New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-22
NETWORK CITY.

The funeral of John W. Kennedy, who died at Law.
renee. L. l. at the age of seventy-eight' was n.r,
Yesterday at Trinity Chapel, Twenty-nith-s" a"1
Rroadway. The Rev. Cornelius F. swope CONQUERED
the services, and the chapel was well nneu' A"'
body was taken to woodlawn for burial
The latest thing nutcrackers IS miniature IeI.or
press, of brass and marble. The pressure is appheu
~ ~ = scrow The bandbar of which is tipped with
knobs of onyx
- ,s . na,nful sight 10 sec so many women on tho
streets whose last years Newmarket coats drag on
tbe ground behind Tho ample hustle that iorhoiS
held them up is banlshed by fashions iron decree
Tho Ienox Library is open TO the public every
weekday except Monday, from 10 a. m TO p m' ;
admission free no tickets required. IL VIII 90 open
ON Washington's Birthday as is usual on all hodaSs
Curtis II. Peck. Past Grand Regent of the Royal
Arcanum has gone TO Rhode Island and other Par's
Of New-England in the interest OF the order
The seventh annual conference Of the Eastern
shaners OF the Delta Tan Delta College society VIII
convene at 10 a m to-day az NO. 10 ihs' 49,,
81 An afternoon session will be held at O'CLOCK
and a dinner at the ST. Denis Hotel at Z. Delegates
will be present from Lafayette, Lehish Rensselaer,
stevens. Columbia, Franklin and Marshall and other
colleges.
prosossor Francis H. stoddard will deliver free
nublc lecture on Saturday morning at IL o'clock, at
the University Of the City Of New-York, on ." Inc
Schools of the Drama"
Chairman Walker and the other members OF Tho
Aldcrmen's Committee on Legislation returned nom
Albany Yesterday. Mr. Walker thinks that the Com
mlttee on Commerce will report in favor OF making
at least one pier in eight public pier.
Philip Phillips the singer, says that young man
about tweniy-foar years OF age, Of dark complexion
and smooth face claiming to be interested with him
In business and saying that no belongs to ono OF the
hest and Oldest families I'm England, recently landed
in this country and stolen and forged IDS checks
aud is endeavoring TO get them cashed.
Tho Citizens and Taxpayers Association OF tho Nth
Assembly District has adopted resolutions cnhcisne
the aclon of the Representative OF ina. dls'rict III
the Assembly, Robert Ray Hamilton, because OF his
advocacy Of the NewYork Cable Railway bill
1t is said that the entries fer the games OF the Ma
tionaI Association Of Amateur Athletes OF America
number nearly thousand
Mrs. scStt slddons Will give reading tonight at
Association Hall, West onehundrcd and twenty -hfth-
st. under tho auspices OF the Ladies' Auxil'Sry, In
aid of the fund for furnishing the building Her pro
gramme includes scenes from " Much Ado About Moth
Ing7 and Macbeth and selections from Tennyson,
Dickens and Mark Twain.
James Whitcomb Riley the attraction last night
in tho course Of Thursday evening lectures given at
steinway Hall under the auspices OF the general
Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen OF this city Mr.
Riley's programme was composed entirely OF sclec-
tons from his own works.
Among the names posted for membership in the
Bar Association Of this city is one that reads Grover
Cleveland He Is said to be sure Of election
George G. lockwood win give " lecturoconcert'
at Cooper Union tomorrow evening on the Develop
ment Of Sacred Music" The choir Of the Church Of
st. Mary the Virgin, under the direction OF I. NJ
Prentice. viii contribute appropriate songs and
choruses.
The annual orchid show at the Eden Musee win
open Wednesday. fine display is confidently
anticipated by the promoters Of tho exhibition.
The fourth annual convention Of the Young Peoples
Conference Of the Reformed Episcopal churches Of
NewYork City and its vicinity VIII DO hold to-day at
the First Reformed Episcopal Church, Fifty hfh-st
and Madson-ave., beginning At 10 a m.
One hundred ticrces of Kansas City lard arrived
here yesterday by a Savannah steamer, on tho way
to Europe. This is the first experiment In speed and
economy by that course Of transportation of Western
hog products.
Noceably light receipts Of all classes Of breadstus
temporarily relieve the anxiety of heavily stocked
merchants
Passover bread" is now regularly displayed in many
Of the best grocery stores.
The Rev. DR.. Edward RondthaIer, of the Moravlan
Church at Bethlehem, Penn, VIII sail on the steam
ship Devonla tomorrow. He is delegate 10 the
General Synod Of the Moravian Church at Herrnhut
saxony, but viii first make your through Egypt
and the Holy land.
coroner's inquest was held yesterday IN the case
of Mary Ann Mclaughlin, Of No. 521 West Twenty
eighth-st, who died after receiving beating from
her husband. An autopsy showed that the woman
had died from natural causes but the jury believed
that the beating had accelerated her death. Nc.
Laughlln was held to await the action of tho Grand
Jury.
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