New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-27
NEW-YORK CITY.

Colonel John X. Nugent, of the firm or Murray 81
Nugent who has been seriously III Ior sohc IllO' 10
cOnvaesCent
Protap Chundcr MozoOmdar will deliver an al
dress in All Souls' Protestant Episcopal Church
West FOrty-eghth-st., tomorrow evening.
The building of tenement-hOuses among irst-cia
dwellings is depTecating property in many docks
i'll Harlem.
General NJ. T. Mcmahon, Receiver of Taxes an
nounccs that the receipts for citizens VINO nave
paid their taxes will be ready next week.
The tempcrature Of the water in the rivers mas
compelled city Arabs to postpone their bathing eA
eTClscs. 90
The first of cOursc Of chronological lectures VIII
be given this evening in room No. -, Cooper uhiol
by Nelson Sizcr on 1.-THE Principles and Proofs Oh
PhrenOOgy."
An OLD CHURCH USED As A sTABLE.
The old church at Prince and Marion SIS, many
years ago abandoned ~ place OF worship, ana lor
two winters used ~ tramps lodgng-hOusc, Is no"
used rs a livery stable.
PARKS 10 RE INCLoeED.
The parks at the junction OF Boston roaa ana
Third-ayc and at Ono-hundrcd-a d-SNt N seventh
st. and FultOn-,ye. are 10 be Immediately lncios'd
DAMAGED ny COLLISION N THE soUND.
The schooner James H. Deputy was run INTO oy
Thursday night and was damaged 10 7ueh an , HN-
tent that she put into City Island Tor repairs mo
Rahcl received no damage
REDUCED FARES BY THE HAMBURG LINr.
The HAMBURG American steamship line has do-
cidcd to do away with the distinction between ir'i
and second cabins, aud on November WIN I'uu,c
=,
situation of bcrths. The line viii also provide tour
lists tickets at lOw rates.
HOW Pilots cAy 60 UNDER THE BRIDGE SAFELY;
"Thc ends of those girdcr- are painted red and
,,br for The Guidance OF pilots" said a Bridge Oi-
Ger. Every pilot has n diagram showing m" cN-
act height from the water 10 those marked beams
BY steering accordingly, there VIII De no uoIc
breaking of mainroyus.'
ARRIVAL or sHrPwErCKrD MhRINrRs.
Captain X. /. Bell and four scamcn, OF the
schooner MorayiIu. of Baltmorr, arrived here YES
f,.rtlp tu
MorIyian sailed from Baltimore for Old Providence
ON september ~ and ON October was totally
wrecked on Fortune Island.
A. INSANE MASS yNGAEY.
On the complaint Of his father that he Is insane,
Isaac BlIun, age twenty, OF No. 81 East houaiuu-
st.. was Yesterday committed for medical cNamina-
ton bv Justice White, Iu the IumhS Police Court
His inflammation Is that hc Is employed IN tracking
murdcrcrs. he also inagnc~ himself the victim OF
a conspiracy 10 Kill him by alo" poison.
HTCkS BAIL FIXED A. $1,000.
Judge Gildcrslccyc yesterday fixed bail at $1,000
in the case OF Charles +. Heck. who wa, recently
indicted for murder in the second degree In killing
William StcmmiugcT IN FOrsyh-st. Ludwig Heck,
brother Of the prisoner aud a tdIloI al 10. 40
Forsyth-st., offered himself as bondsman, but has
not yet been accepted.
5. 4. sawyer. William 4. Cole, Alexander T.. orr,
David bingham aud K. II. LaimbceT wcrr appointed
by President Hcrrlck, of the Produce Exchange,
Yesterday committee to receive subscriptions Tor
the proposed new telegraph company 10 De organ
lied in connection with the Chicago Board OF
Trade.
TODtY's ItCR"esT ToURNAWENI.
There viii be- a lacrosse tournament AZ the Polo
Grounds to-day for the Oc,rIch- cup. The teams
entered are those of the Yale, Harvard fIncctou
and NcW-iork Universities, The DRUID Lacrosse
Club. of Baltimore aud the Ncw-lorll Lucro--"
Club. The first game will begin al II a. M, the
contestants being tho Yale and New-lork Uni
ycrsIty teams.
CALLED 10 MIR. BrrCuEH's orD CHURCH.
The Rev Dr. James Mcleod, of Buffalo, who was
the moderator at the recent meeting OF re PrC'hy-
terrain synod in the city received call Will" ne
was attending the synod 10 the Second Presbyterian
Church of Indianapolis That church Is one OF the
oldest Presbyterian churches in indianapolis, aud
was the one Of which the Rev. Henry Ward Bccchcr
pastor before he came to Brooklyn.
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION LLCIUETs.
The lecture course of the Young Mems Christian
Association will begin on November - and close
March Z, the lecturers and leaders being: Locke
Richardson, William Parsons, Robert j. BuTdrttc,
Dr. John Lord, Dr. James llcdey, Wallace Bruce,
George KEENAN,, r. J." Cumnock, Dr. John Ii. Vim
cent, and Mrs Mary A. Liycrmorc.
REGIsI RS OFFICE MOTIFS.
The Brush Electric Illuminating Company has
and to secure payment Of the issue has executed a
trust deed conveying the prcns Nos. ls6 Ia 1872
ElHabcth-st., to the Central Trust Company as
trustee. Henry Prousc Cooper has leased 10 Croncy
d Lent furnished iOOr IN the building, No. 292
Fifth-ayc. for term of live and half years. at
annual rental OF $4,000.
THE CASE OF AUDITOR JACKSON.
Controller Grant was asked Yesterday whether
he would make any further charges against at
taChcs Ot the FINANCE department. lie replied
that that was IA subject for future consideration.
There was nothing new In the jackson matter aud
Mr.. jackson would be afforded an opportunity on
Monday TO answer the charges preferred by the
Controller.
OS TRIAL FOR MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Alexander Boyer, tho Colorod man who stabbed
and killed Robert Simpson, white man. in Patrick
i. Kclly's liquor store at No lork-st., last sum-
mcr placed on trial yesterday, in the Court of
General Sessions, charge of murder in the
second degree; but an adjournment was had before
~.
done with ClaSp-knifc that driven into the
side of Simpsons head. There had been "A previous
quarrel between the men.
TRAMP WITH A CHARACTER
A tramp rang the door-bcll at No. 70 West
Elcycuth-st yesterday forenoon, and when the door
was opened rushed into the parlor threw the tables
aud chairs about and broke valued at $40.
He said his name was Ebert Wright of llobokcn,
and when arraigncd in the jefferson Market Police
Court ne referred Justice Patterson 10 his Sunday
school superintendent Tor " character lie was
locked up
FFRRFTs ~ FUITON-Sr.
A number Of fcrTcts IN a cage at bird-stOre I'm
FultOn-st. attract large crowds daily. They were
raised by farmer near Gardiner, this State who
makes a speciality Of breeding them for market
They require training, gentle as cats and
catch more rats. They affiliate with cats how
ever, seldom showing disposition to quarrel They
fight with their teeth, instead Of their claws when
driven to sef-deiencc.
NEW TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANY.
George ID. Hyde, Joseph w. Vaudeville and
George Gehe filed in the County Clerks office, yes
York Telephone aud Telegraph Company, with Il
! capital Of 81 100000, in 10000 shares. The pur-
pose Of the company il 10 extend its wires through
| out the CITY, to connect with the Stock Cotton,
Produce and other exchanges the courts public
buildings and Offices, and also with the wires of
telephone companies doing business outside the
city.
BROOKLYN.
Edmund W. COrlies, of the Brooklyn Trust Com
pany has been elected yice-presidcnt of the Brook
/ Ign Savings Bank.
The Brooklyn and the Fulton Municipal Gas
Companies, which have settled their dniculties
announce to their consumers that gas will be in
creased from 81 to 50 thousand after November /.
| Bernard McKenna, age fifty, fell down stairs at
his home, No 10 Safest at an early hour yeser r.
| day morning as he was getting ready to go to his
| work. and broke his neck, dying in few minutes.