National Republican., 1883-03-01

tenth part Of the necessity There is for Prot
estant church protection in this city.
GOV. MoRaAN's FUNERAL.
Whether IL was the remembrance of all
Gov. Morgan's charities or curiosity 10 ses
the President that induced such a crowd tc
stand hours in the drizzling rain in front Di
the church door on the day of the governors
funeral and to FIJI every available nook of the
church, probably the crowd themselves could
not tell. But the crowd was immense and II
an ovation TO the President he must have
been gratifed. Everybody said "There, he
isp aud How well he looksl" and ",How
well he appears ~ and "He is a
gentleman, anywayp But when look.
ing ut the gaping, curious mass, and
Ioi then came the thought what humbugs
public journals are anyway. Can any man be
so great, so good, or so respected that the gal
leries at their funerals do not pronounce
better eulogies upon him than the Clergyman
in the pulpit who breaches tho conventional
sermon from the conventional standpoint.
OF WEATHER HERE THIS WINTER
the oldest inhabitant has boon unable TO
| quote u precedent. Hitherto the sunny
winters Of New York" have been proverb
of actual realization, but this winter the sun
has refused TO shine upon the mud, snow,
| slush, snow ice, and mud again with which
the streets have been filled. Snow Is some-
| thing modern New York does not know what
to do with. In the olden time everything
won't on runners when the calendar pointed
| winter, and the omnibuses drawn by four
horses went cheerily up and down Broadway,
and everybody had good time sleigh riding.
Now the snow comes in the same quantities
as of old, and ovefy street vehicle is on
wheels, and the poor horses tug and strain,
stumble and fall, in vain attempts 60 get
along at tho summer speed required by the
m ma ant Ihg hAsta N.,s,o l,1.
with snow, ditto the steps, and ditto the side
walks, so the man with shovel and broom
first cleans the sidewalks, but not until the
early business men have made n tolerable
track for themselves through it; then no
cleans the steps, beginning at the bottom,
and fills up the sidewalk within arms reach
with snow, and then he mounts TO
the roof by some hidden inside
way and cleans the roof onto the steps aud
sidewalks; presently ho reappears, looks at
the sidewalk, then at the steps, then up at
the roof as If wondering where IL all came
from, and usually leaves tho whole to provi-
dence or another shoyeler, and walks of.
But the snow nor weather has not interfered
with attendance at any of the places of amuse-
ment, which have never been better filled
than this winter or given poorer order of
plays OF the innumerable attractive places
hero
THE NEW CASINO,
on Thirty-ninth street and Broadway or Sixth
avenue is about the most attractive. 1t was
commenced three years ago by party Of
German capitalists, and though occupied rs u
thcater is not yet complete. Tho interior is
in Moorish style Of architecture, light, roomy,
with broad palmed shape supporting pillars,
handsomely decorated in gilded work, the
walls in a composition of gilt, bronze, and
silver in patterns which have been formed in
molds and then fastened onto bound foun-
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pretty background for velvet haugings
and the dress Of the audience. The
drop curtains are Of heavy blue velvet studded
with gems in gold embroidery, and are drawn
aside by an invisible process instead of being
dragged up to the roof. Overlooking tho
whole interior is promenade and ample
spaces behind the parquetto aud galleries for
walking and chatting. In such place il
matters little what the play is, but this one of
"The Queens Lace Handkerchief is gorge
ously dressed, some parts well sung, but not
us attractive as If the chOruses were either
men or women, rs they are now set of nom
descripts, bold faced, ugly figures, in short
Kills and tights, specimen of the city's
"pcrmits;" and tho boy king yeritable
man. But all the dresses are very rich, and
the scenery pretty.
BARNUM IS ONLY WAITING FOR MILD
WEATHER
to bring his menagarie from its winter quarters
into Madison Square garden. At present his
happy family have been resting since fall in
quarters prepared for them at Barnum's place
in Bridgeport. There is a race course to ex-
ercise and train the horses, elephants, and
other performing animals, padded stalls for
the tender animals, proper accommoda-
tions for the acrobats and gymnasts, and
plenty of room for Jumbo, swho must
imagine himself back again in Kensing.
ton gardens. Barnum is very kind
to everything connected with his menagerie
and takes so good care of them all that the
animals as we'll as humans are all very much
attached to him. His place at Bridgeport is
beautifully situated on the Housatonic Mt its
junction with the sound, and is quite little |
chateau in the midst of the village menag-
erie. Fritz,