New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-08
NENN-YNRK CITY.

The chimney OF Robert Bonncr's house. No 3
West Fifty-sIxth-st., caught fire at OOcIccK Iast
night. No damage was done
Pastoral Visitatons" was dicusscd by the
BAPTIST ministers yesterday. paper on that sub
jet was read by the Rev. Dr. Parmly, OF jersey
CITY.
The Tammany Society last evening passed reso-
lutions reurettmg the death of Nlce-PTeSdcnt
Hendricks Robert Is. Roosevelt aud ten or twelve
other candidates were elected.
GRAND ARMY MEN ELECT OFFICERS.
The Koltes Post, No 80 and the Vanderbilt Post,
No. 1875, Grand Army of the Republic. at the Ger
mama Assembly rooms yesterday elected officers
Henry Klocbcr was chosen coinInandGr oil hoit'S
Post and John d. Terry OF vanderbilt Post'
MAKING AN "IMPnRTANT" sFIZueE.
Some of the new Customs officers had their vigil
anct rewarded yesterday IN what was sald 10 he an
important seizure OF the French steamship Canada
The Articles seized iOG nou-pdyucut OF dulles were
Six harpIns, four cnrs and one switch
PUNISHED FOR TRYING TO KILL uiMsgIF.
Alfonso Stalsl, IN Italian, Of No. lGS thompson
ST., attempted 70 commit suicide on October y BE-
cause he Wa Disappointed in love affair. He
pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Glldersceve
and was sentenced To two months III tho Pehlten-
tIaTy.
AUCTION SALE OF FURNITURE.
A collection of antique and modern furniture aud
hrIr-a-brac marqucIcrIc desks cabinets, hall
clocks, carved oak chests cat glass Is 10 ne sold
at auction by Ortpes ~ Co., at No. SD broadway,
on Thursday and Friday afternoons OF this week.
ME-. HAWKES. STAY II THE CITY.
The Rev. II. X; and Ms. HaweLs during their
the guests IF President Barnard, of Columbia Col
lege the Rev Edmund Gul.beIt, and Conrtlandt
Palmer Mr. llawcis viii preach at the Church OF
the Holy Spirit, in Madlson-ave., IN the morning
aud at Grace Church III tho afternoon on Sunday
December ID
sHooTING 4 WAITER dnRQTGu 4 rAETITloN,
ST was examining carbIne in the plumbers shop
at No. ,3S9 Broadway Yesterday II was acct
deuta!ly discharged. aud the bullet passed through
a wooden partition lrtO the adJolulng restaurant
aud lodged IN the leg of Ernest Honycr, "A waiter.
Honyer was taken to the New-York Hospital and
BeeTe arrested
TIE DECEMBER GRAND JURY.
Judge Gildcr,lceve delivered hestatutory charge
YESTERDAY to the December Grand Jury, which was
sworn in IN the Court of General sessions. Henry
f. Dlm0ck. ex-Dock Commissioners OF No. SO West
Thirt y-seventh-st., appointed the foreman.
There are forty-ivc prisoner, III the IOmbs await
ing he action of the Grand jury.
woEK OF TIE FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
The Uni ed States Grand Jury, who have been
considering the transactions Of Ward. Warner,
Work and Others with the Marine Bank. VIII Re-
port to-day. An additional indictment will proba-
! Div he found against Warner ana Work, and other
| indictments NAY be found.
| EXPLOSION OF HOT-AIR PUMP.
Excitement caused in the apartment honsc
! No 20 East Twelith-st. yesterday. by the cxplo-
! sion Of a hot-air pump which was used TO force
water TO the upper hooTsi i,a H%n"; the }anlor
severely bv fragment Of iron, but she refused to
! go to hospital
| COMING OFFICIALS TAKE OATH.
Hugh J. Grant ShcTlff-elcct and James A. Flack.
the new County Clerk, were sworn IN yesterday by
| Justice DOnOhue of the supreme Court. The for
| ner gave bonds in $4,000 and the latter in
| S2j. 600 Mr. Grants bUhdsmcL are Hugh Nc
! Aleenap and Philip Malone, and Mr. FlaCks Martin
B. Brown and John NJ. Tracy,
A NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The NowYork and Chicago Telegraph Company
has been incorporated witha oapi al OF II 900 900.
| by T. r. Crawford, j. +. Van Pelt, Singleton H.
! Crawford and DAVID OBrlon. Ii Is not believed
that this means the speedy construction Of Il new
telegraph line to Chicago, as none OF the corpora
great wealth.
REPRESENTING Az ANCIENT SINGING SCHOOL
| Az entertainment by Aunt Polly Bassets Sing
| in Skew will be given tomorrow evening in The
Church of the Strangers for the benefit of the SIM
day-school. 1t will consist of a humorous repre-
sentatiOn OF a singing school of hundred years
ago.