New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-22
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

CELEBRATING WASHlNGTONS BIRTHDAY.
now IT WILL BE OBSERVED IN NETWORK AND
ELSEWHERE.
The observance of the 145th anniversary OF
che birthday Of Washington is likely to be more general
than usual and the day promises TO be fair aud is
legal holiday il is probable that 1t will he enjoyed 10 tue
fullest extent by multitudcs Of people The veterans
will hold their usual banquet, and various military or
CARNATIONS will give receptions; at the theacrs speca
holiday matnees will be given; several lectures ana
other entertainments are announced and the Martha
Washington reception the evening viii be an appro-
pirate conclusion to the days feStivity.
Al noon the chimes VIII be rung the tower Of old
Trinity Church by James T. Aylihe The propretors OF
the S,urevant House have invited the veterans OF the
war of this and adjacent counties 10 partake OF
banquet which will be served at o'clock Between 20
and 80 Of the veterans are expected to be present Inc
1th and 7lst regmentS the Veteran Association "i inc
sth Regiment. and the First Troop oil Washington Gray
Will hold receptions at their respective armoiles A"e
Order OF United American Mechanics viii meet as usal
In the Cooper Institute this afternoon Matinee perform
ances will be given at Booths, Fifth Avenue Eagle
New Broadway Olympic, Park, Union square, Waack >
and other theaers and Nine Essipon VIII PA! al o'eh
way Hall at D. IN. fttc ana carnival Will be hold III
the evening at the Brooklyn Rink. -
The eleventh annual banquet of the Harvard Cup WIZ
be eaten at DclmonicOs at p H. THIS evening ic'.i
ON washington and his COmpecrs PhrenologlcaHy Con
s,dcrcd will be delivered at the University building d!
Nelson sizer and the Rev. Dr. c. H. Fowler VIII lecture
on Muscle and Brain at st. Paul's Methodist Eps-
copal Church. at Fourth-ave. and Twentysecond-st a
fair ia TO be held in the MacdOuga Street BapuS' ChI'n
dining the afternoon and evening. An entertainment
will he given by the Webster Literary Society at NO.
5aI Second-ave, at 1880 p. M Orations' rcctauons
and music will constitute the programme OF the ceIeor
top y the students of the Cooper Union In the great
hall this evening" The opening exercises OF the Electro
Medical College which Incorporated in 1872 VIII oe
held IN Chckering Hall o'clock An address VIII DC
delivered by the President, Dr. Albert J Steele on
&" electrical Science in Therapeutics" and eXGoV.
Francis Fuller of Utah will speak on The True PhiioS-
ONLY of Digestion" The work OF the college VIII De set
forth by Charles Strauss. The anniversary of the LIN
colin Club will be held at No. l. Univcrsy-placc Inc
dinner will be served at D. III. Judge Van Nolst y" II
nredc at the entertainment at the Eleventh Ward Boys
house this evening and Judge Brady Will MAKE
address.
The students Of Eastmaus Business College at Pongh-
keepse will make excursion 10 this city Ihey VIII
visit the AQUARIUM aud the Art Gallery OF Marshall o.
Roberts and partake of banquet at the Metropolitan
Hotel at O'clock at which alage number OF prominent
persons has been invited to be present The Young Men,
Christian Association of Greenvinc y j. will listen to
lecture bv the Hon. c. IL. winfield ON Communlpaw
aud Vicinity in the Oldcn Time" At Trenton tue
swamp Angel" monument viii be dedicated The day
will he celebrated by orHtions, POEMS and other eXer-
else. at Princeton Dartmouth, Wesleyan Trinity, ana
other colleges al Rutgers the sophomore exhibition VIII
BE- L,it.