New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-29
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
The 1 / D. M steamer for New-Haven from Peck
| Slip Will not run tonight.
West-st was blockaded on Tuesday from 8
o'clock in the afternoon until from Cortlandt-st.
| to Warren-st.
Register-elect John Reilly took the oath of office
before Justice Lawrence in the Supreme Court
| yesterday.
train from NowHayen yesterday, al, 0ne-hun-
bred and thirty ran over and instantly
killed Charles Collin, Of No 80 East seventeenth
| st.
| FUNDS FOR A HOSPITAL.
The Sisters of st. Vincents Hospital in West
| Eleventh-st. are in need of funds TO furnish the
new Twelfth-st. wing They will hold reception
| in the new wing in December.
| PUNISHED FOR swINDLING.
! Margaret Webster, who was presented by the
Charity Organization Society for obtaining money,
| by a forged letter, from the Rev. II. T.. McEwen
OF Calvary Chapel, pleaded guilty yesterday at the
Special Sessions and was sent to the Pcnitentiary
for one year.
| CHARGED WITH sTABBING AND KILLING.
Francisco Gnlia, an Italian. of No. 63 Thompson
ST. who is said 10 have stabbed and killed Capa-
biana Rafael, fellow cOun tryman living at No. 30
| Crosby-st. on Monday night, was arrested yestcr-
! day. lie will be taken before the Coroner to-day.
TWO CHILD IMMIGRANTS FROM GERMANY.
| The steamship Leasing from Hamburg brought
among her steeraGe passengers yesterday Amelia
| and nine They were on their way to uncle who
! lived in Independence, ono.
4 RUNAWAY ~ FoEDHAM.
| A horse owned by David Meyer the brewer, ran
! away in Fordham yesterday while IL was being
| driven by Charles Iumann of IhiTd-ave. and One
! hundred-and y-ninth-st. The wagon was upset
! and Imam was thrown ont. His right thigh and
| left arm were broken.
CITY MISSION WORK.
The CITY Mission, Of No. 30 Bible House. reports
for November 4d city missionaries, 297 meetings.
90 O5 attendance 1851 tracts, 5,6s2 visits POI
pledges and $50 families relieved. rhe receipts
were ~, 1872 81, and the payments So $50 81.
ANrIQrITIEs IN 4 PAwN3RoKzH'- WINDOW.
nF n
Bowery pawnbrokcr'- sale shop are hinge
gold medal of 1910 with President Thomas Jciler-
sons face engraved thereon and an Old Bible
printed in the Irish Language, said TO have come
from the press ia 1856.
A SMALL FAILURE ~ Tie COTTON EXCHANGE.
The bulletin on the floor Of the Cotton Exchange
yesterday held the announcement that I. \. Pat
tcs0n one of the oldest members of the Exchange
had failed for an amount less than 5000 lie has
been engaged in business independently only ior
short time.
POPPING CRIPPLED vFrERAg.
A one-lcggcd soldier left Chatham-st. lodc- !
inghOuse early yesterday morning minus his coat.
He said some thief had stolen IT, would not |
mind il go much if ] had two legs. BIT tho scoun-
drel who would rob poor cripple is too meal 10 bo
hung small collection was taken mp for the old |
soldier, who was prOfuse Ia his thanks.
FINDING \ BROTHER DEAD N A HOSPITAL.
NJ. }. Roberts, age forty, disappeared from his /
home, az No. - Abingdon square, on November 10. /
His brother went 10 Bellevue Hospital Yesterday 10
search fol- him aud recognized us dead body. Rob
erts had died hOuI before his brother got 70 the
hospital On the day of his disappearance he was
found usensibe ~ Twenty-thiI Est and he was re-
moved To- the hospital as an unknown man. lis
head had been cut and the police thought ho had
been injured by fall.
TESTING Az AUTOMATIC FIRF.TsCAPE.
From tLird-story window Of factory Mercer
ST., yesterday, men aid boys werc observed de-
scendilg 70 the ground at the end Of wire cable,
which looked like SPIDERS thread IN comparison
with the size Of the persons. new irc-escapc Was
being tested The cable was let out from machine.
wLichwa controlled by an automatic governor 80
hot lara IuH NJ ls, lIll
boy When person reached the sidewalk the
cable was drawn back automatically.
DAMAGED IN TIE RrCENI HURRICANE.
The Hrlt sh steamship Minerva arrived Yesterday
afternoon from llartlepOpl alter severe voyage Of
twenty-five days. Captain Morton reported that
on, November : and Is the shin encountered a hnr.
rcane which lasted twelve hours. The heavy sta5
destroyed the companion way. the W h"clhonse. the
doors in front of tho bridge. and washed the steam
pipe from the deck. The bulwaTks were broken
and the fOrc-decks were splintcred though by AN
axe
ANoTrrR SOUVENIR or fTE INSTITUTE PAIR.
The American Institute Fair will close on Satur-
day night. To-day every lady visitor who pur- |
chascs ticket Of admission at the box ofco will !
he presented with a souvenir. IL consists of a fold
the length of the one presented last week. Prone
nade concerts will also bc given in tho afternoon
and evening by the Old Guard baud.
rur GOVERNOR AMI THE DISTRICT. ATrpRNEYsuIP ;
Governor Cleveland did not visit the city 10 at ,
tend the Evacuation Day exercises without taking /
the opportunity to examine into the qualifications
=
as District-Attomcy. lie held several conversations
On the subject. particularly Sunday evening, J
when +. Eilcry Anderson and three or four polti-
clans were present mt conference with the GOV J
ernor. II is said that the nomination of Mr. Andcr- {
son was the subj Jet Of discussion.
TIE ELEVATED RAILWAY SILL
Tho witnesses examined yesterday in the case of /
the Metropolitan against the Manhattan aud New :
York Elevated Railroad Companies before Judge =
Van Brunt in the Court OF Common Pleas. were i
Francis l.. Grant, n clerk Charles +. Stone the !
firm Of Porter LOwciy u Stone, attorneys for the {
Metropolitan Company to 1881 Burton n liarri- G
son, the secretary and counsel Of the Rapid Transit
Commission Of 1870, and Francis II. Lawrence. Z
Ilc trial will be continued next Monday /
WILL or DINTRICI-ATToRNEY NIXON. u
The will OF the late John McKeon was flied in the
SuITosates Office yesterday; II Is dated December -
), 1882. lilo bepucaths 81 900 in cash to Columbia 3
College, s 600 TO John Dunnigan and ~ 900 and
Walker, his step-daughter The balance of the es-
ate real and personal is left in trnst 10 George f.
eckcr John Vincent executors and trustees II
'lr. McKeons daughter, Mary Anne lIccker, and
he other 0ne-trd to his widow, Jeanette ). Ne
ieOn. The estate is estimated at 100000
THE COREANs TO DEPART on SATURDAY U
Orders have been received for the United States
nan Oi-war Trenton 10 sail next Saturday her
hTee years cruise. The Coroan Embassy, now at
he Victoria Hotel will go aboard Of heI tomorrow
nd occupy the Admiral's cabin. Ensign George G..
'ouk, u. ;. n, will accompany them and he the -,
laval attach6 of the American Legation at SaOul, y,
,orea. lhc Trenton will sail for Marsees via pl
'ibraltar and after the COreans have visited Paris
OF few days will sail for Corca by way OF the
uez Canal. IL
THE CASE or CAPTAIN SLOCUM.
The examination Of witnesses was continued yes
crday before Commissioner shields in the case of p,
aptain SlOcum, Of the schooner Northern Light. pl
Ohn Erickson and Thomas Frost, scanen, gave l.,
cstIm0ny which corob0rated III part the evidence Ii
the naic Slater, as TO the illtrcatmcnt of the y
after by the captain. Captain SlOcun succeeded OF
finding bail III the suit Tor damages without de-
ention in Ludlow Street Jail, to which he was
Omnnttcd by Judge McAdam of the City Court. -
he examination will be- continued Tomorrow, h'
,hen the civil case will also bo called.
REAL ESTATE NOTES
The Third Avenue Railroad Company has pnr- ca
hascd property On the east side of 1cnth-ave., 10
Xtendlng rom Onc-hundIed-and-twenty- eighth
D nc-hmdrcd-aud-twcnty- ninth sts. from the