New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-15

| Some Of the new straw bonnctS are WohuerluIIA
| lgh: and airy, ana are STUDDED WIN mock-pe"i
| and jet beads
For the first time in the history of the Post Office
| Building. the four elevators were In good running
| Or'.er yesterday.
! Shoulder canes are on the increase. A late cos
uma has less than five capes III graduated slZes
| on" above The other.
Broadway is now in better condition than it has
been in for months before. Bockadcs were less ire
QueDt yesterday than usual.
| newsboy in Nassau-st. chants this mourhlul
| ditty for his evening Law:
| PLEASE buy pIprr-Z cents
Aud nelp my mother to pay the rents"
| LINKING ITS MEMBERSHIP.
| The Board Of Directors of the Maritime Associa-
ton Yesterday confirmed he action of the members
| ~ limiting the membership. aud 100 members were
| admitted, increasing the number To lOOO hIInS anu
| OPPOSED TO CANAL RAILROAD.
| The Canal -boat Owners Association Yesterday
adopted resolutions protesting against the Dl now
in the Legislature TO grant the bernie bank OF the
canal for railroad purposes, and decarlDgIt an at
| tempt at monopoly.
| While two men werO on telegraph pole which was
being erected AT Pearl and Oak-sts. yesterday, the
pole began tOtter and the men jumped from u TO
| few scratches. The trains were DELAYED about half
| an hour until the pole could be removed.
| MEMBERSHIP IN THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
| The Board Of Managers of the Produces Exchange,
Mt meeting yesterday, elected Halsey Fitch to
| membership. This completes the number ZOO Of
| members at Sl.OOO lnllalon lee, the lee LOT INC
next 800 members being -, 800 each. Seven Others
were elected to membership upon transfer certih-
| Gates.
| The steamship llcvetla, which was due at this
| poit Saturday, did not arrive until last evening
| Hayr''s Ministries were on hoard, and wei3 adj
| vertisrd 10 appear IN BROOKLYN last evening. They
| went directly from the steamer To tho theatre.
reaching there jnst IN time to appear promptly at
on BAlL PENDING Az APPEAL
| Dora Schrrulliow, who was convicted recently in
the Court of General Sessions and sentenced by
Judge COWing 10 twelve years III the DenItentlary
tor ahducIng an cm.grant Glu by the name of Eliza
! Doh was admitted yesterday to bail the of
$1,000 pending an appeal, Justice Donohuc apprOv-
lug the bond.
DIsCUssiNG PRACTICAL sTArrsMANSIHP.
4 Political Science CLUB was formed yesterday in
the University Of tie CITY of New-l FORK. having Tor
It's object the discussion Of QueatOns OF Political
ECONOMY Political and Social sciencr Internal lOnai
| and Constitutional Law and Practical Statesman
ship he membership ~ restricted TO the three
upper classeS.
UNSEEN, THEREFORE UNKNOWN.
Tho condition Of The streets in Harlem was de-
scrbcd yesterday by Captain DAVIS, ot the Twelfth
Precinct IN The following report to Headquarters ::
" In consequence OF the quantities Of ice and SNOW
H. the ycra streets III this precinct, the condition
at the pUycmeDis cannot be reported for the past
week. q, required bv General Order No. l0l H.
TRYI<G To Pr Asf 1Hr SANITY MEMBERS.
The Rev. II. j. lcrkes read pal II before the
Dlptist Ministers Contrrenc" yesterday on spirit
uaiItN 20 an element Of ppWcr IN IN" preAchCL / lie
Conference then considered the question of admit
ting newspaper reporters to the meetings. The mo-
zion was finally land ON the table. \ m"ulb,r of the
Conference sand tha, the movement made " 20
please The SANITY members" al ugh IT had been
yulcd down several times before.
BROOKLYN.
County Judge Moore seriously i'll with diph
'hcria.
The deaths from dIptthcria last week numbered
-. AMI from scarlet fever IL.
The Rev. DR.. +. :. Porter will deliver a lecture
for the b"ucht OF the BIOOklyn IL. d. Literary les
gtaI ~. fhn
CIymci-si.. IhLrniaV evening. The subject will be
" The Tower OF London It's tragic associations III
English pDIficI.'
The aunra r,pnrt of CITY Works Commissioner
French was made public Yesterday. The receipts
or the year wcr' S1.l2N,f3S I3. The water debt
was increased $lG3000, and now amounts to
81 370,JOO The average daily consumption of
water was 30, 7Ii,J9O gallons.
William Gruuzrl, while mtcx:ca'c.l. fell down
stairs nj No > llamIlton-ayr. sunday night. and
fractured his skull 80 that hr died m short time
....Jrin GIchrIst. of No. 374 Bond-st.. also fell
down stars. wmle under the INFLUENCE of liquor
SUNDAY n!gh and received pT"babie fracture OF
the sNuii. Ills recovery l. not exported
II has been as"crtalaed that George II. Bras
Young gram merchant rom DHhlp. Who WAS stay
ing in Brooklyn, WAS taken 10 the Flatbnsh Hospital
Frlruarv q sick with scarlet fever He died Last
wednesday,, aud was buried in ,hc pOttrr's field
nr address Of hlS friends misiaId NJ the tOspi-
tai, and hcy were not Informed OF his death. The
bUiy viii ne dI~iBtrrr"d.
DAVID Parmrntcr, NJ old lawyer i'll y oollyn died
at ,hr Hrc of seventy four yesterday. ut ais home
NJ. 1913 Frton-sl.. from tie effects of paraytic
stroke received few days ago wuIlr gong to bust
MSS. lie was a classIna!c OF President Franklin
Pierce. and refused the position %. Collector Of
Providence, K. L.. ai;cr the inauguration Of Mr..
Plrcc to whose election he contributed by stump
speaking. In the DJrr Rebellion IN Rhode Island
Mr. Parmcntcr WAS active, being on Governor DORIS
stan.
When the foreman IN the grocery store of Scran-
ton Goa at Al lantlc-aYc. and Henry ST., entered
the store yesterday morning. ne found the safe
broken oprr The doors OF the store showed no sign
OF hong forced. The safe al the old fashioned
Herring make ami the burglars had forced It open
with "IlUnlcs.' one side being torn oil. The prop
ery taken from II was $500 IN checks aud $3.50 ia
cash. The twelve check' were drawn on the Me-
chanlc5 and National banks Of Brooklyn. Payment
Of them was stopped.
Jim V. Hart, ir., sued DR.. Enoch Ostood to
recover $4,000 damages for assault and battery IN
tho Brooklyn CITY Court Tho was tried
yesterday. Dr.. Osgood owns the housa No Mid
dagl-st, and EMPLOYED a Mr. Walker ana his wi'c
to care for H. Attcrward ht went IN the house and
with pistol IN one hand and n wrench ia the other
went down stars 10 turn off the water. Mrs.
Walker screamed when she saw the pistol and
Hart. VINO was IN TIE house. to protect her. In
the dispute that t"llowcd Hart was shot in the nose
DR.. Osgood claimed thGt Hart was an intruder IN
the house. ami that the shot WINS fired in self
defence. Inc jury gave the plaintiff %2,2OO.
NEW-JERSEY.
MoNrCLAIR.-1hc Congregational Church at
Montcair. winch has debt OF $31 900. undertook
10 raise S3J,OOO Sunday. More than $50, 900 was
subscribed The trustees are confident OF the sue.
cess of the effort.
LONG ISLAND.
WOODsIDE.-The man who was killed while walk
ing on the track of the Flushing and North shore
Railroad, at W"odslde, last ueslay, was identified
yesterday az William DOugherty, of No. 800
left his home sunday week ago
LONG ISLAND ClTY.-James Doyle, of No, 325
East Forty-eIghth-st. New-York called ut Davren's
Morgue yesterday and dcuahed the body of the
woman who died III the Astoria Police Station last
Friday, as that OF his aunt, Mary OGornan, a ma
tive OF Ireland and about sixty years of age.
STATEN ISLAND.
TOMpKNsvIILE.-While Patrick McGcary
truck driver IN the employ of Arthur VLeary, of