New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-08
NEW.YORK CITY.

dred audwenty -dfthst., between seventh ana Eghth
aves tomorrow. Each girdcr is seventy three feet
long and weighs eighteen tons
@Reader.p-You have not carefully read your paper.
The arrival Of the steamship Edam was published on
the fifth page of The Tribune on Monday.
The Actors Amateur Athletic Association of America
has secured new home at No As West Twenty eighth
Ct The - 4 81 are in a louriShlng condition.
John E. Pope, age fifteen the son of John r. Pope.
a perfumer. living at No. 224 East Twenty -ffth-st.
was drowned on Tuesday In Barnegat Bay. The body
was recovered yesterday, and it viii be buried today
or tomorrow at Greenwood
The members Of the Outing Club of the Twenty
tblrd-st branch Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation will have a moonlight SAL up the Sound to
morrow evening The steamer Long Branch VIII start
from East Thirty -hrst-st at O'clock returning to
the city at IL o'clock. There Will be music and re-
lreshments board
Tho funeral Of Christopher Plat, the handioom
manufacturer, was held yesterday at the Church OF
the Disciples OF Christ, in West Fifty-sxth-st The
Rev. DR.. tyler conducted the services. The burial
was in Greenwood.
The annual excursion of Company +, Goth Reg-
ment TO sylvan Beach Grove will take place on sun
day.
John o'Leary and Michael Meehan have been APP
pointed messengers at the Custom House at salaries
of $40 year.
Police superintendent Murray yesterday began his
vacation of forty days, ana Joined his family at
cottage near Red Bank, y. j., which he had rented
for the sumner. In his absence his place will DO
filed by Chief Inspector Byfnes.
Meyer sanboIn the tca-brokcr, of 40. 337 sackett.
ST.. Brooklyn who was said to be crazy and escaped
from his brother in this city on Tuesday was found
near the Battery carly yesterday morning lie was
delivered 10 Dr. Charles Purdy, Of No. 81 Pulask-st..
Brooklyn
The Washington Memorial Arch Fund amounts
to $47,O34 81.
Policeman James Ryan, Of the Prlnce-st. squad,
who recently was shot at By julius Rothe, thief
whom he arrested at Broumc and Greene stsr was
called before Tie Police Board yesterday and asked
If De desired promotion. Ryan SAID he aid. The
Board made lin a rOundsman.
Dudley f. Phelps whose appointment as Deputy
Collector was announced yes terday, was sworn into
Office yesterday. Mr.. Phelps took his old place a.
the head of The Law division He received many con-
CALCULATIONS.
Neat boxes Of what look exactly like seashorc
pebbles, but really fine candies, form one OF tho
latest tricks OF the cOnfecuoner.
Directions for washing flannel shirts without shrink
Ing them alo sold in the pockets Of those popular
garments There is almost a. much variety about
The one as the other.
bell that Will ring by clockwork as long as ono
presses the button has to the front as rival Of
the electric device.
Probably no one spot outside the Worlds Fair at
Paris contains such collection Of con-and sloU ma
chimes a the Iron steamboat Companys pier at Bat
terry Place.
The steamer Crystal reported yesterday that she
passed an empty dory east of the Banks latitude
46 80. longitude Is. 1t is supposed that this IS the
dory in which a halfwittcd from Boston al
tempted to cross tho ocean.
John p Dunn who recently resigned the place Of
assistant secretary the Fire Department at 5000
ycar yes eiday appointed by Corporation Counsel
Clark deputy assistant IN the Law department, al
salary Of $1,000. Mr. Dunn IS known as devoted
adhercnt Of Fire Commissioner Purloy, and lives IN
the Twenty fourth Ward. lie is graduate OF 81.
Johns College, at FOrdham.
The Council Of the American Institute Of Electrical
Engineers yesterday resolved to hold an international
electrical convention in this city In 1o9@
Tho Amalgamatcd Machinists' Union has sent out
call 10 all machinsts unions in the country TO form
a national union.
Since Captain F. J. Coleman Of the Grattan Guard.
Irish Volunteers has become the prospective heir to
$3.50 600, friends and relatives that no never knew
he had are Gocking 10 him from all quarters.
Candidates for admis ion ~ the sieamINters' Union
have to undergo a cvn service examination By a
special committee OF the organization before being
made duly qualified members.
The city Han Park policeman twirls his club Ike
any other cop; but 1t Is usually indoors. He IS
rarely seen in the park.
The funeral of Mary f. Fitzgerald, mother Of Con
gresham Frank Fitzgerald, and one Of the oldest
residents Of the First Wand, took place yesterday in
the Oldest Roman Catholic church in the cltyr ST.
Peters. in Barlay-st
Forty bunchcrs members Of International Cigar
Ike vast 19 In
the cgarfactory Of Goldback Co., one hundred-and
frstst and second-ave., for advance OF 30 cents
per 1000 cigars.
The clearinghouse keepers who frequent Castle
Garden complaining because business Is dull. In
migration has fallen OF greatly in the last month.
The owners Of property in stuyvesant Square, in
Guenccd by the step taken by their nelghbors in
Gramcrcy Park, viii apply to the Board of Aldermen
for permission to rpaye the streets about the square
with asphalt.
one Of the Knlckcrbocker Ice Company's wagons
driven by Frank Danaher, Of No 2,A51 Second ave-.
ran over and killed fouryear-oh Charles Leavy in
Lexngton-avo yesterday. The chfds parent; live at
No ,744 Lexington-ave. The driver was arrested.
The Rev. Father Harrison, Of the diocese of St.
Paul Mimi, IS visiting friends in New-York and
Brooklyn. Father Harrison recently returned after
finishing his studies in the University Of Louram
Belgium and VIII take the chair OF Sacred
Scriptures in tho Seminary Of st. Thomas, St. Paul.
The County Cork Mems Benevolent and Protective
Association has completed arrangements for IT'S second
annual excursion sunday, August Il. TO River View
Grove on the Hudson. About 5000 persons viii at
tend, and the 09th Regiment band VIII furnish the
music.
The foundations having been laid, work IS now
In progress the walls Of the convent and school
Of the Church Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel I'm East
one hundred and-ffteenthst. The church IS in charge
Of the Rev Michael Carmody, Z. 5. NJ and priests Of
tho Pious Society Of Missions. Iector-general Of
the order Will be elected at the House in Rome in
September
The Spanish Catholics Of this city desire a church.
but as yet no decided action has been taken toward
the erection Of one. Al IL a. IN. on Sundays CON
gregaton Of spanish Catholics worship in tie base