New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-09
NETWORK CRY.

by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.
Models OF the Inman line steamships, the City
Of NcwyorS and the City of Paris, are on exhibition al
the Offices of the company, No broadway, and vii
repay inspection
musical and literary entertainment will be given
ths evening az the Bazaar OF the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, No East Fourteenth
Of. Professors Keenan, Ayres and IIillard, J. U.
johnson. Miss Codd.ngton and the Misses Thomas and
Freeman arc expected TO take part Tho admission
will DO % cents.
George II. Bishop, stenographcr of the New orh
Stock Exchange, has written and published a work
sailed Exact Photography System with ConnectblC
STROKE Vowel Signs which stcnographes are talking
about.
Tho Office OF the well known stock Exchange firm OF
wocrishocr & Co. closed yesterday on account of
the dsath OF the wife OF Hans SommcrhoR the Junior
partner Mrs. Sommcrhof had been sick for three
weeks and for more than a week no hope of her re-
covcry had been entertained by her physicians.
Tho bodies of two Broolyn physIcianS, DIS Charles
Reed, ffyseven, and CrIstobot Rojas, thirty
six. Will be crcmated at Ere h Pond to morrow.
There IS exhibition at Ortgles & Co.'S gal
ierlcs at No. 3G6 Frhavc.. number of the oil paint
ings OF George Henry Hail. fine old copy painted in
the sixteenth century, of the Danao OF Titan. from the
original in the Naples Museum, and several copies
from the old masters from the brush OF Mr.. Hall.
Next Tuesday the collection will be sold az auction at
SPIN.
"R. r. R--NiIchacI H. whalcn was promoted from
Inspector to be superintendent of the Barge Once to
succeed John NJ. Wyatt, on Juno 26, 1886 Tho salary
of 5000 year for this position provided by the
Treasury Department. Superintendent Whalen was
designated Assistant Custodian OF the Barge
Office April ., 1887 without additional compensa
tion.s
An Cd fashioned trust" trust to luck,'
Eggs are worth 80 cents per Dozen Wholesale don't
BE- frightened, they duck eggs the regular sort Is
down TO rs cents, a reasonable price for Lent.
At 3 80 and p today Charles Dickens VIII
give his two last appearances in New York. In tho
afternoon he will read " Tho Story OF Little Domhey"
ard Mr. Pckwlck IN a WhcelharrOw." Tho evening
will be devoted exclusively TO selections from Pick
wick Papers,
Fish Commissioner Blackford last month sent TO tho
Health Board a report by Joseph W. MescreaU, State
Oyster pcctor, regarding tho pollution of water at
the foot OF Fult0nst Mr.. Mcscrcau wrote that tho
discharges from tine at times affected the con-
tents of the Gshcars and made them unfit for food.
Sanitary Inspector Decker yesterday reported that there
vas good ground the complaint, and the Board OF
Health asked the Department of Public Works to ex
tend the sewer TO the end of the pier
The Lyccum Society OF Harlem give their annual thea
tro party at The lyccum Theatre and supper at the
hotel HUngaria this evening
The annual convention OF the United States Lawn
Tennis Association will be held day ut the Hoffman
House.
This kindly acknowledgement from the Executive
Mansion OF the present of patent laundry apparatus
would be a good advertisement for the inventor If DEM
ocras, as a rule, were addicted TO the of such
Convenient cOn!rivaDco
Judge MARITIME yesterday sentenced two young for
gers who pleaded guilty to the Elmra RoformaOry.
James O'Kccfc, who was formerly employed at BIen
tano, confessed that no used rubber stamp bearing
the of the firm Illegally. William X. TAFT, who
also pleaded guilty TO forgery, formery cashier
Tor James c. Fitzpatrick, merchant of No 10 Leonard
st. He forged five checks aggIe eating 1850.
"would a boy again !" signs many a rich but
care laden business he passes through City Hall
Square and lodges the army of merry boys and girls
roller skates, who make the place ring with their
laughter
In sunny weather walk down Broadway from
Thirty iourst to- the Battery Will reveal swarms Of
women uptown busy as bees spending money, and
downtown crowds of men lively as ants making
money.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Kalisch QIlll Iehmann) had their
first photographs husband and wife taken at Falks
the other day. Then the prima donna gave her dog,
St. Bernard, an opportunity to try his skill In posing
The pictures were a success all around
The XvIth Assembly District Republican Club held
preliminary meeting at No. 200 Third last night,
and adjourned until next Monday at p. M, when
permanent club VIII DO organized
The student volunteers Of foreign missions have adj
dressed circular 10 the churches appealing for practl
cal support and aid to carry on their work They
quote statistics showing that foreign missions not
well supported The circular is signed by six students
in colleges in this country, Canada and Eng
land
Considering the many cdcts Of destruction have
gone forth against the domcstcaed English sparrow |
II is wonderful how clipper, confdng and familiar be
stin continues to bc here in New-YOrk
Now is tho season beginning when the small boy gets
him top and swcs with pride when no contomplates
the Intellectual efforts OF his sisters to spin it.
The tramp is beginning to think that IL Will soon DO
time to exchange tho plank bed in police station for
the luxurious sofness Of straw couch In the farmers
barn
The fact that r. @. Dun Is interested in the Arcade
Railway Company is leading Erastus wiman's oppo |
ncfs TO inquire II he IS getting ready to undermine
New York and form powerful railroad connections, pos
Sibly By way of Staten Island and tunnel
John r. Foley, who accused Of murder in the
first degree In killing Denis Carney in 1886, pleaded
guilty Of manslaugher In tire first degree yesterday be-
fore Judge Gdersleeve. he Is understood and is only
twenty years old He has been convicted several
times of petty offences. He was known mud"
and Carney was called Tho Bum' by the gang TO
which they belonged He may DO sentenced for any
term between five and twenty years.
The 900 yards fiat race announced In the programme
d the Cedaihust Amateur Athletic meeting to be for
colcgo graduates only for college undergraduates
only, and not for graduates. All contests Will be
scratch and not handicap All Information can be OBJ
sahed from the secretary, Room 81 No. ID Park Row.
At the annual meeting Of the Ninth Ward Pioneer
Corps held on Wednesday night the following wore
elected Its officers Robert b. Miller, president; L.
owen Miner first vice president s. H. Rolston, second
vee- president; W. T. Breakell, treasurer; William A.
Roston, secretary.
BROOKLYN
The high wind blew clouds Of dust through the streets
yesterday, but owing to the cold tho street cleaning
contractor could nut sprinkle and sweep them.
The itev. Jay N Taft has accepted the call of tho
East Congregational Church, and win begin bis work
next month
Tho second OF the present Practical Talkss
y the Young Mems Christian Association win DO on