New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-03
NETWORK CITY.

The National Line steamship England landed 81
immigrants at Castle Garden yesterday.
The Bank Clerks Mutual Benefit Association viii
celebrate its eleventh anniversary ut Chickering
Hall tomorrow evening.
Temporary structure for the use OF the carpen-
tiers working for the Brooklyn Bridge has oeen
erected ut Rose and Frank fOrt-sts so that they eau
be employed all winter.
An exhibition of Grnco-Roman wrestling will be
given at Madison Square Garden Tomorrow even
ing. Andre Chrstoi and Edwin Bibo oD VIII contest
for n second time the stake being S3Oo.
Controller Kclys debt statement for December
l. shows the total bonded debt of the CITY,, less
sinking fund, to be $116,492, Gas, which includes
revenue bonds issued III anticipation oil taxes.
The United States steamer Vandalia, eight guns
222 men, arrived in the bay at u q. M yesterday,
six days from Havana. The landaila has been
cruising about the West Indies Tor several months
Several residents of Washington Heights. am0ng
whom were Dr. Stoddard and Lawson n: Fuller,
yesterday conferred with directors of the Manhat-
tan Railway Company relative 10 an extension oi
the West Side line of the Elevated Rallroads.
The Board of Police passed the pay-rolls of the
department yesterday. deducting Commissioner
Wheelcr's salary for the month. On the motion TO
paBs the rolls without this deduction commissioner
WORMS voted 10 with Commissioner MacLean.
The reception of the Art Students League, at No.
los Ffth-ave., last evening, was largely attended
A collection of European sketches by W. &. Bnnce,
and etchings and paintings by John Laiaree ara
w. l.. Palmer were among the things on exhibition.
The following is a comparative statement OF cases
Of contagious disease reported FOR the TWO weeks
ending November 30 1879
Week Typhoid Scarlet s GsHsHI men Diph- small
S S:y. e e =. i 3 ! &c g s.
At the meeting of the New-York Horticultural
Society yesterday the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Samuel Sloan, president
= h. Parsons +. :. Sandford, Chas. Butler and X.
/. Stuart vice-presidents james g. Mnrklan
secretary Isaac IL. Young. treasurer; JOhn Hem
derson VIM Bennett and VIM. &. Wilson, executive
committee.
The Board of Directors of the National Rifle Asso-
citation yesterday appointed January 10 Tor the an
nual election. General q. w. Wingate sent COM
munication, stating that having resigned as Cen
eraInspector of Rifle Practice he was no longer an
ex-ofico director. resolution was adopted thank
ing General Wngate Tor his long ana IaltnIul ser
vices to the association.
President Mott. of the Board of Aldermen, gave a
privare dinner nj DcmOnicO's last night 10 bis as
sociates in the Board, and a few outside friends.
The dinner was served in fine style. the contract
price being $50 for each Alderman. What was
chan ged for the Others present was not learned, Dut
one gentleman said considerable reduction was
made TO outsiders. The Aldermen made merry until
a late hour.
On November 10, Edward f. Pray made a charge
Gih-ave. and Forty-slxth-st. The complainant was
formerly q clerk in the employ of MI. Sayre. lhe
case came up for final hearing on Monday before
Justice Smith, at the YOrkvillc Police Court, when
the Justice decided that there no foundation
for the complaint, and Mr.. sayre was honorably
discharged.
change which was authorized to secure a site for
new building not TO cost above $3.50 900, reports
square or half of block. bounded by New, Beaver
and Broad-Sis, can he purchased for about
have agreed to subscribe $4,000 toward the
scheme, and the committee thinks 1t would bc adj
yisabie to raise the other S15O,OOO. Some of those
present at the meeting Yesterday agreed 70 sub
scribe various sums. the largest being $4,000.
The annual meeting of the New-York Horticul-
tural Society was held yesterday AFTERNOON at their
No = VT LIST he ma
portant business transacted was the election OF
officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as fol-
lows: President, Samuel Sloan vice-presidents, :.
B. Parsons, H. S. Sanford. Chas. Butler. Robert l..
Stuart recording secretary. James \. Murkland
corresponding secretary, Peter Henderson exccu-
tive committee, John HendeTson, Wllnam Bennett
and William G. Wilson.
William III. Hays, president of the Bank of the
State of Ncw-YorR, Yesterday rendered his resgna-
ton. 1t was not then accepted, but committee OF
Mr. HAYS has been president of the bank tor about
four years--since the reorganization: lie now re,
signs il is understood, from desire to he relieved
of the duties of the Office having achieved bis pur
pose III accepting ito place the bank Oh asubstan
tal foundation. 1t is expected that the cashier X.
L. Edwards, Will be promoted to tie presidency.
Dr. s Lambert delivered his second lecture in
Steinway Hall last evening, on the subject of
Food.n He gave brief synopsis of his previous
lecture on The Three Digcstons." and then spoke
at length on the advantages of farnaceous diet.
He advocated the free Use of oat meal and claimed
that it's free consumption was OF equal importance
desired health to drink milk aid 10 partake of fat
making substances. The cranberry. he sand. was an
excellent antidote for malaria and Tor rheumatism
it was almost "a SPECIFIC remedy.
Ameeting was held last evening. in the basement
of the First Reformed Episcopal Church, ut Madi-
soil-ave and Fifty fftI-st., on the occasion Of the
sixth anniversary of the foundation of the Reformed
Church. The Rev. William T.. SABINE, the pastor of
the church. spoke of the success of the movement,
and introduced the speakers. the Rev. J. Howard
smith. OF the Emmanuel Reformed Church of New
ark n. j., and the Rev. DIR. Deems, OF the Church
of the Strangers, in this city. The former related
some personal experiences of the difficulties en-
countered in separation from the old church. aud
DIR. Deems gave TecOllcctiOns OF Bishop Cummns,
the originator of the movement.
A striking instance of the use Of the ocean tele-
oraph IN business occurred last week, when a Wall
Street broker having secured the use OF the direct
cable Immediately after the opening of the Board.
purchased quantity of stock, and teegraphed TO
ker's Office being opposite the London Stock Ex-
change and the London office of the Direct Cable
Company being next door 10 1t, no time was lost in
completing and reporting the sale aud in sixteen
minutes from the time of sending the order. dvces
were received in New-York that the stock had been
sold. -
Justice John Courtney took his seat in the Third
District Court yesterday.
The amount of taxes received by Collector Tan
ner on Monday 5000. 900. Last year the first
DAVIS collections amounted TO S1,203,75
The Board of Health is taking measures to punish
nhys,cians who fail to report births. The average
number of births III the city weekly, III proportion
ia the population, should be over 400 but the num-
her +, ported is lefs than 200 on an average
The case of john II. Preston, who was tried in the
Cont of Sessions the charge of assault with in
tent 10 kill, upon Albert NJ BoyntOn, was concluded
yesterday Inc jury, which was composed of mar
RED men only found the prisoner not guilty on the
ground of insanity.
Edward Drearson, hagman the Atlantic
Avenue Railroad at Utica-ave.. was attacked late
Monday night by SIX men, who severely assaulted
him aud attempted to rob him. In the struggle his
left cheek was badly bitten. Three of his assail-
ants were arrested yesterday.
The delegates to the Kings County Republican
General Committee for 1880 held a meeting last
night at Jay and fulton-sts and elected the follow