New-York tribune., 1881-09-17
Tnslness Notices.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The Irish National Convention yester-
day discussed the policy to be adopted in regard
the Land Act. == There has been a fight
between the French troops and Arabs at
Negrin, in Tunis; the Arab loss was
heavy. - Baron Nothomb, the Belgian states
man, is dead. - The Ango-French commercial
treaty is to be prolonged for three months from
November 8. - The Rochester has arrived off
the Lizard in tow of the steamer Cydonia
Observation-Disclosures Garfields condition showed
no Improvement yesterday. - Ex-Mnster
Christiancy has been challenged to fight duel by
his wifes brother, and he also has been robbed of
jewelry valued at $6,000 60 General Burnsde's
remains were buried yesterday at PrOvidence II. l.
- Governor Jerome. of Michigan, has made an
appeal to the people of the United ates for aid for
the sufferers by the forest fires. - Two men who
were recently released from Clinton Prison were
arrested at Hudson n. Y, last evening for forgery
- Fire at Oswego caused a loss of $21OO
and fire at Austin, New, destroyed twenty build
ings, causing loss of 100000 - Snow has
fallen in Iowa and Minnesota. - Fire at Rome
n. Y, yesterday caused loss of $1,000 600.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Important arrests for forg-
ing Bank of France notes were made last night at
New-Lots - Ex-Commissoner Van Mort de-
MES that there was fraud in the sewer contracts
- The directors of the Hannibal and St. Joseph
Railway held q harmonious meeting. 80 There
was good shooting at Creedmoor despite the wind
- Gold value of the legal-tender silver dollar
ish and unsettled, closing weak.
HE w WEATHER.-1RIBUNEio local observations indi-
cate fair or partly cloudy weather and higher
Temperature. Thermometer yesterday: Highest,
71o lowest, $780, average, go.
The latest bright thing in suicides-for the
worthy man who wants to frighten his wife, to
fix the 31st of September as the date of his death
and trust to luck that she will never consult
calendar.
The modern road to the British peerage is
indicated in the London letter, printed else
where, which tells how Mr.. Gladstone has
dispensed the Royal favor so as to add six new
members to the House of Lords. Incidentally
some light is thrown On the constitution of
that ancient assemblage, which is allowed to
exist only because it shows few signs of legis-
lative life.
The pool-roOms continue closed and the
Police Board yesterday instructed the captains
that any failure to enforce the law against
the owners, lessees or occupants of buildings
or parts of buildings as pool-rooms would re-
suit in charges of neglect of duty. week
ago this was impossible" Which merely
shows that it is time to Danish that offensive
and unnecessary word from the police diction-
ary.
Recorder Smyth dealt hard blow at the bus-
ness OF "straw bail yesterday. A man named
Dean, ffty-eight years of age, who has made
1T a business to play bondsman for paw and
swear to the ownership of property he did not
possess, gave bail the other day for ex-police-
man Nugent, making oath that he owned Ger
tain property on the West Side. 1t was sub
sequently discovered that this was an impu-
dent perjury, Dean, apparently taking it for
granted that wOulH innura into fIo
facts. He threw himself upon the Courts
mercy, surrendering himself and pleading
guilty. He expected, no doubt a light SEN
tence as his reward He got it, but il was
heavier than he had looked for. The Recorder
said that 6 under the circumstances, he would
only sentence him to the State Prison for
"seven years and a half at hard labor.n It
is said that Dean was thunderstruck y
Query-Whether he was ever "thunderstruck u
while in the act Of making q false oath for
money.
Nearly 1000 immigrants landed yesterday
at Castle Garden, making total number since
january of 32S,000, an increase of 5000
over the total of 1880 for the same
period, and an increase of 10000 over the
total for the same period in 1879. The in
crease over last year for the short space be-
tween September 1 and Is is 1000, and the
authorities at Castle Garden expect that tbe
October immigration, usually only exceeded
by that of May and june will be very larca
1t should be remembered in considering tbese
figures that the immigration of this wear has
brought in, as rule, sturdy honest. hard
working class of people, in almost every case
provided with little capital of savings. and
In many cases with comfortable sums of
money. Under these circumstances, every