New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-18
NETWORK CITY.


close until Saturday.
The body of an unknown man. about thirty-hve
years old. was found IN the water NJ the Roosevelt
Street Ferry yesterday.
The Grant Monument Fnnd increased 800
yesterday by contribution from homas IL Wat
son. making a total of 1915 81.
William Bailey age thirty-Gve, was removed from
hs home at No. I37 FOurth-aye., To North Brother
Island yesterday, suffering from smallpox.
Kidder Peabody & Co. engaged 1913 900 IN gold
bars Yesterday NJ the Assay O;licc for export on
Saturday. Other shipments are reported TO be
probable.
Michael Tralnor n Third-ave car driver, dropped
dead from heart disease recently while on his car
YESTERDAY superintendent Robert gave the
widow 800, from President Lewis Lyon.
Dudley =. GREGORY, Jn., HURLED.
Dudley ;. Gregory, jr.. was buried yesterday ct
Greenwood Cemetery. The funeral was held at the
Church OF the Ascension. The Rev DIR. Donald,
pastor of the church. oihciated.
REUNION or RFGA THETA ri.
The annual reunion of the 5efa Jheu ~ Fratcr-
nifty will De held u der the auspices OF the New
York Alumni AMI the stevens, Columbia aud Rut-
gers Chapters at Clarfs restaurant tomorrow
evening.
me CAPTAIN or THE BLANCHE PAGE DISCHARGED.
1heophile Herbert, captain Of the tngb"at
Blanche Page. accused OF cnlpable medicine ID
of-~ar DOMAIN, was yesterday discharged by Justice
Smith at the 1ombs Police Court.
SINKING ~ = CANAL BOAT.
4 canal boat loaded with coal belonging ~ the
Iehigh and Wllkcsbaurc Coal Company sank M
a. M Yesterday at Pier No. -, North River.
Coptoiu Thoinu7 Callahan and other persons
The boat escaped before II went to the bottom.
Tnr rRIcmINosIs PATIENT IMPROVING.
Matthew Refer. the supposed richuosis patient
at Bellevue Hospital, was better yesterday. Inc
Inflammation IN the abdominal region was under
control, and was being gradually Trduced. No
tiichinG have yet appeared III the muscular tissue.
CpnPoRAToEs or \ TORrrDo COMPANY.
The sims Edison Torpedo Company has been in
corporated with "a capital stock OF $l,OOOOOO by
Thomas \. Edison, Charles Batchcior, Gardiner {.
sims, w. scott Sims, Lewis May, John Anderson,
William VI. Dean, Frank W. Allen aud George ii.
Stayner.
MORE CHANGES IN THE CUNARD LINE.
The Cunard steam hip Line has arranged that
when the Oregon, Gailla, Scythia and BOthnta arc
sent to Boston IN April the CeDhaionla, Cata-
Iona and PaVOnIa, now running on the Boston
route shall RIM from Ncv-iorl To Liverpool on al
tcrna;e Wednesdays, principally to carry freight.
BEAUTY AND UTILITY CONFINED.
The Coney Island Jockey Club Is paying great
attention To the manner IN which IL furnishes IT'S
printed matter. Everything Is arranged 80 az to be
Of the most service to breeders and those who make
entries in the stakcS The pamphlets are artistic
well a. useful.
INV FREIGHT HOUSE FOR THE PENNsYLvANiA.
Plans were filed at the Buildings Bureau yesterday
for freight house 10 be built by the Pcnnsylyhnla
Railroad Company m Wcst-st, IN 'front.' OF fIer'
Nos. u and ~, at cost OF $4,000. he house
Will have frontage OF ~ feet ana depth OF 10
feet.
KILLED ny An ACCIDENTAL BLOW.
George Anderson, age twenty, a sailor on the
from Antwerp, while hauling in he towing haw
scr off Quarantine in tue morning, was struck ON
the head with the crank OF the winch and In
stantly killed
THE WOUNDED SOLDIER OFT OF DANGER.
Frank Cavanagh, one OF the soldiers stationed at
Camp Grant IN Riverside Park. who was severely
stabbed at No. 1913 West One-hundred ,and-forty-
tlth-st. late on tuesday night, and taken TO the
Manhattan Hospital, was pronounced out OF danger
yesterday. He Will be taxed TO the Camp Hospital
tO-tay.
O
Carl Witherman, age thIrty-six was Ia ken TO
Bellevue Hospital yesterday by his friends He
bleeding profnsely. lie refuscd to give his address
and would not state how he was injured. lie was
assigned to ward after his wounds had been
dressed
DINNER or THE XAVIER UNION.
The annual dinner of the XAVIER Union will take
place this evening at Delmenieos Governor Leon
Albeit Archbishop Ryan, of Phlladelphia; Mayor
Grace, Archbishop Corrgan, of New-York; Bishop
Keane, of Richmond MajOr-Genera Newton, and
Mayor 0I,ricn, of Boston, are among the speakers
announced.
TO DISCUSS THE HIGH LICENSE BILL
A citizens meeting is to be held in Chickering
Hall tomorrow evening TO discuss the High LIZ
conse bill Chief Justice Noah Davis will preside
and the speakers will include General Wager
Crosby, the Rev. Father WalwOrth aud Robert
Graham. There will also be singing.
MISS TnURsBY TO RECGIvE BENEFIT.
number of ladies and gentlemen well-known in
society have rendered TO Miss Emma &. Thursby a
testimonial concert, which will be given at the
Metropolitan Opera House next Tuesday evening
Miss 1hursby will sing, and will be assisted by NJ.
Eloi sylvia, tenor. Herr Joseph Staudg, basso, and
the full Damrosch orchestra, under Walter Dam
rosch
FUNERAL OF THE REV. J. c. FLEIsCHBACKER.
The funeral of the Rev. j. &. Fleischbacker took
Mace Yesterday morning in the Church of the Re-
dermcr The holy communion was celebrated at 8
O'clock, and at 10 o'clock the funeral service
began. 1t was conducted by Bishop Henry G.. Pot
ter assisted by the rector the Rev. DIR. Sbackle-
ford, the Rev DIR. Stanton the Rev. Mr. Wood
ruff and the Rev. Mr.. Buel. The burial was IN the
Cypress Hills Cemetery.
BROOKLYN
Chief Judge Reynolds, OF the City Court has denied
a limited divorce 10 Mrs. Mary Workman from John j.
on O cruel treatment. although