New-York tribune., 1884-12-21
NEW-YORK CITY.


The issue Of coal to the poor will begin on Tues.
day or Wednesday at the office Of the Superntend.
ent of the Outdoor Poor.
& sT p" Brick Church Church sends en- ., sS for Mr.. Can.
and r. c." Newark. sends -. ~ ""s''''
Mrs. Amanda Clapp, age forty eight Of Sing Sing.
died suddenly from heart disease In the Grand Cen.
tral Depot yesterday.
stern Brothers Of FQ.: 49, q, and 80 West
Monday, TUESDAY and Wednesday evenings
George q. Lake was slowly sinking yesterday.
and his physician did not think he would live be.
yond to-day.
her mothers Kitchen. No. All West hikteenth-st,
Her dress caught fire from the stove and she was
burned sefiouely.
oanistNAs oirfe ron room CHILDREN
Aunt Fanny y makes her annual appeal to kina
nohets aud children Ter old toys, booka and rlotss
lga 70 i,s.ribete g poor ehill,ea fes ch,lsass
Contributions sho1s he sent 10 Mira, Fanny ha,isw.
No 30 haAt lhiittshf'h'pt
AtF,tisa bHs aoahi Ftea's tnfftas
john hleY, who was arrested iew days asa On
sna Dss SsSs. < 'ss"d fS' @ 4 Is p9.
iifoA', aid other hfms waived examination yester,
day aud wa SHIELD by Commissioner Shields inS2, 500
tOi examination
roller rStFn sisns SsG x ~ SSf s.qS Es,, os.,
dred-and-tweny- -dfth-st. will be opened tb.morrow
e>yeping. The Officers OF the club are William A.
John IL. seely treasurer; Joseph Kavanagh. sec-
re.ary, and J. r. Victory superint endent.
NOT DEPENDENT UPON IcE FOR SKATING.
~, The knickerbockeE Roller Skating Cub Rink In
evening the hall has beon Oiled with merry skaters.
To-morrow night there will be one-mile race
open to all, for a gold medal.
EXPLOSION OF A GAS METER
gas meter exploded and caused fire yesterday
in the basement Of Dr. l. Rapeys
The fremen prevented tho flames from going up
stairs and, the damage was said to be less than
$500.
NOBODY CARES FOR TRAMP VESSELS.
The steamship Schiedam,Sw (which left Amsterdam
on November 80, arrived at Quarantine last night.
She was dne last Sunday and was TO sail on her re-
turn trip to-day. The Canada, of the National L. ne.
which left London on November 80 is still overdue.
Several "tramps" are also overdue but 40 anxiety
Is fet FOR them.
THE GERMAN REPUBLICANS.
The German Republican Central Committee has
decided to bold Its primaries January o. and the
committee will be reorganized on February g. When
q reception will be given TO the members At tho
last meeting tho question of advertising the call
ior the primaries ;l5 In LIZ tElBUTE E & ana Is eams
the only Republican paper In the city,
PUMP WATER CONTAMINATED BY SEWAGE.
The Board of Health sent to the Commissioner Of
Public Works yesterday the result of analyses by
Professor Waller, of water from seventeen pumps
used in the city The water was shown TO be con-
tamnated with sewage IN nearly every case, and 1T
was desided that all the pumps shall be removed
Immediately.
CHANGES IN A CHURCH SERVICE HOUR.
Beginning with to-day the University Place
Presbyterian Church will hold its second Sunday
seryce at 45 p m M Mdi GIsn t6s bna
of attracting many who live IN the vicinity OF the
church and have no church home well as
strangers at the hotels
GANsRvOoRT-sT. WIDENING.
Elliott Sandford, John Boyd and Bernard Cass-
ery the commissioners appointed by the Supreme
Court for the widening of Gansevoor-st.,. from
Ind rO w Wqgli OF MIST haV
estimates of damages and benefits and will meet at
the Office of their clerk, Arthur Berry, on Monday.
to hear objections from persons whose land Is taken
or benefited by this extension.
MASS MEETING FOR woRKINGMEN.
nfass-meeting in the interests OF the working
nj ght under the auspices of the sOclOlogc SOciety
Of America. The subject for debate VIII be i'
our Civilization just to the WorkIngmanE Al.
dresses on the subject will be made by the Rev. DR..
J. II. Rylance, the Rev. Charles IL. Eaton, the Rev.
Robert Collyer, Justus .. Woods and others
Signor Orandini, the baritone; S,gnor Iiperat.
the cornet player, and signor faaciu!Ii' the
pianist have offered their services.
FUNERAL OF LLOYD W. WELLS.
The funeral Of Lloyd w. Wells took place 10
late friends were present. The Rev. Dr. Hunting
ton read the service. The singing was by the choir
the ReY SSS Msss oo E. Fsgs Georse Seson & St.
George Young and Woolseley The pail bearers
were the yestrymen, Charles G. Langdon, Ben.
iamn b. Sherman Stephen &. Williams, David w.
Bishop. Thomas b. Coddington. Robert 4. Liv.
ingston, Theodore x. Gibbs Hugh Auchncloss and
W. z. Schermerhorn. The burial was at Green
wood.
BROOKLYN
People in the suburbs complain of tho great mum.
Der of savage dogs running at large.
The clothing of Jane Bagley, a servant employed
at No. 115 Franklin,ave., caught fire from the
kitchen range yesterday, and she was severely
burned on the back.
report on the practical effects of the Civil Ser.
vice examinations is being prepared, upon sug.
oac+ionc Ia MaVor Ovv nv JOhn Law presrdent of