, 1876-02-13

' snao1 .Ao nlau grateful, the reporter
] week, until the stock vent down 40 loy that it
| ceased to DO football OF Wall street. The
| President Of the toad told me Of thus incident,
| ana aaded' with smile, New York is full oi
sucn ie!lows, and you call buy them at SIC
apiece, as many OF them as you wish"
QUEER USE OF PNEUMATIC TUNNEL.
Who beslds an American would have con.
celred the idea OF using al abandoned tunnel
Tor flne range, Of whore will you find rifle
gallery With range Of 1000 yards right in tue
heart Of big city2 All thislhas been done, and
may bo seen in this City OF New York. The
Beach pneumatic tunnel, which waa dug under
broadway, commencing under the Degln building
Oh the corner Of Warren street, was, as your met
ropohtan readers are aware failure for the
want OF funds to carry out the original plan. It
was exhibited to tue public for two years, but
thero isn't much attractiyeness to. the public in
ho!e IN the ground, SO it Was simply closed,
until last fall, when 1t was converted into rifle
range Under the name Of " Creedmoor, Jr.," aud
there are r1as matches there every few days By
teaus. composed OF rival employees Of various
iii tns in the same style al the baseball matches
ness enterprise, aud affords the city buck good
opportunity to practice rihe-shootlug at any dis
tauce without going of into tho country.
THE ELEyATED-RAnwAY WAR.
It is assumed that the oniy so!ution Of the rap
id-trnnst question in this city is IN the adoption
Of tho elevated-ralway system. This plan is
now in successful operation between the Bat
tory aud Central Park, aud has been used to
convey passengers to the old Hudson River
Railroad station at Thirtieth street for several
years. Tho trip, which in the ordnary horso-
car consumes an hour, is made in tyanty-eishr
minutes. The napid-Transt Commission, under
tho net Of the Legislature of last year, has pro-
possd m elevated railway for Third avenue, and
for DeKaib avenue, butwhiie everybody is IN
favor OF rapid transit in principle, it is pretty
much i1 practice like the man who thoncht thn
best place to have boil was on somebody else,
1t is grand thing to have IN elevated railway,
result Is nieltiy Indignation meetiprs % com osed
of fifteen or twenty persons, held along Tuird
ayenue, proteatng against fttle permanent IN
jary Of our noble avenue" BY an elevated rail
vXy. This ia sheer bosh OF COURSE, but the In-
dignation Meeting ia one Of our peculiar inst,tn
tiors, and must not be inte1fered with.
1,crx,ora .xn 1saxxuors
rhe thaatr;ca, msnaoaro n, rh;s ,;,1 L,,,..,,r
n e,ot ., r.et amon,t ~ or.t,,;t,,,a s3.art;a,<,
.hont AZ nerfoctlv as thev lroy bozv ~ .,,f t,,e
n,,l1,c otherp;ea v;tnas. -,.-r.,+ :. p.1,na, ~
r;+;,, t,a c,ro~,or .,a oa;.1ot,,x. -. z;.;.
noo,s,.a =, ,-;t,oes !, T,.,;,,a rns.~" :" 49,, 49,
ooo]os ~ "i1neas JULIUS eseeal. auo tuo
PROMISED 9nWtat'oo 10 the ffesldent and Con-
erces. "ifhess eher1dan SHOCK permitting tile
publishers ef weekly paper to placa1d the city
and suburbs with tens OF thousands OF posters
announcing the publication OF the story OF
Dosa M;cha1 " md .,an nounc;n1 dowo nno1
;ha,a s.,s ;n;,,nat;ar ~ ~. ,,s,fa" %
tueln "t.4 ou anlu1e.tou p:oulolt.us VIC pupuca-
tlon, ou tne etoauu tna. ~ may tolu @ tne oAsls
OF anotnet oranat11atloo, ana 1hus lntef1oFe
win the1r present GopyIight- 1l1s IS sheer
auseluSiog II; qoaeo' nut aueustln Uaty outaoes
a4eaa.aa Ita," 7 prt;as p.o -, tta sn7
cony Of the nlay Of -.Piona" by nhononranhic
process. he warns managers and lessees against
using the copy thus obtained. The fact is, the
Herdtd sent reportefs to take notes OF the play:
i .n1 pu - a. ~ MI 'pa
Master" Tie Hsrdid made The COMPARISON and
convicted Daily Of plaelariziug the plot and lau-
guage from tue novel. Bus ''Pique" ia this
week IN It's e11t!eth represantat'on. and DAILY,
ah 1c Eo y. ha m s
niece az additional interest Ia the public eye At
40 slight cost to himself.
WHEREABOUTS OF MRS. 71Lros.
What pity that innocent chiidren should be