New-York tribune., 1881-10-28

A case Of smallpox was found on Wednesday in a
house in Twen y-ilth-st. in which several medical
| students were boarding.
The steamship Thingvalla, from Copenhagen,
! whose loss reported after the gale of October
II, with 437 immigrants on board, arrived yester-
day.
James McG,e. Theodore |. Hustled, George G..
Martin, Charles Partridge, and William H.. Fox
comp so the committee appointed yesterday in ac-
coriance with the resolution adopted by the Pro-
duce Exchange on "Wednesday.
| CHANGE IN THE GULF STREAM
CaPtafp fnon 6df IT, %i fne snip Me Kfea when M
ported that Sunday and Monday, in latitude $50
and 80 north, the current of the Glf Stream set
| southwest at the rate of twenty miles day.
AN ADDRESS BY DIR. BEvAN.
The Rev. Dr. Bcvan addressed the congregation of
the African Methodist Episcopal Bethel Church last
night on Self-rpancc, as illustrated in the life Of
were il rs rated BY many humorous and character
| istic stories.
DAMAGES FOR BEING RUN OVER.
| Marv j. Ne man recovered yester ay in the
| Supreme Court before Justice Lawrence and Jury
a v"r let against Philip and William Ebling Tor
~ $50 as damages for injuries sustained by her
| through the alleged reckless driving OF their
want. In passing from IN omnibus on Broadway TO
the sidewalk she run over and seriously injured.
! She sued for 10000
INSPECTING A FLAGSHIP.
Admiral ID. j. Porter Commodore A. c. Rhnd,
! CAPTAINS John Lee Davis and James 4. Greer, Medi
ca Inspector Albert Ghon. Pay Inspector II. N.
| ".
| Officer X. w. Callum yesterday made an official
insp-ction Of the former flagship Trenton, recently
returned from the European squadron and now at
| anchor in the North River.
| LECTURE ny GENERAL wOoDFoRD.
| General Stewart l.. WOOdlord delivered a lecture
at evening al the Cornell Memorial Methodist
| Church. in Seventv-siXth-st, between Second and
| Third-avcs on " President Garfield" The lecturer
reviewed he life Of the late President, and spoke OF
hi manliuoss, bravery Christian character and un-
doubled success, m everything he undertook. There
was large audience present
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MIGRATION BOARD.
The m'rTatun Comm sSonrr~ vest rrday appoint
| physcian-in-chieG at WarPs Island at $1,000 a
year. Several Applications for engineer resulted IN
! the apuOin mcnt o Tn mas Sheedy. Hospital stew
| ar l. Henry SchOcn7en at Castle Garden, WAS dis-
charged for mat cntnn to duties and an crTatc dis
| position, AMI John Miller was appointed.
| A BRITISH SCHOONER SUPPOSED TO BIZ LOST.
The British schooner Mermaid, which sailed from
/ this port on Angus 2l, IN command OF Cap am
| ". Buckley, with general cargo for Barcelona,
! Venezuela, has not been heard from since ana IS
| Troon SEQ land, in 1872, and was owned in Fleet
| wood, England. The captain had his wife and two
! children on boari, and six sailors made up the
! crew. The Mermaid was originally yacht.
WORK or TIE CITY MISSION
| The City Mission, Of No. 80 Bible House, in Oco-
brr held 36j gospel meetings, with an attendance
! H. thc aggregate of 1880 personsi distributed
| $4,000 tracts, papers and books; obtained l2o
ternnorancc pledges and aided $50 FAM les at their
homes besides furnishing meals, lodgings cloth
and other supplies ne receipts Oi t'!' Il"'lth
were -, ,G31 80; the payments p4,2O3 26; balance
due the treasurer, SlO513 %.
CHANGES ~ ROMAN CATnOTIc CHURCHEs.
Father Thomas +. Lynch, for many years an as
ss.ani priest to Mou<gneur Preston, az s. Ann
Roman Catholic Church, IN East lweith-SL.' has
bern appointed pastor Of the Church OF the Trans
hguration az Mott and Park-sts., in place oi the
Rev James H. McCcan, who has been transferred
bv Cardinal McCloskey 10 the pastorslip OF It.
retcr- Church, ~ BarcIay-st, made Yacan, ny tae
ce tion OF DR.. OFarrcll 70 the olice OF Bishop OF
thu new diocese Of Trenton, n. j.
TIIE ECLECTIC MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Tho closing session Of the tNeutY-lirSt annual
meeting Of the Eclectic Medical society was held IN
room 40. u in the Cooper Institute yesterday.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected as iol-
lows Henry :. Firth, president; R L. owen, wee
nre.,dent. t. Edwin Danieson. rccouug s'c-
retafy; :. L.. Mortimer. corresponding secretary;
samuel Tuthill. treasurer aud y. y. stow, g. W.
Wntcrburn, a. Wilder, y; +, smith Z. II Owen,
r. Hamilton I. IL Harris. }. w Belts, }. c. Hurl-
bert and o. DAVIS, ccnsor4.
HELPING THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN.
The subscriptions rcCclyed Yesterday bY william
Dowd. treasurer Of the Michigan Relief FUND.
am unted to S350l 81, making the total amount
received los i'm Sll7,9G9 40. Among the receipts
were: ~ S47 %. the proceeds OF the bencht gwen
by steele Mncaye's company at The Brooklyn Park
Theatre, $500 additional from John Jacob Astor;
and S2gG the proceeds OF an entertainment given
for the benefit OF the sufferers by the Arcadlan
Quartet at Association Hall &C. H. sends to
tins office s. for Michigan relief, "A. &. F." ~ aud
III. =. K."Sl.
A SwIYDLER's CAREER ENDED.
Herbert B ldwin, age thirty-two,, was arrested
Yesterday on tie charge Of robhing Bella Nailoy
younp woman who had travelled ia hi company
through several cities. She refused to prosecute
the culprit and charge was then made ag2'hist i
ST. Nichol 4 Hotel He had boarded IN the motel
thrre days and gone away without paying ms Dill
Erom door keys found IN his possession 1t appeared
that he had pursued the same policy IN many Gtics
Tickets for jewels paWncd IN ST. LOUIS ana Bdlu-
more were IN his possession
THE INSTITUTE or CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY.
Iftzf ifufp DI
hold a meeting last evening and adopted constltu
tIon aud bylaws. he Rev. Dr. Deems presided.
Monthly meetings are t0 be held throughout the
vrar and a public lecture will be delivered quar-
tcry The lectures delivered last summer and all
papers real AZ the meetings OF the Institute are to
be published in Review, 10 be issued quarterly
charter will be asked for at the next session Of the
Legislature. Last night Or. f. G. Man read a pa;
ner ON THE Errors OF Matorlalistc Physiology
which was discussed by several of the members.
GRlEvANCrs OF COACH DRIVERS.
The coach drivers oi tins city are making an EFFORT
| to secure higher wages. They complain that they
have to labor from sixteen TO eighteen hOur> elch
day aud tuat their wages vary from - to $ll
week Ont Of this money they have to supply them
selves with hats, whips aud gloves and wetweather
clothing The irreUarity of their hours OF work
often compels them to have their meals in restau-
rants and this Is an expense which they can MI
afford Frequently, they say, they have 10 go
hungry because on returning from 2 Job they are
sent out inInedat " on n second call. lhcy nave
appealed TO the public for sympahy IN their effort
to secure what they consider reasonable demand.
LESLIE MAINS ENTERTAINMENT.
A rhyming introduction the prcude to Leslie
Mains entertainment at Chckering Hall last
ing Then Slr. Main sang the " song of the Pirate
bold, bad man. and sang it wei. This opened
the first part of the programme announced on the
bills as grave" consisting of four recitatOns and
five songs. The second part, of about the same
length was announced as gay" The songs were
ali ballads and MIR Main sang them in manner
whic called orth applause long and loud. The re-
citations all good. with perhaps one exceptions
i'm The Death OF Mannion" the doughty knight
died rather hard. An audience of good size was
present. IL is pity many were Obliged to leave
tbc hall before the close of the entertainment.
DELAY IN SAILING A YACHT RACE.
A general discussion OF tine proposed race between
the anadian yacht Atlanta and some yacht IF the
New-Yorl Yacht Club yet TO be selected, occurred
between the members of the New-York Yacht Club
last night at their monthly meeting. Ii was de-