New-York tribune., 1886-03-18
NEW-YORK CITY.


CS.-The largest steamship ahoat is the CITY oi
Rome.
Reuben Rothstcin. age twcnty-seven. was found found
sick with typhus fever at No. Pearl-st' yesterday
The United states steam soop-of-war enterprise
arrived here from IT. Thomas last night.
Henry Gr6yillc will give a lecture in French Mt
Chickering Hail tomorrow evening OH faflsiah
Life IN all its Phases"
George w. Cable read Grande Polnte at Wal
lacks VeSterdavaftcrnoOn 10 an audience WHICH aP-
banded and laughed for two hours.
Lester Wallack Joseph llawor'h, Nat Goodwin,
Miss sophie Eyre Miss ANNE Robe and Nh Sother;i
occupied boxes yesterday at the 10y llS'ol
matinee in the Comedy Theatre.
Dr. James r. Briggs who was charged with
criminal malpractice on Sarah Nulty at NO. 10y
East Fifty sccond-st, has been released on oail.
His bondsman was President riley OF the SupuIo-
an hapid Transit Company.
The PENNSYLVANIA Coal Company yesterday Is
sued a price list which showed further reduction
of about 20 cents ton IN the prices OF coal Inc
previous schedule dated March !.
Professor Edward d. Cope will deliver the last
lecture in the course of Science Matinees to-day IN
the Banquet Hall of the Hotel brunswick. Inc
subject Is The Descent OF Man."
The ferry yboat Eockawav OF the Hunters Point
Ferry and the steam freight barge International
came into collision yesterday at O'CLOCK. Inc
damage was slight.
he body Of Ferdinand Stern, of No. 157 East
Scvcntv-h(th ST., incmeTdtCd at the Fresh Pond
CrematoIy ON tuesday WAS the twentieth that has
been burned there.
Presbyterian Church III West Fortv-second-st., on
tuesday, Wednesday and Thur day afternoons.
TIE services begin at 1870 o'clock, and are con-
Quoted by the pastor DR.. John K. Paxton
he funeral of S. G. Dewitt. who fell from the
ice mound at Niagara Falls on Fcbru Try 2o, VIII
take place today al the Church OF the Holy spirit
IN Nad!SOn-ave. The body reached the city yeSter-
day.
The New York Home for Convalcscents, at No. 433
Fast one Misunderstanding eIghteenthst., has received
$50 from ap unknown friend, but is uncertain
whether 1t Is intended cor current expenses OF the
mortgage OF fund.-
ROGER \. Pryor To Defend .CrRTIss.
G. w. Curtiss who IS charged with the nnrder OF
bartender ihonas Molloy az SpIing-st. and South
flftb-av" was arraigned before Justice Duly yes
terday IN the Jefferson MaTEet Police Court ana
was formal committed tor trial. General Roger
A. Pryor will defend CurilsS.
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
Timothy Collins. labOrcT, living in Ninety
fourtiI-St., near 1hIrd-ave, died III the Ninety
ninth street Hospital ON ruesdav night from IN
iurics received the day brf)re, when hc was run
over by Tram of the Ncw-York and Harlem Rall-
road at the Mott Haven station. The Coroner was
Informed.
CRUSHED IL A RAILROAD YARD.
Wllbert Schneider. age twcntN N-Scvcn, of One
hundred and hIrty tOuTt-st. and the rand Buuie
ward, a brakeman Oh the Ncw-ilaycn RaliIOad. lcll
of his tram IN the railroad yard at Mott Haven
Yesterday morning and was run over. Both his legs
were crushed, and he was taken to IA" Nmcty-nInth
Street Hospital, where he died at day break
sPrAKER- Al the HALF HOLIDAY MEETING.
The titH l1OildaN committee mas secured me
following speakers for the mass meeting in Chick
erIng Han on Monday nigHt: Bishop Henry {.
Hall, who will preside; the Rev Drs Park
hurst. Macarthur and McGlynn: Morri, X. Jcsup.
Emmett X. Acott. and Chief Justice Noah DAVIS.
Mr.. Berchcr has promised to speak If he Is aDe to
attend the meeting.
GGNrEAc1s FOR THE INV FIRE TFADQrARTERS;
The Fire Commissioners yesterday opened bids
for the completion Of the new headquarters bulla-
ng in East SIXty>evcnth-st. contract for finish
ing the upper part OF the building in oak was
awarded to James Duffy, whose BID was S36,729.
John Ncas's sons got the contract for supplying
steam heating appdratu, for 5000. The CJmuls-
soucrs also made contracts Tor 10000 feet OF hose,
TO cost &1l 400.
KOBBI g IHE MAN WHO SHELTERED HIM.
John onwdy, who has had no settled abode has
been sheltered bV owen NCkcnnd, of No. 1,J37
>ccond.ave. few days ago AiT. Mchenna missed
S275 from a trunk IN his room, and Conway
h Oulned out in new SUIT of clothes ana gave very
disconnected accounts fwhere or how he got them.
CONWAY was arrested by Detective Mcmahon of
the iwenty-thIrd Precinct, and was hcId III the
lar.em Police Court yesterday on a charge of hav-
ing stolen Mckenua's money.