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.rhe Bell, or Haslouere."

A Bowery audience that was extremely
noisy for Its moderate size sat in the Windsors
chairs last night and beheld. with occasional
ave. series Of melodramatic pictures such as
could be drawn only by English pens. The
Bells OF Haslemere" was the play and
It came into town heralded as a London
triumph and Boston success, 70 meet
with an effusive greeting from the
moro impressionable among it's east
side auditors. But 1t was not real
good thing, In spite Of the attempt to make 1t
appear so. Its performance was marred by
scenic mishaps and weakened by incompetent
acting. faults that should have been mended
before metropolitan Judgment was sought.
Henry Pettitt and Sydney Grundy. dramatists
OF experience and Of note. had constructed the
piece. The plot. therefore. was an intricate
and sometimes ingenious rearrangement OF old
material, and the text was considerably better
than the literary makeup of the conventional
melodrama. To this extent the collaboration
But It was In the transfer Of the most i'm
portant episodes to American soil that the sb-
HeTe e Rs sSy ag
conspire IN Louisiana to pass counterfeit $500
bills for bales Of cotton. how an object Of
tats sns fhS he oeliOps sRd thS Church organ
sauS S9'VE Ens
Snd he EeS
depressing knowledge Of the current London
idea Of our people and our tnstitutions. Il was
totally careless and ignorant playwrights. II
there hsd not been enough Of ptcturesqueness
n the English scenes It,. tE nakS some amends
The tale was ancient, concerning the heroism
OF young squire who. defrsuded out OF his
. buy cotton Tor an EnFlish drm, Hls manly
lossness In accepting from them big rolls Of
$500 bills With which to pay spot cash for his
In the scheme. though the hero didn't know It
1nt the planters wanted to iynsh him oF
sion gave tho hero the drst aid to the anal eX-
Dosure OF all the others. In this tortuous story
I as F oF
possessed BY the hero. N ava A'
city %auda IN aS She aoE s
graceful girl with delicately pretty face and
musical voice. but she is go palpably novice
to discourage her BY too severe analysis Of her
The hero was personated By John Z Kelierd
hemence required by the role. nor was he al
ways slightly man In his movements. Oddly
enough, the best acting was contributed from
Giving q capital sfetch ' q a country black. black
smith.
Recent changes in. the company may have
Kathryn Price, who had q leading role. died In
,netSh6osnG city three ,,sd nights ago and her
ecensry had suffered from transportation over
tho cireuits, and 1t was complicated enough to
Ss % ans
put thom In order.
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KINGSTON, Dec. 2s.-The announcement
that Gov. Hill to-day appointed Charles NJ.
Preston Of this city as State Superintendent
ofBanks meets with general approval. Bankers
and merchants. irrespective of party. admit
that the Governors selection was an admirable
one. In an interview. to- might Gen. George H.
Sharpe. President OF the National Bank OF
Rondout. said:
The appointment is more than good. as Mr..
Preston has the combined qualities Of banking
officer and able lawyer; The head Of the depart
ments should have legal knowledge. as he
this city so well fitted for the office. He has q
mind that can unravel involved accounts, and
great talent for, statistics and tables. The
oversight Of savings banks. which come par
ticularly under the care Of the Superintendent,
wants man that cannot easily be deceived b by
know II accounts are charged rightly or not"
The appointee Is native, Of Rox bury, Della
ware county, is Al years old, and for eighteen
years past has been, resident OF this city.
For several years he has been attorney OF the
senior member OF the law firm OF Preston 4
Chipp. He is member Of the Democratic
Stale Committee for this district.
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MELODRAMAS FROM LONDON.
FIRST TIMES OF "ME JlCE0 AND
sTHE BELLS or HlsLEMEREO

Rearrangemsnts OF the Familiar OId De-
vices ef Stagecraft-Ashore and Aaoat
at the Grand Opera House.
The two new plays in town last evening
were London melodrsmas Of the type that has
become singularly plentiful and prosperous.
The Bowery had one. and Eighth avenue had
the other. The piece at the Grand Opera
House was My Jack, :" by Benjamin Landeck,
who had rearranged as much Of familiar ma
terials as would mako three hours OF enjoy
mont for people who like their theatIicals
crude. He had mixed sailors and sweethearts
In very old-fashionod way, with virtues
and vices apportioned quite unmistakably
and with no subtleties at all to bother the CON-
prehension Of the furthest boy In the topmost
gallery. There was large audience, and all
OF 1t was amused, for the occupants OF the
parouet and boxes found much diversion in
the same heroics which differently delighted
other portions Of the assemblage. There
was no dissentient voice in the general ac-
claims. however. when pretty Isabelle Evesson
sped over the tumultuous sea In . boat which
rose higher and fell lower than the waves
themselves to the rescue Of her shipwrecked
brother. Nobody felt at disoord with the
tumultuous applause when the hero got out OF
the lighthouse Just before the villain blew 1t
20 finders. There was perfect harmony OF
satisfaction whenever the packet OF lost
papers, wrapped In oiled SILK and per-
haps for that slippery reason ever sliding
from one wrong possessor to another, was
diverted from the direction OF mischief toward
that Of righting the maltreated heir, Tho big
houae lost none OF It's crowd before the sweet
hearts troubles were all over, and 30 It may be
inferred that My Jack" was a success OF its
sort IL printed In q book, no paper could be
yellow enough to appropriately cover 1t. Loft
on the stage. 1t should be spoken louder and
faster than was the case last night Some Of
Its performers were too faint ]. H
Gilmour as tho sailor hero and Wilton Lackaye
a. the chief rascal didn't get at each other
with any YIN. Perhaps they did not take into
account the great size Of the. theatre. They
must initiate their lungs and become vocifer.
GUS. The interests Of " My Jack" demand 1t Of
them. W. j. Ferguson, too. did not make noise
enough as an eccentric scoundrel. These are
clever players, and. beginning tonight they
will doubtless emulate Miss Evesson's earnest
ness: and II thoy do then this meodrama will
be q vociferous triumph.
As a show the production was good enough
for anybody TO look at Several cottage scenes
were like well-painted pictures in a tremen-
dously big frame. Tho storm scene, with tho
destruction Of lighthouse and rescue. was
o spirited exhibition. A deck OF a British gun
boat was very faithfully and impressyely rep
resented; 1t seemed pity q play intrinsically
30 worthless should get such 0 fine setting but
there 1t was, and the Grand Opera House will
doubtless be filled by pleased spectators dur
Ing the week OF its stay.
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"The Br,rands" in 1vash,nrtOn.

WASHINGTON, Dec 29.-one Of WASH
ington's representative audiences greeted the
first production OF The BriRands" by the
Rudolph Aronson company at AlbauRh's Grand
Opera House In this city tonight. In the
two lower right-hand boxes were Secre-
tary Of State Blaine and Secretary Of War
Proctor, with their families and invited guests.
On the opposite eide, we're Secretary Of, the
Tracy. with members Of their families and
Japanese and Spanish Ministers MS fsS and members % S
q thSif 5 EespeGtiSs % legattons' Senators Nelson
Edmunds. Eugene Hale, William Z. Chan.
president OF the Senate): Speaker OF the
House Thomas B. Reed, and ConRressmen
George +. Adams, ]. u. Beokwith, J. Belden,
c. E. Belknap, A. T. Bliss, W. c. P. Breckin-
ridge, BENJAMIN Butterworth. j. M. Farquhar.
and \ N. Morrel The performance, was re-
ceived with much favor. and II enthusiasm
ie any Indication Of success :" The BriGands"'
has certainly achieved It here. At the end OF
the second act the members OF the company
were calle before the curtain and for q time
It looked as though all the flowers In Wash
tnRton had been purchased and presented to
them. There were calls for Manager Aronson
but he modestly refused to put in an appear
nnCa
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NHr1r CoRNrR IN n1x1roBh.
TIE OEilvio AaiIiIne Company Buys About
100000 RusheIs.

WINNIPEG, Dec. 23-The Ogilvie Milling
Company the largest organization OF the kind
In Canada, has secured corner on ell the wheat
in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories,
amounting to about 4,00O,000 bushels. 1t is
an open secret that but for the Dominion
Government the duty on flour would
be increased at the pending session from fifty
cents to 81 barrel. Strong pressure is being
brought to induce the Government to increase
the tariff. AZ the duty is at present Mlnne-
apolis millers are able periodically to flood the
Eastern Canadian market, much to the charRin
OF the Winnipeg millers.
The ORilvies have large mills In the North.
west, and will grind all the grain Their deal
cuts many milling companies out Of SUFFICIENT
wheel to keen their mills going. All the mid
dlemen have sold to the 0gisvies, and as a con-
sequence wheat has jumped to eighty cents
and over in the country.
The price paid BY OGilvie was within q cent
OF what Duluth wheat at present, prices could
be laid down hero for There IL not within
Eve million bushels Of the surplus expected In
the province when the harvest was reaped.
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The Mayor Gives Ellzabetb Her Doyle.

The attributes OF Santa Claus. Bergh, and
Gerry were all crowded into official act OF Mayor
Grants yesterday, when he to tho keeper of the
dog pound release of The captive doga This ap.
peal by letter moved him to it
"DEAR MAYOR GRANT: ! am little girl 10 years old
and going ask favor OF you. II you will grant
II to me, ii win be the happest Christmas that have
spent in my life Dear MAYOR going the store
this porninE and my doge Nellie followed me, and tho
the wagon. and all my crying and begging did not do
any good. 30 thought would ask you II you would
please get my dORie tor me- wish You u very Merry
Christmas and Happy Now Year. ! am Lizzie GaineS
Nellie" ~ 0''
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Japanese Goods for the Hol,duys.

The spacious rooms Of the First japanese
Manufacturing and Trading Company. at 20 Eas:
Eighteenth street. contain collection OF Japanese
wares which in point of variety elegance and original
ty IL unequalled in this country Just the holiday
trade In being extensively catered The hundreds of
unique and seasonable articles crowds of
Christmas shoppors- feature of the store is the
sortment of articles made from bronze and decorated
with other precious metals For instance wall pocket
is made OF bronze gold, and silver combined form
lattice work Another of bronze decorated with gold
and silver hRureS while in still another the bronze
GanssHs Of b rec SSppsT wt I'm Of ysr
lotus leaf and bud the latter holding the candle and
ps.tern o cherry oss"ms e
SSSe sxsp aaa as o wsfa h hod
tho frame and cherry blossoms tho other the hinges
Then there SosHtS so wSrt wSt baskets orumh
'aa's b6 nas SS owl s1S
toST boH sSssF sST % % sugar
button hooks and GS1Itsss con other articles ~ made
The Manufacture OF each being difcalt OF description
Superb vases aEures and bouquet lamps OF bronze
With ns1rss, Of sGIa and O. costing 5000 arsctnE
gorgeous Japanese shades The collection Of articles in
Sola silver also exec edaEy dns and includes many
and sanFSrohisf boxes being especially noticeable and
The assSrtmsnt Of Lacquer work includes designs that
srS S1S oa Sa q e s aa Are p11S
Par AZ sizes apd shapes Of trays are show9 The most
mention ana the beautiful floral designs executed upon
each are remarkably true to nature.
The collection OF coiBonne eDAmelled this
store ig notably large, aud includes gems that cost
many hundreds OF dollars In sOme instances bronze
vases trimmed with the cloisonnf Elegant sefu'
vases in every ahApe and size are seen together with
all the other wellknown makes OF Japanese ware.
Dainty designs OF cups and saucers plates sugar
bowls pitchers, and teapots are furnished In beWider-
Ing variety Of most fanciful construction.
sThere hundreds Of and en-.
SrSidsrsdGir which g select At prices from up
20 s.Ot ono beauty which stands six feet high has
three panels made OF embossed silk OF dark color and
inserted Rt intervals are fanshaped pieces piRn sK
OF light color, which hand painted These inser
tlonB about the size OF ordinary fan when open
on the bargain table at this establishment are a
$3.50 hosts OF desirable articles that worth double
the money being included among them.
Beautifully decorated umbrella atAndS Japanese fans
By the hundTedh beaded poItisres q exquisite work
NUNS Ade from silk among the attractions at the
First Manufacturing and Trading Company which TO be
bo appreciated must be seen
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A New School House on Washington
Heights.

The corner stone Of what is to be the most
elaborate and expensive public school building
city was laid yesterday morning School 46 at l56th
street and St Nicholas Warrington Heights
will cost $3.50 600 for the building and $50
site. Mr. John whaien President Of the Board Trus
tees, handled the troweL Tho Hebrew Orphan Asylum
brass band drew the crowd by playing national airs
cation was INTRODUCED The 400 school children shivor
appauded his speech and then tho stone was hosted
up and after another Lawson N Fuller Dr. George
stepped up and tapped It Ida IL lIoar pupil rseited
speeches made by Mr. o. B. Perkins and John L. n
Hunt Principals stnson McIver and Mary w SwartA
ford, were present
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two bottles Of Apollinaris water, and he still
wondered how funny a speech the Doctor would
make II he drank something more inspiring.
DR.. Horatlo GuzmRn OF Nicaragua, Minis
ter Resident at Washington, spoke OF the fu-
ture glories of the Western continent. He
spoke OF the United States OF America as the
miRhtiest and greatest association OF free
States that has existed on the globe. He saw
as the prime cause Of our national prosperity
liberty.
Gen. o. o. Howard spoke 70 The Army"
Admiral Blum spoke for The Nayk"
General" and the dinner was continued long
after midnight.
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Sixteen Non Buried Al,1s.

SAN ANDREAs, Cal, Dec. 2s.-A cave in oc-
Cured at the Lane mine. Angels Camp Gala
veras county. yesterday afternoon. buryinR
sixteen men,. There is no prospect Of getting
them. out alive. Nearly all the victims had
families.
reaches here that the cave occurred about 8
p. N. yesterday at the Utica mine. Twenty
mon were imprisoned. two of whom escaped
The remaining sixteen were at work in the
drift some distance from the main body Of
Workmen. and may possibly be yet alive.
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The Executive Committee OF the Business
Mems Democratic Association met last evening ar
range for grand dinner At the Hoffman House jan
the anniversary of the battle of New orleans This
dinner is to be rendered to tho Democratic Governors
elected last fall the Hon Horace Boies Of Iowa the
Hon. James 4. Campbell OF Ohio. the Hon. Philip No
kinney 0h sirklnai ne lion. Leon Aooett OF New Jer
invited guests are President Grover Cleveland uoy
David b. HILL Mayor Hugh J. Grant OF speaker John O.
CRriss, Congrsssmap Roger q; Mills OF Texas and
breokenIoEeSl hentacky u Edwatd smmonA the
OF seats restricted TO 25 by the capacity of the din
printed. ' "
The sun., 1889-12-24

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2s.-Application was
made to Register Gratz by Francis I. Gowen
and James E. Hood o-day for letters Of admin
istration on the estate Of Franklin B. Gowen.
the widow and daughter. the only heirs. having
renounced IN their favor. The letters were
valued according to the petition filed with the
administrative application. as near as can be
ascertained a at 3 this time, at SdoO;OOo OF which
fects, and 100000 real estate. Security in the
sum of $700. 900, that being double the amount
antarad
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No Less Honor to the Conductor.

The big fat pocketbook that was found by
conductor on tho Pennsylyania Railroad Pittsburgh
on Saturday arrived by Adams Express at j. y. Whit
ney Co.'S ONCE yesterday Tho cond uctor estimated
the value OF the find AZ about s2 600 Capt Charles
MOrriA its owner at WhitneyB ofice when the
poeketbook came. He said These papers in the
pock etbook merely thirds OF exchange Tho
book cost g. am glad 70 get that back Tho conductor
The sun., 1889-12-24
THE DUKE OF BRUNsE1CK,s WEALTH.
1t will be Divided Between the King OF
SRxOny and tho Duke OF Cumberland.

Saxony and tho Duke of Cumberland.
LONDON. Dec. 23.-The Brunswick court has
dismissed the SUIT undertaken behalf OF tho children
Of tho Countess of Cvry tho fortune OF tho
late Duke OF Brunswick The Duke Charles Frederick
Augustus William died at Geneva in 1873 He tho
elder Of the two Of the "Brunswicks fRted chief
tain Of Byron's lines-the Duke Fredsric-who WAS
killed at Quatre BraA He succeeded to his fathers
title. and became the regniDE Duke OF Brunswick in
ls2a but he msgoverned the country 30 abominably
that he was driven out in le2s
The German Dict his estates to his brother VIII
liam Charles led loose and eccentric life, and accu
mulated property. particularly diamonds His dia-
mondS were sold at his death for very large He
was never married. otherwise than morRAnAtically
Tho mother of the children, in whose this suit 10
brought is alleged however. to be legitimate dauEhe
of the Duke ana tho ground of the action that
claim The Court on the contrary. stands by the law
tnAL has made the King of SAxony and the Duke OF Cum
berand the benenciAres OF the estates and vast
sonAl fortune Of the Duke
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Sullivan Samples Elizabeth.

John L. Sullivan astonished the natives at
Elizabeth last night by suddenly appearing at the Tenn
pie Opera House. where j. X. Emmett was playing an
engagement. Sullivan was accompanied by woman.
Tho pair together with another man left the theatre
before the perform ended to RyAns Hotel
followed by crowd. Tho party had two rounds OF
drinkB there, Sullivan taking whiBkey straight They
took the lc4 train for New York, where sullivan Is at
the Stevens House "
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Tho Great Freight Blockade.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 23.-Two thousand car
loads OF flour are blockaded on the Milwaukee
and st. Paul and the Wisconsin Central roads
on the side tracks around this city. The block
ade extends as far west as Minneapolis 1t IL
caused by the inability OF the lake steamers to
handle the -four fnst enough.
Cars are short on the Michigan lines. and the
Grand Haye1 bar Is 30 high that boats can
carry only light loads The blockade has be-
come a serious problem, thero being great
dread OF freozo-up
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Salesman Norris DlsAppeArs.

Joseph Morris OF 1874 President street Brook
lyn. has been missing since Dec. IT. He was . sAlos
in the fruit % State street in this city and
he remained there until the close OF business on the
nth lie went up in the evening and had social
time with friends. Early on The following morn
ing he was seen to Jump of Third avenue car at the
bridge entrance. lie did not return 10 his home In
Brooklyn. A gold watch which he carried WAS found
By his friends few days ago IN simpsons PAwnShoR
inG hiS diSappeAIance He 1s 25 years old hyO feet
ORht inches TALL Of dAr compilation with m0u1LAchO
and UlosO out side Wht1k0rk
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The Elevated Road to Jersey City Heights

The jersey City Aldermen last night passed
the ordinance allowing the Central Elevated Railroad
and Transit Company to build elevated railroad from
the Now Jersey Central ferry at to West
Side Jersey City Heights by vote OF TO
Alderman Connolly OF the seventh district was tho only
opponent Alderman keORh OF the Fourth was excused
from voting by unanimous consent OF the Board. The
ordinance had been before the Board long time II
permits the railroad company 70 build the road through
Johnston fairm0unt and levitt avenues 70 West side
avenue, under the supervision or the Committee on
Streets OF the Board OF Aldermen and compela IL to
furnish $4,000 bonds that II will carry out the
o ordinance
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An Audi enee that Dldn,t Scare.

A fire that broke out at 81 O'Clock last night
in small upholstery store tho ground floor OF Il6
West Thirty nfth street opposite the New Park Theatre
brought crowd running up Broadway ahead OF the
hTe engines to tho theatre truck with life Adders
dashed the entrance of the theatre there
great clAtter bnL strange say, the audience that
Watched IriI6 AIstCcrHcy PAID little Or no hssd e
the re exit the roof whom the engines
mp and watched the hremen tearing thinRS up inside
upholstery store.
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Dockstader Goes IntO variety.

Lewis Dockstader the ex-minstrel proprie-
tor, has tired OF inactivity. and this week jsined
the Hermann TrAnsatAnLique vaudevilss who are In
Philadelphia lie ID engaged for only u brief period
and his friends say his wages very large. Dock.
Btader Tor long time with tho CArncroSI perma.
nent minstrels In Philadelphia and quite popular
IN that @ itY
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A Nc. vernon Commuter Dead.

A man, supposed to be Frank J. Hudner Of
Mt Vernon was found dead last evening between tho
car tracks In Fourth avenue, near Issth street He
probably fell from . train. He carried q commutA-
lOn book trOm New York TO NJ Vernon
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NEWELL MARTIN. Secretary.
ACTS UPON


The Still Alarm " was the subject OF some
loud talk In Supreme Court Chambers yesterday by
lawyers representing Author Joseph Arthur and Actor
Harry Lacy upon Mr.. Arthur's application for ro-
cever Mr.. Arthur declares that Mr. Lacy discharged
Miss Harne tho leading lady without cause and sub
sututed her understudy. Mrs. Lacy.
MI Lacy in his affidavit intmates that Miss Harnett
has considerable influence over Mr. Arthur. He also
says that Miss Ilarnott "queered tho play and on
several occasions let down the scene much thRt
.he audience guyed her. In response TO criticism on
her performance she petulant!y remarked that tho
play was guy any way" lie says that he Is required
70 emprAee the IeadlnR lazy, ana that Miss iArnctG
gigantic fur boa which got into his mouth whenever he
embraced her Mr. LacYs counsel did object 10 tho
appointment OF a receiver. Judge Lawrence reserved
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May Possibly Have Been MurSerea.

The body Of Owen Flood. a stOelworker, en-
ployed by b AthA Go, was found in the canal near
the PennSylvRnS Railroad tracks at the foot of Com
merce street Newark yesterday morning. Flood went
spree on Thursday morning and his hat and coat
were found on the canal bank sunday evening Tho
canal was dragged yesterday and the body recovered
floods watch was gone and the chain hung loose
HoOd was ~ years old and unmarried.
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A RouIaneIst DECLARED Elected.

PARIS. Dec. 23.-The Chamber OF Deputies,
by of 2o4 to 20 has declared valid the election
OF N. Grohulse q representative of the Boulangist
party ConBtans the Minister of tho Interior read
decree closing the session
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WATCHING THE ECLIPsE
Our Expedition to Africa Takes Many Pho
tographs of II.

LONDON, Dec. 29-Despatches from st.
Paul de Losndo report that humorous photo
graphs of the eclipse were obtained by the
American expedition during the period OF
totality. The effect was much obscured by
clouds.
All the apparatus in use worked to perf9c-
tion. The photographs made on the Pensa-
cola. which worked far out at sea, are likely to
be particularly useful
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Allowed to String Electric Llxh. Wires.

The Jersey City Aldermen gave the Bergen
Electric Light Power, and Heat Company last night
franchise under which It erect poles In all the
principal streets OF the city and electric light wres
on them The vote tho franchise was eight 10 one
Alderman Jordon voting no.
Another electric light ordinance was introduced
which allows the Consumers Gas Company to put up
poles and run electric light wires on them This was
referred 70 the Commttee ON Streets Of the Board
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Mamie oraddook Frederick Robinson. and
Little Tuesday. q tiny and very preoooious
child. There was no slight Of Helen's In
heTitance." It had ability In composition. efl-
oienoy In nearly all its acting, completeness in
its scenery, apd interested attention on the
part OF Its audience.
The sun., 1889-12-24

PARIS. Dec. 23-The French Government ha
appointed committee examine the plans for bridl
across tho English Channel