New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-18

~ t.e United states DIS ret Court. before Judge
'"'"''' prrstyrl>G 4 piAMoND b 'DGE.
ma Uarbsr Masters and friends OF chester :;
C,,r Captain Of the POM, ca Thursday presented
Inn NJ ID an elaborate badge OF once. II VS. 81
. id sunoun'ci with q SIR OF oltnolut. su,-
r.,eed from which was q scroll IN diamonds with an
appropriate N ptI9n.
ARCH rirrn AvE\yE coIIEcn0HX ,,..,
I'm. etor. Of heodOre b. ; arr, ut NJ. zoo f1ih-
ovo is 10 be open this evening aud during ncNl
N.ek. An Opp lriuuits IS gwen TO the Puuhc 10
jsycry aud solid siiFel"aie. io-ctA.f WIN ccsd"'
bronze and porcelaas # latest impoTiatiOns
LGHrro 81 ErECfEICuY.
Tie Brush Electric Light company Whcn hl5
rcr.utv rla..d IT'S Lamps IN Broadway between
Iaurteeutn and FAIRY iouIth-Sts.. VIII give an
* lat!oh OF She light ton ght II the work OF con
meeting the wires - finished me gas i",lP9 VIZ ~
k.nt lighted 80 that a comparison can be mace oI
TIC two gifts.
ANoTnrG wArNiVG TO THOSE UNUSED TO GA.,
4 person registered ~ Sweets's HQoel, No. Fu!-
ton..t Iinr.lgy evening as c. W. Davidson %
Toms River. " j. When he went 10 BED hc IoIgol
T. turn oii the gas ihe room WIS without Vchi'i1-
tIou and IA the morning the occupant was loUhd III!
sensible m h,, bed. He VAS taken 10 the ChaIhOeis
Street Hospital
RECEPTION or COLUMBIA STUDENTS.
The students OF the Columbia Schooi 81 Mics
gave their annual reception as evening, AT tie ne"
college b1ildinC About 400 guests were III attend
daLce Among them Commodore Cooper ana
wife President Barnard several Ol tNc lrOicSaO!S III
the College. AID Mcssre Knox, McGuie, SWter,
Nuncaz and Rogers. OF the Naildck Clue Oh
OPPORTUNITY ONLY LACKING.
Charles West OF Philadelphia. wac was found
Couceaeu Oh night Of December >, IN STATION -;
al fine POST Office az No. 22i East NinthSt., and
VINO conf "a al the time That lie had entered the
building Tor the pIrpuse OF rohbng It, pleaded
ciity b fore Judge COv.ng yesterday TO an Indlct-
lnent charging unlu with burglary. lie was sent 10
the state Prison for two years
Defending oNE OF HIS OFFICERS.
CAPTAIN Copeland OF thc Thirteenth Grecinct, re-
ported 10 superintendent N"llng yesterday that
i'm. A. lr.sl he Ia ~ ar
Clarke vs. mo charges him with clubbing hlm brutally
on july 81. lie admits thar his leg was found to DE
b.oken afterwards. bus believes tnat Clarke zen
fto.n "A brnch 10 his cell and was injured III that
manner The officer will be med next week.
BROOKLYN.
Tn the inspection Of the COW stables III Brooklyn,
under the direction OF the Board OF Health Thirty
sevtt cases Of pleuGO-pneumoud nave been dlscoV-
cred
The amount Of taxes levied in the city IN 1870
Was - - 300 Ia 1850 the amount IS T3,3E $40.
Tia, increase iii population III the decade has been
10000.
Inc bah was NJ" at Prospect Park yesterday,
announcing thar there was skating ON the lake
Many young persons ana Il rev oiacI cues aFaileu
Themselves OF the chance TO skate.
The trial was bccuu yesterday IN the Court OF
Sessions of Herman Walters, indicted for man
slaughter IN beng instrumental IN causing the
d.aih Of Michael Clrcn. linch died october H.
aud II Is caned mat his death resulted irol 1el9
knocked down by Walters June - Ohcef flheS'
q. the sixth Precinct. icStintd To seeing inc Two
men wdiLin. and taking N DebcvOise-st, Junc Is,
and after they separated N4l'eIs ran atei ClIleh
ana struck him " The Lead HI ockih@ MN GOWN
The statistics OF the Kings County Penitcntiary
for the wear ending August l, 1850 show that there
w,rc az conyio,s III tne institution at the BEGIN
inug OF tne year; l,Gi4 were Iecelved ahd I'oIe
disc latgtd; 100 could neither read hor
wntc aud Is corld read only. A.
10 occupation there we're 32l iaborers, -
1aun.rs u clerks. - printers, 10 sailors, 10
trenicn' II BARRIERS. IL walters bookkeopcrs,
engineers, actors, > soldiers, and minister !
lawyer. / merchant, teacher, l phJ stefan and
musician. - ,
The Board of Chosen Frecholdcrs has decided to
investigate the charges made against Joseph W.
Iiownes the wardon OF the County PeniteHtiay AT
William Crowley, homeless warrant. com
united by Justice Pe'ouhrt yesterday to await irlhl
d charge If stealing iron IRON the pennsylvania
Railroad Company.
Henry Won ASbern who beat his wife TO death in
thr,r home in West !ioookeH month ago, was ar
r.. cned on an indictment charging him with muir
der yesterday lie pleaded not guilty.
NEWAkk
Patrick Hughes treasurer of the Father Matthew
Society ha- been arrested charged with having em-
bozl.cd $500 Of the funds OF the society. lie was
hcld III $1,000 bail.
Tne Rev Charles +. Kruger of the East Reformed
Church, who went Sonth for his health few weeks
ago, died at Thomasvllie, Ga., Thursday lie was
graduate of the New -Brunswlck seminary and this
was ms first charge.
NEW-JERSEY.
yuzArrTH.-Thc CITY authorities have adopted
resolution Offering the freedom OF the city 70 Gen
crai Grant the occasion OF his visit 10 the city,
January / |.
Sorru OKNNGH--A great scarcity Of water for
cattc Is repor ed south Orange especially back
of the Second Mountain, where tho stock mas TO DC
driven over two miles.
lrvlNGIoN-Thc house of II. c. Sleinisch, in
Inon-avc.. was entered By burglars at an early
hour yesterday morning, and robbed OF Valuable
siiV,rWaIe aud other portable Articles Entrance
was elected thIougita SIDE window.
BHEGEN.-(,cOrge Kennedy, while attempting TO
Cf,ss Bergen Bridge. became DewIldeIed by the APP
preach OF two trans from opposite directions. and,
AZ nls ir gni, Jumped from the bridge and sank be-
The bridge men rescued HIM IN an unconscious state,
bat hc wa~ IcsuSctatcd and sent home.
LONG ISLAND.
IoNC ISLAND C1IY-rhe sum of SOC O00 IS TO be
expended next car III the Improvement Of Newtown
Greek.
SAG IIlRpoR.-Captain William Lowen has been
appointed Collector oi the Port of Sag llarbor, in
tie pace OF ", :. Ravens, resigned.
JAM,iCA-Wilam X. Case. SOuth-s:, Jamaica,
attempted 40 jump on the 1880 am. tam, NcstcT
gay. aftc; it had started foI brooklyn aud missing
lls mold tell he Yrcn the and engine, fiacturng
Ils rgni arm aud leg. Last evening. il was found
necessary amputato his lex AT the knee IN order 10
save hrs Iile
HUDSON RIVER TOWNS.
PoRr CmFsrFK.-Dsvid Barnes, Quaker preacher,
died at Port Chester. Thursday. nt paralysis.
NEw-RoCurIIr-A Land League has been formed
Dent Two hundred residents OF The village have
enrolled their names as members.
AEMoNK.-;he Methodist Episcopal Church of
hTmonk IN the town of North Castle which has
been embarrassed by debt OF $500 for the last
nine years. has been successful III paying oil the
whole amonut. Miss Isabella Waterbury cou-
tributcd $500 towards II.
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