, 1880-11-30
pnny. We hope to be nbfo to go nhcad witt,
tho work at ali early dnto."
11It41NEAa.

BUSINESS.
Thu Madison Avenue Congregational
Church Ia To nlsl Il l,nzar In It's Church next
week. III consequence Of tllfs arrangement
the congregation will worshEn with tho
A(usnortal Presbyterian Church for Tho ncxt
threo Sundny mornings.
1lssrry sENatnLE:. .....
Uhtcf 1}cnjnntfn 4. tiicQlu!, OF tho FIftl,
battalion Ut tho Flro Department, Inns writ.
tell letter to Tho managers Ut tho fair III Aid
of st. Francis Saytur's Church requesting
the withdrawal Ut Ills namc from tho list of
caimltdatcs for tho silver trumpet, Oh ttu
ground TINT lle does not wish the tirc,ner,
out Ut kind reEard tn him, tu oxle,,ll tholr
lard-earnet( WAGES fur his qualification.
v1cE.r'sEs1pENT WHEELER
went to Washington to-tlny.
=. II. G. 4.
Not aly OF the $780, 900 loft to tho library OF
tho Yudlig Mems Christian Association by
William Niblo tas yct been used. Tho libra
ry las now 1s,ooo volumes.
coon NEWS For oAnvEns.
Architects, builders, an1 furnIt,,ro mnnst.
factnrers 1T this city complain of tho lack OF
competent wnosl-caryers. Tho iirm wllicI,
'Ias the contract f0r the wootl.carving III W.
II. Vaiderbtltfs new houses employs nearly
. 100 men on this work, nnA Inns been obliged
10 Soti.l to Boston a1ll elsewhere to got incn
enough Another ilrm has been ullnblo to
complete Il contract bccalse Of Its Inability
to got sufficient help. Tho prosperous tinlcs,
anu tic consequent Increase III building
operations III which Il good class Of ll,NsIs
Is required, have added to the demand for
carsrrs Of Interior work. Carved tManteis,
sitlehoards md other furniture arc now
often designated by tho same architects
who plan tho interior Of tho ntan-
Sion. All kinds Of furniture nre
moro elaborately carved now than few
years ago. The style Of decoration which
llAs becn fashionable In furniture for several
years cnlisetl tho cArvGr's trndU to decline
until wages woro rs low rs SS to Sl0 week.
Now tile fashion for carving Inns sut In, nlld
tic trauc has revived nntil tho average
wages are from so to Sss week, while
highly skilled workrnon arc getting rs high
Us $40 week.
DEEP WATER.
Tho nytesinn we'll ut tho Patterson Rolling
Mill i,as reached n depth of about $500 fuut,
nild thoro nro ITO siEHs Of water yet. 1t Is
said to have already cost upward ot S1o,0W.
MAnDI nnAs.
A detachment OF tho Sevonty-frst ncgt-
nlcnt will go to Now Orleans In February to
take part in tho Martli 0ras festivities.
rho ltev. Dr.. Qcorge d. Doartlunn, Of
Philadelphia, lectured t,eforo tie baptist
Afinisters' Conference tn'aay on "Chrlst's
Doctrfno If Fuldlimcnt."
Tho Polish colony pf this city celebrated
the flftleth anniversary Of tic Polish reyolu-
tion III 1eJ0 In the Harmonic Rooms, No. 1856
Essex street, tonight.
GHOSTS.
The eossIps Of West Orange nro talking
abont ghosts III tho house in which John
Mc!crloct!ur was killed. year ago by lis
Wits mud her tratnp paratour, who arc
now awaiting execution In tho jail ut
Newark. Fur n ]0ng time the houso
was unoccupiea, hut lately 1t Inns had a
telnnt. Two or tllrcu evenings ago tho
telia1l.s gayo a purity, md whiiu tho enter
talnlncnt was In progress thu door at tho head
of the collar steps OIL which Meierhoetrcr
stood wheil killed tlow open, and a!l efforts
to keep 1t closed aru declared to lave been
anavnlllng. 1t Is oven said that wllun 1t was
Tucked thu lock burst OF. Somo Ut thu
quests declared TINT they saw tho ghost OF
tho murdered man. Tho Incident dampcnctl
tho nrtlor Of tho gllgsts, mid they tuft fur
home before the slpper-tablo Ind boon spread.
Edward Rpin1larttt, Tie condemned wife
murderer, confined In tho Richmond County
Jail, will bo taken bnf0ro tho Supreme Court,
GNneral Term, a week from ncxt Monday
tho 13th) FOR sentencG.
rESTEcosT.
Tho Rev. George +. pentecost ltas accepted
the call Of tho TompkIns Avenue Congrega-
tIonal Church III Brooklyn.
EDIsoN'a ELECTRIC LIGHT.
III tho Tttts,1t Assoetated F'rtss.
NEW YonK. Nov. ao-Edison proposes to
make public test Of his system Of electric
light f'l fortnight, and to begin operations
In Nuw York In january or February. 4
number of Nuw York and several Swiss ea-
gineors have beon Invited to witness tllo test.
Edison says hc has got lamps now so tlat
they will burn about G00 hours. a,,d, when u
lump Is used say five hours Il day, not over
thrco lamps II year need be used. a botanist
startc4 for Brazil to-day to search for balil-
boo.
Micllnet Collins, Peter. Paulhuss, Stephen
q. Myers, as!d Jnnlcs W. Robinson. who
]pintly own 2l5 shares ot tho Mutual Stock
Oporatlns Company, brought suit agaInst
tho officers Of tho Company 10 havu 1t dis
solved OIL tue ground Of Insolvency, ulltl to
l'ate a lscceiver appointed to wind up
It's nifnlrs. The association WINS
AN+AAI" Aao1SA!oGtt 4nfpt A1I4 Aka Q4.HtHH
provided fur tho sa!e of a0o, 00O shares at IS
por sE!arc thu PROCEEDS 10 ba used III thu put-
cllasu ai.d salo OF stocks. On June i. lSS0,
tho capital stock WIS Increased to S:a5o, ,0oO,
allu Was afterwards ra[sed tn s500,o0U. Tho
plaintiffs rccelyetl M ordur OIL Oct. s3 for tho
examination ut the defendants. 'Mirilael +.
Coltec, President Ut Tho Cunpany, nlut Lit
.nent u. Fossa, It's Treasurer, md to-slay a
motion was nuds to hive tho or.lor OF cxnnl-
inAtlUn SGT Asllo.
!. Six gold medals uach three times as heavy
M double eagle, have bcen sent by tl.o
Troasury Department to Capt Charles Val-
entlnc, Ut LlttSaylng Stallion NJ. l., ut Mot-
mouth Beach,, 10 bu presented to Capt. Val-
tntltle's cr1w rs u reward for ,nerltorious
scrvce performed by ll,um In saving tho
crew Of the Spanish I,ark Augustine, whtc!,
Was wrecked In tic great stDrm Ut Fob. y,
1880. Tho Wuman's National Relief Assool-
nti0n opened Its 0i1lco tt-,lay at tho arillory
Of tho TweAty.second Regiment, ,sheru ulo
Srcrotary will A!,swyr Inquiries an4 recetya
contributions Ut money, goo'ls, Or clot!.Iug
for tho proper provision Ut ll!osaying Stu