New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-08
NEW-YORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
The winter garden at the Eden Musee Is COOL
even during the hottest weather. IL.
The Washington Club gave ladies' recep'ion'
last evening, at No. LAG Fifth-ave
Arrests last week, 1,414; births, oIo; de"'"''
$50: marriages, 2oI ,,, No
Albert Tower has purchased the buiiuihs N0
col Broadway for $4,000. -
William Conklin an iceman, fell into tne Sci'' u
No 264 Fifth-ave. yesterday ana was hiiio
The body of Patrick Moran, age forty.nve;; AVA, WsS
found in the East River at the foot OF Twenty
st., on Friday IA, obudrep,s
tomhstones and children in new SUITS playfhs
ahont them. attracts crowds to the whoo" Vi
Broadway clothing store.
DISAPPEARANCE OF A SCHOOL GIRL ,,;o
No,1ie Fisher seven wears old attended the pubic
school in East Houson-st. Friday ana gld n0s
return home. Her parents VINO no r se a.
Forsythst.. were searching Tor her yesteiu"S
GENERAL sHALER FILES PLAN.
President Shaler of the Board Of Health yesster-
day filed plans at tie Bureau OF otad sSy The
Health Department at the foot of East Slxteenth-S'
ARRIVAL OF THE MAIN REPORTED.
The steamer Main, of the North German Ll0yd
line. arrived at Falmouth, England YESTERDAY, ner
mails and passengers We're dlsemDarkeu anu Sic was
taken in tow by tugs for Bremen.
LEAVING HER CHILD TO sTARvE.
Catherine Barrett who lives at NO ~ MonIO o'd
ST. was arrested on Friday for drnnkenness anu
disnrderly conduct. In her miserable apartment
heI little boy, age three, found locked up with
dog. aud in starving condition.
HE ONLY INTENDED TO KILL HIS WIFE,
Joseph VI. Peterson, drunken Iaborer, CHASED CHASED
his wife ont of their home No. - Pell-st on frlday
night and fired at her twice with reyoIVGr 1ls
Peterson ESCAPED injury but bullet struck bridget
O'Leary of No. 20 Pellst.
BOY THREE YEARS OLD SLABS PLAYMATE.
John Walter, four years old, while playing on tn me
sidewalk at No 1Gl West Twenty eyehth-st., on
Friday gnaTreed with an unknown boy younger
than HIMSELF The strange boy. drew knife and
stabbed Walter in the face, nnlctlhg seNcle
wound. Then he ran away.
MIR. w,L,IxG UNDERSTANDS THE "soAP" GAME
Superintendent Walhng on Friday saw Patrick
Kelly selling small boxes OF soap IN East our
IN several of the boxes and apparently threw them
with the other baXcs, but Mr.. Walling SAID that
the boxes having the money, went through hoIe
in the satchel
PRICES AT TWO EXCHANGES.
The market at the Cotton Exchange was much
stronger YESTERDAY than it has been for some time
and il closed several points in advance. There was
marked Improvement in prices at the Produce Ex-
change. the market being firm and advancing from
] to cents.
TRYING A NEW STEAMBOAT.
The new steamboat +. Z. James was taken on
trial trip yesterday She Will be used to carry pas
sengers between Albany and Troy and Pleasure
Island. She Is g. feet over all, u feet inches
breadth of beam and 0l2 feet depth OF hold. The
vessel is lighted by electric light.
SELLING BUILDINGS NEAR THE OPERA HOUSE.
The Metropolitan Opera House Company has
transferred to the Metropolitan Improvement Com
pany the buildings on either SIDE OF the main en-
trance to the Opera House winch stand IN Broad
way at the corner of Thrtyninth-st. and Fortleth-
st. The consideration was $lo4,eo9 ana the
assumption of certain payments.
AN UNDERGROUND CABLE COMPANY.
The New-York Underground Cable Company mas
been incorporated to acquire and sell
for useful devices pertaining to nndergdTG eitc
trical works, selling leasing them, etc Inc CAPITA
is $3.50 900. The cOrporators are Nllllam II. San
ford, Thomas G.. Turner. Phllo ,. Bemls, y. DIXON
Roman and II. r. Sheldon.
POST OFFICE.
Frank Riblett who has been the superintendent
of the order department of the post Once, was APP
pomted be Postmaster Pearson yesterday 10 the pO-
sitiun of Superintendent of distribution IN me zen
eral Post Office in the place of William II. Warng,
who transferred TO the superintendehcy Oh the
foreign letter department.
CARRYING. TOO MANY PASSENGERS.
Captain Kersa of the steamship POlaria, which
was detained at Quarantine for several days on
account of symptoms of smallpox among the pas
sengers, was arrested yesterday and taken before
Commissioner Lyman on charge of overlooking
his vessel by allowing 1t to carry passengers III eN,
cess OF the legal limit. The captain was releaSeu
on bail.
SEEKING To ExrRADITE FoRGER.
Gerald Thomas uly who has been arrested on
civil suit was yesterday served with warrant IN
proceedings for extradition and was taken GeloIe
Commissioners Osborn by Deputy Marshal Bernhard.
TnIIy il is charged, was formerly managing d
rector of the bank of Preston England. and ran
away with S7J, 900 of the banks money Two OF
the directors OF the bank are in this city and
have made charge of forgery which Tully's
eXtradilon is asked
Dogs from all points of the compass were taken
IN wagons Yesterday to the dog pound at the 1901 OF
Sixteenth-St. They were accompanied by SIX sIal,
wart men wearing badges, and six hundred small!
and tattered boys The dogs howled, the men cursed
and the boys tried John McMahOns temper by filling
up the space in the pound. " Mac ran the Six
hundred boys out into the sunshine and called
policeman. There were about 100 dogs gathered in
the fold and tomorrow they will find their fate Ill
the bottom of the East River.
HACK AND CAB LICENSES.
Mayors Marshal McDermOtt last week issued
433 licenses and received therefor Sl,953. The
time 10 renew special and hackney coach and cab
licenses will expire with this week. Marshal Nc
Uermott has issued orders to the inspectors TO rgdy
inspect all public vehicles. He says that he Will
not renew any hackney coach cab licenses unless
the vehicles are in good repair aid the horses ser
viceable He has refused to renew the licenses for
number Of night hacks because they are unit for
public use
ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WILL NOT TALK.
Officer Rodgers at 2 a. H. yesterday arrested
woman in Twenty-third-st., near Elcventh-aYe.,
who refused to answer his questions. At the station
she would not tell her name nor explain why she
was on the street at that hour. In the Jefferson
Market Court she would only say that she was
Mrs Adde Lewis and had had some trouble with
her husband who was commercial traveller. She
was dressed in black and wore several handsome
rings and other articles of jewelry. Juttlc; Tor
man sent the prisoner back to the station.
BROOKLYN.