New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-01
NETWORK CITY.

On and after MONDAY November 3, the steamers o
the FAN River Line for Boston will leave Per -
North River at 4:30 p IN. instead Of . p. m rs al
| present
Albert Weber the piano manufacturer. will give
his cmplo,es at the factory dinner today, on hav
ing accomplished the task OF turning out ZOO ln-
| strnmcnts last month
The oneninq of tho West Side Elevated Road ia
Observation-Disclosures probably will moi
take place TO-DAY as expected. IL was thonght las,
evening n tie uptown stations tina 1t might not
take place for two weeks.
| TIE steamers Massachusetts and Rhode Island
make teir last trip on the Providence Line today,
end WI begin running on the stonlngton Ice no on
MONDAY, leaving every dav IN the week Ut 45O p'
m. from Pier 33. North River.
| Shipping Commissioner G. G. Duncan has resigned
one If the trustees Of the Seamens Friend Scot
ETY., giving as reason that there was strong feel
inc AGAINST the society in the shipping community
because Of his connection with it. His resignation
was accepted
A. he Ncw-Yorlk Circus, No. 72s Broadway. a
matinee performance will be given this afternoon
at 2 1clcck Among the performers are Emma
Lake. the egn atrienne. and Sigror Sebastian. the
bareback rider. Hosts of acrobnts. tumblers anu
other appear ut each performance.
The work IF the City Mission for the month Of
| October NAV be seen in part in the figures follow
| irg: Forty missionaries, $3.50 visits and calls.
| 42j meetings. 17S temperance pledges, $40 fnml-
los aided rs 900 tracts md popers given receipts.
50 7G6 67 payments, $2,s45 OIL; debt running,
$13.s66 81.
The Stock Exchange has bought the lots adjoln-
|
The purchase includes No. II Broad-s'.. AID Nos.
H. II and 16 Newest. The price is S:iTJ, 600. The
nroperty belonged to the estate Of John ID. Marc
| President Ives is chairman. has not adopted any
plans for the improvement of the property.
The special trains for Hartford, Springfield and
| the North i'm connection with the Now Haven
steamers leaving Pier 20, East River. have been
withdrawn for the season. The New Haven steam
ers, which are heated throughout by steam. will
start as usual ~ y. M. and II y. m. Passengers
can connect with trains for the North and East by
| taking horse from the steamboat dock to the
| railroad depot
| Mems Christian AssOcia' ions last May At Baltimore
set apart the week bepnDnG November " as a
season Of Thanksgiving and specia PRAYER for young
men," The international Committee has suggested
| topics for each dav, and has issued circular 10
pastors asking their cooperation, and requesting
that sermon to young men be preached on sun
| day. November o.
The report that ex-President Grant might he
chosen president Of the Manhattan Elevated Rail-
road Company excited greet merriment at the con-
nany's offices Yesterday General Grant certainly
has not been elected president said NiccPresiden
| Guiford "and there is one very excellent reason
there is no vacancy in the Office. he company has
! president with whom we are well satisfied and
hope he is satisfied equally with u.s."
! Thomas King. an Englishman. came recently from
| Providence, r. l., 10 this city TO receive his wife.
who coming from England. H. lodged at No.
% Greenwich-st. with James Marston and with
| him and another friend went on Wednesday 70 the
| Elevated Railroad $ a'on at Rector and Church.
SITS. to 20 20 the steamship landing Tie friends
| were on board, and King about 10 fol-
low, when the train began 10 move and the con-
ductor pushed him back, telling him to wait for The
| next tram. He has not been since.
Information has been received in this city of the
suspenson Of G l.. Il :. Il. Athemer, wholesale
dealers in clothing. hats and caps and boots and
| 100000 Of winch about 100000 Is due to cred
it"rs IN New-Yoyk Attachments amounting to
| SAG 500 81 have been issued by New-York City and
Eastern creditors the petition filed by them alleG-
ing that the firm converting goods TO defraud
creditors. The action based on reports recently
circulated that the firm was in n failing condition.
| Mrs. Rose Murphy. ADMINISTRATIVE OF the
property of Thomas Herman. deceased brought
s9it this week in the Court % OF Common nor,
| Eighth Avenue Railroad Company to re-
cover $4,000 for the loss Of decedent's
| life through the fault of the defendant He fell
from ladder over some machinery and was killed
! The plaintiff claimed that the accident was caused
| by defective and rotten ladder the defence WAS
tiff verdict for go 900 Robert N Wait for the
plaintiff; John Scribner for the defendant.
well-dressed man bought carl-case Yester-
| dav afternoon, in Samuel +. JacksOn's store. at No
1853 Broadway, and IL payment offered . $50 bill
| on the Broadway National Bank. Dangerous
counterfeits of that bill for time have been
circulation, and the clerk who received the bill had
| once before been swindled in the same way. fe
| therefore asked the stranger to wait while he sent
out for change. and quickly dispatched = hoy for
| policeman. The customer grew suspicious and
| watching his opportunity, dartrd ont of the door
followed by Mr.. Jac kson. He was captured at
| length IN Iafayctte-pldcc, ana gave MS name as
| George Williams.
There was a large attendance of members of the
| bar in the United States Circuit Conrt Yesterday
morning. at the presentation to the court Of Dor
| traits in oil of Chiei-Justice Waite and the late
| Justice Smith Thompson. The bench was occupied
| by judges Blatchfor, Choate. Shipman and Bcne-
dict The portrait OF Chlef-JnstIce Waite was the
gift of the bar Of NewY0rS, and was presented on
its behalf by John L. Parsons. G. WILLS Belts pre-
scented the portrait of Judge Thompson to the court
| He said that the painting had been in his hers
! gallery for fifty years and that previous 10 his
fathers death he had requested that ii should he
handed over to the court. 1t was painted by A. b.
| Durand in 1884
BROOKLYN.
John l.. Spader, an ex-Alderman and an old resi-
dent Of Brooklyn, died suddenly yesterday morn
ing from heart disease, in the garden attached 10
his house at Third-ave and Fftcentn-st.. Brooklyn.
The ST. Matthew's English Lutheran Church has
bought the old south Presbyterian Church building
at Clinton and Amity-sts.. and purposes occupying
il on Sunday. November 10.
Charles Beck, age thirty, was arraigned before
Justice Bloom Yesterday on the charge of burglary
IN taking %1O3 from the house of John Frederick.
at No. 175 smith-st The detective who worked
Delaney ST., NewYOrk, and had set mp bousekeep
ing with woman whom he married on the night
following the burglary. AT the court Beck waived
examination. and as he was leaving the place he
arrested on the charge OF bigamy, preferred by
n woman Ealing herself Mrs. Beck. who asserted
that they had been married sever years and had
three children. The second wife produced her
tfcate of marriage. but the case was deferred.
NEWJERsEY.
BAYoyNr CITY.-John Jennings, of Bayonno City,
fell through of tine traps OF the Port Johnson
coal docks Thursday night and instantly
killed.
PATrRsoN.-The total registry this year in Pater-
son is s. 25S. The inquest in the of Joseph
Fuchs, the murdered scissors-g grinder, has been adj
journed to Monday. Ii Is supposed that the three
men who quarrelled with him and then killed him
are the who subsequently tried to rob the hotel
of George Glover on the night. Glover fired
at them, aud they returned the fire. He slightly
hurt one
STATEN ISLAND.
SrAPLrroN.-Captain j. X. Vanderbilt president
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