New-York tribune., 1881-12-02
NO CHANCELLOR YET CHOSEN.

Professor f. l.. Patton and others were elected mem
bcIs.
NO CHANCELLOR YET CHOSEN. 49,
The Council of the University of the City OF new
York held meeting yesterday afternoon, ana the
committee appointed to name new Chancellor re-
ported that nothing had been done since DIR. John
Hall had dec ined the position. Dr. Hall was present
at the meeting
THE MORRIS STEWART SCHEDULE.
In connection with the assignment of Lewis Nor.
rs and John A. Stewart, ir. composing the firm OF
Lewis Morris e. Co., to Albert b. Boardman. the
following schedule was filed yesterday: Liabilities;
$127.S25 80: nominal assets, $97 529 IA; actual
assets $97, l59 9f.
COMMISSIONER M,sONs NARROW ESCAPE.
Police Commissioner Mason rode downtown i'll
Broadway car yesterday morning. At Wooster and
Beecker-sts: the shaft of passing truck smashed
window of the car, and passed so close to his meek
as to cause a slight abrasion of the skin. The
broken glass was scattered over him.
KILLED BY UNKNOWN MEN.
Louis Devarge, an Italian ragpckcr of No. 80
MulbcTTy-st.. who was assaulted in West Twenty
scvcnth-st. and stabbed by three IN known men on
Thanksgiving morning, dc'l- from his wounds yes
trrlay in the Ncw-Yor'l Hospital The police have
no clue TO the murdereIs Coroner Brady will hold
the inquest
MEMBERSHIPS IN THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
The Board of Managers of the Produce Exchange
YESTERDAY approved Of candidates for mcmber-hips
10 comp etc the limitation Of 5000 Eighty-seven
applicants were informed that they could Join the
Exchange hy paying 50 00O each for their certili-
ca ne final vote for limitation does not take
place un.ll tomorrow.
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DIR. James NJ. Austin, who has been for over
twenty-five years the Grand Secretary ol the free
M1sons m this city. is living dangerously i'll at his
house No. 42I Wcat Twcnty-sscond-st from an at
tack of apDpleNy. At a late hour last evening, al
though hc was in critical condition. his physicians
had not given mp all hope Of his recovery
FUNERAL or r. IT. EUUrZ REEFS.
Rowland Henry Rmtz-Rees the hoy of fourteen
who was run over and killed on the Third Avenue
street Railroad on November 2s. was buried vcsteT-
dly the funeral taking place at the Cauda House,
ia I jpfl ms Is an
writer for N"w-Gcrk journals, and his father was
for years in Iuda IN the diplomatic service OF Eng
land.
THE srANroN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH SOLD
J. \. Bennett rs president of the Board Of Trus-
tees Of the stanton Street Baptist Church. has
transferred to Henry Weller the property on which
Chrv.tic and Forsy;h-.ts. The purchase money was
$4,000 which includes mortgage held against
the property for $4,000 The trustees retain their
title TO all the church fixtures.
RUNNING AWAY WITH STAGE
4 team oi horses drawing Fltth-ayc. stage ran
away in Fulton-,t Yesterday morning. There were
ferry: ~ they reached South-st they turned sui-
denly and dragged the 'front.' wheels from their
place. rnc stage was overturned and the horses
ran away with the wheels but were soon caught.
The tntcc passengers were mhurt the driver,
Daniel Carpenter, was thrown from his seat AMI
seriously bruised
JUSTICE DONouUr's OPINION.
Jennie FlahcTtv. who is charged with having alb
ductcd from the u9.ody of the Court tho child
Coiuuc. was commit ted yesterday by Justice Don
ohuo to await the action of TIE Grand JuTy. MIS-;
Fiahertv was allowed to give bail. which was fixed
at $1,000. justice Donohuc spoke with sOmc
warmth iu regard to the conduct OF the prisoner,
and said ihat IN the Gniean case apd IN he present
the defendants seemed 10 tnuil chat they could
do Whatever trey pleased a thcn throw them
selves upon the mercy Ot tue Court.
NOTICE or DANGEROUS PLUF.
Some time ago "A notice from the Fire Department
was posted on tho brown-siouc building ~ which
the Court of General Sessions Is held To the effect
that hc building was dangerous. owing to detec-
tive tluc. Tho Mavor wrote 10 the titc tonlnlNsOn-
ers 10 make Inquiries M regard 10 it, lie received
reply yesterday saying that hrc broke out ~ the
building hecau a tluc had been constructed IN n
with only the thickness OF brick between II aud
the woodwork. aad thRt th" notice was posted m
compliance with the building law. The Hue has
since been repaired.
ABUSED CutpE LOuhrD AFIrr.
The rcguiar monthy meeting of the drcC ors Of
the society for the Prevention of cruelty to Child
rcu WAS held yesterday a afternoon at their rooms,
No. 100 East Twenty -thiTdst, DariuG October and
Nuycuhcr there were 1853 complaints and 1876 cases
prosecuted Of which iG resulted in conviction. 20i
children were cared for and - received and cared
for temporarily at the rooms nt the society rcso
luton passed approving the action oi the pTeAI-
dent IA regard To the Of the young opera singer
Corunc. II was also decided, ~ place OF the auni-
y,r.ary exercises which generally occur in January
10 hold reception for two days IN the rooms of the
society. over 100 new members were elected INTO
the society.
pI~ArPEARIvG AFTER HIS wrFE's DEATH.
Apuolioula AicIZ. the wife Oi auOrcr. WAS found
dead iu her room 10 80. 5Ot East Scveutceuth-st
ON Tuesday night. Her husband, on returning
home rom work. found the door locked, and was
compelled to crawl through a window. In the
darkness hc stumbled over ms WiirB body, which
| ay on the iloor. The laudlady, Mrs. kIump. was
attracted bJ the nol.' ana, % H@ht having b"th
brought, it was found that Mrs. Mcrz was dead
! Her husband placed the corpse ON lounge ana
went out IIo has not been seen since. Yesterday
| Drputy- Coruncr Racir had the door forced OPEN
lie found evidence that the woman had died nat
ural death. but Will MAKE an autopsy to-day. The
nrighbOrs believe that the husband has committed
| suicde from gricf.
| 4 .BrEE-sELLER ~ 4 PECK or TROUBLE;
descent was made on Wednesday night by
,oir,r4 m thc society for the Prevention of Cruelty
20 Children on the bccr-shop of Simon Barnett, No
| - -o,nrai The prnprctor of the place and William
g3p,cIs g poII OF No. rs Saolk-st; Ions Harris OF No
N Orchard-st.; Isaac kcmps, of No. l3l Delaney
| n and Abraham Newman, OF No. ID LudlOw-st
viii, are all under sixteen years OF age, were taken
| into custody. They were arraigned yesterday-in
| the Es.eN Market Police Court. when Barnett was
held tor examination, on charges OF allowing boys
uudcr sixteen years to be III his place without their
marcnts' consent for allowing boys To play aud
| p,amblc and ior selling liquor to Betsy Bernstein,
| ace seventeen, of No. - Ludlow-st The boys were
| SELLING mOODED CATTLF.
| Several hundred people gathered IN the upper
part OF the building at Second-aVe ana sixty,
i~nrtb.st Yesterday, at the sale of cighty-iye head
of noodcd stock by auction. The cattle were one by
"nc led up from the stalls below stairs into saw
| Ju.t-strcwn inclOSurc, where the crowd admired
| o"d criticised them and the auctiOnecr invited
| hids. AS each animal was brought IN, Its pedigree
was read. Some OF the creatures wclo ol long and
;imsrious ancestry, while others were mere parye-
me. who scarcely knew If they had grandfather
ar not They were sensible enough to appear TO feel
| tbeir ipferOrty, however. ana look properly de-
iacted A bull of far and high descent, named
| Eormcr,s Glory was sold tor $500 and Forget
nc.not a scarcely less alistocratic animal, bid
| on at 81 100. A COW called Silver Cloud was sod
| for = 400. prooyrvN
| Edward OBrien, formerly employed as n coach
| man by ex-Surrogate A. II. Daley. was convicted
| in the Court of Sessions yesterday upon an III
| dictmcut charging him with malicious annoyance
| m sending scurrlOus letters 10 the family of Mr.
| Daley.
| The town authorities Of New Lots having refused
to renew the contract for gas in the street lamps in
The village of East New York, which expired ycster-