New-York tribune., 1879-05-17
NEW-YORK CITY.

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During the past week Bill Immigrants were
landed at Castle Garden.
Thomas dickson has been reelected president by
the Board of Managers of the Delaware ana fuusoh
Canal Company.
TIE Rev. George II. Hcpworth will preach TO-
morrow evening IN the Madison Avenue Church OF
The Disciples, his last sermon before sailing Tor
Europe.
Miss A. V. Rutherford reappeared at the broad
way Theatre last evening in the role OF L''e IW-
tcrcyo. Miss Monticth continues 90 play Josephine
OH account of Miss llenrys Illness.
In the window next to the entrance to Wallacks
a of "Pnatore" is represented py dolas III
pretty costumes This spectacle ana the hiouei
snip over the door attract much attention.
Chancellor II. Brooks, age ifty-fve, hop mero mer,
chant AT No. . Broadway, and residing at No. oz
Liviugston-st BROOKLYN. was picked gp III Il dying
condition BY police officer at Fulton Ferry He'teai
6aV noon He died within hour alter Ills IclnONdl
to Chambers Street Hospital.
Collector Merritt Thursday made three, appoint
ments and one transfer. Edward l.. clark, or thls
city, was made clerk in the Eighth DlViSon' Il,
an annual salary of ~ 200; Matthew !: B0rland
an assistant weigher, at - a day ana william H.
LarneT an Inspector at the same pay
Kurd Won Scbl6zer, German Minister to the
United States will sail to-day in the steamship
Donau for Bremen. Among the passengers on the
samuel +. Blrger. George Vanderbilt, Wright Dur
ven Commodore C. X. Garrison and wife, Horace
White, aud Lord aud Lady Harris.
f. Lenthilon, general commission merchant, OF
80 Irvng-place, of pneumonia, Yesterday AT tne
age of sixty-seven years. He had been confined 10
ms home only two days. lie was one Of the oi9est
members Of the Produce Exchange, and at one time
was considered one Of the wealthlest, but had met
with TeyoTses of late years.
1t is proposed by the persons who have had sum
mer religious services in New-19rk III charge IN
previous years to erect q Gospel tent curing the
coming Summer. meeting will be held t0.mor-
row evening in the Church of the Holy trinity
MadisOn-aye and Foriy-Sccond-st, IN & the interest
r u, -. 10 I.t
plea for summer Christian work III the city.
The fifteenth anniversary of the College of Phar-
macy was celebrated at the college building III East
Twenty-thId-st. Thursday y-nght Professor +. w, w,
Bedford delivered the address, which was review
of the founding Of the college, and us influence
upon the growth of the drug trade in this city and
throughout the country Professor j. NJ. Maisn, ol
the Philadelphia College OF Pharmacy, also spoke
briefly.
John Lynch age twelve years, was arraigned in
jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, charged by
David Grant of No 13i West Thirty-hrst-st., with
stabbIng him in the arm. Mr.. Grant testified that
the prisoner has been in the habit Of aking lunches
and pennies from schoolboys. Yesterday at dZ;3o
he attacked small boy, and Grant separated them,
when the prisoner stabbed him with pOcket-knlfe.
Lynch was held in default OF 5000 bail.
The recent action of foreign Governments In rela-
ton to the importation of American pork is Thought
bv the trade to have caused needless alarm. Every
effort is made here to prevent shipments OF diseased
pork The British Government has Issued an order
that all American hogs after June l must be
slaughtered at the port OF deDqIkatlon. Inc Inc
Iralian Government has forbidden the importation
of pork from the United States because o1 the dis
cOYeIy OF trichlne i'll American hams.
The competitive examination yesterday, at the
Custom House, differed from previous examinations
III being mainly test of physical capacity. Ihe
applicants were marched across the room and up
and down the stairs. They were questioned closely
In regard to their physical condition. and subjected
to tests of endurance. Otherwise the examination
was brief. There were twenty-eight applicants for
the vacant position as night inspector. The result
was that Thomas Tully, of Staten Island, was 9p-
pointed lie has been employed as DOatihan. lie
stood at the head OF the class.
The Inspectors of the Board of Health yesterday
discovered q case OF smallpox at No. I3l west
Third-st., in "A room on the same h0or ana adJoln-
ing that III which the three Bludoylsky children
were found sick with the same disease on May z.
The patient is Mrs. Anna Oppet, a German, age
thirty-siX, who had been living with her husband
for a long time among the BOhemians i'll this house.
At the time of the sickness OF the bohemian chll-
dren, ten days Mrs. OppeIt refused to be vac
cinated She found TO be Ill yesterday, ana
was removed to the SMALLPOX Hospital.
Andrew Jackson Mellen, recently convicted in
the General Sessions for the larceny of 500 from W
liam NJ Randall was brought to the bar for sentence
Yesterday Assistant District-Att0rney Russell sad
that he had for many years pursued system OF the
meanest swindng. 1t was his practlcetoadyertise In
the daily press for young men having 500 to de-
post as security to fill cierkshlpS promising good
salaries, and signing himself Integrity" " sure
Thing" or something else equally attractive to
men of small means seeking employment. Judge
COWlup uMelt upon tile cOutciipJlDIt nature OF
prisoners course, and sentenced him 10 State Prison
for five years with hard labor.
The committee appointed to make arrangements
for the memorial services OF Decoration Day met
Yesterday afternoon at Delm0nlcO's, General Z. II.
Graham presiding. 1t was decided that the Posts
that take part in the procession should assemble at
IL o'clock, Decoration Day, at Ihirty-iourth-st.
and Flfth-aye. The line OF march viii be down
Fitth-ave. to FOuTteCnth-st. around UuiOn-sQuaTc,
then down Broadway to Murray-st. At 8luray-St.
the detachmeuts will separate aud proceed TO the
81. ,fas,A tod AftfAaV
held at "The Cottage" in Uul0n-square, last even
ing, but was adjourned without transactiug any
business. The final meeting Will be held at The
Cottage Monday night, and the preparations Will
be completed for the parade.
At the meeting OF the Special Committee on Pc
troleum of the Produce Exchange Yesterday, the in
vestigation of the complaints made BY the Bremen
Chamber Of Commerce against American petroleum
was continued. 1t was asserted that because of the
reduction of fees for handling petroleum IN ship
ment proper attention was not gwen. with better
compensation, inspectors could give more satistac-
tory supervision IN the sowage OF cargo, and there
would be less cause for complaint from leakages.
Charges were made that persons had been granted
stowage inspectors certificates who were lncompe-
tent A meeting will be held on Tuesday, at which
shIpowners brokers, exporters OF petroleum, and
the trade generally are invited to be present.
Gilmore's Garden is to be the scene tonight of a
curious affair announced as the Grand inaugura-
ton OF the annual athletic games Of the GOO00
persons employed in the various departments ot
the tobacco business in New-lOrk, brooklyn and
jersey CITY" Among the athletic" events Is to
be the awarding of a medal To " the haudsOmest
lady present engaged in the tobacco business" In
tie mile "go-as-y you-please" match for Cinnamon
only there are seven entries OF moon-eyed athletes
Fifty SpaniaTds and Cuban5 have entered IN tie
one-mile heel and toe walk confined TO those ma
tionalities and five women have been found willing
to - go-as-you-please" for one mile champion
banner has been offered for the tug of war and six
teams have given notice that they intend to pull
for it, Among these is team of eight whose total
weights are over 1000 pounds.
BROOKLYN.
The hearing Of the Talmage case, on appeal from
the Presby terry to the Synod, will take place i'll the
village If Jamaica III October ncXt.
Mrs Elizabeth Schulien, Of No. 37i WalabOut-
ST.. who was severely burned on Wednesday by the
explosion of kerosene lamp, died yesterday morn
inc at ST GATHERINGS Hospital.