New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-28
NEW-YORK CITY.


New-York Yacht Club special meeting;
Burr will contest before Surrogate holl'hs'
NETWORK CITY.
The only Presbyterian pulpit vacant in tins CITY
now is that of the Shiloh (cOlOred) Church III Nes1
Iwenty-slxth-st. 49, -
John d Crnmins has requested the Mayor 10
Withdraw his name as nominee lor Ia.h OoH.,,,,
sioner because the Aldermen nave ho' 'O
him promptly.
THE TAX on IMMIGRANTS.
The Custom House has received from the tax r on
rolar 70 rgore. August Slabs 80; September,
$IGG64 80 and October Sloolo'
DIGGING FOR SKULLS AND CoFFfNs. ,
There were no vaults opened yest,Iuay ny Wv ~
men AZ work in the Old Dutch Church. III Is
thoupht that more vaults under the moor on 'ho
Nassau-st side of the building. and ihat When 'noS
are oDened more SKULLS and collins VIII DC lOunu'
8 G. COURTNEY IMPROvING.
The condition of samuel q. Courtney for several
DAYS has been one of steady improvement. mere
was every reason last night TO beleVe lhaI Hc SUI"
would be out OF danger
FUNERAL OF ABRAHAM LENT.
A largo number of friends were present at inc
funeral of Abraham Lent, which TOOK pace ~ tIho
Presbyterian Church IN tourteentn-sI near ro m
fhe Rev DR. Hamilton assisted by the Rev DE-
Reed The Rev. Dr. icArthur preached t1 9 IA.
sermon III which he spoke OF me uPIIeho ny 49, ot i'
dead man. The lntcrhIehI toVh PiA0' q" o
keepsie.
TIE TRIAL OF JOHN DEVOY. 49,
The trial of John Dewey, accused OF hDciilhg
Angus Belmont was c Grt e General Sessions
Tie day was principally occupied by reading t.,e
testimony taken III 1867, III SUIT OF joan La" US I
AGAINST August Belmont, designed To prove the
facts alleged by Mr. Dewey. he trial Will continue
tor two or three days.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
James Larkn, age thrty-four, OF Pert9 irhRpoy'
n j. was struck by the $40 D. III. tram Ol the New
York Central Railroad AT McLonbs Dam brIugo
Yesterday His lett arm was broken aud other III
juries were recciYed ne nlJ,iIG p mi and
thence TO the Ninety ninth Street Hospital.
ONLY SEVEN OUT OF TWELVE OBTAINED.
Only seven Jurors were Obt ,ncd yesterday for the
trial of Charlie Siebert Tor murder III inc iilS' ue
gee for the killing of his wife, AloIse, at No. 10
Ridge-st on Nav 81, 1852, An extra panel VIII DC
summoned and the case will 20 on t9-day DiioIe
Justice Brady in the Court OF oyer ana IcInihcI
Siebert shot his wife while intoxicated.
TO BE SENT BACK TO EGYPT.
Louise MeanvIn and Maria Lammon, each with n
child a We m old were applicants for charity to the
Comm ,sIoHcFs OF Em!grat ION yesterday Ihey ar
rived here on the steamship Netheriand last week
and are ottoman Subjects having maze thelr escape
from Alexandria in the recent massacres. Ihey VIII
be sent back 10 Egypt at the first opportunity
MEETING or THE BAPTIST PREACHERS.
The baptist preachers held their leGuItt WoehS
meeting yestcrday morning at NO. y Aurray-sl'
The Rev l.. ID. JudsOn, pastor OF the beredh Dap
tIst Church, read chapter from thc uhpuDllShcu
biography his father the Rev. Adohliin ud5oil,
The missionary to India. Among the speakers was
the Rev DR.. II. H. fucker, OF Georgia.
ROLLED DOWN STARS BY HIS LATDLADY;
William Mgyne ives ~ NO. 0Oo west Eorty-
fOuri!-st. His landlady Elizabeth McOOrmach, Il
week ago, when Mayne went TO his room WIN Ms
arus fun of wood and slammed the door amer nun,
objected and finally rolled hIh down night %
stars On recovering from his numerous cuts and
bruises he caused her arrest III the louisville 10
lice court yesterday She denied the charge out was
committed in $500 bali for trial.
TIRED or HARD WORK AND POVERTY.
old, VINO had lived and worked IN small rooms AT
No. 16l Grand-st. for some months was 1ouiu very
i'll Yesterday morning. lie admitted tSat he had
taken quaint ~ OF poison called kOuBh On ltiln
in order to xiii himself. lie gave 10 reason iOr his
desperation except to say that he area OF h1fd
work ana poverty. he died III 81. vincent ho5-
ptal Norman had wilo and two children llying
III England.
ARRIVALS BY THE BRITANNIC.
Among the arrivals from Europe yesterday by the
Steamship Britannc, OF the White ar Line, were
the following: John Acock, ". taVenalsA BEN
tenck, HerDrt Biesscy, samuel Bies ey, II; l. ar
ter Miss belle and MISS Kate Carer, Captain Gam
erOn Don Jose COnlll, Don Carlos Cudllpp, Don ,.
| Dellamrre Count de Mont Eeiant, LOUIS Loeb,
jacob Loeb Don Jose Oe la Poltiila, Ion Juan
Pedro IIgo, {. f. Parsons, Lleut"nant-C oOnel Ii.
Fell Sebe. Major Moniagu Sladc, joseph Ela''
Captain W. II. thompson, furscli-Aiadl, Madame
Fursch-iiadi aud a. AewbOLd MOTIFS.
THE sUNDAY-sCHOOL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS.
The annual meeting OF the AcW-lOrk sunday
! School As5Oci ltIOn was held last evening III me
! chapel OF the Broadway tabernacle, al Broadway
and Inlrly-lOurtn-St. Inc lOiioNlNR Officers were
elected for the ensuing Year: President, Caleb b.
Kncyas; cc-pre>ldeni, Ebert Is. Monroe score
| tary j. ". G. Leverage; treasurer john d. Bus
sing; and Librarian, William A. Caldwell. y ser
vice of praise and responsive readings, led by
| Ralph Wells, followed the business meeting.
NOT TO CONFER WITH THE COMMISSION
Mi BOVINE, the secretary Of the NeW-lOr Asso-
! Cation for Improving the Condition OF the Poor,
! went 10 Police Headquarters yesterday and stated
that the committee OF the organization recently APP
pointed to confer with the Commissioners about the
filthy condition OF the streets WOulu not DC able 10
| meet them to-day. He SAID that Howard Potter,
! president of the ASSOCIATION, would write letter
instead explaining the wishes o. the committee.
! Later III The day the Police commissioners passed
a TesOu ION that they would be glad 10 receive any
| communication on the SUBJECT
HIS PLAN OF WORK ALL LAID OUT.
| Officer Don, wan OF the Iw ntF-inird Precinct,
| early yesterday John Colbert behind the bar OF
! Joseph T.. 1losss liquor store when be had brOKen
into. Donovan raped iOr assistance and the bdrglaT
attempted to c-cIpe through to rear tine SO {.
Donovan broke the glass IN the front door, spIang
! through the opening, and after short strGgg,c
/ OycrpOweTel the tulci. COlDcrt Was arTaIgned III
TIE Harlem Police Court, and was identified as
former employc of Moss. In the theirs pocket wa
! f1und memorandum book, containing The names
ana addresses of persons IN BrOOAyn and tins city,
/ whom II IS thought lie INTENDED to ROB at soule
miued by Justice OtterDJurg without bail tOI
! tTal.
BROOKLYN
The detectives sent out on Sunday TO see if the
! Excise law was cniOTced, reported yesterday the
names u. about sixty nguOr sellers VINO Wete iouud
/ violating the law.
A snit for absolute divorce Las been begun in the
/ SuTIcme Court by Mrs. Gertrude -. Beach "a for
ufr member Of Plymouth Church from her lus-
! living in Cincinnati WI h Miss I.IZZIe smith Ihe
| daughter Of Matthew Haze smith, whom lac had