New-York tribune., 1885-01-28
NEW YORK CITY.

The Manhattan Athletic Clubs ice races post
poned fron Saturday, will take alacc today.
BF. Pexotto United States Consul at Lyons.
France, sailed on the Arizona yesterday 'o resume
his oicia! duties.
Heinrich Conried. who has been elgaged by Ru-
doiph Aronson a. stage manage OF the Casino. ."
ex pcctc To arrive from Europe III "a day or Two.
Rernard Glennon laborer. was killed yesterday
bv fall in the unfinished building No 5lG West
FIfty-srventh-st.
The recent heavy weather has DELAYED steamers
and caused much los, to shippers OF beef To Eng
laud. / he season has not been prohtable To them
Bowery tobacsonist presents with every pack
age OF tobacco sold bar OF soap. Unfortunately
many customers throw away tho soap
A cider pres, in Chatham-st. from half-decayed
APPLES squeezes out a muddy huld which Is sold at
tive cents a " schooner
John Reddy au Irishman. ago forty, slept on
Monday % ght III the lIme kiln at No. 6ll West
Flfty-ffth-st aud died before morning probably
having been suiiocatod.
Pilot shields. who had charge OF the steamer
| Cornwall when 1t sunk the Lornty In the bay on
Chrs mas day, was suspended yesterday for two
| months.
The suit begun recently by the McCamont on
| Company against Alfred X. Pick, OF knoblauch n
Co.,. for 500. 900 damages ior dis,eninating me
| report that the company had failed. has boen DIS
| continued.
| TO BE USED As THEATRE or SKATING RfSK.
Michael Stclnhardt has taken ten years lease,
| al 81 o. 900 a year Of the Exhibition building on
| the southeast corner of MadlSon-aye. and FiftS-
nnth-sl from +. b. Murtha. The building Is to
| be used either as a skating ruk or theatre.
| TELEGRAPH RATES REDUCED
| The Baltimore aud Ohio Telegraph Company has
| made a reduction III It's rates 10 Mexico by way of
Galveston, of from 80 cents 10 ~ for messages OF
| fen words and n general reduction 10 points in
| Mexico aud III Central and SOnth America. by dis
| continuing tho charge for tie dates.
STREET CAR DRIVER BILLED.
| Car No. of the South Ferry Railroad was ap-
| proach,ng the ferry at 9:l5 a. m. yesterday when
| the driver, AMOS Bank fell over the dashboard.
| He was over and killed. lie was forty five
| 4 No, L..
DOESN'T KNow or 4 VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
The prominent Wall Street broker mentioned in
| The H0did yesterday as having received PROPOSE
ton TO Join in a vigilance committee, whose object
II should he 10 hunt Rossa and others Of his kidney
out Of tins city, denied 10 lRBuSE reporter ever
| having heard of a vigilance committee. or having
pRopo-rD UNION or EXCHANGES.
| A committee of the Prsduce TX change was ap-
| pointed yesterday to confer with one from the
| New York Petroleum Exchange and took Boapd on
| the proposed union of the two exchanges. IL Is
| not beneved that an agreement will bo reached,
| there is much opposition To making allowances to
| members OF the Petroleum Exchange for their
| memberships.
| MR. woRTaINGToYs OFFER ACCEPTED.
The creditors of II. Wort hlngton yesterday ap-
| plavded when w. i. FOgg secretary OF the
| creditors committee announced that there was
no evidence of croOkcdncss in tho failure" The
committee recommended that Mr. WorthIngtons
| oller to pay 20 per cent on March l, and 20 per
| ce1f on February 15 1886, 1887 and 1888. with
out interest, be accepted, and 1t was accepted.
| BoYs THAT WERE HURT BY A FALLING HOUSE
| John Harrigsp and Conrad KcchIg the two bows
| most seriously injured by the fall Of a house In
| East Sixtieth-st., on Monday were recovering at
| the PRESBYTERIAN Hospital yesterday. An IRISH
| family has moved isto the old frame house No
324 East Sixteth-st, tse roof of which was burned
off at the time Emkin's works were DESTROYED Rows
have begun to tear boards of the sides and that
| rookerywl tumble down also If the owners do not
| soon set about tearing II down.
| LOSS TO ALL TuRPMgN
"Krik's Guide to the Turf" has been given up
| to the great regret of all lovers of racing But
| run In 1884 with index This work is marked by
| all the merits which It's predecessors had and iu-
| deed surpasses them all. Every turfman needs it,
| The nominations to the stakes OF 1883 and SSB
| will be published, but not in any way as n mart of
! "Krik,s Guide" That has come to an end simnlv
for lack of sufficient support by racing men the ex-
pense involved being large.
| WANTING STOCK EXCHANGE RULES AMENDED
| petition has been started by some of the mem
bers of the Stock Exchange, requesting the Gov
ernlng Committee to amend the rules so that the
| commissions on active accounts shall be reduced
| from IL to 10 of per cent, and between members
| from 1-32 to 1-5O where no deliveries are made.
| Ii also requests the Governing Committee
to designate space on the floor for traduR in frac-
tonal lots of stocks at the market and to make a
, days.
AN AMERICAN SHIP DISABLED
The steamship Finance, which arrived from Bra
zil yesterday, landed five sailors, formerly of the
| crew of the American brig Clara Jenkins, which
abied. The Jenkins sailed from Bangor, Me-, fol
4 pslermo ON ()ctober %. and on November "a. In