New-York tribune., 1884-01-14
NFW-YORK CITY.

j. H. Harncirs funeral. st Vincent Ferrers Church.
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NEW-YORK CITY
The dime museums i'll the Bowery did large
business yesterday and the hroprietorS say say "e te
they have pTospered more than ever since 'ie
Mayors injunction.
ARRIVAL OF GERMAN LECTURER.
DR. Brehm the German geOl0glst, arrived here
Yesterday on the steamship Oder. He intends to
deliver lectures III the chief cities oil tle @ @EHitou
States, aud will begin IN Steinwa1 nan 9h rliu"S'
when he will speak on " Birds OF PaSsage'
BREAKING A Boys COLLAR BONE
Dennis Lcnihan. age fourteen, OF No, $40 East
Eleventh-st., went to tire Eighteenth freGlhct Po-
broken. He said that he had been assaulted at
Fonrth-ave. and Twenty-third-st. by the keeper ol
u Herald newsstand.
THE PALESTINE COMNANDERY BALI. ~
At the Palestine Commaudcry ball which Will be
held at the Metropolitan Opera House tomorrow
the Reception Committee; II. II. Brockway, of the
Floor Committee c. F. Widey, of the kelTeshnent
Committee FredeTGE G G9nfg{ f fe 81 Po@e ihs Cd
mittee; A. 5. Williams. of the House Commttee'
and j. w. Bowden, of the Committee OF Arrange
CLOSE OF THE WEEK or PRAYTR.
The Week of Prayer among the churches OF the
city was closed by an Evangelical Aliianee service
at st. Pau's Methodist Episcopal Church, Iwenty.
second-st.. and Fourth-aye, last evening Most
of the Protestant denominations, were
vices were cOnduc ed by john Jay ana SNORT
addresses were made by the Rev. DIR. sampson ana
gelical Alliance.
ANOTHER CASE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Michael Tully. acardriver, age tNcn y-tour at IL;
45 Saturday night on his way down lhrd-ave. was
attacked at One-huudTcd-and- twenty -seyenth-si
by half "a dozen men, ~ no knocked hun down ana
robbed him of his watch. Officer McCusker OF the
Twelfth Precinct, heard his cries and captured
John Powers, of No. 200 East One-hundred-and-
fwentv-eip tb-st WHO was going down the avenue
af a rapid rate The prisoner pleaded not guilty in
the Harlem Police Court yesterday morning. but
was held in $1,000 bail by Justice Duty
THE HOME FOR DISCHARGED CONvIcTS.
The nth anniversary Of the Home for Dis
charged COuyicts waSObscrVcd yesterday afternoon
at No. 40 East HouNtOn-9t. with appropriate eyer
cises The president, II. Boswell, said that dur
ing five years than 1.2OO men had been re,
cefved into the house lodged and fed and 659 had
sre oCen at pnres~nt thrVne cared for in the building
The work has been highly satisfactory put there
is still large Indebtedness to be paid. AddreSses
were made by u. Fulton Cutting and the Rev Is.
A. Lewis, of Clifton Springs, New-lork'
LAST EVENINGS GLOWING SUNSET.
Last evening there another Of the glowing
sunsets which have been frequent of late. The
sharp southwest wind seemed to scatter tho CLOUDS
aud drive them to the northward lust ong enough G
to permit the sun to peep through before the Goy-
ernors Island sunset gun was iired. AS the sun SET,
for about ten degrees above tue hodtzon df
bright golden hue. Above that were black
clouds and then a streak of bright purple, Next
came another range of clouds, and Immediately
above a bright red sky extending nearly to the
zenith. and changing in brillancy like the aurora
bOTeals. ~
Richard sullivan age twenty-slx, of No: 50 Chest
nut-st Philadelphia, at hat-past three clock yes
terdav morning, climbed 10 the second story window
of No 4S East Niuth-st, and entered by forcing a
window. He had packed mp several bundles OF
clothing, which he had thrown TO the sidewalk.
Charles Lee, who was asleep in the room, aw9kS,
and springng out of bed seized the intruder while
he cried ont for the police. After herce struggle,
Sullivan broke from the grasp 01 Lee ana thle"
himself out of the window. He fell heavily TO the
sidewalk and severely injured his ankle. Ponce
man Eddy of the Merccr-St. station, arrived III time
TO have Mr. sullivan conveyed to the hospital.
DRINKING HIMSELF To DEATH.
When john Powers, the head porter OF whole,
sale buu0r house at No l2l Liberty-st., entered
the building terday morning he discovered II
the back Office the dead body of his assistant Ed
ward Gilfeather age twenty, sitting Dot uls,gmC r,
Roe a dlsreputable and homeless woman, known to
the police as Charley Riley" An examination
showed that she was breathing though unconscl9os lou
and she was removed TO the Chambers Street Hos
pital. The body of Gilfeather was taken to the
at No. 3Gl Baltic-st., Brooklyn. On Saturday
night he obtained permission TO sleep IN the store
and he brought in the woman from the street. They
spent the nightin drinking whskey from the sam
pie bottles on the shelves until the man died.
BROOKLYN.
Mrs Timnie. mother of policeman in the Sec.
ond Precnct was found in the water at the foot of
Gdams-st Yesterday. and rescued by two citizens
She was taken to the Cumberland Street Hospital.
1t is thought that she jumped INTO the river III d
moment of insanity.
There is much interest in political circles over the
organization of the Board of Aldermen which
Will take place to-day. Inc DeluOCIdllC mclnpclo
of the old Board straipng every nerve to secure
the president of the Board and the City Clerk.
Mr.. Beecher announced yesterday in Plymouth
Church that he would deliver his lecture ne
on Wednesday evening, for the beneht OF the
BROOKLYN Home for COnsumptives, the work OF
which he commended in the strongest terms, as sup
plying accommodations for those who were not
desired in other hospitals.
NEW JERSEY.
p.TrRsoy-The Salvation Army insisted Oh
H.. auH HOODer
Lieutenant Charles Straubel, Cadet John hahdy
and Private Andrew Smith were arrested.
LONG ISLAND.
GRRRNPOINT.-A number Of yachtsman are max
ing arrangements to have dock built on the prop
erty formerly belonging to the Atlantic Yacht Club
THE POULTRY sH0W-SUNDAY OPENINGS
Entries for the incubator contest at the pet-stocl
show TO be held at Madison Square Garden the last
week in this month, may be made upto January Is
The prize is gold medal for the best percentage o.
eggs Matched from those placed III the machines al
The time of the opening of the show. Except th0S'
I'm the ThermoStatic i'll Park Place none OF the egg
set are IN the city, but are scattered abOut IN ad
joinng States, wherever competitor could c0ntro
q mar6ine of his own make and find eggs TO fill it
AT the time of the show these Matching eggs VIII al
be brought by express packed IN COTTON III soap soap
stone boxes The greatest difficulty has been fount
in getting suitable eggs. The Perfect Hate lr VII
shell out 2 600 chicks during the show, Dtt 10 d'
this, 5000 eggs have been set to get enough Una
were fertile. go
The entries in the cat department will close OF
January Is, and from the application for entry
blanks 10 the secretary, Charles X: Harker the III
dications are that every class Will be well filled.
The Executive Committee OF the club has heen re
quested 10 open the exhibition to the public "n az
least a portion of the sunday that is included III
the show dates. The plea is that the exhibition ID
of natural history objects. and that there being
neither lecture nor performance, there is nothing
which objec ion could be offered. or that would
offend.
MATE SLATER'S LATEST STORY.
Uenrv A Slater the second mate of the schooner