New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-07
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
SERVICES IN NEW CHURCHES.
THE roMrK1ss AVENUE AND THE SUMNER

THE ToMPKINs AVENUE AMI 1hS sohNHn
AVENUE CHURCHES DEDICATED YESTERDAY.
rvo r.w churches were dedicated yesterday. In
spite of the rain largo number Oh people ga.neroo
in the Tompkins Avenue coneesauohai 'hurcn'
which is on the opposite side OF 'ne s'iee. co'uer "
the old one, at McDonough-sr inu pisuor" wa
decorated with plants and flowers Inc organ rs no'
cor,nleted Tho Mendclssohn Quartet led the singing
The exercises opened at the morning service WIN
nrslnde from Mendelssohn and thcn inc DoAoioD was
sung and the Lords Prayer was req Neu' Dr' !" ~.
Meredith. the pastor, was assisted In the opening
exercises by the Rev. DR.. J. b. Ciarh Inc sef"o"
was preached by the pastor. ana ai'er ~ 'no oon,
eregation Joined with him In the socnn pfaso' VI
dedication In the afternoon suhoay-scnoo SGT
vice with addresses by Drs. Abbott Behrends, Inger
soil and Mcleod was held. and In the evening III.
Jobn Hall Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Cnurcn'
New-York preached.
On SATURDAY DIR. Meredith was installed as chaplain
of the c3d Regiment at the armoy IN Ciermontave
The services of defeating the new sumner Avenue
,,.,ho,,s, En,sconaI Church. at Van Burenst, were
conducted Yesterday by Bishop John L. Newman. lie
preached the morning sermon and dedicated mo
cd,foe according TO the Methodist usage aiHr inc
evening sermon by DR.. o. H. fsync; "iham l.
Preston presided at spsc,a ad SEW by the Rev. Ds
A. d. Kendg, NJ. W. Prince H. l. "o''enoi anu
others.
A MESSAGE TO THE ALDERMEN TODAY
Mayor chapln Will send HIS second annual message
IN the Aldermen to-day. 1t will treat OF the topics
not touched upon the special messages ne recently
sont TO the Board and among other things VIII urge
a more adequate water supply and Increased sewerage
facilities In view Of the rapid CROWN OF the CITY.
The Mayor will also review the business transacted
in the various departments in 1883. Tho Aldermen
Will reelect John Mccarthy president ana VIII eject
ex-Assembyman NJ. j. Wafer District Alderman to
succeed Register Kane, who resigned his Aidermanship
at the end Of 1883. The Board will elect ex-Assem-
blyman D. B. Farrell committee clerk to succeed ex-
Alderman w. J. Dryer, who opposed the regular
Democratic candidate for Asscmblyman IN his district
In the recent election.
THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE AND ITS WORK
The first meeting Of the Kings County Republican
General Committee for 1850 will be held tomorrow
evening About 100 new members VIII take their
sets In the body, which will be the largest repre-
sentative body of the party gathered In the CITY,
As already Indicated in The Tribune, the election OF
Franklin Woodruff to the Craftsmanship viii be unop-
posed and he will succeed David A. Baldwin TO whose
admirable management in the last year. especially In
his choice OF members OF tho important committees,
the good results at the polls last fa are largely due
Mr. woodruff also took deeper interest In the cam
palcn last fall than he had dore for several years,
hs nsrty Nv his experience and advice The Repub
cans came 80 near to electing their candidate for
%aySy 10 is so ssi hr aSpe the General
Committee VIII tend largely to accomplish this result
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GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN.
The fence on one side OF Washington Park was
blown down by tho wind during Saturday night
The coal and the stores we're entirely removed
from the cruiser Boston ON saturday afternoon, ana
tho vessel was abandoned By her officers and crew
preparatory TO fumigatng her with biehloride OF mer
curry and sulphur. Passed Assistant surgeon william
Martin will begin the work Of fumigaiicn To-Day.
The funeral Of tho Associate superintendent OK
Public Instruction, D. Cunningham, VIII take place
to-day mt AS a In the Church OF 81 Chsi1es
Borromco, In sydney Place
Tho sdto for a new small park In the seventeenth
Ward has been decided upon, AZ kassauave. ana
Monorst II Is hoped to secure two blocks. measur'
ing s63 BY 430 feet, and to close North Henrytt,
which divides them The estimated cost Is slS7.ooo
The Park Commissioners have 100000 to expend
for new parks
burglars broke into the houses Of Dr. Van zle,
NJ No IsI Willoughby-st; c. s. Moore, No 1873
wiIloughby-st, and A. J. Human, No. 1877 willough-
by-st early yesterday morning, BY breaking pancs
OF glass the basement windows but they stole
nothing OF great value
william McDernotf, age sirty.fve Of No. 178 Hud-
sorrave, fell from thirdstory window yesterday,
and was almost Instantly hiod
The Rev. willard Haskel Robinson preached his
first sermon at the First Baptist Church, Brooklyn
Heights yesterday morning He has been favorably
known I'm Phadelpha both . preacher and As
writer although he Is only thirty eight years old.
lie Is q graduate OF Yale College, studied for the
ministry at the Rochester theological Seminary. and
began preaching in the First Baptist Church OF Auburn,
IA