New-York tribune., 1881-03-23
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
| The canopy top parasols are revived.
Money-changers do q large business in Battery
| place s,.
Cots arc used almost ual now by the iead'ns
| hotels
Nas.au-st was nearly impassable yesterday on ac-
count of the great number OF Easter caru ueieis'
| "E + Hu seuds ST. for Mrs. Dunn, whose child
| dropped dead In the street from heart disease TO-
| Gently.
Four brown-stone houses are soon to be erected at
the southeast corner Of Fifth-aVe' ano o'A'S-
| seventh-st.
A cat upset a kerosene lamp, yesterday. in Heng
& Sons grocery store, No. 423 Frs-ave' ana cauSou
q slight fire. 80,
The mechanical monkey, which has 80 long ridden
| acrobatic attachment
Sweeping the cabin floors while the boats are
making FPS and full of passengers causes ucu
| complaint on the Fulton Ferry.
lonely butcher is the sole occupant OF the rulneu
| Manhattan Market building, which remains Tue
| same as on the day after the hre.
The eighty-fourth birthday of the Emperor
| William was celebrated yesterday by display ol
flags on the German vessels in the harDor
Whipping tops are now the favorite pastime OF
| small boys. Pedestrians sometimes complain wnen
| q good sized top is whipped against their shlns
Moro than twenty-five children were counted az
one time yesterday enjoying their roller skates on
the circle near the Fifthave. entrance to the Park
DEsPAIRING SAILOR.
| Lawrence McIntse, age ffty-three, q sailor: at
tempted suicide yesterday morning at NO. ~ MOI MOT
| rls-st. by swallowing dose OF oxalc acld 1he
| police took him to the Chambers Street Hospital
MATRoNs IN POLICE LODGING ROOMS.
| At the meeting of the Police Board Monday q let
| ter was received from DR.. Howard Crosby asking
for the appointment of matrons to look after the
| women dodgers at police stations, III order tnat
| abuses said to exist might thereby be corrected.
-FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR ARSON.
Louis Werbin, who. in January last. was convicted
OF arson in the third degree in the Court OF General
Sessions in having. set fire to tenement'house in
LudlOw-st in September 1880, was YESTERDAY ar
raigned for sentence. Judge NOWlhg sehVehceu niin
TO State Prison for four years
THE HE'LL GATE PILoTAGE BILL
The downtown merchants. especially thoee Inter
ested in the coastwse trade are signing petitions 70
State Senators Jacobs and Murtha. asking them 70 70
vote in favor of the Carpenter bill relative TO Hell
Gate compulsory pilotage which passed the Assem-
by few days ago by vote OF 50 TO 20.
KEEPING OUT OF THE WAY OF TIE PILOTS
Henry J. Roberts. the marine reporter OF the AS
socated Press at City Island, whose disappearance
reported CATE Sos he msspUE p whom
have uttered the most outrageous threats against
him. aud he docs not consider his life saie among
I EN-.
Michael Quinn, age twenty-nine Of No. 7S
Broome-st. who claims to be clergyman, was
charged in the Essex Market Police Court yesterday
with stealing pair Of shoes from the store OF heT-
man SIlversten. No. Is NOrfolk.st. Justice Smith
considered the evidence insufficient and released
Quinn. -. -
| A ioint delegation of the Central West Side Tax
payers' Association and the Jefferson Market Asso-
| ciat,on beaded by ex-Alderman Jacobus, waited on
the Mayor yea eray. and presented petition setting
forth that the Jefferson Market building Is very oI9
aud unsafe and requesting that 1t be torn down ana
| replaced by new and more suitable structure.
The DEATH-RATE IN EUROPE AND AMEEicA.
The Registrar of Vital Statistics eubmitted 10 tue
Health Board yesterday table showing the DEATH
rate in NowYork and the principal American cltles
ns compared with large cities IN Europe II made :
favorable showing IN g. Pst PseTsS9SS 'e amoSS other
being higher than that in New York and other cities
on this continent.
JUMPING OF THE ROPE THAT PROVED FATAL
Dr, Felix Nordeman, Of No 242 East Twelfth-st..
reported to tho board of Health yesterday, the
death OF Radel Bnciswitz. child OF hye years at
No 81 Bayatd-st., from congestion oil the DTan, M
duced bv too much Jumping with rope. ConVul-
sous ensued from the violent exercise. SoToneI It
| Eilmger took charge OF the case and Nllneu the
fact stated by the doctor.
DRUNKEN woMAS's DEATH.
Coroner Ellinger ordered the removal to the
| Morgue yesterday, of the body of Mary Stewart
who was found dead at No. 80 Forsyth-st., Monday
night under circumstances that led 10 the arrest OF
her husband. preliminary examination disclosed
the fact that this woman was confirmed drunkard
| and died in an attack of delirum. The huSOabd IS
hard working man and IS said to have treated his
wife well.
MuRDRRoUs ARRAY IN 4 BAR-ROoM.
In bar-room fight at No IL Mnlberryst.. several
weeks ago. Nico0 Santarslere was killed ana Lugl
Chchetti wounded 80 badly that ms iowet iD "
n hold the inquest yesterday. but decided to await
the result Of Chlchcttps injuries Antonio Jnszzo.
who is charged with shooting him, was conmlttedtO
the Tomb aud the other witnesses were sent TO the
| House OF DetenuOn
NOT STOLEN. BUT MIsLAID.
Thieves stole two old trunks containing some
stockiups and old clothes from the house OF Abra-
ham Marks OF the firm of Goodman * Marks, cloth
! rrs at No. 213 East 6Otb-st., Monday nlgnf. one
of the trunks was aiterward found in hall. Mr.
Marks visited Police Headquarters yesterday ana
reported that United States bonds worth Si.3oO nad
, been stolen also, but subsequently louhu tn@t they
had merely been mislald.
AN UNSAFE ELEVATOR.
, | Ella Browns0n Young girl ia the employ OF the
American Bank Note Company, fell from an elevator
. car i'm tho building, at Broadway and Prnoe-st,,
, where the company prints postage stamps. on March
l. and was killed coroners Jury decided yester. 20.
Grm of Max Stadler 81 Co. for letting II remain So
aud the Bank Note Company for permitting Its en-
poyes to use II IN its present condition.
CANAL BOATS ON THE HUDSON.
A communication was received at the Produce Ex-
change from Albany, yesterday, stating that there
were KY st thronSb To- before navisa
tion on the Hudson River was closed by ice early IN
December, but that they would probably GET tnro1gn
this week OF these boats twenty-three are lOadeu
with wheat seventeen with corn. ten with barley,
nine with apples four with potatoes, two win matt
and one with OATS
: FUND FOR BUILDING CHURCHES.
: A meeting was held yesterday at the honse OF
Bishop Potter TO take action for this diocese TOWARD
: aiding the American Church Bullding lnu LON Gold
the interest of which shall be given to aid IN the
: building of new Protestant Episcopal churches
throughout the country. A number of olergymen
and laymen spoke IN favor of the plan, and resou'
| ton supporting 1t was passed. Bishop Potter ap.
ponted committee to direct the carrying out OF
the plan.
:, MIR. COMsToCK's CHARGE AGAINST THE POLICE
n Anthony Comstoc appeared ut the Jefferson Mar
Q ket Police Court yesterday, and requested Justc;
Patterson to grant him warrant for the arrest oi
certain gamblers. He stated that he had obtaned
i warrant Mt the TOmbs Police Court recently DuJ tnc
noce officers who detailed to make the arrest
. informed the gamblers that warrant had been Is
md nn1 TINS RaYa them an OppOrtunlty TO escape