New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-13
NEW-YORK CITY.


Tule over satin. trimmed with natural no"ers' 10
| chosen for ball dresses.
The street railway companies are sailing their
| tracks in defiance OF law.
The leo on the upper part Of the Harlem RIVER 10
! thick en0Cgh for skating.
Stage drivers found it difficult to keep tneir
| horses on their feet yesterday.
The cOlored Sevres glass is used for toilet articles
| and for small pieces on dinner tables.
| The average daily attendance at the Cooper Union
| reading room il 10 less than 5000 people.
The latest Of the ive-cent barber is to adver-
| tlsc q " silent shave" This draws immensely.
White plush hoods. bordered with swans down.
! are worn by ladies when sleighlng III the Park.
Angus, Brnke, age eleven. was reported missing
| from his lone at No. $50 Ludow-st. Yesterday
| Handsome fchnS for street wear are OF the new
striped null scollOped aud embroidered on the edee
Rents are advancing with the price of real estate
| although unusually large number OF houses IL
| building IN this city.
fn % ii II s Sra SsFh Of d % Xps
| tors are now engaged.
The Sunday Democrat of which Hugh f. McDer-
mott has taken editorial charge, IS not Jersey lily
| but NeY-YOrk paper.
| Many persSAs have been injured by the treachcr-
GUS condition of the Sidewalks in and around Iiar-
| lem since the late storm.
joseph Ortwein. age seventy, of Pas'aic, N j.;
| died suddenly in a bar-rOOrl at ChambefS-St. ana
| City Hall-place, yesterday.
| When Shines are dull. the little bootbacks in
City Hall Park use their backing KITS as seds and
| slide down tho snort slopes.
A wansc0t ten feet high. made of blue tiles, is
being put in q dnn. Groom thirtytwo feet high III
| q new mansion IN Flfth-avc.
| Bananas. family Suggestive fnnripe porsmmons.
| may he puckrd from huckSers' stands for sums
varying from to = cents according 10 age anu ap-
| pearance.
Pretty collars are made of fue embroidered hand
| kercheis two corners of which form the turnover
| collar and the other two are knotted to form the
bow on the throat.
The financial Offices of the Erie Runway Company
were removed yesterday from West and Duane-sts.
| "a the Coal and Iron Exchange Building, corner
Of Cortlandt ana New Church-sts
Da0rrPD DEAD AT THE WHEEL.
Henry Moir. sailor on board the brig john Shay,
| hound for Wilmington, n C., dropped dead at the
vince! Yesterday ~ tie vessel was being lowed out
Of the haIb0r
Az OLD WOMAN SEVERELY BURNED
Bridget Michaes, age eighty. "i No. 40 West
Thmtrcnth-st., WAS severely burned yesterday at
her house. her clothes catching fire ut the stove.
She Mas taken 20 II. Vlnccnts Hospital.
sivENTY-FIRsT REGIMENT BALL
The annual ball OF the list REGIMENT will DO
given in the Mctropoitan Concert Hall next Tues
day This hall ~ very well adapted for large balls.
~ WAS shown Dy the success Of the masked ball of
the ooclete Franchise dc fAmtie Tuesday night
THE TRAMP IMMERSED IN LITERATURE.
The literary Instincts of the average tramp is re-
markablc the way he hc;tcs down upon the lns-
| tracd papers and periodicals III the free reading
rooms is astounding, and when snugly seated in
remarkable.
NOT BECOMING 10 BONSErs.
Uptown pedestrians complain II the carelcssre-s
shown III throwing snow from the roofs of houses
INTO the stree. briOY Numbers of ladies' have
cciyed shovrful' o; snow upon their heads kind
Of snow-Jlop which does not look well even III
winter bonnet.
OFFICERS or HE INSPECTORS Association
Al meeting of the Inspectors Association Of the
Port II New-York held at tho Barge Oniee yesterday
the following Off -crs reelected for the
| l'r,gtsl
president Charles Cumb,rs0u; treasurer Robert
At;lcy; sc'rtary, o. VI. Fisher.
TRANSFER OF PirTH-Avr. PROPERTY.
Tho transfer of an irregular piece Of property on
the southwest corGcr Of Fllhaye and lhIrly-slXth-
~. from VILLAIN H. Barmore and wife to +. II.
DclGno aud ot'ra. trustees Tor John Jacob Astor,
ior consideration of S2l2,OO0. was recorded IN
The Register Office yesterday.
ARRfsrrD FOR RuBDING HIS EMPLOYER.
August Knapp porter in the cml KY Of Emile
OelbrrEan. silk -nauufacturcr NJ No ,? Grcenes:..
WIS arIc'tcd yesterday by two Of Inspector Muir
supposed. he had stolen from his employer. lIe
WIS locked up at the Central Oalco.
PICTURE sALE IL BROADWAY.
| The sale If plcIree at NJ. SIS Broadway was
continued last evening. " The Dancing Lesson" by
| l.. Alvarez. brought the highest price $3.50 pad
| C. Thom brought 1888. and Marine Morning
| Effect" by NJ. r. Il. De ilaaG sold for $500.
| his INQUIRIES LIKELY TO rBoNR sFElorS.
The ante-lno5ten statement of Pauo Corslga, of
M }9I2 Blztcr-st., who was beaten and robbed in
| u FIith-iyr saloon January 4. taken Tuesday
| NIGHT at Bellevue Hospital by Coroner IIrrmann.
Four men who are charged with assagting him
were arrested. Their names are Gare.., Salvador,
Guarclo and Parm'lo
ASSIGNMENT OF BOWIE DASH ( 60.
The following schedule IN connection with the
assignment Of Bowie Dash aud Richard X. Anthony.
composing the finn Of Bowie Dash & c.. 10 Henry
i. Hdbcock. filed yesterday the Ulics of the
clerk of the Court OF Common Pleas: Lilbilitirs,
| S2,332 7O7 90: nominal assets, S2.os0,7l7 95;
| actual Assets. T3l7rl0o 81.
| A TESTIMONIAL or FRIENDSHIP
he employees of the Health Board presented ysS-
| tcrlay To Chief Clerk {. Goldernan a handsome
| silver pitcher and goblet in token OF t:rir respect
| and friendship. Ar. GodcrmAm has been connccte cd
with the department since iis organization in 1866.
lle ~ veteran If the Slr through all Of tho years
Of which he served with distinction.
| ApuLTERATIOH ~ BUTTER
At the merting of the Butter, Cheese and Egg
Exchange. yesterday. H. NJ. attic Il representative
| of the National Cheese and egg ASSOCIATION, said
that hs investigation of the subject Of the acuiter-
ton of butter in the Western States led him to be-
| lIeye that the butter WAS not adutrralrd IN any
| amount by the manufacturer but by the receivers
| Ill the cities
| SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR A STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
| The subscriptions to tho stock ol the Iron Steam
boat Company were closed yesterday, when it was
announced by those i'll charge that subscriptions
SAID shat reports had not theE been received from
some Of be ~ lncp:l cities where agencies had been
established. Dispatches had come in the course of
| the day asking that the books should be kept open
| for subscriptions which were expected.
| ARREST OF WATCH THIEF.
| Charles Harris, agd thirty-two Of No 220 East
Thirty-fonrt-si., Il is alleged. robbed SAMUEL But
| temhrlm, Of No. Do East Ffth-Euv9nth-st.. of %
watch valued ut $780, whils he about to leave an
| Elrhtl-s crosstown car at Fourth-avc., Tuesday
evening. A wonaa with Mr.. Blttcnhciin saw tire
| watch taken aud seiz,d Harris, but hc broke away
from her and ran up the street. uo WA pursued 5y
Officer Martin. CT The Fifteenth Precinct, who cap
tured hiui after a short chase. and il the Jefferson
Market Police Court yesterday GlorninB lie was held
| for examination.
| TIRED or BUYING CIGAR9
| Michael Farrell alias Roosh was held in $1,000
bail yesterday morning by Justice Flammcr, IN tho
JciltnJn Market Police Conrt for robbug Bernard