New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-15

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NETWORK CITY.
Columbia College students say that the weak
point in their college curriculum is the absence OF
any training in elocutlon.
The annual examinations of the Union THEOLOGY
cal Seminary will begin on Nav j, ana the com
mencement will be held in the Madison Square
Presbyterian Church on May 3.
CRAMPED FOR Ro ON AT CASTLE GARDEN.
The authorities ut Castle Garden have become so
crampcd for room that the Custom House Superln,
tendcnt's office and storerooms are being removed
to the east end of the wharf.
CHEAP REOPENING OF THE BLOODY CHAsM.
People in Nassau-st yesterday did not seem anh
ions 10 revive memories OF the war. as a licensed
vender cried vainly carful of octave histories or
the Rebellion at twenty-five cents each.
DINNER OF A COLLEGE CLASS.
The second annual dinner of the junior class OF
the College of the City of Ncw-York was eaten at
Martinellis last night. Besides the members OF the
class now in college, several former members were
present. The usual list OF toasts followed 'he
dinner
A BAYONNE POLITICIAN IN TROUBLE.
Samuel J. Lowell politician Of Bayonnc, y. j.,
and Laura White, alias Lena Barry were hcid IN
$500 bail Mt the Jefferson Market Police Court yes
terday for brutally asssultng Josephine sharpe IN
Mrs. Whites house, at No. 126 West Ihrty-iirst- ST.
DRIVEN TO DESPAIR BY FAMILY TROUBLES.
Mary Werner, German woman, forty years years. oi h
swallowing quantity of oxalic acid, ut her home
No 90 Eldridge-st. She was removed to the New
York Hospital, where she was recovering yesterday
Her desperation was caused by family troubles.
TO TAKE CHARGE OF NEW POLICE STATION.
The Police Commissioners yesterday gave direc-
tons for the occupation OF the new sixth Ireclnct
Police Station next Monday. Captain Petty was
placed in command Of the precinct, TO which PATROL
men will be detailed. The men VIII be drawn
largely from the Fourth and Fourteenth Precincts
ELEVEN STEAMSHIPS FOR EUROPE.
no rp
day: The Germanc. the spain and the Lake Nepi-
gon, for Liverpool the FurneSsa. for Glasgow; the
Belgravia and the Assyrian Monarch, for London :
the Peter de Coninck and the Waesand, for Ant
werp: the Rhein, for Bremen; the Abngia, for
Hamburg and the Gloucester, for Bristol.
MANHATTAN ATHLETIC GAMES.
The handIcap spring games of the Manhattan
Athletic Club will be held at their grounds, at
Fifty-six h st. and Eighth-aye, on Stature ay April
%, beginning at $3.50 p. m. The following, open to
all amateurs, will take place: One hundred yards
run handicap; three hundred yards run handicap;
half mile handicap: one mile handicap; two miles
handicap. The entries viii close today
SENTENCED FOR STEALING ~ MACY's.
Lizzie Ellen Virgins sentenced Yesterday by
Judge Gildersceve in the Court of General Sessions
to five years imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
She was observed by II. ". Hdgcway, a clerk IN
Macys store. TO take pockctbOok from the satchel
OF Mrs Catherine Curtis on September 30, 1881,
and was arrested for larceny, tried and convicted
NO PAYMENT WHERE SHORT WEIGHT Is GIVEN.
Judge Norton, In the First District Court, ycster-
sold to the defendant, gave judgment for the latter,
holding Their. could be no recovery because the evil
dence showed that the plaintiff had wilfully given
short weight, which by statute was made an offence
punishable by fine and imprisonment.
THE INJUNCTION AGAINST STEELE MACKAYE.
motion was made yesterday before Judge Wal
lace in the United states Circuit Court TO vacate
the Injunction IN the suit OF Marshall H. and George
G. Mallory the owners of the Madison square
Theatre against Steele Mackayc, to prevent HIM
from producing " Hazel Kirke" Judge Wallace
reserved his decision.
ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Robert BOYD arrested yesterday on warrant
issued by Judge Wallace, III the United States Cir
cult Court, for contempt III refusing 10 answer IN
for MOritZ MellingCr. dlStlller, against whom
judgment was obtained III 1872 for $500. The
Judgment was returned satisfied only TO the amount
of 500 and Commissioner Joseph NJ Deuel. was APP
pointed 10 take testimony as 10 the sntlicency of
The bondsmen. Boyd refused TO answer questions
that put to him by the Commissioners
on THEIR WAY TO ST. JOSEPH.
Warden Finn of the Tonhs yesterday afternoon,
npon a mandate from Governor Cornell, turned over
10 the custody of City Marsh1ls Craig and Richie
of II. Joseph Mo-, George NJ. irwin and William
scott alias James Fisk, who are accused OF hay ing
stolen that cty's bonds to the amount Gf 100000
The prisoners after being handcufed to each other,
were driven TO the Penusyl vania Depot and started
toward the setting sun III charge OF the Two officers
CONsUL-GENERAL vEsEYs WILL.
William Henry Nesey, formerly Consul-General
at Nice. died III December last, leaving a Will III
which, after making certain requests 10 friends, ne
named Catherine Dix the widow of General John
A. Dix as rcslduary icgatce. Mrs Dix offered the
will fOf probate and petitiOned to be appointed adj
mnistratrix, on the ground that Mr. Nescy left no
relative. The petition is opposed by NJ l. Ncscy, of
Tennessee, who declares that he is a cousin OF the
fpstator Mrs Dix says that she often heard Alr.
Nescy say that he had no relatives.
srAi1oNERs MAKING AN ASSIGNMENT.
Van Kleeck, Clark " Co.. sationcrs at No. 234
Broadway, made an ASSIGNMENT yesterday 10 Orson
Breed. ri Wing a preference 10 Lansing Mills, Of
Boston of $4,000 They were burned out on
March H. since which time they have transacted
no business. 1t Is said that they have received
$1,000 from the insurance companies, and that
their trade liabilities are only about 1000. The
present firm have been IN business since 1864 and
had a large trade, carrying fine stock OF goods
DISAPPEARANCE OF ROBERT H. FALL.
The police and private detectives In this city
have been searching for week Tor Robert ii. Fall,
age twenty-slx, of No. 30 Nlnth-st., ioboken. who
dis appeared mysterousy after visiting drug store
i'll Seventh-avc late one evening. The young man
was OF q. A. Fall, dealer in paints at No. 20
Barclay-st., and he was employed by II. =. IL ". i.
was intimate with young married woman in
Hoboken who has begun proceedings for a divorce
from her husband.
BROOKLYN
Mayor Low has taken a cottage for the summer
at Garden city.
Seven deaths from smallpox have been reported to
the Board OF Health this week.
The name The Garfield" has been put in terra
Gotta letters on the new Low building opposite the
City Hall
4 gold watch aud some iewelry worth 500 was
stolen yesterday from No. 10 fourth-pace in the
absence Of t.c family OF Henry Jon nson
The Controller has found that the Brooklyn Elc-
waited Railroad tompauy has failed to pay taxes To
the amount Of $2LlS2 IL, fJr The years 1850 and
1881.
General l. s. Catlin, who will be the Grand Mar
shai III the parade OF the Grand army on Decoration
Day has appointed W. C. Booth Adiutant- General
and thief of S.aI Tor the parade
NaNnr Low ha. apprnVcd lhc rtsontion Of the