New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-18
NENN-YORK CITY

NETWORK CITY
"A Subscriber You should precedc. not follow
BENJAMIN ~ Downer has been appointed the
New-York agent of the Baltimore Transportation
Company.
The Cotton Exchange will observe December 26
and January 2 as holidays in addition to christ
mas and NcY-Iear days.
f. II. Walker the statistician of the Produce Ex-
change will he retired cn February l. sie VIII be
succeeded bv J, H. Brown. who has been connected
with the banking department OF the Natlohai
Treasury
The readings by Professor J. w. Churchill before
the Young Mems Christian Association this evening
include selections from Dickens Shakespeare Cop-
pee and Harriet Bccchcr stowe.
The teachers and pupils of the public school at
Iawrenceyi lc n j. yesterday contributed - 81
TO the Grant Monument Fund making total OF
$111,0S1 OF.
Miss Clara Morris returned to the city last night
from her tour IN tho West and South ana VII re-
nam at the Everett House until after the holidays
She will resume her season on January /.
An appeal has been issued for Christmas gifts s93r
the $50 children of the French SALES dhSle
maternal schools. No. = South fllth-aVc ana No.
30 West Twenty-ffi-st.
sAwDrsr" sVINpLrG SENTENCED.
David II. >mythc. who was charged win carry
inc on the "Sawdust game AM pleaded SuiiN ~.
fore Judge BENEDICT in the United states CHcuit
Court was sentenced to twenty months impr,oh-
ment yesterday.
THE PRESIDENCY OF YNLE To Be DISCUSSED.
The Yale College Alumni o this cltY VIII mtrt
at the University tIuD lncdi' lniN tNtll''' Ni'li
the matter of eIectlnE a Succ' S>or 10 lFt>V',l'
Porter and the future policy of the college VIII De
discussed. large attcni"nc' Is expected rs '"'
discussion promises TO lee unusually Lively.
A F1rT1rru PGEroRuANCF WITH 4 CENT s0rYrNIn.
It has been stated crrpncously that the hltl"'
performance of :" One Of our Girls W occurred al
the Lyccu,n Theatre last saturday MI ldckabj
announces that tins viii TAX" place on December
20. Miss Dauvray will then give away as
souvenir fac-simile of the Washington Cent
for which she paid $500.
FUNERAL rX-IUpG" CLrrKF.
The funeral Of eX-ludgc Thomas W. Cicrkc was
held Yesterday afternoon 40 his housc No. l3l East
Thirty-fourth-st. The Rev. Dr. Cornelius Il; DuN'
OF the Church of st. john the Baptist and TIE Kew
| Arthur Brooks of the Church OF the Incarnation.
otiicIatcd. The burial viii take place to-day at
Schenectady at G;3o p. IN.
HUFFMAN MrYrE Held FOR TRIAL
Herman Never, the clerk for A: Nantnc, Of No.
SO Broadway, who was arrested on NrdnrS iaN
for robbius ms EMPLOYER OF upward Of 500 iIIer-
cnt specimens Of Japanc,c handIWork, valued nj
$500 va. held Yesterday for trial IN IN" Jefferson
Market Police Court by Justice Smith. Bal was
fixed at 81 600
Practising WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
JcruSchutn BAIT. age .orfY-siX. was charged yes
tcrday at the Essex Make; Police Court by
Thomas l. PurImq'on counsel for Ih' Comfy
Medical Society, with hafi1. prlctl'rd medlci1"
without diploma at No. b Drcharl-,t., where DE-
prescribed for Nellie lrW.l, an infant affected with
Group, Oa December 10. lilo vas required 10 I"I-
| nsh bail III $500.
4 cuuncn IxJURrD BY \ Srw STREET,.
! The Rev. Joseph StuWpc sub nitcd 10 The Board
]
/ the opening Of Onc-hundrcd-t nd-hi I"th-St. h"1
undermined aud DESTROYED ;he foundations Of st.
| Marys Roman Catholic Church. lie asked a COM
pcnSatou OF $50 600. the value al the property IN
iurcd IL was decided To post pOHc consideration ol
! Tins and similar cases until the thid Monday in
/ February.
| SENTENCED TO THE TONES FOR FOUR YEARS.
! Giovanni Martini and Giovanni Moreno, oi NO.
/ l43 Woostcr-st.. talked with an old tcllo"-cuun-
| trynan Fraucs Fclicc, until they disc 1vcrcd mat
! he had concealed all his savings IN ms cI"ihihG
| Then they took hlm 10 Washington square and
robbed him of $!95. They were convicted, ana
were sentenced yesterday by Judge Co"lhg To Tour
| years cacL in the City Prison.
LARGE PURCHASE ~ RIAL ESTATE.
James. = Cushman has purchased from the estate
of Don Alouzo Cu>hman the property No. II C"rl-
! landt-st.; northeast corner Of Broadway aud
| Maiden-I3ne; southwest corucr of EIphth-avc. and
Fory-nnth-,t.; andnortheast cor"crof Alnih-ay"
| and Twepticth-st for the sum of Sjjj00 The
! purchaser has secured Dan of T21O,OOO upon the
property from the United states Trust Company
ARRrsTlyG THr HUSBAND AND sO>.
Eliza Maroncy, age thIrty-ihrcc died in TIE
Gouverneur Hospital from a fractured skull She
was brought thIther from her home, No. go
Water-st.. at a. IN. wherr 1t was saiu that IN"
bad received the WuIy hy 1alilnG hcAYily to NE
! Seventh Precinct arrested the husband and son OF
| the woman, after learning of her death, ana VIII
dctan them while an investigation Is made INTO
the case.
DESTROYING EIGHTEEN HUNDRED CIGARS.
Gustayc ReekerhauS baker. OF No. 20 iayard-
ST.. entered the store OF frcdcrc% i. OFT, III NJ.
RivmgtOn-st., on Wednesday night, and aller ere
! atiug a disturbance by demanding the payment of
a debt which he claims to be due 10 hun, he broke
two show cases. an Ice-cOolcr, cigar lamp and d.
| stroycd 500 cigars, doing damage to the amount
| Of $40. Justice OReIy held him for trial yes
! to-day at the Essex Market Police Court
FINED FOR TOLFRATING POKER IL HIS HOTEL.
| Hilbert IT, Scovel proprietor of the Hotel
| Brighton at FOrty-tnird-st. and Broadway, was
charged in Special Sessions yesterday with allow
ing gambling 10 be carried on in his premises
Detective Lewis of the Central Office, stated that
he got access to q room III the hotel by telling Mr.
Scovell that he was friend Of the hotel clerk and
| that he found game of draw poker in progress
| there. Scoyell was fined 500.