New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-08
NETWORK CITY.

The Rev. Leonard W. Bacon is TO preach In the
Collegiate Church at Twcnty-ninh-st and Ffth-avc.
during December
Collector OF Internal Revenue, John A. Sullivan.
Of the Second District Of NewYork whose appoint
mcnt obtained by his friends the Produce
Exchange, begins to realize that HIS tenure OF Office
uncertain and he IS urgent candidate for the
office OF State Dairy Commissioner
The Tribune has received 500 for the Yellow
Fever Sufferers Fund, tho Thank giving collection
at a union church service in the Reformed Church
Of Chatham, n. Y.
The steamship Gate City, Of the Boston and
Savannah Line stopped here yesterday and took
passengers South whose departure had been delayed
by the broken sailing dates Of New-York steamers
during the recent storm.
There was largo expectation Of apples last week.
25 900 barrels valued at S75.952 also 500 pack
ages OF dried fruit; total value Of all exports for the
week, SG,2Ss.334
Best grades Of Arctic whalebone are worth s3 80
per pound and many lots arc going to Europe at this
high price
For thirty years the ladies' of the First Presbyterian
Church have held an annual fair at Eleventh-st
and Fifth-ave, the proceeds Of which are devoted
to the support Of school for Chinese youths at
shanghai The next fair Will be held on Wednesday
and Thursday.
The lecture this evening in the Cooper Union
free course will be delivered by Professor W. H.
GOODYEAR. on Greek and Modern sculpture illus
trated.
Tho football game at the Manhattan Athletic Club
Grounds TODAY between the Manhattan and Union
clevens ought TO result in wellplayed match.
A ten years lease of the city's buildings at Duane
West and Reade SITS, occupied for many years by the
New-York Lake Erie and western Railroad Company,
was sold at auction by Controller Myers yesterday to
plrstS any,
s31 900 per year. the city\i6Jpay the taxes The
rental paid by the Erie Company was $4,000 and the
taxes, or about SIT 900 year
The Rev Dr. Josiah Strong, the author Of I" Our
Country will address the students Of the different
educational institutions Of this city tomorrow even
ing in the concert hall OF the Metropolitan opera
House.
Professor Gulllaume A. scribner will deliver
lecture IN French at Columbia College this morning.
on "voltalre and his agc.'
The Rev DR.. W. W. Attcrbury. Of Pekin, Will
address young men in Association Hall tomorrow
afternoon at 80 o'clock All young men arc
cordially invited to be present
The Property Owners Association Of one-hundrcd-
and sixtv -srventhst. held meeting on Thursday
night and discussed the closing Of portion Of that
street east OF Third ave- by the Park Commissioners
resolution was passed calling upon the Commission
crs to reopen the street and demanding an invesn-
CATION Of the matter by the Mayor
Tho Elevated Railroad Commission resumed the
taking OF testimony in the case OF the Renwick
property at Thrdave. and Seventy sixthst, yester-
day 1t will probably take them another week to
finish the case.
The Board OF Street Opening decided yesterday
to authorize the necessary advertising for tho ex-
tension OF High Brldg, Park TO Onehundrcd- and
ffty-ffth-st Regarding the projects for the relief
Of broadway Vice-Prcsidcnt Bowling explained that
he was opposed to the Elm-st project, but favored
the widening of College Place.
Tho special meeting Of tho Board Of Aldermen
called Yesterday to close up It's general order
calendar adjourned without doing any business be-
cause the legal number of members did not appear
Mayor Hewitt yesterday dismissed the charge
against lander & Co., employment agents of No. 1G
Green vich-st for want Of evidence The agents
had been accused Of completely in sending men TO
work on oyster boats in Chesapeake Bay where they
had been subjected to cruelty and starvation.
Tho last Of the new West Washington Market
stands-44O In number have been allotted by Con
troller Myers and he was congratulating himself
Yesterday that hts disagrccable task was over Tic
time for opening the new market has been changed
from December IT, and the date likely 10 DO nAcd
upon IS January 10.
william Fogarty who killed his brother James by
hitting him in the eye with the fcrue Of an
umbrella was sentenced yesterday by Judge MARITIME
three years and SIX months In the State Prison lo
pleaded guilty few days ago to charge Of man
slaughter in the second degree. Judge MARITIME said
that, while the crimo terrible one tho testi-
mony showed that tho dead man had bad character,
while the prisoner of good reputation.
The calendars Of the Court OF General Sessions
Yesterday were filed with excise cases Over one
hundred and fifty alleged violators of the law were
called for pleading trial IN the court. Most OF
those called oil trial preferred 10 have their cases
sent to the Court Of Special Sessions The District
Attorneys assistants consented to the transfer OF al
the cases in which the defendants wished TO go 10
the Special Sessions. Some OF the Defendants did
not answer when their names were called and their
bonds were declared forfeited