New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-09
NETWORK CITY.

NEM-lOkh tlil'
The monthly art reception oil the Union League
Club Will be held this evening
p.,lo oroSs,ng at Bro idSay and Ful!on-st III
these davs wish the old bridge back IN It's pace
Buildings reported unsafe yeSiGrdaT; NO. lo'
East EIghtccuth-st. ana NO. 40 Els' Il ~,
The annual dinner of the New-lOrk AthIctlc Ciup
will he given at Wallaces. No III fltth-aVe"
Saturday evening.
Nary Meredith contributes So for Mrs M,rE +.
Mines who is IN extreme dcStltulon al NO. 90 Last
SIXtCcnth-st.
Seven proofs from L'Art have been added TO tae
collection of etching' at the ACademy o. IG s,
Among them etchinGs after DauOlShy ana MUS
s0nlcr.
DANGLING DISTRACTIONS.
Views from the froat windows of the Bro2dway
stages are not improved by the muddy shoes before
the glass. Young men with large Ice' sHou4c AoV
aspire to the tops OF omnbnseS
ONLY A MEMORY LEFT
Workmcn YESTERDAY dug u? and cartcn away 9Io tlG
foundation stones of the old Washington lioleI
aud this landmark of old Ncw-York has become
memory.
FERRIS or THE SEASON OF sL0sU.
When the nlucky pedestrian Yesterday was not
dodging avaanches from the roofs ne was WiPih2
from his face The mud which WAS ShoWered upon
him froln horses noofS and passing wheels
A THIEF AT The ST. JAMES HOTEL
James Hurren a hail boy OF the 81 James Hotel
was held for trial az the Jefferson Market Police
Cour yesterday for stealing two scarf pms ron! inc
room of John SlndtoGd. a guest OF the hotel
A BIGAMISr SENTENCED.
Walker H. Chase. who was r. Gently. Convic'ed OF
bigamy. he having married Alice r. Mckroy, IA DC
tober, 1851. his wife, Mary ;. ChaS, bihs lhGGh
living was sentenced yesterday, by Recorder Smyth,
TO the state Prison for three and half years.
I'll GEXsLEE-nERMAN CASE ApJoURNED.
On the application of Charles Ooeiicr, Inc repre-
sentative OF ex-RecOricr Smyth, Justice OtteTDourg
yesterday adjourned the cas- 81 Elizabeth GGnsier
Market Police Court The counsel Tor MIS-. Gensier
vigorously opposed an Adjournment.
POSSIBILITIES IN TIE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
The war of circulars and countcr-iIritints Is
raging flrlouSlY among the members OF the Alncrl-
can Institute. i. II. Wander Weyde, Charles kicc;
de roe ". eson and William l.. Peek have issued
paper sharply attacking the present management.
The lection will AXE pac To night
MORNING LECTURES on HISTORICAL SUBJECTS.
DR.. john Lords new series OF twelve historical
lectures viii be given in CnichernS Hail on IHes-
days and Thursdays at / a.. M beginning on req
rnary II. The subjects will be Mo es, Socrates,
pnidiaS Jul us Caesar, Cleopatra, Marcus AurcHus,
Paula Iheodosius the Great, HclolSe, AnseIn, Of.
Theresa and Daute. DIR. Lords course last winter
drew large and intelligent audiences.
AN INSANE WOMAN SEARCHING FOR HER LOvIE.
Hattie Osborn, age thlr y-loqr,, VINO refused to
give her residence, arrested tuesday evening
Tor acting in strange manner at ElShjy-hltl-Si'
and Ihird-ave In the liarem Iohce Court ycstcf-
day she told Justice BiXby that she was IN search OF
her sweetheart who had iorsaken her The Justice
COMMITTED her 10 the care OF the commissioners Oh
Charities aud Corrections rs an insane person
E,iBEzzIING FUNDS OF HE ST. NICHOLAS CLUB
o.. complaint OF Matthias Aicoll, OF tht House
GTogan. of No. 33I West Foarth-St., was held Tor
tria at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
which had been placed III ms possession. lie sad
that he intoxicated and had lost the money.
FINDING AN IMPORTANT WITNESS on THE ISLAND.
Mary Ann D.rnan, the principal witness against
Bernard Fitzpairick who shot and Killed Michael
J. Norton, ponce officer of the Ienth Precinct
and who Las been missing Tor several DAYS was
found on BackWclIs Island ycsl,r day, having been
committed for drunkenness. FiizPatick VIII DC
tired on Thursday IN the Court OF General Sessions
NEW BUILDINGS TO BE ERECuD.
Among the P.aIs Tor new buildings presented at
the Bureau f buildings yesterday, Wer the follow
ing A new church TO bc erected by the stanton
Street Baptist Church at LeXingtonave and
Twcnty-thir,i-st at u cost of 80 coo; warehouse
to be built by the Trinity Church corporation al
kmg and GTecnWlcl' siS.. at cost OF T11OoO;
factory building TO be built by /. 4. kur>ieedt at
Nos 143, 14j, l47 and li3 West Nlneteenih-St, TO
cost 100000; ana music hal in One-lundrel-
and-hiy -ntu-st., west OF Ei@hth-1Ve, to DC bulII
by john Gerbcn, to cost 5@OOOJ.
,,-,,.nO ABOUT THE DIsTRICi -A1TORNEY's OFFICE.
d;suatcn IRON Washington Published yesterday
q ~ there we've rumOrS of sweeping changes III
~ ,'ite ID StdteS DINtrIct-Atomeys ONCE III tins
;'r and that there was to be Il reduction IL the
staff f. tbe office. i'm conversation with TRIBUNE
rc1ort was ne vs. 10 him. He added int his oIIce
did 60 Der cent OF the business of the country ana
that it required large force of assistants 10 40 the
work properly.
DEATH RESULTING FROM DOSE OF OPIUM.
Henry ". ThrOckmOrtOn age tmriY-1Our wears,
died Yesterday at the bOaTdmg-housc of Mrs. Rachel
Kincaid, No. $40 West FOurtCenth-st. lie had been
suffering from severe sore throat Tor several days
and took tcaSpoonu of elixir OF opium Tor relief:
lie went TO secp, and could not be reused. He died
within short time Mr.. IhrOctmorton was sales
man with RIvnUs Rogers n langtord, dealers in
cloth, AZ No SO Leonar!-st. lie leav es wife and
two children. Coroner Herman investigated the
case YESTERDAY aud came to a conclusion in accord
ance with the facts given.
HANFoRD AND MELIUs ARIAIGNED
George F. Hanford and George Ne JUS ar
roipnrd in the Court of General Sessions Yesterday
on indictments charging them with man~aughter
in the fourth degree. in connection with the Spuy
ten Duyvl disaster iianford was represented Nv
u nd, ,ylo ar,tar a n 0f not
in his behalf. Ira Shater appeared for Mcns, and
Tequcs ed to be allowed until Wednesday next be-
fore pleading. His request was granted and the
trial was set down for that day
HOW sISDRAM TAKES HIS RETRIEVE.
Sheriff Bowe yesterday received from Governor
COrneils pardon clerk telegram announcing, As
stated III yesterdays TRIBUNE, that William SIM
DRAM the convicted murderer, has been rcspited
until March 10, pendinL arguments for a now trial.
Sheriff Kowe has accordingly removed the death
watch consisting of two deputy sherhS. who have
heretofore taken turns in watching hn III his cell,
ana they Will not be replaced until ten days before
the time fixed for the hanging. Nlndiau since ihe
OF his repricve has been conveyed 10 y, has
been moody and rctcent He still declares that he
would rather DC hanged IMAM 90 TO state lIIsOh lOr
life.
SENT To PRISON FOR LIFE
Thomas Mcdonnell. twenty-eight years of age.
pleaded guilty TO mans laughter IN The first degree
in the Court oi General sessions yesterday, ana WAS
sentenced by Recorder ~nyth to the state Prison
for HE, On the morning OF December !, ISL Nc
Donnell entered a liquor shop IN the basement of
No 81 ChryStio-st.. and finding Maggie DOnnclly,
his mistress, ina drunken condition, knocked her
of the char on which she sitting. When she
was on the floor he kicked her several times about
the head. Her skull was fractured, and she med
The same dav He was indicted for murder in the
first degree but when called 80 the bar for trial
yesterday he entered the lesser plea which was ac-
cepted.
ANXIOUS TO TiND HIS WIFE
Michael Murphy Is a clerk in store at Twentieth
81 and Broadway. For some time past Charles Fal-
come of No ~ Yves, IMrteth-St., whose wife left
him few weeks ago. has been in the habit OF visit
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