New-York tribune., 1884-01-22

AZ ELEVATED wORRMANs NARROW ESCAPE ~
There was trouble on several OF the trains ol ,lo
Third Avenue Elevated Railroad last evening" hHil
! leakage nf tbe steaIn-brake connections At the
| CITY nall station, about Z o'clock, WorkIiian i
came near losing his life. He was ON inc tracN' oe
| tween the cars trying to tighten The c0nneGtl0h
! when the conductor pulled the bcll,rope ana lil9
train started. going bali ear lcngln peIoie CuuT
| he stopped The workman Tasped the coupling oi
the cars and was dragged over lie tieS' Tic eSc'pu
| with "a few bruises.
| NEw ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH .
The formation of Roman Cath@iIc ParsH1t ti,s, oi
Northumberland twenty y-hird-sts. VIII rcduce lne
size OF It. Paups and -; Cecllias ParlshI1S. 81 a
church will be built soon and the Rev Joseph byron
! will he its priest few years ago the Rcy; - >.
Flood Of It Gabricl's, was appointed to bulld mp
| new parish ont OF st. Gabrefs. lie did 80 ana ls
| now the pastor ot the Church Oh ~ Jolil 'H0
| Evangelist.
| CONSERVATION IN BIBLICAL CRITICISM. e.,
A papcrcntltcd a Survey of Biblical Criticism"
was read at the meeting of Baptist preachers yGster
! Avenue Baptist Church. of GIecnpOnt In discuss
ing this paper the Rev. DR.. j. b. Thomas, OF BROOK
lyu sad that while the historical criticism OF the
| Bible was valuable, all specu atlye criticism was
useless, contributing nothing to our khowled9e,
| Dr. l.. A. Wood, of Paterson, ~ j., th0ught I .e
! ministry should be conservative in holding TO the
facts 1t knew them There are 100 many many
| younger men rushing into print, nc said; p neh
facts have been established we shall not fear to ac-
| cept them, and we may find 1t necessary theh u
| modify our interpretations
BROOKLYN.
Ex-Navor I. A. Schroeder, who has Just returned
| from Europe, called on Mayor Low yesterday
F. W Piper proprietor of the cub House at No:
1913 Court-st., who was arrested for violation OF
the excise Law on Sunday, pleaded guilty ScS''ii"S
and was fined 81.
| Gordon l.. Ford has retired from the presidency
| of the Brighton Beach Railroad Company ana Zen
! eral Jordan as chairman of the Executive Commit
tee is acting president 1t is thought that an app-
| cation fbr a receiver will be made to-day.
| Mayor Low has appointed Edward |. Counnette
clerk in his Office selecting him from the candl-
| eXamiDat,on. lis salary Is 81 600 Mr. Coun-
nette passed the highest examination IN ms class.
Three sailors Of the training ship jamestown fell
into the water off the Cob Dock OF the Navy lara
yesterday morning, from the turning OF gang gang
| plank They were intoxicated and would nave
| drowned had not John {. Ward, workman
| pulled them out.
Peter j. Meaney. well-known pool-seller and
| gambler who pleaded guilty 10 gambling on COney
Island last summer reported TO have left Brook
| lyn and gone to Canada lie SOLD MS lulhltuIe
| and left his house, No. 9O3 Hcrkmer-st, a week
| ago. -
| Charles Coombs a veteran Of the War of 1872,
| who dice Friday at his home No. % sonth lort-
dav The services were conducted by the KeV Ut;
| Cuyer and the Rev. j. Hyatt Smith. The burial
| was i'll Greenwood.
| Henry McDemott, an engineer in the employ OF
| the Department of City Works died yesterday at
his home No. 1,10S Pacicst, at t1e age OF thirty
| four He was a brother of James McDemOtt, who
| was recently tried in England as Irish 81 sus-
| pect and acquitted, and who is charged by the
| Fenian Brotherhood with being British spy
The Bedford Avenue Reformed Church, which re-
Gently extended a call to the Rev. DIR. Joseph L.
Duryea of the Central Congregational Church, OF
Boston, has just received letter from him declin-
ing the call the ground that the interests OF ms
church in Boston are such that he cannot leave 1t
without damage which could not be repaired in a
long time. Dr. Duryea added that he had no IN
clinaion to leave his people, and the consideration
of this call did not alter their relations.
The BROOKLYN City Bible Society elected the fol-
lowing officers last night at the depository, No. ZQi
Montague St: President, the Rev. DR.. Albert s.
Hunt: vice presidents, Sidney Sanderson ana J0hn
J. FARMER; corresponding secretary the Rev. Dr.
Henry j. Van Dyke; recording secretary and
treasurer L. b. Wood A board of thirty-slx man
ayers was also elected. The society, which was
Organized forty-three years ago, distributes Bibles
in Brooklyn at the rate of 5000 year, and at an
average yearly cost OF $3,OOO.
Company A. 23d Regiment gave 2 ball last
evening in the Assembly Rooms IN M0ntague-St
The rooms were decorated with flags and bunting.
About go people were present. The commute OF
reception were Cyrus T. smith,, WilHain 4. flht9,
W. L. Van Sinderen, +. +. Hayiland, Ernest NJ.
Num- Mrs. Arthur b. Hatch, Mrs. A &. Barnes,
Mrs .IoSeph Yeoman, Mrs W. B. Dickennan, Mrs.
John A. buckingham and Mrs. james l.. Morgan,jr.
Edward Van Kcurcn. of No. 40 Uenderson-st., a
Young man of respectable connections, VINO mas
hitherto borne an excellent reputation was arrest
ed Yesterday morning by sergeant NcHlhhS, WmIe
in lie act OF committing burglary ~ Patuckllay-
denis Liquor store NJ Eighth and henderson SIS;
Van hcuIcn and au accpHpllce Had partly loI'cu
omen u side door with a Jimmy when sergeant
NcCiinuiS and officer Russell came upon them ana
tine sergeant seized Van ourcn. His acc0mpllce
Hcd. Van kcueu had burgl lar'S tools IA his posses
s.pu and tine police secured evidence 10 show that
he has been thc pcrpctIalOr of Il number OF recent
petty buTgarics.