New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-30
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,,d.rl q Ganther 4 Sons died suddenly Thursday
night
The Board of Fire Underwriters has appro-
priated 10000, 10 De uhtu I'D pdyiHb Ie""iu' Iva ~ w
/ lection OF incendarlsm.
| Neither the Aldermen. the Councilmen. nor
the Board of Canvassers transacted any business oi I'm
| pOrtsnCe yesterday
Bishop James will preach at the reopenng
tomorrow morning, OF the sXty-firstSt NJ L. chapel
east Of Thrdave
The Hon. j. d. Reymert's lecture for the
in steinway Hail. this evening
The Rev.B.F. De Costa will lecture before the
Young Mems Christian Association in ST. Philips T. t.
Church, No. sos Mulberry-st., tomorrow evening.
The American Poultry Society will exhibit IN
Masonic Hall East Threenth-st, from Tuesday 10 fr
day next. More than 500 prizes are offered
The Rev. Mr.. Sutphen will repeat, on Sun
day evening the brick meeting house Fiftaye ana
Thirty seventh ST. the sermon which ne denvered ~ INC
annual meeting of the New " rk Bible Society.
Coroner Wildey held an inquest at Wards
Island Hospital yesterday over the body Of Charles
Jaeger, lunatc, who escaped from confinement
and committed suicide by eaping into the East River
The Steam-tug H. Weller ran into small
soOp off East Twenty street in the fog, yeste
day morning, and one Of the soop hands is believed 10
have been drowned. The slo0p was tOwed mp the HNcr
! IN sinking condition.
Henry Ward Beecher, William f. Dodge,
Theodore l. Cuyler, and others will speak IN St Paul M
f. Church. Twentyseconds and Fomth-ave, on Thurs
day evening next underline direction OF the NauOha
! Temperance Society.
Policeman Charles Thompson of the Fourth
/
front Of No. IS JamesSt, by James ODonnell WON nc
was trying to arrest died in the New-Hork Hospta yes
] terday. ODOnnell is in the Tombs.
/ The Bremen steamship Wescr arrived at
| Sandy Hook on Thursday night with OH paSscnsers
after trip Of days and hours, INC gncEeot mil
ever made 10y screw steamer rom i % u
the City Of Paris reached port last evening rom queens
/ town, Nov. 81.
Among the passengers going ont to-day by
tie Arizona Messrs Chapn and Gardner NethcrDee
be the prOpretOrs Of the Occidental Hotel AT
connected since it first opened with The Fhaye Hotel
in this city banquet given them 10" nights ago
| by many Of our citizens.
The ninth game of the match at French bill
lizards between CaIme and GayTaud resulted favor OF
Gayraud who scored 10 Carmes 300 His best runs
best runs We're 49, a. and 81 This afternoon, at O'Clock
the final game is to be played, and Mr. Carme VIII make
number Of fancy shots
Mr. W. +. Milet informs THE TRIBUNE that
Micah Hawkins the author OF the rst negro song m
America. He kept dram-shop at the intersection OF
Catharlne and Watel-sts ana by SINGING tne htso mcio
dies which he composed drew crowds 10 ms par every
night. lie once wrote drama Of the KIND that hOnr-
isles in the Bowey and 1t was produced at the bo"ey
Theater
kilograms which were received in this city
from London on Thanksgiving night beat time and had
10 minutes 10 spare A dispatch dated London Nov.
%" was received 2s minutes past II p M on the
2sth Tomorrow the Gable Company will reduce Their
tariff New lines IN operation on the Newfoundland
coast and is expected that hereafter the CaDe VIII Ire
quently beat time.
The anniversary of the Polish Revolution,
Nov D. 1880, comemorated last evening at No 1873
EsseX-st. The hal handsomely decorated with ap
ring address 10 the Poles in their native tongue, ana
urged them TO unite and organize, with view 70 yndi
eating and maintaining the honor OF the Poesn America
The General was followed by Mr. Markowicz and other
speakers
The failure of the young and enterprising
firm OF Sherwin Co accounted Tor two theories,
first that it caused by the fierce rivalry Of Nessrs A.
+ stewart 4 Co. Who sold goods Tor lower pIGes Ia9
the three weeks delay in rcfung the old Mais0n Doce
fatal, the goods previously bought having fallen so
much III tina! time as 10 crpple ther ito'ts AT tue
start BY the closing of the firm nearly 300 persons are
thrown out Of employment
Two gold medals were offered by the Pres
dent Of the Atlanta Boat Club for three mile sculhng
match The first valued at 500, first class aud the
second value s60 second class There only one entry
for each event all the others being frightened or Mr. A.
$ swan champion Of the atlanta Boat Cub, ensrrd IN
pulled the together making the three miles
in and 222 respectively The race came Of IN front
! Of the Elysan Fields.
The members of the Fourth Ward police
passed resolutions yesterday; III enoey OF tDelr ie3I
THOMPSON. Who died yesterday, having been
stricken down by assassin whom he attempt
Thorne has ordered the Oast station drapcd and The
force Of the Ward will wear emblems Of mourning 80
Lfe-Insmauce fund. and II not Improbable that the
| Riot Fund Committee may vote her 500
! Mr.. Nathan ID. Spencer was found dead, on
Thursday morning under the bridge At Harlem, with ms
head the water and his body out The cuts aud bruises
which were found on lis head have led 10 the suspicion
mat he was murdered But these also explained by
persons who think that Mr. spencer when gong home IN
ibe darkness OF tbe night on his way 20 cross the bridge
stepped of the first step, and precipitaed To the
pateau-stone below, and having risen partially uncon
scous from the fall then Zen 10 the bottom 81 the stair
case and was drowned Mr. Spencer was years Of age
and resided at West Farms le held The Office OF Clerk
/ Of the superior Court ana was brother OF the non
I Charles F. spencer the wellknown lawyer An inquest
was held Yesterday Until after this sad event the
hOrites had provided no light 10 the approach OF ihe
! Harlem Bridge on this SIDE nor had guard post been
provided. Not fortnight ago another man lost his life
at the same place and IN precisely TIC same manner
BROOKLYN.-Edward Kcarns caught
by belt and Instantly killed, yesterday afternoon, ~
Nes,Is. Campbell Tbayer's oil works, Washington aud
I Front-sts.
Mary Ann Kay of Dean-st., near Classon-ave.,
| was burned 10 death yesterday, her clothing having
/ caught al bonfire.
A Naval Court of Inquiry convened at the
NayyYard Brooklyn y y by order Of the Secretary of
the Navy, on Tuesday, and is still in session. to nvcs
the wreck and loss Of tine United States steamer sacra
mento, ON the coast OF Hndostan' N june iast The
President; Commodore Charles steednaI Capt. John j.
Amy, and ii. II. Goodman, Judge Advocate.
Major Oatman has leased the square bounded
/ by Powers. Bergen, and WyckOf-sts. and Fourthayc
! and has begun 10 fit il for a skatingpOnd.
! The Rev. Newman Hall will deliver his fare
well lecture this evening III the Rev DIT Cuylers meet
ofIabor."
Martin Refs a native Of Russia, married on
sunday last and reached his home AT the Intersection Of
Con0yer aud EIzabetl-sts drunk on Thursday morning
Hewas found dead at his threshold after daybreak, his
! neck broken, and his skull fractured
WILLIAMSBURGH.-Al0dg crin the Fourth
Police Station Thomas Bradley by name died III about
midnight Wednesday. He seemed TO he suffering from
for lodgings and it is believed that he died OF
evening James Maulsey Of Warcnst. Brooklyn was ac
cdcntly run by GTeenpOnt car in Fist st. near
South Fifth lie sustained compound fracture Of his
/ left
] The proprietOrs of the Railroad from Hunters
Point TO PeCkslip Ferry GicssrS. ID. Strong Goa have
at last arranged terms with the Grand-st Company for
the use OF the track of the latter road and will
mence running thereon by Jan /. The route is
through Ffth-st, down Grand 10 the Ferry and along
FTsst TO South Eighth and up South Eighth TO Fifth
ST. IL is however, believed that the eventual intention
Of the Company is 10 20 up South Seventh Fourth,
South Fourth TO Fifth. IA he