New-York tribune., 1884-02-27


adorns the wall of the station in Flfty-irst-st
The PRESBYTERIAN Church Of the Sea aud Land,
at Market and Henry ss., Is one OF ne ocs, IN % .o
city. There is free reading room loI se"ihch ""oN
of the church.
The Graf propcrtv consisting of two factories and
tw houses was sold by the sheriff Yesterday under
foreclosure of mortgage for 500 00o at the sur
of Edward Balback, trustee. Mr GraI was u SHOE
manufacturer and failed about year ago
A burglar attempted TO force an entrance into
eroe-sbop kept by Henry Cooper in Highest. near
WaTren-st on Monday night, and knocked over
lighted lamp, which set fire to the room. The SAT
wage Corps was called and eXtingushed the names
( MEETING or BRAss-wORKERs,
A meeting of brass-wOrkers was held last night az
No. 1913 Bowery for the purpose of considering the
best of rectifying existing evils IN the trade
and committee was appointed to make arrange
ments for holding n series OF meetings.
SALE OF A COTTON EXCHANGE SEAT.
The Cotton Exchange membership of Is. R. Smlth,
who failed recently, was sold yesterday for. the
benefit of his creditors, who are members OF the
Exchange. lnman, Swan u Co. purchased the seat
for 1928.
COLLECTION FOR THE PROVINCIAL SEMINARY.
The annual collection for ST. Josephs Seminary,
Troy, where candidates for the priesthood are edu-
Gated, will he taken up in the Roman Catholic
churches of New-York on Sunday next.
MoNsIGNoR CAPEI's LENTEN WORK.
MOnsmor Capel will deliver series of twelve
conferences on Christian Truth and Duty in the
Church of the DOminicans. Lexington-ave. ana
Sixty-sixth-st., beginning on next Sunday at the
High Mass.
THE RECEPTION OF GENERAL ORD's BODY.
General Hancock yesterday made arrangements
10 receive the body of General f. o. Z. Ord, who
died from yellow fever at Havana last July, which
is expected to arrive here to-day on the steamship
City of Merida.
SEIZURE OF THOUSAND CIGARS
Custom House officers yesterday seized VI J, 900 o
cigars on board the steamship Saratoga, of Wards
Havana Line. Otto Julien, sailor, who was
charged with attempting to smnggle them, was ar
rested and held IN default of ball.
ANOTHER BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
The first game i'm the PilkinQtOn * Nagle 10
team" bowling tournament for the championship
of New York dgold medals was played last h,ght'
The game was between the Knckerb0cker and Ac-
tive clubs. The former won by score Of 1879 to
1,62s.
COMING TO AMERICA TO BE MARRIED.
Protestant and the latter a Catholic who were
prohibited from marrying by their parents, In Ger-
many, arrived here yesterday and were married at
Castle Garden by Pastor Berkemeler.
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT. go
Manhattan Hall was crOuded last evening with
friends of Ascension Section No. 2, Cadets OF lem,
perance who, had gathered to enjoy their second
Annual Musical and Literary Entertainment.
very attractive feat of the Entertainment was the
Ascension Glee Club and the Eighteen Peak Sisters.
CHEMIST INDICATED.
Ryland w. HOwes, a chemist living AT No. 10
East Fifty-ninth-st, who was arrested on February
10. chaaged by Hugh NJ. Spauldmg and II; II.
Cargill, of the Howes Chemical Co., No. 200 East
Fourteenth-st., with larceny, was hOnoraDly ac-
quilted at Essex Market yesterday.
ENTERTAINING CHURCH PEOPLE.
The second of a series of free entertainments nm
der the direction tS OF + NAYS Parish or wTo
ship in the chapel of st Augustine was gwen last
evening in ST Augustines Hall, lO9 East Houston,
st. The pTOgra me consisted OF popular vocal anu
instrumental 5000
LIABILITIES OF $4,000.
Wm ii. Hanidge, dealer in provisions at NO 81
First-ave., made an assignment without preferences
to Thomas " Rutter yesterday. He has been In
business about five years, and for short time was
of Harrington S harnidge. His liabilities are
about $4,000.
MR. RE1LLY's GAvEL.
Sereeant-at-Arms w. r. w. Chambers has sent to
Register John Reilly the gavel welded by him dur
ing the year he was president OF the Board OF
Aldermen Accompanying the gavel Is letter Ill
which the capabilities of the English language are
stretched almost to breaking,
DEFENDING HIMSELF WITH PISTOL,
Cord Never hQuOr dealer at No. II Pike-St.,
was admitted to bail in 81 900 yesterday at the
Essex Market Police Court, on charge OF having
shot Edmund Kearney, of No. Birmlngham-st.; III
of confederates in Pike-st. kealney is now IN a
dangerous condition at the Chambers Street Hos
ptal.
TWO KINDS OF TEMPERANCE PLEDGES
The American League of the Cross, which was es-
tablished in Chicago by the Jesuit Fathers a year
ago, is to be introduced into some OF the Roman
Catholic churches of this city. There are Two
kinds Of pledges given: one of total abstinence
and the other pledge to abstain from drinking IN
Tog-shOps or other places where intoxicating
liquors are sold.
A SMALL ACCIDENT TO THE CITY or CHICAGO.
The mman Line steamship City of Chicago
which sailed from here for Liverpool on Monday
night. burst of her small steam-plpes when OIL
Sandy Hook and returned for repairs \ new length
of pipe sent down to the vessel and she started
again at 1870 "A. IN. yesterday.
RAPID TRANSIT PROSPECTS,.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners are awaiting
the action of the National Cable Railway Company
whose efforts for obtaining capital 1or tne con
sruction of the proposed cable roads said to he
meeting with success, The Commissioners III cX-
ecutiye session yesterday talked over prospects,
but did nothing.
MOCK AUCTION SALES IN THE BOwERY.
mock auction store in the Bowery near Bayard-
ST. was III active operation yesterday. Seven
"cappers" were looking tor victims. An old man
from New-Jerscy paid $ll for brass chain and
lockct winch the auctoneer declared were worm
$lS. They sell on the street for % cents. Watches
which can be bought for % each were SOLD 10
dupes for $40 each.
ARRESTED FOR sHoP-LTTING.
Mrs Elizabeth Dunn alias Mary Durham, VINO
arrested at Altman ~ Co.'S store IN SIXTH
ave. while engaged i'll shOp-lltung was balled yes
terday in the Jefferson Market Police Court, IN
$500, by DR.. Selden Dunn, of No. II East Iwen-
ty-eighth-st Mrs. Dunn IS the VIE OF II wealthy
resident of DenlsOE, Texas, who is in the city on
business. 1t Is asserted that she is a keptOmaniac.
A MASQUERADE RECEPTION.
The pupils and eX-pupils of Professor George w.
Wallace's dancing class. of Harlem, had 4 masqueI-
ade reception in Association Hail. at F0urth-aye.
and One -ninth-st., last Night
Among the representations were George Washing
ton, General Grant, Bismarck, victor Emanuel
Napoleon, the Mikado of Japan the TaO-Iai Of
Pekin sara Bernhardt and Nine. Patti
TWO LARGE LIFE POLICIES
The New-York Life Insurance Company yester-
day received advces that James J. Partridge, for
many years in the diplomatic service of the United
States whose death by suicide at Alicant e. Spain
was reported from Madrid, on Monday held two
policies in that company for $1,000 Tins COM
pany also had a policy the life of X. c. Guzman,
the Mexican millionaire for $50 900. Both policies
will be paid in full AT once.
INCORPORATING 4 NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
A certificate of incorporation of the Public Pos
tai Telegraph was filed yesterday. The capital
stock is 100000 with the privilege OF an increase
to $50, 600 600. The stockholders William ID.
snow secretary of the American Loan and Trust
Company Benjamin +. Blair, Ross &. Stone, Frank
Rudd and George NJ. Brooks The incOrpORatOrs
assert that by the means of new patents they will