New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-20
NETWORK CITY.

| DELAY TO AN ELEVATED TRAIN.
Passengers the down town train IN Ihlrd-ave.
! arriving at F0uTtecnth-st AZ noon yesterday wer!
requested to q ont aud wait for the next train
! The water in the locomotive tanks had run low.
CLASSIFYING HIS CLERKS.
Controller Grant has classified all the clerks III
! the various bureaus of the Finance Department
and designated their duties. Hereafter no one can
saw that he does not know the duties apperanng
to his position.
RICH DISPLAY IL MADISON SQUARE.
In the elegant show windows Of the JeweTy estaD-
lishmcnt of Mr. Theodore b. Starr, Madison square
! is a remarkably rich disply every evening OF rare
gems in diamonds, pearls, rubles, sapphlres' emer-
aids and other precious stones.
MONEY FOR A NEEDY WOMAN.
A member of the KnIckcTbocker Club has sent
$40 TO The TRIBl NJ for the relief OF Margaret
Wellington the aged woman mentioned in Sun
davis issue. "G. f. s" sends 50 for the relief of
the same person.
TRAINING FOR POoR Girls.
The Wilson Industrial School for Girls,at No. 40
ST. Mark place, has now n large attendance and
every week there applicants for ADMISSION. Inc
inmates are not only educated III the Englsh
branches but are taught how 70 sew, cook and per-
form all sorts of household work.
THE FTAsr or sr. CECILIA.
The Ncw-YOrk branch of the American -. Cecilia
Society has made arrangements To- celebrate the
feast Of its patron saint IN the Church Of ST. TanciS
Xavier on Thursday. There will be pontiiical
mass nj 10 M. the Rev. Bishop Wggcr OtlicIat-
ing; sermon by the Rev. DIR. Brann.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS To BE APPOINTED.
Mayor Edison on Wednesday next will appoint
successors 10 the following school Commissioners {:
Stephen A. Walker, David +. NctiLorc, Henry J..
West Ferdinand fraud, Frederic Il. Coudcrt,
Frederick w. Devoe and Gilbert II. Crawford.
Their terms expires on January l. IL Is probable
that most of them will be- nappontcd.
LECTURE ny o. RE HYACINTHT.
Terc Hyacinthc viii deliver lecture in Stcinway
Hall this evening on France and America, ne
has recovered his health and will speak with all
his time fCryOr. Tickets are for sale az stein
way Hall the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Windsor Hotel
Brentanos and Schubcrtlrs.
NOVELTIES ~ DOLLS AND TOPS.
few years ago dolls that could be- made 10 open
or shut the eyes, ar cry, or say mammn, were con-
idcred great Now f2l a., dolls are Oh tx
jennie etc. Another invention is musical top,
which, being span, plays tunes.
IRVING Halls CoNGRNr uIArIoSs.
The Executive Committee of The Irving Hall De
mucracy at q meeting last evening IN Irving Hail.
passed resolutions CONTEMPLATING the Democracy
and the organization on the result OF the recent
election, and appointing committee Of seven to re-
organize the General Committee for 1884.
RAISING rUNp, FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The Particular Synod Of Ncw-Yofk met yesterday
10 lay out plan 10y which special sum of $4,000
may be raised before April J., to bc used ~ the IN
tcrcst of foreign missions. 10 was decided to hold
conference meetings i'm various churches during the
winter, at which an effort will be made 10 scclIc
the desired amount.
RrNEi ID RID by his FELLOW MENfErR-.
l.. l.. Robbins, whose gifts of flowers 10 the Cot
ton Exchange through The season for the past two
years nave been dCCcptahIC, was TN" recipient yes
tcrday Of a testimonial from his brother members
consisting Of thiTty-Scvcn volumes relating 10
the Federal and Confederate operations of the
Civil War, and handsome hungarian faicncc
lamp.
rx-CONsUI DUDLEY oN PROTECTION.
Thomas II. Dudley, who was United States Con-
sui at Liverpool during the Rebellion, and dis,
tingishcd himself 10y his services IN preventing
the sailing Of Confederate cruisers, will deliver au
address on Tho American system Of Protection
in Municipal Hall, No. 81 Madison ave, tomorrow
NIL hg ,.tt no .,f
the New-lOTk Association for the Protection OF
American Industry.
LONG JOURNEY TO MEET WARRANT.
George Wilkcus obtained warrant two weeks
ago for the arrest OF his late partner George ID.
Hawkins, whom he charged with having robbed
him Of $500 Yesterday Mr.. Hawkins surrendered
ket Police Court, and said that he had travelled
800 miles for the purpose Of ymdicatiughis charac-
ter lie was parolcd until Thursday.
rHoMs TALKING 10 THREE BOYS.
Nautical School, at No. 90 Madison-st last even
ing, DR.. William i. Thoms, president of the
" American Humane Society delivered the annual
address Safety at Sea- 10 an audience Of three
embryo commanders, two of whom attcstcd their
interest in navigation by sleeping in their chairs.
while the third sought his dormitory with the aid
of the lamp which lighted the auditorium.
CALLED TO 4 PASSIONATE
Tho North Chassis Of Long Island held n meeting
yesterday, at which the Rev. +. s. Porter ir who
was licensed 70 preach last week Withdrew a re-
to be dismissed TO the North Congregational Assoc
citation Of Litchicld. His request was granted !
Mr.. Porter is son of the Rev. DR.. +. = Porter of
Brooklyn, and has been called by the Congrcga- /
tionai Church OF Kent, in Litchicld County, Conn
DIspUrED. OWNERSHIP or 4 SKYE TERRIER.
Mrs. Or. john +. :. Gray, of No. 90 MadiSon-avc |
appeared at jefferson Market yesterday and made |
n complaint against II. Kisternann a dog-fancrr
of No. 1870 West Ffty-iirst-st., who she saws has
~ his possession valuable pet Skye terrier which
She brought from Paris, and was stolen from her |
last June Justice Duffy issued summons for ks
tcrmann retuTnabIc to-day.
THE CANVASS NEARLY COMPLETED
The Board of County CanvasscrS Yesterday fin |
shed the canvass Of X&lIId and XXIVth Assembly |
District returns. The Board then adjourned until |
today, when the Committee on Corrected Returns |
will make final report. There are scyorgI rlectnn
district returns where technical corrections are 10
De made The canyasscrs have been summoned TO |
appear before the Committee on Corrected Returns
md make the necessary corrections. The final |
of the result of the election will prob
IDLY be made tomorrow.
TAXEs or TIE OLD POsr-oFrICE SIZE.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company apnlied vce-
erday to Justice Larrcmore, in the Special Term
i the supreme Court, Tor an Injunction to restrain
he collection of taxes from 1873 to 1882 on the
and formerly the site of the old Post Office build
n.y. on the ground that the land since il belonged
o the United States, was exempt from taxation
The answer was that the United States leased aud
cntcd the land for revenue, and did not devote 1t
o public use. The Court reserved its decision.
RECOVERING FROM TIE EFFECTS or poisox
Francis EdTidgc, who attempted 10 commit sui-
ide by swallowing aconitc last Sunday night re-
NAMED Mt the Now-porlI Hospital yesterday and
vas speedily recovering. Mr.. Eldridgc had been
respondent from lack of employment He has
Violently seen better days and he said he had
,rOther in good circumstances in Brooklyn He
ad been boarding recently az Alrcnss Hotel No. %
east Scventcenth-st.. On Saturday the PROPRIETOR
sked for the key of his room, he could not pay
is bills.
BY An ALLEGED STEAMSHIP AGENT. |
complaint was lcd at Castle Garden by simon
setter yesterday which revealed a swindle prac-
Used by Rudolph Becker, who assumes 10 be an
gent of the North German Lloyd mt Springfield
Dmo Better paid Bccker$24 for an outward pass
&c ticket from York to Bremen by the North
Ierman Lloyd, the price of the passage being $50
ere. The order was drawn on Anton Bocncrt,
general passenger aRent,o No. 81 Grccnwich-st
,Ocncrt occupies rear room, and when Better pre-
ented his order he was told that he must nav $50
IOre This he declined to do.