New-York tribune., 1889-10-29
NEW-YORK CITY.

All the Fifty eighth-st. tains on the sN'n-ao'
}levated road now have DUO ehdincHeu s's"' VII WV
Sngines to guide passengers
TIL. tratrnity of Phi Gamma Delta will hold Its
,or,v.srst annual convention this week at Buckneil
rrniverSitv Lewisburg Penn. This society is one OF
the oldest Greek letter fratNnties In the country.
and numbers among its members General te" wa
lace Rldpath the historian: senators Vaioe an"
pelamater, Maurice Thompson and EDWARD hgei0sDn'
cbapters have been founded at hhy-sA OF the lead
ing universities.
The receipts of cotton at this port yesterday were
p7665 bales, the largest for one oaS vi ulo
About onehalf of this quantity is to help New-Iorh
merchants out Of their october squeeze; the rest
,s on tho way % New England and Europe.
william 6 Bal the coored man who killed sher-
man Porter at a Iouston-st. ball on August 20 was
sentenced yesterday By Judge MARITIME to sixteen years
IN the state Prison He had pleaded guilty to man
slaughter in the first degree.
Hannibal Cutugrs who was appointed an l1allsr
Interpreter in the General sessions Court se'ora
months ago. IS about apply for mandamus 10
compel the Controller to pay his bacB salary lie
had at one time passed a civil Service examination,
I'M. the Commissioners hed that the list on "hch
his name appeared had been closed Dy inc eApnsio"
of year from the tine it was made up, so that inc
sppointmeat was Invalid. He has served without pay
since May 1.
william Thompson, a highwayman, who knocheo
weeks ago pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge
Marfine and was sentenced to twelve years and SIN
months In the State Prison.
Eleven members Of the Balmorsl Choir arrived I'd
this city yesterday the Anchor Line steamer Oll
csssia Walter Bruce is conductor oi the chon ~
j. Patrick eocltuonst; Miss Edith Koss' Contrao
Miss Efie Goodwin, sop -ano Peter Kerr, TENOR anu
William Young, bass. Th1y will make SIX ih"f'hs
tour of this country and Canada under the manage
ment of j. W. r. Bnns, opening in steinway Han
November 2.
The steamer Adirondack. Of the Atlas Steamship
Company which S; lied from this port on October TO-
reached Port Pr in four days and sixteen hours'
This is said TO be he fastest trip on reoou 10 u'dt
port
Martin Parsons sailor. thrty-nme years ou' al
Inmate of the sailors Home, No. 139 Cherlysc' caleu
at the Msdisonst. station house at O'CLOCK yeS'oi
oay and told the serscap at the desk that he was
m He said that he had been recently discharged
from the bark Highland, which arrived In this port
two weeks ago from Rio Janelro, South -NhoFca'
n, Dnl;npbam of the Board of Health, made an eN-
animation of the sick man, and as precautionary
measure sent him TO tie Reception Hospital
Tb, Pennsylvania ferry boat New-Jersey, while fin
isbing her :55 O'Clock trip to NewYork last night
cam. into collision with the tugboat Victoria The
W. Ie,s.vs rudder was broken and her deckrailing
yss smashed for fifteen feet. The NewJersey landed
her passengers none of whom was hurt or t1ghtened
end was retired from the line for repairs
The Rev. DIR. John Mcouirk has been appointed
Defender of the Marriage Tie for this diocese in place
of the Rev. Dr. Burseu
Fruitdealers deplore the possible loss OF a months
trade in California grapes, owing to damaging rains
tbers Tokays have sold by auction this week as
high ne s6aS7 50 crate of forty pounds. The sit
nation gives American or whi'e grapes dn o"44l0'
start than usual
Letters from New York orange-dealer who are Sc
curing supplies in Florida say that the quality Is
unusually tine. but the picking viii be loss than last
years.
The Bavarian Volksfest Society has elected the fol
lowing officers: President. Philip Koeber; vice
presidents Charles FahreDkof and William soen ;
secretary John Schultz; treasurer, Major W. brown
About 100 amateur fishermen met last night at No
b24 Nlnthaye 10 make arrangements to organize
co-operative stock company TO purchase S3oooo
boat 10 ply between this city and the Fishing Banks
during the season. Only tho preliminary arrange
ments were made. Another meeting viii be held on
Monday night.
Tho eighteenth semi-annual exhibition and autumn
reception of t0 No'roolitan Museum Of Art Will take
place next NJ, 1suy from to p m
At the meeting of the American Geographical Society
last night at Chickenng Hall Miss Annie Russell
native of the Transvaal Republic, delivered an In
foresting lecture on The South African Republics"
giving sketch Of their and the progress whlch
they have made. She also described their diamond
and gold mines.