New-York tribune., 1875-02-15
NEW-YORK CITY.

NEW-YORK CITY.
The foreign mail on Saturday consisted OF
sos2 letters and SO paper bags, all OF which was taken
| by the steamship Baltic.
Bishop Cummins will preach at the First
Reformed Episcopal Church at MadisonaVe. and Forty
seyenthst, tomorrow evening
The exercises of the thirty-fourth annual
Of the Medical Department OF the Uni
versty OF the City OF New-York Will take place at
Steinway Hall tomorrow evening.
Judge Lawrence in Supreme Court Chambers,
granted Saturday an order OF publication OF sum-
mons against Henry W. Genet, IN suit brought against
gage for $4,000.
The building of the Andrew Jackson Club
ia advertised for sale next Wednesday, under fore
closure of a second mortgage for s. 900, held by g.
| WctmOre. 1n're ~ sun thltn moIte"sc Vn t ,no
PREMISES for SIS O held, however by trustee LOT the
| club.
Prof. p. W. Bedford, Professor Of Pharmacy
| 10 the College of Pharmacy, New-York, will begin
Of Lectures on Pharmacy at the NewYSIk Free
Medical College for Women at NO. bl ~ MarKsplate
Wednesday, and Will continue tho course on sue
| CeediDg Wednesdays
| AS recorded at the Central Park Meteoro-
logical Observatory the highest point OF tho thermome-
ter last week was 46o and the lowest CO. the maximum
OF the barometer 9oI94 and the minimum 20 90, Te
total Of aud rain fan was 80 inch; aud the dis
| tance Travelled by the wind $50 miles
Very interesting services were held yester-
East river at Pikest Twenty persons, INCLUDING sew
erdl seamen, were confirmed by Bishop Potter. Inc
Rev. Mr.. Met and the Rev. Mr. Walker assisted. a
short address was delivered by the bishop.
John Brennan, lad of Is, residing at NO.
700 East Twefthst. was sent two weeks ago 10 the
House of Refuge for petty larceny He died yesterday,
suddenly and Investigation showed that his skull
had been fractured. Upon Inquiry It was learned tnat
he received the fracture from fall ON the ice IN the
yard OF the House several days before his death.
The sale of the furniture and other prop
erty in the Astor House continued on Saturday
Rooms Nos. SO and "a, formerly known as President
Grants rooms were gone through and their furniture
disposed Of large number OF people were ~ attend
ance the bidding was brisk. The sale Will 10 hh-
ished about the end OF this week.
The Rev. Father Byrne, President of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of America has written
a letter TO Mr. Patton, President of the Metropolitan
Union advising that the organization should not take
part in parades ST. Patrcks Day This advice Is
based partly on the ground OF excessive eHpense ana
partly the that parades detraet from tue re
gious associations OF the day.
The Lincoln Club, which numbers among
its members Tnurlow Weed, Sheridan Shook, John ID.
Lawson Assembly man Frederick W. Seward, Alderman
Morris and Cornelius Van Cott held meeting on sat.
urday evening and made arrangements for celebrating
the anniversary OF its organization on Feo ~ ~ was
decided to give dinner In the parlors OF the ClC0 ana
to prominent speakers 10 respond 10 the toasts
The Ncw-York District Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will hold its session In the
st. James NJ. E. Church, at Madlsonaye. and Onehund-
red-and-twenty sxhst the opening services beginning
through Friday. Besides the regular routine business,
there will be addresses by tue Rev. Drs Dlsheli ana
McCleand and essay Will be read by the Rev. A d.
Vail.
Last Saturday evening there was large at
tendance Of pupils and visitors at Woods Gymnasium,
to witness exhibition OF athletic SKILL consisting OF
sparrng matches, performance on the flying trapeze,
aud bouts at single sucks Among the auIehce "trc
Count 30 sco Of Russian Legation W. Astor, tr,
Edward Leayitt. JOhn Brook W. H. scheiielln, Or
George Peters, Campbell stewart, IL T. Cornell ana Dr.
Smelling.
John Conroy, n laborer, of No. 90 Cherry
St. became engaged in quarrel on Saturday with Ed
ward Jennings, OF 115 Unionave, Brooklyn at Bridge
and Wntehasts. He struck at Jennings, who made
no motion to return the blow, but ran away A rev
moments later, CoDroy was found IN a ht lud was
taken into a hquor-store near by where he died.
Deputy Coroner Marsh made posl-mortem e1amlui-
non Yesterday found that death had ensued from
vavular disease Of the heart Jennings, who had been
arrested was released.
FulIy 1900 persons were fed from st. Johns
Guild in yarcks 81. on Saturday, and equal number
were supplied with fsod on tho day before. Clothing
was in great demand by the hundreds who were SILVER
ing halfclad in the cold winds. The supply Of both
food aud clothing is reduced Till there Is hardly shreu
Of the latter and ony small qany OF 1he former ee
with which 10 BEGIN the weeks wOIk Tue volunteers
everywhere aud that unless is received promptly
many of the sufferers Will have to be abandoned To their
fate.
Col. G.. w. Wingate, President of the National
Rife Association has received letter from Majer Ar
thur b. Leach of Dublin. Ireland. who was present with
the Irish team at the International match OF last year.
Maor Leach writes; 1--WE have an annual match shot In
Ireland for the An ireland Leach Challenge Shield
omen TO Irish Clubs only have however, Reserved to
myself the right alter the rules, and accordingly
fit to alter hem now and III favor OF me AmercaHs;
OF four men, and the shield TO remain ln me counry VI
tie winning team until the next match No other ma
ouaity can engage in the match or course Will for
maly aunOunce III 10 you
A chart prepared by gentleman in this city
in regard 10 real estate values and now on exhibition IN
the Registers Office gives in eptome the history OF the
citys growth The chart purports TO depict few blocks
Of ground Seventy first and Seventyfourths sts
and Fourth and Fifhaves.. forming part Of what
formerly known as the Harlem Common This area forms
% hiacts Of oronndconailing l9s city lots which were
nrchase1 IN ISIS at the average price Of q % per lot
uc average value per lot OF this property 1874 Is stated
al $4,000 II ia said that this piece OF property pur
chased for 80 small sum- has had the largest Increase
OF value-n proportion to its sze-n the shortest space
Of time OF any property in the city,
LONG ISLAND.
FREEPoRr.-A memorial chapel is to be
erected here for the OF the PresDJ terrain Sunday
scbool and to be used a lecture room on weekday
evenings II will be built near the present church. and
will cost about $4,000 $500. The entire cost will be
horne by Mrs G. W. Bergen, wife Of the present Treas
nrer of Queens County. who erects the chapel IN nem
ory OF her mother the late Mrs Thomas Carman'
JAMAICA-At the annual meeting Of the Queens
Conny Local Visiting Committee for the Public Iusttu
ons OF Charities and COirecto the following officers
GeTer%opE UeIG OF Great Neck Vice.president Miss
Cornelia King OF Jamaica: Secretary Miss Henrietta
Titus OF Old Westburg
BADYLoS-The bill introduced in the Legislature by
Nj schurnan OF Oneida at the instance OF the State
commissioners OF Fisheries to prevent poundhshing III
the Great South Bay, is regarded with great dsiAv0r
by the fishermen who contend that II Is absurd 10 sup
pose tnat the supply OF sat water fish can he regulated
by legislation.
AMITYvIrLg-The Sunday school Convention OF suf-
folk Comfy ls 10 tie held March 6 ana II Ad
dresses are 10 ne made by the Rev W. W. Knox, the
Rey H. Aston, j. III. Tuthill, the Rev. III. {. Woodruff
and the Rev. j. W. Home
:, III. ,V,ih Coun.v Tamnaranca