New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
,,,, xopu n.uv TRIHuNE SATURDAY JANUARY l2 1884

the calling of margins on wheat options ior Inc
purpose Of frightening the "shorts.
"pIx sIX'sr ELECTION.
At tbe annual meeting of the ex-nemDers OF
Americas Engine Company No. o. OF tne .0lnnsal M oSa
William William B. nV Cnniey, PRESIDENT David NJ. Smith,
II Upohes' treasurer: Edward W. Jacobs, Richard
Evans William H. Burns John L. Mum aud Chris
topher Van Blarcom Executive Committee.
A NEW CLIPPER SHIP
The new fu-rigged clipper ship Servia, OF SUI
ton g. Co.'s Dispatch Line for San FRANCISCO is
now at Pier No 10 East River. She was Duut Dy
Horton Brothers, of Bath, Maine, is 236 feet from
is S66. She is taking III her cargo at present and
will sail for San Francisco in three weeks unuer
the command of Captain David Il. Gilmore.
SOME or THE DwELLERs ON WARDS ISLAND.
superintendent O'Brien yesterday reported 10
the Commissioners of Emigration that there were
191 inmates Of the Institutions on Wards Islana 9
whose wear will expire or before February ~,
of which forty -four are in hospital elghtyIour III
the asylum and sixty-three in the House OF Retuge.
Some of the inmates have been IN the country W hVe
years more and several have been here more thah
four years.
CoNFEssIvG THAT HE STABBED A Man.
On his own confession, John Frederick Jeager,
German Yesterday at the Essex Market Police Court,
was charged with having stabbed George Stroh,
meyer in Deancey-st. on January L Inc HluIeu
man is under treatment in the New-fork HOpltal,
and Sebastian Eichnauer, ia held for the offence:
Jeager saws that the assault was committed in self
defence He held for trial in default OF $l,ooo
FUNERAL OF GEORGE W. THOMPSON.
The funeral of George W. Thompson took place
yesterday morning at his home, Ic no. OdnSteG H Tg bv
the Rev. w. H. Cooke, of st. J0hns fr0testanI
Episcopal Church, in Yarick, and the Rey. Mr. S
Alien of Islip. Long Island. The par0rS OF the
house where the coffin was placed were filled by
number of Mr.. ThompsOn's relatives and trends
The burial took place i'll Greenwood Cemetery.
CHANGES IL TIE BREMEN LINE.
The North German Lloyd has arranged to make q
change i'll the running of Its vessels alter March l.
when the new steamships, the Elmer and Ems now
in course of construction, will be ready for service
These two vessels, together with the Elbe, Fulda
and Werra will he run between New-York and
Bremen, touching at southampton both WAYS. The
other vessels of the line will run tOand from bremen
direct. and thus save a day III the trip
SEQUEL TO THE M'KAY-sTERNs QUARREL.
In the Special Sessions Court Yesterday the case
of Nathaniel Mckay. the broker of No.39 Broadway,
who was charged With having assaulted on Decem-
Der "a George T. Stcns another broker, was lr'ed'
Both persons repeated their 1orneT statements;
Tho defendant deDiedhaving struck Mr.. Sterns but
said that when the latter accused hun OF DONG
dirty business" in connection with cheek, he
demanded retractOn of the statement and merely
gave Mir Sterns shaking" The accused broker
was discharged.
The bark Minnie NJ. Watts, which sailed from
New-YOrk for Portland. Oregon, on May IL, is gwen
up as lost he was seen of Cape Horn on July y,
aud since then has not been heard from. she had
crew of twelve men, and was in command OF 'H,ap-
tain Edwin Watts, who had his wife aud child on
hoard. She was owned by Thomas w. Dnnn OF
Thomaston, Me-, where she was built in ls1! ana
was one of the largest barks aioat, beng 175 feet
in length. 36 1-3 feet beam, 2l feet depth OF hoiu,
and | ,023 tons register.
GIRL SUPPOSED TO HAVE RUN AWAY. :,
Alice Perrett age sixteen, pretty English girl,
employed by the Rev. Mr.. Irvine, of Woodside near
Newark. came to this city yesterday with Mr..
Irvine and his family to ia ke part IN reIlglOus
meeting at No. 33l West Thirty -Iourth-st. On tne
wav the girls hat blew Off and she was gwen some
money 10 90 into drug store and buy benzine to
clean it with, and told to follow the party. she
has not been seen smcG enc bo had hnt she
took advantageof the opportunity. She wore ared
FUNERAL or CHARLES ?. ABBEY.
The funeral of Charles +. Abbey, who met with
n fatal accident on the elevator OF the Burlington
Flat took place last evening at the seventh fTeS-
byterian Church The Rev: DE- Marvin Il, nctad vincent
with the Lorllard Insurance Company, but OF Iate
he has lived in Colorado on account OF an lnvald
wife. During the war he was an officer in the lO1th
Regiment New-YOrk Volunteers, and at the time of
his death he was Mayor of Virginia City, Col, and
identified with the mining and smeltng interests of
that State. He was widOwer, and leaves one
PROFESSIONAL THIEVES HELD.
"JimD Tracy bill" VOsbuTgh and William
Ogle three professional thieves whose pictures have
beenIn the Rogues' Gallery for years, and who have
been arrested and sent TO prison several times, were
locked ND at Police Headquarters on Thursday
night In the Tombs Police Court yesterday they
were charged with the recent robbery at the house
of ex-Alderman McClaye, and with thGits from
houses in HobOken and jersey City. Their plan
has been to enter dwelling houses through second
story windows. Vosburgh was released and the
others held for examination.
PIGEON FLIGHTS At THE POULTRY SHOW.
The fifth annual meeting of the Federation of
HominG Pigeon Faneiers "ill be held, In Connection
with the pet stock show, at Madison Square Garden
on January %. Two yice-presldents are to be
elected. Races have been arranged to be flown from
the Garden during the pet stOck show If weather
is favorable as 70 lows To Newark on January
"a % 26. % and %; to KeypOrt n. j., on January
20 and %; to Philadelphia and Germantown on
January 26. The birds are TO becOunermarked at the
Garden and arrivals WIZ m be reported there og
the bird making the best average speed III TINS
series Of 1aces
4 MERE GLIMPSE or A PRGZE-FGGHT.
Third-ave. street-car came TO a sudden stop last
night while on its way up the Bowery. The con-
ductOr rushed to the forward PLATFORM lhe driver
drew his horses back and jerked the lines around
the brake. BOth men mounted the dashboard, and,
clinging to the roof of the car turned their gaze
toward the east side of the street. curious pas
sengers tptoed and peeped and saw, through I the
sporting house, two white-shrted pugilists making
earnest efforts to knock each other out one man was
seen to stagger under a swinging blow from ms
opponent. the conductor gave muiiled sh0ut, the
diver chuckled audibly, the passengers resumed
their seats, and the car went Oh Its way.
sIX YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR Theft.
Emil Voegtlin. the son of the well-knOwn painter,
who was convicted a few days ago of having stolen
a large amount of jewelry, was sentenced yester,
day in the Court of General Sessions to hve years
imprisonment on the charge of which he was con-
yictcd and of one year previous charge.
young lady friend of N0cgtlin was seen wearing
some jewelry that had been stolen from Mrs;
Josephine c. Valentine at the time that she occupied
rooms at the Irving House. where Noegtlin was
also a bOardcr. Several months ago the yOnng man
pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing jewelry from
the room of AdOlph Bender, at No. Fltth-aye
Sentence was suspended on that charge until he
was found to have been guilty OF the other offence
BROOKLYN.
The bond gwen by the Mutual Gasght Company
now the Fulton Municipal Company in 1877, and
has been found by City Clerk Tate. 1t had been
mslaid in his Office
The dangerous illness of Thomas Kinsella was