, 1880-11-28

atfention TO hin. but he inquired about . ~: II:
friend und icsrsi,r] tilat be ha "e'i NIXON ,hcrt
while int.s'cat!n tt Mr. Wskr,'r'' l"i' ND set
the n':1t day. Yesterday Mr.. ~ grave equities
ut the Madison Street Station thlt III Ind hetso
the cries IT 1,,nu sewer. l'ut two me lFin
the department of Public Wurks VINO we't ~ y.
Nalgr1ve Is now under surveillance. ano WILL
probably be sent to an insane asylum.
MT. HoLFOKE.
The seventh annual reunion Of the BIT: Hol-
yoke Alu!nne Was held al the tIrano Faclut t1otel
yesterday os,lu1nnncing at II ocipck among
the graduates present were the fs'lto"lnf: M1os
Minnie Chapman, Mrs Abby Cs'i'nnn Converse.
Mrs Sarah Hoaney Sichrls Mr;: ~: 4: nonney ~
Laura Walker Curtis. >frs Emily h'.adtn nryaa'
Mrs Elizabeth tsny.lt,n Haroert. Mis- Mary F.
',p by9R IN Nrs A'se s. j. Fostcr Fet sne Sis T. Stun
s..i Tn.,npaon, ,irs. Anna Hodges Miller, Mrs
CLlra ki.ns steele. Sirs Z. Holt nabbist: Mrs
Ives. Mrs. Ka1c F.;rwclt $1cce, ssrs. L: u. john
son. M,ss Ella ii. Jones, Mrs PhtRbc Ely Avery,
sir.. Jane Gar;iet'l Waite' Mrs; Fla Herr'ek tx
Julia l.. Baldwin, Mrs K Tracy Woodworth,
Mrt. Mary Sage Peterson and Miss Carolfne II.
Merricx-
they had printed large edition Of the 1ncnorlai
Of the late Mary Lyon- The Secrt<ur. was iil-
srruc.ed To tender yotee,f thanks ~ tue Amer
posing OF the work.
4 proposition to the effect that a lady member
of rne board OF Trustees Be elected, was dis
cussed ut length and the recommendation unan-
imousy adopted.
After the usual routine reports letters were
reud from aiiss Jcssup. sftsa Etinunds, Mr5.
Grant. and other old workers in the Seminary.
Mrs. E. B, Hnrbert read a poem IN memory Of
the lite Mary Lyon. ana Mrs. Z. II. Merrick read
paper showing the changes in the SEMINARY
within the past few years.
All or the Oil officers were reelected. after
which tho faties present Ad3ouraed for li1nch'
and enjuyed themselves In proposing ano an-
Mrs Waite; Our Veterans Mrs. Babbtt;
The Valiant Army ct H"!yoke:" Ms kcll.,xx:
and The Future Of Mount Holyoke." Miss
At At tue conclusion of the banquet brief social
banded for one year.
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
4 meeting of the Public Library Board vas
held yesterday afternoon: There were present
Lowenthal> Hoiz Kadlec. and Librarinn Poole.
Three periodicals we're u,ldc1 to the Bohe-
miau department OF the reading-roo1n.
.ht Inc g ,ti,.n IN ." ;h ;sa
Emma Bristol and Miss Alice #. Quirk In their
old positions be placed OIL Tile. and thai the
E. Shanley bc placed upon the !iss OF nppi1canls
for positions in tho Library. The repurt OF the
CnriHlittec WA& adopted.
The same Committee also reported that 1t ad-
vised thar the Librarian be given the power to
relieve such Ut the wNtknx furce as were not
ne...;:nl This recommendation excited cunsid-
erab opposition. and the report was not con-
CURED ill.,
The Librarian reported that there were during
the five months ending Nov. ?, l4l,0a7 baoks in
circulation, against l.s.2lo or the corresponding
period of 1877, and during the last two weeks the
circulation was l3U37 books, against ll.5lB dur
ing the same two weeks of last yemr. There
were issued since June last 4,755 registrations.
TIE COAL SCARE.
4 TRIBUNE reporter called yesterday after
noon oil Mr.. II. C. Meldrun, the General Vest
ern Freight Agent OF the Fort Wayne Road, to
get his idea Of the present coal scare In answer
his views In the u.atter as follows:
1.-THE cur question. which now seems 30 seri-
Gus. wiIl%'nlyt be u thing OF shirt duration. TIE
great quantity Of coal going to Cleveland. and
tue great quantity of trlu back tn Pittsburg.
taking un unusual number of cars. will end with
the closing ut lake navigation, aud then the cArs
must come West With coal and for
business. Then the very large grain
trade thrown upon Erie BY the lakes
chilled into requisit1on large number OF cars
that will come West when their avenue is
few days time. And then Buffalo. the largest
port Of all, has had much more business by Like
than ever before That source will be frozen up
soon. end the Rreat number Ut cars now used by
that place must he spread out over the West
with and for business, and l, Lor one, con1enl-
plate great easing up. und believe we shall ere
1o,lR be ioading East 4W to SUI cars per day,
when our extreme loading ut this time is but
about 2lD cars per day. This theory take en-
1irely fr1Hn lng experience in ali the past sea-
sons, and there Is nothing whatever to prevent
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