New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-15
NEW-YORK CITY.


George Vandenhoff will give the second of his
Dickens Mornings, at Chickering Hall, this al
ternoOn at $50 o'clock.
Antonio Nuglion, nine months Cd was Killed &c.
yesterday evening by an accidental dow gwen ny
his father with fire poker.
CAPTAIN Williams's trial before the Police Com
missoners for clubbing Charles w. Smith was adj
iourned yesterday until next Wednesday.
purchase of twenty-five barrels Of -four was
made on the Produce Exchange on Thursday for
Queen Victoria and her family. at so a BARREL
The police were informed YESTERDAY, that Mar
garet Morris, age thirty-nlue years, had run away
from No. Sherif-st., with $3.50 of her husbands
money.
Alterations are in progress at the Fourteenth-st.
station of the 1hird-ave. Elevated Railroad. The
platform is TO be enlarged to correspond with those
at the other stations.
The Hon John r. Brady will deliver lecture for
the benefit of ST. Francis's Hospital Monday even
ing at Cooper Institute. His subject will he: MAY
good digestion wait on ppetite, and health on
BOTH"
The next lecture in the Cooper Union Free Course
will be delivered this evening i'm the great hall at
o'clock by Frederic NOrs on THE Craft of the
Silversmith" with numerous illustrations and Ian
tern views.
The second game of football in the Inter-
collegiate Championship series will be played this
afternoon OF the grounds of the ST. Georges Cricket
Club, Hoboken. at 3 o'clock. The Harvard and
Princeton teams Will be the contestants.
The library of the late Bayard TAYLOR, which en-
braces English, German and American books, IN
Gliding many presentation copies viii he sold at
auction on Monday and Tuesday November ~ and
20, by Bangs * Co.. No. 739 Broad way. The sale
Will begin each day at $3.50 y. IN.
The captain of the tugboat j. b. King yesterday
found the body of an unknown woman. apparently
thrty-ive years Old floating IN the water OIL Bed
loes Island. II described as that Of woman aboni
five feet SIX inches in height, with brown HAIR and
eyes aud dressed IN striped calico dress. The body
sent 10 the Morgue
There was a higher range in the breadstuffs mar
Eat Winter wheat
3 cents higher, the purchases being on speculative
account and for export Corn was IL cent higher,
and freely dealt in for prompt delivery. Flour was
fr IN 10 to > cents higher and III good demand.
Provisions were also higher.
The ninth anniversary of the YorkviIle branch of
the Young Mems Christian Association will he cee-
braed al the hall, Third-ave and Elghty-sixthst.,
Tomorrow. The Hon William l.. Dodge, IT,, Will
preside. and addresses will be given by The Rev.
Drs r. l.. Dashell, Charles ;. Robinson and j. f.
Elder The service will begin at haf-past o'clock.
Officer Grogan. of the Steamboat Squad. brought
10 Castle Garden yesterday August Nelson home
less lad. thirteen years OF age. August SAID he came
20 this country with hrs father from Sweden. where
his mother lives; that his father Is living with
another IN tins city. ana has cruelty beaten
him and turued hun ont OF The house Tor no cause.
superintendent Jackson sent him to the Emlgrant
Refuge.
At meeting of the State Board of Charities held
YESTERDAY. IL was decided that the iiist nstalmcnt
of cases the chronic insane 20 be transferred from
county poOrhouses to the new y-arranGed Bingham
ton asylum. should he selected from the po0rhouses
in the following counties; Albany, Columbia, Del
aware. Dutchcss, Essex, Greene, Madison, OtscgO,
Putnam. Rensselaer,, Richmond, Rockland, Sara
toga Schenectady, SchOharie, sullivan, IlOga
Ulster, Warren. Washington and Westminster.
A. Orlando Jackson, lottery dealer of No. 50 Mas
sau-st., was arTaIgned before United States Com
missioner Shields yesterday. He waived examine
ton and was committed in ~ 900 bail TO await the
action of the Grand Jury Ciraca Viadera, represent
tatIve of VI. A. MARTINEZ, of No. 10 Wall-st. also
waived examination and was held for the action of
the Grand Jury IN $1,000 bml. Manning Duilres
I.,Il,r f,faftx n Rail
No. ,21J Broadway, were committed in 5000 bail.
At special meeting yesterday of the Governing
Committee of the stock Exchange plan was per-
fected for the sale of the forty new seats. The
Committee on Admissions was authorized 10 receive
sealed proposals 10 the lose of business on Tues
day. November %, for the admission of the new
members. The seats will be awarded to the highest
bidders but no bids less than TlO.OOO, the limit
fixed by the amended rules OF the Exchange, Will be
entertained. 1t is understood that the applications
for membership Oh lille lar exceed the number
of seats bc filed
Superintendent Waing was informed by dispatch
from San Francisco yesterday that W llllam Burke,
also known as Stacey, had been arrested and was
held subject to his order The police of the city have
followed Burke patiently for more than TWO years.
On June l2,ls77, Alice Stlcklapd. Young woman'
was stabbed by her jealous lover In house III De
lancey-st. The murderer william Burke, escaped.
The woman dIed III ten days. The necessary papers
were applied for yesterday by the SupeTnt cndent
at the Dlstrct-Attorneys Office, ana burke Will be
brought To tins city.
The competitive examination held Yesterday at
the Custom House for promotion To a vacant clerk
ship III the Naval Once j. SAID TO have been the
closest since the adoption OF the civil service sys
TEN. OF the four competitors, three were recently
appointed to the service after examinations IN
which they attained high rank. The examination
Yesterday lasted from a. IN. 10 p. IN, and at the
close the contest appeared so nearly equal that II
was thought the examiners would have difficult
task 10 select the best man.
The managers of the Produce Exchange are doing
their utmost to conclliate the gram trade, and To
maintain the record of the Exchange on the GENITAL
81. Ill
stated nj the last CALI Yesterday that lac had
been authorized to instruct the caller to modify
the system far as to substitute common fractions
in place of decmals III dealings. The announce
ment created some dissatisfaction. but a few
evnced willingness to make trial of the system.
Only one sale was made of 1880 cenas 5000
bnshelsl of No. 2 red Winter wheat for January
at - 46l4 per GENITAL. equal to 81 479i per bushc
While Mrs. William A. Beach, of No. l $40 Fifth
ave-, walking out yesterday afternoon with her
two children, "a young man approached her with
hands outstretched as # begging aims. When
within reach of the lady the fellow snatched her
uocket-boOk and fled down the avenue. lie was ar
rested about block distant by Officer McEnrOe
of the Twenty-third Precinct and gave his name as
Henry Martenbeck. of East SIXty-thlrd-st., his
memory having failed him in regard TO the number
In the Harlem Police Court he was held for trial III
default of bail. The pocket-book was recovered.
Lewis c. Post, of No. 900 West Fortieth-st.. ap-
peared in the Jefferson Market Police Court yeser-
day morning against his wIfes sister, Mrs Laura c.
Moves, of No. DDS West Ihirty-sixth-st. whom he
charged with continually forcing her way into his
house and annoying him. He also alleged that ON
November she had threatened 10 shoot him.
Mrs. NOyes i'll her defence said that her sister was
at the point OF death, and wanted to see her. but
that Post objected to her visiting the house. She
denied threatening 10 shoot him. Post then said
that his wife did not wish TO see Mrs. Noyes JUS
tice Flammer told him To bring letter from his
wife 10 that effect. and paroled Mrs. Noyes.
Just before the landing of the immigrant passen-
gers at Castle Garden from the steamship Main.
from Bremen, yesterday, Adam Geigcn called upon
Superintendent Jackson and requested that Karl
Schuppel, his brOheTin-law, be detained ~ ne had
"a warrant for his arrest for abandoning his wife
Schuppel was detained and acknO wledged that me
had refused to support his wife long as she was
determined TO 1--we IN Giegens family, and until she
ehnnld go with him To Ohio. lie snId thai he wont