New-York tribune., 1884-03-03
NEW-YORK CITY.

! Anthony COmstock will speak on The Curses of
our City; their Cause, and Cures ri Union Hall,
| SiXth-aVe. and EicVenth-st., to- morrow evening.
The wooden church in Eighth-ave,, between one
y-frs and hundred d-fOTty-
| second sts formerly known as the Church Ot the
Holy Innocents, will be sold byaucticn on March q.
4 sIEAMsHP'7 RCDDER DAMAGED.
| The steamship saxon, which arrived yesterday
from Baracoa, in going alongside OF Pier No. l3,
| East River struck a ship and received damage to
! her rudder stauchiOus and rall-guards
| THE STOCKTON HOTEL TO RE SOLD.
The famous stockton Hotel at Cape Nav is 10
| be sold AT auction tomorrow. The hotel was
named after Commodore Stoc kton, and the hue
full-length portrait of him IN the hall Will be sold
IN Il separate lot.
FOOD FOR TIE POOR.
The Rev. Henry Kimball distributed among the
deserving poor in the lower part OF the city 1900
pounds Of food in 1900 ratIOns during last week.
MIR Kimbah received $40 IN cash and large
amount of supplies with which to carry on his
work.
A SMALL FIRE IN MADISON AVENUE.
A defective flue in the house of Frederick +.
Brown, the banker, at No. G13 Madlson-aNe.,
caught fire yesterday afternoon. The damage was
ABOUT 5000 mostly the result of water from the
hose OF the fire engines that were summoned
Az ORNTORCAL CONTEST.
The students of the De La Sale Institute, at No.
- eecond-st., indulged in an 0ratoGcal contest
Yesterday that lasted nearly three hours. The
prlze a gold medal worth SO, offered BY Manhat-
Ian college was won by Philip Z. Rcvill over
fifteen competitors The specchcSwcr nterspersed
with songs Dy tue CHOII'
REWARDS TO A KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
The kindergarten class and the wards OF the lie
brew Snctering Guardian society lOr Children
were publicly examined Yesterday at t bIeyoUpl
inatiOn, rewards and prizes, gwen by certain
friends OF the institution, were distributed among
the children by j. de Lima.
KILLED BY A FALL
John G. Scmon. age thirty, OF No. 253 West One
hundred -and-twenty -Elth-st.. while climbing the
stars leading to the elevated railroad station at
One-hurdrcd- d-aud- -twenty-t and Eighth-ayc.
at O'Clock yesterday morning, missed hls footing
and fell to the ground, distance OF thirty feet He
was killed almost instantly.
DAMAGED IN A HURRICANE.
The thrcc-masted schooner Lucy Graham, which
was towcd into this harbOr yesterday by the steam
towboat Hercules, sailed from Satilla River Ca
Oh February Il, with a cargo OF lumber. She was
caught III a hurricane of Body Island on February
% and lost her main and mlzzeD masts and part
OF her deck-load. The vessel was then headed for
the capes of Virginia and was tOWcd into Hampton
Roads last Tuesday. From Hampton kOads she was
brought here.
ASKING FOR THEIR OLD COLORs.
The veteran association Of the 165th Regi-
lnent, New-lork Volunteers Second Duryee
Zuualcsl met yesterday at Royal Arcannln
Hail, No. 80 FOuTth-aye., Vice President Matthias
Johnson i'll the char. memorial vas addressed
to the state authorities asking that the old battle
flags be sent 70 the organization to be escorted III
the Decoration Day parade by the uniformed com
pany Of the old regiment, which Is organizing Dr.
James f. Ferguson, the old surgeon OF the ICuaves,
was appointed "A committee 10 go to Albany with
the memorial and endcdyor To obtain the cOlOrs.
After the adjournment "camp-lTe' was held.
BKOORLlN.
Thomas Wood, age three years was burned to
death yesterday at his home, No. J3l Manhattan-
ave- from his clothes taking fire.
The reports III yesterdays papers in regard to tie
illness OF Henry j. Cullen, j., were exaggerated.
While his condition, AT time, excited arm, his
speedy recovery is now looked for
The anniversary of the birth OF Robert Emmett
Ip cel lcl ed NHfIOualIstg
BROOKLYN Rink tomorrow evening. Bernard Pc
tiers will preside and Charles ". Brooke Will be the
chief speaker.
Baptist missionary meeting was held yesterday
afternoon IN tine First Baptist Church III PerrepOnt-
81. Addresses made by the Rev. Drs. burn-
game and ClOugh the latter for twenty years "a
missionary among the 1cugas of India, where II
large number OF converts were made IN short
time.
Mr. Talmage yesterday received into the TabeT-
nacle Church 13O new members, mostly by cOnfes-