New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-02
NETWORK CITY.

IF e Church. Gaseg House-GeneHal O. j. Languou VI
NETWORK CITY
The new ribbons are wonderfully soft and pliable
| All coiffures are broad, reaching nearly from ear
| to ear.
Bnyadere stripes are an extreme novelty for spring
| dresses.
Laurel blossoms are in great demand for spring
| bounets-
Good cooks wanted ameegetey" appears on the
| sign of an uptown employment Office.
| The old bishop sleeve, gathered at the shoulder
and at the wrist, is seen on few OF the laIes'
dresses.
| Passengers by the Third Avenue Elevated Road
complain Of the long delays between the trains pre-
yiOus to commission hours.
Owing to the condition of some of the West SIDE
Streets many truck drivers use the sidewalks, mucn
to the dismay OF pedestrians.
Stage drivers guard against receiving counterfeit
coins by biting the money handed to them to be
changed. Many drivers complain of sore lips.
The breaking of pistOn-rOd on an engine OF the
Sixth Avenue Elevated Road yesterday morning, al
Forty second-st., caused delay of twenty minutes
Bootbacks are scarce downtown, as many of
them have made Madison Square Garden their head
quarters this week. and do not leave it day or night
MANY CUBIC FEET OF FILTH.
| The Board of Health was informed yesterday thai
in West Sixty thlrdst. and in Tenth-aye. there are
piles of ashes thirty feet long. five feet broad ana
four feet high.
SERIOUS CHARGES PREFERRED.
The Police Commissioners. yesterday. ordered all
the charges of neglect preferred against Inspector
Murray and Captain lyman by the Society for the
Prevention of Crime, to be referred to the Commit
tees on Rules and Discipline.
NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO AVOID TIE ENGINE.
Thomas Clark. age thlrty-elght, OF NO Duo W est
TLirtieth-st while attempting tn cross the track OF
the Hudson River Railroad at 1hirtetI-5t. and
Tenth-ave. yesterday morning. was run over ana
killed
The National Bank of the United States. of which
General Grant Is one of the directors has opened
its offices at No 80 Nassau-st The cliiccrs say tDat
they will lie ready for tho transaction No1 business
on or before Monday next.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE CoNvALEscENTS HOME,
| The first anniversary OF the New-i0rk Home lof
ABB East Observation-Disclosures. MlaTch
| 10. nj D. m. The Rev. Drs Crosby and Taylor
| aud others will make addresses.
CAT SHOW.
| A cat show is to be held on Monday next at Bun
nclps Museum There are 10 be gigantic and midget
cats. two three, five aud siX-legged cats toothless
| cats and educated cats, twins tnplste qnartets,
quintcts and seXtets, with prizes III all classes.
Sympathy WITH THE BoERs
At meeting OF uc committee DicG Of 'n nf
"GT sy@EntA'f a5s F MSnGay n'S Arrange
| ments were made for q mass meeting next tuesday,
at tic Cooper Institute. to appeal for aid for tho
TIE CHAPLIN HOME ANNIVERSARY.
| The eighth anniversary of the Chaplin Home Tor
the Aged and lnhrm will be celebrated at the nstl-
tution in SIxty-siXth-st near hi. lave, thursday
afternoon and evening. There will be addresses by
| monument clergymen and vocal and Instrumental
| music. --....- ,,,oo-,v,
James Smith the cOlored sailor who shot his ship
mate. Masahci Yano. at No; AZ Baxter-st., Monday.
committed 10 the Iomcs Yesterday TO ,9
| was an accident. The body OF the dead man VIII be
buried in the PotteTs Field.
| WORK OF THE ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL
| The ninth annual report of the Roosevelt ltoi-
| pital has been issued. There were 155 patients IN
The hospital Dccenbcr 81, lSsO, ana ia,t year EAR
c t t0t :xp rGS s'a Of s hospital
5000 81, or an average daily per capita cost OF
81 IL. r
The monthly statement issued by the ControLer
oG il increase of $l sain II f Fi"S1
81 23s 500 81 Tho bonded debt of tho annexed
territory s not included in this amount Wt + rs as
SO5l 800, aud the County Of Westminster,
| Sl43O5 Ca total OF $065.oo w.
To THE coNpUCToRs BELONG THE sPoII.s.
| When leaving q Third Avenue Elevated train
recently n woman left her umbrella IN the car, a
man who noticed this Just after tho train started
again gave the umbrella to conductor; WIN c tme
where the women would undoubtedly call for it.
As tho tram neared the City Hall station TRIBUNE
TWO conductors: Umbrellas are public property;
I'M keep this enc and buy you ten cent cigar and
cocktail US hush business" Agreed"
BROOKLYN.
The latest improvement IN street car OF the
Cross Town Line Is "a clock.
Emblem of vanished hopes; A Hancock and
English banner Is still displayed at broadway and
| FOurth-st.
| The fires in brooklyn from August to December
~ 1850. numbered 145, causing loss Of
$l0OG,i5i.
A child weighing 211A pounds was born last week
to the wife OF Henry {. Crawford. OF NO: l3O Stuy
| ycsant-ave Tine name bestowed upon the infant Il
George Washington thomas Frederic Crawford.
Work has been resumed in laying the floor beams
ON the East River Bridge. SIX beams hnd beer
| nlnccd in position yesterday at noon, three on th'
RIVER side of the tower and three on the Brooklyr
side.
The third Rapid Transit Commission organized
| vcstcrday Isaac Henderson made president
aud Daniel 7. Walden, treasurer, Inc other tnLo'
/, | Commissioners are Aianson iIchu"oh, ~ IL YUM
: aud Samuel Hatton.
| It,sreported that ex-C0ntrollcr Steinmctz will b'
led Assistant Engineer IN the CITY Works DO
nlrtncnt 10 succeed Assistant Engineer Bergen, wht
| Is now performing the duties ol superintendent "
Ponds and Condliits.
Charles W. SchlaIg q butcher of broadway and
, | RaIph.aye was pronounced insane Yesterday. mon
| day night he locked the door upon woman IN nv
huichcr Shop and threatened to Kill her II she nit
, not nav him 3 cents which she owed him. lie
: screams brought policeman 10 her an.
social and political organization, to be called I'M
Sixth Ward Lincoln Club. was formed N3nuai
night III Grand Union Hall, at Court.s ana fiamli
! tnn-aye. DR.. James Wall, former Chairman OF TN
/ Hrnublican General Committee. was made president
About fifty Republicans are already members oil TN
}, club.
a U.olth Commissioner Crane has Informed Mayo
Howell that 50 800 will be needed to repair an!
J. maintain FROM March to December 81, the Small
pox Hospital Mt Flatbush, which is now under ~
| care, Patients able to pay will have superior ac
n commodati0ns Poor patients will be maintalned :
a the expense OF the county, as III 'no Oo"nOS ii'
: pital
0 The Court of Appeals has decided that the OccaI