New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-24

% IDENTITY an9 of the accused men when they
brought before him.
BooKMAKERs TO PLAY BILLIARDS.
CAPTAIN John Reeves and David johnson, the
weIi!fnown boOkmakers, are matched to glayyo S g
game of cushion caroms, 800 points up LOT 9T,Oo1
side. The game is to take place In the billiard
room of the BOokmakers Club two weeks srse 1nu e
side has been posted with James Il. Kelly, VINO ls
to be the final stakeholder johnson backs himself
and Ridge Lavine backs the captain.
THE q. A. R. TO PARADE ON EVACUATION DAY.
At a meeting of Grand Army men last evening at
No. 364 Sixth-aye., the officers OF the memorial r9
Committee were instructed to call general parade
Evacuation Day. committee, with General II. 4.
Barnum as chairman. was appointed to confer with
committees from other organizations thae are W
parade, and report at future meeting
A CLOTHING DEALERS VENGEANCE.
Moses Levy keeps a secondhand clothing store at
No. 3S Baxter-st. on Monday night Thomas Weber,
Of Brook entered the s 10 the s6op
Levy became angry at his failure TO MAKE SAFE,
and with the assistance of Isaac cooper 9eaO me9eo
severely before he succeeded in escaping 10 the
street. Weber then raised paving-stoHs' put be-
fore he could use it an officer OF the o4th frecncO
arrived and took his assallants INTO CUSTODY. Jus
t1ce White of the Tombs Police Court, committed
them for trial.
COMPELLED BY HER HUSBAND TO STEAL;
The case of Mrs. Rose Rich who vas recently n ar
rested for stealing ribbons from " NelIs STORE III
Sixth-ave., where she has been employed t0r eleven
wears, came up again yesterday in tho Jefferson
Market Police Court 1t transpred that about aOnf
weeks ago Mrs. Rich left her husband Winneld
Rich and moved with her mother and f0ur cnhdreh
to No. 462 West Twentysixth-st; ADont TnlS tllne
an anonymous note was received NJ oNels ST III
charging Mrs. Rich with stealing nDbons. Inc
matter was investigated, Mrs. Rich was arrested,
and she explained that her indolent husband had
insisted upon her committing the thefts Rich was
arrested Monday evening and he stated TO the de-
tective that his wife had stolen the ribbons ana nc
had sold them to Mrs. G; Posthauer, dealer al IN
fancy goods at No. 45S Third-aye., ut great as
count, and that she cognizant OF the TACT that
the ribbons were stolen. II is thought by the ON
GERS in the that Mr.. Rich wrote the anonymous
letter TO Mr. ONeill informing him of the theits'
Mrs. Rich has been locked mp for trlal. hlch mas
been remanded for examination to-day ana MTS.
Posthauer who insists that she did not know the
ribbons she purchased were stolen, was paroed'
BROOKLYN.
The Central Congregational Church. Of which the
Rev A. j. III. Behrends is pastor, has decided unan-
imously 10 continue the custom of renting the
pews by auction.
Policeman John Mccormack, of the Tenth Pre-
cinct who had been warned not to use his club nm
necessarily was dismissed from the force yesterday
by Commissioner Jourdan, for brutally cluDDmg
John Howard, age nineteen, III Orand-aVe' le-
Gently.
John r. Campbell, Of No. G77 Gates-aye., was
robbed Of a watch worth $50 at q late hour ON
Monday night in street car in FuIton-st, between
Laurcnce-st aud Flatbush-ave. Several similar
robberes have recently occurred about the same
place, and gang ofpickpoGket rs believed TO IN
fest the vicinity. The police detectives have not
been able to mud them, although the Central Detcc-
tive Onice is only few blocks away
The Central Homeopathic Dispensary has been
incOrporated by Frances Bchreuds, Ellen VI. Lyon,
Amcda NJ Pond, Julette Alden and Letitia Price
for the purpose of furnishing homeopathic medical
and surgical aid 10 the. poor free Oh charge; Inc
board of Managers consists of Mrs. David VI. Stone,
Mrs, lanes T. Easton Mrs George Stannard, Mrs.
j. II. Burtis and Mrs. G. &. Earl.
JERSEY CITY.
Thomas Flynn, age elghteeni OF Illteehth-5it,
while jumping off an Erie Railroad tram az the
~ nd of Bergen tunnel
fell among pile of iron and had both legs broken
The councrs jury in the case Of Daniel Mnih3ni
a Pennsylvania Railroad emPloye' VINO was klled
two weeks ago by being crushed between two cars
In the freight depot rendered a verdict on Monday
night in which they censured the railroad company
for not providing properly for the safety OF It's EN-
plOyes
Henry Smith, of No. 900 Barrow-st., was arrested
Yesterday on a charge of ewbezzling ~ loo from
his employer. William II. Owen, New-fork whip
manufactured. .,,..,,,.
Yesterday Prosecutor Keen asked the court for a
rule directing the sheriff to proceed iorthWlth 10
carry into execution the sentence OF ten years mn
pris6nmcut against George VII ians one OF the two
burglars convicted of the Iraphagcn Je"clry store
burglary in 1881. Judge McCarter granted the
order. In the ease Of Andrew Corners, the oth"r
burglar, writ Of error was taken and II IL now
pending in the upper courts. Judge McCartcr SAID
that this case illustrated the folly OF the law lhaJ
allows wTltS of error IN such case
The legislative Committee on Convict Labor met
Yesterday IN the Common Council chamber ana list
rncd TO test mony from manufacturers, worklngincn
aud others relative to the effect Of the contract sSs
TEN on various industries.
4 man who said he Thomas Parker, from
Ccrro Gordo California, has been soliciting relief
from the Masonic fraternity of Newark. \ tole-
gram from Independence California, says that
Parker il a swindlcr and requests Newark MasOns
To have him arrested and punished
Charles A. Cowell aud Henry Noe, carpenters fell
with "A ,calold a distance Of forty feet from buld-
ing on Buructtst. yesterday morning Both men
were seriously injured.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
Nrw- RoCHFIIE.-Francisco RinzO, an Italian
abOrcr, employed excayating for the foundation OF
the proposed new passenger station OF the New
York New Haven and Hartford railroad at New
Rochelle, was struck and instantly killed by an ex-
press train on Monday evening.
LONG ISLAND.
Long ISLAND CTY.-At tho meeting of the
Queens County Board of Supervisors, held at the
Court House yesterday, Judge Armstrong counsel
to the Board, gave his opinion that the Board had
the right 10 elect the keeper superintendent OF tho
Insane Asylum. Twenty-Five ballots were then
taken for the appointment for asuperntendent
of the asylum, without a choice. The candidates
are DR. Rogers and Mr. Woods, Of Long Island CITY.
NATIONAL BOARD OF STEAM NAVIGATION.
The twelfth annual meeting Of the National
BOARD of Steam Navigation will begin at the Metro
politan Hotel to-day at 10 a. IN. The last meeting
Of the body was held in Washington. The sessions
are always interesting, they seek TO promote tine
public safety and often make recommendations TO
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