New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-15
take delight in so amending the law as TO render
it Of little practical value.


r. is commonly believed that the New-fork
plumber ia hard TO beat But an incident report
ed from Now brunswick IN j. leads TO the Denef
that this onipion may need revision. In that
peac,ful and rather slow going New-Jersey town
plumber cmploved by the Board Of Education mas
mt in n hill for reparing n boiler, the amount OF
which is greater than the cost of new ooIier
would have been. A New-York plumber, we
fancy would not have been guilty OF such III III
discr,t tim which would be sure 10 attract hohce'
Probably he would have drawn the Inc ac VIC
exact cost of a new boiler or few cents less ~
is TO be hoped however, that the enterprise VI
the New Brunswick plumber Will not lhuuoe '''0
members of that craft in this city 10 en'ei 'N'o
competition in the hope of outdolng nm INV
is. or should be, moderation IN all ullns'' "nN'
though the plumbers fraternity have peeh o"'iy
OF displaying this quality in the past we .ruS' l'
this opportunity for self-deniai VIII noO ~ AN
lected by them.
W. oorc,otulote the Republicans of Providence
On ,ho nrosnect of the establishment of RepuD-
1ioon ,norninQ paper in that city. Since Inc
IorrroIp withdrew TO the Mugwump woods there
Ios hoen q rood field in Providence for such an
enterprise.
Moror Grant has done wholesome as well as n
courageous thing in refusing 10 let the city pay
the bill for gloves and carriages USED D! 1hc
Aldermen at the funeral OF eX-Lieutenaht-po'-
ernor Dorsheimer. The position which ne uKes
IL sonnd and sensible. 1t is that the Aldermen
have no right to put their hands In the puolc
nurse 10 do honor to man who was not pupio
ofBcer at the time of his death. Mayor Hewitt
vetoed similar action last year, and reouked the
Aldermen sharply by saying that he went TO the
funeral at his own expense. But the Aldermen OIL
New-York, if teachabe at all. are extremely slow
to Learn.
& boy OF eleven, crazed by cigarette oking,
has been taken TO an insane asylum in Orange
County. He is considered q violent and danger
GUS maniac, and displays some Of the symptoms
peculiar TO hydrophoba. BY the way. when IS
the law forbidding the sale of cigarettes TO boys
under sixteen going on the statute book?
The new passenger elevators Of The Louis
Vile Courier-Journal7 building were tested the
other day They were allowed TO fall eighty
feet, but the air cushions with which they are
supplied proved perfect safeguard against in
iury. No person on board was conscious of
receiving the slightest jar, every passengers fall
was beautifully broken. Now il Colonel Wat
| terson is the generous-hearted, humane man that
| he is SAID to be, he will make MIR. cleveland
| present of one Of these precious cushions.
| The County Democrats are said to have re-
scented the remark of of their number the other
| evening that "penitential garb" would be be-
| coming, in view of their defeat last November.
| This betokens oversensitiveness on their part.
Sackcloth and ashes it is understood in the best
| informed circles. will be the prevailing style
among Democrats in this country for some time
| to come.
"Suspicious" is informed, in answer to his cour-
teous note of inquiry, that we know of no reason
| for believing that the explosions in the subways
are the result of collision with the telegraph and
| other companies interested in preventing the re-
moval of the poles from streets. Still, II they
have sought to give the public the idea that the
subways are dangerous to life and limb, they Ger
| tainly have had reasonable measure of success.