The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-27

- vww abD os0Rhtcd WIN 0e pwcsenn rcnn
nosushr>n,s
Tue Broosiyn Yovng Mons Christian Assoch 4
&oa eayp Cs.4snnAs EnAsrts.nrnros TO thc
Sevsboy-s or Tint CRY yosbrrdsy. srne 800 oitho
lads wcreessrruilsd sozctirer abous y O'Clock. r.
NJ. ct the Gr,.u-;s Inn in Myrtle Avenue by tho
New. william A Doohttir, Jr., a genticnsn vi
has taken eepscisf nicrss, IN This class Of boys
spcochos verc msdeby Mr.. EdsslL Presidnni y
Y. N. G. Association, Hoo. hoses 7. odell'
Mr.. Matthew'S Il ~ AIMS Church Sunday
schoo and others. Tho boys who eonducnd
themss,vo with marked pruriety during inc
csrcmmiest at the CLOSE, rtquostcd Mr. James w.
Cooper, q the Brooklyn USros, TO return thsnks'o
the Association in then behalf which wee done 10
sharp. short speech. full Of rth, amer which mo
boys formed In line and marched 10 Gothic Hail.
In Albums s,roc', whoro had leen prepared ~ Mo
AssDrfsisu q bouunfd dinner, and TO which TIC
boys did full justice Tho whole affair passed on
with srst credit 10 all concerned. The benevolent
md wealthy ostisens Of Brooklyn have tafen stops
looking 10 the Inauguration u al extensive house
and library for the uewsboys and other lads u
that c,sss.
ornER rsrtrU7roNs
A, tho Five Poinis Union, the Five Points House
Of Industry, tho Bonc for tho Frendlcns, and
other insasunions tho inmates were handsomely
rcgnct and no doubt many Will wish that Christ
mas might come moro than oDce year while sey
VIII remember with gratitude tho doubio Christmas
Of Isst
Sr. JonS'a DAY.-To-day occurs the festival
81 ~. John the Evangesi, ''the disciple whom Je-
gu love-" and special reverence add intere,. 10
stschei TO this apostle Through nisapprchen-
SION Of Baviour's words, az will that he tarry
ell I come, vhst IL that 70 theet" II was bchevcd
by the other apostles that ct. John should never
die. He certainly outlivod all the others, and VISA
his believed, the only ono OF them who died q At
oral death. II Ia recorded that he died peacefully,
at Ephesus, a, the age Of "a. A. u. 100. Though
81, John cspei martyrdcm. yet be endured great
persecution TOR the faith. In the reign Of DJmitian
be was accused Of attempting to subvcrt tho re
bg1on Of tho Roman Empire, for which offence he
was trsnsportod from Asia to Rome, and there, be-
tprc tho Latin gate, was cast .uio "a caularOn "
boiling oil from which 10 came out
uninjurci Domitlan, however, notwithstanding
this MIRACULOUS intcrrositon b,ui-hed John "
Patrnos, q lonely island IN tic Grecisn Archipelago,
where he was set to work AZ u criminal In the
,oilncs. In this drelry abode the apostle Informs
US he witnessed those sublime visions which he
bas recorded I'm the Apocalypse When Domiiian
was sssas'instoi and Nerva became Emperor, John
was allied to Efhesus, where be continued IL! his
death. Ia bis latter days, tradition says, he was
unable - walk 10 Church, and used u be carried
ihiihcr, Sheu he exhorted tho congregation his
uwn memorable words, Little children love one
smother" - John Is represented as young mar
Of beautiful features and heavenly mcn. nc Il
sometimes seen holding urn from which de
mon IL escaping THIS Ia an sllusion 10 tie iac
that priest Of Diana, denying the divine origin %
tleRpostolic miracle challenged John TO drink cuI
Gpo!son which be had pr pared. The EvArgels
made the sgn of tho cross, Sud then drank It with
cut injury. The pufgiug II tho cup Is t!pihed IL
1he flight Of the demon. This legend gave rise Il
corporations custom In England Of Obtaining hal
lowed wine On -. johns Day, and those who par
took uf Il were believed to bo secure from DANCE
OF poison during the year 1t John 10 one Of tn
fatruus q Christian FrocmssJns the other is -
John tive BAPTIST. At "hsh twelve" to-day, tn
fraternity viii celebrate the nativity Of the San;
There will Doe divine service In all the Epscop0
snd Catholic churches Iu the latter church it Ia
double Of the second class Tho vos,meuts will
white as 81 J In wAs not q martyr.
SHOr HINsEi.F--0n Sunday evening, Nj
Dw,des Tat,lell, a native Of Massachusetts she
h.rHclf ia tie head, at NJ. 81 West Twonty-rIS
suce;. lie was taken "a Bellevue Hospital, whcl
lie expired. DE was alou. % years o. age.
TuH FIRE IN BUuKNAS STREET About
ocl,ck yesterday morning, as noticed in the sU'
aaec was discovered tho fourth 1oor Of Il
prouao No. q B3cSmau street, occupied l
Mr,ars Johnson, Fry & Co., publishers. Befo
Tho Nrc could be cytinCushcf, tho three upp
sloors we've totally Destroyed. Damage sbo
tzhOOO, lully insured. Tho plates and OH
A l,s vet,l in tie business were in the vault
.-r.iN 49, l,;l''iur and wtro consequently save
Tue s.gnd Noor was occupied by Mr.. John OLA
IA "A tu.uui.ctury of blank hooks and he 81
'lAr first floor va. occupied 10y Reebc a Hal, pal
,,alcr. THcy sI.'alued u damage by w1icr
a .,ut .lU'N. insured. The building WAS ia
a.cl 20 Jh, extent OF $500. Insured. Tho orr.
q ~, G-c $40, known at py"sent but the +
Marshal la5 thc matter under inVe-ts alton.
ALLEGED TuIEF Az D RECEIVERS ARgEsTr
-OHc,rs Dunn AMI Reynolds, n the Twenty 'h'
prrcia,t, arrested Aacd Hopper, a e0lorel port
~ . Tor twenty years had hsen IN the s'nploy
N,-s,S Howell a. Co.. Of No - couruandt sta
,pl fa,rabcrs Of that firm appeared before Jus
S,ot.u aua ~ccus.d the pTtsouer ~ stealing n
t.c,r ptoro large qu9utltes VI val paper, ana !
ngt,ln saut 10 Cyrus Thomas, oi No. lag spr
,trcc,; O. aries Dauotlscr, of No 100 Orcusri stl
and Harriet Wilson, ~ No Is lhomas street III
v,-r.o.s were q trtuIuU arrested, and IN Ihon
b s. ,use the officers uui NJ express wagon l1s
u i.c stolen paper An oi de prisoners were c.
v mrCd for c@amiuauon.
FATALLY Icsterday morni
y Az. ii rel Mitchell, OF No 20 West Fifyi0,
sat. was crushed between one Il the Sew,
l. e GnU Nua