New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-26
NEW-YoRK CITY.

Stripes are mich in favor in ribbons and al ma
terials pertaining to millinery, as well us III cos
tunes
The brocaded satins FOR combination costumes
show q variety oi designs, among WHICH are jap
anese fans ana birds.
The directors OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company yesterday elected Frederick Billings
president Samuel WllkesOn sccretary and Robert
tcnox Beknap treasurer. The election Of VICE
president was deferred.
John Meyerbcrg was In the Essex Market Police
Court Yesterday, accused OF having one WE III
Is bind. lie said il all the fault OF the mother
ln-law, but was remandcd for further examination.
Much OF the unclaimed property that has accun-
minated at Police headquat tern i9r year or nsooTne
sold yesterday at auction. HE sum or s'oO
was received. Among the articles sold were some
valuable watches. number of rcvolvors and "a
quantity OF clothing.
The stockholders OF tho Hudson River Tunnel
Railroad Company have elected the following
directors Charles G.. Francllyn. lrcnor W. PARK,
{. q. Lincoln. James y. Withered, william NJ;
Force, d. &. IIaskn and l.. G. Fowler. The board
has neen reduced from thirteen TO seven mem poTs.
The work Of the New-York CITY Mission for Sep
tenher may he seen IN par IN the hgiires toHowne
Forty missionaries, 4,Gi5 Visit, 2"o meetings.
2S5 pledCea go families aided. 60 900 tracts dis
tnhufe,, etc; receipts tor the month, ~, 100 J3
and payments. S2.9Sl %; total deiicIt. Sl3.III TO-
The brcadstniEs market was unsettled yesterday,
and at the openng WINTER wheat was IRON TO .
ccnts lower than at Wednesdays close, but "a re-
gained part Of ibis lIsi during the day. Sl.inr
wheat declined from go q cents q busacL Com
fell on l cent brshcl. aud oais were y 10 l cent
lower.
meeting was held nj the Clearing Housc few
days ago for the purpose of ora IiziDe bank
clerks musi' al a-sgciailon. lHiec1 &c twenty
names we're secured of clerks wishing 70 Julu.
After n short discussion and the appointment OF a
committee TO obtain additional members, tuc meet
M adjourned intLl ihs afternoon at o'clock.
a little excitement was caused among some Of the
members OF tue Produce Exchange yesterday hy
tho reported disapp' aIance of Thomas j. iicox.
agent tor tic gram hin Of Elmendorl ~ Co., OF
Chicago. he VA, formerly member Of tine Produce
Exchange for several yrafs. bit " mt a. Chca-o.
lie returned here rs agent for the above rn short
tine ago.
Bertha Nathan, IN aged German woman. was
arrested ON NcdEc. day night ola COMPLAINT oi
Gabriel Fcill, an Italian pcanui-ycndcr, VINO
charged her with giving him counterfeit money Tor
peanuts. The woman WAS discharged. her nno-
ccnce being clear, bat as II consequence ot Tie eX-
element and her indlHnHtlon az the charge, lei III
and was reported YESTERDAY 10 be d Ing.
Francis Kelly, of No. 30 LOWEST. WIS stabbed
by man known as "SLluny" Harrington about
q O'Clock yesterday morning. Kelly WAS standing
with "a number of persons IN the City Hall Park,
100 front # th. Court House lie sas that llaung
tom came M To HIM aud after few words stabbed
hm without prov"catl.n. Kelly VS. removed 20
the Chambers Street Hospital. HIS wounds wa
not serious and he wgs soon able 10 20 away. hGr-
rng on escaped arrest
d. l.. Moody and Ira y. Sankey, assisted by C.
w. sawyer. the Rev. George f. P,nteco.t and Nh.
Bliss will hold special eyangcstIc services nc ,uc
Cooper Union mex, lucsday. TIE meeting; duIir-
the day. at o'clock a. M. and AZ o'clock
D. H.. viii b. free TO al classes. Ire evening
meeting at 1870 o'clock will be Tor Christian work
cis-rnen only. Free tickets for this meeting can
be procured at the Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation Rooms, Twcnty-thrd-st aud Fourth-avc
Vincent Maycisk n German shoemaker living
Mt No. 401 Fast EiChteenth-st.. complained AT
Police Headquarters yesterday, that one at Il gang
of thieves lestlng that part of the city had tried
To rob him. aud while lie was at the police station
with The captured thiet he rest OF the gang plum
fal lll h.sf. xtiaI .l.p ffrf ftn
thief was not held. and Maycfski returning found
his comrades IN poSses'on. superintendent " az
ing scnf "a detective to investigate the complaint
Cornelius sullivan, an engineer, OF One-hundrcdtl-
ST. aud Nmth-ave., attempted To throw hls ticket
into the box the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sta
ton of the West Side Elevated Road yesterday
morning. BIT the ticket fell on tne tioor IF the
station. and when he attempted to pas on the gate
man. c. J.. Stewart. slapped hlin and said he must
put the ticket IN The box before he could Dass ont.
fight casurd IN viii ia Sullivan WA badly beaten
by the gateman and another employs OF tire road In
The Harlem Police Court Justice Nahdoll dis
charged the assl.lants.
At the twonty-sixth Episcopal Convention Of the
Diocese of Ncw-lork yesterday, Bishop Potter de-
livcrcd his annual address. The convention d.
rrcted that tina portion of the address which refers
TO the duty of giving shoun be printed for general
distribution. A surplus appearing IN the Episcopal
fund, special committee was appointed to direct
lis distribution. The sum of $4,000 was ordered
10 BE- deducted from tine general fund of the lhcO-
lo1cal Seminary and credited to the Albany Do
ccse order to give II an increased representation
OH tire Board of Managers
dispatch from Manch Chunk was published yes
terday stating that man about siXiy-fve years of
age. named Edwards or Freeman. had been killed
by train OF the Lehigl Valley Railroad at Penn
Haven Junction. In IA memorandum which was
found III his pockets were the names OF Mrs. Cor
nelIa Koch, No. 100 Last Iifty-lourta-s., Newly ork
and Mrs. Emma SaCketf, No. 324 Carleton ave,
BROOKLYN. Mrs. Koch said Yesterday that SHE
know John Edwards, foreman III the Etna Car
pet Worgs at New-Brunswick. n. j.. who was
sixiy-ivc years of age. and she believed HIM TO he
the man who was killed. Mrs Sackett also believed
the man to be Alr. Edwards.
BROOKLYN
There were IN BROOKLYN last week 231 deaths,
1872 births and 40 marriages.
The dead body of an infant about four months
old was found IN the river at the foot OF Amity-st,
last evening.
The hardware store of A. F. Mills. No. 4S3 At
lantlc-ave was robbed on Wednesday night of
articles valued at $40.
While playing around bonfire last night. Katie
Hubert, girl of six years, of No. 129 North
Fiith-st, was severely burned.
Messrs York and Mulvev, contractors for laying
the coacrete foundations of the Brooklyn Elevated
Railway, yesterday flied Il mechanics lien on all
the property OF tine company. On the day when
the company's mortgage tor $3,50O,O00 was fled
the contractors presented Jill which has not been
paid.
When Daniel MoCort. OF No. 80 Division-avc re-
turned nome from his work last evening he was
surprised to find the dead body OF his wife Cath
ERNIE suspended by rope attached to a nail driven
III the wall She had taken her life while under the
influence If liquor. to the excessive Of which sac
was addicted.
Charles Hunter, of No. III Elizabeth-st., and
James johnson. of Dos West Thirty SIX, his, New
York, vino were arrested in that city on WodEes-
day evening. on the suspicion OF having stolen IA
horse. wagon aud harness, IL all valued at 5000,
from tho stable of Robert W. Fielding, No. 4O4
Prospect-aye.. Were taken To BIoOkyu last night by
officers of the Tenth Precinct. The stolen properly
found IN a stable IN New-York
A horse attached TO a light wagon IN which Mr.
and Mrs. john Elliott, OF No. 40 south Eightb-et
riding, became frightened 10y Broadway
motor Yesterday and ran away. The wagon came
into collision At Yates-plsce and Broadway with n