New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
NFW-YORK CITY.


The Fall River steamers have discontinued their
Sunday trips.
A Columbia-st grocer has out the sign: Spring
Chickens for Sale"
Hot cider is the sign displayed by an advocate of
temperance in the BoWery.
An enormously increased demand for temperance
drinks was noticed yesterday.
Some of the cheaper museums of the city are little
more than cheap lodging-houscs.
Three dollars per day Is now the rate at the
Metropolitan Hotel. The new price began on Jahu-
. airy ?.
Rabbits are very plentiful in this market The
recent heavy snow storm was welcome one to
hunters
Among the legends Of Governors Island is one of
a ghostlv soldier who haunts the battlements of
Castle William.
The Health Commissioners yesterday reappoint-
ed the sanitary inspectors and asss ant sanitary
inspectors who were dismissed on Monday.
Ppch & Brothers have made handsome photo
graph of the Corean Ambassadors on board the
United States vessel Trenton.
Policemen Poe of the Sixth Precinct and NcNul-
len. of the Eighteenth Precinct, were dismissed
by the Police Commissioners yesterday for lntoXl-
cation.
Miss Helen II. Gardener will lecture in Chicken
eTing Hall on next Sunday evening, hcr SUBJECT De-
ing Men, Women and Gods" Colonel lngersOll
will introduce her.
The most elaborately furnished room at Castle
Garden is that which was completed by robert robert
Christian the master-mechanic, for the Rev Father
ReardOn yesterday.
William B. Wheeler, o.. Wheeler J. b.. DntGher
and D. II. Sherman haye formed the firm of William
B. Wheeler * Co., at No. 30 Broadway, tOra general
grain and provision business.
FEEDING DESTITUTE IMMIGRANTS.
Murray IL Nugent gave dinner of soup, fresh
meat and bread to 373 immigrants at Castle Garden
on New Years day, and yesterday they gave din
! uer to 90 destitute immigrants.
NO FURTHER NEWS OF THE CELTIC.
Nothing further was learned IN this city yester-
day with regard to the White Star steamship Celtic
The general impression among seafarlng people IS
that she has been driven to the southwark by adj
! verse winds, and that il is question whether she
will attempt TO reach lVerpeol or put DUCK 10 Now
! York.
FEES FROM PRISONERS.
! Though conspicuousy posted in the Tombs Prison
the Police Court runner who delivers messages for
prisoners, the regulations are frequently violated
| The average Police Court runners position Is worth
in fees than the salary OF government clerk
| ship.
A CONTRACT FOR BOX CARS.
A contract was recorded in the Registers office
yesterday between the Haskell and Barker Car
| Company, and the New-York West Shore and
| Buffalo Railway Company by which the former
agrees to furnish the latter with 900 standard box
cars Of the aggregate value OF Si04,OOO.
TICKETS FOR WINTER EXCURSIONS.
| Excursion tickets to Cape May, Cape May Point,
Atlantic City Old Point Comfort and Jacksonville
Fla. are now on sale at the principal stations OF
creasing, because of the popularity Of winter trips
10 the seaside and to Florida. The conditions for
/ the use of these tickets are exceedingly liberal
ACCUSED OF ROBBERY N MA;ssACHUsETTs
Walter Scott, of No 337 East Thirty-seycnth- h-st.,
! was taken TO the Jefferson Market Police Court
| Yesterday on a complaint made Justice Roland G.
/ Harmon, of Lynn Mass, who charged him with
| embezzng $3.50 from II. G. BOynton Il Co., Of
Lynn, In August. Scott arrested in the furni-
ture store of Krouss & Co., IN Third-ave where he
! had been employed since he left Lynn. he has
| wife and six children, who are III needy clrcum-
stances. He remanded to await requlsltlon
! from the Governor of Massachusetts,.
A COLLECTION OF CAVALRY SADDLES.
Among the interesting things in the museum OF
Island is a collection of specimens OF the army sad
| dies IN use in America, England, France, Spain,
! Germany and other countries.
FREE INsTRUCTIoN II INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.
Mrs. Florence +. Cary has made arrangements to
open free classes for women and girls IN industrial
! design at the Grand Opera House. Mrs Cary Is a
graduate Of Cooper Union and has given instruction
In practical carpet designing for years Apparatus,
! books charts, etc, are needed for the new free
school.
THE JABEz HowEs STILL ASHORE.
! Five tug boats attempted to float the American
ship Jabcz Howcs which is ashore near Sandy
| Hook, at high tide Yesterday, but
were unsuccessful II is feared that she VII VII
cargo of wool, lumber and wine for san Francisco.
RECEIPTS Al TIE CUSTOM HOUSE.
The receipts az the Custom House OF duties on
imports and Withdrawals from bond, for December,
| show a decrease of %9i2,70l 80, a. compared with
/ December 1889. The actual amounts are as fol-
/ lows: December, 1ss2-lmpOrts S7423,212 IL,
Withdrawals -, ,954, ,557 40; December, 1858 I'm
ports $6,46O 1872 OF, Withdrawals S2974,s75 90.
oNE WAY OF CELEBRATING NEW YEANs pay.
Mott P ON New Years night John brennan Of
/ No. II Madsou-st., struck Mary Rcgan, of No. .
Scammel.st on the head with a butcher-knifc
I several times, iuilicting severe wounds. Tie was
arrested and held in the EHzabcthst. police station
Yesterday to await the result of her injuries. The
woman Is in the NeW-lOrk Hospital.
STRIKING SUPERINTENDENT wALLTNG.
Superintendent WdllIug had n slight discoloTa
tIon of the skin under the left eye Yesterday. lie
was struck in the face while on an elevated tran
in Chatham-st. on Monday afternoon by an lntoxi
| Gated youngm man. who ran from the ear as soon "A
he discoNcIcl TINT be Aal bit tho Chief of th