New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-26


POLICY DEALER HELD.
At the TonIbs Police Court yesterday samuel
BentIy was required to furnish bonds IN plooo LOT
dealing in lottery policy at No. % East houS'oh-S''
FINED IN BALL COSTUMES.
lain Ridden and John Dugan, both arrested IN
foncv dress were arraigned in the lorkvlle romeo
Cont Yesterday, charged with being drunk ana
disordGrly on Thursday afternoon lhey were each
fined so.
,rFyDTrs OF THE ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY.
Eighteen of the officers and older members OF the
ST. Nicholas Society sat down TO private tasting
dinner 1T Delm2nicos aE, eT nare on the evening
of December q.
BURNED ~ HER ROOM.
stove was upset IN Augusta fSthlhS D j"" IN
No $50 Eighth-ave.. Yesterday Mrs fcrNi,is' al, ~
the att,mpt 10 eXtinguish the flames. was Oadly
burned. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
FrrFIyG FROM JUSTICE.
The notice believe thai Henry keeslne, who IS
charged with brutal assault upon niue Ahc,,
Walker has left he city. He IS the black shcSP
in n ygealf Y and respectable family. keesing las
been arrested once before LOT d si'H''"' 0i'H'' '
escaped punishment.
DrLrGAIrs TO \ DAILY CONVENTION.
Al the rr,,uIar meeting of the Butter Cheese ana
Egg Exchange, held Yesterday the preSlurtl 40
pointed twenty-five of the members deifgatcs 10
attend the convention Of the NaIona bul'SI,
Cheese and Egg A;ora.ion to be Heu aL ctin
Rapids. Iowa, on November ~ Inv WV -'''''
will leave Ncw-York to-day.
,rsTNTATIvUS OF IRISH SOCIETIES. "
At n convention of delegates from me various ll.i
societies in the city at No. 5V' MIRA ave- ESI
ing Thomas KEENAN,. NJ. j. flanagan, Danlel D!io"I
William Nahanand Thomas Mcguire were aip"h'tl
delegates 10 the convention ot Ir.Su societies /" D'
held In Chicago on December /.
MARCHING HOME FROM YORKTOWN.
Seventy cold, muddy, hungry and urea men
passed through this city last evening on 'hrI way
to Fort Hamilton. They We're the member. oi na',
terry {. Third Artillery. Captain sinclair returning
from Yorktown The battery marched 10 and from
Yorktown over the route taken by Washington IN
1871. The march down was very pleasant Out the
return has been hand and iatGulng.
EAGER FOR POSITIONS II TIr POST OFFICE.
An examination was held Yesterday IN the fourth
noor of tie Post Office building for applicants for
posiflons a clerks i'm the Post Office. SUpcuntend-
rnts Richards Wariug and Russell conducted the
examinations. There were thirty-siX applicants
and the questions asked were such as TO test Their
general intelligence.
MEETING OF PRINCETON ALUMNI.
The Princeton Alumni Association of Ncw-lork
held meeting at Ddmonico's evening, at when
I2I graduates Of the college were present -.
VrirIn shaw. Of the elias, OF 1860 presided. Pro-
fes,ors sloane and Scott made brief addresses ana
the college glce club sang several familiar songs
After the refreshments had been served, several
more speeches and songs were gwen
4 DANGEROUS HACK DRIVER:
Michael Brown, age sixty, of NO ~ NaShlhH'oh-
ST., was kuockod down ana SlRhu{ HJIlrI 49, 49,,
by Micha" REYNOLDS. Policeman Pratt, oi ih'
Broadway squad in an effort o. save brown was
himself run over and had ~, Igit leg lnnr''' ~,
driver of the hack was arrested. Brown Was taken
| 10 the New-loIk Hospital
THE WAFER WAYS 81 NTw-YORE.
Or. Isaac |. Hayes lcc'umd before the Am'rGan
Geographical society last evening ct Chr, krrng
| Hall ~ the Water Ways of Ncw-1 oTk,. couoiH-
cred in relation 10 th. tranrariaton interest. 81
the state and the coumrc' oi ne ,ItF. inc zee
gave history OF the uii Glu Of Che Lur Oana ana
told what II had done oI NcW-iurk. lie also spok
in behalf of free canals and of the building Of ware
| houses and wharvc> IN tLIs city.
4 PROF. ,ITIoN DECLINED.
| The Produce Exchange some time ago proposed Z"
| the Cotton Exchange 10 occupy, When r,a,y' pAr'
Of its building. The proposition. alter du" con,
sheraton by the cotton merchants. was re- ''rd
| Yesterday on the ground thdt ihr Cotton Exchange
! was an independent body, and not only owned
| us present binding, hut also had large building
fund on hand, which ma a. IL dc7idbt tIdl u aLo""
| continue ITS independence.
! THE PANIC Al THE LOyD'N THEATRE.
| WorkIucn were busy yesterday repairing INC
broken seats ANA doors Al thu London Theatre. ol
| tLr Rowcry where tine panic occurred on Thursday
| night The damag" amounted =" about 500 u'
| manager said last evening that there were -'"'
| There were nine Kits, which would empty Of"
| house in IL minutes. similar accident could moi
! happen again. be ause the sicam-pipes have been
! put under the hpor
BITING MIR AssArLA,T's ToSGUH.
In quarrel OH Thursday night between Mclinl.
Baton and Lizzie Brown COlOryd women Oi NO
l7d Ihompson-st, Ll/hlr b'o"u, III Holhr uh'y
countaDlc manner, succeeded IN getting her enemy
tongue between her teeth, and bit At nearly IN two
The wOunucd woman - screams were urIrl Ut 90
| officer, who arrested Miss Brown. She was tIkci
| before Justice smith, at the Jefferson Market 20
lice Court, yesterday. and was committed To avail
the results of the injuries of her victim, who wa
sent to st. NInccuts Hospital.
BROOKLYN.
| Iii not vet known whether Judge Benedict vii
accept the position of Associate Justice Oi the Cuur
OF Appeals, rendered 10 Alm by Governor Cornell.
The expert accountants employed by cN-Mardrl
Shcyliu tu 20 over the books of the KING, Count
Pcnitcntiary have completed their WORK, and Air
, ShovlIn's answer to charges made against him b.
his successor Warden Green, viii be- made publ
6 to-day.
Absolute divorce was granted by Judge Guile
! Yesterday in the suit Of Siias l.. stanton agaIus
i Mrs. susannah +. \. stanton. They i've in Sutol
@ County.
= The sum of $500 damages was awarded ycstcrda
IN the suit of H. ;. Tucker against the New, l9r
foot crushed and sought $1,000 damages.
Policemen Mraghcr aud Ripley, Of the Tenth Pr,
cnct, who went OIL duty last week and got drunk
> were promptly suspended by Captain MackclaI
> Instead of waiting trial for dIsini,sion from tn
e police force they resigned yesterday.
= The coroners inquest held yesterday upon IN
J. | mutilated body found in the bay at the foot ,
I Sixticth-st determined that the injuries inillcte
= upon it occurred after death, from drowning, an
| were probably caused by the paddle wheels
: steamers. 1t was not identified and was burc
yesterday. ..,. cum
: Martha Yca'on a disspatcd character was con
II mittcd by Justice EdisIng to the County Jail (,
ii | thirty days yesterday, rs AN habua drnnkar,
II Upon arriving at the jail the woman told Jail,
4 Alien that she had been attending "a smallpox u.
l. tent and had only been III the street few minut,
Il when she arrested. Tho jaor immediatel
n took her to the court house, and placing her in
remote corner of the Quarter Sessions room, whci
a trial was i'll progress, informed Judge GauetsOn
what she had said. lie, without any hesitation, o
dered her release on her own rccognIzancc III
II clerk of the Court remained in his seat near II
Ia Judges bench, aud shouted out T. the woman Il
At conditions upon which her discharge was granite
= Before the woman had chance to give "A rcSpon
3 She was hustled out of the room.
- Patrick Mury, an empoyc of Gregory & Co.'S ste
=, works went into John Fiynn's gun shop, in Warrc
il street about month ago, and. without any prov
NJ cation drew q revolver and pointing il at Flynu
Is head fired. The bullet entered Flynn's rgl
shoulder, and he was confined to his nome for ~
g weeks LAST week lac went before the Grand Jur