New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-03
NETWORK CITY.


RUNNING INTO PILoT-BOAT AT ANCHOR.
The schooner John Long while going down the
hay yesterday came IN collision with the pilot boat
Hope at anchor off Stapleton: The pilot-boat was
only slightly dana ged, while the schooner escaped
with the loss OF her fOresall
WARNED AGAINST IMpOsroBs.
The Trow City Directory Company which also
publishes Wilson's Business Directory warns the
public against impostors who claim that the COM
pany has sold ont to other firms. and endeavor to
collect money without authority.
ROBBING BOAT HOUSE.
The club house of the ATLANTA Boat Club, on the
Harlem River. was entered by thieves Monday even
ing aud seventy of the closets IN which the uniforms
Of tie members were locked were forced open.
Nearly all the suits of the members were stolen
The boats were not disturbed.
II. II. RAGAN's LECTURES.
H. H. Ragah ecturcd at Masonic Temple yester-
day afternoon Glimpses of Scotland" the first
of three lectures on sights and scenes In foreign
lands. The SECOND lecture, Spain.fTom the Pyr;
Eastern SPAN and Morocco" will be illustrated by
views.
TIE RESULT OF BEING IN POLICY SHOP.
Captain lyman, OF the Fourth Precinct, with two
officers in citizens clothes. made descent on the
poicy-sh0p at No. 115 Chatham-st., Wednesday
piQht, and arrested the proprietor, James jackson,
of No I42 Chryste-st., and twenty-seven other
persons. Justice Dnify held Jackson in $500 bail,
and fined the other persons 81 eacn.
A FURNACE TO BURN STREET REFUSE.
The Police Commissioners inspected yesterday at
.Dohnson's foundry, at Spuyten Duyve furnace
for melting iron ore on new principle which
Colonel Pride. civil engineer proposes to Use in
burning the street sweepngs of this city. Commits
sloner French said that he mad no doubt but that
the furnace would do what was promised and with
out proving nuisance.
FATALLY BURNED BY THE yPsFTTING OF LAMP.
Mrs Andrew Gaddis, of No. A Bedford-st., upset a
Kerosene lamp while sewing in her last week
and SET tire to her clothes. She was alone and her
screams Cor help were not heard She ran into the
kitchen and upset Ib OF water over ,b her r dress
fore her cries brought assistance. She was fatally
Injured and died yesterday.
AN ACCUSED MAN EXONERATED.
Michael Goodwin was found diving from a frac-
tured skull on railroad track at the Battery two
weeks ago. After his death Capt ain Pillsworth. q
Custom House employe. was arrested and charged
with killing HIM in scuife. The inquest was held
YESTERDAY and resulted IN verdict exOneratlng the
prisoner from blame. The jury found that Goodwin
had met his death by fall.
THE THURSDAY EVENING CLUB
The Thursday Evening Club met at Mr. Edward
CoopeI's house, No. ~ WashngtOn-square last
evening. Ibis club is composed OF many ladies and
gentlemen we'll known III New-Yo society, who
have for some time been giving these weekly Thurs
day evening entertainments, and expect to continue
to do so throughout the winter. 4 feature OF the
entertainment last evening was the music.
DEFENCE IN THE PINGS SUIT.
The Government concluded its testimony yester-
day i'm the suit against julius b. Pings,in the United
States District Court, for the OF duties and
penaltes for alleged fraudulent impOrtatOns of kid
gloves. Counsel for the defence in bis opening said
that it would be shown that not ony'had the defend
many thousand dollars more than the Government
Was entitled 10.
DISCHARGED FROM BANKRUPTCY.
Judge Choate ye,terday g oantedd discharge in
mery engaged III business as Six merchant at
No. 80 Broadway. The discharge was opposed by
John T. Walker of his creditors who filed spe
cifcatlons alleging two unlawful preferences
Judge Choate. in his opinion, holds that the test
mony did not sustain the specifications. Harrlng-
ton Putnam represented the bankrupt
III &C
A meeting of the ST. Nicholas Society was held
last evening at DelmoneUs. The officers for tic
Lancy; First Vice president, Abraham r. Law
renee; second Vlce-Presldent, Daniel p. Bailey:
Third Wee President, Cornelius Vanderbilt; Fourth
EDWARD Scheil; Secretary, Charles A. Schermer,
horn; and Assistant Secretary, Erskiue Smith,
BUTTER AND IMITATION BUTTER"
The Board Of Managers of the Produce Exchange
Yesterday adopted the recommendations of the Com
mittee on Trade asking the Treasury Department TO
direct collectors of customs to require that clear
ances of butter be restricted to the natural product
of the dairy and that all other products resembling
butter be cleared as imitation butter" aud mar
garlne oil oleOmarearine.7 also that the State
laws be amended so as To accord Win tnls ci&Ssca-
ton.
Three additional suitS begun yesterday
against the city, i'll the United States Circuit Court
by banks. tor the recovery of illegally imposed
taxes uuder judge Wallacos recent decision. The
nIaptils III the new suits are the National Bank of
the State Of New York tho NewYork National Ex-
change Bank and the Chatham National Bank.
Thus far ten suits have been begun against the city.
The blanks used III tncSultS are FURNISHED Dy the
Clearing House.
AMIssISG MAN FOUND DROWNED.
Clarence A. French. broker dlsappeafed Octo-
Der 80 from hs home in Orange, n. j.. His brother.
Thompson c. French, of No 176 North-st., reported
MS absence TO the police week later, and search
was made that led To the conclusion that Mr. French
had been drowned. HIS body WAS found yesterday
In the North River. 1t was too much decomposedto
be recognized but papers and letters addressed TO
&. A. French served TO identity him. His gold
watc1, stuts and a roll of money were untouched
in his pockets.
FOR TIE SOLDIERS OF The WAR.
An entertainment was given at the Lexington
Avenue Opera House In East ElftY-egbth-st., last
night for the benefit Of the Widows and Orphans
Fund. and Tor the relief OF sick and disabled soldiers
of Reno Post, No. ~. Grand Army Of the Republic
The Great Republic" allegory aud tableaus were
presented, 500 persons appearing on the stage. The
entertainment WI be repeated this evening when
General Grant. Governor Cornell and Postmaster
James have promised To be present. There Will
also be matinee Tomorrow.
wHAT THE CITY OWES.
The Controllers monthly statement of the city
debt as represented in stocks and bonds gives the
following totals December 81. 1879 Sl36,407-
433 &c; October 81. 1850, 1897, 431 ,410 81; No
yember 80, 1880, $133,4 1910 81. By deducting
December 81. 1879 Sl03,3S54s7 90 October 81,
1880 $10Z,504,0J2 AZ; November 80, 1880,
10 U2 l9e aeDI Sc t wsd is not ans
Guided in the other totals, is 1867 ,895 go.
MRS BERGMAN STILL INFATUATED.
Mrs. BcTgmann, the young woman who left her
h usband IN Philadelphia about two weeks ago aDd
came to this city TO look for young Spaniard whom
she bad met board steamer. has been staying at
the Park Avenue Hotel for ten days, under al as
sumed name. She has not yet recovered from her
trOuole and refuses return to her husband. she
retains lively affection for her old AT Police
Headquarters and lately has made frequent visits
10 She friends she made while staying there. Some
times she has been accompanied by nurse, and at
other timesshe bias been alone.
BROOKLYN
The cornerstone of church, to be called the
Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, was
laid at Quincy-st. and Nostrand-aye., Brooklyn,
yesterday
Thomas Cullen, q milkman age ffty-three, was
killed early Yesterday morning at Sxth-ayc. and
Forty hfth-st. by his wagon, which loaded with
feed, upsetting anu falling on him.