New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-06
NEW-YORK CITY.


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Inch square blocks of velvet are seen on the new
grenadines.
New stages appeared on the Broadway and Fulton
Ferry Stage Line yesterday.
MANY of the caT-dTvers now wear VelIs anu green
goggles to protect their eyes from the Dust.
Signs showing the way to the obelisk have been
placed in many of the walks in Central Park.
reunion and ball of the Garde Lafayette will be
held at the Metropolitan Concert Hall April IL,
The Saint Nicholas Club held it's annual election
Monday evering. The old officers were reelected
Fifty-two floor beams are now in place on me
great bridge. twen;y-six on each SIDE suspehueis
for about 100 more have been put up
handsome gold badge was presented yesterday
to Ofiiccr benjamin Tessaro. Of the Mercer Street
Police by the French residents of this city.
The pavement of the Mall in Central Park is ! n I, a
very bad condition. IL is much cracked ana pools
of stagnant water have collected ia the hOles.
SALE OF PAINTINGS.
The D'Huynetter collection, including paintings
by Col DE Jough. KOo Nerheyden ana many
other EurOpeau artists, will be sold at the Sehenck
Gallery No. 81 Nassau-st, on Thursday ana FRIDAY
WAITING FOR TRE TRAMP 1RrATIoN COMPANIES.
Nothing was dOue Yesterday at the WORLDS fair
Rooms No 3l7 broadway. The commissioners are
patiently waiting 10 hear from all the transportation
companies before soliciting any more subscriptions
ART STUDENTS RECEPTION.
The April reception Of the Art students League
took mace last night AZ the League rooms at Fltth
ave. ana Sixteenth-st. The collection oil p,cIuiea
was not as large as usual. but it was excellent IN
quality. - 1913,
On account Of tho cold the metropolitan and tho
Detroit Base BAH Clubs decided e. postpone the
game announced for yesterday on the Polo Grounds.
Should the weather prove favorable To-Day TIC
game VIII 90 on.
DIscUssIoNs or TAXrAYfEs.
The Taxpayers Central Committee met last even
ing and discussed various municipal questions m
GLIDING street cleaning, the docks, the water supply
and the site OF the proposed Mords taiF No action
was taken on any OF the subjects.
TRYING Tnr Rrv. MIR. CowLgY.
The committee appointed to investigate the
charges against the Rev. Edward CONVEY met again
Monday eyerlng IN II. Marx NnHl' we p, ,,
were examined. among them several iormcr nmatirs
OF the Shepherds Fold. whose names az" Withheld.
CHARGED ny 4 coHoyEGs JrEY WIN MvHpEE'
William smith. age iiity-hye, a negro. wa, s'IurA
down with billet OF wood last june 10y william
H,IeU a frlloN-feuant az 80 J. Guruc--t. lie
died m the Charity Hospital Bodcil was arrested
and yesterday Curoners jury ctc'alcu Nun Eu'S
Of the mupler of smith.
PAYING THEIR FINS PROMPTLY.
The two young mcu-ChaTle, Vance. asc twenty
five. and 4. b. Muunson. age twcnti-rlRh5 uu".H
Monday evening. were tned - rach ~ Ja,''Oo
Hammer al the Jrh rsou Market Police Court yes
tcrday. Ihcg pald their fncs, but declined To give
their addresses.
AvAfr.Rir rtCING FriZg.
Tic Coney Island jockey Club has accepted 'uo
liberal proportion of the Dryer bI'th'ts in "" T.
itg the Woodlawn Vase for competition a. a racing
tr opbv and has drCided 10 otcr u a. adird 10 t'
Great Long Island Stakes and 10 become the property
OF the subscriber Winning TIE above lace III '"'
years in succession.
NOT 4 sFL1rR or oLEONARGAJSr.
John A. smith. of No. 297 Westinghouse. states
that he was incorrectly reported ~ H1Nn- ~ r.
never sold any and testified that IT. sale ~ butter
was fraud on the community. The BoUi ot A.
dermon yesterday requested hc Eoatd ot Heallh 10
investigate the sale of olconaig1riue
ARCHIBALD IuaBgs ~ ms CITY.
Archibald FORBES. the war correspondent, arrived
III this city YESTERDAY morning from fiti'hnrFi
Have Met ic will start from New York to-day for
Manitoba. where he viii lecture Tor = i,w weeks
pfeviou. To hs departure for Australia. lie eNp"c's
TO return to America next NuVcwbcr, when he VIII
lecture on Great soldiers of thr oid World
SUIT oN s nCr BILL
In the suit OF Dr. Jacob l. sherman nsninst
Street n smith Of Inc AcC-I ofk Uokig, winch has
been lingering 10 the Cont OF Common ,iras since
1876 a Jury decided yesterday. before judge Van
Brunt thar a due bin as>iguahle. and gave
Judgment against the defendants Tor - 20 on -u'h
a bill ISSUED by item calling Tor .pp Hn OF
advertisements. Henry l. Nhlteneau I'pI '+h'eu
the plaintiff IA tho case.
A SWISS P,UPrE'l rXPrEIrSCr.
The Commission - o. Emierat on Yesterday had
another Swiss pIuper case hf"ugnt to their aii"n-
ton. Felix lrachslcr native 3l biLyiatoIl, ".
| ton Of Zalich, who arrived hY th' NiHe de Mar
settles Saturday went 10 Castle Gudcn. claiming
To be- hungry and destitute aud asked ole reini3oI
To his native land. lie snid that the anthonIlr' "i
IIrmenstorl taid 9Dfauc- fnr his passage here and
gave him draft tor 30 iranc; N add ION. irre
/ passage Nill be gwen lin by the French Line
| steamer which VIII sail to-day
| MFrCnANrs TO ~ ACCDMNOpNrD.
| The Postmaster General has instructed the Post
master at San Francisco TO adVlr Postmaster IraT-
son of this CITY, by telegraph latest sew York
| dates forwarded by each mail steamer depart lng
! from San Francisco for Japan and China The
arrival of mails from those countries NJ ~1n Fran
ciscn ia nj % To he tclegraphcd 10 tins city IL has
been the practice OF some merchants to ascertain by
| cable message whether their correspondence has
| arrived at its destination. This course Wal IN
future be unnecessary. the Newly Ork Postmaster
will publish the dispatches which lie receives from
San Francisco. u,oot,y>,
Tho ponds in South Brooklyn were again covered
with ice yesterday. but not heavy enough for skat
| ing.
Portions of the bronze rcliefs on tho Ncw-York
! City's soldiers monument NJ bIcchNOou Cemetery
| have been broken oil.
John b. Cough lccured Monday evening to an nu-
dicnce which fairly filled the BROOKLYN Academy.
MIR Cough was suffering from hOarseness. the result
of a cold with winch he has been struggling since
| December -. His subject was ." Ier3onal aud
| Platform Experiences
| Maria n. wife of Edward l. Ovington. and daugll-
ter of ito late Elijah Lewis, OF Brooklyn. died IN
| Weis Baden Germany. March o. The remains will
remain in Wes Baden until the health Of Miss
OvngtOn Ia sufficiently restored 10 enable her TO re-
turn with them TO tie United Safes
The annual session OF the New-York East Confer
| cnce OF tho Methodist Episcopal Church Will begin
| to-day in ST. Johns Church, at Bedford-aYe aud
| Wils0n-st A sermon preached last night be-
fore the ministers OF tho Conference 10y the Rev j.
| 8 Chadwick. Tho subject was The Sources '0i
| the Power OF the Christian Ministry"
Marcus Peterson. jr president OF the Young Mems
| Central Republican Club. has published denial OF
| the charge made by the Rev. DR.. Buckley, Sunday
evening that the members OF the club who gave the
dinner TO Colonel lngersol after his lecture Tues
day were avowed iniidels with three or four excep-
tons Mr. Peterson says that TO hlspersonal knowl-
edge there were not three or four ayOWed nides at
| the dinner.
| In the defence Of William II. Hazard who is sned
| bv Mn Henrietta Deputy IN the Brooklyn City
| Court for $4,000 damages for personal injuries,
alleged TO have been caused by the defendants put
| ting her out oil his house with VIOLENCE, seven