, 1881-01-02
THE CITY.


GENERAL NEWS.
n.T. Tw11cHkL1, Of Baltimore, is at the Pa
JOSH Billings is registered at the sher-
Jt,tS EATON, Of Washington. D. C., is at the
+. II. MURPHY, Of Pittsburg, Pa, is at the
fremont
&c GARRETT. Of Cheyenne, W. T., is at.the
Tremont.
H. RICHMOND, Of Philadelphia, is registered
ut the Palmer.
JUDGE AND MRS N. A. HuHHARD, OF Cedar
Rapids, Ia.4 are ut tho Pacific
Miss ELLA WHEELER, the poetess, of Madison,
Wis. is stopping for fow days at No. IS Six
teeuth street
DR. BEKSHAKDT, the celebrated optician, has
returned, after m absence Of some months, to
his permanent location No. s5 State street.
IL WALL and ". Wright, OF Montreal; John
Clay, Jr., and Charles Clay, Of Bow Park, Can
nda; and u. Kaufman. OF Las Vegas. New Mex
ico, are ut the Pacific. =
ST. CAno14lSEs COURT HOTEL changed man-
prcpritnr Mr. d. il. Danoids, the former pop
lar landlord, it ia understood, ienyes the city to
aI' Torks - o>D'' N'1'AH''' '''' -N''' - 1''"
EEw-YEANs RYE Sheriff o. L. Mann was sur
pr;sed by Deputies In the Office. who presented
him with solid gold star costing sloo. in the
s Wsf9e did p tns sen
The Sheriff WAS too much surprised tn respond.
THE employees OF Messrs Tolu,an s. King met,
according TO their usual custom, last evening to
partakc Of their annual supper Mt the Sherman
iIouse. and agreeabiy surprised their compan-
ion. Mr.. 4 w. Morris, who is about to leave
them and nd engaae IN TIE drug business pes At L. L.
CANT silver water service
JOnS RuBK1, of No. 30 Centre street, and
Joseph Br.'cht. of No 251 Orchard street, were
Sey 70 s
cu-uer OF Orchard and Centre streets. Both
were cut and bruised about the head but the
:, doctor who attended them ut their homes does
not anticipate any serious results
TIE readers.of this paper will remember an
appeal it published n few weeks ago by DR.. q.
e. Stout, Of Jacksonville Fla. for . faiE to be
Hospital. 4 box is now being made up. and any
article useful or ornamental that may be sent
to Mrs. Bishop, Is Park avenue before the 18th
Inst, will be sent forward to DR.. Stout
Tuesday evening Mr.. E. P Broughton, Local
Freight Agent Of the Chicago & Alton Railroad,
WIS the happy recipient of handsome silver
ent was va from m % Tie employees Of the local freight
Office, AMI was accompanied by very fattering
address expressing the high estimation In which
Mr.. nroughtou is neld by the men in his depart
mcnt.
TIE representatives Of the various shoe-mau-
ufacturing firms, according 10 their annual Gus
TOM 'congrcgated at the Sherman House yester-
duy afternoon, and were entertained with q
champagne supper at the hands Of George Cobb
. anu Charley Hilton. The usual speeches were
made, and the usual good time mad. although
for some reason this year only thtrty-ave Of the
guild were ablo to reach the city
Mns- BRIDGET CoHn1GAS. a widow living alone
In the rear Vi No 716 Centre avenue died sud
denly early yesterday morning at her home.
The deceased was " years OF age, OF Irish birth,
and had no relatives in the city. Old age to-
petner with want aud exposure are supposed to
have been the causes OF her death, The old lady
@ hnd earned en-. living By peddltnE pins md needles e
southwest section Of the city.
THE winter term Of the art school Of the
Academy Of Fine Arts opens Tomorrow. II
there should be such an accession Of students as
1s5 year at this tine & It w ee ai1cnt 70 accom-
view during tho last week exhibits greater
proportion Of oil studies than before, and some
charcoal heads in q different manner. The new
classes contemplated this term are a class in
pen-and-ink and etching, and possibly model
ing class. .
HENRY CoSMEy, Of No. $500 Rhodes avenue,
Station that he had seen an unknown man
drown in the luke near the Government pier at
:la yesterday nfsesnoon r. Himself s, and The
on the ice in the harbor, and he supposes that |
the Inter went into an air-hole. The Two men
were about quarter of mile apart at the time, !
and MIR, Conmey could not give him any assist
ance, neither vas be able to see him plainly |
enough to describe him. -: |
AN unknown boy, aged about 10 years, was |
drowned near the lighthouse on the North Pier |
yesterday afternoon. Il number Of lads were I
skntng on the ice near there, but the little fe-
low. who was sliding, wandered of BY himself, |
and, when about 100 feet from the pier. the ice |
give way under him. and he disappeared He |
came up. and was seen struggling in the water, |
but, the ice was thin where he was, no one |
went To his assistance 1t would have been use
less, however, to do so, as he sank in moment,
md was not seen again. None of the boys knew |
him, and the only part Of his clothing which was
noticed was soft felt hat. As tho body ID under
the ice, it cannot be recovered.
TIE detective force at tho Central Station has
been increased to twenty men, and among the |
new acquisitions are Tom Simmons, who recent !
y resigned the Armory Captaincy, and Sam Ell
lis, old detective Both men have been
Captains Of police, and it may be truth |
fully said OF both. as it might. now. be
said of present incumbents, that they
were far better, active workers in the depart
mcnt tnan they were officials The other !
vacancies are to be given to such efficient
officers on the force as james Rruton, Michael !
In Bounty, Michael Gallagher, md Officers
Thorp. Terney, and Lougnlin. 1t is also in !
timated that pigeons" TINT desplcab!e ad-
junct Of some police administrations. are to be
used only in extreme necessities, and not
rtgulurly employed as was the case not long