New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-17

| crai cases were submitted and discussed. The fol
| lowing committees were appointed on yaeran1oy'
| r. A. Brick. j. Smith and DIR. Peasee on employ
ment willard Dean, and on medical charlties' " '"
| Thompson.
| EXAMINATIONS AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY:
| The Regents examination Of students for admis-
TO the new department OF the University ot sno
| City of New-York was held yesterday. Nineteen
| young men were subjected to written exaininatoh
| in geography, rhetoric. arithmetic, grammar MS
tory and spelling After tine tbe University they
| will be forwarded to the Regents at Albany oy
| whom their merits will be decided
MONTHLY REPORT OF Mr.. BERGHs SOCIETY:
At a meeting of the Executive Committee OF the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 10
Animals. yesterday, committee CONSISTING Oh nenIy
Bergh +. t. Gerry and Nathan Z. Ely were %, az
pointed 10 draft resolutions of respect 10 he iate
Peter Cooper. The secretary reported the eleclons
| of life members and Is annual members tne OF
| ganizaton of auxiliary societies at Bngnan n.n
and at Buffalo; gifts amounting TO 9l,ooo anu S'~
| tlstics OF work during March.
WHAT CLERGYMDN's AMBITION SHOULD BE-
At the Baptist preachers meeting yes erday at
No. o Muray-st, the Rev. Albert Gi Lawson, Oh
Brooklyn read paper on g Ambition III the MINIS
try" Ia Mr.. Lawson's opinion the ministry onertu
as large field for legitimate ambition as pnslntss
or the law, The Rev. Dr. w. w. Evarts, OF Jersey
| City, thought that ambition the primary cause
of the early disputes in the Church, ana tue OASIS
| of the present dispute between the old and new
schools of Presbyerians. clergymans anp'. n,d
| should be manifested in a zeal to save souls ana
not in strife after more substantial prefermeht'
| INCIDENTS OF THE SEwPoRT's VOYAGE
| Rumors were afoat yesterday that the Havana
Barnegat. Upon the arrival of tho vessel soon
after noon. Captain Sundberg denied the story Dut
said dense fog had been encountered OH f fnI
Lookout. The vessels speed had been slowed down
| and whistle signals were blown continuously lor
| forty-elght hours. Among others who arrived III
| the Newport were Daniel Manning, of The Albany
| argus ana Congressman William +. Robinson, both
of whom had been to Cuba for their health, ana
| Mr.. Otis, of Cincinnati. steel manufacturer.
ROBBED AT THE POINT OF PISTOL
Detectives at Police Headquarters are lnVestlgat-
| ing n singular story of highway robbery told by
| Manuel DlaZ, n cigar dealer in Herklmer-st.,
Brooklyn He saws he was assaulted by three foot
pads at Broome aud CrosDysts. on Saturday night;
and robbed of 5000 ana valuable ring. DiaZ sald
| he had been drinking IN Bowery liquor store ana
accidentally dropped his p0cket-bOok. lie thought
| that ne was noticed and followed by the thieves 10
| the place where the robbery was committed one
of the hIghwaynen put pistol 10 MS heah aho'ner
seized him by the throat, and the thlrd stoie lis
pocket-b0o and ring. No clue to the robbers Is pos
s;ssed by the police.
PRAIsING THEIR FORMER ASSOCIATE.
The Board OF Aldermen held q special meeting
yesterday for the purpose OF taking actOn concern
| ing the death OF eX-Alderman Sauer. Alderman
Michael Duily offered a preamble and resolutions
eulogistic Of the dead man. President K.lily' Al
dcrmen OConnor. Fitzpatrick, Wells, kirk, Sea
man. Cochrane. Smith and Grant spoke III praise OF
the former esldent of the Board, and the resolu-
and heads OF departments will meet at 10 O'CLOCK
this morning at the rooms OF the Blossom Club, ana
march from there To the mousse OF the uecelseu MAN.
No. $40 Eourth-aye.
BROOKLYN
Absolute divorce was granted yesterday to Mrs.
Elizabeth Clement from " lillian L. Clement.
Absolute divorce was granted yesterday by Judge
Cullen to Charles +. Wilson from Mrs. Julla Is.
Wilson.
The residents of the Fifteenth Ward are urging
the extension of Grand-st. from Eleyenth-st to
Broadway. A bill to provide for this Improvement
will be sent to the Legislature.
Professor DarwinG. Eaton. who was elected pres
iden of the Packer Institute to succeed the late DR..
Clittenden has been obliged 10 decline the position
OH account of his continued lll-health.
William Lewis, of No. Al Brdge-st, where case
of smallpox was recently discovered was found
yesterday to he suffering with the same disease.
lie was employed night watchman on the
barkentine Leyantine, at the foot OF Jane-st New
York.
The Fuller Electric Company applied to the Board
of Aldermen yesterday for permission to erect poles
and put up wires in many of the principal streets.
The application referred to the Committee on
Opcnlng SlfeetS
Nv the fall of bank of earth yesterday while
digging for a sewer connection az No. 2S5 Manhat-
tan-aye., John Hughes. OF No FOG ludia.s was
buried alive When dug ont Nc was dead. Jonn
escaped similar fate.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday appointed Tim
othy j. Lock wood of Noble-s!., Supervisor OF the
the death of the late Supervisor George Rowland.
Mr. Lockwood is Democrat. He vas AT one time
paying teller OF the Dry DOCK Savings BANK.
JERSEY CITY.
George Madden of No. 43 York-st. an employ6 of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was crushed
between TWO cars IN the railway yard yesterday
morning and Killed.
Samuel Cullen, gaeiffty, a workman in Matthes-
sen X Wicchers sugar-house, fell from thlrd-stOry
window yesterday morning and died III the after
noon.
Thomas Oman and William Gale, sailors, and
John Lavender. quarterinaster of the steamship
4 before
sing Yesterday. charged with breaking open
trunk belonging to Mrs West. Passenger. and
stealing $500 worth of wearing apparel and jew
elry. Oman confessed that he had broken open the
trunk, and SAID the other two were not concerned
In IT, lie was committed Tor trial and Gale and
Lavender were held to await the appearance of
Mrs. West. -
William John Ridley. age SIX, whose parents live
on Orange-st. near Fourteenth, Il painfully dying
from injuries said to have been inflicted by three
boys OF the same age, one OF whom, on April >,
hurled "A stone that struck Ridley in the stomach;
Mrs. Ridley says that the same boys had assaulted
her sou on several occasions.
NEW-JERSEY.
NoNTCLAIR.-The measles are very prevalent
over seventy cases were reported last week In the
Roman Catholic school.
ORANGE.-Mchael Brodey, who lived on Valley
Road, disappeared on Friday aud it was supposed
he had gone TO visit some friends. Yesterday morn
ing his room forced open, when Brodley was
found lying dead upon the floor, having opened u
vein in his arm
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
SING SISG.-Ihere was q draft made yesterday
for the transfer of fifty convlcts from the State
prison TO the prison at Auburn. Among those trans
ierred were seven or eight OF the late strikers.
RYE.-In the sale of the property belonging to the
Matthews esI ate last Saturday the Bradford Man
sion school wasi sold TO Joseph Park, of the firm
of Park * Tilford, aud 10 interruption is expected
in the work and enlargement of the school.
LONG ISLAND
Observation-Disclosures Rogers, ago sixty at one
time prominent Republican politician, died in the
Insane Asylum at Middletown on Saturday where he
went two years ago.
SETAUKET. During tho past week dredging
steamers have been at work on the oyster beds OPP
poslte this village. Each steamer employs eight
men, and takes up 200 to 800 bushels Of the
blvaves u day.
PORT JEFFERsoN.-Work has been begun on some
of the larger yachts, putting them IN order for the
coming season. Large gangs of men are engaged on