New-York tribune., 1886-05-29
NEW-YORKCITY

Tho animal session of the Society OF frlenoS al
Rutherford place. was closed yesterday.
President Flower. of the Electrical subway
Commission will start for Chicago to-day.
Tho spring timetable If the New-Jerscy Central
and New-Jcrsey Southern Division Will go into Ell
feet tomorrow.
George Blair was sworn IN yesterday as stare
Prison Labor Commissioner by justice Dohohuc III
the Supreme Court, Chambers.
Work is slowly advancing on the new Church OF
St. Lawrence at Eighty -fourth-st. and Iark-aVe.
The basement is nearly completed.
The employees of Butler Brothers. Nos. 500 ana
362 Broadway have passed a resolution thankng
their employers for four weeks vacation whlch IL
has gwen them.
The horse sale at the Madison Square Garden, oy
Easton's National Horse and Cattle Exchange, Will
be continued this afternoon sixty lots oil hoiSeS Vi
all descriptions will be added.
AT the Eden Musee Jay Gould in wax Will be on
exhibtjou today. On Decoration Day portraits of
the twenty-five Presidents OF the United States
Will be seen,
4 vicious horse at No. 1i1 East Tweny-ffh-st
kicked William Jordan in the stomach YESTERDAY.
killing him instantly. jordan HVcu aU No. o1o
East Thirty-iirst-St.
The busIness failures throughout the country
in the last seven DAYS as reported to 4. II. Dun ~
Co, of the Mercantile Agency, number for the
Irn,ted States - t. and for Canada 27 as compared
with 167 last week, and 176 the week previous 10
the last
Roswell smith. president of the Century Co.
and Iheod0le l.. DcVInae VIII give luucaeon
ar the new building of the Dcynne Press in Laiay-
cite place to-day at l p. III. Invitations have been
issued to me nbcrs of the editorial stan OF Inc ttA
ury and to others engaged III literary wOIk.
The Association of the Alumni of the School of
Mines of Columbia College has been Incorporated
by Frederick Augustus Schermerh0rn John hom
Rces. ierre D. Peyster Ricketts,, Frederic kemsen
Hutton, Joln Z. FItz- kahdolph ana AilIcu JoSspn
Moses.
Zelrs Business Directory for 1856 has just ap
peared. 1t is published by me imG1cdn AePo'H
tompiny and contains classified lists OF banks ana
those retail dealers who, from he nature OF theu
business may have dealings with other cltles.
The sale of water colors at Moore's Arr Gallery,
No. go FIfth-ave.. which has been going on for
week closed last evening. The prices were gener-
ally low. Sketches by Dutch. English and Italian
artists went as low aS go. some OF the pcst "ofhs
brought less tnan SlOO.
Corporation Counsel Lacombe thinks that Banks
& Bros IS oll of 1856 for law books should be paid.
The Mayor refused TO sign the warrant on the
ground that Commissioner Squire he'd se!ecte me
highest bid. # appears that the bid Of Banks ~
Bros was the highest for secondhand books, but
the icwest ior new BOOKS.
The subcommittee of the General Committee
on tine Centennial Anniversary OF the organization
of the Government of the United States, appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday 10
ask Congress to authorize the appointment of a
commissioner TO take charge OF the arrangements
for the celebration for the Government.
There was a rumor Yesterday that Commis 5ioner
Squrc had discharged "a number OF employees.
Deputy Commissioner Smith, in the absence OF Mr.
squire said hat nothing of this kind had yet Dcen
done but since their appropriations had bcen cut
down reduction OF the laborng force would have
to be made.
reception Will he given by the Hebrew Orphan
ASYLUM society tomorrow and on Monday al the
asyIum in lenth-ave. between One~iundrcd-and
thirty sixth and One iundred-and thlrly eighth
sis The building contains 800 bright little
phans The boys of The institution Will give a
military drill between and p. IN.
Tie Colonial Exhibition IN London. the Art EX-
hibitlon ut Edinburgh and the Liverpool lntcrna-
tional Exhibition are now all open. The Anchor
line now Issue cabin returu tickets at $50 and Sl0O
and second class al 500. they have just issued Il
book of tours in Eng and Scotland and Ireland.
which can be had from Henderon Bros, No.
Bowling Green.