New-York tribune., 1884-01-10
NEW-YORK CITY.

NEW-YORK CITY.
snipe's head is the latest model for the head Oh
cane. -,
Southern pomegranates are being sold in the
streets.
The cough-drop pedler annoyed elevated railroad
passengers yesterday
Fair dealing is better than fair weather is
trade device in FultOn-st.
Fancy cards are going ont OF favor Win business
men as an advertising medium.
The severe weather has already played havoc
with countless New Years resolutions.
The Rev. J. G.. Wood Of England, Will lecture on
the Ant in Cooper Union on Saturday evening"
BENJAMIN Franklin's birthday on January IL will
be celebrated by the TypOthete with dinner.
The Dartmouth College Alumni will have their
annual dinner in Pinards on Friday evening Janu-
ary %.
Coroner Martin yesterday continued his investi-
CATION of the death of Lu Ling without ehcltlng
any new facts.
Justice Smith, in the Tombs Police CCurt' yester;;
dav dismissed the case of " Fatty" walsh, accused
of assaulting Mark Lanigan.
The storm-loors at the Post Office, which open
| only one way, bump the noses or mash the hat
| brims of many unsuspectng persons.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners departed for
Chicago Yesterday at q. M i'll special car on thc
| limited express of the Pennsylv ania Railroad.
Postmaster Pearson said yesterday that he, hat
not vet made arrangements for the 100 postal sta
tions for the sale of stamps that to be estab-
lshed.
| A. C.. Cheney was elected president of the Gar
field National Bank yesterday III inc place VI 'co EO
! H. Robinson, who resigned on account OF private
| business.
Morris X. Jesup D. Willis James and c. y; Bliss,
of the Chamber of Commerce Committee on f0rest',
will 90 to Albany to-day to confer with the senate
0''''''''' DAMAGE CAUSED BY WATER.
| A damage of $4,000 was caused to goods IN tne
| bnilding No. 81 Greenc-st. on Monday night by
water which had been left running IN % closet OH
an upper floor.
| FRUITIEss BALLOT OF THE ALDERMEN.
| IL, A hall cd
with this result oCOnpOr Rep, 2; XIX Fi CIami:
! g. 0'Neil County Dem 81 Grant flneA' =
| Jaehne, l. They will try again to-day.
| PROFESSOR BICKMoRE's LECTURES.
| Professor Bickmore. of the Museum of Natural
History, will resume his lectures ON Saturday
| morning for the especial instruction of school,
| teachers His subject will be " Eagles and Owls"
| GIVEN SIX YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
| Joseph jenkins, who stole purse from Sarah
| Thomas on December q, was convicted YESTERDAY
in the Court of General Sessions and sentenced by
| Judge Gilderseeve to six years imprisonment.
| A NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH:
Of tbe Sacred Heart is to build new church on
| lots east of the parochial residence No 40I west
Ffty-drst-st. 1t will have 81 feet front and run run
| back 100 feet. The material will be stone and
| brick and the seating capacity l,lOO.
HENRY GRAHAM HILTON GOING TO EUROPE.
The Germanic, sailing January II for Europe,
out 1T Rs Tm its Of Sny Co.. M
| Hilton goes abroad to inspect the numerous manu-
factories of the firm and to superntend the selec-
|
| THE PIONEERS IN CALIFORNIA.
| The Pioneers of the TerTit0ria! Days OF CaIItor-
MIA met last evening at Clarks restaurant on west
| Twenty-thrd-st. Demas Strong was elected presl-
| dent and Francis u. Clark secretary. There are
now about ninety members. ne ahnual Gnher ilnyr
sary of the discovery OF 60 at Sutter saw-nlll'
SELLING CONFEDERATE NOTES IN THE STREET.
Here you are-ten-dollar bills for five cents
| was the cry which startled people near Wa-St'
| Yesterday. A curbstone mOncy-changer was dlsp9s-
ing of crisp. but not new, blne-oacks,. as ,n tIe
notes of the late Confederate States" were called
! Even at this liberal discount the dealer did not
have many calls.
TEATUrEs OF IIiE OLD GUARD BALL To-MGHT;
| The Metropolitan Opera House viii tonight be
| the scene of the Old Guard's annual ball. with
| their military guests, they will make gorgeous
march The tents on the stage Will give realistic
| military air 70 the scene. Added to this will be
| attractive music by two orchestras. Many proml-
neut officers will be present.
! The New York Board of Fire Insurance Brokers
yesterday elected Robert c. Rathbone president
| II. Moscnthal yicc-prcsldent, Robert o.. Glover
secretary. Horatio :. Brown treasurer aud all the
above with the addition Of Abiiah Whitney, Joseph
| b. FAX Thcodo @ Wchlc, Charles A. SchcrmeThoTn
Cornelius Dubois George II. NorcrOss, Henry lioing
and Edward II. Belts, directors.
PRISONERS DECLARED INSANE
Before Judge COwng IN the Court of General
Sessions Yesterday the sanity of John Sculcn, who
killed owen +. Plunkett on December I, was con-
sidercd. Drs Hardy, Field, and others testified
that in their opinion the prisoner was insane, and
The iuTy without leaving their seats decided IN ac-
c1riancc with their opinions. Michael Kohoe, of
No. $50 East Tenth-st., who stole bulldog, was
also acquitted on the ground Of insanity.
THREE NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
| Three new district telegraph companies were m
corporated yesterday, the Lowell District Telegraph
Company, the Manchester District Telegraph Com
pany and the Lawrence District Telegraph Com
pauy. The capital stock OF each company isTGOOO
Tie shareholders are T.. u. and f. T. Haines and
:. H. Stcrne. The lines Of the proposed companies
are To extend from this city, across Connecticut TO
| TovpU and Lawrence, Massachusetts,, aud from
Lowell to Manchester, New.IIampshre.
THE GANsEvoORT MARKET npRoyENENr,
| In accordance with the act OF the Legislature
, passed in ls-O authorizing the city OF New YORK
to take land for GauseyOort Market. consisting OF
thrtvthree lots III addition to those already occu-
pied for that purpose, maps have been received at
the Office of the Clerk TO the Commissioners of Es-
tima'e aud Assessment. The award to property;
- ken is bounded by Bloomield-st, GausevOort-st ST.,
Ihirteenth-ave and Tenth-ave.
NEw PARK IN THE ANNEXED DISTRICT;
The draft maps for the new Cedar Park, laid ont
. | by the Park Commissioners under the Annexation
act have Just been received by Arthur Berry, clerk
| TO the Commissioners appointed in June, 1882. The
| park is to be bounded by MOtt-ave., Waton-ave.
One-hundred- -and-ffty second and One hundred
and-ffty-eighth SITS, and will consist of sixteen
acres, owned by the AstorcStlte, H. l.. Morris and
Others The commissioners of estimate and assess
ment are Henry VI. Whitehead, Richard V. Harnett
and John Berry.
| DEATH OF An ECCENTRIC sPIRITUALIsT.
Doctor William o. Page, age seventy, an eccen-
trio old man, died suddenly yesterday morning III a
lodging house at No. 80 SXth-aye lie IS sad to be
the last member of a formerly well-known Massa-
chusetts family, of which State lie was native.
He has lived in this city forty years For the last
, ten years he had been supported by Thomas l..
Davis stationer, OF No. AL SiXth-ave, for whom
| he had formerly worked. Page believed in spiritu-
slism, and prOfessed to have the power to cure
people OF diseases by the laying on of hands.
THE CITY WINS A SUIT.
The suit of George A. Vogel for $50, 500 damages
against the city resulted i'll verdict for the city
| Yesterday in the Supreme Court before Justice
| I N a contractor, named Kingsley
left certain grading at FOrteth-st. and SecOnd-ave
unfinished, and it so remained until 1873. In 1896
the plaintiff erected house adjoining the spot and
: water entered his cellar and damaged his house
HE verdict was given for the city ON the ground