New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-31
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.


Feuardentdl Cesnola suit before Judge shipman.
DE Nell divorce suit before Judge Kuuisey Va.
HartTOwnsend libel suit before Judge van worst
Meeting OF Board OF Aldermen, noon.
Commissioners OF Emigration.
Special meeting Of Park Department p IN: -, Tim c1,v
Dinner OF Medical Department OF University OF tue Cy
Of New-York, Delmoncos ,.,,,
West side Jobbers' meeting No. s31 WasldnGtonst'
Meeting OF Cotton Exchange. ,,,.,.o, eo,otr
Oscar f. straus before Long Island Historical
Executive Committee Of XIlth Ward RcpuDlcan Clup'
Mnnsiger Capels lecture st. Bcrnards Church.
DR. James Hedley will lecture in the Young Mems
Christian Association course tomorrow evening oh
Heroes and herOlsln -,
There being no longer any jewery store IN the
frint of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the proprietors
have discharged the hands on the CLOCK
Philip Stephan, who attempted to commit suicide
Tuesday night, by shooting hlIseiI pds Uas
temples, died yesterday morning at Del0'u0 i0'
ptal. .
The boxes for the Arion ball will be sold at Arion
Hall No. 10 st. Marks place. on thursday feDru-
ary z at 6 p. M. The ball will take place on feD-
ruary 81.
The owners Of the Aberdeen HOTEL at Broadway
and Twenty -frst-st., were directed by Inspector
Esterbrook yesterday TO place horoscopes Oh the
bull ding.
Tho tnq-boat C. F. Starin, which was sunk on
Tuesday by the ferry-boat Moonachle Of the Bar
clay-st. ferry, raised yesterday by the baAter
Wrecking Company.
In the De Nell divorce case, Mr.. Nc Clure occu-
pied the whole day yesterday IN continuing ms ar
gument in behalf Of Mr.. De Nell. He will require
an hour to-day to finish his address.
The ball was taken down from the hag-pole OF the
Arsenal in Central Park yesterday, and skating
was stopped for the first time III nearly month";
A downtown tobacconist has miniature wheat
field in his show case. Grains of wheat thrown
over damp sponge started the neid WHICH ID Ho"
bright green and some inches III height'
THE INQUEST IN THE CASE of MRS WHITE.
The coroner's Jury in the case of Mira Mary a;
White Yesterday returned verdict that her death
To, nal n hands
of No. 032 Second-aye. MIS-: Nathan was coin"iV-
ted TO the TOmbS without Dall.
ILLNESS OF LEWIS +. JACKSON.
Lewis f. jackson. secretary and superintendent
of the Board of City Missions, has been danger,
ously i'll of Brights disease at his nome NO 900
Fourthaye for two weeks. nSsteIday oft1 %as
| he was resting more quietly last evening.
REMOVAL OF ICE AND Snow.
Commissioner Coleman, of the Department OF
Street Cleaning has bad circulars printed contain
ing the provisions of the corporation ordinances IN
regard to the removal of snow and ice, and THESE
ciTcnlars will he served all occupants or houses
and The owners of vacant lots. Failure to comply
with the ordinances will result in legal action.
CALLED TO A NEW CHURCH
| The new Presbyterian Church in East Seventy
hos eTtended a call TO the Rev Alfred Moment pas
| for of the Spring Street Presbyterian church. lie
has offered his b 70 ba o tP rHe 20
take action upon it. 1t is understood that the res
| ignaton will be accepted.
| WORK OF THE CITY MISSION.
The renort of the New-YOrk City Mission and
| Tract Society for January shows that 2I0 meet
ings were held with an aggregate attendance OF 4V
76l persons 1881 tracts books ana papers Were
distrlbuted: ISL volumes were lent from llDrarles
! b6l5 visits were made and $40 families relieved
and the receipts were S3,376 %; tho expenditures
! S3,S6S 81.
THE MEMBERS OF THE OIL CONFERENCE.
| The members of tine New-YOrk Petroleum Ex-
change Yesterday voted to admit the Philadelphia
Mining and Petroleum Exchange ana IIe W. tha
General oil Conference which is an alliance of the
| New-York Board and the petroleum exchanges III
the oil country, for mutual protection ana govern
ment.
! THE WASHINGTON STATUE BY DAY AND NIGHT
| Tnoulets of snow sat upon the shoulders OF
Washington in Wall Street yesterday, recalling
memories of Valley Forge i; but the copions ram az
| night washed away all military insignia ana Ie!I
! the statesman in his cloak OF bronze delivering his
inaugural to the phantom foretathers whose spHl's
| NAV be supposed TO hover round the spot
| wREsTIERs IN MINIATURE.
The latest novelty sold by curb-stone spectators
! consists of what they call the Grec0,h roman
wrestlers.' Two little figures with movable Ell lllnDs
are so connected with piece of thread that
slight movement of the hand holding one end OF the
thread causes the mannik ms TO perform buresque
of Bibby aud Muldoons eyolutloh-al Ior ten
cents.
FORCED TO MAKE ASSIGNMENTS.
] C. Jcssup & Co., of No. 90 Malden-lane, manu-
facturers of coOrs such rs are used by paper siam
eTs made an assignment yesterday TO john >.
Eaiins Their preferences amount to $5777 o.
The firm was formed i'll January, 1879, and its
| members are John c. Jessup and william H..
| Fallins Jacob Strauss, manufacturer OF cigars at
No $50 Eighth-aye., made an assignment TO joel D.
Lazarus, preferring Fanny Herman for $1,130.
SEEING LOTTERY PROPERTIES:
| warrant issued at the instance of Anthony
! CoInstOck against Henry NJ. Rideout, publisher,
| nj No. 10 Barclay-st. was yesterday executed ny
| Sergeant Cahill, of the Tombs Police Court squad.
| 4 seach of the premises revealed eleven mail bags
and forty-three bundles filled with policy tickets,
CIRCULARS books for recording lottery Polleles etc,
which were seized Rideout, IN the Iomps folce
Court was paroled for examination.
STREET CAR AND MAIL WAGON IN COLLISION.
Through the recklessness of the driver Of car No.
"a of the Third Avenue line that car came into col
! lision with mail wagon No. 20 in Chatham-st near
PearI-st at $40 last evening. The horse attached
! TO the mail wagon was knOc ked down and Inc
driver pitched head-foremost into the street ne
| wagon was somewhat injured. The accident
| caused q blockade of the cars coming down town
which extended from Pearl-st to Canal-st., aud
continued for about twenty minutes
pOINGs OF THE DOCK COMMISSIONERS.
The Dock Commissioners yesterday ordered Mr..
! briggs to remove a derrick from bulkhead at
West Thirty-hrstst They also ordered o inc = re-
moyal of two tally houses from Pier No. 70, East
| River. Chief Engineer Greene was instructed 10
make ont list of persons to receive materials f0r
ninth-st North River. The fire boat HayemeXeI
was assigned to q berth the east side Of Pier NO
AS at the foot of Cllnton-st., Last River
A POLICEMAN CONTAMINATED.
Francis Thompson, alias Donovan, young col.
ored thief entered the apartments of Mrs. Lamb ~
No. POI Elizabeth-st. yesterday BY means Go OF -.
skeleton kew and was packing up clothing for re-
movai when he was surprised by the owner; liz
ran out OF the house but chased several blocks
| by a dozen men who heard Mrs. Lambs cry OF
S'stop thief Policeman Neil Connorlcaught hin
in Prince-st The negro struggled hard to free
himself and threw the policeman down. but no wa
overpowered aud locked up IN the Mulberry-st
police station. In the IomDs Ponce Couft TUG Po
iicemap was cOmplmented
CLOSE OF THE FANcIERs' CLUB SHOW, -,
The exhibition of the New-York ranciers. Gu
= yIsited Inv the usual crowds throughout the da
I and evening Stock valued at many thousand do