New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-13
NETWORK CITY.

NEW-YORk CII1.
Columbia College has more students this year
than ever before.
More than half the members of the graduating
class of the Union Theological Seminary VIII Do
come missionaries, many of them gong ABROAD
The BAPTIST denomination in this city has four
new churches in p ocess OF erectoh' anu t"o n'oio
will be started s00n .
Father Tonner, of st. Joscphs Roman Catholic
Church at fremont, has been appointed to the
charge of the church at Iuckahoe.
The first consignment of the season OF white69a,t
was received at Washington Market yesterday,
about twenty DAYS in advance OF the usual tine'
1t came from Patchogue, l.. l.
PURCHASED BY THE ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY:
The Omitted Relief Works Of the Society OIL Ean nd
cal Culture have purchased from Max Nathan ana
wife property i'll Flfty-fourth-st. near Slxth-ave:
The transfer was recorded yesterday, the considera
ton being nominal-
SEATS FOR COLONEL INGERsoLL's LECTURE. ~,
The sale of seats for Colonel Robert q. 1ngersolps
lecture on " Talmagian Theology" to be delivered
on Sunday night, will begin this morning Mt y
o'clock at the Irving place box office OF the Academy
of Music.
GIFTS FOR INCURABLEs.
To-day is donation dav " at the Free Home for
Incurables No. "a West Eleventh-st., and those In
charge of the work request gifts OF money. pro-
visions coal, medicines and any other supplies
necessary for q large household. Friends OF the
Home are invited to visit it on this occasion.
A CONFIDENCE MAN sENTENCED
Isaac s. Vail, who described himself as hard
corder Smyth to one years imprisonment for cheat
ing William and Nicholas Ioslin, of Cambridge,
Mass, out of So on April A, by an ordinary conn
dence game.
FINED FOR PRACTISING MEDICINE ILLEGALLY.
Richard c. Flower, of No. 439 Fifth-ave., was
taken before Judge COwlng yesterday, on tne COM
plant of Frederick X. Sturgis, of No. ~ West
Thrty-second-st., charging him with practising
medicine without license The prisoner pleaded
guilty and paid the fine of 5000 imposed by Judge
COwing.
COLUMBIA Colleges BoATING EEG ;, r.: f;,,
The Columbia College Boat Club held It's monthly
meeting last night. 1t was announced Una, INC
Columbia Harvard race will lake place at New
London, June "a, although there is bare POSSIBLE
ity of its being deferred two days later. On July
tIe freshman race between Columbia and Harvard
will take place on the Harlem River.
oNA SPECIAL COACH TO THE PACIFIC
T. S. FermOr- llasketh, Baronet son-ln-law OF
United States Senator Sharon, of Nevada, arrived
in New-York from Europe on Tuesday, and started
for San Francisco last evening Ill special Pullman
hotel coach on the Erie Railway. running through
TO the Pacific Coast by way Of the Chicago Bur
lington and Quincy Railroad.
PETITION AGAINST THE CHINESE BILL
a petition signed by representatives OF all the
banks in the Clearing House Association all OF the
members of the sugar tea and coffee trades 30 per
cent of the dry goods trade and 70 per cent OF The
insurance people against the restriction OF Chinese
friendly country was forwarded to President
Arthur from this city yesterday
CHILD BADLY BURNED.
Mary Dava, three years old, was !elt alone III tnc
kitchen of her home, at No. II Baxter-st., yester-
day and she began to amuse herself by playing
with the fire. Her clothing was soon ablaZe ana
she was burned seriously about the body. Her pa
rents afterward refused to allow her TO be sent 10
hospital.
ABOGUs MONEY DEALER HELD FOR PERJURY
Eugene Landsberg when on trial on Monday be-
fore Commissioner Shields on a charge OF passing
counterfeit money. swore that he had not been con
vlcted or imprisoned. 1t was afterward found that
he had served a term in prison. lie was yesterday
brought before the Commissioner on charge OF
perjury and was held for examination IN SZ,ooo
bail.
THE FUNERAL or MRS. IDA GREELEY SMITH,.
The funeral of Mrs Ida Greeley Smith, who died at
Chappaqua on Tuesday, VIII be held at the Churcn
of ST. Vincent de Paul. in West Twenty -thrd-st
AT o'clock this morning. In the absence OF the
pastor low mass will be celebrated by one OF the
assistant pastors after which the nterme1t NIL
take place in the Greeley vault i'll Greenwood. The
funeral will be private.
TIE BOARD OF TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION.
The Board of Trade and transportation yesterday
added twenty new members to its roll. RESOLUTIONS
were adopted urging the Legislature to pass a bill
appointing Railroad Commission winch VIII
supervise and control these public highways, and
protect the interest of the public The attention
of the Senate was also called TO the necessity OF
preventing the further deposit OF materials dIedged
from slips and shoals i'll the waters of tho Port OF
New-York and the channels leading thereto.
AN OIL CoMPANY's CAPITAL INCREASED.
The Union OH Company, which 10 one OF the op-
position organizations to the Standard Oil Company,
has voted TO increase its capital stock to 600 900
i'm order TO meet an outstanding indebtedness of
nearly 81 900 900. For this purpose IL viii negO-
tiate in Europe If possible loan of 81 1888, 900,
the greater part OF which is to be used in paying Off
the Indebtedness f. b. Gowen, of the Reading
Railroad, who IL large stakeholder, has gone to
Europe to place the loan.
COACHING ROUTES ABOUT THE CITY.