New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-07


Navigation Will DO resumed by the Peoples Line
steamers at D. m. to-day. The Drew and Dean
Richmond will Pier Al North River, and persons
wishing to 60 to Albany will every comfort these
capacious steamers.
Ann O'Delia Dss Debar,
How wonder who you are,
Way up in the world high,
Painting pictures from the sky
.-(From the posthumous works of an unknown spring
Madame Diss Debar has not been saying much about
her lecture of late, extremely doubtful whether
It will come off, whether, II she undertakes to adj
dress an audience, she will find any audience to adj
dress Mr.. Marsh, however, Is still blind believer
in her.
John Fitzpatrick, known also as Liverpool jack
who keeps an immigrant employment agency at NO.
80 GIeenwichst, summoned yesterday before tho
Mayors Marshal charge Of refusing to sur
render the baggage of two Slovenian Immigrants ior
whom he had agreed to obtain employment Mr..
Fitzpatrick did not appear at the time liked, q p m'
but sent his manager, who explained that there was
no intent upon Ftzparicks part to retain possession
of the baggage and said that the trouble grew out of
the temporary absence Of employe who had the
KEY TO tho baggage room in his pocket The Marshal
adjourned tho case to IL a. to-day, to give fitz
patrick an opportunity to answer In person
The annual dinner of the Ohio Society this evening
At Delmonico's promises be a great success. The
large dining hall will DO taxed to Its utmost. The
Invited guests include many prominent men and noted
orators who will be heard after dinner. Among those
who have accepted invitations arc General w. L.
Sherman, T. Il. Taylor, Mayor Hewitt, eN-secrctafy
Window, Frank Hurd and many other prominent men
The occasion is the centennial anniversary OF the nrst
settlement of the Northwestern Territory.
John J. Bradley yesterday his fight for the re-
tenton of tho With District Court In his building over
a stable at Eighteenth-st and Fourth-ave The Sink
ing Fund Commissioners decided to lease the premises
for another year from May 1, at 1000
The Sinking Fund Commissioners yesterday agreed
to lease Of the Cortandt Street Ferry at $4,000 and
the Desbrosses Street Ferry at $1,000 year, to the
present lessees, the Pennsylvania Company, for ten
years. Tho Board fixed the rental of the Houston
Street Ferry at the upset price of $4,000.
Two girls from a house in Morton-st. and boy and
girl from Second ave-, near One-hundred and ninihst
were removed yesterday to North Brother lsiand'
sick with smallpox. man who had caught tho
disease in lodging house applied for treatment at the
Chambers Street Hospital and was sent to the island
also.
william X vanderbilts steam yacht, the Alva,
which recently to this country from cruise
around the world, arrived here yesterday from
brunswick Ca
Tho good people who discussed How to reach the
non-church- gocrs" after dinner at Delmoncos on
Thursday night, might perhaps have solved the riddle
by inviting them to the dinner.
"Todyn Hamilton Barnum's popular press agent,
says that of all the freaks he has had anything to DO
with, the Chinese lady with the microscopic feet is
the hardest to manage. She's always standing on
trfes.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners yesterday re-
ceiyed commune alton from the Corporation Counsel
giving It his opinion that the Dock Commissioners
had full power In the matter of the releasing OF the
Guion Pier, No. SO, North River resolution was
passed advising the Dock Board to rcet the pier 10
Con tan from n
l. at yearly rental Of s3l, 800 The present rental
Is $4,000
Tho Sinking Fund Commissioners yesterday dis
sussed the manner to be adopted Of awarding the
prizes for the best plans Of the twentythree SUD
nitted for the new municipal. buildings. 1t was de-
cded not place the drawings on exhibition, ana on
Mayor Hewitt's motion, the American Institute OF
Architects was requested to present to the Board list
Of seven experts from which three shall be selected
to act with Professor Ware, Of Columbia College
This committee will inspect the plans and report to
the Board the five which arc in their opinion tho
most meritorious.
Roundsman John D. Sullivan. Of the Norrsanla
Squad, fell through railroad trestle near Hunts
Point on Thursday night and was bruised seriously.
He managed to get to the police station and was sent
to the Harlem Hospital
A tourist Just back from London says the fogs are
so thick there that he received a conclusion of the
brain by carelessly thrusting his head out Of tho
window
An Ink manufacturer boasts that his Is the only ink
black enough to be used as a marking fluid for coal
sachs.
Tho suit of the Old Dominion Steamship Company
against John McKenns, Patrick McGrath, James L
Quinn and T. B. Putnam, members Of the committee
which had charge of the strike of freight handlers in
1856 was discontinued yesterday In the United States
Circuit Court by Judge Coke. The orders of arrest
under which the leaders OF the Knights Of Labor
been held vacated
Judge Brown in the United States District Court
Yesterday awarded 50, 600 damages to the owners
of the steamer St. John for injuries to the steamer
In collision with the tug General Rosecrana In Jsnu-
cry 1857.
At mccting of the Retail Coal Dealers Exchange
In Grand Opera House Hall last might 1t was decided
70 reduce the price of coal 25 cents ton all round
R q. Dun q Co.'s Mercantile Agency reports tho
1umbor of failures In the United States at 1919 and In