New-York tribune., 1888-03-22
NEW-YORK CITY.

during The last few weeks for tho church and for St.
Benedct's Home for Colored Children Is an mpostor
Professor william r. Ware delivered an interesting
Illustrated lecture upon ." Tho History Of Grecian
Architecture In tho lccture-room Of the School OF
Mines of Columbia College last evening.
The Coffee Exchange yesterday voted to observe
Good Friday and the day following as holidays.
Tho White Star steamship Celtic will not sail until
repairs made to ono OF tho stern plates
which will take several days
"Plenty Of seats in the forward cars, lades,'
shouts the Bridge policeman "Ratsi' whisper tho
bright-eyed sbopgirs to each other. as they hustle
Into the crowd at tho nrst platform.
Tho examiners OF the National Civil Service Board
yesterday held examination to f vacancies IN tho
Damage Department OF tho Appraisers Office. There
were twenty-nine candidates examiEed Tho salary
is 81, 800 a year.
Philip Neldngcr, foreman OF . Jury IN Part Of
tho City. Court. tainted yesterday and Judge Ehrch
was Obliged to excuse him. Ills illness was ascribed
to tho foul gases In the courtroom arising from
waste pipe that Is out of repair
Tho Coronct is patiently awaiting . favorable
wind and clear weather, and Captain Crosby Is each
day hoping to MAKO start on tho next The trim
schooner yacht has been rather unfortunate OK late
In her and In the weather conditions.
No greater tribute to the memory of Henry Bergh
proved motor In the place OF horse power on tho
surface railroads Of this city.
man Tho had become an admirer Of tho bespangled
girl who daily thrusts her ffzzed head into tho big
red mouth OF the circus elephant was anxious to
near tho pretty words by which, he felt sure. she
charmed the hugo beast He crept near enough to
hear her hiss: Hold yer jaw, y ugly brute"
II william II. Grace cannot be elected governor
Of tho Manhattan Club, how can he hope to become
Governor of the staio Of Ncw-Yorki
Ono of the biggest downtown restaurants has had
strawberry shortcake Its card for over two weeh
Jay Gould is good sailor Hs stccrcd clear Of
the maelstrom In the District Attorneys ooc steamed
around the blizzard and has now sailed safe In tho
face of the Blackshear railroad disaster
Such crowds of curious sIghtsccrs go down to Concy
Island 10 see Brighton Beach Hotel hauled farther
away from the surf that tho contractor has been ad
vsed to build high board fence around the thing
and charge an admission fec There is no doubt that
he has confidence in his ability to draw big house.
Inspector Byrnes says history shows that " honor
among thieves is not encouraged by the public as
1t was In the days when robbery was a capital offence
People liked to see the rogucs hang together thcn
superintendent D'Oonch, Of the Buildings Bureau,
has never been regarded possessing exceptional
hstronc talent yet, his recent appearance In tho
Union Square Theatre, he brought down the house.
a paper " The Trans portaton of the Wounded be-
fore the Military Service Institution at Governors
Island yesterday afternoon.
The graduating class OF the Eclectic Medical Col
lege Of this city will hold It's commencement this
evening at Chlckerng Hall The Rev. John L.
scudder will address the graduates
"The Mail and Expresss has issued neatly printed
"veterans Reference Book" containing roster OF
G. A. r. Posts In New.York and Kings Counties, with
other valuable Grand Arr1y information.
Some persons so IN American as to assert that
no cryptogram combination that could POSSIBLY DO
evolved out Of the simple announcement: "1gnasius
Donnelly has gone to Europe" would be any improve
ment thereon
OIL lamps have been temporarily fallen back upon to
light the Franklin Square Elevated Station
1t is generally admitted that not for several years
has tho observance Of St. PatrIcks Day In this city
been so general as on last Saturday
Congressman W. Bourko Cochran, in bis lecture on
Irish Nationality" at St. Lawrcnce's Roman Catholic
Church, sneerngly referred to Queen Victoria - "a
fat and commonplace female.'
Where is Henry George?
Foreign spondents crowding their dispatches
with announcements of the English hating propensltes
of tho Crown Prince of Germany, Of tho Emperor's
physicians, and Of tho Germans generally THIS suro-
ly cannot be 10 "cutlvate tho Irish votc'"
sl45 last week for his advocacy OF dynamite.
ExCongressman John T. Finerty, Of The Chicago
Cizen speaking OF Mayor Hewitt and the Irish, says
NJ his countrymen Even yet, such slaves most
of them to the party fetch, that II St. Patrick him
self were to run for Mayor the Republican ticket,
tho New-York Irish, as q majority, would vote for
Hewitt"
House property has increased IN value in Chatham
st. since 1t was renamed Park Row.
Tho lot 40 by 1876 feet at tho northwest corner OF
Fifth.ave and Thlrtiethst., belonging to Colonel
John Watson, has been sold for business purposes
for S235OO The lot is at present occupied BY
largo brownstone house, No. 2s% Fifth-avo., whore
Colonel Watson lives. Colonel Watson last night de-
clned to give any information as to who had bought
the property for what purpose 1t would be used
An interesting lecture was given last night before
the Art schools of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art,
at Fifty -ninth-st and Third ave-, Animal Loco
notion by Professor Eadweard Muybrdge. the we'll
known photographer Of animals In motion. Tho lecture
was profusey Illustrated with views of horses dogs
and other animals, and also Of human beings In 90
tive motion.
+ BROOKLYN.
II has been found that ellison Reinhart, formerly
pilot In the employ OF the Williamsburg Ferry CON-
pany, who was discharged for then and has become
insane, claimed as husband by two women He lives
at No 200 south Thrdst. and Is to be removed TO an
insane asylum. Tho first wife agreed to compromise
with the second, whom Renhart lives with. BY accept
, Ing 300 and the household furniture.
Mayor Chaplin expressed approval yesterday Of tho
bill for the separation of the Departments of Police and
Excise, which will give the Excise Commissioners con
troll the subordinates Of the department instead OF
the Police Commissioner having control Of them a. at
present.
Grand Marshal James n. Bell, Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic, has designated James n. Mills his
Adjutant and Chief Of staff
Tho Union Elevated Railroad Company has fixed
April 10 the date for opening Its Myrtle branch.
from Grand ave. to Adams-st.. where the City Hall
Station IS being built There Will bo three intermcdi
ate stations at vsnderbiltavc, Navy-st, and
Brdgc-st
A Primary Teachers sunday School Institute was
held yesterday In Association Hall. Mrs J. s. os
trander presided. number OF pertinent topics wero
discussed by teachers present in the afternoon. and in
the evening MIS- Kennedy OF Philadelphia spoke upon