New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-09
TOWN TALK.
PERSONAL, LEGAL AND PRACTICAL.


NOT AFFECTED pY THE BRIDGE" Do you Ind you>
team traffic falling of since the Bridge opensdSs
asked Of South Ferry man few days ago. "Not h
the slightest" was the ans The Bridge termniS h
went to explain, at least mile from ferry
houses The Bridge does not affect US any more than
we the North River. 1t affects only Futsa
and Catharine ferries"
UTILIZING GRACEFUL ARCHITECTURAL FEArUREs--
"The towers high buildings" said lar.
chitect commenting on the fact that many new
buildings the style of THE TRIBUNE had high. square
towers, are made useful well as ornamental nov.
They in many instances for the lifting machinery
the elevators and by thus utilizing them the elevators
can be run to the highest floors and even TO the room Of
some buildings"
THE MAILS AND LOTIERrEs.-"l perceive" said an
old BaltmOrean interested Ia the lottery business
"that the P0stmaster-General has once more de-
cIded that lotteries cannot carry ON their business
through the mails The companies talk about being
legalized in some States. The claim 10 -
fraudulent as the lotteries arc false. Tha
Georgia and Kentucky ones were thrown
by and the pretence thas
the repealed charter of the Louisiana Company wasre
stored by constitutional provision is false pretence
was restored to the mails under circumstances OF
suspicious character This has been endsavor
ing lately to esta their business In Baltimore and
they have an Office there in ia reputable board
ing house, iady of which wonders at the style Of
doing business but does not suspect that ft Ii Illegal
Certain Government detectives know that 1t is In exist
enee, and profit by their knowledge"
SECURE THE REcoRDs.-"I had OCCASION" said a law
YER examine personally some papers In the County
Clerks Office the other day and could not but remsrh
the crowded and insecure condition OF the rooms In
which records are kept When a new building s pro
yided for the Register certainly ought to be made big
enough hold the County Clerks records also and
ought to be thoroughly fre-proof."
OPERAS AND Misunderstanding with q manager Of
some experience abou: the failure. In financial sense
OF Prince Mcthusalem" at the Cosmopolitan. he
said: Pitchforkng opera the stage OF theatre
without good acoustic properties In midsummer
simply midsummer madness" But it Is Strauss music"
was the reno nstrance Beautiful that is IL won't
it with such mounting singing and such horetso
was the reply Besides all the music is not given ct
the Cosmopolitan There is especially one march, Ia
strauss's finest vein, which II well done with full
military will carry the town. this is entirely omitted
nc the Cosmopolitan" THE bretto 10 certainly very
bad" admitted "Not worse than score OF others
thrust on the public. We haven't had decent hbretto
outside those of Gilbert and Sullivan. Colonel McCaun
could tell you OF some funny experience he had with
writers OF libret,oL He bought one OF Heart and
Hand froman English 'faxcr' of plays. This writer
had obtained libretto French which he could NOT
read. He hired Frenchman who could not write Ea
gsh to make him literal translation He tried to put
this reslt into correct English and hastily forwarded
the version thus obtained TO McCau who had employ
Sidney Roseufeld make and rhythm OF III Thea
the words wouldn't 90 the music and finally he had to
employ Herr Cattenhusen to make the score ut the
words After going through all this McCaul found he
had bought from the Engsman only two lawsuits Ono
was with James Duff, who had rghts direct from thu
author, and the other with the English adapter VINO
wanted pay for his imposition McCau discovered that
the fellow had not only made free with Lecocqs musical
production but in former years had INDUCED in Ike lib
critics with his employers property. You should hear
McCau tell of 1t and-swear No, you shouldn't hear
him swear, but, you will"
LAWYERS CoNTEMPr OF CoURT.-Justice Ford
speaking OF the recent failure OF the Wood
hall sisters to appear sentence, said that he did
not suppose that there any way OF Furnishing the
lawyer who had pleaded for them in their absence and
who had been ordered to produce them for sentence
His questIoner had inquired il it contempt OF
court and punishable such but the Justice thought
not II apparent that such proceedings on the part Of
lawyers are undertaken solely save, possible. the
bonsinan the cuprts by securing acqutta
failure OF compainant to appearor by delay
In the FORGETTING Of the bond Recorder smyth detected
Tombs wyer 10 this trick few days as noticed
in THE TRIBUNE but he did punish him. The bonds
were declared forfeited In the woodhal but the
oubbling La yer was not punished for contempt Re-
spectabe members OF the bar that wholesome lee
son might be taught certain class OF shysters who
make 1t part OF their business furnish bogus bonds
men whom they endeavor to save from loss by this
sort OF trickery 1t said OF these charge
regular fee to secure and that judges
whom they claim TO control will endorse them bon Is