New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-21
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
The Harlem Choral Club will give concert In
Pilgrim Congregational Church this evening
The Rev. Dr. A. G. Vermilye read a paper on
sEvervthing from its Seed before the Pastors AS
tocistIon Of the Reformed Church yesterday.
@The Catholic Church of St. Thomas" has been in
rorporated by Archbishop Corigan, Vicar-General
Thomas S. Preston, the Rev. John J. keosan' isaac
Hopper and John ]. Fowler.
musical party will be given at the West size
Republican Club house, No. 165 West seventy hist
St, tonight
The court Of inquiry in the OF Passed Assistant
Paymaster Henry R. Smith, of the Navy, charged win
irregular conduct has finished its session and stnt
its report to Secretary Tracy 1t is believed uat
the testimony does not justify courtmaftaL
competitive examination for the State Scholar
ships for Cornell University win be held at the rooms
of the Board OF Education Saturday, Juno /. The
examination will be in English grammar, geography,
physiology arithmetic, plane geometry and algebra
Candidates must be at least sixteen years OLD, ana
have attended for not less than six months the puoho
schools of the State. Tho entrance e1amlnauon AZ
Cornell is held juno Is and september w. anu 0o
tnueS for three days
The absence Of the German coatotarns rom the
city Hall decorations during the Centennial celebra-
ton appears 10 be without special significance The
decorator c. g. Roster. of Park Place, says that the
coatofa arms OF the Empire Of Germany was exposed
10 the rain In being carried to the city building,
and was so drenched and dishgured that no attempt
was made 10 put IL in It's place 1t was TOO late 70
get up another, the decorator maintains
At the annual meeting Of the Catholic Club held
at the club house, No. 90 West Twenty-seventhst,
these officers have been elected for the coming year:
President, c, v. Fornes: first vce-president, r. J.
Hoguet; second vice president z. J. Mcclure; treas-
urer, Colin Mckenzie; secretary, Joseph E. ownes;
board of management Joseph f. Mosher. John d.
na1v r. J..
Phelan, John o'Conneu, John T. Fenelon and John
Mclaughlin.
committee Of the American Brotherhood OF Steam
boat Engineers called Mayor Grant yesterday to
ask that pipelines be laid to the string pieces OF the
docks IN order that their vessels might have better
facilities for supplies of fresh water.
Commissioner Gilroy yesterday informed william
Z. Cosne a messenger in the Water Purveyors Office,
that his services longer required, and the
place being deemed q sinecure was abolished Tho
salary was 81 900 a year. Cosne is q Grand Army
veteran. he was employed in the same capacity at
the Custom House some eighteen months ago.
There arrived at Castle Garden yesterday $500
Immigrants.
Tho United Trainers Union has Withdrawn It's
delegate from the EightHour League.
An'inv1tatton TO witness the third annual inspec-
ton and review Of the bipartisan police force Of
CincinnsaS on May 90 was sent TO the Police Board
of this city yesterday.
Frederick thinner German waiter, twenty-five
years DID, shot himself IN the head at No Stanton
st. yesterday. He had been without employment
several months and was discouraged. Tho police sent
aim TO Bellevue Hospital prisoner, but his wound
was believed to be fatal
Surveyor Beattie,s men, Inspectors Donohue and
Brown yesterday arrested Xavier Arnold and his
wife Mary who arrived in this country Sunday by
the French steamer La Champagne, for smuggling
Twenty-six gold Swiss watches were found concealed
inside the woman's corsets and inside belt was
ievelry valued at about $4,000. Tho man and
woman were taken before United States Commissioner
Shields and held each In g. 500 bail for examination
Assembyman Charles Smith, who is at leisure in
consequence Of tho adjournment Of the Legislature
found time TO appear before Recorder Smyth yester
day and enter plea Of not guilty TO the indictment
charging him with the bribery OF voters at the last
election.
Judge BENEDICT in the United States Circuit Court
passed sentence yesterday several prisoners con-
ycted of passing counterfeit money. Robert Souter,
a young man. sent to the Elmira Reformatory
for two wears Frederick Broadbeck and Chester Collins.
canalboat captains who were arrested at RondDut,
we're sentenced to two years each in the Erie County
Pehitentiary, and Francis Niagara an Italian VIII
serve a four-y years term in the same prison.
One hundred and twenty substitute lettercsrriers
were appointed yesterday in the Postofice. They
viii take the places Of the regular carriers while the
latter are absent on vacations. Each regular carrier
has a vacation of fifteen days at some time In the
= summer Tho substitute carriers will DO employed
as regular carriers vacancies occur
The case Of Lenore Mitchell against Charles s.
Lesher whom she charges with attempting TO poison
her was decided at jefferson MARKET Police Court yes
tsr,iay, Justice Duffy Diminishing the complaint
The eight girls who were contestants in the bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden received their share
of tho receipts yesterday follows Cakes, $41S II
Brown so53 40; Baldwin, $3.50 o. Armando,
Sl39 81; lewis, $l14 O3; Stanley, $40 o.; Woods.
$50 o. and McShane, s25 "a.
streethawkers offer strawberries for sale at cents
box but their fruit does not look tempting.
The methods OF advertisers sometimes prof able
10 the public big furniture house is now distrbut
ing framed pocket mirrors that Just narrow
enough TO be slipped into the erterbOxes Of the fat
( houses.
The art Of conducting charitable fairs seems TO DO
approaching the dignity Of profession.
The fashionable craze for Russian leather has led
10 q sklfll American imitation, smell and all. II
will DO used for dreSs and hat trimming this
year.
Neat little metal clasps are sold TO prevent the
strings OF women's low shoes from becoming united.
The summer girl Walking with her escort on tho sand
who would them and deprive him Of the pleasure
Of kneelng calamity to retle the knot, is too mean
for anything
JUSTICE HURRIES TWO THIEVES TO PRISON.
John Mccarthy and John Cunningham, two young
rIrflans, discovered yesterday how quickly justice
can act Mccarthy stecred" Benjamin f. Howe,
NJ Danbury, into Doyerst., a narrow lane near