New-York tribune., 1868-12-16
TIE CITY.

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penev9ent Union win take place TINS evening d" A'e
Hall -. oo-. voc
seriay. At L st Broadway ana ku'sersS" anu was ~
SANITY killed.
Coroner Rollins held an inquest yesterday at
No 2J Hinthaye over the body OF isaac Le"0oi' VIM
died suddenly OF disease of the heart $50
David Kent of New Brunswick, N. D., while
txcated Yesterday fell overheard ut the foot OF Six
teenth.st.. n. Il. lie was rescued by the ponce
An alarm of fire was OccasiOned by the smoke
fo uc m Trinity Church issuing from near the stee-
pie 10 damage.
ladies fair is now in progress in Breyoort
Han at the Of Broadway and Thirty yseyenths1 s,
6ers ~ ihr Free Church OF the Holy Light.
The Ladies' Fair for the benefit of st. Ste, Sea
pheu Church, now In progress IN me Oasegnt ard
Thrd-aves., is open each day from to lOt ciV0 = ~
Lady Thorn and George Wilkes, the famous lam fos
troltcrs matched FOR grand contest W ver trotted
stake Of $1,000 This Is the largest anOuH' wv '
ior IN this country ~,
The Alumni of Hamilton College g. IN J. New ToiSr.
York AID vicinity will meet tls local Alumni
ASSOCIATION. aud arranging for an ahhoai ieunion'
John Mott. aged SO, a resident of Saugertiess,
n - was run Owe "S was severely injured about the
head and legs He was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
The monthly public temperance meetng
held on Monday evening In Utah Hall. The Rev H. -.
Eornrop, W. H. Barnes, esq, aud Capt Dc Camp were
the speakers .
AT the Tombs Police Court yesterday Justice
s,ondl,v committed WIN. COrley, owen McGentry and
Hchard McManus, boys, for having GU Moh9ay NO nght
entered of Morris schwartz, NO 2So ElLaDeth
IT,. through ~ rear WINDOW
Coroner keenan, held an inquest at Bellevue
Hospital YESTERDAY over the BODY o Johh f9glh
OF Ireland aged 90 years. On Monday, wme engaged
with others N eXcaNatng cellar at nisIs1 s anu
Fltaye., portion Of the bank fell ana buried hilh
The musical and elocutiOnary exercises OF
Grammar Schoo No. S. IN West Fifty-secOndst, near
Eignth1ve.. to be held on Thursday at p m Inc
John d. Robinson and bliss Maria Jasper Is long, YET
Interesting.
At the meeting of the Farmers Clu6
yesterday the possibility OF eutyatlng Chlhese yans ~
his country the question whether potatoes contain
purs aud several other matters were discussed @ Tu
WEFKLY oud sG1nWEEKLY TRIBUNE
CHARLES Newman. a pensiOner OF the Sall-
Or sag Iarbor on staten island called, yesterday. at
the Office MI NJ Ferier Trustee Of the institution az
No Od-sg aud. after sono angry words had PaSst ~
Ilcot Mr Fercr He vas taken into custody and JUS
tee shandley committed him TO the TomOS'
The seventeenth anniversary meeting OF the
Sew.York Nautical school, under the auspices OF the
ses for gS S ESoP @ at So sn % on Monday
evening next VIM Fauids Thoms, M d., VIII geySp aver
lie address. Short addresses may be expected nom
Cart E RShads%g j T. smith mt Ro esq the M16y KTn j. the be-
Rev'C ]. Jones, Ctpts. Marcy, Frsbie and others
At the jefferson Market Police Court yester
asy before Justice Mansfield Abraham Leon, and Gus
Of So ies Bscckerst out Of si0 by selling goods
Hueu which were found 70 be Of very inferior cotton
Mary a. Pinueil aud daughter. aged 10 years were
s"ntted on complaint OF Mrs. stOwe, Of No 81 HoIa-
to st. charging them with stealing from her at various
times jewcly ana wearing apparel valued at SSVo'
Brentano blims over with holiday peTl0dl-
Gals is week Beside the regular current issues OF the
aaa. lon. Ho6as Comic laHsai the Christmas number
Of L0adO SOcc The Marx. and tho annual parts OF 1he
Brgiisa Workman and he Band Of Hope RereW oil pro
fseiy Illustrated We also received from Brentano
Dc1clseu Hannays loyal Ahnghde Tor 1862 contain
n variety Of useful statistical and official Infor-
nation.
The Rev. D. X. Lee last evening delivered
an eloquent lecture entitled Families of Worlds" the
wIgwaln in Fortysixh-st. near the Elghth-ave. The
Heavenly bodies as revealed TO US Dy tle aeet dstOy-
cries astronomy and argued from them tho certainty
material universe. The audience though not large
points elucldated by the lecturer.
Defective Officers Schmitt and Rowe of the
CeyeHnd Ohio, police, arrived in this city yesterday
having m SnsSpS @ Seaed Ssg On T egTa S19 o. from insnecso
DiKs Of the Metropolitan Police The prisoners arc
accused Of stealing from the Office Of Messrs. Bowen
whitman WnsOw, at No, 81 Franklin-st, two proms-
sory notes Of s. each ndorsed and made payable 70
the order Of the firm or bearer The notes were found
In the possession Of the prisoners.
At the Court of Special Sessions before JUS
tices Kelly and Dowlms John Mccarthy was se9tenGe9 %
the pockets OF certain ladies' In st. JoseP1s k WI ~
son were sentenced to SIX months IN the FenenuaIy
and fined ESQ each for stealing 20 TO- III English gold
from the person Of Thomas Hickey an emigrant John
David Smith and Michael Connolly for petty larceny,
fined SIS each, and sentencedto the PenentAry lor
AK months.
Coroner keenan, held an inquest in Bellevue
Hospital over the body Of John Walker yesterday,
OF Scotland, aged So He was FOR nearly 20
months ago left. and since that time has been very n
temperate. On Saturday evening last while under tho
influence Of hquor he fell on the pavement In front OF his
residence No. sec seeondave. He picked up insen-
sbe and taken Bellevue Hospital where he died on
Monday evening Death was found to have resulted
from compression OF the brain, the result OF the fall re-
ceyed by him.
The Philosophy of the Tea Kettle Is the
sublect Of Prof Smans lecture, tonight, at selnwny
Hall The lecturer will explain In familiar manner the
heat illustrating his subject by experiment; ex
pounding tho physical history OF water ITS freezing its
melting and boiling the nature OF steam and It's appca
tOn in the steam engine explosion OF steam boilers
spherOdR state OF water; warming and ventilation OF
chemical constitution Of water and the heat evolved in
the union Of It's elements.
DR.. Harris, in his weekly letter to the Board
Of Health says: In week ended the 18th inst
there We're s2i deaths in NewYork and 2s in Brooklyn
This record, compared with the week ending Dec. 8,
shows decrease amounting to &c in tho city and
an increase I'm the latter CITY amounting to ls deaths IL
was the sixth week Of period OF very unusually low
mortality In this period there were Ia New-Y York 31e
deaths the week ending Nov and 1884, 1885, 35s $50, and
lastly 324 IN the successive weeKs average OF lit
tie less than $40 deaths each In Brooklyn the
tay records IN these six weeks read as follows l35, l
ISL, 1885, los, l26, or an average OF i29 each week
The Charles s. Spencer Legion, Boys in
Blue, held their annual meeting last evening at their
Headquarters, No 2O6 Eghthave. and effected the fol-
lowing organization for ensuing year President OF
Club, Barent Van Buren; Secretary Eduard Landais
Captain Of the Company John Weeks vice Dingwe re.
signed; First Lieutenant VIM Mitchell, vice Weeks pro
noted Second Lieutenant, Amos Tripp vice Mitchell,
promoted The Club proposes to visit Washington and
,o ,,anonrsfidn ~ President rort or r. i,b ~
March next which occasion they Will turn from 70
10 100 members. At the meeting last evening Mr. Spen-
IugtOn had secured the promise OF good accOmmoda
tOns for many members OF the Club as would attend
At the meeting of the Board of Excise, yes
terday 59 applications for new licenses were reported
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