New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-03
NEW-YORK CITY.

The new surface cross-town railroad IN One-huh-
dred-and-tcnth-st is nearly completed.
4 ladies' matinee performance of Inc Adam
ie $ Eden" viii he given III the COMEDY incal,o d.
broadway and Twenty-e ightlI-st tins a1teihooh'
Controller Grant reports tie net city debt on
December | as $50. ,7G> 80, a decrease OF ~
$3.50 9S since the beginning Oh 'hc pIoSe"'
year.
POPULARITY OF TIE ROLLER SKATE
Harlem Will soon have two roller skating Kinks.
new one, between One -hundred,and- tweniy
fourt and observation-disclosures Wcniy TN stS'' hc'i
Third-avc, is rapidly approaching compictloh'
BENT on SEEING THE DISPLAY.
The steps leading up to the fourfe@nth street
station OF the Sixth Avenue Eicvated hoan arc
Lv = thick canvas Yesterday workmcn were en-
gagged in up various cuts and openings maze
bV the knives of curious ANA dctcrhllncu sigh'-
sccrs.
urDsoX TUNNEL RAILWAY DIRECTORS.
The Hudson Tunnel RAILWAY COMPANY held ITS
annual meeting yesterday al '"c olct 81 LIZ oord
of directors. They are Oliver A. Gagcr' " IMAM
NJ Force Charles A. Lincoln, Henry " rcrR'hS ~ =,
b. Houston. j. l.. Martin ana a. u. Nio' -, o II,
directors will meet some time next week 10 eico'
officers.
LAST OF TIE FAIR SOUVENIRS.
To-day every woman yistof AZ me Aihc' , ia,
stitute Industrial Exhibition who purchases
ticker of admission at the box office VIII be pre-
scented with a handsome souvenir. the last oil INC
season. as the fair closes on SATURDAY n'pn., vr
December , The binding viii he AGAIN re"l"hcd
by Tie Knickerbockcr Roller Skating Cub
CHEEpMooG RECEIPTS MORE iuAN EN'iNstS.
The regular monthly meeting oi directors Oh inc
National Rifle Association was held yesterday.
There " as an informal discussion ol the relative
merits of IRON and canvas targets aud "l I'VE pes
time 10 hold The ANIMAL meeting TOT 'Ir n'S, >,
fine IN he history OF CIccdnoOr Inc receipts III
thr annual meeting were reported to be greater
than the expenses
GOOD INVESTMENT
Tho CoIbin Banking Company offers seven aud
eight per farm mort gagcs on improved iaili
| IN amounts not exceeding forty per cent "i thcir
value. The mortgages are always hrst lclS Oh 'n i
urnpcrty The long cX pcrience UT toe company III
This line of business which has been attended win
uniform success. commcnds tins form OF Investment
TO the public 1t is not new scheme with unusuai
PROMISES which the company oilers.
! prtNsrnING RISKS II \ NEw-YORK COMPANY.
The Hudson Fire Insurance COMPANY 81 jersey
CITY has rrnsurcd It's risks in the nltcd Siaic'
! Ere Insurance COMPANY of Newly ORR. Inc nut.
con raceivrd LAT wear in premiums $33,2ll, and
paid in losses ~, Il. The United states IRE IN
surancc COMPANY was organ'z,n III a'n mt,
ON the first of last Januaty amounted to T131.1 =
with Il surplus beyond all liabilities of T22d'o"S.
A prslGN ron 1nr mNNlNG1oN MoNVMiN,
There was "A meeting of the bennington, w.,
Hattie Monument Asspcintion iu the Mills Hui dihs
yrsrtdnv Ex-Governor Il. I. Prescott OF New
hampshire was elected l,rnidrn' nna we ny ~,
Committee ON l,rAisu made report when " ~ ne
/ crplri The design IL hy Professor john W. Wen
/ If Yale College, The Committee "n noHisn W"'
r J. Thrlps. Of Burlington. va "N.Govorior AlrN
nndei H. ,icc. oi lIoaionl ticuctnl lonn g. Nt'ul
Tough. OF thia city, and rA'''oNcih"r Prescott"
10 ni,inr Arr ouNrtiiiioNH,
The trustees 1T the lngnllcn aud Harper M
| Scholarship Funds, AT a meeting h'd on N"ndhN
| evening, empowered the iulA, whose names hhN'
already been published III ~ hoNn, ~ ,"h
charge OF the drawings snbmiitrd IN compr''!oi
| and 10 make "a decision az 10 " lich possesses IN
greatest merit The number ct COMPETITIONS !
| hardly as large a. mad been expected hut IL i
hoprd that their merit Will he III inverse ratio u
their number. In few DAYS the jury WI mce
and render their decision a. soon "a possible
LAWYERS AND OTHER GOOD MIN CAS- JOIN
An old rule Of the Cotton Exchange provided
! that call persons twenty -One years OF age an'
over. residents or non-rcsdcnts OF good chaiacte
and commercial standing may ID" elected 10 mem
! hershIp The latter adjective has been changed &
| financial. The reason for tins Is SAID 10 he that tn
old rule excluded lawyers ana oihei ilhewiS. GOO
/ men from membership because thcy hah no com
mcrcaln standing, though they might nave IN
Financial" qualification Only lawyers OF " goo
character" however. may become members
prsuLtNCE 10 BE FOUGHT WITH FIRE.
Fire AZ a purifier. Save Ncw-lork from pest
/ lcnce and death. Burn Your garbage. are IN
headlines on printed postal cara, th9u>nnds
copies Of which were distributed through the citI
yesterday by Henry King, manager Of the s"a IA
! SanItarium. He claIgcs every house Keeper 10 sc
10 II that after each meal all particles OF NegctIpl
refuse are reduced 10 ashes that nothing shall .
put III the boxes and barrels for collection by ash
cartmcn but ashes, and then rag-plckers canno
rake out Pestilencc and give 1t the freedom ol III
city. ..1t
SIX WARS FOR STEALING TWENTY DOLLARS.
John Cooney. an attractive appearing young ma
was tired YESTERDAY before Recorder Snyth, on
charge of robbing samuel = Spanglcr, of No. !
SoutI-st of S2J. Spanglcr testified that Coonc
caupht him by the neck he was standing i
south 81. on the evening of November Is and ben
nockcis. CooAcy tried 20 prove by the evidence q
a Young woman and girl that he sven
that evening at some distance frcm tn
| mace of the robbery. The jury found Coone
unity but recommended mm to the mere
of the Court He was sentenced By Judge Glider
sleeve TO six years in the State Prison
The CHRISTMAS LETTER MISSION.
The object Of the Christmas Letter MISSION Is