New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE MAY ANNIVERSARIES.
sUNpAY-scHoOL WORK REVIEWED IN THE BROAD
WAY MISUNDERSTANDING OF ALUMNI OF

THE MAY ANNIVERSARIES.
sUNpAY-scHouL WORK REVIEWED IN THE BROAD
WAY MISUNDERSTANDING OF ALUMNI OF
THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SUMMARY.
The anniversary meeting of the New-York Sun
day-SchoOl Association was held yesterday after
noon IN the Broadway Tabernacle. Inc paruc9lS,TT
object of this work is the increased usefulness OF al
Sunday school instructors of evangelical falth,
without regard to denomination; Four normal
classes Of S Sn S Wer Sd weekly
throughout the Winter, as follows: Superntcn,
dentsF normal class, Tuesday afternoons at
by the Rev. A. Schauller of the Ohvet Mission
school. The average attendance has been 20;
at 43O o'clock, in the chapel of the Fourth Avenue
Presbyterian Church, led bV Ralph Wells OF OF
Grace Mission school, The average atcndailGlS os oi
this class has been 275 Primary normal class;
for infant class teachers each Saturday AFTERNOON
at o'clock in the lecture room Of Ihe LOUIE eIa ex
Christian Association Tbe a8eras S attendance has
been eighty. Teachers uptown evening Gi1sSi
Saturday evenings at ZAP oeEGk Tcb lin 5h Ma HHs
ave, led by the Rev. Chas S. Robinson, DID. Inc
average attendance has been eighty; Institute
school workers have been held in the broadway
Tabernacle. The average attendance has been been
$50. A free reading room and library az NO. Wf
for the special use of Sunday school teachers Inc
library contains nearly 1000 volumes. SuDscrlp-
Sy the Directors toward the work of the Associa-
ton. to the amount Of $1.103 55 while the sun
% %aySc 4S 81 So sn making Sg T" total Of
The ffty-sixth anniversary of the. American
sundayschOOl Union was held last evening also Sa 1a
Pollock of Pennsylvania, one of the Vicc-PreSi-
dents, presided. Addresses were delivered ny me
Samuel ST J. Siccolis Of St. Louis and the Rev DR..
E. p. Goodwin, of Chicago. In the last h1'y ,;tS
Gs4sb sshS S1S a2gH p@P a
fion to the Sunday-schools actually organized the
records show that by visits and words OF counsel
asSstance has been extended in 105,515 cases, rep
resonting a membership of 1882 teachers ana
pupils o TIE s an f% s s0pf IS 5Gss
Of which about $5G7,470 was for books and
papers During the last year l2 new new Sc d 9
icholars; zoos other schools have been visited and
hited 2S2' SO miles have been travelled; 1 59I7
addresses delivered; 1914 Bibles and PIG Iesta-
ments distributed, and 49, 10 families visited; .
The anniversary of the Alumni Association o., Oh
The Union Theologcq Seminary presided este SysT
the chapel of the Seminary, at no. y oIivciSt 'SS
place There was large. number OF elcrgymtth1
present. The exercises lasting from 10 a. P b. u nr
Hill. The following officers were elected; lCe an
pral secretary, Professor Briggs, Of the Seminary;
Recording s.. SecPPet@rY the Eey WHITE R dai
reasuTer the kSy u D II The N snecessfn COMPLETION
of TWENTY-FIVE years of service in the Seminary as
Professor of Church History, by the Key; D IT.
IL.
thanks to cx- Governor L. D. Morgan for his gilt OF
passed paper o9 SpSS H td R A r
Timothy Hill. of Kansas. 1t discussed the church
work in the West IN Particular The KEY Dr. y;
" Baird Of Eye MestG1eshtSr died IGn ae vea Teau
EFFECTS OF CHLOROFORM AND MORPHINE.
Colonel Lafayette Beach, who was found insen-
On Monday, with a bottle half full of chloIofOrm
on his person, was pronounced to be out OF danger
opium eater, and has been at the hospital twice
within two years. lie was native OF NashTille,
and belonged to o respectable family there. Once
he was wealthy, but recently he had been travelling
for DRY goods houses in this city. -
William John Bell, merchant of Norfolk. va.
No 3O5 Liyngston-st.s Brooklyn, from tho effects Rect,
of an overdose of morphine. He came to New YORK
on business two weeks ago. and during this visit; it
condition was such that DR.. Charles Grswol3 Vas
called in. Bell sail that he needed sleep, aud that
he was in the habit of taking morphine to produce
It. The doctor prescribed half grain every three
hours, but upon Bells insisting that that quantity
would 90 him no good Ie uSS e T Soe comSnnS
the drug was left by his bedside, and the quanIty
taken by him far exceeded the prescrpuoh' Ills
death occurred at q. ln
GIVING HIMSELF UP TO THE POLICE.
Eugene Gardner. of No. 143 Chrystie-st. the
In Arch-alley, in ClintOn-st., Monday night, sur
rendered himself at Police Headquarters yesterday
morning, He is only eighteen years Olu. Ile Say
Diehm ordered him off the premises and because he
would not CO. slapped him in the face. Then he
struck the agent, knocking him down Qlenm
still. The negro did not kick him. After the
ARRAY on Monday night, the officers went with
Annie Price who saw the deed, to GARDENERS house
70 find him. The young woman walked i'll adj
vance, and was met by Charles Gardner, brother
of the fugitive who, learning her GRAND struck hcr
In the face He was arrested and !yesterday morn
ing in the Essex Market Police Court was he u 1or
trial. He is twenty-four years old.
FROM WEALTH TO WANT AND SUICIDE.
The body of "a middle-aged Iman, dressed fin suit
OF blue, found Oft Governors Island yesterday, was
Identified last night at the MOrgue as that of Henry
he amassed fortune as a saloon keeper and squali,
dered il afterwaTd i'll riOtOus living. For several
months he had been charge upon the bounty OF ms
His habits of intemperancc provoked quarrel,
after which he left Mr. StroessePs house, and wrote
language used toward him. This letter was found
In his pocket yesterday. K0ehlcr went to Mr..
Stroessei's house more OIL May 2, but found no
one at home He WAS not seen after that until his
body was found in the bay. 1t is supposed that,
being destitute, he drowned himself
DEADLOCK IN THE CAP TRADE.
The 1000 cap makers on strike in this city.
who were informed bv thei associated employers
on Monday that as long as they belonged 10 mon
day replied that in future they would deal only
with individual manuactnrers and declared 1n it6
rules They have ordered a general strike, and
established headquarters at No. lO5 Allen-st. The
kmalgamated Trade and Labor Union has cSp0used
their cause, and other labor Organizations have
promised aid There is still considerable agitation
among the carpenters, painters, cigarlnakers TN
smiths and roofers in regard to their wages Some
of the furniture makers are still demanding Il re-
ductOn ill the hours OF work.
HURRICANES AT SEA.
The ship Mabel Taylor arrived yesterday from
Cardiff having had q most bOiStcrOus voyage. Gu
April IL, in latitude 400 80 north, longitude 23o
20 west, steamer was sighted, steering southeast,