New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-02
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PROMINENT ARRIVALS.
StUriecant Unconstitutional w. II. Turner, U. s.
NEW-YORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
A quaint scarE-pip is in the shape of bat on the
| wing.
New wax candles are in obelisk shapes and are
| labelled Cleopatra.
| The glorious slides" that bows now make on
| many sidewalks render walking very dangerous
Fur pelerines with cuffs and muif make the styl-
iah fur set for young ladies to wear with cioseh1
| ting jackets.
New high corsages without sleeves do not find
favor with American ladies. Those with lace sleeves
are preferred.
The Bowery was lined yesterday morning with the
! wrecks Of car-tOnRnes which had been broken Dy
the falling horses,
The price of kerosene has been cbeapened this is
special misfortune to those life insurance cOmpan-
| les patronized by HiberniaD handmaldens.
The IRONY of circumstance A tattered italian
livd with cold and pnshed with hunger grinding out
| rOcking airs from opera bOuffe.
The three boys who were fnel 81 each for crying
| newspapers through Harlem last Sunday Will PROB
| ably not experiment in that line to-day
! Residents of the apnexed district are beginning to
! fix the sites Of the stations of the suburban rapid
| transit road Personal convenience is mainly con-
! sideTed.
| The Pennsylvania Railroad has made some changes
IN it's time tables which will go into effect tO-mor-
row. The details may be found III the advertising
| columns.
A BURGLAR CAUGHT IN TIE ACT.
Michael Bake, leather cutter, twenty -tw0 years
OF age, was arragned before Justice Smith yester-
day on n charge Of burglary Policeman Gleason,
a
| morning noticed two men in the American Baking
Company's building No. POI First-a7e., who were
endeavorng to pry open safe The officer rushed
into the yard, and Blake attempting to CLIMB
fence. Gleason seized him. and thereuDOn des-
pcate struggle ensued. Finally the officer, with
the assistance of brother officer who had mean
wiHle arrived lodged the prisoner IN the st ,tlon
Blake, who admitted his guilt, was held IN $1,000.
THE WEEK OF PRAYER IN THE NINTH WARD
The programme for the observance of the week OF
prayer IN tho Ninth Ward IS as follows; The keV.
W. W. Page will preside this afternoon at the Cen
trail Methodist Episcopal Church. and Tomorrow af-
ternoOn the Rev. W; Wylie will conduct services at
the Jane Street Methodist Episcopal Church; Tues
day afternoon the Rev. j. Q. Adams will preside at
the Union Reformed Churcn; Wednesday afternoon
the Rev. j. NJ BUrgar ut the North Baptist Church;
Thursday afternoon the Rev. James White at the
Bedford Street Methodist Episcopal Church Friday
afternoon the Rev. X. w. Kidd at the Charles
Street United Presbyterian ChuTch; Saturday af-
ternOOp the Rev. A. Schrlver at the Berean Baptist
Church and Sunday afternoon the Rev. DR.. j. T.
Newman at the Thirteenth Street Presbyterian
Church.
BROOKLYN
1t has been suggested that some warm-hearted
person should provide q stove for the Wall Street
Ferry house.
Skaters complain of the chairs hired ont to people
on the lakes III Prospect Park which interfere with
their sport.
The doors in some of the cars on the surface roads
have to be LETT open TO let the smoke escape from
leaking stoves and the passengers complain greatly
The dead body of Michael COtfey liquor dealer,
sixty years old, was found yesterday morning on
he cellar stairs of j. H. Segeckes liquor store. No.
G96 FultOn-st.
James Mcclure. of No. Vne-st for brutally
Kicking his wife and nearly causing her death was
arrested and locked up yesterday. Mrs. Mcclure
was sent to hospital.
Frederick HOag, of No. 854 Fulton-st., yesterday
cut his throat with n razor IN his bedroom. lie did
not succeed in killing himself, however, and was
taken to the City Hospital.
Robert w. Andrews, lawyer, of Brooklyn, living
at No. 80 Second.pace. and having an office at No.
4 m Npuv xrl,1 IaaT ia hOna
Neville Eve. slipped and fell from the stOOp.
lie sIuck his head upon the sidewalk, producing
iuStnSbIlItY. He carried INTO the bOuse by
members of bis family. He fingered until yester-
day morning. when he died. He was about forty
five years old.
JERSEY CITY.
Judge Garretson went to the Court House yester.
day. but was told that the jurors in the Winfield
libel case had not agreed upon o verdict he sum-
moned the jurors into the courtroom. and at their
request explained the points of law involved. They
were then locked up again IN q comfortable room.
Charles D1bble, the driver OF horse-car, was
seriously injured yesterday by being dragged over
the dashboard IN Cen;Tal-ave.
John Coyle and Michael Carroll we're arrested
yesterday for breaking INTO the cellar of the Park
House, Mt Grove-st. and Pavona-ave., aud stealing
ten gallons OF liquor.
WHITE PLAINs-Joseph 0. Miller, the new Regis.
ter of Westminster County and his subordIuates
assumed he duties OF their respective positions at
noon YESTERDAY, afer which the Registers Office
was closed until Tomorrow morning.
LONG ISLAND.
FAR ROCKAwAY.-The people of Far Rockaway
held q school meeting on Friday and BY q vote of
81 TO % decided to build "A new sch0OlhOnse at q
cost OF 81, 800 Several women voted
JAMAICA.-Gibert Sayres. Of Jamaica, a lawyer
doug business Brooklyn and secretary OF the
Long Island Bbl" society. was stricken with
paralysis On Friday night.
STATEN ISLAND.
CAsTIETON.-The Excise Board of ClstletOn will
sit Tomorrow to issue licenses Ii Is said that
most OF tho forty de!lnquonts in the Town OF Mid
dletOu have taken out licenses.
Observation-Disclosures Brooks has been appointed
by tie Governor trustee of the Richmond County
Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.