New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
NEW-YORK CITY.


| York, 10 a. m.
NETWORK CITY.
| D. r. Francis president of the st. LOns Board OIL
Trade wgsan interested visitor Oh the Produce Tx
| change yesterday. $500.
Lewis L. Jackson, Secretary Of the Board of CITY
Missions, regarded by his family as showing
| signs of improvement yesterday.
| DR. PARKER's WONDERFUL VITALITY.
| DR.. Parker much better yesterday that me ne
sat up and partool of nourishment. His wonderful
vitality puzzles his attendants and they know hot
| what to expect He is suffering from malady that
would long since have killed younger man.
| RECALLING CONVICTIONS OF LIQUOR DEALERS
| The Excise COMMISSIONERS yesterday had obtain
ed records of the conviction of 100 persons for
| violation Of the Excise law in recent years lhey
were sending notices to about 700 dealers now DO;
ing business that their licenses had been IeNoAeu
| by conviction.
| MAINTAINING A PoIICY-sHoP.
Charles Baker, alias George Rice, Yesterday in the
ComstOck with maintaining policy-o1ice at No.
| 50 South-st. Charles l.. Anwander, barber was
| charged with leasing the place to him for the ne
fariOus business. Both were held for trial.
| HORsE-sHOEs NOT TO BE LOST
eve have to pay for every shoe we lose" said a
street-car driver yesterday, as he stopped his
| horses and removed from the foot of one OF them
shoe that hung by one nail. He then drew over the
hoOf leather boot, buckcd 1t around the IasteIn
| and drove on.
INJURED BY THE FALL or An ELEVATOR.
An elevator broke loose in packing house at No
! 500 Seventh-aye. last night and fell two il0Ors;
Justus Graus, of No. 300 West 1hrty,thrd-St and
John Apeberg, of No. 224 East Thirl-str each had
an ankle broken and received other severe ILL.,
| juTieS.
HAVING Fun IN SPITE OF DULNEss
| The depression of business on the Cotton tx
change Yesterday did not depress the jnbllant
| spirits of the members, especially wDch IiHan
| Pool appeared on the floor with his head bandaged'
| At short intervals there was q concerted Shout;
"Who struck TIirami" and on the bulletin board
was posted the query, "Who struck Hiramp
GOING HOME FOR A FORTUNE.
| Richard Charnley, age forty, arrived at Castle
| Garden from Lancashire, ENGLAND, about wear
| ago. He has been living as a tramp when the Emil
| grafton Board would not feed him. On tuesday
| heir TO about 100000. lie sailed for home on the
steamship PayOnia on Wednesday.
THE HARVARD CLUB DINNER.
The eighteenth annual dinner of the Harvard
| Club of this city vii! take place at Delmoncos on
! Thursday, February 81, at $50 p IN. All Harvard
men, from any quarter, whether members OF the
club or not, are invited. Applications for tickets,
which are placed at So each, should be sent to
| Nathaniel 5. Smith, secretary of the CLUB NO. 10
| Nassau-st.
| LOOKING FOR HER RUNAWAY JOHNNIE
Johnnie" Coleman age eleven, ran away from
his mother in Scranton, Penn, wee ago.. Iester-
day she received dispatch saying that %JohnnIe.
had been caught by relative in Hobokcn. Mrs.
! Coleman came to lioboken, but found on her ar
rival that Johnnie" had escaped fromthe clutches
of the relative and was still at large. She yainly
| sOught information Of her missing boy at Police
| Headquarters last night.
KILLED BY AN ACCIDENT on BOARD SHIP.
The ship AgenOr, when arrived from BalnpnIB
| yesterday reported that on January %, when
swaying yard aloft, the halarls broke; and q he
yard fell, killing Martin Berkboltz, breaking the
| mates leg and seamans arm; rye days alteT-
| ward j. Anderson seaman died. and on February
G, G.. A. STOPPER, another sailor died Another OF
| the Is badly frost-bItten.
| BURGLARS SEVERELY PUNISHED.
| John KeT age twenty, and Thomas Chrlstel, age
| twenty-five, who have been employed in black
amihs' shops in this city, Were sentenced yesterday
| by Recorder Smyth to twclyeyears and six months
each in the State Prison. They were tried and cor
yicted of burglary at the house OF George ;.
| Croker, of No 217 East Eightecnth-st. Henry
| Haney a boy. who was with them. pleaded guilty
and was sent to the Emira Befornatory.
LOOKING FOR MISSING COLLECTOR
| Mr.. Steinberg, manager for the singer Sewing
Machine Company IN this city, at Police Head
quarters last night asked for information of August
Graf, a collector of the company He went out of
the Office of the company at No. 81 Union square.
OH Thursday, TO collect in Thompson and Sullivan
sts, and has not been seen since Graf is twenty
three years old and is married. His father Is the
Editor of The Iobacco Leaf JOHrnGt.
BUSINESS FAILURES OF WEEK.
The business failures the last seven days, rs re-
ported to r. G.. Dun n Co., number for the United
States 232. and for Canada and the Provinces 46,
a total of 27S as compared with total of 373 last
week. There is "A marked decrease in the number of
sonher dde and ai on
the Pacific coast. In Canada, however, there is
slight increase over even the high figures of recent
weeks. For the whole country the total Is the
smallest noted in any week this year.
,ADJQURNED FOR LACE OF NUMBERS.
| The Republicans OF the list Assembly District
| who were members of the old association bearing
that name have held several meetings at tho club
I rooms in East 59tst. for the purpose of organic
| ing a Republican club Last evening special com
| mittee presented n constitution for approval and
adoption, bnt owing TO the small number present it
| was decided to adjourn until next Friday evening,
| when it is expected that a number of prominent
| Republicans will be present.
| STALLS IN FRONT OF FULTON MARKET.
Controller Grant has decided to allow number
of stalls to be erected on the FutOnst side of Full
| ton Market. Originally it was intended that no
stands should be allowed on the sidewalk outside
of the market, but the decision has been reversed
| When the market was built the walls were
run up on the line of the walls of the old building.
and four or five feet inside the stOop line. There
| will be no obstruction allowed the sidewalk,
| which is twelve feet wide.
| APPROVING MR.. BRACKETT's RECOMMENDATION
| The recommendation by Special Agent Bracket
| that the extracts from the United States statutes
printed on the backs of blank declarations of bag
! into tic United States free of duty be printed in
| English, French and German instead of IN English
only, as at present and given to passengers by the
pursers Of steamships to be filled ont on the passage
TO this country, has been approved by the managers
of the steamship lines and referred to Secretary
Folger and Collector Robertson.
THE VOLUNTEER FREMEN's ASSOCIATION.
! Ont of the gathering together0f the old volunteer
fiTemen to take part in the Evacuation Day parade
name of the Volunteer Fremcns Association of the
City of New York. meeting was held last even
ing at the Village House. at Hudson and Bank SITS
and hfy-seyen new members were added TO the
ninety previously elected. Ninety-four propositions
for membership were presented. 1t is the Intention
of the organization to admit to the general member
ship all members of the department who were in
good standing at the time of its disbandment who
have continued in good standing in the community
since. Out OF the general membership will be formed
a mutual aid association Of such as choose to ioin
it, The insurance viii be limited to 500.
WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENT.
The West Side Improvement Association effected
| a permanent organization at a meeting last eve
ming, at Ninth-aye. and Seventy-secOnd-st About
fifty taxpayers and property Owners Of the district
lying west of Central Park were present and Will
lam H. Barker the president of the association
presided. The purpose of the association is to urge
| on the Board of Public Works the necessity of i'm