New-York tribune., 1888-04-12
NEw-YORK CITY.

donna's. evening.
| Lecture and musical entertainment County Donegal
| AssocIst tion Cooper Institute, p.
| NEw-YoRK CITY.
The body Of Colonel James Macksye will bo brought
from Paris and buried in woodawn Cemetery in the
family plot.
! At the eleventh annual meeting Of the stock
holders and subscribers Of the Hardware Board Of
Trade yesterday, tho following officers unanl-
mously reelected: John c. Cook, Of Bruce Cook,
president; f. H. Cole, Of Eaton, Cole Burnham,
secretary; James Fl. Goldey, No. warren-st, treas
urer and actuary; f. G. Dow, No. 155 Broadway,
counsel.
Six hundred of the 1900 children in the primary
department Of school No. 40. In East Thirty seventh
St., Miss Sarah f. Euckelew, principal, took part in
reception exercises yesterday morning. tho principal
feature of which was Roots Cantata Spring Flowers y
The articulation and infection of the children we're
admirable. There also addresses by E. Elleiy
Anderson, Andrew q. Agnew and others.
A. NJ. Palmer, Of the Madison Square Theatre,
which is opposite the house In which Roscoe ConRllng
lies sick, has kindly placed one of his office rooms
/ at tho disposal Of the newspaper men who have to
get information about Mr. Conklng's illness. This
saves th.m deal Of inconvenience, especially in
stormy weather.
bright and vvacious evening newspaper says that
the population Of tbs town 1,aO7.s74 Does this
that the paper values tho inhabitants at 81 eachf
The annual sale Of wharf property at auction by
the Dock Commissioners yesterday realized nearly
10000 Tho highest prico paid was by the Eric
Railroad Company for the west half Of Pier No. 8,
East River, for years at $4,000 year
w. K vanderblts yacht, Ava, sailed from Now
York yesterday for Harlan & Holingsworth's ship
yard at Wilmington DEL where sho IS To be entirely
reftted and undergo a general overhauling.
Tho Manhattan Bicycle Club OF this city has been
incorporated with tho following trustees John NJ
Warwick, W. II. Kubin, D. II. Thistle, Martin Metz
gar George T. Stern, Charles A. shcehan and Nathan
Oberndorfer
James Ash, the young Napoleon who cut dash
BY robblng his employers, Culbert Crane & seabury,
bankers, No. Wall-st week ago, stole Sl945
Instead OF 81 537 80 first reported He was sent to
the bank with a deposit OF checks and cash, but
passed in the checks and kept the bills. All ex-
ceptlng S115 recovered. 1t was not part OF
Ashs duty to put away tho securities member Of
the firm personally looks after them and deposits
them In the Stock Exchange vaults.
Handsome Bob" Hilard ran away from the actress
who desired his company the street the other day
because she did not strike him agreeably
Already we hear Of the spring shower of toads.
This comes OF giving rain to the imagination
Matthew Arnold manlfests some concern because
there arc so few things that elevated in this
country He must have overlooked our elevated
roads.
Jennie 'Bren, who created furorc By her grace
full equestrian performances in Paris and London last
year, IS now appearing every afternoon and evening
az the Barnum Is Bailey circus In Madison Square
Garden She Is assisted" by number OF trained
pigeons whose pretty flights and groupings materially
enhance the charm Of Miss O'Brien's feats.
Tho Governing Committee of the Stock Exchange
yesterday listed large number Of new securities,
which will be found IN full elsewhere. Next Wednes-
day was fixed as the date for the trial Of Robert
CAM the young man who is accused Of irregularity
in the execution of order in Chesapeake and Ohio
stock No has been fixed for hearing the case Of
r. g. S. c. Millken and Morris Son, who arc oc-
cused of the awful crime Of having telephone con-
nections with tho Consolidated Stock and Petroleum
Exchange.
lady called at the box-of1ce OF the Eden Musee
yesterday with butterfly which she had found on her
doorstep in the morning q" have brought this here,'
she said, as imagine that 1t has escaped from your
collection" But the box-ofice equal to the
occ aslon and replied sssuringly "No, ma'am, don't
think It belongs to u.s. All of ours petrlAed.'
Despair on account OF his inability to keep from
drinking led William Schweers to commit suicide by |
hanging his carpentershop, In the basement OF the
house No l73 Ellzabeth-st, yesterday morning. |
,chweers was German, fortysix years of age.
The Board OF Estimate yesterday appropriated |
500 AZ to city charitable institutions for the care
Dt juvenile delinquents.
The plans for additions to the American
OF Natural History submitted to the Park
were approved by the Board of Estl
yesterday The Board authorized the Controller
to $400 900 in bonds at per cent erect the
same
Tho Aqueduct Commissioners yesterday gave the
hearing advised by the Corporation Counsel regarding
the plans for the pipeline which is TO connect the
Central Park reservoir with the Aqueduct at
One and thirty fth-st. Tho opportunity to
appear not embraced by any one, so the Com
missoners adopted the plans and ordered bids to
bo advertised for
The recommendation OF the Board Of Aldermen to
allow the Grand Army $500 for' Memorial Day ex-
was referred by the Board of Estimate yeser-
lay to the Controller to inquire II there were any
Iunds for tho purpose.
The annual meeting OF policy holders OF the New.
York Life Insurance Company was held yesterday at
no. SAG Broadway to elect trustees Of the third class
he following being chosen to four years: WILL
am H. Beers, C. C. Baldwin, Benjamin II. Bristow,
" alter II. Lewis and John ~ stearns.
Samuel and Sarah Garrison, living in rear rooms
IN the top floor OF the tenementhouso No. 7e5 Third
,ve. were severely burned yesterday by fire which
)roke out in their kitchen. Tho man will probably
lie.
1t Is understood that the Doodle" exieS told In.
pector Byrncs that the time they were spending In
,anada was no happier than that OF the imprisoned
were passed in dursnce
while trying to stop his runaway horse at Second
we and Twenty elghth-st yesterday, John Beckman,
truck driver crushed to death between his truck
md pillar Of the elevated railroad.
The trouble with the National Opera Company was
hat could not pay of its indebtedness with notes.
High prices for apples do not to keep them
rom going abroad Great Britain takes this week
about 3,l00 barrels, at a cost of S7479.