New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-07
C0MNfENDING MR. GEDRY's ACII(

yention of Cruelty to Children held its regular
monthly meeting Yesterday afternoon Inc aGe,o oo
| in the BOwery, was approved. Iwenty-slx new
members were elected, among them being General
Grant, who last week sent subscription OF SSo
had been prosecuted and that convictions had been
| secured in seventy-slX.
| MERCHANTS AND TRADE DOLLARS.
| FB Tburber offered resolution In the Chamber
| of Commerce yesterday approving the recommenda-
ton contained in the annual report OF the secretary
of the Treasury concerning trade dollars and uIg-
ing Congress to take early action thereon. Charles
s. Smith said he could not vote for the resolution
because such action would place the Chamber OF
| Commerce in a ridiculous position, Mr.. IhurDer
argued strenuous Y for his resolution, Dut III WAC
| laid on the table.
| CELEBRATING ITS SEVENTEEN ANNIVERSARY.
The SEVENTEEN anniversary Of the Association for
the Relief of Respectable, Aged, INDECENT femaies
| was celebrated yesterday In connection with the
| formal public opening Of the new building ~
! Tenth-ave. and One-hundred land -fourth-st. Inc
| Rev Drs W. NJ. Taylor, Marvin X. Vincent and
Charles C. Tiffany took part in the exercises. There
are at present seventy patients In the Institution,
fifty of whom are able to appear IN the dlnng-room
at meals the others being served IN their rooms on
the fourth floor On account of the heavy expenses
incurred in the completion of the new building the
number of outdoor pensioners" has not been IN
| creased for some time.
| CONTINUATION OF THE COOKE SALE OF BOOKS.
| A COPY of McKinney's History of the Indian
Tribes of North America, with Biographical,
: Sketches and Anecdotes of tho Principal Chiefs,
embelshed with 120 colored portraits from the In
| dian Gallery at Washington, was sold at the Cooke
Library auction sale yesterday for SOS. rare
SSS y Pratt OF london brought EU SIS work entitled
"'rhe History of Trauaye in the West and East
| hides, and other countries lying, eyther way,
| tovardes the frutefnl and Tych Molqccaesi" by
| Peter Martyr printed in London by Richard lOgge,
| in 1917, was knocked down for $O9
BROOKLYN
SupervisOr Beasley of the Twenty-frst Ward, has
| been selected by the Republican members of the
Door of n candidate office
president pro tem There IS a Republican majority
IN the Board.
The annual report Of Medical Superintendent
Blanchard of the Inebriates' Home at Fort Hamil-
ton shows that in the year 4S1 treated.
The sum of S}G, 600 90 of excise moneys was re-
| ceved, and $50, 1873 II was paid for board by
patients who were able to pay.
The construction of the new road from the Ocean
Parkway on COney Island TO the Manhattan Beach
Hotel has stopped at the track of the Brighton
Beach Railroad, owing to an injunction forbiddng
the track TO be crossed.
The scheme TO build n new opera house, begun by
members of the amateur dramatic societies, has
shifted in concessions by the stockholders of the
Academy Of Music, and some OF them are ready To
part with their privileges and sell stock 10 those
DESTROYS TO aid in the new enterprise. The result
probably will be a change in the policy OF the
Academy.
r. II. Pappo. Of No. 9J3 Grcenc-avc was in
formed by his servant on Wednesday evening that
a burglar was in the house. He seized his pistol
and ran down stars Az n ,he o bnn u c"rr S Ie
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great toe of his right foot, causing painful
wound.
The l7th Regiment, Colonel. 8. V. Tuttle was re-
viewed and inspected last night at the ArnOry in
FOuTtl-st. by BrigadeT-(iencral Christensen, COM
manding the Second Division. After the inspec-
ton the Veteran Association of the regiment held
its annual meeting aud elected IT'S board oil Ohcers
for the ensuing year.
The BROOKLYN Newsdealers Union No. 2 held
meeting last glt at PhTnN Hall, South Eighth
ST. Some Of the men engaged by ihe Herald, II was
,..I had sfr.na hopk I'm
were openly selling the paper at cents copy. IL
was reported that the Council had decided TO cause
the removal of all The Herald news stands.
In the suit Of Bridget Cronn against the Rev.
Florence Mccarthy, pastor of ST. Cccila's Roman
Catholic Church. at North Henry and Herbert sts.,
TO recover go 900 rs damages for an outrageous
assault Judgment by default has been rendered m
the Supreme Court owing to the failure Of the de-
PENDANT appear at the trial. The jury heard the
girls statement of how the priest attempted to as
saut her, and the awarded her the full amount of
damages claimed. Steps were taken yesterday TO
open the default.
The New York and Brooklyn Elevated Railway
Company will lay before Mayor Low to-day state
ment Of its routes, which il takes the lessee Of
Brooklyn City Elevated, the BROOKLYN Elevated
and Atlantic Beach aud the Brooklyn and Concy
Island Railway companies The routes have all
becn publishcd nj various times, and extend from
Grand Central Depot in New-YOrk Ia and over the
Bridge and through the principal streets of Brook
lvn. The company offers Brooklyn $4,000 year
for the of seventeen and half miles OF streets
JERSEY CITY
Nicolo Alexandra, the Italian, who was on trial
in the Hudson County Court of Oyer and Tcrmner
for the killing of VinccnzO TartarO in September
was convicted yesterday Of murder in the second
degree, and was remanded for sentence.
NEWARK.
Theodore Rhodes. age fifty. a salesman for Joseph
Sharp, commission merchant, at Plane-st. and Nor
ris aud Essox-ave. collected over 800 from his
employer and has not been seen since. He has
wife and children living in Newark.
The ConvOcation of Newark met at Christ Church
Ii. al y fnfun inn olrof
IN the morning. and in the afternoon the regular
business meeting was held
NEW-JERSEY.
PATERsON.-The inquest IN the case Of William
Frazier, who shot by John Walker on Novem-
Der % was begun yesterday by Coroner Newcombe.
..... Andrew Banta, "A hat merchant, was attacked
in the streets by two mon Wednesday night.
Mr. Banta is the smallest man in Paterson He
has offered areward Of 800 for the arrest of the
men who attacked him. james jackson. presi-
dent Of the second National Bank, has been APP
pointed receiver of the Dover silk Manufacturing
Company, Of Dover, Morris County, and of Patcr-
son. The liabilities are 100000. The assets are
said to be $4,000.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
YoNKERs.-A row Of five frame stores in Main
st., owned by A. q. KirkwOOd, collapsed on We'd
ncsday night, causing loss of 81 800,
TARRYTowN-In the suit of Narcissc A. Julien
against Peter Iorcn for 81, 900 damages for an as
sault committed on July 81, sherii's jury on
Wednesday awarded verdict of $3.50.
LONG ISLAND.
PATCuoGUr- lishoP Littlejohn consecratcd the
new Episcopal church. yesterday. Tho church is
named st. Paups and il the gift of Edward
Edwards, of PatcbOgue.
FIUsHNG.-Thieves attempted to gain an on
trance 10 the house of II. w. Baldwin, general
agent of the New-YOrk Life Insurance Company, on
Wednesday night. -. Patrick Cahner, employed
as n coachman by Henry Petit, of Flushing, was
thrown from his carriage yesterday and seriously
if not fatally injured
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