New-York tribune., 1885-02-10
NETWORK CITY.

electricity.
The alumni of Amherst College living in this city
will dine at Clark's in Iwenty-in Oh fr'oay,
evening.
spocial Agent Davis, of the Commission of In
auiry at the Custom House, is SICK, and the CON-
mission held no session yesterday.
torical lecture on the. North of Italy, illustrated,
tomorrow afternoon at Chickering Hall.
Special Treasury Agent Aver, in charge Of the
Bureau at the Custom Of Ss ocs
would be strictly enforced hereafter.
The second collection taken at the Masonic Tenn
ple on Sunday afternoon was for the purpose OF AID
ing a drunkaTd's family Miss julia Colman made
the appeal.
William Bertoch, German, age nifty, while de
spondent shot himself twlce in the breast yester-
day at No. 625 East Eleventh-st. lie was sent 70
Bellevue Hospital, prisoner.
Mr.. Talmage will lecture on " Ingersollism in
the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church at One-hun-
dred-and. .eleventh-st. tomorrow evening Tor the
benefit of the church.
FIVE YEARS FOR sNATCHrNG A PoCKET-BooK
Dennis Sullivan, laboTcr, of No. l32 Greenwich-
ST.. snatchcd pocket-book from the hand OF Esther
Keenan, in Dvsionst on January I =, rn ro WAS was
sentenced yesterday Dy Juugo So"hs W h'c 1eaio
in the State Prison.
ACCEPTING ADVICE FROM SOCIETY.
The Board of Excise yesterday adopted a sugges-
ton of the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty TO
Children that when licenses are revoked on proof
that beer is sold to children the places complained
of shall not be licensed AGAIN.
HOW MUCH HAS BEEN RECOVERED
Within the last ten years S97, so has been APP
propriated for the use of the Law Department In
procuring evidence of frauds on the city pfior TO
1872. The Aldermen want the controller 10 H.
form them how much has been recovered.
TWELVE YEARS FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Joseph Jarvis, who recently, with n companion.
knocked down, brutaly beat and robbed man
from the country named Lenahan, was sentenced
by Justice Barrett yesterday In the Court OF oyer
and Terrsiucr, to twelve years IN the State frison
for robbery the first degree.
ALDERMAN HARTMAN's IDEA.
Alderman Hartman is disturbed because travel is
greatly delayed by the opening oi the draw sf the
fhird-ave Bridge over the Harlem River and
wants the Aldermen's Law Committee to prepare
an ordinance providing that smoko-stacks OF tugs.
etc. plying the river shall be arranged 80 as 10
be raised and lowered.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED.
The United Telegraph Company. for running tcle-
graph wires throughout this country. has been in
corporated with capital OF $4,000. by william
A Dunn, Russell IA. RebIns, and William Z. Smith
81 tbis civ and George E. HinInan aud Charles
Goodspeed, OF Brooklyn.
WORK OF A CHARITABLE SOCIETY.
The Charity Organization Society met yesterday
at No 70 Fourth-aye. Secretary Kellogg reported
that the number of cases taken in charge last
month was $50 cases treated 100 cases directed
outdoor officer for street beggars dealt with 93
cases The Society has now TO,ol0 reports oi fe-
cipiests oil reei.
AGAINST TIE FREEDOM OF WORSHIP DILt-
Protests have been circulated in the Episcopal
and the Methodist churches of the city against the
FIcedon of Worship bill now before the Legisla-
ture. resolution was passed yesterday py the
Raptst Conference protesting against the bill and
the ministers present, living IN New-lsrk, signed
| the protest.
STATEN ISLANDERS COMPLAINING.
| Residents of Staten Island yesterday complained
to the Adcrsen that the boat service between this
city aud the island is unsatisfactory, aud asked for
the establishment of new ferry from Pier No. Is.
| North River, to New Brighton West Brighton.
| Port Richmond and Elm Park. the company " DC
ired IN IN
DOWNFALL OF A YOUNG BooKKEErER.
Adolph Marx, age "a. Of No. 320 last Fifty
second-st., until January o. tho bookkeepcr ana
cashier of Daniel Miller lace manufacturer at NO;
20 Green-st His employer found that ioOtings had
been altered and erasures and changes made to the
| amount of 81 ,4SS II. The young man was ar
raigned at the Tombs Police Court yesterday under
| 81 800 bail.
| LOOKING FOR A NORwALK WOMAN.
The police were directed Yesterday to search Tor
Mrs. Bertha AckerDau, age twenty-eight. whose
husband is merchant at & No. ioa CanaI-s IT. ana nn
| January 81 to visit her father and III the after
| noon took car in Forty-second-st. 10 go TO the
| Grand Central Depot. Her relatives have not
| heard from her since.
| SEWERS IN THE ANNEXED DISTRICT.
| The Park Commissioners have informed the
| Beard Of Estimate and Assessment regarding the
condition of many OF the new streets IN the an
| nexed districts where tho sewerage is difficult.
| The water is now drained into Railroad-ayc. and
the Port Morris Canal. The drainage is imperfect
|
| been made by the Board of Health. but the Park
Board says that it is powerless to do anything
| CONVENTION OF WOMAN sUFrRAGTsTs.
A large attendance Of delegates is promised for
the annual convention OF the state Woman suf;
| Friday. At the first session Mrs. Della stewart
Parnell will deliver an address. Speeches will be
| made by Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss Susan
| Is. Anthony, Mrs. L. ID. Blake and other leading
| women interested in tho movement, well as by
some prominent clergvmen. The Murray Hill lio-
tel has offered its parOrs for reception to the
| delegates on Thursday evening.
| PROTECTING CANAL INTERESTS
| The Canal Boat-Owners Commercial Association.
| at No. IL South-st., yesterday discussed matters
| W. L. Cleary narrated the progress of the various
bills calling special attention to the intended
to reduce the charges for transferring grain into
| and from boats at Buffalo and New-YOrk. Captain
NJ DePuc feared that unless more personal interest
| was taken in the canals they would be in danger Of
| being abandoned. committee appointed to
| make arrangements for mass meeting.
OFFICES IN THE NEW COTTON EXCHANGE.
| Tho Cotton Exchange has awarded TO bidders
forty-fiye of the ninety-six rooms in the build
ing to be occupied on May /. The premiums on
the fixed rentals for choice of ran up to so
per cent the average being from 10 to 8 per cent
above the rentals, Inman, Swami & Co., secured
five rooms on the first h0or, facing HanOver-square
| and WIam-st., at an annual rental of $3.50 {;
George +. Staber took five rooms on the same floor
facing Beaver-st:, at $2,625 g. Schroeder took
three offices on the same floor, at $l,675 rental
and a premium Of 10 per cent added. W. j. HOch-
| stetler gave so per cent premium for an office on
| the top hOor the rental Of which was 500.
| CISCO A sons FIRST DIVIDEND
| Lewis May, assignee of John j. Cisco & Son be-
gan yesterday paying the first dividend (33 1-3 per
| cent? TO the creditors of the broken firm. About
| $3.50 900 was paid. There was no crowd of cred-
tors and no great excitement. Inquiries as to tho
next dividend were frequent. put the assignee was
| unable to answer them. Mrs. Il. ii. Green who was
the largest dspositor, sent for her dividend. The
| assiguee said that ho had not sold any securities
belonging to the firm but that ono of the partners
| was making personal inspection of the railroads
in which the firm was largely interested and on
his return some decision about the securities would
he made.
FEW DEATHS IL oyERCRowDED HOUSES