New-York tribune., 1886-03-20
NFW-YORK CITY.


a SrBscRrBER. The Cunard Line discon-
tinued the custom of solicng the main brace" or
serving liquor to the crew in the fall OF 1881.
Reader Troy, N. Y.-Address American
School of Opera, No. 12S East Seventeenth-St''
New-York City.
Many friends of the Rev. Father Riordan, of No,
7 State-st. called upon him Yesterday 70 extent
their congratulations in honor OF The tweilth ami
versary of his ordination to the prleSthood'
window of the Murray Hill Bank was found open
by policeman at / a. m. yesterday. 1t was thought
that the window had been left open by mistake
At Seventb-ave. and Fifty secOnd-st late on
Thursday night William Patterson stabbed Patrick
HAYES several times with carving knlle BONN
were caT-dIivers of the broadway line.
Editor Pond, one of the proprietOrs of ~ Latino
Ap,fricap0 arrested on a charge OF publShlhg
lottery by offering premiums for subscriptions to
his paper was held in $500 bail yesterday in the
lOmbs Police Court
The business failures throughout the country in
the last seven davs as reported TO X. q. Dun d Co,
of the Mercantile Agency. number, Tor the lnltcu
States, 100 and for Canada 80, as compared WIN
239 last week
Captain John NJ Rettig. commander of the
AlcXandre steamer Civ of Washington, sailed on
the lie, sing tor Hamburg on THURSDAY. lie VIII
visit ais home IN Sweden for the hrSt time III
thirty years.
NEARLY A MILLION IN GOLD TO 90 OUT TODAY
The engagements Of gold for shipment to-day
We're: Eugene Kelly & Co., $550,OO0, and Plock
n Co.. $3.50, 900 The total shipments for the wee X
amount to 81, 522 600, of which only small part
ship likely 10 carry gold Is p. M, and the amount
may be Increa ed before that time.
INCREASING THE HANCoCK. FUND.
The coDtribu ions 10 the Hancock Fund yester-
day. which amounted 10 500, were from anOny-
mons friends General W. b. Franklin the
means OF adding $50, the gift of some Hartford
friend. The fqnd now amounts to $3.50, bnt
the sums raised at Boston and Phl.adclpnla Will
swell it to considerably over $4,000.
A LARGE PICTURE REPRESENTING CHARITY.
William H. Webb has presented TO the General
Society of Mechanics and lrade>men, of winch he
is a member. a LARGO OIi-painting representing by
three lIfc-Size figures "Charty,' and 1t now hangs
IN Mechanics Hall, No is East SXteenth-St. II
was secured by Mr.. Webb at the New-Orcans Ex-
ro,iti0u. where il was exhibited by its artist, A. A.
Anderson. Of this ciry.
GOOD TIME MADE BY CLIPPER SHIP.
The chpper ship Henry b. Hyde arrived here
We, teTdlr after a remarkably fast winter passage
of TWENTY-FIVE days from Liverpool. She made her
maiden voyage from this port TO San Francisco last
wear leaving here on February 1S. in 1913 DAYS 4;
then loading with wheat for Liverpool she made
the passage lnnlnetvtlve days. In thirteen months
she has sailed 81, 900 miles on 24O sailing days.
STEAMERS BETWEEN TRlEsrr AND NEw-YoEK;
Tue Anchor Steamship Line has s'a arted a regular
line Of fCrtngltly departures between Trieste and
New-YOrk and has detailed the following steamers
for the service: in IA 2,090 tons; EIys1a, 2,133
tons; Utopia, 2,13l tons; Columbia, loo7 IONS
and Oympia. 2OJ1 tons The India is now on her
way here. The steamers Will stop at Naples and
Gibraltar
Mr. MCuOwEiL's PROPOSED WORLDS FAIR.
W. q. Mcdowell. as temporary secretary OF
world fair which he proposes shall he held III TINS
cItV on ADrll 30, 1889. in celebration of Washing
toms first inaugural has sent out for signatu ureS
con es of a petiTlOn to President Cleveland, asking
him 10 appoint committee of 1000 represent
tatlve cl'lzcn1. This committee ana various oIher
committees are to organize the movement. 1t Is
not in the least likely that the President will do
ANYTHING of the KIND.