New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-10
NEKY.YORK CITY.


The ferry between Harlem and Mott Haven has
stopped running for tine winter.
Chicken thieves are active at Washington
Heights.
:, The iayOrite Amusement Of oilers north of Harlem
bllAse on sundas IS smashing window glass;
Deaths Lass week, 57S births. 600; marriages,
Z6I arrests, 13j2; excise licenses granted, 81,
anu fees collected, 50. 1870.
Unsafe buildings reported yesterday Nos. IS and
10 farA-row, 73J Seventh-ave., and las West
IWenty -scyenth-st
The 9TH Regiment Band viii give its second
promenade cohcets next Saturday evening at the
aflnOry.
,, The cold has not stopped work on the East River
brluSe' Iae workmen were busy as usual yeoter-
Day
The Lexington Avenue Baptist and Calvary Pres
byterian Churches send Sl1 rs for the Fresh Air
una collected at the JOINT Thanksgiving Day ser
vices.
A CHRISTMAS BAZAR.
AChflstmas Bazar for he benlEt of the excellent
ASSOCIATION for Befreldlng Children AMI Young
Girls Will be open from December II to December
~ inclusive a No. Union square.
TO ENLARGE 4 sUSDAY-sCHOOL ROOM.
Inc Lldley AID Society of the Central Presby-
terian Church will give fair in Adephi Hall, at
Ilf'ycsecond-st. aud Seventh-aye, on December
IL, 10 and II 10 raise money for enlarging the
Sunday-schOO room.
>, RECEIPTS FROM LICENSES INCREASING.
Marshal McDermOtt IN November issued 0,1I
licenses and received therefor Sl7,j17 90. TINS
Is $1,000 more than WAS received for the CORE
spending month last year, and ~ 800 more than
Corrected III 1850. For the week ending December
B. OS2 licenses were issued and SILL 20 was
received.
SEEKING a STAY or EXECUTION.
justice Lawrence III the supreme Court, Cham-
beIs yesterday reserved his decision on an appll-
cation made to him FOR a stay of execution, pending
an appeal to the Court of Appeals, III favor OF
Michael AcGlOin, who is sentenced 10 Dc hanged on
FRIDAY next Tor the murder OF Louis Lanier.
WHAT WORLDS FAIRS ACCOMPLISH.
address N py
key to foreign trade Will he given at Chckerlng
Hau on next Saturday evening by the American
representative OF the Holland International EXhl-
G ion. GlimOre's Band viii play, AID s.eTc0ptlcOn
views OF Ans erdam, Rotterdam ana Ihe Hague Will
be shown.
UNSUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS
John p. Cumming, jr., builder. OF InwoOd, made
asst zument yesterday to George +. Howard. Civ
lug preference TO Thomas Z. Cummngfo. $1,000.
lie glment Is the result OF tue failure VI Ihso
dore Weston, real estate operator, OF No.. 10
B.Oadw way, both being interested IN large building
operations IN MadIsOn-aye.
SILK THIEF HELD FOR TRIAL.
John c. Gray, alias William Stone, age twenty-One,
CLERK living III Jersey City, was taken up on ro-
mand before Justice White Yesterday at the lOmbs,
on complaint OF Joseph Goddard. OF No. 5l6 Broad
way, Tor The larceny Of branded slla. Cray theIts
III al amounted Ii - asserted several thousand
dollars. He was held in default of 81, 800 bail
PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING SAVANNAH RIVER.
Proposals for improving the savannah River
above Augusta Ga were received at the Office If
tine Enguccr Corps in the Army Building yester
day. BIDS were made by ". ii. Brown. OF Broo =
lyn, ard Francis BlaIsleIl. OF An ,usta. Inc work
10 be done Is the removal of rocky led yes and sandy
shoals which occur at IN e.yals IN the savannah
River from Augusta Canal Dock TO BIrkslale Ferry,
NIFTY miles above Augusta.
STEAMSHIP COVERED WITH ICE.
The steamship India arrived yesterday from Ham,
burg, covered with ice. The captain >aII that the
weather during the voyage was very COLI ana that
the hign that tine 2sseugers could not 90
on deck. There was Il heavy StOru on December l.
and for several hours December the seamen
put to work to chop tue Ice from the steamers
bow ana Rigging. Some of the InIIi grants thought
that the vessel would be lost
RECOMMENDING A RFnEARING OF THE CASE
A decision III the case OF Lane 81 son against
mttee on Gram Of tn Produce Exchange, was
rendered yesterday by the Board OF Managers. IL
was agreed that the Committee on Grain interpreted
Rule No. 81 correctly, but lnasmuch as >. Free
q Co.. were under mlsapprehenslon about
the settling price, the Board recommended rehear-
ing of the
tom" ALLEN SEEKING MATCH WITH ELLIOTT.
"Tom" Alien. the pusilst, started last night, and
Richard X. Fox will leave lie city, Tomorrow tor
ChiclaS. to accept the challenge OF James Elliott
TO fight 4 I'm for the champ Onship. EIiOtts chal
ienge has been posted with Mike Mcdonald n
weII-kuOwn Chicago sporting man. \ meeting
will be held on Wednesday to sign articles 20 fight
for s., 600 and the championship within 200 miles
of New-Orledns within tue next three months.
HAzAEL FAILS TO MEET HUGHES.
John Hughes the Lepper' waited for hours at
the Office OF Richard X. Fox yesterday, expecting
George HaZael 10 appear ana make Il mdtcn WIN
him for 24-hours' ,go-as-you-please" Hazael
had previously expressed desire Tor such a mach,
and Hughes had signited his willingness to meet
him. hughes put up 800 forfeit money on last
Monday But lIazael did not appear yesterday TO
cover IT, Hu hes expressed his willingness 10 give
Hazael another Week 10 make up hls mind whether
or not lie would meet HIM
PLACED on JOINT BOND.
Application was made to Judge Brown. in the
United states District Court yesterday, by T.. 4.
WOOD counsel tor the wholesale recuers George ID.
Bayaud ami Gustav T. PeTreaud, In the suit to
cover FL - 900 80. alleged 10 be due account of
taxes for reduction OF the BAIL which had been
placed at $4,000 each. United states Assistant
District Attorney Hill opposed the motion. IN tge
Brown sad that he would fix tn, bail at $50 900,
holding the defendants on JOINT bond. Ii either
of them he'd the bOndsmen would be held Tor the
full amount.
FoKTY-oNE SETS or ROOMS FOR BACHELORS.
lew auar m5nt house. Tor Dacne ors have been
built this cry but the demand lar exceeds the sup
ply. The latest addition To The small llst o. these
buildings Is the PeTc;val IN West Fort second st.
near Broadway. 1hls 10 i've stores III height, bul5
OF brick stone with front o. seventy ave feet,
a depth of iy-ive Iect and contains fOIty-one
sets OF rooms. Each set las "a sittIng-room, bed
room and bathroom. The rooms are all OF good
Size and all have windows either on the street or
Oh the large yard.
BROOKLYN
Permits for thirty-two new buildings were granted
last week
The small ponds were frozen to su fIcient thick
ness to allow skating yesterday.
A Fulton-st grOgshop has card announcing that
il will be opened by a person formally" IN the
same business IN New-lork.
Telegraph poles are 70 BE- placed in the middle of
Atlanuc-dye. between ElatDush-ave and East New
York.
The Rev j. c. Zimmerman will preach his first ser
mon this morning in ST. Matthew Lutheran
Church
street car of the De Kalb Avenue Line was run
into by grocery wagon yesterday. Five panes OF
z ass were broken and several women were cut
about the face and neck by the broken glass.
In Superintendent Patterson's report TO the State
Department of Public Instruction he says that there
are 200 900 school children the city; 6l public
free schools and III private schools.