New-York tribune., 1885-01-19
NETWORK CITY.

Captain Pheian's condition remained unchanged
yesterday
KEROSENE A Fatal FIRE LIGHTER.
Mary O'Gorman age 'h,rtv-iive. triel to light
fire with kerosene at No. 362 Tenth ave-, yesterday
mornIng. Her clothing cangnt hre and she dieu
fIom her burns shortly aItef beihg tsNeh W
Bellevue Hospital.
THE EARLIEST USE or CANNON.
"M. S."-Exactiy when cannon were nrst useo y
not known. The earliest definite record OF thrir
use is IN connection with their employment by
Edward Ill. against the Scots In 1877. linen tney
were called "crakys OF war.
STEAMSHIPS AGROUND IN THE RAY.
The White Star steamship britannia got aground
on the West Bank in the lower bay aoout \ o'clock
y. m. yesterday. owing TO ihe unusually low tido'
She got off unnjurcd at high wai"r. TIE steam
sbi9 Martelio, outward bound iOr huii got agrouhu
off Bay Ridge about the same limo
supprv DEArn or suIr's OFFICE.
The bark Mascotte arrived from FernsnDuc9
yeser lay morning win cargo OF susar shu @
anchored in the lower bay. Later IN tho day she
weia led anchor aud camo mp u Red look soon
after raising tho anchor the second mate who mad
qOn down into the cham locker, was iGuhd dcl
,Lere. 20 was apparently in good health few
minutes before.
, DyprrY SHIPPING COMMISSIONER APPOINTED.
James J. Ferris, w.o has had tllrty-hye years oil
practical expe fence in shipping and d'scharGng
senmcn at this port, and Mho Is well lntorned ol
all 'hs abuses existing ut this port az ahoctlng the
saiiors has been appointed Nv C0unmiSsoh'r >. -
Reed as his deputy TO take cnarge OF tho c0Htlng
branch of the department HIS office is at NO. 70
Cuentles Slip
srDDeN DEATH IN A RFsT ,URANT
A man whose name il thought To he Iorney died
suddenly nj "A rest anr mt at M. 80 BOwcry early
Yesterday morning Ino body was taken 10 the
Seventeenth Prcciuct Police ; atom IL Is tnought
tl,at death was due to apoplexl. The man was
ohont thiriv-iive years Old, OF medium size and
linht complexion. On his right breast Is prickci
in INK two h unds grlspng IN lrlsh nag On the
left breast is cham.
CRDTDN WATER EECEIPTS.
The recepts Cor Croton water last year, incud-
ing arreerages were 81 100, ,663 SO. / Is ls the
larces, alnonnt since the Introduction OF Cr0tnD
~ ater and an incr ase of xlSi.625 lt over 1888.
OF The amount we'd $1,000 is set apart for re.
stonipg street openings made for connecting water
pines with buldn0s. and 81, ,Jt0 63 10 reimburse
the city for advances made Tor meter ana meter
settings.
MrRRYMAKrHG OF OLD FfREMEN.
The annual ball of the Volunteer Firemens Ass0-
citation will be held on February 10 at the Metro
noItan Opera House. It will probably have the
effect of calling together more OF the old IRE lad
dies than any affair of the kind for several years
mast In the old DAYS of the Volunteer FIRE De-
partment and for several after II was super
srdod uy the ore ent paId department. the hremen $
bali was notable event each season.
Fx-pRFsIDENT nay s DOES NOT sPeAK.
4 large audience gathered in the Church OF tho
Pilgrim at Madison-ave. aud Onc-hundI ed nd.
fwenty-frst-st last evening in the expectation of
neari ~ ex-Presldeut aves, president OF the Ma
tonal Prison Association. speak upon the subject
OF prison REFORM but though he was upon the pl l.
f,I n he declined TO say anything. The meeting
was he in the interest of tne Prison AssoclatIon II
of New-York, and was addressed by w. NJ. r.
Round secretary of tho association, and by the
Rev. Samuel ii. Virgin, pastor OF the church.