New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-16
NETWORK CITY.

| TIC IIEnT NO11UI7TJ lTI,,I
porated yesterday with capital stock of $5O0,OOO'
Alfred z. Clark is to build n stable in Seventy,
| hfth-st., between Tenth-ayc. and the Douie'au
at a cost of 100000.
The Board of County Canvassers yesterday can
vassed the returns of the With With, IXth, Xth
| and Alth Assembly Districts.
The new church of the Disciples of Christ, West
| Fmty-sixth-st, between Eighth and Ninth ayes,
| will be dedicated on Sunday morning.
| The Harvard and Princeton football teams VIII
play the first game of this years series, for the
intercollegiate championship, at Princeton to-
morrow,
The City Chamberlain has received $50 from
| r." " to pay taxes q very small estate with
the request that it be ACKNOWLEDGED III The lRlB-
| UNE.
CHARACTERIsTICs OF HANDWRITING.
The Accountants and BoOkkecpers Institute held
| q meeting last evening at No. 20 Warren-st. ID. 1
Ames discussed the personal charactcrlstcS OF
handwriting and the metlSls Of detecting for
| gcrles.
PFRE TYACTNTHE IMPROVING.
Pere lIyaciuthe is almost entirely recovered from
his late indsposition, and will lecture in SteinwaX
| Hall on Tuesday evening next GA sunday ne Will
occupy the pulpit of the French Church du Saint
| Esprit, in West Twenty
SALES AT THE METAL EXCHANGE,
The sales ut the Metal Exchange yesterday were
the largest yet made in one day reaching 800 tons
! of tin and 100 tons of iron. The tim market was
strong and excited with a net advance OF neary -
of q cent per pound and IRON also was hrn ana -
| cents ton higher.
Dt>Ct sSING Observation-Disclosures.
The Master Car Builder| Club held business
and social meeting last evening in the rooms at No
| Il3 Libcrty-st. William X. Cock read paper on
Testing Machines aud A. H. Chandler delivered
an address upon the same subject. general ms
! cussion followed
BRoCKwAY AND MS PILLOWS INDICTED.
The Grand Jury yesterday found indictments
! against William f.. Brockway, l.. K. Martin, and
! Nathan Is. Foster, who were arrested on saturday
| for attempting 10 forge bonds Of the Morris and
EsscI Railway. The indictments charge forgery
| in the first degree.
BENJAMIN TITCHs Will.
The late Benjamin Fitch, by his will filed yester-
day hcducaths his house, 70. 81 Fith-aYG., 10 his
grand nephew, Benjamin Fitch, jr. To his nephew,
Er@es s. Fitch he leaves The use OF me pFo oE by
! Fitch Home for Soldiers at Darcn.
| THE TINES VIZ LIVE W.
The Roy. DR.. j. K. Day, Of St PauI7 Methodist
Episcopal Church, delivered lecture last evening
at the Folsy In Methodist Episcopal Church in For
! syth-st., on The Times We Live In. we are
bursting from the she'll he said, and supplying
possibilities TO the world"
RrIN-rATED N HE STOCK EXCHANGE
FM. Lockwood and William II. Bingham were
rrnstatcd as members Of the Stock Exchange yes
tcrdny. Alexander Taylor, jr, was suspended for
| Wednesday on account Of INDIGENOUS language on
the floor Of tie Exchange. These announcements
wcrc made from the ro7tTum yesterday
ALUNAR RAINBOW.
The attention of hundreds Of persons in the city
early last evening was attracted by the appearance
of the moon. TIE disc Of the moon lay against a
male gold circular ul ClUt, lt cages OF WHICH
were warmly tinted with pink with outer circles
in varying shades of emerald, purple scarlet and
ycrmilion.
CoNrINUAuoy or THE HAYDEN SALE.
The sale of the Hayden library at the Clinton
Hall s.llcsrooms of George A. Loavitt N 60. was
continued Yesterday. The lots sold comprised law
hooks and rare books Of songs, besides cnRrav ngS
and ctchiugs. There was fair attendance, and
! considerable interest was manifested. The sale
will be concluded this evening.
A MISSION N 4 wRUTCuEp QUARTER.
I,tus and rI
-ts., was established short time ago q mission
under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. The mission rooms on the gI"nnd ioUT are
Ioore of the mission house have been furnished for
lodgings for men. The beds arr new aud the place
is kept scrupulOusly neat and clean
FARRAGurs VETERANS ORGANIZING.
About thirty of the scamrn and marines who
served under Admiral Fartapu', in the West CUR
squadron, during the Civil Var, met last evening
ganizaion under the name of the Farragnt Associa-
ton Of the Port Of Ncw;,YoTk. J. ). VIM was
elected president, Joseph lIadhcld vlce-president
and f. H. Grove secretary and treasurer
LECTURE oN THE NEw TINE STANDARDS.
Professor j. K Rc,s of Columbia College, lee.
tured last evening to the Enemrcrng society ; oil
the School Of Mines, on the proposed new time
standards for the United states. In Il few years
he said, the system would he extended; probably
over the world and IN time II was hoped that UNI
yrreal standard would be- agreed on for scientific
purposes throughout the world.
CoREANs BUYING CARPETS.
(OTPan Ambassadors
their near departure by The United States steamer
| Trenton Yesterday they made visit of inspection
10 the dry-goOds house of T.. J. Dcnning 60. ana
were surprised at the extent of the establishment.
Among the many purchases made by the members
of the embassy were n large quantity ol Ei'hLaui
velvet carpets, which Will soon decorate thelr
| COrcln homes.
sCt'IrTURrs Ar AUCTION.
Twenty pieces of statuary, the work orc Is Ives,
an American sculptor resident III ROme, were sold
at auction last night in Matthewss Madison
S0uare Art Rooms 4 lfc-sizc statue of Undine,
represented with robe draped on her oulstrctched
arms brought 81 800 life size statue OF Jopntha
daughter in Oriental dress. seated on a bank,
brought 81 200. A life-sze statue OF Pandora sold
for 225 aud the rest of the pieces varied III prlcc
from 500 10 $500.
THE AMERICAN ACTORS FrNp.
A meeting Of the American Actors Fund was
held at the socety's rooms in the Theatre C9mlqne
building ySstcT@ay The pEGcsdnI NJ F P%%SG
/ Mallory, Harrigan, Poole White and Others were
present. At the beginning OF the year $Ifl0 was
amount over "a 900 has already been spent and il
is feared that the balance will be insufficient By
a unanimous vote authority was gwen to the
trustees 10 act they Judged best III the matter
DIAPERS LIQUOR STORE CLOSED.
: After the Excise Commissioners revoked the II
ccnse for Diapers liquor store at No. 10o SIKH
ave- on Tuesday, they sent an inspector to take
possession of the license. The place was closed
afterward by direction of Captain Williams OF the
Twenty-ninth Precinct. Yesterday ex-senator
commissioners that he was about to apply to the
, Supreme Court for II mandalnus to compel them Ia
restore the license.
SwINDIED IN THE NAME OF A HOSPITAL.
woman about twenty-five years old, OF medium
height and stout, with light brown halr and blue
eyes who called herself Mary NJ. ~. Clair recently
applicd for assistance at the ST. Francis Hospital IN
Harlem. As she appeared to be Ill and IN great pow
erty she kept ut the hospital 1or some Time ad
furnished with new clothing when she went away
Since then the woman has used forged letters pur
porting to have been signed by the Superior OF tht
hospital in order to obtain money.
!, ruE CUSTOMS OFFICER CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
Thomas Ii. Whalcn, a Custom House Inspector
r. was charged by Francis Whitley, OF philadelphia
who arrived here with his wife from Liverpool OF
the Guion steamship Arizona on September =, will
To- cxtorting from him bride to pass his baggage
< TnlIector Robert investigated the charge anC