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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
NEWS ABOUT BASEBALL.
GETTING THE DIFFERENT GROUNDS READY-pER.
SoNAL INFORMATION.

GETTING THE DIFFERENT GROUNDS READY-PER-
SoNAL INFORMATION.
The winter of baseball discomfort Is nearly
and the season Of prosperity will arrive In few
DAYS The summer, however, will DO unusually chilly
for the reserve ruo and conractbreakers. The local
and suburban baseball grounds already being given
their accustomed spring cleaning Men are at work at
the Polo Grounds making needed improvements. The
SEASON opens there on Saturday with game be-
tween the New-York League club and the Manhattan
College students At Washington Park the chairs and
other wood work being repainted and ground VIII be
broken for a grand stand In few days. Work
will be begun the grounds at Coney Island for the
Brooklyn club IN a few days Tho playing grounds OF
the Jersey City Eastern League club will ready for
its April exhibition games. The Newark club grounds
near tho Emmett street Station Of the Pennsylvania
road To Do greatly improved, the grand stand sL
tended and the grounds heightened. The Newark Cub
opsns the with the Boston nlno at Newark. ON
Knri IA John Farrow of last years Brooklyn club,
The METROPOLITAN Baseball Park, at Northumberland.
Flyhh.st and First ave- will begin the under
new management, and II IL proposed TO make these
grounds the homo OF amateur baseball clubs. Nonpro-
fes.iona and athletic clubs will Ice afforded facility
TO pracIise outdoor sports Manhattan Island, near
their homes None OF the metropolitan cluD games VIII
games OF the Amateur Association will DO played
The annual meeting OF the Arbitration Committee win
be held Philadelphia ON April g. Amendments to the
National agreement Will be suggested and the eases OF
tho blac listed players will have their final hearing
The Eastern League viii have voice at this meeting,
but this association VIII probably not Do represented
arterward as the recent action Of that body In
placing club In Baltimore against the wishes OF the
American Association club there Will debar the Associa
ton from further protection from National agreement
clubs.
The Amherst College nine has 81 900 In It's treasury
to start the season AT Dartmouth College the stu
dents who favor baseball not well situated and
fair will DO held to help the expenses OF the college
club. =, -.
The official American Association guide book Is out,
and besides having much valuable information LOT easo
ball men, IL contains portraits Of the champion
he mas scnson-EsterbTook OF the American hssoCa
lion and j. H. ORourke OF the League BON Oh tnese
men will play in the local League CLUB tne co""e BOW
| son. -, c,o onIcIol Iaac ue hook
h hesn reeeiyel and tho work Is even more complete
the work contains 100 pages Of interesting
,er re- baseball men, and sold for the small price Of
4 .AnfA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY MARCH "a 1883

miles west of Danbury, Conn.,, whero VIII o0nne's
Ter e.. Nowrnoland Railroad instead Of extending
on1v Az p,dosaed Tho road the southvesterntsr
m,nu. at Port Chester Fshweir Bridge viii be thirty
two miles long, It is intended to make 1t hrscass
road with steel rails and all modern improvements NO
bonds were ever issued by the company and there no
,rdehtedness Of any kind upon the road at He
present time II Is proposed to sell . sunieieh a
pnmber ef additional shares Of the stock 70 comPets
h roaa hut no subscriber the stock VIII be calico
upon TO pay for stock until the cars are on the roao
reT1y c ~ the road are Elwood Burdse, of the
Arm ar Russell Burdsell & Ward OF Pemberwick prss,
dent W. J. Mead. yice-presdent; II. n. scotl, o.
With the managers of the New-York, New,Hayen ana
Hartford Railroad for the transportation OF pas
and this city, while between Fishweir Bridge
and Roston the officers OF the New-England Rail
d yr tn ford ali the desired facilities OF transpor
taon Between Port Chester and FishweiT Br a,s
stations win be built at Pembcrwick, Glenylle stan
wich Long Ridge and Ridgefeld, Conn., and Poundridge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
TWO NAVAL INVESTIGATIONS
IN. Editor OF The TrtDuns


SIR: In dispatch from Washington pub
lshed OH March TO- 1t stated that of the rst
things Secretary whitney would proceed to investigate
was recent payment by Secretary Chandler OF $4,000
20 chief Naval Constructor T. d. Wilson for the use OF
b invention ventatng vessels and that there was
a rumor that court martial would DO convened to try
Ar wilson on charges duly preferred This would seem
90 Indicate that Mr.. Wilson had committed some GRIM
al offence and unless further explained would do that
ecer great Injustice, FAR public criticism Is ICON
o.r,ed The facts that Mr. Wilson invented an air
mort which was applied to many vessels OF the Navy
and n hoard OF Naval officers, Commodore De Kraft
chairman was appointed to consider the expedency OF
ga nurobase for the Government The report recon-
snded the purchase OF the invention for the Navy at
cost of 81 OOO which report was approved by secre-
tarv Chandler. This action by the Board was taken
after full Investigation OF the law and MI Wilson not
only Unsigned present patents, but bound himself 70
Give the Government tho right to use any Improvement
be might thereafter make them he to notify the Gov
ernment of such Improvement and they to use 1t with,
ont fnther This case not exceptional
| where Naval officers have been remunerateu 10,
| The nae OF their Inventions The Government paii
royaites to Dahlgren and Parrot for their gums ana
there are numerous precedents relative 10 patents
ON boilers, boatdetachng gear etc.; ana the supreme
Court decided favor Of such recognition many years
| ago. $50. A.. 49,. .u,,,. sta ,ad
upon Democratic authority, was TO De lnyesusateo
that of the payment OF 100000 $4,000 to Genera
b. r. Butler for wood preserving process thae Va us'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
WIN AN EYE TO BUSINESS.


"You had an accident the other day, under.
stand" said merchant traveller To a conductor
Eyes, slightly; dumped our passengers over an en-
bankment, that's all"
" Any OF the boys abOardP
" or course Did you ever see train whore there
wasn't r.
Amy OF them hurt !"
mo They never get hurt Thought we had caught
OF them though"
Chow a.
"We. you see. he was travelling for n drug house and
pretty much OF a dude lie had end seat In the
that first and after the excitement W hen
all the boys had got out and were doing what thecoud
the balance Of the people, they discovered the
dude missing They skirmished around q while In
the debris and in the second found him crawling
through q window. The dude caught on ut once, and
looking up at the crowd said, eooy aud with a draw
'Aw, gentlemen. WEAKLY beg pahdOn for causing yos
any delay, but you know theah all dozen passeng
or noah In that bottom cah, and WEAKLY, you know
couldn't teah myself away until had taken their ordahs
for court pastah and ahnica. have them down In my
book and II you will kindly dwect me TO the nearest
station you will not only have my esteem and
that of my house, but also that OF numbah OF suaw
ing fellow passengahs II showed more gall than any
thing saw, and the boys showed him telegraph
Office, before they could recover from the shock"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
AyALrBI FoR BCRT0v AVD CUYvINGHAA
OBJECT or STEPHEN J. MEANY's WsII-ESGLIsu
JUsTICR

OBJECT or STEPHEN J. MEASY's ysIT-ESGLIsu
JUSTICE.
Stephen J. Meany arrived yesterday on the
Adrntic lie Is well knowuin Irish Nationalist circles,
and is one of the counsel for the Mantle suspects Cum
nlpcham and Burton To TRIBUNE reporter who saw
him at Halls Hotel In Chatham-st., he said:
My object In coming here IA 10 establish an abb for
Burton From he has told me- from the papers and
letters that he has shown me, and from other cir.
Cumstauces | have no doubt That !
can verify his statements 1Ou see the
testimony against Burton Is Ia the effect that ne landed
paired AT a shop nud then disappeared Shortly after
ward explosion took place In the Victoria station and
among the ruins BIrtOn's vaise. Now expect To
get the proof that that time Burton In this city
WORKING ~ his trade OF acabinetmakcr. want 1t dis
tincty understood that am not engaged IN any at
tempt to manufacture evidence for these
for cunnlngham Also for they have nothing against
MIN beyond the evidence Of the railway guards az 10 his
comedian with the GOwerst. explosion ! hope To
convincing proof that these innocent lies In the
that they have had cent OF money proherod
for their AS istdnCe.'
What do you know OF the alleged dosritution Of
James StephensP
know that the man must he In deplorabe cireum-
stances While he Paris he got small sum from
The write II weekly letter and also trlng sum
from a Boston paper for the same services. llo also
taught the English Language 10 French scholars
"What do you think OF English Justice T.
Nowhere In the world Is human life 80 sacredly
guarded and the rights Of property zeaOusy protect
ed ia Eugland-Whcn IL Is for EngliShincn-but Tor
Irshcn the very air IL tainted with prejudice against
them. Since these explosions they have been out
with the greatest difficulty, while the p0orhOuses are
filed with my suffering and destitute cOuntrynlen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
WOMEN AND THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.


SIR: The remarkable statement is made
that number OF fashionable women OF this city have
entered protest against the Woman Suffrage BILL now
pending I'm tho Legislature. Their position seems an
anomalous protest publicly against the publicity
that the ballot will give to Next they will be
Initiating the Boston remonstrants, who held meetings
for purpose Of saying that women should not make
speeches. and neglected their fresdes In order to tell
the remainder OF their that "woman's place is
home" What do these know Of the trials OF the
working girl BY what right do they, In their luxurious
homes deny her the right OF protectonf II they do
not wish TO vote will force them To
exercise that right which 1t is the duty Of every true
American citizen to honestly and earnestly IL the
husbands OF snch women who prate about republican
Institutions being humbug and who say that UNIVERSAL
suffrage farce. They believe In all arstocratlc class
they spend large part OF their incomes In foreign lands
they say as was said tho other day. ION! never
vote don't care mix with the rabble. IL Is mpOssl-
bic for be represented at the polls my coachnans
vote cancels mine. II could have five votes TO his one
should vote, but IL H. don't care TO put myself on
an equality with him, so | stay away"
So IL always will be; such persons Will stay away from
the polls beCIuse f. u" bad form" to vote. But without
them there arc enough sturdy intelligent honest men
and women who are too snObDsh to do their duty,
and whom this protest from class OF Idle, extraHa
CANT women will produce little or no effect.
FRANCES AUHLENBERG.
~, vail March o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
SENATOR R1DDLEBERaER ON IRELAND.

At meeting of delegates from Irish revolu-
tonary circles this city and Brooklyn held at suy-
vesant Hall yesterday make arrangements for apubc
demonstration Chckerng Hall next sundaya telegram
from Senator Rddeberger read accepting an Invita-
ton to attend the meeting and speak the right OF tho
Irish people to and Of the Irish in the United States
their brothers at home One OF the delegates an
nouneed ut the meeting that the OF Tammany Han
was refused TO the committee because Of Senator Riddle
bergers Intention be at the meeting aud speak the
might not like It," Tho statement received with
hisses Besiics Senator Riddeberger, General u. r.
Milin Dr. Hamilton Williams the Rev c. f. OLeary Of
| De aote, No., and Professor Aezsre1 viii speak
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
yec. YORK., March 81. 1885.
DENYING FALSE REPORTS.

70 fhe EdlTor OF Fhe TrtbWHe.
SIR: The Rev. C.. A. Babcock, of Panama,
~ " has been preaching for month in the Titusvillo
BAPTIST Church and has been conducting series Of
ccssful revival meetings An attempt has been made to
bring the church into ridculo AMI contempt by corre-
spoudents who teegraphed to eadingournals that
ex-Mayor Perrin. well known oil producer had com
mitted gross assault upon the clergyman There Is the
best authority for giving positive denial OF this story
aud for saying that the persons implicated on the
most friendly terms and have always been The re-
port n short lime that attempt had been made 10
blow up the Oil Exchange and tho Exchange Block by
dynamite was also without foundation. IL. c. D.
'TitIspitLe Penn, March Il, 1888.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
THE NEW PARKS.
ARGUMENTS OF AN EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC
ADVOCATE.

ARGUMENTS OF AN EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC
ADVOCATE.
To the Editor OF TIE Trfbuna
SIR In your editorial of yesterday concern
ing the parks above the Harlem you say that tax
payers will not tolerate such appalling increase of
taxation these public improvements may entail Az
you invite the fullest and freest discussion" the
subject of such general Importance, let say a few
words in behalf of that unfortunate section of the city
most affected by Mayor Graces proposed amendment of
the original act taking the reservation in controversy
II Senator Days bill passes 1t carries with it pr
visions that unfair unjust and oppressive in the last
degree, for among other things 1t throws oneah the
cost OF the parks on the adjacent lot owners.
In the first place, 1t is well known that the
was originated and consummated for the welbeng and
health OF the overcrowded population south Of the river
and while the wishes and opinions Of the residents Of tn
wards hardly consulted they unselfshl y
Endorsed project whose end and aim was to benefit tho
city at large.
Secondly, 1t Is equally we'll known that majority Of
the inhabitants north of the river occupy premises
less spacious, and If they needed breathing
or additional facilities for and recreation. 1t
to be found all about and around them. and In the
very places selected for the new arks In the name Of
common sense then. why should we pe Dnrdenea wit1
possessedf -,
and revised assessment which has just been com
peted has laced an additional valuation ON property
Ia the Twentythird and Twenty-ourth Wards In pro-
portion to its proximity to these very reservations
Mayor Grace succeeds in carrying out his plan these
miserable landowners will be again ground ana 10 an
mpapabe powder this time, In the mills of the city
treasury. - - , -.
the le-owners who once held property In the vicinity
OF Central Parkl Lest he should not reply will inform
assessor ents and their places filled with some
hundreds of monnaires, who monopDliZe that beautiful
now are looking in The direction of this section Of the
city for relief through the fundamentally OF the new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
ZOE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND

3 Considerable new Ice has formed ID Long
Island Sound during the past three days. but owing 10
the Strong westerly winds wh.oh have prevailed IL has
been kept In motion and driven down the Sound The
wind shifted Saturday night to northeast and drove
the ice back Much OF the old Ice which was piled up
along shores has drfted out into the stream and
working way through Captains OF vessels arriving
from the eastward to day report large quantities OF
drift-ce between Block Island and Sands Point The
following vessels TO anchor of city Island on ae-
count Of the ice and the wind: Schooners Laura III.
Jones f. II, Miller, selagawa, Lucy Abby WassOn, John
Bracewell and j. I. Worthington. bound east, and
steamtug Governor II. NJ. Hoyt with four barges for
provtdpuce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
WORK TO BE RESUMED ON NEW LINE.

The work OF constructing the Ridgefeld,
Connecticut and NewYork Railroad, which had been at
standstil for years win DO resumed and vgor-
ously pushed at early day. About 100000 was eI
pended In grading the roadbed and building bridges and
cuverts and 10 asserted that S250O00 more will COM
pleto and equip the road, which all DO done within
the fifteen months allowed the company. Eighteen
months ago. the charter authorizing the construction OF
tho road amended a. to place the northsastery
terminus Of tho road ~ Ttshwstr Bridge. about Eve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23

in the Navy" the bare facts This process Of the
American Wood Preserving Company, OF bostoaa'
1871 and the results are said to have oe cen
works within the Boston Navy Yard by private com
pany found to be Objectionable and led TO many GIN
recommended purchase Of the works, machinery ana
plant the Government acquired the property upon the
payment Of $38, 1871 95.
Warrington, March 49, 1855.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
GENERAL GRANTS SALARY.


To the EdItor Of The TrIbune.
SIR: Now that General Grant has been placed
on tho retired list OF the Army, will you please inform
me- through the columns Of your paper, % from what
war or date he is to receive It's benefits 2l what the
salary is year aud o. after his death the salary VIII
be phid To hi vile = long rs she lives.
BrO0kIya. March ID, 1850 AstBsCHahs6
n. From March 4, 1885. 2. Sl3,5OO 3. No.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23

them TO the surface and making solid paveme ehs
through which water cannot percolate ms tbe Is
osinder 81 FIFTH In 1t IL torn up py steaI
Gas or telegraph companies for any PURPOSE ey The
Be required 70 relay it just as ii was orignh ANY wbeD
rspiacsd il viii not show joints or disintegrate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
A REPORT ON THE NoRWALK ATTERs rRoUBLs.
A delegate from the South NOrwalk hatten

reported at the Central Labor Union yesterday tna' -.
combination OF employers practically broken ~.
shop OF A. solman who failed receny VIII open niou
men Coffin Hurlbut Co. have DISCHARGED h .ns
superintendent and viii employ union men I'd
ono OF their shops to the South Norwaik de-
for $4,000. The savings Of the werxnen M q IA
posted In tho bank, and as matter Of reseass -
run Will be begun on tho bank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
Thev had had A Little party of guests at the

ICY Hdu HdU iIlUIo PuIIy VI EucsIS NJ IHo
ready for bed that he battered himself that he had
acted the part OF host I'm rather brilliant
al can only recall one brilliant action Of yours" she
said. "What was that" Lighting the gas"
Brndeau, the famous sporting fop, had costume for
every kind game that he shot at One day. invited TO
the OF Crleanss shooting party the Duke drew his
attention to hare, Suggesting s.hat he should fire.
AYdRo tOiloSw
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-09-25
Sensational StOry.Tellers.

Nobody ever has suspected Senator
Hoar of having much appreciation Of
the ludicrous. Among the solemn he
among its members large number Of
good story-tellers, but their efforts up
on the Massachusetts senator have been
for the most part in vain. HE likes
to entertain his friends" said one of
his colleagues to me to-day, "by re-
lating funny incidents now and then,
but he would spoil the most laughable
story ever known in the telling of it."
AS a reconteur, by the way, Mr.. Vance,
Of North Carolina, takes the lead among
his colleagues. Senator Vest follows
a good second. Then comes Mr.. Pal
mer, of Michigan, and Mr.. Jones, Of
Nevada. The latter is inimitable in
his mining stories. His greatest rival
in this particular field is Senator Bow
en-, of Colorado, who will tell tho most
cxcrutiatingly funny stories with the
same expressionlcss face that he as
sumcs when holding full hand in a
game of poker. Mr.. Evart's fame as
q story-teller is national. In certain
directions he has no superior. Gen.
Hawley is fairly good at telling a
story, but his forte really consists in
singing. You must have heard him
sing The Two Grenadiers,' or some
thing less solemn college song or
two after dinner. when the bottle has
gone its rounds and cigars have been
lighted-to appreciate the Connecticut
senator's genius. NcU York Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-09-25
A Veteran Correspondent.

Mai. Ben: Perley Poore was among
the gentlemen presented to President
Cleveland recently. Maj. Poore, when
he shook hands with the president, re-
marked that this was the seventeenth
president with whom he had shaken
hands He has met them all except
four. He met Monroe when q small
boy in New York. and, later, when the
major came to Washington. he very
frcquntly saw John Quincy Adams.
He remembers Adams especially well,
because he once attended the laying of
a cornerstone of public building.
The day was hot and the president re-
moved his coat. Young Poore had the
pleasure of holding this coat. Presi-
dent Cleveland expressed great pleas
ure in meeting the veteran correspond
ent. He said it was very unusual to
meet anyone in Washington who had
lived there for any length of time.
Poore has q very good memory of all
tho presidents from the time of John
Quincy Adams. Jackson was the
president, he says. who inaugurated
tho practice of receiving oflice-seekers
at the white house. Before him none
of the small place-seekers were per-
permitted to SEQ the president. 1t is
probable that President Cleveland will
in time succeed in restoring the old
condition of things, and Danish the
ofiice-seekers as class from the white
house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-09-25
.EMBER 25, 1888,
The Strength Of Ill,


Ny thoughts go home TO that old brown
With It's low roof sloping down to the
east,
And It's garden fragrant with roses and thyme
That blossom no longer, except In rhyme,
Where the honey-bees used to feast.
Altar in the West the great hills rose,
silent and s'eadiast ana gloomy and
thought they were giants. and doomed to
keep
Their watch, while the world would wake OF
TIL the trumpet should sound on the
Judgment day.
used to wonder of what they dreamed
AS they brooded there In their silent
might,
While IN March winds smote them, or June rains
Or tho SHOWS OF winter their ghostly spell
Wrought in the long and lonesome
night.
BEFORE the trees on their top were born,
When the old brown house was itself u tree,
And waste were the fields where now you see
The winds astir In the tassellcd corn.
And was as young as the hills were old,
And the world was warm with the breath
OF spring,
And the roses red and the lilies white
Bndded and bloolned for my hearts delight,
And the birds In my heart began to
sing,
But calm In the distance the great hills rose,
Deaf unto raptures and dumb unto
pain,
Since they knew that Joy ia the mother OF
Grief
And remembered buttcrfly's life 10 brief,
And the sun sets only 10 rise again.
They will brood, and dream, and be silent as
now,
when the youngest children alive to-day
Have grown to be- women and men, grown
old.
And gone from the world like tale that Is
told,
And even those echo forgets to stay.
Louise Chandler Moulton, in Harper's Mag.
aZine for September.