New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-02
STPAY CHAT IN The CITY.

Judge Homer A. Nelson, told me at the Filth
Avenue Hotel that the arbitration between tho Law
Telegraph Company and the Metropolitan Telephone
Company at end. lie president OF the Law
Company and gave the points of the contro,
The Law Company, which began a telegraph company,
entered the telephone field the earliest OF the
New-Yor companies Thoy had "a contract with tue
Bell Telephone Company for instruments 1t provided
that &C tho end OF five years the Bell Company might
elect buy property and business OF the Law Com
pany to continue It's leases. The time expired year
ago. The Metropolitan Company had meanwhile be-
tie pOsscssprs by assignment Of the rights OF the
Bell COMPANY They asked inventory OF tho Law
property saying that they elected to buy it, Mr. Nelson
refused to give inventory but put in claim based on
the earnings OF tho company After somo controversy
the Metropolitan Company paid him $4,000 ana
allowed to take possession OF the property with
stipulation that the price TO paid should be settled ~
arbitration. This was done on January - l5Si wheh
the leases expired D. T. Tracy. H. i. Dlmock ana W.
W. johnson, acted arhitratOrs and have decided 10
additional to the airount already paid The Metro
politan Company had claim under one clause OF tue
court hut IL included in the arbitration settlement,
and makes the real allowances about 100000.
The New-York Hotel, which is the rendezvous for
distinguished southerners who come to New-York has
been quiet this winter. dropped in there yesterday for
q few moments on my way down town. gentleman
from Georgia who is staying there said 10 me: The
OF the statesmen have been over mere Is ne
cause thcy arc TOO D9sy EoS aer INNS ~ ot afir
they could spend halt their ime in Gotham and the
other half in stirring the animals in Congress. Now
they are bound down to tue Grlndstone."
of tho early buttons that will be in
tOduccd in the Senate will ask the President on wha IN
formation he based tho statement reiterated in his
Message that gold is being boarded Is thought that
the correspondence which he based this statement
will show curious tracks by Democratic statesmen
who had BEEN buying gold themselves anu wanted the
boarding process to begin and go ON until gold M
reached proniium Another resolution VIII ask ior tho
correspondence which resulted III the sending OF Mant0n
Marble to Europe to consult with the governments mere
with reference to silver II Is possible ttdt tuere VIII DO
other resolutions introduced asking for Information
about the of the Administration on the financial
question When the evidence Is all in It Is quite likely
that senator Evarts will make speech on the sver
question and that his much soughtfor views on the
silver question will be Calculated.
have heard lately moro or less discussion and con-
siderable criticism the severity OF the discipline In
tie public schools My little girl said to the other
day: Papa, what do have 10 0Dk straight at the
back of the girls head In front OF us for The question
prompted TO mako inquiries until found that for
looking either to the right left pupil received
demert was sent to the disordery room, or some
other punishment inflicted, and that the strained
position OF the head in looking ntenty at one object
frequently made the neck ache the eyes bulge ont aud
the whole body gov tired friend asked me yesterday
WHAT there the taking OF books to school In bag
that constitutes crime 1T for punishment" found
that ia tho school where his little girl is pupil they are
not permitted 20 carry the books 20 aud from the build
ing in this way When hs child took her books IN bag
she was punished for It, His little niece VINO IA afflicted
with Vltuss dance, gets nervous under the disc
plne the schools that her attendance Is cut snort
month of every term. II Is pretty difficult place
in which tea,hers placed" said an old Instructor
with whom discussed the severity OF the discipline as
| had heard it reported III teachers could always
remember that their pupils are not grown persons II
they would not expect too much OF them II they would
treat them always in fact as Children do not thnk
there would be quito such rigid rules In the school room
But we have gone improving system OF instruo-
ton until II IS like a dollhouse plant IL IA not solid
enough. We are simply putting tho mind OF tho young
through gigantic crcmung process forcing process
without paving much attention TO all the little needs OF
soul and body that much essential to well rounded
grow tn They taught IN angles rather than In grace
mi curves ono thing will say. n you viii 20 10 the
schoo and talk with teacher the chances are ton To ono
your child will object of interest To her ana
will get better treatment FOR the Interest thus
awakened
There arc not n few young politicians who are banking
on the great expectation that Collector iedden i u he
turned out OF the Custom House aud that Hubert o.
Thompson Ia 10 como into his Ilace. by just what
process h, revolution Is to DO brought about they have
no definite idea the word has out among" the
boys" 10 the Thompson crowd 10 hang on with tight
grip something big Is coming. II h probable that the