New-York tribune., 1884-01-27
CONsTANTINE COMMANDERl.S BALL = o.,

CONSTANTINE CoMMANDERIS : ball, of Com
Eminent Commander Charles L. fleTce, q 3I Obn bno
stantine Commandery No. 4S knights lenpial' na0 n
completed the arrangements TOT lIe III % s taIe nIace
ceptOn of the COmmandery, whlSh Is ~ e. Among
The invited guests are officers of the Army and Navy
and state Militia and officers of the OrGna oOti
monderies of New jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecil-
emf and Massachusetts. After the review OF @ lne
Sir Knights by the Grand Commaaindery VI '"i'
state there will be an exhibition drlll'
BROOKLYN.
Mrs Marion f. Watson was granted separation
from her husband, William Watson, by JUSTICE
Pratt yesterday. c, -.
Commodore Upshur has ordered the United states
tug Triana on wreck hunting eApeulioH' w ~
the Navy Yard tomorrow.
Mrs Harriet Coombs Yesterday received decree
of absolute divorce from Henry d. CoomDs, fnr con,
victed of bigamy, and who was sent lo 0'a'o
recently.
The South Baptist Church has decided to ,ise cease
IN ask RECOGNITION from the Long Island baptist
Association. 1t will be an open-cominuhloh so-
ciety.
Frank w Van Ness, the bigamist. was YESTERDAY
admitted to bail in 81 900 by Justice Walsh' il3i-
land \ Whiting and Walter Is. Whiting, oi the
Windsor Hotel, this city, were bis suretlcs
Two charges of burglary were preferred AGAINST ans
George Light son of the late Supervisor of the Ihlr
teenth Ward before Justice Naeher yesterday. lie
was committed for examination Tomorrow
William j. Schillng, age sixty-fye, tried to XII
himself by swallowing poison at no; LUd are
administered. and he will probably be able 10
| stand his trial
The New-York and Bay Ridge Ferry Company is Is
the title Of the new company which filed aricles oI
| incorporation in the Kings County, Clerks otlce
! Yesterday. They propose TO run Doats petMee;n peT;
| Bay Ridge. Coney island and Staten Island Their
capital stock is So, ,000 with the right TO increase
| to S50O,000.
| When Deacon Patterson. of the James Methodist
Episcopal Church, at Reid-ave and Monroe ST.,
elected from fair william n a. Ma nMandpryile sued
| him for assault The case was lost, and now burton
T. Beach counsel for Deacon Patterson; sues e5e s5e
deacon for fee of 500. Ihe Orlglnal ell Was Gov
| for three days service.
Jennie Hampstead, pretty, girl, with just sus-
picion of African blood in her veins, Xesterday'
| before Justice MOrsey accused her landlord, An
| drew A. Joyce age fifty, of huggng and trying 10
| E;ss her M when he came to her room, at No. 46s
Ciermont-ave, to collect his rent. The arrival OF
| her friend Charles d. BOer, colored man, caused
| a stav of proceedings Boer charged that Joyce
threatened to shoot him, and Joyce asserts that the
charges are part of a scheme against nm, Decauso
| he wished to have Jennie leave the house on ac-
| connt of her character The hearing was adjourned
The mysterious wounded burglar. who has been
| in Cumberland Street Hospital for several months
is James Farvey alias farIey' one Ii ,mI nnIice he
! was known as John Roberts, alias Gilbert lie PlDe
| He was the leader of daring band OF tmeVesi anu
he is believed to have planned many OF the D0luest
| hnrglaries committed IN this State and in Massa,
cbusetts and Connecticut which have been charged
to " the Paddy Ryan gang" lie IS hve 1eet lNI llVe
inches in height, of dark complexion, with a Dlack
monstache tinged with gray, and has peculiar cast
in his left eve His hands and feet are small lie IS
| forty-fve years of age.
| JERSEY CITY.
Clarence Crosby, age twenty-onc, whose parents
! live at No OBJ lOTk-St., was arrested yesterday,
| charged with embezzlement by Chicago grocer,
| nm whose emp Oy he has been for several years.
STATEN ISLAND.
! WEST BRIGHTON-Tbe Rev. DR.. j. 5. Bush,
! of the Church of the Ascension, VINO recently
| resi"ned because a fair was held IN the Sunday
! school building at which several articles were
| ronlel of or voted for contrary To DE-. Bush
rnncst viii preach his farewell sermon to-day the
! resignation taking effect on FRIDAY.
| Sr,p1rToN.-Charles Nash last week wagercd
S1O that he could eat 300 raw oysters, five pounds
1f crackers and five pounds of roast beef, and drink
| fvclve '.schoOners" Of lager beer. On lnday he
tasted for ten hours before the meal, which he mn
iShcd without leaving the tablc' lie arose ara lhauo
| rhe remark that it was "a fair lunch."
Nrw Observation-Disclosures Wman, acting IN
brhaif of the staten Island Cricket Club, recently
offered the heirs Of the George Law estate SloOUOU
| for the large field known as Camp Washington,
| which Is now occupied by the Cricket Club, VINO
| Lavc ftted M two large club houses, one ior the
ortlouen and another for the ladies, grand stand.
cricket field. baseball field, ten lawn tennis
| courts and for quot courts
NEW-JERSEG.
p.rrRsOV-The striking silk ribbon weavers
! hold meeting Yesterday and appointed a com
,nitee 10 meet their employers for anOlhet CONFER
| ance to-morrOw ...... Nine of the ten members OF
The Salvation Army who were arrested lor paradlnG
the streets with music on Sunday January ~, IN
tbc Recorders Court yesterday were convicted OF
disorderly conduct and fined 81 and costs each.