New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
NEW WORK CITY.

friends and relatives was found dead III his room al
| No 212 Elzabeth-st., yesterday.
lecture will be delivered in the Cooper Union
free course this evening by Professor Robert SPICE
| of BROOKLYN on The Art of the Magician, WIN
| experiments and illustrations
Alice Smith of No ] SO Bowcry who was shot by
her husband because OF jealousy Christmas after,
noon and taken Bellevue Hospital. was regarded
rs out of danger yesterday.
Henry Wheeler. age fifty years. negro OF No.
@ Baxter-st., employed in the bonded stores at No
l47 Front-st., was killed yesterday by a ial from
the fourth TO the first floor OF the building.
An unknown woman, found unconscious in the
street by the EldrIdgc Street Police on THURSDAY
night died yesterday III the Chambers Street Hos
pital.
The Board Of Estimate and Apportionment yes
terday appropriated S3.132 30 to pay the expenses
Of the indicted Excise Comm Sslonrrs. The consid.
Grafton of the estimates OF 1880 was taken up aud
laid over until Monday.
The Annex boats of the ITcboken. Jersey City and
BROOKLYN Line now make trips every thirty
minutes during the day from Hobokeu, the Erie
depot, the New-Jersey Central Railroad and
Brooklyn.
Ex-supcrintcndcn Henry Riddle has landed
straight the arms of the more advanced Spirit
naIsts ana has engaged to lecture TO those who
meet in Republican Hall on the morning and even
ing OF the first Sunday OF 1850.
George Herbert, aye thirty-sx years. of No. f1S
West Fortcth-st.. attempted to get on a Third
ave car yesterday while under the influence of
liquor lie was thrown against an elevated 1 rail-
rOan pillar and received severe wounu. lie was
taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Among the articles seized yesterday at the Gus
tom House was trunk belonging to ID. klchter, a
passenger by the steamship Nigeria; III tne trunh
were SIX pairs of lace curtains and considerable
variety of dutlable goods Dir. Richter is Broad
way merchant.
Nothing has yet been done about the partly burned
pavilion at Bellevue Hospital. The Commissioners
of Charities and Correction have asked for an ap-
preparation of 800, 900 for the purpose OF rebuild
ing il and erecting another on BIlacswelrs island
IL is thought that their request Will oe granted
a. 10 siy
hundred-and-forticth-st. and the Boulevard, was
struck by tram Oh the Hudson River Railroad
Yesterday morning when crossing the track OF one
hundred iort etl-st He escaped with broken
leg and disjOintcd shoulder
Mrs. Agnes d. jerks, vino gained notoriety dur
ing the last Presidential elect ion yesterday visited
the Custom House. Mrs. jerks called ON Collector
Merritt for the purpose, she GAINED. OF gaining BIS
and in transferring her husband from one OF tine
departments at Washington To the New-forh Gus
toms service.
The following assignments for the benefit of
creditors were flied yesterday IN the County Clerks
Office William Remark and julius Bcmark of the
firm of BeInark iirothers. to Herman Moses with
preferences foi 81 135; Emllc Brus to Ions Aathot
David Tischler to Henry Hamel. with preferences
for 81 300
The ihirty- fourtl-st. branch of the Third-ave.
elevated road is rapidly approaching completion.
The structure is finished and connections have been
made with the main line. and soon as the ter
mina station is ready probably in the latter part OF
January, the branch Will be opened to the travelling
public.
Ann Jane Beatty tried to stop a fight between
Robert Hewitt aud Robert Cameron OF No. GlS East
sixIcenth-st. who were fighting ut her house. No.
2GJ Avenue c., on Christmas morning. She
ceIved blow on the head from Hewitt that dis
abed her Yesterday the police sent her to Belle
Hospital suffering from conclusion OF the BRAIN
II was reported to the police last evening that
Sarah Dulaney. thirtyfour years of age. of No. SO
West FOurth-sl. had been missing from her home
since Monday, when in the morning, she left home
to 40 TO her work at Mrs. Harms. No. 13 Wooster
st. She II described as being five feet six inches in
a black SUIT of clothes and brown dolman.
The OrthopGdic Dispcnsary and Hospital. at No.
1876 East Twenty-nlnth -st., Is to benefit 10y spc-
clal entertainment 10 be gwen Tuesday AFTERNOON
next at the Academy of Music. Clinton Hairs
" StrategistS," Buffers Iumpty Dumpty Com
pany Charles Baclus IN his lauglable limitations
of actors aud others Will give attraction 10 IA per-
Torrance tor an eminently worthy object.
A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was
Ii was generally believed that the purpose of the
meeting TO pass the resolution Tor the
Chamber Street Cross town Railroad over The
Mayors veto. A mistake oil one day was made,
however, IN calling the meeting the legal time IN
which a veto is required to lie over not expiring
until today; therefore no quorum was present
The Christmas festival of the Eleventh Street
Boys Lodging House. No. 700 East Eieventh-st..
occurred last evening. The dinner was gwen by
james X. Roosevelt and the presents, consisting Of
clothing, etc.. were given by Judge Van Worst, ID.
II. McAlpiG, and Others. he singing was by the
Sout hern Jubilee Singers and the choir of young
ladies from the German Evening School. Addresses
were delivered by Judge Van Worst. ID. Willis
James, ID. II. McAipine aud others.
The executive committee on Mr. Parnelrs recep-
ton held meeting at Copper Union last evening and
received reports OF subcommittee. The prcpatOns
are almost complete. Madison Square Garden has
been decided upon as the place OF the public recep
tion 10 winch admission will hc charged. and the
nrocee,s will be gwen Ia Mr. Parnc for the use of
suffering persons IN Ireland. An address has been
prepared and will he presented to Mr. PaTnell AZ
soon he arrives and before he leaves the steamer
Mary Lewis and Mary Day is were arrested in
Tiiianys on Wednesday on Il charge If shop-fting.
John L. kccVcr, private detective, accused them
of taking a bracelet from tray containing number
which they were examining The detectives testi-
mOny was unsupported ny any other witness, and
tie bracelet which the women were charged with
stealing was found nj their feet aud not III then
possessiOn Judge Van Wort, before whom in SUI
preme Court, Chambers. the women were brought
On a wit of habeas corpus Yesterday, decided that
the evidence not sufficient to hold them, and
they were discharged.
BROOKLYN.
The walls of the jail N Raymond-st are Gpsn-
pcted and most of the ROOF has been put on.
A number Of columns and portion of the super
structure have been put up at various points along
the line OF the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad.
A petition with many signatures in opposition 10
the proposed retirement of Captain X. W. Crafts
of the Second Police Precinct, has been presented
to the Police Commissioners
The Counsel for the New-York Board of Excise.
Mr. DefIendorf, held a conference yesterday with
the Commissioners of Police and Excise relative to
the system IN Brooklyn of licensing the sale of
liquor.
+. Harvey Haywood. of No 2s2 Throop-ave was
arrested on Thursday upon a warrant from Justice
Senior, charged by Mrs. Annie A. Heywond his
wife. with bigamy IN marrying Miss Lena Gillespie.
of No. $40 South Third-st., few weeks ago.
During a performance at the Volks Theatre in
Adams-st last evening, III which the Leotard
brothers perform difficult acrubaic fcats one of
them named Frederic. age thrty-seycn, Tell while
in the act of turning a somersaut from "A height
and his shoulder dislocated. lie was removed
TO his home, No. OBJ Bowery, New-York
The funeral of General Charles Z. Kiugsbury vii
be conducted a. the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church by the Rev. DIR. Theodore s. Cnyler this
,f,arrnnn AZ | pjcInck In accordance v,tt L.. -.