New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11
HONE NEWS.
NETWORK CITY.

An amateur orchestra has been organized at the
West Side Branch of the Young Mems Christian
Association. West Fif.y-seventh-st Any amateur
player who is DESTROYS Of Joining may obtain full
particulars from the secretary. DIR. Yarne. or meet
the director Mr.. Barnum. at the rehearsal tomor-
row night. at o'clock.
q. G. D.-The flag should be displayed at full
mast the day of the Grant parade.
Brigader-Generai Hoffman. Inspector-Generel.
will inspect the list Regimen. on Wednesday even
ing the armory Thirty -fourih-st. and Park-ave.
Marie Amabnullo. eleven years old. Of No IA
Baxter-st., seized with sudden fit OF vomit-
ing. at o'clock yesterday morning. DR.. Guarius
was hastily summoned, but the child was dead
upon his arrival. The Coroner's physician made
an autopsy and found that death was due TO perl
tonitis, superinduced by Inflammation Of the
bowels.
The letter-carriers Of this city will appear IN
their summer uniforms on June l. and. in accord
ance with orders from the Postmaster General at
noon yesterday Postmaster Dayton opened the
bids which had been made by clothing firms 10
supply the postmen with regulation clothing Seven
bids in all were submitted. and the prices or the
suits ranged from so 10 S2
Christopher r Forbes will raise the American
flag presented TO the Veteran Anderson Zousves
(6cd Regiment New-York Volunteers, by the widow
of the hero of Fort Sumter on the flagstaff in Bat
terry Park sunrise Wednesday morning. In
honor OF Sumter Day. Mr.. Forbes will also raise
the flag on Tuesday. April q, in celebration Of
General Grants birthday. The usual veteran es-
cort will attend the ceremony.
Miss Grace Dinsmore. tho young woman from
Bnghamton. n. Y. who has gained notoriety by
reason of her assertion that she has sold one OF
her fingers 10 replace the diseased member OF a
Mrs c. V. Barton. of Houston, Tex, said yester-
day when seen at the Grand Union Hotel that the
bargain had been completed. The operation. she
p1a at
Miss Dinsmore would not tell the exact amount
she was 70 receive for her finger. but II is under
stood TO be about 81 500 The outcome of the affair
will be awaited with interest. an impression pre-
walls that the publicity that has been given to the
proposed finger grating experiment is the develop
nent of q neatly planned advertising scheme on
somebody's part
20 an appeal made by tho Charity Organization
Society on behalf of aged couple.
Nine Marie Geistinger. the singer who is to ep-
near at the Germania Theatre, Is due to arrive
here to-day the Cunard Line steamship Etruria-
party will go down the harbor to meet her.
Chief Bonner Of the Fire Department is 10 be To-
Gated at night for the present at the Wesmore-
land Apartment House, No. 100 East Seventeenth
St His night headquarters will be furnished with
IN q week and the Chief will take possession.
New night headquarters will be built for the Chief
in West Thrty-thrd-st.. and will be ready FOR &C.
cupancy next January.
CAPTAIN Martin Cook Of Engine Company No. T.
at Old Slip at the call Of the o'clock roll yester-
day morning resigned his command, and handed
over the keys to Naughton, the assistant foreman
Captain Cook has been connected with the Fire De-
partment since 1870
E. V Skinner general Eastern agent Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, has been appointed on
the Grant Monument Committee. and also on the
sub Committee on Transportation
New shields were issued yesterday TO the de-
tecttves OF every precinct In this city. They
OF German silver Theodore Beesley. OF the Church
a. police station has shield No. !.
Charles f. Beach. jr.. Of London, formerly Of
this city sailed yesterday for England on the Lu-
cania He goes abroad in connection with the re-
cent sale Of coal lands in Jackson County Ohio,
which he negotiated the representative Of the
Kruger syndicate. of London