New-York tribune., 1889-12-20
NEW-YORK CITY.
Columbia College csne-rush, afternoon.

tbe persons whom he had asked for money i' '0-
tanned the names of many OF the rlcnes' anu -,
prominent people in the city, ana cOnne'' 0H '''I
generosity.
rs. e,nora, ~ the Rev. Frederick Fox was held
,oraay al the Martha Memorial German Reformed
Church No 4I5 West Fifty-second-st., OF winch nc
was pastor Tie Rev. DR.. Sebert OF tle biooniheiu
n. J.. Theological Seminary, oicated, assisted py t'e
Rev. Mr. Gerhard of Lancaster, Penn. Inc ouil"l
was at woOdawn.
as r. or sends $40 to this Office for Mrs Henry
Friedcen of No. 2136 Atlantic-ave BrooKlyn'
Henry W. Rosenbaum and his friends bring to this
Office 500 for the destitute family of Gustav BehnKe
at No. 141 Tompkins-st.
uonrv Danb the boy who became insane at his
home. No. So Firstave., Wednesday morning. oleo
in Bellevue Hospital early yesterday from mchihgi's
The surgeons said that fear of hydrophoba had caused
Iis INSANITY The lad was bitten on the hand by
dog about two weeks ago, but the dog was hoV oe.
leyed TO be rabd. The wound was slght ana hedieu
rapidlv Henry worried over the bite however, uhtn
he went mad
Patrick Melia, age eighteen of No 234 East sew
cnty-sxth-st snatched IA pocketbook containing qio
from Miss Katherine Howand Of No. 247 PRESIDENT
:, proolt,vn in Madison-ave near Thirty sixth-st,
Yesterday and ran. He was pursued and caught oy
Herbert Parson of No. 80 West Thirty y-sixth-st' y
confederate of Mela's assaulted Mr. Parson Dut ran
awav ON seeing a policeman approaching, without res
cuing the thief. Mela was held in $500 ball
The Committee on Railroads of the Board Of AL
dermen will give hearing on the proper metiou VI
applying the cable system TO street railways, IN tc
Common Council Chamber at p NJ today
william b. Williams was tried yesterday before
Judce Gildersleeve on charge of stabbing his wife
pessie The wounds were serious, but Mrs. Williams
recovered and was witness yesterday against her
husband. The jury acquitted him. on the eroupd OF
Insanity Mrs. Williams said to Judge Gildersleeve
GYour Honor, If this is released l Shall never
have moment when can feel secure He VIII Xii
me- Judge Gilderseeve said that he would cause
an examination to be made, and If Williams was SUN
insane he would be sent 10 an asylum
stiu another complainant appeared in the Police
Conrt Yesterday against Arthur Zold, who assaulted
Dr. c. II. De La Mater, of No. 315 Madisonave'' on
Monday. Dr. c. A. Heller, of No. 19l Bowery charged
ZoIld with stealing number OF dental msuuihchoS
from him several days ago. Zolk is also believed 10
have been arrested seven years ago for trying 10
bIackmail Canal-st merchant.
The annual meeting of the American Geographical
Society was held last evening in Chickerng Hail. Tho
officers elected for the year y. p. Bailey presl-
dent Clinton Roosevelt vice-president; and Charles
A. Peabody secretary and treasurer. The Rev George
W. Chamberlain. of the American Presbyterian MIS-
sion in Brazil delivered lecture on the "Conditons
and Prospects of Brazil" which illustrated by
stereopticon views taken by him in some Of the prin-
cipal cities and towns of the new republic
Judgment for $37 ,c52 was entered yesterday, in
the Court of Common Pleas, against Heroy d Mar
rener importers of plate bass at No 124 South Fifth
ave. in favor of Paul Zunz. Heroy Marrener OBJ
tanned stay of three days, intending to give bonds
10 carry the case to the Court Of Appeals.
u. Blumenthal age seventy five, retired real es-
tate dealer living in Harlem, who has been missing
since Tuesday was found by the police late Wednes-
day night He is feebe-minded on account OF his
advanced age and has lost himself in the streets
several times lately.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Young Mems Re-
publican Club Of the XXth Assembly District was
held on Tuesday at the meetngroom OF the club, NO.
oss Second-ave. The following are the officers elected
for the year. Charles C. Schulz, president samuel B'
Kerns first vice president; William j. Moore second
vice PRESIDENT Smith Pine, treasurer; NJ f. Golde'
recording secretary A. E. Barrows, financial secre
tary 4; f. S. Payne, sergeantatarms. Young men OF
the district are cordially invited to attend the meet
ings OF the club which held on the third Tuesday
OF every month.
The will Of John +. Murray was filed for probate
yesterday. Murray mysteriousy disappeared after he
contracted marriage which displeased his relatives
and WAS afterward discovered by his young wife. He
was wealthy, and the will beQucathes everything TO
her.
The Executive Committee of the Church Association
for the Of the Interests Of Labor has is
sued an urgent personal appeal 10 minister's embrac
ing all denominations, to make an appeal next Sunday
10 their hearers not to buy goods in stores after
6 O'Clock during the coming two weeks.
The Washington Memorial Arch Fund, with the
addition, among Others. of a subscriptan Of 800 from
w Bayard Cutting, now amounts TO $62 224 81.
Frederic villers The London Graphic7 war cor
respondent, will deliver his lecture, war on White
Sheet for the first time this season, at Association
Hall tonight
An Oriental entertainment given by Peter NJ.
Won Finkelsein in the parlors of the Broadway Taber
nacle, under the auspices of the Young Mems As
socaton of that church Mr.. Fnkesten's portrayal
of the manners and customs Of the inhabitants Of
Jerusalem was attentively listened to by large
audience.
An illustrated lecture will be given at the Amity
BAPTIST Church, No. $40 West Fiftyfourthst. this
evening, by Murray Williams, on The Homes %:
Bupyan, Cowper and Carey for the benefit of the
missionary society Of the church.
The course of Shakespearean lectures by Mrs NJ. F.
Hoagland in the parlors of Madam Van Norman, No
90 Central Park West, on Thursday afternoons, has
been suspended for the holidays, to be resumed on
January . with The Tempest" The fair Just closed
for the charitable fund Of Tie Van Norman institute
was highly successful.
lecture by Edward Wakefield on "Waifs and
strays Of American History" under the auspices o.
tio huS"ohoI oOCiot9 VI <''0ii""' was oPP-NN -
q large audience in the Law School Building OF 20
lrmba College last night.
Some Missing Links in the BacOnan Shakespeare
Argument" was the subject of interesting lecture
by Starr IL. Nichols, before the Shakespeare Society
of New-York, in Hamilton Hall, Columbia College
last night
Mrs. Mary A. Livernore gave lecture to crowded
audience at stenway Hall last night for the General
Society Of Mechanics and Tradesmen of Ncw-York
Her subject was Twenty-Five Years Upon the Lecture
Platform aud reviewed the many changes for the
sood she had seen IN the last quarter OF century
Tne lecture was frequently applauded.
regular meeting Of the Academy of Medicine was
held at No. IL West Thirty -frstst last evening An