New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-12
NEW-YORK CITY.

The exterior of the City Hall IS adorheu WIFI pi0'
of ashes and dead leaves.
The dust on the motloness POSt Once oi0'"'
is Just half an inch thick.
The Columbia College Club will play Lacrosse ~
the Polo grounds his afternoon
Thore was fall Of rain yesterday morAinp,
rise OF Crot0n and an increase OF mud I'D 'ie s'oo
The body o. man abcut thirty-seyen years 0lu'
was found yesterday at the foot OF west Eieh'
eenth-st.
The six Jerusalem Arabs who arrived from Dos
ton "Wednesday prompuadcd Broadway yesterday
followed by Il host OF street urchihs.
A Coronor's jury decided Yesterday that ne deo.1
of Thomas Doolan h0use-mOver, who was drowned
in the Harlem River October |, was accidental
HOME MISSIONS. 49,
The Rev. Dr. Kendall. secretary OF home MIS-
sions of the Presbyterian Church. delivered an au-
dress the Memorial Presby Church a. Te eS
ncsday evening, on the pIescnt Necessity loi ino0
missionary labOrcIs III the Ne3I.
LECTURES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Miss Kate fIilard is giving course OF SatnI9ay
morning ccturcs on Engsh Literature at hLs'
| Anna Randall -DirhPs parlors on Unions square
/ The first was on Tho EnglIsh Ballads" and the
! subject Of the next * " Chauccr"
ANOTHER CASE OF sMALL-PoX AT HIGH BRIDGE
Another case of smallpox has been toIlhd ~ ii9I
Bridge where recently the disease broke OUT a'LOH
| som" laDorers who came from Philadelphia Ahud
Johans"n. age nineteen, was found suffering IRON
I Une disease at her home ~ Woll,st; me hca'tn
officers removed her TO the Riverside Hospital.
RoHB.NG HIS EMPLOYERS b. FORGERY
| Lee. Iweedv 81 Co., Of No. 263 Canal-st:. were
! made aware recently that clerk named W.T. IT,
Uarnlap had robbed them Of goods valued at Sl,O0O,
bv forging orders for the articles upon other hrnlS
| Hartman lied when the discovery was made but was
traced PlattsburG, \. y, where ne was arrested
/ Tuesday. Yesterday no was brought bacK 10 thIs
! city. H. confessed his guilt
TRUSTEES OF Az ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.
A. the annual meeting Of the shareholders OF the
J Edison Electric Light Company yesterday, the
former trustees reelected By unanimous vote.
! Tney are: Norvin Green, Tracy Edison, James II.
! Barker Robert NJ. GALLOWAY, f.. /. Fabbn, Nathan
/ - II (fT4ft 90 reF
a. O. Green JosG p. Navarro thomas 4. Ed
son. Henry Willard. Lewis Roberts.
I IT. ANDREWS SOCIETY FICTION
| At the regular preparatory meeting OF the st.
Ardrew's Society Of TIE state OF New York, held at
! Delmonico's last evening, the following officers
/ were elected for tho cusuing year John $ Ken
/ nciv president: Walter Watson, first vice-presl-
dent Bryce Gray second vice-presdcnt. and John
! Patton. William 4. Patton, John M4ckpy. Thomas
Henderson, jr., Evans Fraser and John X. Tod,
managers.
TnE HOUSE or RFsT poR CONsuMPrlyEs
A meeting Of the Board of trustees and Society Of
| the House of Rest for CohsnmptlyeS was held at
! TRINITY Chapel yesterday afternoon Board OF
Trustees for the ensuing year Vas elected, ne
/ officers Of which are rs fGuows; Inc hcY l. NJ
rrters pre@ideni L'ngaon ho2Grt "a'!T
! Teman, treasurer and William Harold Brown,
! secretary.
! FOR TIE PREVENTION OF INSANITY
! ! meeting of tGc members of the council of the
| NaiIonl Association for the Protection of the
insane and the Prevention of Insanity was held last
night in of the parior5 Of the Fitth Avenue lI0-
! tel. Papers read ~ the chapman, Dr. r. 81
! Wilbur of Scr9cnsr Dr. George NJ Beard and Dr.
| Morton The Rev Arthur Brooks sand few words
upOn the evil of allowing politics To interfere Wlth
| the administration OI charities.
THE PARNELL LAND LEAGUE.
meeting Of Branch No. rs of the PaneH Land
| League was held last evening at IYentv-httll-st
! and Elphth-avc Addresses were made by James
| ". C'Brlen and Father McAlcer who sad that the
s,tugtou m Ireland was now becoming critical, and
! the hest efforts of lr.shmen, 10th IN their own
country and in America, were needed 10 carry TO a
sIc ssfu ISSUE tie scheme of Nh Parncll 90 rid the
Irish tenautry OF the system OF oppression under
! which they now suffer
CHARGED WITH tNiBEZZIFMENr AND THEFT.
Roundsman HERBERT ana detective Mct,Tun yes
tcr,iev took u tore ,JustIre Morgan, in the Essex
! Market Police Court, Charles j. Emo, age seven
teen, collector OK No - Gro'e-st, jersey C.Ly'
and Jacob Levy. twcnty-three years of age, OF No
| 2GS East Broadway. Tao former was Charged Win
| embrZZtug S3i1 from his emp over. Ii. l. seaman,
| a commission merchant, of Ma. 80 Burning sip.
! Levy was charged with breaking open trunk IN
ms fathers house, and stealing about 500 IN Jew
! cry. he offence was committed Vct'ber To-
| Both prisoners were remauded until tomorrow.
! 1rs,NF SINCE HER HUsBaND'S VIOLENT DEATH
! I'm barro0m fight, IL September, IN llquor-stOre
| IN Teufh-avc.. James Hall lost his life. man
named Flanagan arrested for lnlIctng the IA ~
! blnw but was subsequently DISCHARGED. Ever since
/ Halls deai his wife has acted III strange manner,
and on one occasion she threatened 10 take the lives
| OF her two young children. heN were TAKEN iIol
hcr ana placed IN the care of the Female Guardian
! So,cty On complaint Of her sister, Mrs. REID, Mrs
Hall was arrested Wednesday for threatening to set
! fire ,o the house. and YESTERDAY she was committed
Ly Justice Wandei TO be examined rs to her sanity
BROOKLYN.
4 mortgace Of 81 : 600 on the new Baptist church
! I'm Sxth-avc. has been secured.
! Julia Am Powell, age nine, Of No. 80 Mariou,st.
/ while sliding down baiustrade rail yesterday
slipped and tel from the third To the inst floor.
! dis ancc Of thirty feet, and was almost instantly
! killed.
! ,-.i:.. &c 81 -oO rros oivcn IN rho Circuit
Court Yesterday TO NJ. Ejhefngi on. who brought n
suit against The Prosr 'ct Park and Conoy Island
Railroad Company on account OF the death OF his
! daughter Elizabeth, age 1--we, III June VINO was run
/ OVER IN Frout-st.
While playing with toy pistol Monday William
Fischer. aye Twelve. OF No. 100 Me kef-aNe.. acc-
! d,utaliv shot himself. He died Tuesday afternoon
! lie was trying to force cartridge into the pistol,
which was breech-loadcr, and had the muzzie
pressed against his side near the heart when the
] car, md e. exploded.
Tn, iventv-ninth annual meeting of the Society
for the Relief of Respectable Aged INDECENT Fe-
| maies-gencraily known rs the eira1an Home from,
/ chanel of he building at No 800 WaAhin gtOn-ayc.
! The Rev DR.. Frederick y. Farley pres dcd. The
| annual report showed that the Homo no" contains
/ sixty-tsO inmates. The report OF the treasurer
shnS cd the receipts 10 have been during the year,
Sl035O 81. and the expenditures $lO2l7 80.
NEWARK.
Francis Orin. cx-Tax Commissioner ana a we'll
! known Democratic politician, was tired yesterday
IN the Court ofQaarer Sessions for atroclouS assault
! and battery ON Thomas Crawford, September -.
Crawford was drunk and entered QulTs liquor store
cary ID the evening, when he was seized by Quin
and thrust out Of tne door lie struck Crawford on
| Ihe pack OF the head and his skull was fractured.
| The Jury returned verdict OF guilty
Hermann W. Gedicke, who was tried .or criminal
| malpractice last week and acquitted. was arragncd
on a second charge yesterday IN fhc Court of Quar-
ter Sessions, before Judge McCartrr. The principal
witness for the State was Sadie Clayerancr. 1t was
shown by The prosecutor that Gedicke had seen the
witness in the Office of the CITY Attorney and asked
| her To sim paper telling her ttat II she did not
sign II he would have her arrcstcd The case was
| not concluded.
Alexander NcGrcgor Of Ncw-York. was arrcs ed
| in Broad-sf Yesterday by n detective II warrant
| charging him with grand larceny. The complain
| ant i, Charles A. Wicdcnicidcr, who alleges that
| Mc(;rcgor robbed the Metropolitan Life Insurance