New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-18
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Court in favor of John ID. Wolfe against James W.
CAN'T Subsequently, it was discovered that Mr..
Wolfe had died in 1872, and before sne s9 tS
brought Judge McAdam yesterday SET asiue }. INC he
Judgment on the eround that an action coulo NOT 10
maintained by dead man.
FILING ITS CERTIFICATE.
The certificate Of incorporation OF the Comneiora,
and Underground Electric Railway company was as
filed Yesterday The capital stock Is 1ae Cd az
$4,000 with the privilege of increasing it to Sio ;.
600 900. s. w. Fullerton, L. T.. Shnn, y. d. oco.e
| and G.. w. Casper are the corporatoIs
RESIGNATION OF AUDITOR BLAKEsIEE,
Levi Bakeslee, for ten years connected WIN ,n me
Post Office and for several wears auditor, mas re-
signed his position Postmaster Pearson yesterday
| appointed Thomas Jardine, the next IN line OF pro-
$1,000.
PERRIN H. SUMMERS BAIL.
The argument on the motion to reduce me ps, or
Perrin III. Sumner, who was arrested on wednesday
in suit brought against him by Dah'eI w. w.
Davidson TO recover S15, 900 as damages alleged 10
| have been sustained through the fraud or MT
Sumner was had yesterday before Judge y Gorman'
who reserved his decision.
AsoLDrER's FRoIIc AND ITS PUNISHMENT;
Frederck.Hilliard, private in the United 9tntes
Army on furlOugh. paid visit to bismarck nan u
place of questionable repute, on "Wednesday nlght.
| He was nto1 cated and began shooting revolyer
at random He was arrested by Officer Rhoades
who locked him up in the Oak Street Police station.
Justice White, at the Tombs yesterday, sent him 10
the Island for six months.
FORMING AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
| The alumni of Packers Business College held
meeting in their rooms at No. 800 Broadway, lasc
evening for the purpose of forming an association
About fifty graduates were present: constitution
and bylaws were adopted. II. H. Bowman was
elected president Morris ). Wise, wee president'
and William A. Miller, secretary of the new aSso-
ciatlon, which formally declared itself the Alumni
Association Of Packers Business College, OF New
| York.
HELD FOR ROBBING THE REV. FATHER ROGERS.
Charles j. Francis alias Shorty" VINO was ar
rested "Wednesday evening, was taken TO tne
Tombs Police Court Yesterday: He was identified
| h, Eat lam II brighton,
the fellow who, at No. 1903 Chatham-st.. snatcbed
his wallet containing $50 80. and made his escape
| Francis said he innocent OF tho charge. JUS,
| tice White placed him under 81 900 bail for trial
and subsequently William j. Francis, OF NO. 80
East Forty-third-st was accepted as his oondsinah
THE WORK OF MR.. BERGH's SOCIETY,"
| At n meeting of the Executive Committee or the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
held yesterday afternoon Benjamin T. Hicks IN me
chair, the superintendent reported that during the
month "a persons were prosecuted for cruelty to
| animals, 76 disabled arimals were suspended from
labor 122 horses were destroyed, % injured horses
were taken 70 veterinary hospitals IN the society
| ambuanccs. and S3 complaints were investigated
and the evils rcmedied. President Bergh was pres
ent at the meeting, although still suffering from the
! effects OF his recent dccld mt.
THE AMERICAN ART UNION INCORPORATED
! The certificate of Incorporation OF the American
Art Union was filed yesterday. The promotion OF
an interest the fine arts said TO be the object OF
the society. Galleries for the exhibition aud sale
pictures to be opened, and benevolent fund
for the benefit of artlsts is to be eS,ablIshc1 r.
W. II. Bristol. Frederick Dlchlman, Thomas Il.
Wood and Walter Shirlaw are the corporators
They and Daniel Huntington, Albert Bert adt and
Eastman johnson are the trustees for the lrst year.
THE SALVATION ARMY IN COURT.
Eight officers and prlvatcs of the salvation Army
dressed in uniform and marching in excellent order
entered the Court of General Sessions YESTERDAY.
Henry =. Studdiford. one OF their number. was ac-
cuscd of assault, and the Others were witnesses IN
his behalf The complaint against StuddfoTd
charge that on February the Salvation soldier
had used an unspruull wcapOn-a pistol-to van
qush enemy. The members of the army assert
that Michael f. Reilly, who made tho complaint,
had inv AIDED their barracks and that tho only iorco
used to Tepcl his INVASION As the case was not
called the soldiers retired from the courtroom
BROOKLYN.
An absolute divorce was granted yesterday to
Theodore Grossman from Mrs Lizzie Grossman.
The sum OF 81 800 was awarded to Mrs. Catha-
rinc LchcTt yesterday. IN suit brought by her
against the Long Island Railroad Company 10 re-
cover $1,000 a. damages for the death OF her nus
band.
The Board Of Estimate has decided TO paw 1913 600
a month for cleaning the streets until April |, 1881,
wien "A three years contract must DO made by the
city under new law.
The Rev f. f. Hopkins of the Hampstead Pres
byteriau Church, has declined the call OF the Old
Bush wick Reformed Church 10 succeed the Rev.
| Henry A. Powell now OF the Lee Avenue Congrcga-
tonal Church.
The Committee of the Board of Supervisors on tho
County Farm reported yesterday 10 the Board IN
favor of the srec ion of tClct of land of 300 or
/ 900 acres ~ Queens Suffolk Comfy on which
buildings 10 accommodate the insane wards OF the
ronntv coud b. erected As this is made neces sary
by the oveTcrowded condition of the LunatiC
Asylum thcB GARD authorized the committee to
select such tract
The Aldermens Committee on Opening Streets
agreed last evening To report favOrably upon the
application of the United States Electric Lighting
Company and the Fuller Electrical Company for
pcrmisson 10 put up poles and wires in some of the
prncipa streets of the city on condition that they
each furnish nine public lights free of charge, and
after putting in 300 lights give one free public
light Tor Zach additional fifty lights.
II was repor ed to the police Yesterday by William
Rickman OF No. 1908 FIushing-ayc., that his niece
Emma Stallhaltz. age eight, who was living will
Mrs. Emma Blank, Of No; ~ GoGk;,st;, had been
York 1t appears that the girl had lived with the
latter until recently. when her uncle. having
secured letters Of guardianship from the Surrogate
found n home for her Brooklyn. She did not
return from school Yesterday, and was last seen AT
Cook-st. and Bushwick-aye. with a young MAI
I believed to be her brother
/. JERSEY CITY
Ths attention of the Hudson County Grand jury
was called yesterday to the Sunday lIqnor law. The
names of forty five rnln-Shop keepers whose places
were opened on Sunday last were given to the jury
and Judge Knapp charged them in regard to the
duty in the matter. There are eight liquor DEALER
Oh the Grand Jury.
The bodies of two of the six persons who lost the
lives by the Oil fire at Connunipaw were fount
, Yesterday afternoon at the bottom Of the Bay
about fifty feet from the storage Yards of the stand
ard oil Company. They were both taken TO Speeri
Morgue. The bodies, which were horribly decom
prsc,l we're identified last night as those of Johr
Herbert tho assistant superintendent OF the Oi
works and the boy Herbert, who with his father whC
also lost his life, wac standing near one Of tn,
l ranks when il exploded.
: NEWARK.
4 The house Of F. b. Cashier was robbed during tn,
absence of the family on Monday of property wortl
81 900.
{ The testimony in the trial of William A. Hail. or
the indictment for forgery, was concluded yester-
: day. and the counsel began the summing up. The
4 case will go to the jury to-day.
John Marquct. n we-to farmer of Bellevill,
Township. was held to bail yesterday on a charge
of criminal assault made by woman named
2 WiIhclmna Remcr, who lives near Marqueti
= farm.
< The annual meeting of the New-Jersey Historical
y Society was held Yesterday The Rev Samuel VI