New-York tribune., 1888-08-29
vrw-YORK CITY.


NEw-YoRK CITY.
The examination for applicants ~ e. rr.n''
80. Col,cc, will take place from August % to
September L.
ror,v.txo moro Children can 70 TO the country this
YEAR n, the result OF contribution OF MO 10 ine
rihupe rrceh-Air Fund from In Memonan'''
nv. p.v Walter Elliott. O. the Church Of ST. Paul
,hn Apost,e will deliver tho dccaory sermon OF 'he
ch,,,,s Of 81. Peter Clare Baltimore. sunday, Sep
temocr o.
n. tox.r n, The new Church Of the Immacu'aie
rro.rtio, in East Onc-hunGIed- and-fttcth ST.. hos
been bpilt 10 height OF $50 fhe', and the hni'h'ns
touches ss being pus the interior OF the edihce
b,s is the second Catholic church OF thu name In ANS
city.
Tn. lor,nce bows who have infested the entrance 10
cs,,r,, Park have suddenly disappeared. The ar
rost Of fow Of tem three days ago. has fri9h'ened
tia Others.
The sidewalk at the foot Of Maiden lana Is marked
M ,nto checker boards wNh chalk. ard THO long
shoremen Indulge In many game OF checkers IN Oh
hours
&C. Il FL" Tomorrow will he Tuesday IS gram
na,csly correct.
Th. helcratns 10 Tho National Electric Light Asso-
Grafton. which begins its annual convention al thc
Hotel brunswick to-day, will witness Krafy's Nero
at 81. george tonight.
y,srlv 500 tons Of ccs, were put In ths bloher' OF
hc cruiser Boston yesterday. preparatory u uooh-
,,ia, Of the engines which will begin to-day. ON
Monday or Tuesday she will have trial-trp Of about
900 miles east OF Sandy Hook and will also h4vs test
OF the nla.n ard secondary batteries
Patrick Hlanay. q sailor Of the steamship Delaware
started 10 70 ashore at Pier No. c8, East RIVER enry
Yesterday morning. but fell overheard and was
drowned.
Newsboys occasionally exchange an evening paper
With an Jtayan fri'it-vender for banana
Grand Marshal sullivan says there VIII be lo,ooo
men in line in tho Labor parade.
John Chonberlan, an Irish-AmeIcan exile, VIII
snu fur Ireland on Saturday By the Eiruua lie
,,,,d . rrbun. rcnorter yesterday that he Is taltng
hs citizen papers With hin 70 ighten of the detee-
tves.'
yorsmcr were engaged yesterday digging IN the Oh
roots Of 1tss In the C!iS Hall Park 10 make way for
planting Few ones.
william F. Clark, tho clever young forscr whose
story was told In The Tribune yesterday, vas Ar
rnigned in tho Essex Market Police Court yes'cMsy'
Several OF his victims present. Two complaints
x.rc taken against Clark The first charges him with
dcfrauGing Louis Dc Bcbian, Of the French Line ot
stear,e,s out ot e4So, and the second Is made NJ
Miller & Company. Clark was held In $4,000 bal
on each nt the complaints.
Life with $50 umbrella is burden 10 any ore but
4 millionaire or a woman.
Street car conductors who discover that ore o. the
companys spoiteIs, is on board counting passengers
sometimes turn IN more fares than actually coiec'ed
to d!scredit the detectives accuracy.
Dovn;own business women have not restaurant
OF their own yet but more attention IS belng pad
daily to their wants, in the way of separate 'aucs'
dressing rooms etc, in eating houses below tanai-S''
Queen victorla's longtime fondncss FOR tho opal
has almost dispcnel the superstition concerning It's
bad luck which hes cluns 10 that handsome jewel fof
generations.
Among The immigrants Landed at Castle Garden
Yesterday were 10 Icelandcrs. mostly women ana
Children They started lsst evening ior Mah''oOa'
where they intend 10 settle.
"A scent for a cent? said ferry passen-
ger as he dropped penny In the slot and filed hia
handkerchief With perfume.
The funeral Of Dr. Henry Van Arsdae took place at
h,s home. No SO Seven hist, yesterday. II was
conducted by the Rev william Walton Clark, OF The
Reformed Dutch Collegiate Middle Church Tie
burial was IN Greenwood.
TIE board Of managers OF the Cotton Exchange yes
tmday passed resolution that q record OF the num-
ber OF cancecd and outstanding contracts IN futures
he posted in the Exchange for two months ahead OF
tho current dealings r. VI. Allen OF the fim OF
Il II.
Columbus, South Carolina. were elected TO member
ship in the Exchange.
Edw,rl HAYES. driver Of an ice wagon, OF No. 541
West For.y.fourtll-s fell from his seat yesterday
and was Instantly Killed under the wheels of the
wagon. Gustave Iuiz, his assistant, who was driving
wes arrested. He says that Hayes asleep when lie
fen from the scat
The Mayor Yesterday vctccd THE permit granted BY
the Aldermen allowing banner now suspended across
Park place, between Nos and o. 10 remain there
rntn November 10. NJ. Hewitt says that as the
question OF the legal aght TO grant such permits IS now
pending in the he docs not intend 70 give color
TO tie claim by approving fhc resolution. The ban
ner referred to has no political significance.
Tie law requiring the Board Of Aldermen to pass
the tax levy before september will not be compiled
With this year. ard 1t seems that tho omission Is not
,,nusuaL Yesterday the number OF Aldermen present
was below the number required by law which Is
twenty. The absentocs were President Forster and
Mcsssc. benjamin, Diver Mccarthy. McMurlay
Oakley and Storm. The Board adjourned TO Tuesday
next
Tho downtown business yesterday sent
largely signed petition TO the Board Of Aldermen, ask
Ing that tho street pavenen's below Canal-st might
be repaired 1t referred to the proper committee.
Policeman william Edwards. Of the Old slip station
while cleaning his pistol accidentally disc harscd II
through his left hand He went TO the Chambers
Street Hospital.
The Gas Commission yesterday awarded contracts
fer lighting suyvcssnt Park with electric lights TO
tie eastcry half 10 the East River Company and the
westerly half to the United States Company. Each
company is to put in eight lamps at % cents per lamp
each night, TO burn all night
BROOKLYN.
Bedfor1-sve. the great diving of Brooklyn,
is undergoing thorough repairs. AID this fall the horses
will iiut over asphalt road.
President William Richardson OF the Atlantic Ave
nue. Railroad Company, set men o, work yesterday
tearing up the pavement TO lay street car track IN
Hic.sst. between Harrison and Degraw SITS, in front
Of the property Of Mr. IIOst who had given bis con-
sent FOR he construction OF the road. but the police
stopped the work. a. perm. had been issued BY
the City Works Department.
,,nljce Missioner Eel has selected the station