New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-24
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
Tho Winter examinations at the College of the
Cit of New. York we're ended Yesterday ara Tue
second collegiate term will begin on Monday.
The next lecture in the Cooper Union free course
will he delivered this evening by Professor John a.
Wesse of this city, on The English Language.
Little Freddie Emerson, the child left alone by
his mother for thrty-Six hours III room WIN u
vicious cat has been given INTO e car Ei te
The new ferry-house of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at the foot of Cortlandt,st; Is nearly nearly
completed and will cost nearly Ti0O,OOo. lns
structure il built in very substantial manher' anu
the waiting balls are commodious.
The mild weather has left the public parks in an
excellent condition. The walks in the downtown
parks have been relaid and III the spring sn3s1 ~
the uptown parks will be begun. Central Park has
a special appropriation of $4,000 for this pur-
pose.
The latest scores in the chess tournament are as
follows: CAPTAIN Mackenzie won 1Ol2, lost y
Grnndy won II: Judd won 1Ol2 lost M0hr won
1oi9, lost 3 seman won 9l2, lost 3; Delmar won
Sig, lost 5; Ryan won . lost 10 ware won 1or L.
lost q : COngdon won z, lost III; OohhIeiu "oh =
lost II.
Superintendent Jackson discovered an insane
immigrant at Castle Garden yesterday lie was vas
Friedrich A. Petite, who was sent across c anc
MANY The case was referred to the German consul
with request to send the man home and to make
an investigations.
Officer John Nugent of the Eighteenth Precinct
who was acquitted last week in the Court of Cen
eral Sessions Of the charge of completely in the
Manhattan Bank burglary, but was n9I alowe , 10
trial to-day before the Police Commissioners on n
charge Of "consOrting with thleVes.
The Fire Commissioners represented, Yesterday,
in n letter to the Superintendent OF 3ritdings, the
great obstacle 10 the work of the ircmen offered by
iron shutters which could not he Opined except ht
a great sacrifice Of time and labor apd asked tnal
the law recurring iron shutters above The first story
of bonses 10 he so constructed TO open from the
outside be strictly enforced
John Jay, Daniel Huntington Professor Drlsler
and the Rev. Drs. Osgood, Morgan Potter; RIVER
and others have invited the Rev. Dr. John II.
BoIles of Chicago TO lecture i'll this city on Shakes
peare, whom he has studied many years from a
peculiar point of view. DIR. Bollcs has consented,
and will deliver two lectures in this city, the tine
and place to be announced hereafter.
The investigation into Annie Downey's death;
now generally supposed 10 bea murder, developed
nothing new Yesterday, further than the adnls-
sion of CAPTAIN Mcdonnell that he hoped soon 10
capture man whose actions had aroused ms siis-
pcions in connection with the matter although he
was not prepared TO say that his arrest would heip
to solve the mystery OF tho case.
pctition TO Congress is being extensively signed
by ship merchants and Others in tins city, asking
that the laws of the United States relating 70 sea-
men be so modified that ship-owners shall no longer
be compelled TO pay three months extra wages to
discharged from American vessel: IN foreign
mort with their consent, or for just cause,
when they are in good health and able TO procure
other employment
The funeral services Of Evans took place
Yesterday
were largely attended by members OF the Manhat-
tan Club and delegations from the Tammanv So
ciety. Holland Lodge F. and A. NJ. and the Union
and Philadelphia Clubs. Mr. Evans was member
of all these Organizations. The service was read by
Dr. Houghton, who assisted by the Rev. Mr.
Uoughton The body was taken 10 Phlladelpha Tor
burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
The subcommittee of twenty appointed by the
Tammany Hall Committee on organization 10 IN
vestigate the charges made IN regard to The con-
dnct of the election in the With. XGIth. Xlllth and
Assembly Districts met
examination into the complaints regarding the
With District was continued. Timothy ). camp
bell, president of the district association, and
forty-seven members were present. The taking OF
the testimony concluded, but final action was
delayed. oov,
The Williamsburg Gaslight Company reduced
the price of gas to ~ thousand feet, 10 take ci-
feet February /.
The directors of the Brooklyn CITY Railroad Com
many have elected Charles G. Belts president IN the
place OF Thomas Sullivan, who resigned recently.
While the family of ID. Y Saxton. of No. - Will
longhby-ayc were at dinner Thursday evcnnR.th
house was entered through the front door which
had careessly been LETT unfastened, and robbed of
iewelry valued at S322.
The Coroner's jury in the case of Elijah Nash.
who was stabbed on January X by his brother-in-
law Stephen Meeker, at No. AZ Prlncc-st. returned
a verdict in accordance with the facts, Thursday
evening, aud Meeker was committed by the Coroner
to await the action of the Grand Jury.
President Black of the Brooklyn Common COun-
ell Yesterday fled the list Of standing committees
appointed by him. He did not appoint himself on
any committee Aldermen Smith and Powers who
were elected as Republicans, but have acted with
the Democrats for several months, were we'll
treated in the makeup of the committees. The
| Republicans received only single charmanshp-
| that of the Law Committee.
| JERSEY CITY.
Ely G. Spencer, who was charged with forgery. ut
Jersey City yesterday morning was honorably dis
| charged.
| William Morrell, workman on the island Black
! Tom was seriously injured Thursday by being
| crushed by the fall of a heavy beam He was taken
| TO the Charity Hospital jersey City.
| The annual report of the Jersey CITY Police De-
| partment was made last evening. There aro 145
men in the Department, or one 10 every s27 persons
in the city. The officers averaged 80 arrests EACH
! the entire number of arrests being 5.439.
man who gave his name as Jeremiah Newman,
was found last night secreted i'll the building of the
Provident Institution for Savings. at Washington
and locked mp TO await an examination He claim.d
that he was without home and friends and that he
went into the building TO sleep.
| NEw-JERsEY.
| FIIzABfTH.-JOseph T. Crowell, of Railway, ap-
peared in court yesterday and pleaded not guilty. to
| the Indictment charging him with the embezzle
ment of Railway City moneys. lie gave bail in
! 81. 900 to appear at the May term of court.
| UopoKyN. THE Rev. Mr.. 1umhower pastor of
the Porter IN. e. Church at West lIobokcn.
placed bis effects IN s wagpn a1d accom-
The house Of his sister in BROOKLYN. where he is at
present stayling The pastor attended prayer
|
Boh returned TO her home; Lawrence Bnck-
lev n member Of the Board of Aldermen, was ar
| rested in this city Thursday, by Constable Stur.
ges on a warrant issued by Justice Raisch on q
charge of assault. preferred by MIS- unren wife OF
| q hotel proprietor III WESTINGHOUSE
| STATEN ISLAND
-BRrGHroN. Miehas!, G9gg U,r the Richmond
h hfore o1 ratce Knman at New-BrgRton
Abraham Libefman, whom he charged with ma
liciously driving over goat and causing the ami
maps death. Liberman, after paying a fine and re-
ceiving severe rcprimand from the Justice, was
discharged.
ToMpKIysviI Henry J. Buete the absent of
fetal Of the Engineering Department of the Gov