New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-21
NETWORK CITY.


Petty thieves continue to smash store windows
uptown.
A post of the Grand Army of the Republic is to be
formed in Harlem.
The members of the Produce Exchange voted
yesterday to observe Saturday a. holiday.
The Ladies' Mission received floral and other con-
trbutions for the poor and sick at No. 239 Fourth
ave. yesterday.
recent art deccra tive whim is paint landscape'
or marine views miniature rudder5. The eject
is odd and pretty,
READY FOR PUPus.
Grammar School Building No. u, III Nest 33r.yII
sevcnth-st. near Eghth-nvc. has been enlarged anu
repaired and will be reopcncd for pupils on IbrS-
day morning at o'clock
EXPENSES OF A COMMITTEE or ALDERMEN.
The special committee of Tho Board OF Aldermen
which attended President GarhcP5 iunSral a.
Cleveland, yesterday presented t. the BodTd bII
of expenses amounting to 1,54l 30. Ii was Iaid
over under the rule.
CLOSING Up THE YEAR.
The last meeting OF the iepubllclu Central Com
mittc@ Of the present wear was held la't evening
William 4. Darling, the treasurer, announced that
there was $1,000 in band The usual vote OF thanks
TO the officers was passed
FINISHING 4 STORMY VOYAGE.
Tho steamship Gladious arrived from Newcastle
vest cday, having been tweniy-SiN DAYS Ea|lhE
had her whccl-house broken, her bul"nIE5 stove
in, boat smashed, and received other slight daih-
age.
TvI~RED OK TIrF ELEVATED ROAD.
Michael Qainn. ag' thirty-Gve, of No. Gt2 Tenth
ave- while at work on the elevated railroad, mt
South FIi;h-aYc and 6fa4d-ii., ,cstcrda{, was itt
sirucl, by curiue No. 80 and scycr ynjuTed about
The head. lie Was taken to the Chambers Street
Hospital.
4 FRENCH WOMAN DIES ETEp By HER HUSBAND.
4 woman LIVING in Gfccap1int reported at Po.ice
TIcqdGuaricls Yesterday that her husband, who IS
Frcuchman, had deserted her. and She feared that
be had gone 10 France, where she suspected he nag
another wife. lie took with him a bank boo6
representing $50, all her savings.
mr.
Justice Lawrence, III the supreme Court, tham-
bcrs granted ycstorlG" writ OF haLr45 CORPUS re-
turrahia to-day i'm favor of William Ir'cov, who Is
prison to await trial for tn killing OF Charles L.
Miller several weeks ago Tragog a'iogcsn his PEE
tifioD that hc was Tod when hc snrr'HG,r'd NM
self shat his trial would take place on Monday o.
this week
A. d. Whcclock, who was indicted Tor
in having drawn check for 5000
signed by J. c. Wacott & Co., and appropriated r.
money TO his own use and that OF Gre II;
Chrrrh, was discharged yesterday, on the Ground
that he had a right TO draw the check as a member
of the firm.
4 COLLEGE SOCIETY CONVTNIOT.
The regular convention of the Delta Phi COLLEGE,
Fraternity. will be held at the oige OF the Delta
Chapter. No. 32J Broadway, On January ., and I.
1889. The conycn ION Will be- called y" "Iarr a.
clock p. III, on Thursday, the 9th. The hitE-iIih
the evening Of the 9th, nj o'clock.
4 sFvrN-sToRY APARTMENT HOUSE.
Plans for the erection OF scyeu-StoIl apartment
house. with room for twenty families, 10 cost
$4,000 IN FittY-scvcnth-St., 100 feet East o!
Niuth-avc, Med YESTERDAY with the bureau 81
buildings. The materials will he brick ana stone, |
J.. Smith and Henry Ellis, contractors, OF No.
l,2lG lhird-ayc are the builders.
CuFCNIVG THE WASTE or CRoTON.
The sum of 10000 asked for BY Comm isioncr !
Thompson of thc Department of Public W og!tF, 10
check The waste Of croton water has created some
comment because II j, so large. Commissioner |
Thompson said that be wanted TO increase the NUM-
Der Of inspectors and employ additional engineers.
Additional meters were also wanted
LAYING WIRES UNDER TIE STREETS.
4 letter was received yesterday by me Board OF |
Aldermen from Homer \. Nelson, president Of ID" |
that his company might have the same iycgc as /
The Metropolitan Tclcahone and Telegraph Com |
pany To lay wires under thc streets. The matter |
wa referred to the Committee on Streets.
THE BRIDGE AND TIE RAILWAY.
The argument ON the motion 10 continue tho tom |
porary Injunction which had been granted IN the |
The trustees OF the Ncy-York and Brooklyn Bridge !
fir. IA interfering in any way with Zee station 40 /
the City Hall Park, was had lrs,r'oy before |
Justice Lawrence IN the Supreme Count Decision |
was reserved.
not UNrIL TIE LAWS ARE CHANGED.
Il having been rumarrd that john Roach son /
were soon to start line OF steamers between this !
port ard Bucnos Ayrcs, p TRIBUNE reporter called |
pon Mr. Roach last evening 10 learn II ~ was true.
M Roach said that Doe shoud not start any Inc . J
Soutu America a long ~ the laws ul the lulicd /
state, remained they are at present IN regard To
the carry ing OF mails.
UNWILLING 10 TALK ABOUT THE CABINET
Ex-senator Aaron A. Sargent Is 90 10" Fifth |
Avenue Hotel. When asked yesterday bya TRIBUNE |
reporter whether hr bad been offered position Iu /
the Cabinet By Fr,dcl. Arthur, Or If there had |
been ANYTHING said 20 him N regard 10 the subject
he replied that he Thought IL would not be- proper
for him 10 talk in regard 10 this. lie had come Last
private business solely.
POSTAGE TO rIE SANDWICH GLANDS.
The Kingdom OF Hawaii on January ! enters the !
Universal Postal UIjou, and ter that date al cor
r"spoudcncr addressed 10 the sand Y,h Islands viii
be suij,c. 10 The following rates OF postage: One /
letter five cents Tor each half ounce and on news
papers printed matter aud samples of merchandise,
one cent for each two oqncos. Newspapers aua /
periodicals must be prepaid by stamps
LEASING THE STEWART BUILDING.
Alderman Pcrlcy, at the meeting OF the Board Of |
Aldermen yesterday offered resolution that 10 /
VouId b. desirable for the Commissioners of The !
Sinking Fund TO lease Tor term of years the Stew
art binding at broadway and Chamorr-st. for the /
accOmno IatiJu OF such departments and bureaus of
the City ,crWcut a, cannot for lack of space bc
situated in the buildings ia the CITY Hail Park. IL
was adopted.
SELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT AUTHORITY
Mayor Grace recently dcnnpdcd ol tie Polio. |
COMM, GOners the number ~ arrests made in m, /
year IOv selling liquor without a license. Tie /
records oil the department were searched, and |
yesterday the Police commissioner, replied that The
total number Of arrests made for that offence be- !
tween January / and December lG 1851 was G!I. |
OF the prisoners, 81 were discharged and $50 held |
IN bail. OF the further disposition Of tho charges |
against the majority The pOlCc records furnish no !
ccW.
PUNsHLD TOR sWINDLING.
Charles Mason, az old thief, and James X Var |
neus not Old, were convicted IN General Sessions !
yesterday OF swiutiing John II. Lambkiu Of Ford |
ham, on. OF : 1879 by means OF the well known !
confidence game. NarucHs met Lanbkin i'm The |
street, pretended TO have known nm on board "A |
steamer coming 10 thls country, and induced him 10
20 Hlth INN % get lottery prize cdsbcI. lamDkin !
was then induced to play q game Of cdIds and lost
his money Mason was sentenced 10 State Prison |
Tor foVr years and six m nths and Namcns to one |
year and SIX months.
BROOKLYN.
Mavor-rcct Lows private secretary franklin Al |
len is 4 nephew OF vs. Ii!Iam H. Vanderbilt
Itisstated dat the death of Mrs. Patterson. arc |
fifty, in lligA-=t on Saturday was caused by |