New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-17
NETWORK CITY.

The sunday-school of the Reformed Chu nI az az
Hopewell, N. Y, sends to TINS once DIV ioi '-0
Michigan sufferers. ,,1>o-
rbe on ;ect of the lecture tonight Mt Cooper
Iypion viii be Water Gas" illustrateil Dy l.
OCOnnOr Sloane OF THIS clty. n.
Lonis Haramel. age thrty-six, OF No. 332 E'lss
Seycnty-SiXth-st was reporter yesterday 40 "
been missing siuce December H. -
Mavor Grace Yesterday ap 'ointed fredGrlck M
Coudert "A School Commissioner III place oi i@'""iN
G. Donnely ,
The Rev. Drs. John Hall and L. D. Beyan ana
others will spcsk for city missions !o-inoIrow
ing III the Dewitt Memorial Church IN hl'lhsVoh-''
near Columbia. e., s.
A,out q dozen cases of sporadic typhoid fever
have been reported in the city, out Dr. ConVeiSo
does not think it epidemic that there is any par
tlcuar danger of lis spreading
TO SAIL FOR EUROPE TODAY.
Among the IA sengers who will 81 j tO-laY Oh thc
| White : ar steanlsh p Britannia are COinnianusr
William Whitehead, United states Navy "Nu ' a.
Bentley.
William Ian -, age forty-egnt, of Columbus
Ohio was run over by an unknown truck III Iarh LIN
row ! st evening and injured severely ho WAS
| taken 10 the Chambers Street flOspi al
p,v, WARS IN PRISON n BURGLARY ,,
| In The Cuur0 of Gonerai sessions YESTERDAY WI
liam Wallmg pleaded gull to burglary con-
| Der 2 and was enced by Judge GlldelSee'o W
| the Stale Prison for hVe years
THROWN FROM A TELEGRAPH POLE; o,o
Patrick lraynor, age t%enty-seNcn, vi ~,
poe YESTERDAY, while fixing wire, the loose Gnu
| becoming cutauged with street car lie was be-
| Verely injure
BURNED BY AN EXPLOSION.
| Ann Faliou age twenty-cight OF No. 15f West
Eighloeuth-st.. badly burned about ihe nr'II ~
ana body, yesterday m"rninG by Ihe eAPoslyWr ~
] u kerosene lamp. Sue taken 10 the New-iorA
| Hospital.
| uANGING HIMSELF IL MS CELLAR
| Frederick Charles Bruins, age slXty-lVe q ciin5
| maker, hanged himself III his cellar. ut NO. go
| E,yhth.avc YESTERDAY. IlO was a hard dTnlhtI
and inslna from liquor when lie conn'oVou 'n0
| act.
| LAD MISSING FROM HIS HOME. ,
| Albert TompklnS age nine, son ot William IS
| Tom kins a mechanic living at No. 1871 Ihrd-
ave. dioapp, aIod from home last sunday morning,
aud has not been seen since. he BOY Is SiDal aoI
| mis- age and has n tight complexion. Ills parents
| tear that lie is "a victim oil toui pay
| INJURED ny RowBoAT FAILING on NM:
| The tughoat William Parks came into COLLISION
| with lighter III the North River yesterday.
row boat fell from The lighter on the tug, ana struck
he cook, George Emery His collar bone one ana hG
| rib were broken. NneD tne Tug TedcHcu shoio ITO
was sent to Bellevue Hospital
| TIE KNICKERB CKER TEA PARTY.
The second part Of the sixth Annual knii,c kfr
Episcopal Oh .rch was given last night; The Kew.
Joseph Lnnckng presided. and short ldr'sSes were
male by The Rev 'rh ms Guard, of Baltimore and
| the Rev. DIR. John Hall The musical part OF the
| programme was much applandcd.
| BEATING HIS WIFE WITH A PITCHER.
| Ina ft a. drunken rage Thursday night Joseph
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struck his wife Marg on the head VAN s ono
tchcr and severely injured her. He was arreste t.
| and in the Harlem Police Court Yesterday, was
| committed TO the Island for six months.
| A NEW NATIONAL BANK.
| The Island Citv Bank in he Masonic Temple
| Building which has been State bank with cap,
| Rank with a capital Of 800 900, and will begin
business as such today. II retains its former III
rectors and officers. George H. Robinson being prcs-
| dent and GeOrLc f. Nail. cashier
The following buildings were ronoT'rd as unsafe
| Yesterday: Nos. II, lsI. 1ss, 100, 1902 and lg2
| At 23 West Thrteenth-St. 80 Fast Tcnth-st., GD2
| East Eleventh-st, l12o tirst-av', southeast
corner Of Suffolk and Hester-sis. fl9 Pear-St.'
| and l3 Eln-st. northeast corner f Suffolk and
| Diyison-sts, 127 Charton-St.. aud Snlolkst.
| CUT ~ THE KEAD ny A nATC'ET.
IT, the course of an allercatlo IN the tenement
| younc woman named Mary AnnOnr was struck on
| the head with a hatchci by Edward Fahey, the
| landlord, aud injured severely. FahrY threw the
| Ratchet al the wOman'S father, with whom lac WAS
| nuarrelling but the weapon missed Armour and
struck his LAUGHTER, causing scalp wound Fahey
| was arrested.
| CREMATION SAID TO BE NOT UNDERSTOOD
DR. Charles A. Sirgfried. United States Navy,
read lecture before the New York Cremation
Society last night. cremation in Japan and India,
and drew the conclusion hat in the next fifty
the prac ice must of necessity become more general
than at pres Mt in Oriental lands Chaplain Bcu-
glcss United States Navy, said that scientific or -
nation was yet not understood by the public,
which accounted for the Opular aversion To it,
| QUEEN RLIZABETH's WISDOM AND CAUTION.
| The Rev Dr. John Lord lecturc1 On Queen
Elizabeth" at Association Hall last evening He
II ated that the object of his lecture was to show
| with what dignity a woman could fill tn" mo 4 re-
sponsiblc 20 ition in the world Queen Ezabeth's
| chief glory he said, lay IN the enormous strides
| which England made in civilization during her
! reign. This due, III large measure 10 the
Queens wisdom and caution.
rMK>G or A NEW COTTON EXCHANGE
meeting of the Cotton Exchange was hold ycg-
terday to consider amendments TO the bylaws. One
| which proposed 10 authorize tho purchase Of "A site
! and the construction of new building excited
| siderable iii -CuSSIOn. II was resolved TO TccOmmit
the amendment 10 the b arl 10 Managers, with the
reonest that meeting of the Exchange be called to
decide whether TO have new Exchange or to i'm
| prove the present building
STEAMSHIPS TO REPAIRED.
II No fewer than four steamships now awaiting
their turn to he lifted ont of the water for repairs
| AT the Erie BASIN dry docks. The Waesland of the
Red Star Line, which has occupied of the
docks more than a week, will he hoatrd out to-day.
| and the Switzerland will 20 into dock Monday
morning. Among other repairs 10 he made TO this
vessel viii be the putting IN Of propeller. The
Nederland, which arrived here a few days ago
badly damaged, will follow the Switzerland.
SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM INFECTED DISTRICTS
The Sanitary superintendent submitted TO the
| Board of Health yesterday a statement to the effect
that children from houses where contagious diseases
| had occurred were denied TeadmysiOu 10 the pablo
schools unless they were able produce the Health
Boards certificate TO the effect that their homes had
| been dsinfccted 10y its employees. He recommended
that the Board of Education be requested to modify
its rules SO as to render family PHYSICIANS cetli-
| cate acceptable. The recommendation was needed.
SUED FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
| Suit was begun yesterday in the United states
! Circuit Court by the Government against Charles
Gndet to recover $l9,3S7. Gnidet. III response to
| a call from the Navy Department proposcd 10
furnish certain articles for the MS OF the Navy at
cost Of S109,411. lie failed 10 carry out the con-
tract. and il was awarded 10 James w. Smith and
| the suit is brought to recover the difference be-
| tween the amount of the defendants offer and
Smiths contract.
| THE POLICE BOARD AND COMMISSIONER COLEMAN.
| At meeting the Police Board, yesterday re-
| plv to Mayor Grace's letter OF December 10 was
! Rad and ordered to be sent to him, in which the