New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-02
NEW YORK CITY.


The monthly social meeting of sorOss was held at
Delmoncos Oh Monday with larne attendance.
Great Jones-st Is being repayed WIN Deisia IN
blocks, and UnIverstypace. near Union square, Is
| being repaired.
| Still another fair il announced - that of St.
Agnes's (ioman Catholic) Church, which is to open
| Thursday evening.
The Kentucky thoroughbreds, in addition to the
BrOnchO horses, the dogs and other animals can De
seen at the Aquarium daily.
| Two representatives of the French Government
sent out to inspect postal facilities, were engaged
yesterday in examining the Post Office in this city,
Baptist Dotta, age twenty-seven, native Of
! Switzerland was run over and instantly killed last
evening by New Haven express train, near Ire
mont. He was employed at Valentine and Thomas
ayes.
The Worlds Fair Committee met at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel last evening and discussed plan
for holding public meeting about December D.
The committee VIII meet again Tomorrow night to
complete the arrangements.
The five steamers which arrived in this port Sun
dav and yesterday broucht 952 in,mlgrants-tle
| Celtic from Liverpool 397 General Werder, from
| Bremen, 31S: Canada, from London, 40; Deyonn.
from Glasgow, 172; Alexandria, from Gibraltar, 70.
Bernard Wii7m. German porter living Mt No. %
First-ave., and EMPLOYED by Lehn Fink. wholesale
DRUGGISTS at NO 100 Wllnam-st.' was Iliting some
became broken. While endeavoring to save part
of the acid he inhaled tho fumes. and died Oh Sun
| day from the effects.
| The elevated railroad from One-hundred-and-
thirty -ffth-st. TO ODe-hundred and-ti fft-st.
was opened to the pnbc Yesterday: The running
time from RectOrst TO the other end of the road Is
forty-six minutes. Work has not yet been begun
| on the bridge across the Harlem. The cars were
heated for the first time this season yesterday
Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Wickstrom, of No 81 Roose-
| velt-st were fighting on Sunday night, until Mr..
Murphy separated them on his way TO the celar for
some coal. Upon returning he fonnd that Mr.W lex.
strom had become engaged IN the quarrel ana hau
| stabbed Mrs Murphy and her daughter IN the lace.
! At the Tombs Police Court yesterday Justice Nor
gan committed Wickstrom for trial in default OF
$500 bail.
series of four lectures will be delivered during the
present month at the PRESBYTERIAN Memorial
| Church. Madison-ave. and Fifty-third-st., by the
pastor the Rev. Charles s. Robinson, ID. ID. The
| this evening is Switzerland" The dates and sub
iects of the remaining lectures are as follows
| December o. "Vcrsailles"; December ~, u Eng
| land" f; December %, Scotland"
Joseph II. Sands, negro, age forty-6ve. years,
was arraigned yesterday in the Jefferson Market
Police Court, on the complaint of Emma Williams,
days ago her husband died. and that, as Is custom
airy with poor colored peope. she had placed
saucer on his coffin for contributions in order to pay
the funeral expenses. She alleged that Sands had
stolen 30 cents from the SANGER, but she could nor
substantiate her charge and the prisoner was DIS
charged.
Tn n case in the Court of General Sessions before
Judge Gilderslecve yesterday. both paintf and de
| PENDANT were Chinese. Wah Lee, owner of a
laundry in IIester-st. charged Gin 10y, an en-
poy6 with stealing money and a watch and cham,
| valued at SOL GIN 10y admitted taking the
watch but denied the theft of money. The defence
claimed that the watch was taken as security for
two weeks wages S12-and alleged that this was
the usual Chinese custom Some of the witnesses
bore the names of Ah Ii, Lin Moy. Ii Dung, SIN
| Tycoon and All Cheung. Ihe jury iouhd u Neruicu
| of not guilty.
Maurice Conner with his three children, aged re-
spectivey six, eight and eleven, applied for food
and lodging at the Fifty-nnth Street Station House
on Sunday night. The said that he had Just
been turned out Of his rooms at No. 527 East
Ffy-na,hs Ills wife ne SAID was d as xo ana
hut washnable to attend to IL because of his chill
dren. who were too Young to care 'or themselves.
| Yesterday he and his children were taken before
Justice Smith, in the Yorkville Police Court. The
children were committed to the Protectory and the
father was discharged.
The death of Mary T.. Canty, age twenty
six years. at No. 80 Thompson-st., was re-
ported to the police Yesterday. The Coroner
and James Jackson, q gigantic negro. and one of
the worst ruifians on the West Side, whose house
keeper the dead woman was, was arrested. SIX
| years ago Jackson killed the woman with whom he
was then living and cut his own throat. When he
recovered he was sentenced to two years imprisoD-
ment and after his return gave the police constant
| trouble. An investigation yesterday established an
alibi for the negro, and he was set free Death was
| due TO fall from a chair.
BROOKLYN.
The payment of taxes was begun yesterday.
The Brooklyn City Railroad Company has decided
| TO heat its ears with stoves during this Winter.
| The largest man of BROOKLYN ever made in one
piece was recently completed for Controller Stem
metz. 1t is 8 feet 10y 1914 feet in size, and is on
scale of 30 feet to the inch. The cost was $500.
| A committee appointed by the Kings County Club
| conferred with Mayor Howell yesterday in refer
ence TO giving reception to General Grant III
| Brooklyn. The Aldermen directed committee of
seven To be appointed TO make arrangements for
| such reception.
Chief-Justice L. Bradford Prince, of New-Mexico,
| was married yesterday at Grace Church on the
| Heights Ia Miss Hattie A. +. Clilds, daughter of
| DIR. s. Russell Childs of New-York. The ceremony
was performed by Bishop Ltlleiohn. assisted by
! the Rev. j. Carpenter Smith, of Flushing.
| Edward Garvey, age thirty-two of No. 10Y Fonr-
feminist, died yesterday Sunday night Fifth
Avenue was going rapidly up grade when
Garvey sprung on the front platform. He missed
his hold, and fell in front OF the car. The step
struck him in the back causing fatal injuries to the
| spine.
The game of football between the Polytechnic
and Columbia Grammar School tennis at Prospect
| Park on Saturday well contested, and ended
in favor of the Polytechnic players the being
one goal to none. In the first inning the wind and
sun against the Polytechnics, but they kept
the Columbias from obtaining goal and also made
them touchdown for safety twice. IN the second
inning the goals changed, and the visiting
team had the fighting all i'll their ground. They
were obliged to make seven safety touch downs.
while their adversaries had not as yet made any.
| By good rush the Polytechnics obtained a touch
down, and on the place-kick the only goal of the
game was made The teams were as follows: Poly
Nichols, Gnfiths and Shanks; half backs jerks
tcaptalnl and Chauncey; backs, Dixie and Hun.
Columbia Rushers Northrop. Bcnsrsan. Living
|
| backs, Murphy and Hill backs, Bridden lcaptain)
and O'Brien. Referee, w. Storrs. Columbia Law
| School.
| JERSEY CITY
| James ID. Manning. Master in Chancery of New
| jersey, held hearing yesterday in the contest be-
| gun by ex-Asscmby lyman Mcdonald against Patrick
| Sheeran who declared elected To represent the
| lid Assembly District of Hudson County i'm the
| State Assembly. Mr.. Shceran an independent
Democratic candidate. and Mr.. Mcdonald was the
regular Democratic candidate.
NEWJERSEY.
An Ion.