New-York tribune., 1879-11-25
NEW-YORK CITY.


| appeal to the public for provisions Tor lnanksgN-
| ing day. Between 800 and 600 boys will ENJOY
their dinner there.
The brig John Welsh, jr.. arrived at Quarantine
| yesterday from Havana having o seaman sick with
! yellow fever. joan Rutherford. another seaman,
died of the disease on November 49, and was buried
at sea.
| The Anchor Line has established line Of freight
steamers to run between this port and Leth, scot
land. The first steamship in the new line to start
is the Acadia, now loading with grain at the COM
pAlys per.
Henry H. fierts & Son. at No. III Broadway. Will
begin 10 sell this afternoon some choice Turkish
ru.s carpets and other rare goods that were exib-
tied ut the Farls Exhibition byPelleNin Hassan Dcy'
of COnstantIuoplc.
The condition Of DR.. Henry i. Quackenbos did
not materially change yesterday. HIS physicians
held consultation at noon and were agreed that
he is still critical condition, but III some respects
il is slightly more favorable
While the bark Havana was living in the lower
bay Yesterday, Peter Brown and John Morton, sea
men. fell from the main ward TO the deck. Inc
former was killed instantly and the latter was 81
badly injured that he IS not expected to live
The Committee on Supplies If the Board of Edu-
cation received sealed proposals mp to YESTERDAY Tor
printing and also for books stationery, and other
articles required for one year The comInttee-rooin
was filled with samples Of all kinds. No decision
will be made fOra week.
At meeting of the Taxpayers Central Commit
tee held last evening. charges were presented
against Samuel Whichurch, accusing him of rreg-
nlarites IN transactions with Belts u Co. MI
tary and delegate, and he was expelled.
The breadstuis market generally stronger
yesterday. Wheat opened at from to cents
bushel higher, and afterward reacted L. 10 cent,
closing steady. -Four more active, and was
quoted at from 10 to - cents higher than Oh Satur-
day. Oats were steady with light trade.
The managers of the Association for the Benefit of
Culored Orphans solicit contributions for
Thanksgiving dinner for the $50 homeless children
in their asylum, at One ythird-st
and ientl-ave. Contri buttons for the dinner may
also be left at Mrs. Landons. No. 42S Fifth ave.
The committee of the State Board OF Charities,
which has been investigating the affairs of the
House of Refuge adjourned on Saturday until Mon
day. December j. a member OF the committee
stated To n TRIBUNE reporter that some unlocked
for revelations were made by the examination OF
witnesses at the House of Refuge last week.
Dinner will he served at the American Female
Guardian Society and Home for the Frendless
Thanksgiving Day at O'clock. At 23O and $3.50
p. m several of the children from the Home Indus
trial Schools VIII recite and SIM. The Home has no
endowment and Is dependent for its support almost
entirely upon voluntary gifts of the public.
The steamship State of Alabama. which sailed
from Glasgow on November 13, and from Larne on
the following day. should have arrived here on
Saturday last but up To sundOwn yesterday
not reported. The agents of the line have as yet no
appTehenSlOns Tor hcf siety, as she IL consiueeu
slow steamer.
To-day being Evacuation Dav. the Old Guard
Veteran Battalion will parade at | p M, and the
sion by "A dinner at the Surtevant House. At . a.
m. flags Will be raised at the Battery and III Gem
tra Park AT p. IN; the Ola Guard Will offer
marching salute to Mayor cooper ana Otner city
officials at the City Hall.
prominent Customs officer, usually noted for his
vigilance 50 far forgot himself yesterday to neg
lecl taking a fee 4 81 30 To which he was entitled
by law. Grief and surprise struggled n long time
for the mastery, and when at last lie recovered
speech. in one breath he ordered a subordinate to
seek the person whose papers he had signed, and
then calculated, w hat did Erie close at y
The managers of the Five Points House of Indus
try appeal for assistance to enable them to carry
the work among the poor. As the institution Is
$1,000 IN debt, money II urgently needed. AT
o'clock on Thanksgiving Day dinner will be served
to the children at the institution. AT o'clock ser
vices will be held in the chapel, when rectations.
songs and caiisthenic exercises Will he given. III
sufficient are furnished, dinner TO the out
side poor VIII be served.
James f. Hardy, aye thrty-sx. whose disappear
ancc was announced from Police headquarters on
Sunday night. lived AT No. 10l MadisOn-avc, Al
bany and not in this city, Is Is was lrst reported.
a brother of the missing man. stated to a TRIBUNE
reporter yesterday that. Friday last, his brother
was in Jersey CITY, and had sent letter from there
10 friends III Albany, stating tnat he intended 10
kill himself. He was machinlst by trade, temper
ate in his habits, and was not known to have been
in any trouble. He leaves wife ana little girl.
lie Is believed to have been insane.
BROOKLYN
John Connors, age twenty-thrce, of No. go
IJnon-aye has been missing since Monday of last
weed: On November Is Bridget Connors' age
carry lunch To her father, vino was working at
Hunters Point, and she has not been since by
her friends.
woman was struck and killed by n motor on the
Broadway Railroad, near Adams-st., late Sunday
night. The body was taken TO the Ninth Sub-Pre-
cnct Police station, where It was identified yester
day as that of Mrs. Elizabeth RalstOn, OF No. %
BremeL-st. The conductor. engineer and brake
man of the car were arrested.
Mayor Howell has vetoed the resolution adopted
last week by the Common Council approprlating
SI 800 for extra clerks in the Tax Collectors office
during the rush OF business lie saws that the tax
rolls should have been delivered to the Collector by
or before November IL. but through the delays of
the Aidermen they were not passed until November
% and claims that it IN clear that the Aldermen
have not the right TO draw upon the City Treasury
for relief from a hardship imposed upon the Coec-
for by "A disregard of the PLAIN provision OF the law
Certain members of the Kings County Board of
Supervisors were indicted some time ago for NAL
feasance and at the same time Harrison Brothers,
contractors were indicted for supplying TO the
county buildings at ,Flatbush goods not III accord
once with the specifications on which the contract
was awarded Ex-Jndge Troy. counsel Tor IIarr-
son Brothers. demurred 10 the indictment. on the
ground that no criminal offence w,s charged. and
Judge Gilbert yesterday sustained the demurrer
and quashed the Indictment
NEWARK
The public school building No. -, at Yale-aye.
and Maloncy -sts, was closed yesterday Tor the
lack of fuel to Eeaf 1t.
An ULeary - go-as-yon-please' tournament
was begun at The Newark Rink yesterday morning
at Il o'clock. with thlrty-siX contestants.
Mrs. Paulina Jenson, of Gar'len-st., lioboken,was
committed 10 tHc tOlilil Jan NtSAtItdN 10 await
thc action of the Grand jury Oh charge of being
fence" OF receiver of stolen goods.
John Mahan, alias "Steve Taylor" pugilist il
lvInc IN "A critical condition at the Charity HospI-
t1l Jersey CITY. from the effects of blow given by
l;rorge Rookie, another Prize fighter. at sparring
cxhiblt. .on. LII the contest Rookie struck Malan a
bIow on the hose, seNcrng an artery. MaEan has
lost so much blood that he Will probably de.
LONG ISLAND.
D.pyION-Thc Suffolk County Temperance Con-
yentIom will be held III Babylon to-day aud We'd
nesdav.
HIMpsTfAD--The Town Board of Hampstead has
refused accept of the rsig AatiOns of The Hemp
stead Board of Excise.