New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-21

aseep,eu y, he n.v building il on the west side o,
Ninth-ave extending IRON SlNt. -nis. ~, W o,s,c,n
onnnd 81 The drill room will he on tho 'asl, III
seq f io no, and will measure 200 feet by 40
feet.
THINKING ABOUT SKATING. ,.,
.Noc- writes 10 1HE lHI"UNE asking VIA VIA,
ao " zee is required before the Central PARK
nnmds arc orened to the public. SIX inches vi wv
are usually considered necessary.
A FRIENDLY SUIT TO DECIDE NfNtD, "a ,torncv
rrnor zion Counsel La Combe and AtiorhcS
r r, n, i}ren will prepare a test case 10 0btain
iudicIal decision 10 whether inc ehiloycs y, cy
Aorcduct Commission are compeileu W ~ nord or
animation before the M"i'oip'"
the State Board
INNS FOR THE ARMoRY BONDS.
Controller Grant yesterlay opened p,us ; ra
armory bonds and accepted the iI,oT.s t'nstee.
IN ooS q" r II Casset, 100000 Joseph II. God
Win 81. 900: and Manhattan Lie lhsuIauoo
Company, S2oo,ooo. ... ..ro,,.,,
rrr,Ir DAMAGE FROM RUNNING AGROUND. 40
TIe steamboat Saratoga of the Citizens Line "
Troy which ran aground near IoHsackle o,i W.
nesday night arrived az nep pier and v, in atempting
60 notc fast TO the Coxsackic wharf got Oh niuu
bank. -
Az rrrcTRIC TORPEDO COMPANY. :.
Tho Sims Electric Torpedo Company has Dech III
me , td I'm a conital of 81 coo, 600. The cor,
norpiors are Oscar Marshall, Henry T. Butter an"
Richard Their hGd prposSS ves
sells war ships and other material OF war;
GREAT DEMAND FOR AMERICAN coFFEEsS. ;,c
The coffee merchants especially those naV feIt
arge s rh3 thron dovs, because of the large and
nmerous orders from England for those coliees'
Prices have advanced with increased shlpllicn.s,
| and Yesterday the closing price was ten poii'no
anu tban tbe nnening aud the shipments were
Is 600 bags, about double those OF week ago.
prscnnSe TIE ErnyTeT rS SA Yo liberty
! The Master Car B9liacIs On" aper NV y b. Blu
chanan on Freight Car Couplings. III p1inod9n .
out the defects of the corplers now III use al" cr
g,eu Of he pauer was followed by the ex
hiht,on and exclamation of some twenty or moro
| models.
The now and handsome Hotel Normandie at tNc
sontbeast corner of Thirty-eiglth-st, and Broad
wav Is now open. Ferdinand T. Earle IS lnc ~ h,,
prieor and the reputation wncm ne Ia nrIe'a Hotel
| is nm indication of what he VIII accompish III e n
ttractive uptown house. The Normandie is nre
| pr0ol most substantially punt WIN III h"PN
| nents ID richly furnished.
| n1ocKApr OF THE ISLAND or FoRMosA
pepntv Collector Wynkoop YESTERDAY IT, so
from the State Department copy oi tiie aeC''p
| bockadnr Tie Island of Formosa Issued ~ henr
| sdn,,oi Tonrbet from the French ironclad Fay
| orJ in China waters. he decree declares Iu ~
from October % al ports ana NORTHWESTERN ", Tn,c Nan
ri i t 9nn.r nav qoinp west and north sha be
I XIII J IN sae Of effective blockade by the French
naval forces. ... ........
Tim figbftt .spyenh ahnitersary II The S9cieiy
rof II pbe TehSf 81 fo6t willows VIII, Imsi Ihildtsn
Sis j yeFqtat IN TIE ii9rlots e. the op,y,ets
fRse III H. hhipa s'rief Mts. ( I Btoasir
90 45a &sS f&tcntti Ms tht sorittg W A. curing
| g3sT eNibiteA ibg s6eieit use Hetl}El 1hilhc
| ld3 tGs, ltrstts itoM T. Mss}h, 9lWWhe2
glNadHgSf a z ! io NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RDH $iiiNdS
Tbctnlon' sahVait- chpai inilAelN saa ~ se'-
slqa al Che tHsl l4en lts,,9 Wv al
' ,Snn ,"Ni H. Ree". w. f Tmis prsdi There
were many clorslmcu pIc,oul - nlu',unt ut',1"n
ua!ns apd goo numb + at ,u''s 1nr. 'o, msJn hy
| RnIph Wells the Rev. &. y, faenani and others.
| The evening tonic for DISCUSSION was Knowing
| Human Nature aud How to Teach Inc new w.
| II. Wasor presided.
Nrw woRRI~G,nN's LopGING-uousr.
A building at No. iOi Pcarl-st was opened yes
tcrday b. the Society for Improving Wofkllgm'u
lIomis as the Franklin Lodging-lionse for WORK
,ngmen. II has accommodations for 200 men.
| The society began IT'S work three years ago WIN
cote house IN Centre-s ana opcfE"u amDi"o ~
! lodging and over 100000 meals were iurnishcd'
| The receipts have paid all expenses
| The new poi-boat Washington, hullt tn tnkc
! the place of the one run down by me Ht'nh, UP
Tome was launched from rI id nG FIN, IhPS M"ys
| Pilot Chrsiinn Huns chrlstcnct her III inc goou
old way by breaking bottle oi chanpagn" o'o or
her boWA. which the spectators tuoHkul " ""''' W
! GOOD wine She is % feet ~ lcngih ~ l'ot p'ahi,
vio feet depth OF hold, IL schooncrrggcd ana cost
| slS 600 Her owners are PilotA Daniel Hilcapr,
! Christian Huns. Edward Young, /. llarpinson anu
| Charles Peterson.
| onuCuNG TO MASS HAND ~ HER POCKET.
! Mrs Sarah &. w. Tidy of No. 90 East Ninth-st.,
| who WAS interested in suit III The surrogate
Cont two years ago rs the second wife OF Justice
Tilby. who died AT the age of eighty, went before
| Justice Duffy yesterday at the Iombs to make a
charge of attempted larceny against John I. wat
son. OF Halls Hotel. Mrs. lllby stated That whllc
| she was on a Fourth-ave car, pear the cooper IN
stItute she saw Watsun's hand IN the pocket OF her
! dress He denied the charge and some angry words
| were EXCHANGED between them. IN n short Tine
Watson arose TO leave the car when the passengers
| demanded that he should be arrested. Being IA
! strong and active man, he went toward the door
| and pushed tine conductor over the dashboard.
| Among those who said that they saw Watson put
! his hand in Mrs Ti.by's poe kct was Henry W. Du-
! milf. of No. Is West Gwcntcth-st Watson at the
| iombs repeated his denial OF the charge, but was
committed for examination, and having failed to
offer bail was locked up.
BROOKLYN.
The latest improvement suggested for the Bridge
railroad is the use OF electricity as motive power
The Rev j. c. williamson, pastor of the Anslc
Street PRESBYTERIAN Church, has received n call to
| IL ,uIn+ ~ the Jefferson Avenue PRESBYTERIAN