New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-11
NETWORK CITY.


Little bonnets entirely covered with steel beads
are worn. ,
Easter cards are becoming very numerous in store
windows
The number of professional beggars in the streets
seems 10 increase.
Large and small plads are shown IN the imported
wOOllens for spring suits
Columbia College has 1851 students, an increase
of fiftY-seyen over last year.
In a rainy day an umbrella is as necessary in Full
ton Market as in the open AIR.
The Street Cleaning Department is hunting for the
pavement in Frankn-Square.
Nearly ten thousand persons have visited the cat
congress up to The present time.
There are two Spanish restaurants in New-York
where all meats are served IN olive OIL
Since Lent came in the sound of the fish-horn has
been loud and frequent in the uptown streets.
The street vendors along Broadway were ont yes
erday in full force for the first time since the recent
arrests.
Copper CONS in use twenty years ago are dis6R,
ured ami sold IN FultOn-st Tor ancient UreeK anu
Roman coins"
The sum of $40 900 has been sent by the members
of the ST. Nicholas Society to the IransVaal CON-
mittee in Holland.
The upper part of the East River was picturesque
yesterday from the unusually large number OF
schOOners and other craft.
Buildings are goingup in almost every street in
Harlem but rents are going higher In seVeral cases
store rents have been doubled.
The demolition of the buildings at the northwest
corner of Prince-st. and Broadway, to make room
for the new Aston stores Is completed.
Property-owners in Nassau-st. complain Of tho in
creasing number of stands between Pine and wall
sts, which occupy nearly onehalf OF the SIDEWALK
Fourteen liquor dealers in the Tombs Police Court
and three in tho Harlem Court required to FUR
nish 800 bail each yesterday for violating the Ex
else law. -
RAvAGEs OF DREADED DISEASE. -,
Eight smallpox patients were taken to BlackWelPs
island from this city yesterday, aud one person VINO
hal led q.
terst. The vaccination room at Police Headquar-
| ters is thronged daily.
JUDGE cHoATEs ILLNESS.
Judge Choate has been confined to his house for
nearly two weeks with attack OF rheumatic lever
Yesterday he had far recovered that he expressed
his determination to resume duty on the 0encn Oh
the United States District Court Monday next.
ENGINEERS FOR MEXICO.
The fourth party of engineers, sent to Mexico by
the Mexican National Railroad Company VIII san
to-day IN the steamship CITY of Mexico Tor vera
Cruz. Tho expedition will be under the COMMAND
of A. NJ Wellington, and the surgeon Is ~ f. JACK
'o"' ppIRNps OF FtRF-coMMIsSroNRR KING.
4 delegation of the New York Board of Fire I'm
derwriters called at the Mayors office yesterday,
and asked for the TeappOintment OF Fire C0lnmis-
soner King whose term of Office expires May l. The
Mayor promised to give tho matter due conSloera-
ton.
RECORDING TRANSFER MADE SIX YEARS AGO,
A deed dated 1873. transferring property at the
northwest corner of Broadway and Elghteenfh-st
from Blche Cunard To William 5. Hoyt and Susan
S. Franckyn, the wli9 OF Tharles y; rtancA,ym d.
was recorded yesterday. The consideration was
S77oOOO. 1900
Messrs Phclps and Henderson, of the Board OF
SUPERVISORS of Htstchester County, appeared before
the Park Commissioners yesterday IN relation 10
the building Of bridges over the Bronx RIVER. a
resolution was adopted 10 naNe plauS ula"h ny AVA
five bridges.
DINNER TO POsTMAsrER-GENERAL JAMES.
Postmaster(iencral james will arrive in this city
frTm Washington this afternoon ut o'clock, Ia
the evening he will attend dinner at Delm0nic0s:
given in his honor by the officers aud directors OF
the metropolitan Life Insurance Conpanyot which
lie Is a director
THF CoRoNERs Busy DAY.
Verdicts Of suicide were found yesterday IN the
cases Of Gottlicb Toell. butcher OF No. 49, sui
folk st.; Gustav Galger. of No. 90 Canal-s and an
unknown man who shot himself IN lodglng'house
at No. 81 Bowery. The inquest in seven other cases
resulted in vcrdicts OF death by accident
DINNER or PETA THETA TT.
The New-York Alumni Chapter of the Beta Theta
P Association ate q dinner last evening at the 81
Nicholas Hotel About 100 persons we're present.
responses were made by the Rev. Dr. L. " Slns,
A. H. Flack the Rev. j. S. Ramsay, +. l.. Backus
aud Others
ELEVATED TRAINS on THE EAST SIDE.
The work of preparing for the running of shut
tie" trains between CITY Hall aud Chatham-sqnare
and continuing the Third Avenue elevated trains 10
the South Ferry IN now IN active progress AT Cnat
ham.sanare. The managers now run the shuttle
trains ON the FOry-secoudst. branch from O'CLOCK
q. III. until midnight.
Il.
Tho Rev Fathers Desrbos and Merlini, who are
now IN this country as the representatives of the
Roman Catholic Society Of African MISSIONS, when
has its headquarters in Lyons, France, nave pnD-
hsbed an address TO the people OF TINS city setuhg
forth the terrible condition Of religions AFFAIRS OH
the African Continent.
An INSECURE sCAFFOLD.
William Kcrrigan, are forty of No. 433 West
Tbrty-eghthst and Patrick Burns, age forty five,
OF Forty frst-st. and Icnthaye" were at Work on
the third floor OF No. III West Ihirty-thrd-st;
ycsterdag putting up tre-escapc when the scatold
ypon which they stood krokr. Both were thro"h
nto the street and badly injured.
| pEusIAN MONARCH AND EGYPTIAN MONARCH
Tho steamship Persian Monarch has been char
tercd nv the British Government for transport
service OWING to her strength and capacity Tor car
tween New YORK and London will be filled by the
new steamer Egyptian Monarch which Will be
| ready to leave the clyde in a lew days
SWIMMING FOR THEIR VESSEL.
Az the steamship Montreal of the lnman Line,
| arnnr out into tho stream at pier No.. 81, North
River Yesterday TO start on the voyage LOT Eul0pe
two sailors belonging to the crew VINO au Dee ont
on tie pier sprang INTO the water ana STRUCK OuI
! fnr their ship. They had almost reached ~ whcn Z
| bnatman named Michael Foley overlook them ana
mi them on board tile steauleT' 1ue cto"" oh Vh0
| ider cheercd Justify.
LotrrRY-DEALERs CALLED TO ACCOUNT
| Judce GIlderseevo yesterday sentenced John
McAdam OF No 7s4 EgntaHs 10 tc .e S1 b.
Allan Of No ~ Nassaust.. was arrestCd yesteIuay
/ an bench warrant issued from the United States
Circuit Court he was ,sccn,y iuiI tSron0b the
| nails United States Commissioner Deuel. held him
III 81 900 bail for examination.
| A CHINAMAN EXPOSES A swINDLE.
| A CbinqInaD named Song Long, of No. 2O9 spring,
| a. complained to the Mayor yesterday that he bad
nad one dollar to an officer of the permit bureau Tor
The privilege of erecting sign over the sidewalk
and that tie officer had failed to send the permit as
an Other complaints were made that persons
| hsd been ordered to pay for signs, aud that man
had called TO collect the money. IL was 1ounu on
n ustioation that some persons not connected with
| The hermit bureau were collecting money on false
pretences, ..
| FUNERAL OF IVORY CHAMBERLAIN. go
The funeral of the late Ivory Chamberlan VII VIII