New-York tribune., 1884-03-02
NETWORK CITY.

The Society Of st. Vincent de aui WIZ
evening at ST. Agnes Church. c,
rha err;vaIs of immigrants at Castle 8apden Gar e.,
d,ri"o Tebrnary we're ~ 753, against lo'-i@ !"
the corresponding month last year, So,
WHILE the steamship Lone Star was being i docheo
at Pier No IS, North River, at p M, ,yes'eIu'S'
~ ran into and sunk the canal boat SARAH
Contractors proposals for the stone work OF the
Rartholdi statue of Liberty pedestai are all in
They will be opened on MONDAY vi i"oso' ...
Arrests last week, 12Gi births, 700; deaths
coa marrioges. 247; licenses 271 fees received
$40 75; CrOtOn water rents, Sl4,3oz oo'
Mrs. L. c. Tappin sends s. for Mrs Mary LAY, ~
,he moor woman in the back building, No l5l LID
eTty.st., whose husband get no Work pecsusc
he ls not member of the brickayers trade union
ApprTIoN To A SCHOOL BUILDING.
A four-story addition TO the granm ar,school
bniding in Twenty eighth-st, west of Ninth-aye3l
IL to he erected by the Board of Education at coSt
of 100000. Plans were filed yesterday.
cHApIN HOME ANNIVERSARY.
The eleventh anniversary OF the Chapln houio
for the Aged and Infirm will be held at the instltn
fion tomorrow from until 10 y. M mere ;ns m,r
be addresses by prominent clergymen Ga Gi1 fo 'o"
denominations instrumental music ana slhg'hs'
MR.. puRRoY's PORTABLE wATER-TANKs.,
Fire Commissioner PurrOy has written ",rIi viIi
to the press showing the ADVANTAGES wniGn n con
result from the use sol OF por.d,HIv popd Iand engines.
voNs,GNoR CApEI's CONFERENCES;
Mons;gnor Camel begins to-day series Oh LehtSn s
conferences "Chrlstlan beeI anu Doysd and Sixtv
Dominican thurch at Lexington-Sye. anu . si9tS $40
siytb-st The discourses will be delivered AT o'oV
and D. m every day; Introductory discourse AZ
1890 a. IN.
p.rr OF THE MARDI-GRAs ASSOCIATION.
AT Irving Hall last evening the Mardi-Siras AS,
sociation gave its seventh annual fancy dress anu
masquerade ball. 1t was attended ny d over thiT IN
thousand people. Forty little girls dressed Ia IN
white. and wearing white cooks caps piayeo
among the dancers
PICTURES TO BE SOLD At AUCTION. Can
S;xtv-seyen studles aud sketches by the late san
ford r. Clifford N A., will be sold at auctlon py
Messrs. Ortgies & Co. on Thursday evening, 9
at their galleries No. s45 and s47 Broadway, IN Uh
Friday evening they will sell COLLECTION VI pain'
inps by Alexander and Birge HARRISON
A CONDITION FOR THE LAYING OF NEW ROADS
The Rapid Transit Commissioners YESTERDAY re
eeyed from rom tne me company build
ING the proposed roads be required TO iay AZ az
tracks in conformity with directions gwen ny 'No
Commissioner of Public WorKs'
.1rcTuRF COURSE AT COLUMBIA.
The New-York Academy OF Sciences ,eA VIII give "a q
free lecture course in the new bulalng ol ColumT"
College, at FortyInlnth-st SnG oS Fston of New
Haven Conn.,, viii lecture on Chr1stan lcoaoJ1d nf9Id
phy as illustrated i'll the Cathedrais OF lhe Niu'no
Ages"
So MORE SKATING ANTICIPATED.
Chatting is over for the season unless the cold
weather should continue for seVerai uaSs, tIi I
not antcpaied by the the d[s akes 6ave been removed
At Washington Park Brooklyn, the water .I nas % o
been drawn off and the rink is not expected " pe
open again.
A SALVATION WARRIOR DRUNK -.
q A. smith, who is said 10 have come TO th1s
conntrv two wears ago with division OF the oai-
walton Army got GTSpx hoHse at ny o4 East Fifty
ffth-sf. that he was handed over 10 me p9lGe S0o
In tie Yorkvile Police Court he was heid Ill Qooo
hands for good behavior for SIX months
BURNING A wRPCK AT SEA-. c-.-
Can+ain Spicer of the British ship H. j. eplcer'
which arrived at this port from Liverpool yeseI-
day reports that S@ Se bearded the schooner Nora
BalIev the wreck of which was announcer 4! snoIo
time ago, aud as she was dangerous TO haVlg"'io"
he burned her.
RECEIPTS FROM IMPORTS AND WITHDRAWALS.
The receipts from imports at the New YORK Eus.
Ton House in February were $s,043,ofo aealnsV d
$f16GGS in MsSe Fsergs{4 against i
in uary 1888 the total reeeP,sa a nea dS' Isl Fehr
being Sl2 ,064s11 against $l2b l9l 'ooo In reoru-
ary 1888 decrease of $126,792.
TWO FAILURES IN THE CITY.
James II. Weaver, jobber in crockery at NO. %
Barclay-st made an assignment yeS,iUiua{ 1ioo Io ~
3s77 and owes about $4,000. L. +. Schwab q
Brotber manufacturers of clothing az 40, TO-
proome,st made an assignment to Charles Meyers.
TboT eeuHcceicd i. L. Schwab May l, 1882.
Their indebtedness is about 9lo,OOO
Az ESSAY BY F. W. wHTMDGF.
An ESSAY was read before the Academy OF fohtIca1i
Science 81 its monthly meeting at columbia COL
leGe lasf evening, by Frederick w: W Mtrdge on
"TIe Development Of the jury lie traced t;oe the
history of the jury system IRON vtH 9 iii It's abuses
u vas nf treat value to mankind and should not
I've abolished. Henry G. MarQuand was elec'eo
member OF the Academy.
CHFss PLAYERS DINING. -
Tbv Manhattan Chess Club dned at Martinellis
last night, about fifty members Delng pIcseIIt =
Among them were Dr. ZukertOrt, Mr.. StenltZ, NJ
T'bom6son of the Philadelphia Chess Club; and Ar.
Parlett of the Baltimore Chess CluD. Ihe prizes
won in the Handicap Iournamehf were Sn nl
schufz. 500; DelmaT, $40 and Ryan, $lO
THE AMERICAN YACHT CLUB OPENS IT'S ROOMS.
The American Yacht Club opened its rooms at
Madison-aye and Twenty y-eigbth-st, last evening.
The rooms are in the basement OF large 1T. apaTl
ment house. and have an entrance IN S IIenty 8i
eghths There are WG cS ms there fslS e We're no
fnrSnalifies at the opening. The members began 10
dron nm about $50 and after The theatres were Out
the rooms were filed Toward midnight supper
was served.
THE OFFICERS OF THE TIN SPEAK OUT
The Board of Officers of the 7th Regiment last
night passed resolution condemnlng the use OF
military titles by those VINO GO no hot I moIo m 0r ly
indicated by such titles: the wearing OF mlIllafy
uniforms by those who are no, III the mhitary ser
,ce of the United States or tho several States, or
,tbo are not veterans of the late war; and the
nse of the name and numerical designation OF the
regiment by any other uniformed CORPS
CARING FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
The Rev. DT. Howard Crosby pIeslded at +, me an
nual meeting of the Nursery and Chlds hospl'al,
at Fifty-frsf-st and LeXington-aVe, YESTERDAY;
The reIorts of the secretary of the Medical Board
showed that there are at present l9S children III
fbe institution OF women and children more than
. 900 haze been cared for during the year, Erastgs
Rrooks and Charles Trumbel White spoke briefly
OF the work that is being accomplished Dy the
Hospital.
TIE RETURN OF BARNCM 80 go
The combined Bamum and London Shows VIII
.open IN Madison Square Garden on Monday, March
10 and will consist this year OF nine shows III one
There will be three circus companies in three rings,
nerformances on an elevated stage, museum of
living wonders, two double menageries, the R Roman
hippodrome and an eth1ologcal congress OF say say
Jnmbo and the two babies, and stable of 400
horses and 100 ponies. The annual Jorchlght pa
rade will take place next Saturday evening
IMPORTANCE OF THE SINKING FUND
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