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NEW-YORK CITY. Nineteen building permits were issued in theseity last week. Slippers of satin, embroidered with seed pearls, are worn by brides. Outside jackets for suits are still made cutaway, with velvet or ailk vests. Twilled satin foulards are among the new suit materials at Stewart's Very little jewelry is worn on the street now by fashionably dressed ladies. Handsome evening silks may be bought at James McCreery's for cents yard. New evening dresses at Lord & Taylor's are made with Marie Antoinette panters, Irwin Paul, age forty-one, of No. 41 Stonest.,died at No. 55 Pearl-st. yesterday, of heart disease. One of the Spring novelties in dress materials at Arnold, Constable & Co.'s is ** Bieze deSanto." The artists in the Tenth-st. studio are busily at work preparing for the Spring exhibition at the Academy of Design, whichopens April 1. The Arcadian Union, a benevolent association, will give an entertainment and ball at Terrace Garden for the benefit of one of its members this evening. A lecture, A Visit to the French Exhibition" was delivered last evening by John Paton, at the Workingmen's Public Reading-Room, No. 135 Greenwich-st. The jury before Judge Gildersleeve yesterday acquitted Michelo Marmora, accused of killing Michael McDermott at No. 18 Roosevelt-st. on November 6, 1878 The work of the City Mission for February, is reported in the following statistics: Forty missionaries, 4,271 visits, 101 meetings, 294 pledges. 100,000 tracts: receipts, $5,168 24; expenditures, $4,061 39: debt. $4,475.86. The seventy-second Commencement of the College of Physicians and Surgeous of Columbia College will be held Steinway Hall this evening. The address the graduating e will be made by Prolessor Roswell D. Hitchcock. Owing to the severity of the weather, the Chatham Street branch of the New-York Elevated Rallway, will not be completed by March 1, according to contract This thought that trains will run over it by the latter part of next week. The six lodges of the Knights of Pythias in this city gave a ball at Irving Hall last night in honor of the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of the order. There was a large attendance despite the fact that it was the second night 111 Lent. Vice Chancellor Van Fleet, of Newark, has heard argument in favor of a stay of proceeding in the case of A. T. Stewart & Co. against the Franklin Woollen Mills Company. Cortlandt Parker appeared for the company, and Thomas N. McCarter for Judge Hilton. Decision was reserved. The suit of Annie R. Hann against II. J. Sheffield and Jerome B. Fellows for libel and slander was closed yesterday before Judge Lawrence in Supreme Court. Chambers, Mr. Van Allen subming upfor the defendantsand John D. Townsend for the plaintiff. The jury will bring to a sealed verdict this informing. The Department ot Street Cleaning has prepared a comparative statement of the work and expense of the department during the last five years, showing that a present neariv twice as many miles of streets swept. that much larger quantity of garbage is moved than in 1873; and all at as average cost of 50 percent load less, Thomas II. Neill, a Custom House employé, who neted as deputy marshal on registration and election days, was arreated vesterday on the charge of making false certification as to the work performed. Commissioner Osborn held him in $500 bail. This is another phase of the BHSS-Biglin contest: the arrest in this case being made, it is said, at the instance of Bigfriends. President Edson of the Produce Exchange, has appointed the following members as delegates to the sixth annual meeting of the National Butter, Cheese and Egg Association. to be held in Cateago, March 5.6 and 7: J. F. Joyce, A. H. Turner, Henry Huil, W. Carr. Ferrie, D. Manton, 8. W. Hoyt. A. Mackenzle. E.B. Post. M. Folsom. P. 1. Van Riper. J.D. Hunter, J.G. Sibbald, R. R.Stone and Thomas Bamber. The new champion rules for billiards were partly tested and treely discussed at Slosson's billiard parlor at No. 110 West Twenty-third-st. last evening. The room was filled with men interested in watching the effect of the innovations. The general opinion was that the rules were too complicated for general adoption. and while afording a remedy for roll nursing. objectionable because they burdened billhards with 00 great exactions RICK placed the game too much in the handsof the referee. The inquest before Coroner Flanagan on Jacob Sleight. who was killed at No. 69 Gold-st. on February 10, 1879, resulted in a verdiet that Sleight come to his death from a blow with a mallet inflicted by Martin Gross. The evidence, including that of Sleight's went far to show that the deceased man was assailant, but the Coroner's tury do not justify Gross The Grand Jury, however, have ignored the complaint against him. BROOKLYN, Marriages in Brooklyn last week, 53: births, 174 deaths. 209. Fire Marshal Thorn has just reported to the Police Board that there were twenty nine tires during January. the total loss being $14.169. The insurance wasthreetimesthatamount Two deaths were caused by burning accidents. The Emigrant Savings Bank, at Court and Livingston-sts. having closed up its affairs and paid depositors. closed its doors fusily yesterday. It was organized fifteen years ago, but on account of the small amount of business It was decided in June last to discontinue it. G. E. Quimby, who was arrested recently by a detective on the charge that he had stolen articles jewelry, etc., which he had at different times presented to Christina Lowe, of No. 95 Oakland ave to whom be was formerly engaged, was honorably discharged yesterday13 Justice Elliott. The Rev. Father McCabe, assistant priest of James's Roman Catholic Cataedral, in Jay-st.. has been appointed to sacceed Father Matthius Farley.of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, on North Sixth-st. Father Farley having been appointed priest of St. Raphael's Caureb, in Bilsaville, The Rev. James Mitchsucceed Father McCabe. The canal boat Damon, of Whitehall, carried away a part of the Third-st. bridgeover the Gowa BUS Canal while be ing towed under it yesterday morning. A city ordinance requires the bridge to be opened when necessary between? a. m. and 5 P. m., but the captain thought that he could pass under safely before the tide was low. Legal proceedings will taken against him. Edwin D. Miller, formerly a wealthy merchant doing business in No w-York and residing at Poughkeepsie, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning at St. John's Hospital, which he entered recently when suffering from chronic selatica. His death was caused by paralysis of the heart. A few years age he met with reverses in business and since then he has held it position in the Custom House. He leaves a daughter, who 18 married and lives in Gates-ave