New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-08
FOCAL MISCELLANY.
-, yonn,,n IN CENTRAL rARKi

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Alvin L. smith, carriage msnuiaetNrsr 81 fS p.
city Nesa.ka came ,SS 10 Ss i T ~, ba"s"nrsd
"na-ltcspih-si. and IhlrdayS A. manishi On
Sunday the Central Park police hearG nVe sn Nss
S "rea to the ss SPOT and encountered running
along one Of The path; in sn erc,,ea cos s"Ia that
wSs .s to If MI a,S the s'Rr" he
met by footpad who demanded Ais MONEY , III Eiah liz
life On his rcIusa to elys up . hs s""tesS AZ Il
and WA was shot through The lsft hand. n TIE
struggle that followed the thiei suc,eeamea ~, u
' amh pn mS the fc6beS who turned apd fred
-Four shciset him Hne shot went through h sm max
gte Of his cries the tst s essap1 h s I n"ys
Tie ,tath Of his slorv, he was taken 70 the l'fes-
tyte,ipp Hospital aud his wound we a,e,7S"a' r.th
notice, s,ar,sd oN 10 hook ~, smlh's a,sailse!
ielMdaa Patrick goYyS No ~ NW Nsus W ,hs
sss through The NSmne es w" ws sse slsa To to
the Yo,hy1le Couyt yesterday aud showq TO NJ
Snitb, who failed however 10 ,dsnlity nun ,ou NY
from The shock Of his wound aud his mind was ~
too dazed condition TO identhy CHrss ~ NV ,he
taiSf was, he thought, a stonter man than Curry,
The latter was remanded by Justice iowor anu no
when smith Will be given another chance TO iden,
tify him. Curry claims TO be a newspaper folder
aud denies any knowledge of the crime imputed to
Curry is well known in Printing House square
and the idea of his bcngn desperate foot-pad is
ridicurcd by his friends lie Is a harmless fellow
given 10 drinking l,eer sometimes, but is too weak
physically .and too faint hearted to become hish-
wayman.
OPPOSING A PROPOSED RAILROAD
The Aldcrmanic Railroad Committee yestcr-
day listened to Arguments ra IN eI''c hroucH
the East to the North River. Alfred ).
,iaylor. on behalf of himself and 700 other resi-
oft 10 tvo Qtreefs OnnOSeu the appllcHtloH
lie sand that the protest was signed by the owners
of than sixty per cent Of the properly o hJm
per cent of the sections of the road in Thr'y-elghn
and rhirty-ninih SITS. Among those protest.
ing are all the churches on the me Oh
the road, the Union League Club the Metro
politau Opera House, the owners OIL the
Casino, the Hotel st. Mare and the Hotel norman
die. The surface railroad III Forty,second-st., ~
was said would accommodate all the cros'-towh
travel in that vicinity. - OIL.
the Roman Catholic Asylum and his own property
along The route lie criticised some Of the corpora
tors of the railroad saying THAI they were residents
of BROOKLYN, while others members OF law hill,
who posed as refoTmers. joined the citizens asso-
Citations and declared the Aldermen were, corrupt
and then asked the Aldermen to grant TINS ran
A. Hyland Jefferson VI. Levy, Charles n. Taintor,
Thomas Foulk and DIR. Humphreys, OF Nc ~ west
Fifty nnth-st., also opposed the he" road
DAVID Thornton, one of the signers OF the peticc
ton said that the opposition with me exception VI
those who owned residences along the route, came
priucpaily from those who were interested In the
Corty-second Street Railroad
MR.. FIELD GETS CONTROL OF BANK
The control of the United States National Bank
has passed into the hands of Cyrus W. Field one
two of the directors who have sold their STOCK
TO him have already resigned their places. and
complete change of management is likely to be
made Ii is understood that the bank VIII soon pe
removed to tue Washington BUILDING az tn NJ loot OF
broadway which is owned by Mr.. Field. he bank
was chartered in March, 1881. ii. Victor Newcomb,
who had shortly before retired from me
Railroad was largely instrumental in starting
1t, and was its first president =, IN us
Ts MSs Sf esmp William rs1er Henry
j. Hyde, Brayton Ives aud John }; McCo9k. 10
gan c. Murray was brought from Louisville ny.
30 act Its cashier. Mr.. Ncwcomb who was the
principal stakeholder, afterwaId retired on the sale
Of his stock in block, aud was succeeded as pres
ilent by Mr.. Murray. 1t was rumored at the time
that his resignation ut the request OF some OF
the diIoc tors. There have been many rumorS ABOUT
The bank and in the May panic 1t was rtported that
capital. The rumors have generally been without
substantial foundation. $3.50
stock 20 Mr. Field are eX-Prcsident Grant, Morris
X. Jesup and Brayton Ives; Their places viii be
not been made public. President Murray said yes
torday that no changes had been made. and M
Field admitted only that he had a large interest III
tic bank.
WORK OF THE CLEARING HOUSE.
AT the annual meeting of the Clearing House As
ISOLATION Yesterday the following officers were
elected Chairman Edward H. Perkins jr.;
tary, William A. NASH manager; William A. amp;
=. Coe. G. &. Williams l. ID. Vermllye and +. ID.
Randolph Conference Committee, +. d. Tappen'
Robert fayles, !; r. woodward, George Montague
Thomas Monahan. John NJ Crane, w. a. Hall, W.
H. Oakley and n + P "a Co%mitee Rom, %n AG.
Committee, ", a. Thomson, william n Biz A. j.;
Graves, w. A. Booth and Logan G.. Murray: The
for the ending Scp'cinh 81 were
reported to be Exchanges, 50 iO92, 337; bal
nnces. 81 ,52i,930,99l The average daily transac-
tons were: Exchanges. Sill ,04s9s2 balances,
81 9G7.292. The largest clearances in one day
were $204 ,027. The total Transactions since
coo.
PROSPERITY OF BAPTIST CHURCHES.
The Southern New-lork baptist Association be-
gan its fourteenth annual meeting Yesterday at
Emmanuel Church, in Su!fclk-st;, near Grand The
Rev Edward Judson was elected Moderator. Mr.
Altman pastor of the church, read account of its
successful work during the year. Letters were also
read from other churches of the city. The Berean
gave an account of it's work among the
poor An employment agency has been established
and during the summer II maintained an lce-water
fountain. For the winter the cellar OF the cnnrch
has been converted into coal and wood yard. ZION
Coored Church rep 'rted that the conirinn'l4hs on
year that the congregation determlnd TO get more
energetic minister. The result had proved highly
Last evening the Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage, de-
livered the annual sermon. The sessions Will be
continued to-day aud tomorrow.
FIRE UNDERWRITERS FlXING RATES
The New-York Tariff Association fire under
writer's Yesterday reduced the rate of insurance on
merchandise on Pier No. l. North River 20 cents
and rates on the Metropolitan Opera House, Bijou
Theatre and Madison Square Theatre 30 cents each.
Various wood working establishments i'll New York
were also rated. The stores the former site of
Booths Theatre were rated at ~ 10. lively de-
bate occurred among the underwriters in reference
TO re-ra'ing Sound and River steamers. The New
York Tariff Association differs from similar aesocia
tons in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and else
fho 1aisSI1 Tn