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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
A TILE OF SHOOTING CAST4WATS

ONE DUCK THE ONLY FOOD FOR TWO DAYS OF
THREE MEN ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUND.
Norwalk. Conn, Doc - (SpecaD. -Edward L.
Dunnigan Frederick IT, Merrill and William p. Lewis,
three young men from Sanfori's, came down the
Danbury Road 10 this city on Thursday. They were
thoroughly equipped with guns ammunition and decoys'
and wore leather huntng-su with Ugh
boots and fur caps. They expressed an intention OF
spending a few hours I'M duckshooting among the
numerous Islands that dot the Sound of this harbor;
and procuring a small cat-rgged boat set out upon
their expediton They hook with them plenty 10
drink but no food. theg intended to return before
dark. The last OF them that day they weie
headed for Cockenoes Island, favorte picnic resort
about three miles from the mainland and over nine
miles from their starting point. The wind was blow
Ing fresh from the northwest and tho sea ran high,
but the little boat was skilfully handled and made
rapid Roadway. Darkness came on, but the trio did
not return The became alarmed for the safety
of HIS boat and started out In search Of 1t.
The weather was exceedingly cold along the river
and the search was given up. Yesterday at
daylight people living at Cedar Point discovered
biz fire on the western end OF Cockenoes
Island, and by the aid OF glass
three men were seen near #, evidently in dis
tress An effort made to reach the ISLAND, but
the wind blowing gale and the sea was so high
that the undertaking had to be abandoned. Several
other vain attempts wore made during the day This
morning the sea subsNed and AFTER much eAefuoh
resculng party reached the island. The missing
duck hunters were found sitting around fire under
bluff, nearly starved.
On leaving Norwallz they said they started for
Great Marsh, but found ducks there, and set
out for Cockenoe's, where they shot several
birds but bagged only Meanwhile the tide had
risen and big carried th,ir little vessel out
Of reach They set signals Of diluess, which were
not Needed and although comfortably near TO civill
ration. the had about given themselves up
for lost when they observed the party coming 10
heir rescue The duck which they were fortunate
enough capture was cooked and eoten and was
all lie food they had eaten since Thursday morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
NO APPOINTMENT By THE MAYOR

Mayor Hewitt made NO appointment. as was ex-
pected, yesterday of Tax Commissioner to succeed
Edward C. Donnelly, did he mako any other ap-
pontmens. Edward l. Paris, eX-Assistant District
Attorney, to whom. according TO rumor. the Mayor
had rendered the appointment called at the Mayors
Office yesterday and had long interview with Mr.
Hewitt He afierward said: " / am not cqndi-
date for Tax Commissioner, and do not wantdhc place
know tina; my name was suggested IN cennecron
with that Office. and called upon the Mayo to-day
say that did not seek the appointment. and to re-
lieve him VI cmDarras he might feel In the
matter Of filing IT,
II Is generally believed thai Mr.. Donnely VIII con
tinue 20 act until within day Two Of Jauuury l.
and that Secretary Arthur Berry, OF the Mayors Office
will receive the appointment Of Tax Comniss hner.
IN this way Mr.. Berry can I'll The place of private
rotary 10 the end Of the Mayors term, Mr. Hewitt
being anxious 10 avoid change IN this confidential
relation. Mr.. Berry's term as Tax Commissioner
would run until May !, 1894
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$4,000

WILL BUY sHAYNE'S PERFECT FITTING noNG
COAT OR sHAYNE's GENUINE HUDSON BAY
OTTER SACQUE OR WRAP WHICH HOLDS ITS
COLOR AND WEARS BITTER THAN ANY OTHER
GOODS EVER SOLD. HUNDREDS OF LADIES IN
NETWORK AND BROOKLYN WHO PURCHASED
THESE ELEGANT GARMENTS SIX OR SEWN
YEARS AGO WILL TESTIFY TO THIS ASSERTION
EXTRA LONG sEALsKIN NEwMARKETs AND
PALETOTS, PLAIN OR TRIMMED PERFECT
FITTING, AT s275 $500, 1925 $3.50 1915, s4oc.
a FEW MAGNIFICENT SEALSKIN GARMENTS
EXTRA LONG, TRIMMED WITH CANADA SABLE
TAILS, SEA OTTER. or RUSSIAN SABLE PRICES
RANGE FROM $500 500, 1900 TO 81. 600 HAVE
NO LOW-PRICED SEATSKIN GARMENTS, NOR DO
MANUFACTURE THEN. FOR THE REASON THAT
THE LOWER GRADES OF sEALSKIN TURN RED
AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN WORN AND DO NOT
GIVE SATISFACTION. EVERY ARTICLE SOLD
FROM Ny HOUSE MUST BE ONE TO RECOMMEND
A CUSTOMER INSTEAD OF DRIVING HER AWAY.
MY RENT AND OTHER EXPENSES ARE SMALL.
AND CAN AND DO SELL AT THE LOWEST POS
SIBLE PRICE FOR RELIABLE GOODS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
oATuEETD ABOuT THE TOWN.

Mrs william H Douglass thrown from De
Kab-ave car Friday afternoon. and SO seriously
injured that her friends much alarmed about her
condition
Charles Pratt has extended an invitation 70 the
State Teachers Association 20 VISIT the Pratt lnsn-
tue on the first days meeting, July 2, 1890 If the
invitation is accepted he will erect tent capable Of
shelterinz 5000 people the playground opposite
the institute for a reception.
The Building Department granted permits for the
erection of sixtyfour buildings last week Their
total cost viii be $500, 500. Twenty nine Of Them
WIN be of brick. involving an expenditure Of $3.50,
COO and thrty-fve will be frame structures, valued
at S113,3o5.
Applicants for certificates establishing their quail
hcstons heads Of departments IN the public schools
will be examined tomorrow at a m, By superin-
tendent W. Il Maxwell. IN the roorus Of tho Board
Of Education
The annual report Of the Tompldns Avenas Con
gregattonal Church. Of which the Rev. DIR. II. K.
Meredith is pastor, shows a gain in membership OF
21o and loss by death and letters Of dismissal of 40
members, leaving 1,16o members the roll. The
expenditures for the last year Sl2s7 "a, and
So IS represents the balance in the hands Of The
treasurer.
The Prospect HsrrIers held their second Of the
season last night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16

CLOSE or THE 4MERTC4N INSTITUTE FAIR
As the Gfty-seventh exhibit Of the American IN.
stitute Fair begun October with the starting
Of the great Coriiss engine which furnished power
for all The machinery, the fair closed last
night when the immense hv-wheel OF the big engine
ceased to revOve. Al the hour named the band
played Home Sweet IIomo,7 and fhe seventy fourth
and last great crowd that has attended the fair this
year passed through the gates into the streets happy
with having witnessed the most successful exhibit Of
the American Institute The happy one for
the managers and exhibitors and, of the
latter said, We build hopes for even more
successful fair season. The number Of visitors
l50OOO-durlng the greatly In excess
of the number that have attended any previous
exhibit, and despite the reduced price Of admission
from so cents 10 % cents, the receipts were much
more than last year
The anXieties and fluctuations experienced BY me
managers during the early days of past exhibits
entirely done away with this year by the enforce
OF strict rules which caused the placing Of
exhibits and the arrangement of goods at an earlier
date than usual Generally the fair for the first two
weeks has been IN state Of chaos; this year order
brought out OF chaos I'm four days after the
doors were opened Selling privileges accorded ex-
hibitors have proved satisfactory and applca-
tions received BY Superintendent Hui from exhibitors
for the room next year are noted
There have been accidents and drawbacks OF
any kind
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with many aliases, for passing counterfeit bzard'
THE DELIW7RE ND RzBITzT C1N7L.
CAUSE OF ITS PROPOSED ABANDONMENT BY THE

PENNSYLVANIA ROAD.
New Brunswick n. j. Dec. 15-The discussion here
Of the rumorsd purpose Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to abandon the Delaware and Raritan Canal
has brought to light the fact that the canal company
is tres passer the city and occupying the entire
river front without complete title 70 II. All that
portion Of the canal from the factories OF the Norfok
and New Brunswick Hosiery Company TO the Five
mile lock is owned By the Hosiery Company.
The abandonment Of the canal would obge the city
10 extend all IT'S far out into the bed OF the
river and thence half mile down It's course 70 point
below the city docks The coal and lumber carrying
Of the city would be made much more costly by The
closing of the canal The only interest that the Penn
sylvsnia Company has In the canal IS confined
to few barGes aud schooners owned or controlled by
the railroad company These coalcsrryng vessels
are nearly wrecks aud the owners have no desire
TO repair replace them, because all their tonnage
can readily be carried by rail- The receipts Of the
canal have been derived from the carrying Of Read
Ing and Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company's barges
and steamers carrying Baltimore and Ohio freight.
These companies have now found railroad routes 10
NewYork and tidewater and the Pennsy lvania Is
not DESTROYS of keeping mp at loss means OF transit
which allows its most formidable competitor, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, TO reach New York with
IT'S fle. ht at cheap rates. The canal sixty miles
long and is the busiest water way In NewJersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
TWO RlILROAD ACCIDENTS.

Cincinnati, Dec. IA hand-car on the Cincinnati
Northern Narrow Guage Railroad, coming rapidly down
the steep grade this morning near the A!en Park
entrance. struck a stone the trsck and was thrown
down an embankment Six employees were injured
Tim sullivan, foreman. Is PROBABLY fatally hurt
The Others escaped with broken bones and scalp
wounds. IL IS uncertain whether the stone was
over the wall OF the cut
Waterbury, Conn, Dec. 15-At o'clock this morn
ing New England freight train into a passenger
train which was switching ON the main track an
Bristol. Tho freight locomotive and the Of
the passenger train damaged. but person
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
LONG ISLAND.
RICHMON

RICHMOND HILL-The Rev. William Carrihers
he's resigned the pasorate of the Union congregational
Carruthrrs will probably be induced to fiji Inc pulpit
xptl spring.
CREEDMOOR Peter Chewins, ninety-three years
old an Important witness In the Mara Jones murder
case has Just died The prisoner Georgana Fletcher
is now confined In the Queens County JAIL and VIII
be tried in Jamaica.
LONG ISLAND CITY.-The employees OF the Long
Island City Water Department VII be paid Tor The mon
Of December cut Of the special water rate fund.
BAYsHORE-The large steam mud-digger Alonzo
T. smith, EN- pleyed In deepening the creek at this
about Sc 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
C. c. SHAYNE,
Manufacturing Furrier,
1913 Prince-St.
ONE BLOCK WEST OF BROADWAY

ONE BLOCK WEST OF BROADWA1,
OFFERS A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO AID IN THE
SELECTION OF FURs FOR HOLIDAY PEEsENI'l
$500
WILL BUY SEVERAL ARTICLES. ANY ONE OF
WHICH WILL MAKE A GOOD PRESENT. A NICE
MUFF, COLLAR, TIPPEr BOA. MAT. RUG OR
SLEIGH ROBE
WILL BUY HANDSOME MUFF OF NATURAL
OTTER, or THE VERY BEST BEAVER, BEAU
TIFUL LYNN OR ALASKA SABLE MUFF SEAL HAT
OR A PAIR OF SEAL GLOVES. SLEIGH ROBE
NEAT BOA FOR NECK WEAR AND SEVERAL
HANDSOME ARTICLES IN FURs
$500
WILL BUY A SPLENDID SEAL MUFr, PLAIN OR
sATCHEL STYLE, SEAL HAT OR CAP. PAIR OF
LONG SEAL GAUNTIETS FOR LADIES OR GEN
TLEMEN. A NEAT SET OF FURs MUFF AND BOA
Or CAPE TO MATCH.
$4,000
WILL BUY SEVERAL SPLENDID ART1CLEs-A
CHOICE sEALSKIN MUFF OR SEAL HOOD,
STYLISH SEAL HAT. HANDSOME FUR SHOULDER
CAPE. OR SET OF FUT.s MUFg AND BOA
$500
WILL BUY THE BEST HUDSON BAY OTTER MUEF
BEAUTIFUL SABLE MUFF. HANDSOME SEAL
PLUSH WALKING JACKET OR WRAP EXTRA
LARGE SIZE IN SHOULDER CAPES AND MANY
OTHER NICE PRESENTS
Ssb0sVV
WILL BUY A VERY HANDSOME AND GOODYEAR
ING SEAL PLUSH sACQUE BEAUTIFUL sHoUL
DER CAPE AND MUFF TO MATCH LONG HAND
SOME BOA. OR A SPLENDID SEAL PLUSH WRAP.
$4,000
WILL BUY A SPLENDID SEAL PLUSH sACoUE
BEAUTIFUL WRAP. VERY CHOICE SET OF FURS,
MUFF AND BOA OR CAPE
5000
WILL BUY THE BEST SEAL PLUSH SACoUE IN
AMERICA FOR THE PRICE. OR BEAUTIFUL
SEALSKIN OR OTTER CAPE. OR A LONG SEAL
BOA AND MUFF TO MATCH. OR SPLENDID
ROBE
$500
WILL BUY 4 BEAUTIFUL MINK.LINED CIRCU-
LAR. noNo PLUSH NEWMARKET. A DEEP SEAL
SKIN CAPE OR EXTRA LONG MINK VICT0RINE
AND MUFF. OR A GENTLEMAN'S BURLINED
ovRRCoAT
$4,000
WILL BUY A MAGNIFICENT NINE, LINED CIR
GUITAR OR Any OF SEVERAL NEW STYLES IN
WRAPS, sEALSKIN JACKETS, MAGNIFICENT BEAR
ROBE AND SEVERAL OTHER USEFUL ARTI-
Giles
$4,000
WILL BUT A MAGNIFICENT sEALSK1N WALK
ING JACKET GENTS MINK-LINED FUR
TRIMMED ovERCoAT OR SPLENDID BEAR
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steamer Santiago CBr, Potter Huu-sa

sUMsET1A sandy Hook Wind light swi cloudy At CITY
CLEARED
Steamer Santiago (Br,. Potter Hnl-sanderson son.
Steamer Cireassla b. Young GLASGOW Henders9n Bros
Young. 60
Steamer Caland (Dtch) Lutz, Amstenism-Funch Edge
steamer waesland (Beg). Bu.bhmann. Antwerp-Peter
city Washington Reynolds Mexican
steamer Grande Lewis Key ealyssson-c x
Steamer kncserbocker Kembie New orleans-samnel Il
Steamer Excelsior Higgins New orleans-J Van sickle
Steamer City Of birmingham Berg. savsn ph-R Walker.
steamer Benetlctor Norton. Wilmington, NC~wm clyde
steamer Richmond. Jenney West Point va-oa Doninio.
Steamer Guyandotte Kelly Norfolk and Newport News
Steamer Old Dominion Couch Newport News and Richmond
Steamer CSmbOda (Br. wdgoOse. NOrfok-Pe,er Wright
steamer Eleanors Bennett Portland Horatio Hall
Steamer n + Dimoek Ehrdge Boston-H z Dimock.
ship yorktown Delap, san Franciseo-sntton Co.
Bark Enrchea Acesne GER DE Anreas singspors-JohA
Bark Richard Parsons Thomdke. Sydney Nsw-A rusA-
Bark Eiba. ron. savaanah-s c Evans a Co
sehI Natter sbr Bennett santos -seaunell Bros
schr Carrie (Br), Williams 81 john MIA 4 IIeney
SAILED
Steamers Aursna and CITY OF Chester Liverpool CIR.
Danmark stetni Inns Bremen Caland Amsterdam wsess
and St1so vTe S .ands gsvss,on'
Richmond; Duke OF Buckingham Kama Ia New ot
News
Ship Treasurer. for Antwerp
Banks Maggie Dixon. or Plymouth; BRISTOL Rotterdam IL
ngeTso Port Elizabeth. Ennta Cape Town Nord
philadelphia
Brig Sparkling Water Tor Point piire
Also Va Long Island Eleanora ton
Portland. II = DmO,N. Boston.
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS
Hull. Dec lj-ArTiyei Vourno Brl Jonas from
New York. -
PRAwLE PoINT. Dec l5-Pass,d steamer Tower hin (Br.
Bennett. from New YORK on her way q London. ~
lsLE or WIGHT Dec Ia Passs. steamer Polynesia (Ger,.
Kuhn. from New. York ON her way 70 Hamburg '
LZARD Dec lJPasscd Eam (Dtchl Rakk.r froun
New York on her Rotterdam.
HAMBI Dec i5Sailed steamer Sorrento fer, schar.
burg. for New York -
HAyEE Dec 5saIled steamer Ia Champagne (Fr Boyer
for New York. ~ ~s>-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16

FOR HOUSES OF REFUGE on ARCTIC SHORES
Philadelphia, Dec. is (speciaD-L p Ashniead. Of
this city, for many years connected with the New
Bedford whaling industries viii endeavor to have
Congress appropriate a Of money for the estab-
lshment Of two houses OF refuge IN the Arctic
regions for shipwrecked crews. BIS idea is to have
the houses built at Point Barrow on the Alaskan
coast and on East Cape the Siberian shore.
The houses are TO be filed with provisions, ship
supplies, medical and all articles for
the relief OF shipwrecked crews Chief Engineer
Melville has written Mr. Ashmead heartily indorsing
ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
JERSEY CITY.

welLdrcssed woman, who said she was Mrs. Van
Geisen, Of Lancaster, Penn, visited speers norgue
yesterday and identified the body of the who
found dead In his boarding house few days ago as
that Of her husband. Mrs. Van Geisen said her hus
bands name was Charles.
The Tax Adjustment commissioners presented their
twentynnth annual report to Judge Knapp yesterday
morning for confirmation. The adjustments aggre-
gate about 600 of which about seyenty-eght per
cent is cOlectable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
A NED VARSITY BOLT RACE.
COLUMBIA WILL ROW THREE. MILES WITH coz.
NELL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA


PENNSYLVANIA.
Columbia College Is 10 have another eight oared
race in addition TO her annual tussle with Harvard
I'm the spring II fs 10 be three-cornered tho other
contestants being Cornell and the University Of
Pennsylvania
The old custom of having intercollegiate boat races
In which the colleges generally took part has been in
disuse for number Of years. Formerly these races
took place at Saratoga and Lake ounsgamond, and
some years twelve and fifteen colleges were repre-
scented by crews of fouIs, but at that time Columbia
was rowing her eght-oarcd with Harvard each
year ard She could not train an eght-osred crew
and four-oared crew at the same time, and the
other colleges could not get eghts Columbia gradually
drfed out OF tho races and they narrowed down
10 three four Of the smaller colleges, and finally
disappeared, except for the annual races between
Cornell and the University OF Pennsylvania. This
year both Of these colleges going to row crews
OF Fights instead Of four, and when Columbia men
heard Of il, they thought IL would be an excellent
idea to have three-cOrnered race and committee
OF three consisting Of Professor j. f. Goodwin, f.
Klapp, 80 and W. Meikleham, SO, was appointed
TO try 10 get up such race.
As a result Of much correspondence. committee
consisting Of Eugene Knapp. Of Columbia; 7. G.
Hunter 0, the University Of Pennsylvania, and Charles
G. Ps0tfa of Cornell. met al Philadelphia few days
ago and made agreement for the three colleges TO
row an annual eght-oafed race. with ooxswains, the
course 10 be three miles instead Of the usual four
niles az New London. between June 10 and June 20.
The exact date Of the for this next June is to be
fixed before April l. and Will probably be before the
CoIun Harvard VARSITY contest, which viii be- as
IA former years, four mile race
The Columbia freshmen Will row the two-nile
course at New-London usual with the Harvard
and the Harvard boys making special
efforts 10 win back the freshman championship which
they have lost for two years in succession. Twelve Of
the most prominent oarsmen Of the freshman class
at Columbia put 10 work on the river as soon
as the present college year BEGAN, and the
Christmas holidays all the candidates for the
freshman and Varsity crews OF Columbia Will - inO
ne gular training in the gymnasium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
SHIPPING NEWS.

SHIPPING NEWS
Port OF NEw.YoBK.....-. SATURDAY. DEC. Is. 1888
ARRIVED.
Steamer Britannia r) ParsclL Liverpool Dec s. Queens.
town D. with mse and 400 passengers Isnay Ar
rived at the Bar az la am.
Steamer Caiingormc (r Dunn. Liverpool Nov 36 bal.
BouOn. Bliss a Dallets. Arrived II the Bar IN
Trve Gerl BerdrOw Bremen Dec 5. southampton
7 with mdse and passengers 10 Oelrichs a Co.
DE Ruyter tBelgl. Aristen. Antwerp Nov
with mdse Ia Eunch. Edge Co Arrived al
l2O5am
steamer City OF Washington. Reycods. T9mpico Nov 90
Tuxpan 81. Cruz Dec o. Havana and
passengers Ia Jas Ward a Co. Arrived az the bar IN
Santiago Allen Cientegos Dec g. Via 81 Jago aud
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
CONDEMNED TO HANG FOR HIS CRIME.

Wilmington, Del, Dec 15-In the case Of william
Calhoun, indicted for criminal assault Catherine
Utz the jury this afternoon rendered a verdict of
guilty. The penalty Is death. Calhoun IS a youth
Of twenty three his victim an unprepossessing woman
Of fifty five The crime was committed November
10 and sgnazed by peculiar hagrancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
yEw.yoRK soBooyER's ROUGH PASSAGE

Charleston, ;. G., Dec. 15.-The schooner Welcome
r. Beebe Captain smith, from NewYork, which ar
rived here last night, had very rough passage On
december 10, while of Hatteras she encountered
terrific gale with high seas, during which her rigging
damaged and her wheel smashed, rendering tho
vessel helpless. She was thrown into the trough Of
the sea, and sprang leak, and the were kept
work al the pumps night and day for four days, to
keep the vessel afoaf. Her cargo is considerably
damaged, and she Is leaking badly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16

WILL BUY SHAYNE's SEAL
SKIN COAT OR A LADY
HARRISON ; SEVERAL NEW
SHAPES IN SEAL WRAPS.
WALKING JACE ETs, OR
GENTS FURLINED OVER
COATS, EUR TRIMMED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
STATEN ISLAND.

sTAPL ETON-Supervso George Bechtel, the
wealthy brewer, denies the report that he promised
10 contribute "a 900 to be used in building ad
dltion TO the smith Infirmary I'm Tompkinsville. Mr.
Bechtel says that he has had plans completed for u
new hospital building which he is have erected at
q cost OF about $4,000 Tho hospital Will have
no connection with the Smith Infrmary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
ALONG THE SOrND.

BRIDGEPORT.-P. T. E-lrnum has been reelected
president 81 the Bridgeport Hospital ey Mayor u. "
Morgan vice president. and Dr.. !. DE Yer Warner a
member Of the Hospital Executive Committee for three
Years Walter J.. Willard. III Yale University.
whose right leg injured by the cars of the New
Haven Railroad on December {. and afterwari
anputatcd, lies in a critical condition at the hospital
SOUTH NoRWALK.-Ihe annual meeting OF the
Fairfield County Agricultural Society Will Dc held "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16

seized by the Collector for non-paymeDt of duty, and
friends who have It say that It is of the
and musc-clock watch striking the hours and frac-
tional part OF each hour tho being 100 pvt.
1t has been valued at 5000 by of the largest
importers Of Watches with whom Il has been left since
the sale, to be regulated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
FlvoR1yG REPEAL OF T0BACCc TAXES.

Hartford. Conn, Dec. 15--The New England
Tobacco Growers Association al its annual meeting
to-day passed resolutions favorfng the repeal Of the
Internal revenue taxes tobacco, cigars and cigar
ettes and approving the Senate revision of the
House Tariff bill, with the following exceptions The
duty on stemmed tobacco 10 be 30 cents instead OF
IS the duty Of 10 cents per pound stems 70 be
abolished The meeting vas addressed briefly by Con
gressman-eect Simonds, who expressed himself as In
favor Of the ahel'''~~ - 80 - venue tax ON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
POLITICIANS GOING HOME FOR cHR1sTu

Nearly all the Western politicians who have been
In this city for the last few days have gone honie
for Christmas.
Russell Harrison received number OF callers IN
his rooms at the Gllsey House yesterday but spcnu
most Of the day IN going over his correspondence.
Dan Lamont slipped quietly out OF town I'm the
afternoon on HIS way Ia Washington.
Governor Hill received fow visitors IN the fore
noon and the Madison square Theatre matinee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
TALK ABOUT AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD.

There is considerable talk about the formation Of
O company TO operate electric railroad to Coney
Island, under the management Of General James
Jourdan, president OF the Kings County Elevated
Railroad and also Of the Brooklyn Flatbush and
Coney Island Railroad The General has been looking
at various electric motor devices. with a view to
selecting that which he considers most feasible. BE
believes TIA railroad of this character viii rcvolu
tionze and greatly increase the Coney Island OK
frafi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16

Will BUY. SHAYNE's CELL
EBRATED PERFECT-FIT-
TING SACQUE, POPULAR
LENGTH. OR A MAGNIFI-
CENT SEALSKIN WRAP,
PLAIN OR ELEGANTLY
TRIMMED WITH ALASKA
SABLE OR LYNX.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
ZOE PAsSING COrYrERFEIr pOLLARS

Providence. H. l., Dec. 15.-Wllliam J. McManus,
United states Treasury agent and secret service
officer, with Detective swan and Police Leutenants
Rankin and o'Nel, to-day arrested Jerry Mccarthy
and John Williams, known As old Nsw.York crooks.