New-York tribune., 1884-02-24
NrW-YORK CITY.

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John G. Prather, Of st. Louis.
NETWORK CITY.
The arrivals of immigrants at Castle "a Garden 10,
! the week ended yesterday numbered 100 persons
Mr. Kimball distributed 800 pounds OF potatoes
! ond tnrnins and 200 pounds Of fish yesterday 1T
the basement of the City Hall. -,
| The Mayors Cabinet" yesterday approved bi
| granting relief for the Chatham National BANK
which was assessed twice on its building.
| Arrests last week. 1872; Deaths b92; births,
| 5I6; marriages, 1876; licenses granted 1IZi iceS
received, 1896 25; Croton water rents, $lo,S3 Va
| The National Steamship Company will remove its
| offices from No. 80 Broadway to tho new Washing-
ton Fieldl Building at Battery Place on or before
| May 1.
OF gang of thirteen laborers employed in clean
ing down town street yesterday one was an IRISH
man and the rest Italians. The 1rishman seemed
| lonely.
AN ESCORT TO ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS.
delegation Of the clergy and laity Will come 70
New-York from Baltimore to escort Archbishop TlD-
bons to that city on bis arrival in New-Iork from
| abroad.
Madame Antonio Janisch, Countess Arco, of the
Imperial Court Theatre at Vennals at the Gramercy
Park Hotel. She will appear at the Ihaa Theatre
shortly, under Mr.. Amberg's management.
The exhibition test of the Harden Hand Grenade
Fire Extingusher appointed for yesterday was
postponed on account OF the weather to February
26, at $3.50 D. III.
FAILURES FOR A WEEK.
The business failures reported TO r. g. Dun &
Co. during the last seven daNs are for TIE tnlleu
States 206, and Tor Canada 10, total Oh Z4o'
LECTURE BY BISHOP POTTER.
Assistant Bishop Potter will lecture to church
women tomorrow, at IL a. m., in Zion Church, IN
Madison Avenue, on The Dangers and Safety ol
Work"
DR. PARKER HASA COMFORTABLE pay.
DR.. Willard Parker is still seriously ILL., 1ester-
day he passed more comfortable day than he has
known for many weeks, and his family feel much
encouraged
N.TTupyv 6pvo1 MS last LECTURE.
Matthew Arnold will deliver his last lecture IN
America, in Chickering Hall on SATURDAY eyenng' 9
March l Subject, Literature and Science MI
Arnold will sail on March ..
LECTURES IN ST. FRANCIS XAvIER's.
The Rev Francis X Mccarthy f. .I,,v H. Wi GbGrG con
clude his course of lectures on the Catholc ChuSn m
sunday. March 2. the Rev. William Pardon, :. j..
will lecture on ''rhe Cruelty of Tolerance"
THE REV. STEPHEN II. .TYNGs sUCCEss3R.e
The position of director of the Paris branch of the
Tduitabe Life Assurance Company OF tins city, nm
iii recently held by the Rev stephen II: Iyng, jr,
has been transferred TO James II: lapel VINO was
for several wears his principal assistant.
FINDING A COFFIN IN THE EAST RIVER.
An unpainted pine coffin about two feet IN length
was found in the East River at the loot OF Cather-
ine-st yesterday. There is possibility that some
person placed the body Of an infant IN the box and
then threw il into the nyer TO save the expense ol
burial.
surfOcArrD BY GAS.
man about forty years old, with black hair,
mustache and goatee, hired room IN tranks
Hotel Mt No. GS West-st on Friday evening, but
did not register his name. He did not respond to
ing and it was ascertaned that he had been sniio-
Gated in the night by gas which flied the room.
SALE or A. P. BELLOws's WORKS.
Bellows comprising oil paintings, water coloIS,
drawings etchings, and pen and ink sketches, VII
take place at the rooms OF Ortgies ~ Co., NO: $40
Broadway next Thursday and Friday evenings.
The collection. which consists OF Z1D numbers, Is
now on free exhibition.
THE RELIEF TELEGRAPH COMPANY. . .
The certificate of incorporation OF inc heme1 he9rmH
Telegraph Company was filed yesterday. Inc
lines are TO extend from the main office at or near
the stock Exchange TO connect public buildings
tal stock Is $4,000 with right Of increase to
81 100000 The corporators are j. j; Nerkys,
Robert Clark Charles Ernest Wilson and Thomas
n. Morgan.
ARRESTED by Mr. coMsToCK.
An elderly man, who gave tho name Of William
W. Wilson, but who was said by Anthony Com
stock to be Rush r. Bramley, and TO have also used
the names of T.. NJ Milton and Lewis Williams,
was arrested yesterday q charge of using the
missioner Shields and held for examination. Mr.;
in the counterfeit money business
THE STRIKING CIGAR-MAKERs.
A meeting of the striking cigar-makers was held
in COncordia Assembly Rooms YESTERDAY morning,
A committee was appointed to take charge OF suGh
subscriptions as might be received ne stIlke
committee sat all day at Rose Hlli Hall to hear re-
of The strikers that might be arrested There were
some new hands taken on by Stralton u Storm,Who
saw that they Will have no trouble in filling their
orders.
SAVED FROM WRECKED SCHOONER.
Among the passengers on the schooner I. IS.
Paine. commanded by Captain Iiilyard, which ar
rived from Mona Island yesterday, was captain
Hutchinson, of the three-masted schooner Olive
Crosby The latter vessel was wrecked at Mona
island on December 20, 1888. She had been lying
at anchor loading with phosphate and IN severe
.koHh How inn am w
side upon reef. No lives were lost. Jhe schooner
was of $50 tons and was built at Castine, Maine.
She was not insured.
PREPARING FOR 4 SIX DAYS WALKING MATCH.
A meeting of the pedestrians was held yesterday
match which is 70 begin at Madison Square Garden
OH Monday. April 2s. There were present Charles
Rowel. Patrick Fitzgerald, Robert Nint, Harry
Howard, George ID, Noremac, Ernest Smith, and
entrance fee 800, and the price of admission to the
Garden fifty cents. The articles will be drawn up
and sgned on Monday, when it is expected that
Hazaal and Others will enter.
THE PURIM BALL.
The twenty y-secOnd annual ball OF the Pur1m AssO-
citation will take place in the Metropolitan Opera
House on March 8, and will be the first fancy ball
given in that bnilding. The decorations of the
dancing floor lobbes and corridors VIII be elabOr-
ate and caricatures of well-knOwn persOnageS VIII
be displayed at various points ihe ORCHESTRA num-
herring Ito musicians will occupy the stage. Last
season the managers Of the ball were enabled TO ex-
pend over 81 600 in charity, and the proceeds this
wear are expected 10 exceed that sum.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES or A FORTNIGHT
The following cases Of contagious diseases were
reported at the Sanitary Bureau, IN the last two
weeks:
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