New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-13
NETWORK CITY,

The Park Board VIII sell at auction on august 10
81 and % a qssntty of buildings, fences and other
articles on the pathways and on the lines Oh ne"
streets There are 113 different lots in all among
them the buildings on the old Polo Grounds.
The work of cutting down the eechic-light and
telegraph poles in lower Broadway will be. begun 10
morrow.
The Irocurators of the Jesuit provinces Of New
York Maryland, Missouri and New-orleans are az
present In this city, their way to make the decoh-
NAL visit to the General Of the Jesuit Order ID hos
Father Peter o. RacicOt represents the provinces OF
New-York and Maryland, Father O'Nein that Oh MIS-
souri, and Father Shanahan New-Oreans-
The twelve silver cups which being sailed for
I'm the annual August cruise of the New-AOrh A"hI
Club are now view at nfanys
The annual excursion of the Church of the Sacred
Heart under direction Of the rector, Father Brophy
took place yesterday Idewld Grove on tho sound
The Row. W. wolsfeld of ST Josephs Church, Koch
ester has been transferred to the Church OF St. Al
phonsus, in South Fiftl-ave
A brother of ex-Mayor Grace, living in NewZeaand.
has been made Count of the Holy Roman Empire by
the Pope.
The Rev. t. j. Freeman of st. Johns College. Ford
ham, has been transferred to the College Of St. Francis
Xavier as professor Of chemistry.
The East Side branch Of the Anu-Poverty Society
had a merry time yesterday afternoon at their annual
festival and picnic in Joness Wood where fully 5000
Of them men and women had gathered TO enjoy alike
music dance and song, and TO hear one Of the usual
speeches of the Rev. Dr. Edward McClynn, to whom
thew have stuck for veal during the last two
years.
Thomas C. T. Grain. Mayor Grants private sec
reary started for Rched Springs yesterday TO enjoy
a fortnights vacation. Mr. Grain is careful pains
taking and efficient oflcials and deserves this respite
from his labols.
Commissioner Giroy returned 20 his desk again yes
terlay after few days absence at Saratoga. DEPUTY
Commissioner Martin started at once to take short
vacation at his cottage in the Atlantic Highlands
James H. Bresln, proprietor Of the Glsey House.
denied yesterday that he and r. H. southgate' OF the
Hotel Brunswick, had purchased the Auditorium HoteI
in Chicago.
Theodore Cohn, the salesman for A. II. King q Co..
who ran away TO Chicago after taking It IS charged.
several hundred dollars which his employers had en-
trusted to him for deposit in bank, was araignad
Yesterday before Judge Gilderseeve on charge Of
grand larceny The defendant pleaded not guilty and
was remanded for trial.
Katie O'Brien twelve years old, whose homo was
in the tenement-house No 4o1 East Twenty-hfth St.
was sent by her mother TO pick up coal at the East
River dock at the foot of tho street on Saturday. She
disappeared and the police thought she had fallen
overheard. Her body was found in the water yesteI-
day afternoon.
Meyer Alexander. a Hebrew RIaLlcf uIlH-t"O YEARS
of age committed suicide in his home at No IA East
Broadway yesterday He had been married five times,
and his latest wife only nineteen years OF age.
The police of tie Fourth Precinct have arrested
George Difon, age thty-two Of No. James-st for
stealing mails from tho boxes in Pcarlst.
Tho first straight rail championship billiard con
test for some years was arranged yesterday between
Jacob schaeier and Harvey McKenna for a 5,Oo0points
game for 50 500 side, TO be played IL this city about
the middle Of November.
paper was circulated yesterday at the Produce |
Exchange by Of the large firms connected with
the Clearing House system, asking the members 0!
the grain trade whether they thought that the trade
would DO benefited by removing the restriction pro
hiblang trading IN options before and after hours.
The general sentiment was against repeating the rule
The quarterly meeting of tho Westchester County
AssoclatiOnA Grand Army Of the Republic, held
last evening at tho Vanderbilt Hotel.
The police have been asked TO search for Julia
Hartman, age twelve, of No. ia MOnroe-st.s and |
Sarah Hartley, ten years Old of No. 2o3 Monroe-st
who disappeared from their homes Wednesday.
Judge Wede was too III to oficiate in the Harlem |
Police Court yesterday. He suffering intensely
from carbuncle and was unable TO move his neck |
Judge Taintor sent for and disposed OF the docket
Peaches arc unusually scarce for this time Of |
the year, but tomatoes are plentiful and OF lno quality
Now that sugar is dear, ea-merchants push |
ing the English breakfast brand, which requires less
sweetening than any other
Tho beauty Of the Central Park lakes is destroyed
to a considerable extent by the quantity Of green
SHINY vegetable growth that covers much Of their |
surface.
The fronts of tho brownsone dwellin houses along
Forty-second-st-, between Broadway and the Grand
Central Station being steadily torn out, make
room for plate-glass show-windows Few remain |
Business drives them out, but the rents increase
The Plasterers Union of this city, to which the
large majority of plasterers belong, viii hold meet
Ing tonight to consider the acyisablity Of making
demand for increase Of tho union rate of wages.
There 1900 members in the union,
Wilson Foetzs twenty-five years old, held on
a charge OF bigamy In the Harlem Police Court yes
tcrday. Both wives were present lie waived ex-
animation
William Mclaughlin, who is in the City Prison
charged with gambling Bedlows Island, yesterday
obtained from Justice Ingraham IN the Supreme Court.
Chambers, writ of habeas corpus. lie claims that
the arrest Illegal and made without jurisdlc-
ton.
Martin Cuarino and Charles Williams wero he3d in |
the Tombs Police Court yesterday a charge OF steal
ing $500 worth Of diamonds from Guarnos wife, who
keeping them in trust a large quantity Of
pawntickets and money found on the men.
The japanese officials who came here from wash
ingon Sunday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel |
yesterday. They expect 10 return 10 Washington 10
day.
Tho Chicago went into the drydock at the Navy |
Yard yesterday morning 10 have her bottom Looked |
after and painted. Whom she comes out the Boston
VIII be put IN.
The Washington Memorial Arch Fund amounts
10 SAT 095 46.
Chevalier Louis Concicin. president Of the italian
Chamber Of Commerce and prominent member OF
the Foreign Fruit, the Consolidated and the Maritime
Exchanges, received from King Humbet Of Italy ycs
teiday the Cross Of the Italian Legion Of Honor.
The seventeenth outing Of st. Johns Guild took
place yesterday. Seven hundred and six children and
mothers enjoyed the days pleasure.