New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-01
NETWORK CITY.


| failures.
The annual dinner of the Alumni Association Of
ST. Francis Xavier College will be given at Plnards
| December 2.
A broker in Lower Broadway has his sign ont
early Drafts for Christmas and New Year gifts
| to the old country for sale here"
| The rear platforms of the Bleecker-st. cara are
| oftsn so crowded with smokers that ladies' suffer
much annoyance in getting on board.
TRYING TO GET BACK ~ HIS PLACE.
j. B. Green, formerly chief clerk of the Street.
for Francis Raymond. has informed the Police Board
that he shall apply for reinstatement In the courts.
A VICTIM OF The BRIDGE ACCIDENT.
| The death of Patrick Cavanagh one of the men
Bridge last week, was reported at the Coroners
Office yesterday. He was injured internally aud
about the legs.
STYLISH But NOT A WELCOME VISITOR,
Nichols Williams, n colored man. of No go Elm
| ST., drove to Police Headquarters yesterday in
coach. He was suffering from smallpox, and by
order Of the Board of Health was removed to the
| Riverside Hospital.
PAINTINGS AT AUCTION.
| The sale of brlc-abrac and paintings at Schencks
Art Gallery, in Nassau-st was concluded yesterday
| French, Spanish and German painters We're sold
| Eighty works were offered. The entire sales
amounted to about 10, 800.
THE MAYORS INVESTIGATION.
| The Mayor recently asked the Police Commits
sioners for information about The" Aliens dance
*Apuse IN Bleecker-st. At yesterdays meeting of
was frequentfd by dsrepatable men and women,
but was kept IN such manner as not to provoke
the Police.
PLUMBING ~ PRIVATE HOUSES.
Assistant Engineer Robert A. Johnson. of the
Board of Health. made report at the meeting of
the Health Commissioners YESTERDAY. showing the
result of a personal examination of the plumbing
work in l51 private houses in twentyone different
parts of this city, with reference to sanitary ar
rangements.
KEEPING DIsORDRRLY HOUSE.
al tod
up at Police Headquarters Ophelia lawson. the
keeper Of the restaurant at No "a West Thirty
first-sr. The arrest made on warrant issued
ny Justice Smith. i'll the jefferson Market Police
Court Yesterday. an affidavit charging that the
place was disOrdcrly.
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
The schedule Of Samuel u. Stevenson in the as
sgnment made by him To George j. Stevenson
filed yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas. The
Liabilities are STOP, us 81 the nominal assets
500 800 Sc and the real assets 1920 %. Jacob
Foiber yesterday made assignment for the benefit
OF his creditors ~ Lewis Cohen
THR GRAND JURY SILL KEPT AT WORK.
The Grand jury came into Court and presented
number Of indictments against persons awaiting
tna in the ombs yesterday 1t The last day of the
November term and under ordinary circumstances
the jury would have beon discharged but Judge
Cowng said he had been Informed that it had still
important business to transact. and consequently
he would hold Court until Friday next.
AN IMPORTANT SUIT INTERRUPTED
The trial of the suit brought by the Government
aginst Julius b. Pings recover penalties for LEGGED
timed Yesterday morning but the proceedings wero
brought 10 a sudden stop, owing to the absence of
an important witness for the Government aud also
the illness of Mr.. McDorad. tho expert who has
been engaged in examining NJ Piugs's books.
LAFAYETTE POST ORGANIZED.
A meeting OF veterans was held at Earles
Hotel last evening. at which the preliminary steps
toward forming "A new post OF the Grand Army of
the Republic were taken Ii was decided to call it
Lafayette Post, aud Colonel Edwin H. Kent was
nominated az Commander. 1t is the intention to
nent business men, and 1t is proposed to erect me-
mortal hall for the use OF the organization.
BROOKLYN.
Three small boys of Brooklyn, John Coar William
Brown and Charles Clifford. were arrested Monday
when trying to sell slyerwarc at u Dawnshop in
Atantc-aye. They admitted that they had stolen
the property, which vas worth 300.
The County Treasurer has prepared statement
OF the wealth. debt and taxation IN Kings County
for the United States IL shows the value of
thu real estate to he $3.50 lO1 272 personal prop
erty, l1.919.39f amount OF taxes, 80, l00,2lG;
total debt, $3,6O6,000.
Charles Hartley convicted Of burglary IN the
third degree the Court of Sessions yesterday. flo
plegded his own case The evidence showed that
he was caught in n room In the Hotel Brighton
COney Island. IN jane, with set of burglars tools.
He was remanded for sentence.
ongshoremau named James +. KlOpman, age
forty. of No 81 Atantc-ave., took his life yester-
day by cutting his throat. IL lived with his wife
and one child, age thirteen, IN the third story of
tenement hOuse in a state of extreme dcstItution
month.
The Coroner's jury which investigated, Monday
evening, the cause Of the death Of Christopher
Seeye, Of No. 40 Atantc-ave., on November 20,
returne a verdict stating the cause Of death to DO
one or more kicks in the abdomen gwen by Andrew
Grass at No. III LiviugstOn-at. Grass Is held in
$500 bail to answer.
The Office Of the Tax Collector viii be open to-
day to receive the taxes for 1881. BY a system de-
y6ed by Collector Tanner, persons are enabled TO
pas their taxes WihOut VISITING the Office. III they
send the ward, block and lot numbers of their prop
erty to the Office the amount OF their taxes sent
by mail to them, and they can pay it by check or
draft by mail.
The Rev. George G. Min, who, it is announced,
has received call to the Church Of the UNITY Uul-
tariau OF Chicago, from which the Rev. Robert
Colyer came TO the Church of the Messiah in this
tIonal Church of Brooklyn He was led to this nc
ton by the change OF his views on certain theology
ca points Wmle claiming not to be a Unitarian,
he denied the trpersonalIty of the Divine nature.
4 suit for absolute divorce brought in 1878 by
Mrs. Ida D. Ross, of Brooklyn against Joseph Ross,
r, "a we-iO-dO cotton broker of this city, resulted
III a report Of the referee iavOring a divorce sub
mitted III July, 1879 Among the witnesses vas
Josie" Mansfield. Judge Pratt i'm BROOKLYN
grc nted subsequently, motion to reopen the case
in order that that woman and Others might
modify their evidence Considerable testimony
was recently taken AID submitted to the Court on a
motion to annul the decree of divorce This has
been denied.
Mrs. Kumgrnde Lcibinger, of No. 81 Scholes.st
Broohlyn, was arrested Monday for bigamy, on |
complaint of Conrad Matthias who claims that |
she Is his wife. He says he to this country
I.ara TO find. h.r L..