New-York tribune., 1881-11-21
NETWORK CITY.

| The work of removing the dead leaves from lhe
| city parks has been nearly completed.
| The large exhibit of turkeys in Washington Mar
| ket indicates the approach OF thanksgiving Day'
One of the Bowery variety theatres yesterday ad-
vertised for ITS Sunday concert: " Destroying An
| gels"
| Oycrcoot thieves are now very numerous and ex-
] tremcy bold and there have been many losses from
halls and offices within the last few days.
| DROWNED IN THE HARLEM RIvrR.
| The body of John Short, age forty, OF One-hun-
drcd and-tenth-st. and Tenth-ave, was found III the
Harlem River at the foot of One-hundred-and hIty-
| eighth-st., yesterday
| A THANKSGIVING RECEPTION
| A thanksgiving reception will be held by the
| American Female Guardian Society next Thursday
at the Home for the Freudless, in Twenty-nlnthst
near Madison;aye. Dinner viii be ServeI IN the
| rooms of the Home at l o'clock ana AT Z:oO p H.
| services will be held i'll the cha el
| AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
| Dinner will be served at p. III. ON THANKSGIVING
| Day at the FIVE Points House of Industry to de
serving poor persons. The institution is dependent
for its support upon The voluntary gifts of the pub
lie, and it appeals for assisting nee to celebrate
| properly the annual festival next Thursday.
sMA.HING IN WINDOWS.
| Petty thieves in Harlem now watch their oppor-
tunity after midnight to smash the glass IN ctore
| windows, and seizing what they can OF their con
tents escape before the arrival of the police. No
| less than five stores have thus been robbed WITHIN
| two weeks and plate glass to the value Oh over
| 81, 900 has been destroyed.
PRESENTING RAISED CHECK.
| draft on the Vermont National Bank OF st.
| Albans, Vt, was presented SATURDAY at the farK
| covered that the draft had been raised from SlO,
and the presenting II was put under arrest 10
await the arrival OF the cashier OF the 81 AlDih
| Bank.
| The schooner Ella Jane, of Bridgeport, from
Roundouts bound to Newport, was struck by
| heavy squall at the Battery yesterday morning
| The captain thrown down and the vessel struck
the barge Transit, lying at Pier No. 3 North RIVER
| he qchn fOrpmISt a
| and the mainmast about twenty feet above. The
| barge sustained only slight damage.
| ANXIOUS But NOT READY TO YIELD.
| The striking coach-drIyers held meeting yester
day at their headquarters in West Thirty y,secondst
TO discuss the situation The action OF the stable
keepers in advertising for new men ana absolutely
refusing TO pav more than $12 week has somewhat
| affected the attitude Of some OF the drivers VINO
have families to support and cannot ailoId 10 r.,
main idle. But the determination not to yield untl
the bosses promised 10 give Sll was resolutely
| adhered to. and thr strike will be continued.
| BOYS sCALDED WITH HOT WATER
Mrs Anna Fir1kars, of No. 96l SccOud-aYe, was
prisoner in the Yorkville Police Court yesterday,
charged with having on Saturday afternoon thrown
a quantity Of boiling water over three small boys
who were engaged in building "A bonhIe.ln 'front.' oi
Duffy of No. 2ZS East Fifty First ST.; Marx Mann
hemer, of No 243 East t. mt!ity-rsI.St' ana lLaIn nam
Kanev Of No 204 East Fity-hrSt-st. All three were
badly scalded about their necks and hands The
accused woman held in $500 bail for trial.
WOMAN sNEAK-IWEF CAPTURED.
| twenty-eght years of age, was a prisoner III the
YorkvIlle Police Court yesterday the complaint
of Charles A. Mills, of No. 20 East Forty ,iXth-st;
ON Saturday Miss Thomas called at MIR. Millss and
| asked to see Mr.. Mills Upon beng informed that
he was not at home, she asked permission To step in
| and write him few lines. The unsuspecting do
nestle consented and ushered Miss Thomas INTO the
parlor. When the servant returned upstairs 10 let
the visitor out she discovered that several Orna-
ments were missing. She suspected that the visitor
had taken them, and caused her arrest The articles
were found III Miss Ihomass possession She was
| held for trial
| Complaints are numerous about the utter dark
ness that surrounds the Wail-st., fcrTy-hOusc at
night. The one light provided only serves to make
| the gloom intense
| On going in a grOggery at No 80 Hudson-ave., on
Saturday, James McNamee age Twenty-Five of
No. 81 plymOuthst., fell down stairs into the cellar
and fractured his skull. lie died later IN the day
| Frederick Smith, aged twenty-five of Fifty-hfth-
ST., arrested on saturday upon warrant Issued
by Justice Bergen, charging hlm with betraying
| Eliza Campbell, servant, at No. 3O4 ClintOn-st,
| under promise of marriage.
| Two young men went into the laundry of Sam
Wing at No 692 BedfOrdaYe., on Saturday even
ing, and by threats compelled the proprietor to dis
| close where his money was. They cured about
$40 from the pocket of coat 4 dcscTptiO OF
| them given TO the police.
The second annual dinner of the New England
| Society of BROOKLYN will take place on the evening
of December 81 The table viii be set for 2SS per
sons, A large number of invited guests, including
| President Arthur General Grant, General Sherman
| and others, expected TO be present.
Car No. II of the Broadway line ran over John
| Tully age forty, of No 10 Lynch-st, at Broadway
| and Rutlcdge-st. early yesterday morning. and
| he was almost instantly killed. lie was shoe
| maker aud q wldOwer. The driver and brakeman
OF the car were discharged by Coroner Parker II
was declared to be an accident.
The Excise law was more rigidly enforced in
BrOoklyn yesterday than before IN some weeks.
Police and Excise Commissioner Jourdan issued a
notice to the police captains 10 take especial care To
enforce the law, and as consequence, even side
VEeTe g. Spd
keeper OF No. 10 Union-st., was made yesterday.
JERSEY CITY.
John Small of Irving Place, Greenvie, fell from
| a Newark and New-YOrk Railroad train near the
COmmunipaw Avenue station on Saturday night,
and had one GOf his legs taken of lie was taken to
| the Charity Hospital
Alexander Kembly, while intoxicated in beer
shop in Ocean-ave yesterday afternoon, staggered,
and falling against the sharp edge of trough
tanned a fracture OF the skull. lie removed to
the Charity Hospital.
David Christie, age ifty-fve, who lived in Leonia
Bergen County n. land did business in New York,
died in ST. Franciss Hospital yesterday morning
from injuries received at the Payonia
Ferry OH Friday evening, Mr.. Christie
was about to take boat 10 90 TO
New-York when he was seized with fit and fell
directly III front of the wheels OF heavily laden
truck, which ran over him. Ills ribs were broken
and he sustained internal injuries. John Oman, the
driver of the truck, taken into custody, but, as
he was clearly not to blame Justice Peloubet dis
NEW-JERSEY.
HOBoKEN.-A case of smallpox at No. 1l0 New
aTk-st. was reported 10 the police yesterday The
patient is an old, frendlesS and destitute cOlOred
woman. She is in extreme want, and there is no tire
| IN the house and nobody 10 take care of her.
LONG ISLAND.
HEMPsTEAD.-The Hampstead assessors have in
creased the real estate valuations in that town
$lO0,O75 over last year. On personal property
there is a decrease of 81 700.
LONG ISLAND CITY.-The body of an unknown
man was found in the East River, near Pidgeon's
Dock, Hunters Point. yesterday afternoon. The
man was apparently about thirty years of aye and
from appearances laboring man. The body is
badly decOmposed.
RIvERHEAD.-Actiye temperance work is going on
in Suffolk County. In the towns of Bro0khayen
aud Riyerhead no Licences are granted. There is