New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21
NEX.YORK CITY.

Cheap excursion tickets to the Pacific have not yet
deprived New-York Of the man who PUSHES In ana
his legs after sitting down in the street cars
where under the circumst ances angels fear 10 tread
40. @. FL Chicago.-The seating capacity OF the
Metropolitan Opera House is 2,s63; Grand Opera,
Paris. 2,156: Theatre Municipal du Chatelet Paris,
1852; La Scala Milan, $500; Teatro del Liceo, BARGE
ona 1900 Tho latter belongs, with the San Carlos In
Naples among the largest in Europe These figures
refer to numbered seats The projected Chicago honse
would have no reason for existence seating capa-
city Of 5000 is talked abont IT Will probably ne pe
ought TO be for the sake Of music The Metropolitan
Opera House was opened on October o. 1883
Some pedestrians who passed under the elevated
structure opposite the Bridge yesterday felt hurried
when a combination Of salt, ashes, grease and water
trcked down their necks. Instead Of choppIng away
the frozen ashes near the buffers on the sta'oh h0
salt had been used
There was no carnival unless It was carnivsi OF
fun at the Polo Grounds yesterday. The toooggahs
were kept carrying their sportlovins freight down
the steep inclines
General Eckert general superintendent of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, called on Mayor Hewitt
Yesterday and complained that the sign at NO west
Fourteenth-st, Western Union Instruction company
was misleading, as had no connection VIII MS or uo
r"nSinc The bnsness TO change their sign The Mayor
promised have the matter looked INTO
The Rev. DR.. Crawford will preach tomorrow at the
Forty-fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
The "small boy, came gliding down East from
Murray Hill all day long yesterday in blaze OF glory
He was numerous especially in Thryeighth-st and as
he came laundering down toward Third-ave- women
screamed expecting every moment to see one OF the
young hustlers dashed against horse car OF one Oh
the pillars of the elevated road.
The statement Of the treasurer Of the AntiPoverty
Society from organization until December 81 1887
shows that the total receipts were s25,394 o. DIS
bursements $25274 OF, leaving balance on hahu VI
1921.
A handsome new railing attached TO the Catholic
Church Of St. Vincent de Paul in West Twenty third-st
has Just put up 1t was presented by inc lades
of the Altar Society.
The Catholic Benevolent r. A. B. Society when
holds meetings in Clarendon Hall Sunday evening
has opened a club room at No 1873 Flrst-ave, Whero
the members and their friends can meet soclaly'
There will be no regular meeting of the Presbyterian
Social Club until next month.
Antonio d'Andrea, the lover Of Mrs Chiara Cgnaraie
now under sentence Of death for killing her husband
will be placed on trial before Judge Gllderseevc on
Monday on a charge of murder in the first degree IL
,s alleged that he melted Mrs. Cgnarale to shoot her
husband and that he taught her how to use TeVoIVr
Assistant Dstrict-Attorney Davis VIII conduct the
trial.
The Baptist City Mission Of this city last year ex-
pended s35 COO and the Board Of Managers have ap-
proprlated for the year 1888 100000 The mission
house In Laightst and the Mariners Temple In Oliver
ST. are TO be re-carpeted and to have new cushioned
scafs Two new houses of worship are to he erected;
one for the German Bethel Church I'm MOrrsania ana
n second for the First German thnrrh IN IldrI,ih
Both viii cost $4,000, of which amount Ti"'ooo mas
been pledged.
The next lecture in the free Saturday night course
at Cooper Union will he delivered this evening by
Professor H. NJ r. French. Of Chicago. on " The VIII
and Wisdom Of the Crayon'" Illustrated
The festival of ST. Agnes will be celebrated to morrow
In the Church Of st. Agnes, at Forty-thId-st near
Ia
which will be of the highest order viii be under the
direction of Senor Z Marco and the imposing cefe-
monies will be under the supervision OF the Rev
Henry c. Mcdowell. pastor of the church. inc
Bishop of Albany VIII celebrate mas nnUnnSn n
O'Bren of Halifax, N s., will preach the sermon. ana
Archbishop Corrgan and number OF other church
dignitarIcs will be present
There was a large gathering at the American Winter
Carnival Fleetwood, yesterday and from the reduction
of the admance fee the numbers far exceeded those
NJ the nrevious DAYS The trottng to sleghs aroused
much interest Fleetwood was never so lively In the
best of It's days in the winter
George Riddle read selections from As You Like lt'
TO crowded house and apprcciaivc audience in
Association Hall last evening.
BROOKLYN.
The tnuneSt Yesterday In the case of Frank Fouck-
nor who shot his wife three times and then put a
bullet in his head with fatal effect resulted III
a verdict of suicide. His wife is slowly recovering.
MANY complalnts are made because the ordinances
roouirInc snow and ice TO be cleared from the side
walks are not enforced. and a number Of accidents
have occurred, which Will be the cause OF suits Tor
damages.
The annual renting Of the pews in the Brooklyn
TsbernaacIe at auction Will take place on Monday
night.
The funeral of Mrs Susan r. Peck, wife of the Rev
DR. J. O. Peck, was attended by many persons In the
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church last evening.
The Rev Dr. James Buckley delivered an address.
An attempt at arson discovered In a tenement
house at No 1873 Cook-st, yesterday morning Paper
md kerosene
staircase but discovered by Mrs Gustav IIaelmer
a grocery on the first floor There Is suspicion
a. to the identity of tn; ncendary.
Michael ! daley and John Gill, captain and first
mate respectively of the ship Frank II. Lincoln,
were committed TO Jail yesterday for assaung the
Chinese cook OF their vessel, who IS I'm st. Peters
Hospital suffering from serious inlur S. They claim
that he began the ARRAY
The pleasant weather yesterday caused the ample
lakes in Prospect Park yesterday to be thronged with
skaters The Park drives were also paIronzed by many
seighing parties.
A Coroner's Jury has exoneratod Robert Belden
breaking his house in Ainslic-st Sunday night
and who mistook the house for his own.
new trial was granted yesterday to Daniel Mullen
who recently convicted Of manslaughter in tho
second degree in causing the death Of Michael Mullen,
when he stabbed at a hristening party
". p CorGdle, formerly assistant general manager
on the Manhattan Elevated Road !n New York city,
has been appointed general manager and superntend-
ent Of the Kings County Elevated Railroad. He was
formerly connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company
The Grand Jury has failed TO indct Mrs. T. r.
Toole widow, who secured 300 from W. p. Johnson,
u shirt manufactures and gave notes for sixty and
ninety months instead OF days
The employees of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Com
many have renewed the agreement with the company
made last year with regard to hours of work and pay
for The same IL will hold good until January, 1882
and thereafter until days notice is given either
sde one feature If II Is le" ard IT, th' cowboys u
81 for each seven DAYS work be paid June l and
december -, instead OF increase Of pay
| sCHOOLBOYS WHO CRIED "HRE' ARRESTED
Through presence mind OF Principal ZabrskL what
might have been fatal panic prevented In Grammar
school No H. in West Thrteenst on Thursday after.
noon For some time youns rascas have been cau'ng
great deal OF ANNOYANCE the pup and teachers