New-York tribune., 1884-10-14
NEW-YORK CITY.

Robert Dawson, of Fordham, died suddenly from
hemorrhagcs yesterday i'll a waiting roo II AT INC
Grand Central Depot. -
sheriff Davidson said Yesterday that he should
not make public his reply to the charges preferred
against him to the Governor.
James Carol a driver fell from his seat and was
run over by his truck at Ihird-aye and Ninety
sxtL-st Yesterday, receiving serious injuries
The Aldermen Yesterday decided to use electric
lignts in Houston-st. from Avenue B TO the Ias'
River and in Avenue {. from Houston-st. 10 iour-
teenth-st
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has issued its
annual Red Books handsome and useful com
pendlum of general and and political inioriha'ion
Ii is handsomely printed and illustrated
CAPTAIN WILKINS THANKED
The nassenpers arriving by the steamer City of
Chicago Yesterday expressed through a committee
of which b. +. PeXottO was chairman 1llelf lninhS
TO Captain Wilkins. commodore of the lnman ileet'
for his thoughtful attention to their comfort
LrssrNlNG THE NUMBER OF RUFFIANs
Michael Kane, young desperad2' an" 2 mem mem
seventh-st between Sixth and Seventh aves.. was
committed to prison for four months yesterday by
Justice Patterson.
GLOOMY REPORTS FROM CUBA.
Passengers who arrived from Havana yesterday
by the steamer Saratoga, of Wards Inc report
that business i'll Cuba is exceedingly dull and the
outlook gloomy. There is little yellow fever III
Havana and the number OF cases is decreasing
SELLING COINS AND MEDALS
The sale of the Woodward collection OF CONS ana
| medals began yesterday at Bangs auction ipmhS, ,
| No 73a Broadway. 1t is large collection,and that
of the Boston medals includes a numerous ana va
ried assortment Of Bunker IlIl ana Lexington lhed-
| ale. Prices were generally low.
| VIxpICATrD FROM SERIOUS CHARGES.
| L. F. Haver, manager of Thompsons Bank Note and
| Commercial Reporter, aud j. T.; Altman ] one ol nS
| clerks vino were indicted III August on charge "1
alleged backnaIl, were vindlcated last week, ke-
corder Smyth sustaining demurrer 10 the lhhlct-
| ment.
| ONE CRAZY MANS vAGARIEs.
| There was o crazy man in the hospital at Castle
| Garden yesterday who said that his name, was
| Grover Cleveland, and that his wife had eloped
with the man in the moon lie sad that the man an
| in the moon came to him well recommended ny
| Noah. who had employed him as coachlnah 10 drive
| the Ark.
| TRUE TO \ FALSE sTEP-rATnrR
| Thomas Finnerty of No. /. 500 Avenue \. was ar
raIgncd before Justice Patterson, at the Jefferson
| Market Court, Yesterday charged with cruelty
heating his sx-year-old step-son he boy, who was
covered with sores aud bruises, refused to testify
against his parents. and was committed 10 the care
| of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
| Children.
| VALUABLE PAINTINGS FOR IIlE ARR MUsrrM.
| Fifty-lour valuable paintings by the artist Watts
Of the R1ya M sea WnscD c"m
| of Art, They are valued at %350.00o aud were en-
| tered under bond, 10 be exported within SIX
| months.
| Nrrp or ANOTHER CANpiptfr.
| The German socialists last night listened to in
| namnatoiy speeches ~ No. 2D3 llowetv. AlcNan-
| der lliisch presided and had an audience ui over
| 400 men. hese pctnons all Chccted when The iii
| icicht Rpcakeia said they should vote neither ior
| Nutlcr NlAinr hoi cleveland because none ~ !hoHo
| candidates represented the ihtetcHts of the labor
| party,
AN,N VITO n,a Not sriN nr nnlnat.
| Charles Mcllernott the duo,inan ~ i'olor Head
| uuaItcin, IL stout, athlciir " hllmNh who hHH
been an The police ioloc ioi twenty NoniH lle has
never sccn the llroohlyn llrldse, hut sNH that ho
has heard much about u that ~ Aoon an ho gctn
| a chance he viii 20 and take look ~ H.
| Q,iCk rur fHoN nuiMtN,
| The steamship Elder oi the North German Lloyd
| Line, arrived her" yesterday seven daNA nnei,en
ham IIf VI m
| il equivalent to maklHg the trip from Queenstown
| in seven DAYS aud five minutes During most of
| the time the Elder made over 400 miles day.
| IIiE ELEVENTH EXCURSION 10 MATCH CuuNk,
| The eleventh excursion of the season 10 Manch
| Chunk, Glen Onoko and the Swltchbaok Tomorrow
| viii give business mon and others who are accus-
toned to frizzle on the sands of the soasloro for
| two weeks IN July, aud then ton Tor MY wceAs III
New-lurk, an opportunity Ia see the mountains oi
| Pennsylvania in all their autumnal glory. In De-
! tOber there are no mosquitoes TO iioiest OF make
| afraid.
| ALARMING IGNORANCE OF 4 CHILD ACTRESS.
| Margaret Ferrier was committed to the oomlnl-
| can Convent in SIxty-thrd-st by Police Justice
! Murray Yesterday. She was picked up by MRS. G.
b. Nichols at Broadway and iwenty-sixth-sr. ST. The
three years DID, and that she could read
nor write. she sang the song Good News from
| Home" in the Judges private room.
| THE YACHT THORN BEATS TIE GRACIT.
A match race was sailed yesterday between the
jD aud mainsail yacht Oracle, owned by Percy
| Nage. aud James Gorlon's Thorn. ten miles TO
| wihdward or eeward and return, Tor $3.50 a side.
| The course was from Premium Point, near New
| Rochelle, to and around Hog Island buoy. at the
entrance to Cow Bay and return The Gracies 5
| bOwsprit broke and the Thorn won.
| LAWN TENNIS IN CENTRAL PARK.
| lawn tennis tournament will be held on the
| grounds in Central Park beginning on Tuesday at
an. m.. open only to those abo have permits to
play and who have played there prlor to October
, IL, Entries will he received in singles for gentle
men. doubles for gentlemen aud LADIES and doubles
| for gentlemen up TO 3 p. M on the day on which
| these separate contests take place.
| INVITED TWICE TO 4 CORNER-sToNE LAYING.
| The cOrner-stOnc of the new building OF the New
York Presbyterian Church will be laid this after
| noon at Seventh-ave. and Observation-Disclosures
| ty-eighth-st. The services were arranged TO take