New-York tribune., 1885-01-06
NEW-YORK CITY.


NEW-YORK CITY.
"C.E. Bit is not recognized.
The Tammany Society last evening elected James
!. Slcyin a sachem in place OF Police Commissioner
Sidney p. Nichols.
tho Weet of PRAYER. Dr. John Hall will preside to-
aIV day. The topic will bo National Sins"
Charles A. Nye, Of No. 116 East Thirty-second.
ST., charged with assaui,lhg G nlS FnaS $SS0 which
the Special Sessions Court WAS n"'u ~~''' "'''
he paid. ~
William 6. Brown of Hartford, Conn.,. tell from
Fulton Ferry boat last evening. and was rescued
Street Hospital.
The manager of the Maritime Exchange yester-
day suspended H. NJ. Cormack Tor SIX months, Ia s1r
acting in boisterous manner anu ABUSING o"p0''
intendent Houghton.
Tho pupils of the Lyceum School of Acting
gathered at the office, No. le West Iwenty-'niiid- i
st. Yesterday. and recommended thelr stuuies aiVei
the Christmas vacation.
Tb. Governing Committee of the Stock Exchange
met Yesterday to consider reports oil special &C III
mittoes on clcarances OF STOCKS, r. 1nSd 1InniSd
after discussion lasting nearly Two hours' i"'
the reports OH the table.
PUNISHED FOR CARRYING OFF THE TALLY LIST
Frederick A. White, longshorcman, OF no 3O1
West Thirty-ninth-st, who & was poii cieIk hac Oh
election day was held in 81 600 bail at the Jeffer-
SON Market Court yesterday for disappearing with
the tally lists.
NOT PRoFIIING BY THE 'CHRrsTMAs PURSE"
Cunningham
sented themselves to be telegraph messengers ana
collected $500 from several Wall street brokers' 10
make " Christmas purse LOT an the me essengeIs,
were convicted OF pctlt larceny III speciai sessions
Yesterday and were sent to the penitentiafy ior
year.
HARLEM INTEREST IN ART.
a. ne .st IN 1he fine arts and the knowledge OF
good pictures in the upper part OF the clty. w. 1.
Cushing is the president aud Stansbury Morse the
chairman OF the executive committee. echooi
will he opened on January 10.
ATTRACTIONS At SKATING RINK.
The attractions at the Knickcrbocker Roller Skat-
ng Clubs Rink. in the American INSTITUTE aial an ~
Thlrd-aye this evening VIII be oi an unusuaiIy en-
tcrtaining character, for. in addition To the pro-
gramme already published, there VIII be an eanibi,
tion of single, fancy and double-combination
skating by Messrs. Ashley and Hess who excited 20
much interest in Paris
Fx-NDRRMAN KIRK BECOMES BoNDsMA'.
At the Tombs Police Court yeSternay o%ondsnsn %
Edward J. Rowe, CHAIRMAN of the lrsh-Amerlcan
independent CltizenS Organization, whose gioB-
shop is at Ncw-Bowery and Rooseyelt-st., ana was
formerly kept by ex- alderman KIRK, was placed
under g 90 bail for violating the excise law. Mr.
Kirk became his bondsman.
TIE wOoD-IACoMBE CONTEST.
Corporatiou Counsel LacomDc was Informed
Yesterday by counsel for Colonel L. 4. Wood that
application would be made on Thursday TO At
tdrney-General OBricn to bring ruit IA qse "a.-
Iac0mbe', title 10 the Office. Mr.. LacomDe said he
would be ready 10 argue the matter.
Jouy KELLY GAINING ~ STRENGTH.
Yesterday to admit of his attending the funeral OF
John O'Bren. He is gaining IN strength, bnt IL
will be some time yet beiJdo n" can th uf ba not
been fixed but II will probably be II the near fu
ture HIS physician strongly ADVISES u; SOM
business matters must be arranged before Mr. Kelly
can leave town for any considerable lehsth oi
time.
sIvT BACK TO PRISON.
Marcus Raymond. who was recently released
after fmprieonmcnt for two years on "a charge OF
larceny was In tho Court OF General Sessions again
Yesterday. lie met boy carrying a bundle Tor
J.cob simmons "A furrer of No. 10 Bond-st on
December D. and asked him Ia deliver an enycops
for him. Raymond took charge OF the bundle
which contained furs worth psi ana Disappeared
He was sentenced to seven years IN the STATE
Prison.
TOUCHING oFr CITY LIFE IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Amei lean Quo0, and 7orn Topic. which is
now controlled by two young men well known III
social circles who have had good deal Of news
paper experience, IL made up ehtlIeIy OF para
graphs. There are, long editorials, descriptive
art or ponderous essays. Everything IN served
mn crisplv and pungently. Society incidents, the
fashions club life. Wall street notes, musical and
dramatic bits and short comments on racing ana ,D
yachting topics make up the greater part vi 'nc
wel-turned paragraphs.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYs WORK LAST YEAR
report of the business transacted at the l!ls,
trict tttorney's office in 1881 shows that 3,4I6
cases were received from the police magistrates,
3.548 were acted OH by the Grand Jury, and 3,OoS
indictments found. The number oi cases tricd
was q 025 Two persons were sentenced TO be hung
and one TO State Prison for life. The convicted
prisoners were sentenced: TO the state Prison Cos;
Pcnitentiary $40 House of Refuge. so; Catholic
Protectory, I6 Elmira Reformatory, 1877 or the
1877 convictions 60 were in lottery and gambling
cases.
MONTHLY SOCIAL MEETING OF soRosIs.
The monthly social meeting of Sor0sis was held
at Uemonlco's yesterday. The programme was
presented by the Committee on Education, and the
aueStiOn Tor discussion was introduced by Miss
lula Thomas the chairman. The resolution was
THAT true cbaracter-bullding, the aim of all edu-
cation NAV be moro eifcctualy accomplished by the
introduction into our schools Of systematic training
in physical cnlnre temperance and industrial edli-
cation than by any other means" The speakers to
the question on the affirmative, were Mrs. Morse
and Mrs Sarah Ostr0ni. Those on the negative
were Mrs. lmogcne Faes and Mrs. h. X. Johnston.
Remarks were made the question by Mrs. Harriet
Webb Mrs. +. A. Smith, Dr. Jennie Lozicr, Mrs.
| l.. Fisk and others. An original poem read by
| Helen NJ. Cooke, chairman of the Committee on
Journalism and recitation was given by Miss Ida
| Young.