New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-01
NEW-YORk CITY.

The Board Of Estimate completed its provisional
estimates yesterday for 1889. Tho total foots up
s37 Oo7 1914 90 Last year it S37 ,c51 ,o53 o..
The Board of Aldermen have fifteen days in
which to revise and pass the estimates.
The ship Iroquois brought from San Francisco 81
puncheons and 1886 barrels California wine, 2oo
packages brandy, and o,352 bales of wool
Controller Myers opened the proposals yesterday
for the 81 900 900 issue of additional water stock,
and the 100000 dock bonds, payable In 1907 and
1919. respectively, at per There were fifty
four bids made by twenty-five bidders, running from
100 so to 1881 for the water stock, and from 1Ol
TO 11O7 rs for the dock bonds. The highest bidder
in both cases was the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany aud the award made accordingly.
Mary Slater, the colorcd charged with
killing her sister, Sarah Thompson whose case IS
awaiting the action Of the Grand Jury, was taken
before Justice Barrett yesterday, and the Judge was
asked TO release her SO that she could attend the
funeral of her sister. The Judge denied the applica-
ton
I'D. NJ" sends FL to this Office for the family OF
the murdered policeman Brennan.
Michael GImartin, the bollerman at No. 343 Broad
way under the Dry Goods Cleveland Club, who was
seriously burned and scaldcd about the body Tuesday
evening by the explosion of two boilers In the sub
cellar of the building, died at Bellevue Hospital yes
teIday. lie sixty years old.
In the obituary notice of Colonel Gerard L. Nc
Kcnze that appeared september 81 it was errone-
ously stated that Charles OGray the first colonel
Of the Goth New York Regiment. James Fairman, of
this city, was that regiments first colonel.
The Cooper Onion free class in elocuton will meet
every Thursday evening beginning November 8.
The free class I'm oratory and debate will meet every
saturday evening" beginning November 10.
The Grant Monument Association, through the ex-
has authorized extension of the
time for receiving models and plans for the proposed
National memorial to General Grant from November
l, 1888, TO January ., 1889.
Frederick Schilling the butcher, OF No PA First
ave. who was convicted of manslaughter in the first
degree in killing his wife Mary, on March IA, was
sentenced yesterday by Judge Gildeseeve to twelve
years in the State Prison
Professor Won Esmarch and his wife, the Princess
Henrietta Of Schleswig lIolstein sailed for home on
the North German Lloyd steamer Lain yesterday.
The testimonial game to the baseball champions al
the Polo Grounds Saturday has been abandoned
as the grounds had already secured for football
match. The players, however, Will have benefit al
shlly's Park, long Island, on Sunday.
Superintendent Parsons, of the Park Department
yesterday opened to the public the small parks at
Abingdon Square and Canalst, which have been sup
piled with walks during the summer
A walking stick, the cutch-handlc of which is an
cartrumpct is the latest convenience for deaf men,
An uptown candy store attracts attention by having
good looking young fellow pull tafy in the window.
lie throws three four yards of indiarubper sweet
ness about in a manner that always procurcs him a
knot of spectators.
A fashionable broadway jcweller makes supersti-
ton pay him tribute. He advertses amber kaces
TO prevent Group in childicn'
The rage for handsome veneei1ng has resulted in
The invention Of machine which cuts into ordinary
straight grained log in such a zgzag fashion as to
produce a sheet of veneernG with decidedly wavy
grain.