New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-27


| TIE PROPOSED AGRICULTURAI FAIR. -.
| The committee appointod by the American hglltt
cultural Association to confer WIN i tne Agrcnl
New York in regard to holding Na.,Un nn,na at the
Grand Central Hotel. The commute o j.; favor
the citizens far conferred VIII red 70 do
| OF the fair Several railroads had ouereu W ue
their part i'm furnishing tickets Mt spfclai ravos
| the fair was held. special committee was upIi
pointed TO confer with the various excnahgts hnu
mercantile organizations of the city as 10 wh bc
wond do and also to report the opinion OF V ne
zcns of Ncw-York in regard to the fair to Inc Nhi
tional Agricultural Convention; when Will W i'iu
February at the Grand Central HOTEL
CITIZENSHIP AN ESSENTIAL THING.
.Judce Brown handed down decision IN the
Tinted States District Court yesterday in the suit
brought by William H. Lewis a col2red man.
efors of restaurant at No. ChatnamIst, TO re-
cover $500 penalty for refusing to serve HIM WIN
refreshments on account OF ms Color o,,nJ that
il did not set forth that Lewis was citizen OF inc
United States. Judge Brown holds that to ontllo
himself to recover damages the palntt must prove
that Inc il a CITIZEN The demurrer is sustained ana
Judgment IS to be entered for the defendant unless
! the plaintiff within twenty DAYS amends MS COIL
plaint and pays the costs Of the demurrer.
PRAYING FOR THE COLLEGES.
The dov of uraycr for colleges observed IN
| this city yesterday. Praycr-meetingS were hen III
several churches. The alumni of Williams GoaeGo
| IN New-York held their annual prayer-ncetlng Ill
the parlor of the Young Mems Christian Assoclaion
at p. IN. The Rev. DR.. S. IreneuS Prime presided
n
| City of New-York there was a praycr-meet1g at
| 10 a m. conducted by the students, followed by
sermon in the chapel by the Rev. j. W. Cochran or
| Nendham ~ J.. a graduate of the university. Inc
| exercises al Columbia College were not suspended
and there were special religious services In the
Union Theological Seminary there W IS 10 sermon;
but at o'clock the faculty and students gatheTeu
in the chapel to listen to reports gwen DY th' SUI
dents representing forty-seyen colleges
BROOKLYN.
Mrs Sarah Courtney secured limited divorce
from John Z. Courtney yesterday, upon the srouhu
| of abandonment.
| The graduating class Of the Packer Collegiate In
stitute of Brooklyn repeated it's amusing burlesque
commencement exercises last evening, in the chapel
of the Institute before large audience. AZ the
| close readings were given by Miss Addle bangs
| teacher of elocution in the school.
Charles Boyer age soventy-eIght, Of No. 9S2 Myr-
| tle-ave., was fatally injured by a car when ran
over him at the foot of FultOn-st Wednesday even
ing, while he was trying to get on the fronf Plat,
| form of car of the Myrtc-avc. line. lie was
taken to the City Hospital, where he died yeSter-
! day.
| Bv the explosion of the water-back Of KITCHEN
range in No. $50 Kosciusko-st. on Tuesday, Willie
Russell age two was so injured that he dled yester
day. Mrs: Russell and two other Ghidren We're we're
| somewhat injured. The water IN the range was
frozen and Mrs Russell was trying to melt the Ice
| when the explosion occurred.
| marked decline in the market price of the stock
| of several gas companies is noted since January l.
All have fallen OH from to per cent except the
| stock of the Citizens and the Fulton MunlciPaI
| Companies which use the naptha or water gas;
Thu decline is thought to be due 10 the failure OF
| efforts to consolidate. and the expectation on the
part of the older companies that the Fulton Num- NUM-
| cipal Company will offer the water gas at much
| cheaper rates than coal gas can DC iurhlshcd
JERSEY CITY.
Three new cases of smallpox reported yester-
| day.
The new Democratic County Executive Commit
! tee organized Wednesday night by the election OF
William ID. Edwards as Chairman ChaEes - hS'ei
| N Y. j T.
! corresponding secretary, and Robert Qulhiah aS
| treasurer.
The Pullman Palace Car Company, which has
been assessed T200,OO III the First and S5O,OOO IN
the Second District for the business 1t does on thc
| Pennsylvania and Eric roads respectively, mas
made an application to the Commissioners OF AP-
| neal for a reduction Of the assessment, which has
| heretofore been only $1,000, aud which was LEVIED
ON ITS o flee in Grecn-st Judge Laughrau. oil IN
| peared for the company, and Corporation Counsel
| Albeit for the city, The matter was referred TO
| comElittee. -,,,
The expert has discovered two additional forgcr-
| les by ex-Auditor Palmer, amounting to over
! 50 900, one purpOrting to lie signed by Guy C0Mh-
sci Young, and th, other ny jacob HhnM5. Ing nt
expert is rctcent, but the statement ls made that
| frauds amounting to about $4,000 have been dis
covered al together since the last reporo OF the en-
| 81 900. Palmer confessed TO stealing 9l-o,oOO
'-''' NEW-JERSEY.
| UoGoErN.-A case Of smallpox was reported at
No. 11G Bicomlicld-st. Yesterday.
BAYoXNE.-The police were informed YESTERDAY
| that Henry Burns. the gatekceper at the Bergen
| Point end of the Newark Bay Bridge had been
| robbed Of Sic which he kept in TIM box III his
shanty on the bridge.
EIIzAB TII-Thc trial of Mrs. Agnes Alcorl, for
the murder of her husband by poisoning liIn. was
ended Yesterday. The jury, after being ont half an
| hour returned Il verdict of granddaughter. She Will
! be sentenced next Monday.
PArrRsoN.-The Grand Jury was discharged by
| judge Dixon yesterday. 1t found htty-siN lhdlct
menjs....On "Wednesday afternoon n little glrl
called at the office OF DR.. Moss, and asked HIM TO 90
| to the house OF her father, John Cam, oil West
Observation-Disclosures. The doctor found the three chi
drcn of lam Ill with scarlet fever OF the most nailS
| nant tyne Yesterday he called again and found
his three patients deal, and the little ~: who called
OH him also in dangerous condition from the
''''''''' LONG ISLAND.
LoyG ISLAND CIrY.-Patrick Burns. of Long
Island City, purchased horse recently Tor ~ %;
When he reached home he found that the animal
was good for nothing, and turned MN loose IN INC
street to de For this he arrested anu charged
before Justice Drlahanty Yesterday with cruelty to
animals and fined $40. Burns refused TO pay the
fine aud was committed to the County Jan lOr Ten
days
COLLEGE PoINT.-The action of Coroner Muller
of COLLEGE Point IN his disposition of the cases oil
the two scamcn of the bark Louis Smith, found OH
The shore at Whcstonc last week, is severely crit
ciscd by the WhicStonc people; In pom cases III,
bodies were taken to College Point. where jury
was obtained and the inquest held. The MANNER ol
holding the inquest Is much COMPLIANCE OF. Inc
bark TO which the men belonged lay OIL NhlteStOne
and if IL alleged that there was tight on board the
dqy before the bodies were found, yet none OF tho
officers or crew of the Yessel was called upon Il
testify and az the officers of the bark Learned
of the finding of the second body the vessel was pu
TO sea in the face of n Strong gale.
AZ INDIGNANT VIRGINIA SENA TOR.