'AA'
IN the ceremonies OF March 4.
General John r. Lydecker. ono OF the receivers o,
the the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company, saIn
yesterday to n reporter that Dy 1hurSuay neA''"0i
would be resumed on the ROAD. .
William Roberts and Joseph Clifton, who robbed
Chinese laundrymaD. Wah Lee, about week ago
pretending to be water iasReG a fSs PeSeStsry.
The Rev Dr. james n. Ludo w sailed last thurs
dav for n three monthS tour In Europe and the HOLY
Land His pulpit in brooklyn VIII ne Wiliiar
ing at least part o. his absence by Professor '@
. Henry Green, Of Princeton. =,
BENJAMIN Potter colored man, asked Martir
Mayer liquor-seller. at Throopave' ana ma id ~
20 so se Ito 10 picSers and elected Potter forcibly
= Justice Kiehl fined him SIS for assault.
. Mrs. Catherine Hart, Of No. 80 Third.gt' wa
: arrested Yesterday at Wechsler a. Abrahams. nos
207 and 300 Fulton-st charged with shopiitsnng s
and was taken 10 the police station. She had 9zu'
in her pocket. and Indignantly denied the cmaTEs
from a counter and that as they were leaving I'M
elevator the way TO the office TO examine ln1o ta
case he picked up parcel of dress ornaments wott
SO 40 Mrs Hart at late hour last night was Sui
y in custody at the Washington Street Station
;. NEWARK.
I William A. Thomas. teller of tho First Natona
: Roll. was released from jail on $4,000 bail las
!. ! evening He will be tried again on the indictmen
Il for classifying the books of the bank on March To-
q Iouis Moritz recently q partner IN the hrm Q
o Moritz Co.. carriage cloth aoinst ra~ct
"a nm affidavit of conspiracy and fraud saainst M
n | Mock and Mark McGeehon, before Justice Nottlo
N ship Yesterday afternoon me accused men mer
Iices that he possessed an equal interest IN tn
business that his partners desired TO bny MS INFER
for an incon.ideraoe amount ~ W. eufered GSens
y th"m fnr n claim which could have been settieo
ii ond' while he was i'll. allowed the property OF IN
r. a, 70 he sod that the ostensibe purchaser wa
m Wnck's stepfather who had been employed as nigh
Of ~atchman in the factory and that since the sale Ia
accused men have Deeh t thn money raid Sv tn
~ purchaser was really that OF Louis Montz O. "
n Warrants were issued.
iy LONG ISLAND.
H. J,MrspoRr.-Otto Van Iuyl has been appoi ne,
~ Postmaster NJ JanlesPolt III WV paw" W
IT wn deceased.
y U,ysrpr.-Thc school house at Baysde has bee,
" robbed thirteen times WITHIN a year iHlcNes VII
" | ted IL the last time Oh Friday nighI'
at oDspURGn-Hamilton Brewer, of Wood
IN ~" has brought SUIT against Carman Eros
~ claiming So, 900 damages Tor Deihg urNeh NV"
ne from al oyster Deu' ,o A.. ..oo
rrcr Of Long Island City has received $lZooISS
mt for Smallpox Is pteVaieh' I'D '"o'i -
lower wards of Long Island Guy.
A. NrwrowNThere lisa dog and cock PM IN New W',
.rs m constant use Last week one OF the most Drnti
pc. doc fights on record occurred there ahd cocAii
lid mains arc of almost nightly occurrence
he M,NopyuIE-Wlliam and Rosa Mitler,
on nnrviilc who were arrested on charge OF cruel
oa W the how William Butt have been held ny Jlsti
ns Stncknolc in 5000 bail each to appear April ~
IL examination. -
ST. building seventy 1set Sa az
nis ni Hhniond the Episcopal Charity Home founded
no ,bn late Dr. Muhlenburg 1t Is III the Eastia
vas stvle aud will cost $14 600.
lio UrSrINGroH.- AlsOp, OF New YORK IN II
nrchased the Lord property at Eatons NeSk Eo M
isr meton Tor $40 900 1t was once held at $oV,ot
the onS S25. 600 was loaned upon ". Reconoy
ich mort rngee was compelled to bug IL under ioie''
=. ure at $4,000. ,,.,n. hoa =
de- J,MA1cA.-"I have no home. haven't o had To