New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-25
NETWORK CITY.


Tho California Fruit Union has begun direct ship
ments to this city, The first aprIcots from San Jose,
California, appeared yesterday, and steady conslgn-
mcnts may now DO expected. The opening price is
Us per box OK ten pounds.
DENLY Moore.-Rlchard Butler, secretary Of the
American Committee the Bartholdl Statue, NoA 80
Mercerst., can probably furnish you with a copy Of
the history OF the Statue Of Liberty.
The funeral Of DR.. Allan Macy Butler took place
yesterday morning at tho homo of his uncle, DR..
ID. NJ. Stinson, No. IL West Scventcenh-st The Rev.
Dr. Vincent oaciatcd, assisted by the Rev. W. T.
Crocller of Fltohburg, Mass. There was largo at
tendance of relatives and friends Among those pres
ent some OF DR.. Buffers classmates and asso-
clates at Harvard and also some of his classmates
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. The
burial at woodlawn.
There has been such demand for extra tickets to
the Damrosch Saturday Morning Lectures that Frank
d. Beatys, manager of the course has announced that
the four remaining lectures Will take place In AS
ISOLATION Hall.
The Wesleyan graduates hero are making great
preparations to give the University Glee Club rousng
reception when 1t sings tonight in the Metropolitan
Opera House. The club Is in fine condition and good
concert is expected
Tho Quarterly Theological Conference Of the Catho-
lie clergy representing that portion of the archdiocese
Of NewYork above Fourteenthst. the West Side
to Weschester County, which has been in session
since tho beginning Of this week, closed yesterday at
st. Patrcks Cathedral, where the final session was
held in presence of 100 priests
The Sigma Phi Club, the oldest college secret
society In this country, has removed to No. 0 East
Twentyseventh-st The new clubhouse IS commo-
dous and convenient 1t is handsomely furnished
from top to bottom. On Tuesday night the society
will give house warming Delmonlco will provide
the supper.
The Rev. Thomas II. Burch one Of the delegates
to the Methodist General Conference, has just
celved call from Trinity Methodist Church in One
hundred and-eighteenth-st., for third term Dr.
Burch is now serving the third year Of his second
term at the Greenpoint Tabernacle
Tho 22d Regiment will meet at the armory in West
Fourteenth-st sunday afternoon and march to
Trinity Chapel In Twenty -ffth-st, where their chap
lain, the Rev. Dr. William n Dunnell, rector Of All
Saints Church. Will deliver his annual to the
regiment.
The City Reform Club, composed Of twenty NOM
ber, finds Itself In need of contributions Of money in
order 10 carry its work of exposing the weaknesses
Of legislators and Of frauds In elections.
Over 10000 articles found the elevated roads
during tho last twelve months were sold at auction
yesterday by J. W. Campbell, at No. 40 Eighth-ave
Fair prices were obtained
Mayor Hewitt yesterday sent letter to Governor
Hill against the bill which permits railroad COM
panies In cities of 100000 inhabitants TO sand tho
tracks Of street railroads. lie says that II this bill
should become law 1t would simply be impossible
to clean tho streets in this city AS the law now
stands permits sand the tracks can DO obtained on
application to the Board of Health. The condition Is
that the companies shall keep CLEAN the places de-
sired to be sanded, usually tho steep grades. This
bill would allow them to use unlimited quantities of
nd at thpiP discretion
public authorities.
Last night at special meeting Of tho Democratic
Hancock Club Of the XIXth Assembly District the ex
ample set by other Democratic organizations was
followed the passing of resolution condemnng the
saxton bill, which provides for ballot reforms
The platform adopted at the Democratic State Con-
ventlon was Endorsed.
The Holland Society voted at its last meeting on
Thursday to sail for Holland on July %, having
chartered the entire first cabin on the steamer Amster
dam for that purpose. Robert b. Roosevelt, Minister
to The Hague, sails on the same steamer Hooper
c. Van Worst reelected president Of the society
at the meeting
Pinto peaches from Florida are in good supply.
within the last four years they have been cultivated
from wild growth into desirable table frult
Charles W. Dayton will present two silk flags this
morning to Grammar School No. 81.
Day School was held yesterday, 500 of the children
being present Everything connected with the OK
ercses was patriotic, the programme, which had
a rcd, white and blue border
The annual May greeting to parents and rlends
of Primary School No. is in East Thlr'y-Secohasl'
was held yesterday at the school building.
A party OF eleven ex-convlcts who came 10 thls
country chiefly from Italy, were yesterday sent ptch
by order Of Collector Magone, on the Anchor Lise
steamer Alexandria
Thomas Martin Is organizing an antifree-trade ciup
OF Irishmen In the Xth Assembly District.
AT meeting of the survivors of the irish Brigade
held Yesterday in the Goth Regiment Armory' Coroner
Nugent presiding, 1t was stated that al urShs0non''
were completed for the unveilIng OF the monument al
CotAburg on July . The Goth men viii DO accom-
panied by delegations from tho SD and oiSt Now
York Volunteers and tho Corcoran Legion
BROOKLYN.
Tho 9Th anniversary of the opening OF the Bridge