New-York tribune., 1883-03-10
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OFFICERS OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
At the annual meeting Of tho New York ACADEMY
Of Sciences held recently the following omcers
the Columbia School of Mines First yce-Presl..
dent. the Rev. B. n. Martin, Of the University qf
the City Of Eew-York Second Vice President A.
Julien GOrrssp0nd6f , seereSsasrd gSSsaTd TresaTer
II. Hinton, and librarian, Louis Elsberg.
THE FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN J. A. TOMBSTONE,
The funeral OF j. A. Johnstone, captain OF .ho
barkentne Elverina. who was instantly kuipu p No
blow from the anchor chain of his vessel at Fer o M%
43 East RIVER took place yesterday al NO. 90, ,on
Grand-st The deceased captains widow, MS seven
children and few friends were the only Psai%ts
Protestant Episcopal Church, conducted .he st
vices. The burial took place in Greenw ood Ceme-
terry.
BROOKLYN.
The Coroner's iury Yesterday found that the sud
den death of Chester Carpenter, the foteman OF tne
Jury In the case of Tilton against Beecner, "as uuo
to paralysis of the heart.
The evidence in the equity suit instituted by tne
Nev-York Ferry Company to recover Y3O,uOo al
legged to have been en- bezzled by John Ill. Moore: q
feTrymaster, was completed yesterday, ana ouuso
Brown reserved his decision.
Joseph Czachowsky YESTERDAY secured ilroa5 Vsralc5
for ST 800 against the Second Avenue hmi.oau
Company of New-York He was re urplng from
High Bridge in July, 1882, and in leaving car AZ
Stanton and Chrystiests fell Nv reason oi Id tno
starting before he got of, and his hand was cLusheu'
At the first trial of the suit the Jury disagreed
movement has been started for tho establisn-
ment of an English Lutheran Church In tne IIastein
District and meeting of persons Interested I'D .ho
matter was neld last night IN the house OF the hey
@. +. Behrnger. No. 258 south Fourth-st. IL ~
proposed TO omen tho new church in chapel or hall
on the first Sunday in May.
JERSEY CITY.
John A. McGeady was taken to the First District
Police Court yesterday morning aud arraigned on
charge of mliicIous mischief. McGrady s the ma
who in tit of temporaryns inlty. started aCehtraI
Railroad ferry-boat on last Sunday morning
and afterwards jumped into the river
He is q physical wreck ana was
released from us.ody so that his friends
might take him to hospital in New-fork.
George Eckhorn, age twenty-five, Pennsyva-
mia Railroad hagman, was crushed while coupling
cars near the meadow shops between Il ana IL
o'clock on Thursd y night. and instantly killed.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
PoRTCHFsTER-The will of Miss Sa-ah Merritt
nm ogsd maiden lady, n COUSIN of the late john A.
Merritt the millionaire cattle dealer was admitted
To probate I'm the Surrugates Court yesterday. MISS
Merritt left an estate valued at Iooouoi ana oeI
aucathcd The principal portion OF u to J0hn ana
tosrnh LYON. of Greenwich, Conn. Daniel h. Mer-
rItt and Joseph Merritt, who at hrst contested the
validity of the will, recently withdrew their oppo-
sItion. ,
TARRYTowv-Ths adroit swindlrr who defrand-
Ell several banks IN thu city and vicnt, rece liIy,
uud.r the name, OF Ballard and W. G. Russell. mas
not vet been caught IL has lately become known
thar he tried to swindlc the FIrs National Bank OF
Tlrrytown by means of forged check LOT 20 ,OOO
on The Fifth Avenue Bank of tli3 city. lie deposit
ed the check aud later IN the day tired to draw
$1,000 upon it, ID. o. Bmdiey' piIsldehI Oh , tne
Rank. re used 10 allow this aad Tho man welt
AWAY lie had obtaincl q pass-book and rrcelp'
for tha 81; 600 aud with these he tanned money
from several banks here ana m Jersey CITY.