New-York tribune., 1886-02-23
,rday in front Of No. ZIG West

The 9th Glass Association OF Ward Schooi w
had its annual dnnerat Clark =. IN lWenty-tnru
ST., last evening DE Long, OF the Jeannet'e' was
| member of this class.
| James johnson, a &c thiTty-twO, n lOdger at No
80 Bowcrv, went to I}elve Hospital YESTERDAY snt.
| feTIng from typhus fever. He was transferred a
! once TO North Brother Island.
The steamer CITY of Columbia. which broke heI
sternpost the Charleston, 5. c., bar, on February
| IA, arrived here last night In tow OF the steamer
City of Atlanta.
In coming TO anchor off Quarantine on Sunday
night, the steamship ScrVia lost her anchor ana ma
| foIty-vo fathOms of cable. reward OF SoOU
| has been offered for them
A FATHER FINDS HIs'soN's BODY.
| The body Of twelye-year-od Richard Ottman,
| who was drowned at Pier No. 81 North River on
| Saturday afternoon. was found in the slip yester-
! day by his father, who was graphing for IL.
SUICIDE CAUSED BY DEsPOHDENCY.
| Dependency. esultng from long Illness, caused
Charles Elckinger, age twenty-five to XIII himself
night E,ckinger was a Bohemian mechanic. He
| shot himself III the stomach.
SERIOUS RESULTS OF A FALL.
William Riggs, age lXty, of No. O77 Eleventh
ave. fell yesterday i'll front of his home and frac-
tured MS shoulder blade. Pieces of bone were
fSs acfiye hemorrhage mSH Ie was taken to Bellevue
HOSpita! and will probably die
LITTLE OBSTRUCTION BY ICE IN THE RIVERS.
| The ebb tide yesterday brought down from the
Hudson River large quantity OF ice, Wnlch spread
from the New-Yofk 10 the New-JerSey shore. On
the food tide II swept back INTO both the East
and North RlVefS. E0rtunaIclY none Oh IL was
in large solid pieces; hence there was no serious
obstruction to river navigation.
APPROVING THE BAPTIST AFRICAN MISSION.
The BAPTIST Conference yesterday continued its
diScus ssion of last week on African mIsli0 at
special meeting IN the Iwenty-third street Baptist
Church. The Rev. Drs. Elder, Parmly, MacArthur
and others approved the mission work IN central ,
Baptist churches. Resolutions to this effect were
adopted.
BURIED IN THE PRESS CLUB LOT.
M. ala,
day at hls home ThrG-ave. and SiXty-fOurth-st. 1t
was attended by many member of the Press Club,
including Amos J; Cummings Jerome Brady, Will
lam IT, stlner CT. AnouX, George +. Lyon. Charles
II. Baden and james POOtOn. committee of the
club accompanied the body TO Cypress Hills Gene
terry, where it was buried IN the Press Club lot.
He KNEW WHAT WAX INFANT.
Officer Keresz, of the Fifth Street station, called
at Gunther's Palm Garden, Nos 13S and ll0 East
FOurteenth-st., on Sunday evening and after being
served with two cups of coffee, gave sly wink to
jacob Friedman. the waiter, to let him have
whiskey. Friedman unhesllatingiy complied Win Win
the request for which he Was held Tor trlaI IN SloO
bail yesterday, at the Essex Market Police Court.
sU PICIuUs CANADIAN BILLS.
James Blake and George Philips, both of whom
refused to give their addr( sSes were arrested for
ntOXicatiOn and diSOrdcrly conduct by Policeman
COSgroVc, of the Thirteenth Precinct, on sunday
night. They were held in 500 bail tor cxamln-
tiOn IN the Harlem Ponce Court, principally be-
cause they found to have tried 10 pay for wine
and cigars with two Canadian $40 bills, which are
suspected TO be counterfeit.
YARICosE WINS IN STREET CAR EMPLOYEES.
Charles L. Peck Commissioner of the Bureau OF
Statistics of Labor for this State is seeking stats
tics to determine the effect of the different trades
and business upon the nealth OF lap 'rers ana
others. He has written TO the city hospitals to
fluid out ha number of street-car drivers and con-
ductOrs who have applied for treatment for varl-
veins He says that the loug time which these
men have To spend upon their feet causes this !
disease and great amount of consequent suffering. !
PURSUED BY Ills wIFE's SPIRIT.
Joseph Kelly, a wild-l'oking insane man, was !
taken before Justice Sn th at the Iombs l'ohcc /
Court yesterday morning charged by Michael Key /
no dH with HOurlshnR revolver at the barclay |
Street Ferry House and threatening TO Kill every |
one who came near hm. The unfortunate man IS !
under the haluclnatlon that he Is pursued by the |
splrlt of his dead wife, which he said, follows HIM
night and day. Justice smith remandcd him Tor
examination as to his mental condition.
LIMBS BROKEN BY HORSES AND CARTS.
Moses Siegel, age seven, of No Eldndge-st., /
was ruu over while at piay near his nome Yesterday .
by beer wagon, driven by Jacob iiage, OF No .
923 Dean-st., Brooklyn. HIS right thigh was /
broken The driver was arrested. Edward GAVIN /
gon, age fifteen, of No. 344 Iludson-st., was run /
over by coal cart at NJ. IS Prnce-st. yesterday
and had bus left leg broken. The pol nee took him /
to ST. Vlncents Hospital. horse kicked Esther /
Schenner, age nine, of No. 1s6 LudloT-st yester- |
day III housion-st., ana oioke hcr tllgh' She was /
taken to me Con Verncur Hospital.
AN rxrREMHLY sU>PICIous CIRCUMSTANCE.
Ferdinand La Fcnnee, age twcnty-thTec, of No. !
2l5 W0Os er-st, was arrested on sunday by dctcc-
tivcs Sullivan and reynolds, of the Mercer Street |
Bauqui, his landlady In the jefferson Market /,
Police Court yesterday Mrs BanquI SAID that on /
Friday night she attcn led bail, aud on her return
found that $500 had been taken from her bureau |
drawer. she did not suspect La Fenuelle until he /
Offered TO pay her So III advance for tnree weeks /
rent. Then she caused hl6 arrest. justice Neidc /
remanded the prisoner until to-day.
ORGANIZING A NEW PRESBY TERRAIN CHURCH
The Church Extension Committee of the Prcsby- /
terry two years ago authorzet tne Rev. Nicholas +
BjcTrng TO open Il mission IN the upper part Of the
city. The MISSION has now been Ol-anlZcd INTO a ,
church and the Rev. Nj. BjcTlng was installed ms |
pastor on Sunday night. The Rev. DR.. White, the /
Moderator of the PTcsbytcry presided and the Key.
Messrs. Lampe. Page aud Wnlierz also took part in
the services. The closing prayer offered by the /
Rev. Dr. Schaff, of the Union Theological Semng- /
~ after which Mr.. BcInng pronounced the bcnc- |
dictiOn. Lots ave been bought fOr a church buld-
ing III sixty COnd-st near ScCOnd2vc. Until II |
has been erected the congregation will worship IN
Lexington Hall, III East Flity-nIntn-st.
BROOKLYN
The Bridge receipts last week were SI3,Gli4 Al.