New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-19
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be stricken from the rolls.
DRAWINGS by YOUNG TRADFsMET. r.
The ANIMAL exhibition of drawings OF u tne nieS
and Tr9desmcn was given at Mechanics liall, IN
East Sixteenth-st.. last evening Inc pupils 81 ,o
school are young men who are serving 90
ships at various trades. The scAooi hu'n'e'' -oV
pupils.
A GIFT ~ MR. VANDERBILT. -
William H. Vanderbilt has presented his p Vol
known trottpg horse LGapder to V MandheW n far
several years. aud he was driven with Lysanuet
and others of Mr.. Nanderbilts fast goers' lie mas
record of 2:24.
MEETING OF MLsON-BUILDERs.
The Mason Builders Association met last evening
at The Hotel Brunswick. John j. Tucker made an
address. Eight new members were elected. no
organization will labor to do away with the ,iimo
clause in building contracts, and by Co-oPeih5uom
with employers in other branches OF the ouli',,5
trade, VIII try to settle questions OF wages anu
avert or suppress strikes.
John DAILY. who in 1877 was sentenced TO me
imprisonment in the Auburn prison ior todv VOC
the second degree was released LrT boen treated
with Innch more severity than his companions IN
crime The General Term OF the ouPfgdlo
had ordered new rla,, ous With the consent
granted the motion 10 dlschaIee WIN '"0 ~
of the District Attorney.
OWNER AND LEssKEs AT ODDS
Jpstice Lawrence reserved his decision yesterday
relative to the continuance of temporary lnJlnc-
tion restraining the proceeding of Edward f.
lanes the owner of the Bijou Opera House, against
Messrs Miles and Barton. for default IN their pay
ment of rent. Miles and Barton declare that they
have advanced large sums toward me complG,t,o d,
of the house. have paid their rent, and have clam
for damages, because the place was not completed
by October l, 1888.
WATER COLORS AT AUCTION.
Daniel A. Matthews the auctioneer sold at his GAL
lery in 23d-st. last evening large number OF water
colors by European artists. The bidding was was
spirited throughout the sale, although the prices
realized were not high. Among the pictures SOFA
were the following by the Sad Sea by DogteT,
sic; "A Breezy Morning in Venice by J. @.
$685. 1.-The Duelst," e. Vital, $32 Ready Tor
the Visit )" E. Vital, $35 THE Smoker n Mas
$22 and /" Chidhood's JOY" b. dc Angels. $3o.
MATTERS BEFORE THE PILOT BOARD.
The reelection of Ambrose Snow and SaInnei
Harding as pilot commissioners, by the ChamDcr or
Commerce a week ago, was followed by a re-organl-
cation of the board yesterday Captain Snow was
elected president for the fourth term. Pilot Charles
Hammer who had charge of the steamship Belgen-
land when she went ashore i'll the Lower bay on
March & was reprimanded and was fined the
amount of 'Otage. Saveral having reported that
they had grounded on an inner bar III Oeoney
Channel, Inspector Fletcher made survey ana re-
ported that there were no shoals and that there
was the usual depth of water in the channel.
MRS. sPEILMAN DISCHARGED.
Captain Williams entered Jefferson Market Pohce
Court Yesterday afternoon having on his arm a
yelled woman. After hurried IA k with the JUS
tice, the Captain and the mysterious woman le1t
cleared up by the statement of the Captain that the
woman was his prisoner, and she had gone to court
to be discharged from the laws meshes: She, was
Maud Spellman, the wife of the jockey John SPELL
man. On March l. under the promptlngs or
jealousy, Mrs. Spcllman shot herself III the a6do-
men with a small pistol, in the Sturges Hotel at
SIxth-ave and Twenty-elghth-st.
CHANGES IN THE sURROGATE's OFFICE,
Charles Fl. Beckett was appointed yesterday oy
Surrogate Rollins as probate clerk in place OF VII
liam j. Irim6le, who was removed last ir wee a
made assistant probate clerk in the place OF robert
f. Cleary, removed last week. John III: Gunner
takes Mr. Harlands former position. James D.
Traynor, the administration clerk, Will resign
his post Yesterday and Thomas Riker clerk in the
recording room. will succeed him. Charles A.
Adams, the guardian clerk, handed in his reslgna-
ton Yesterday and Nicholas L. Hayes, clerk in
the recording room was advanced 10 the vacant
position. Mr.. Beckett is lawyer and the only one
of the new appontees who was not before employed
in the Surrogate's office.
BROOKLYN.
Mrs Rosna Fielder, who was arrested last week
for bigamv effected reconciliation yesterday with
her first husband. and was released.
In the suit of CHARLES Heard against the Forty
Second Street and Grand Street Railroad Company,
of Ncw-York to recover 80 900 for being put on a
car after he had paid his fare, verdict awarding
$3.50 returned yesterday IN the supreme Court
Eight thousand cigars, worth 800, were stolen
early Yesterday morning from the wholesale grocery
of Bischofi Won Claim q Co., No. Washington
ave The thieves made their escape in boat i'll the
4 limited divorce has been granted to Mrs. Eliza
Ennis from Lawrence Ennis, on the ground OF
cruelty Mrs. Ennis was allowed the custody OF the
six children Tl5 week allmopy, and ITO lor medl-
cal attendance.
Work will be begun today upon the new ground
of the Williamsburg Athletic Club, III Dek3lD-
ave. between Classon-aye and Graham-st., whlch is
to be fitted up for all sorts OF sports az an expense
of upwards Of $50 900. 1t is hoped TO have IT ready
for the games to be given on Decoration Day.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chit
dren has called the attention of the Health Depart
ment to the sale of candy known as - rye and rock
drops To children. An analysis by DR.; BARLEY,
chemist Of the Health Department, showed that the
candy is made of cane sugar and fuSel OH.
The second of the union meetings for PRAYER and
conference in Historical Hall was held Yesterday
The Rev DR.. James NJ. Ludlow, of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, WAS the leader and the sub
jet considered was HlndIances 10 EHeclNe Crl'I-
ian Work"
John Mcdonald age ffty-six. of No. q ALBANY
ST., NewYork, died Yesterday at Peters Hospital
from injuries received the day before by falling IN
fit in a gTOgShOp at No. 10 AtlaAtl6-aYe, ana
striking his head on foot-rall
The sixth annual meeting of the Brooklyn Home
for Aged Men was held last evening III Historical
Hail. Ex-DistriCt Attorney Nlnsl0w presided.
The annual report showed that the institution has
twentv-onc inmates. In the last year the building
fund has been increased IS 600, and itnOw amounted
50 373 1Ol and the Disbursements 50 $50 -. Adj
dresses were made by Dr. Storrs and General " ood-
ford.
Coroner Mennirger held an inquest yesterday in
regard to the death of Miss CeliaJ. Rcnncy, of NO.
45I Prospcct-ave., who was accidentally shot by
Daniel Reilly at the house of John Cassidy. No 41G
SiXth-ave on Sunday afternoon. The jury found
that Reilly fired recklcssy without designngt TO xii
any one and that the killing resulted from cupable
negligence. Reilly is held TO answer the charge OF
manslaughter il the second degree
THE SMUGGLING OF CIGARS.
Some of the officers Of the steamship City Of
Puebla whose cigars had been locked up and the
locks sealed by the Custom House officers until the
vessel should again put TO sea, yesterday appealed
TO Surveyor Benedict for permission 10 withdraw
fifteen twenty cigars each for their personal use.
Exception was taken to the published report that
the Customs officers had seized 80, 600 cigars which
the officers and crew had attempted to smuggle on
shore when In fact only $50 cigars had been 50
seized.
Captain Deaken, of the City of Pueba, said
II is not strange that with sxty-eght men IN the crew