New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

LOCAlI
I'M ,yo,u n AsTONIsH Mr.. JEFFERSON.
rosrry FIREWORKS FOR CIEvELANDs iNAo"o"~
LONESOME FEATURES.
Early Yesterday morning party Of fifty mechan,, han.
ics crossed over to the city from East Newlo DIE
and passing down Broadway t %sh Findings lh occn
MED by a large dealer in fireworks ne u,cd
looked as II there might be strike and the crow" so
rapidly sweled Sv ReoP hst ths workmen were
shortly admitted iutO the building anu 'no 'op0
rary excitement passed away ..o,, orr far.
alt "a simply a party of wOrkuien Iroin oui ia :
tory whom we are taking to Washington 10 pe s.n
work ON the inauguration Day display oi liz
works" explained the secretary Oh .mv nrd thew
company '"Jhey begin work Tomorrow anu 'mUy
will be busy from that time, including sunday uh-
til Saturday week. with the preparations,
oh. these are only a small portion of the force
The work will employ 100 men, put the 'es' VIII
be obtained in Washington" IA. .,o old
How will the display compare WITH Vho VI"
Jefferson and Jackson times T. , .hov
"Oh. it's all CANNON TO talk abOnt wnat tnty
did in those days They were mere naG,ei b ~,
Jeffersons eyes stand out OF MS heaa W SOC SOC fnr
display we will give 1t Will be by three OF i q
times the greatest made IN TINS country. wa
start in with picture of Jefferson in yellow ana
coored fires that will be sixty feet hlgh aHI tnlI
feet wide. Then the representation OF the Oap',of
will he O. by so feet. 1t will show portraits OF
Cleveland and Hendricks on either side. ana ny,
ures representing Peace Prosperity, Conmerce anu
Industry grouped about the building; Vur speo,a,
feature will be picture of Niagara Falls giving
profile view of the great cataract ms Is oil
a larger scale than, anything o that t.. mas n
been attempted before. 1t will he 65x3O0 feet or,
to give better idea of the dimensions, as high as
sxstory house and the length or an average oiISh
The whole affair Will cost aDoni YIoocU o',n m;s
pockets 1t can afford that on such DSmocIa.i1C
Jubilee. The contract was awarded NcWIiV o
house on close compeEi. n@s hot r " Most of
the work will be made right in Washington; IL
the frames for scaffoIding were taken from new
York they would Till dozen freight cars:
How long time will the display OF fireworks
I've We expect to pat 1t all within three-quarters
of an hour and to make 1t lively and brilliant
BURIAL OF THE DEAVER-ST VICTIMS.
CROWDS GATHER TO LOOK AT THE FACES OF
POLICEMAN MURRAY AND HIS FAMILY
PearI-st near Chatham was filled yesterday af-
ternOsn with an immense throng of people wno
crowded about the entrance of Undertaken Ken
neiy's shop, to get look at the bodies OF loico,
man Murray and his family tney sltuggle n1 anu
ment " None but friends of the cOrpses admitted"
Many succeeded in breaking through into the rear
room where the bodies lay, those OF the children IN
white cOfinS lined with satin and the bodies OF
Murray his wife and mother in-law i'll collins Gov
cred with black aud trimmed with veivet upon
the collins were beautiful floral pieces the most OF
which we're presented by Murrays fcll1w-police-
mon. cards being attached with the INSCRIPTION
"The sympathies of the officers of the First Pre-
cinct." ,u,.
The features of the dead women and children
were calm and peaceful in appearance ana were
tiuged with slight rOseate hue that simulated
healthy sleep. Murrav's face had that look OF
agony which was upon it when his body was found
by the firemen, produced probably not from lear
for hlmsc but by anxiety for his family Those who
looked upon the faces of the Dead especially the
women, passed cut into the street weeping, many
of them giving voice to loud groans Their OK
presslons of grief became contagious. The dense
mass of people, attracted the most OF them by
curiosity. became infected with griei. ana the
has ha nf
men which increased to loud lamentations that
lasted until the funeral procession disappeared IN
Chathan-st The bodies OF the adults Mere paGod
those Of the children in three small whlte hearseS
with snowy plumes. Two abreast they were slowly
by nearly the whole of the FIRST Precinct
force, with Grape on their ms, led 6y
eergeants Oates and McChntock, and fol-
Garrahau, Murray's aunt. John Motley. the
uncle of Mrs. Murray tier families ana irlends'
aid friends OF the Murray family MnSa ar sne pyD
up in double lines, and as the hearses passed ,hey
raised their clubs in a final salute TO their com
radc. Then with dropped heads aud moist eyes
The PROGRESSION continued on its way over the
Bridge and through Brooklyn to the Flatbush Gem
etery where a short funeral service was said. ne
SIX collins were then placed IN vanit, where shty
will remain until Murray's brothers arrive rom
Kansas They 1--we a short distance from Hoy
rood in that State, where they own farms. ieie5
grams were sent them On Monday, but no reply had
been received Yesterday lhey are supposeu 10 NC
showed in at their homes. IL is said that Murray
owns a farm of 100 acres in Kansas on which IL
was his intention TO settle down four years hence,
when he wodld have been entitled 10 pe tetTcd
from the force. lie also member OF the
second grade of the Police Mutual AID Association,
which entities his heirs to $3.50 from the fund
TALKING ABOUT HOI-BEDS AND PEACHES.
Two short but interesting papers were read yes
terday at the meeting OF the Farmers Club. The
first one upon Hot-beds' was BY John W. Stahi.0i
Quincy III. The writer said that 1t was common
mistake 10 suppose that hOt-beds derive large
mart of their heat from the sun The 0blect OF the
glass covering was 10 admit not warmth but light.
The mamie used was the chef source of heat ana
furnished "A uniform temperature, whereas the neat
OF the sun was variable urIng the day and ceases
with sunset Hence Il was not necessary that not
beds should be exposed to the suns rays directly,
although night was necessary TO growing piann!s.
written by j. I. Lovett, of New:Jersey. HE
writer gave a number of practical suggcs-
tons for the cultivation of fruit trees lhcy
require a warm soil, without to- much vegetable
matter and not near standing water sandy
loan is the best. The best manure for peach
orchard is wood ashes, the trees are great con-
sumers of potash. They also require phosphorlc
acid which Lay best be applied IN the fOlm II
bone dust. A premium was awarded 10 David Nj.
Stone for a fire collection of orchila plants.
MR. GRACE PROMISES TO HELP THE LADIES.
Mrs Mathilds WeEdt. Mrs. Eliza O.. Sparks Mrs.
Cecihc Fender, and Mrs. Francis f. Hiebcl OF tho
Ladies' Health Protective Association, called on
the Mayor Yesterday and made compiaint against
the slaughter houses in the district bounded by
Forty-secoud and Fortyeighth SIS, fIrst-aVe. ana
the East River. They said that on January they
visited all those places and found none directly Oh
the water front az the law requires. 10 no one OF
them can cattle be brought directly either by boat
or cars as the sanitary code requires. Win tne
exception of the slaughter-louse OF Fanderbeck a.
20. no house mas a concrete 0oor as he law pre-
scrIbes Most OF them have wooden floors, III many
cases resting the ground Both the floors and