New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-07
NEw.YoRK CITY.

- 80 Iand ,r the radon near the new bridge over
nc Harlem, since the practical completion OF inc
structure. has already made big reduction In inc
cost Of the bridge to the cry
Tho D. X. E. Club win entertain the Columbia
College members OF that fraternity tomorrow evening
- ne .,,, ho,se No 43s Fifth-aye Over 200 win
be present to enjoy the speeches. WIN inc singing snu
music by the Glee CLUB.
Edwin A. POST president Of the Department OF
noclEx viii address the Chamber OF Commerce at ITS
mopthlv meeting tomorrow on the plans prepared
NV the department Cor the improvement OF the Nofth
Rivcr vaterfront 10 afford greater facilities for tho
foreign commerce OF the port
The next mootng Of Amsterdam Council No $50,
r NJ II is 10 be held at tho German Masonic
T.u.n,a No 900 East Fiftecnthst. on Saturday a.
a o,cloch supreme Commander Enoch Brown VIII
be present and win deliver an address on tho Good
Of tho Orders
Thomas Larsen. seaman on the Mallory steam
shin state OF Texas which arrived frOm Fernandlna
Yesterday, fell overheard and was drowned on Sunday
night
R.oent adyjces on Change Indicate that American
wheat. so long neglected in England, Is beginning %
| call out @ milling demand
The railroads arc again bringing large eonsgnments
NJ Indian corn, and the exports of 1t are beyond al
| previous record
Felt hats are flirting with the March wind In
snr,cest truck-horse neatly stopped one fugitive
Derby by putting his hoof through IL yesterday.
DR. O II. Tiffany win lecture at the Heddng
uethodist Episcopal Church, in Scventcenthst, Dc
tween First and Second ayes. this evening, on Ma
tional Character
slight Are between declrs and In tho cargo OF the
steamship City OF Columbia on Sunday night eahsea
considerable apprehension among the people on the
vessel she arrived from Havana on Tuesday night
On sunday night fro discovered In the cargo Just
forward Of the frcroom bulkhead. Tho fire was soon
extinpu,shed and It was found that only slight loss
| had occurred
The Republcan Club Of the IXth Assembly Dis
trte, viii hold It's third smoking concert at No
| Abingdon Square tomorrow evening
The Hungarian Society Of this city viii givo cor
cert and bah on Sunday evening At Arlington Han,
No 10 st. Marks Place In memory OF March To- 1873
Tho day when Hungary threw OF tho Austrian YOKE
The Golasn Literary Society VIII give an enter-
talnment a. stelnwsy Hall on Saturday evening Al
7:30 o'clock
aReadcr--Thc address Of Hannibal 4amlin Is
Bangor, Me- OF John c. Fremont Staten islaht. ~ r.
General Joseph z Johnston. Washington, ID C.; Gen
eral James Longstreet, Gainesville, Ga
An attractive entertainment is offered to thu public
nday ia the lecture which Professor Luip Mont VII
give at 80 p. H. al No. East Fiftyeighth-st, on
tho subject Of @6halespearc's Italian Plays u 70
the FIRST of series which win 10 given on successive
Tbursdays through March and April and thu leeturer
Is sure 10 please his audience The future subjects
win BE- as follows. March II, Goethe IN italy,:
March o. Raphael March %, Benyenuto Celini'
April A. italian and German Music April II. The
Relations Between Italy and the Papssy' Inc
tickets for the course only sS, single tickets u.
They can be obtained Of ChIstern's bookstore. No.
o54 Fifth-ave. or from Professor Moat, at No. lo7
East Forty nfhst
Henry Won Rowo's ple-waeon ran over little Louis
Gross of No 1I57 Thlrd.ave., in sixty-seventhst.
Yesterday, and the boy was hurt seriously. Won
Rowe locked up.
Joseph Pluym, Bohemian cIgarmaher. ard an In
matc Of Lhe Asylum for the Insane Watd's Island,
committed suicide yesterday morning 81 the inSttn-
ton by hanging himself from his bedpost He was
forty eight years old, and leaves widow and several
children.
Thomas Costgan, Supervisor of q The City Record
was at his oce yesterday for tho first time since he
hurt himself two weeks ago by severe fall.
Cornelius Vanderbilt gave the Mayor ESQ yesterday
for tho 81. Andrews Kitchen Fund.
p. 7. Banum viii have his stroot parade on March
o. Tho Mayor yesterday signed the resolution passed
by the Aldermen allowing the parade TO take place.
Mr. Darnum himself came TO the Mayors Office, heafd
the good news and thanked Mr.. Grant.
Natural wood handles of great size. with without
knobs OF silver the kpots. arc the fashion TOT
women's spring sunshaGeA
large piece Of lace. Of exqulsIiely fine texture
and intricate pattern, all made Of whlto human hair
is an attraction Just now In s1th-ave halrdressers
window.
esunalers do say that tho Lenten season OF fast
ing and prayer largely devoted to planning, pur-
chasing ands making Easter bonnets and spring cos
| tunes.
Harlem store IN order TO draw customers nom
the moro popular shopping districts Is selling elevated
railway tickets for cents each
Secondhand mattresses are drug In tho market at
| Washington to-day.
At the. eighteenth annual meeting Of the Floating
Church Temperance society, held last night al the
| Seamen's Mission room, No. "a Pikest, IL was re
! ported that during tho last year 1s2 now members
! had enrolled MAILING total membership OF 1874.
Addresses were delivered BY John Williams, president
| Of the society; the Rev. Il J. Waller minister OF
! the Floating Church Captain Wheeler aud Daniel
| Montgomery. An interesting musical programme was
| given.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, treasurer Of the NewYork
ctizcns' Committee 10 aid tho National Confederate
Soldiers Home at Austin, Tex, has sent $3.50,
| 1ibuted by various persons, TO the homo.
f. B. Drew. Of the Chinese Customs Service, now
az HIS home West Newton, Mass leave has written
letter describing the great famine In the northeastern
part Of China and calls for subscriptions TO alleviate
| The suffering The New. York committee OF the China
Famine Fund, of which A. A. Low. No, ~ PurlIng
slip, is chairman has had the lettcr printed and Is
circulating 1t widely
| A POLI0EMAN's PROMPT ACTION.
Commodore c. O. w. Lowrey, OF tho Lafch,nont Yacht
Climb Yesterday wrote TO Park Commissioner Stevenson
Towla nraIslng Park Policeman John Doezdy Comuro-