New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-30
NETWORK CITY.

temperance Union AT cooper institute to-day.
The directors of the United States Bank gave a
DemOnico dinner to the clerks President Logan
C.. Murray was III the chair.
Stern Brothers, of Nos. 80 81, and SO West
Twenty thiTd-st will keep their store open on New
Years Eve for the accommodation of their patrons.
The sixth annual reception of the Palestine Com
mandery No. IS, Knights Tomplar, will take place
on Tuesday evening, January 10, in the Aetropoli-
tan Opera House.
The Steckler Association. of which Justice Alfred
Steck er is the president will keep open house at
No. SO East Fourthst TO the people of the district,
on New Years day.
The number Of visitors TO the store Of E. J. Den
ming & Co on Saturday December % was greater
than any previous day since the house OF A. L.
Stewart IL Co. was established.
Ex-Assemblyman Leroy 3. Crane has announced
himself as candidate for the vacancy int bench
of Police Justices caused by the expiration OF
Justice Hugh Gardeners term.
CASTLE GARDEN STATISTICS.
The arrivals of immigrants at Castle Garden last
week were 2,565 The Labor Bureau during the
year lust ending provided employment for 49, 40
males and s,3l3 females, total OF 2770o persons.
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES.
The deaths in the city last week numbered 583,
the births 457 and the marriages 256. There has
been reported since January SO, $50 deaths,2o
births and l $50 marriages.
BITTEN SEVERELY BY DOG
Edward Thompson, clerk of No. 2l4 Ewen-st.,
80, East River, and bitten severely on the right
hand by dog owned by Captain Murphy.
DEMAND FOR LOWER PRICES. .
The demand for hot soda, hot coffee, hot ch3co,
late, etc. at the drug stores is now so brisk that
frugal patrons want to know if the druggists could
not make a fair profit at five cents per cup.
LECTURES on CERAMICS.
Professor A. A. Breneman, recently Of Cornell
University, is gvnga course of lectureS0n ceramics
before the Ladies' Art Association, at No "a West
Fourtecnth-st. " Faicnce and EaCthenware will
be treated in the third lecture, on January ..
THE OVERDUE STEAMSHIP CELLO.
No news has been received of the overdue White
Star Line steamship Celtic, but the agents here ex-
press confidence that the vessel is not lost but has
only been delayed by some accident to her ma
chlnery.
4 GOLD BADGE FOR CAPTAIN GAsTLIN.
The Police Commissioners yesterday voted TO
give permission TO Captain Gastin of the Steam
boat squad, to receive gold badge, which WlI be
presented by a number OF persons interested IN
steam boat and railroad traffic on the river fronts,
in recognition Of his valuable services.
DINING WITH THEIR OLD PRINCIPAL.
Fourteen graduates of the Selleck School, Nor
walk Conn., sat down to dinner at Delmonic0s
last evening with their old principal, I. NJ Seeck.
The school, which IS POPULAR known as navy
school WAS founded IN 1853, The Alumni Ass CA
ton was formed three years ago.
AN FN-TEIEGEAPH OPERATOR As A THIEF.
About month ago Paul {. Hayens, telegraph
o"erator, who lost ms position during me StlHte'
No. - Park p ace, Tor employment as canNdSseT.
He produced excellent reference, and was engaged.
Recently il was learned that he was swindlmg the
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Police Court was committed Tor examination
AssAULTING HIS MOTHER.
Michael DOuOhuc, age twenty-elght, recently re-
turned from four months term IN prison tOr beat
ing his mother Oh Friday night, at No. Ia last
Broadway, threw "A knife at his mother, from which
So Ia - ~ F.aT Market Police Court Yesterday
gave him another term of four months.
LORD AND LADY VAUDEVILLE SUED FOR $4,000
Rosa Koran, formerly a walilBg-mald OF Lady
Vaudeville has brought suit in the superior Court
against Lord and Lady Vaudeville for $4,000
damages for false Imprisonment. Lady Vaudeville
on November ? charged Rosa, with stealing
sequCntly discharged by Police Justice Gardner.
WESLEYAN ALUMNI DINNER.
The alumni dinner of the New-lork Wesleyan
University Alumni Club will take place next Fri
day evening at Clark's No. % West Twenty third
st. An unusually pleasant time Is expected Bur
ton I. Beach is TO be the toaStmastsr Responses
and Low, President Beach, Bishop Harris the
Rev. Dr. A. ). Hunt, General Clinton b. Fisk, Judge
Reynolds, of Brooklyn, and Professor Z. /. VIM
chester.
MISS CLAYTON AND THE TWO oRPHASs.r
The suit OF Miss Kate ClaXtOn, the actress, who
asserts that she Is the owner the right TO use the
mann. the proprietor of the National Theatre IN
the Bowcry, was before Judge Brown yesterday IN
the United states District Court On the motlonof
Miss ClaXtOns counsel an injunction restraining
fine production of the play was granted. The play
has been produced at the National Theatre for two
weeks, but was to be taken OF last night
COMMITTEES ON OH. UNION.
At n meeting of the members of the Ncw-GOrk Pc
troleum Exchange yesterday l.. II. smith. James L.
Anthony and ). +. Strong were elected committee
to confer with the committee of the NewlOrk Min
inc stock and National Petroleum Exchange on the
details of plan for the consolidation OF the two or
carnations. The committee from the last-named
Exchange is composed OF ,. '. Mhtc' JOhh stanton
and Charles q. Wilson. The advocates OF union are
IN "a majority the two committees, but the cues
ton OF detail is likclyto excite friction
THE TwENTY-sECO>Ds BALL,
-. khll "A Inc ht
polItau Opera House on Monday January !. the
music will be- furnished by the Reglmental Band OF
100 pieces under Gilmore and Sc enty string lhstru
Ineut-. President Arthur and his Cabinet, the New
YORK senators and congressman, Governor CleNG-
land the whole State Legislature Governors OF adj
Joining States the Mayors of New York and Brook
iyn with the boards of Aldermen, together with all
civic and military diguitarIcs in New-1ork and i'm
mediate vicinity, have been invited. The proceeds
OF the ball are to DO used for the new ArmOry
BROOKLYN.
The police made AZ arrests last week.
The Williamsburg Athletic Club will hold an in-
door meeting on Monday evening at their club
house, Wythe-ayc. aud Penn-st.
The Commissioners of Charity yesterday ap
pointed +. &. Grundy steward at the Flatbush lu-
sane Asylum, vice Michael Smith, dismissed
Samuel s. shannon, John +. James's defaulting
real estate clerk was yesterday sentenced to fifteen
months in the pententiary by Judge Moore, in the
Court OF SESSIONS
Mrs. Augusta Kerns, of No. 2O6 Broome-st.,
charged with malpractice, was arraigned before
Justice Massey yesterday. She pcadednot guilty,
and the case was adjourned to Monday.
The verdict of jury giving Supervisor Peter
Bennett $3.50 damages for being elected from
cross-town car, was yesterday reversed by the
General Term of the City Court,
Peter Murphy and Charles c. Weber, employees of
the Crosstown Railroad Company were fined $25,
by Justice Naeher yesterday tor sailing the tracks
in the Eastern district.
Mayor Low will grant hearing at 10 o'clock to-
morrow at his Office to all who desire TO speak
f,r ar IA Al lp
County Elevated Railway Company of the right
to build road on the route previously published
The new Washington skating rink at Tbird-st.
tLe public. The ice was in good condition and
large crowd enjoyed the pleasure Of gliding over
the Ice.