New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-23
NEW YORK CITY

a. tie Nineteenth Precinct, arrested Henry " Sald.
waiter ON the charge Of selling wine dte' a. H.
Scvald had bottle in his coat pocket, but Inc ohcer
could mot swear that it contained wine, and Newald
Sas discharged.
Police lu~tice-Drunk again, Mike.
Pri,ones-Wcll, yer Honor, SHIRE ye can't blame
ID on me.
Drooklvn Brldcc-I'm contracting this weather.
Railroad Cabc-I've something of pull myself
Rcforucr- Liquors;orcs are full blast on Sundays
Politician-Thcse are merely side issues.
NaturaIizcd Voter-What's this?
Australian Ballot ally an tract.
strange,-Is Thu City Hail Park'
PoIicenon-Bo me sowl, no: this is Tammanv Gar
rens. Move an there.
street Cleaning Dcpartmcnt-what have done that
you want 20 Investigate me
senate umittee-Nothng
subsrrl Why don't You report the doings of the
BOari q idermenl
rditor-Iec their bartenders refuse to disclose
d
Four new lamps were yesterday put in place around
The statue Of Benjamin Franklin. in Printing House
Square directly in front of The Tribune Office They
Will fill lonSfclt want" as since the cutting OK
IF the electric lights the and square have been
wrapped in almost stysian darkness.
"E II. D."-There is a Home for old Men and Aged
Couples at No 4s7 IIudson-st, the Chaplin Home for
ST., the Samaritan Home for the Aged is at NO 4lf
West Twenty-second-st., and the Il. JoSeph's Home
for the Aged is at No. oil West Fhteenthst.
Leland T. Powers will give his impcrSonation Of
Characters in David Garrck7 at Association Hall
this evening at p. m
The sixth lecture Of the the Delsartean
system by Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Russell. at Hard
man Hail. was delivered by Mr.. Russell yesterday
afternoon, the special subject chosen peihg DIeSs'
There a good audience.
A coroncr's jury yesterday decided that Henry
slocum, a former baseball player, guilty Of the
murder Of his wife, Ellen. New Years Eve at their
home No. ia Roosevetst. SlOcum was committed
TO the Tombs.
Our Goddess of Liberty must feel dlsconsolate in
this weather. with only jersey to her back.
The newsboys and bootbacks reaped rich harvest
Yesterday recovering hayward hats, which seemed to
have considerable autpathy to their original owners
as Printing House square was reached
The oraculum7 a machine which answers curren;
questions of The day printed slip, upon receipt Of
b nickel in the familiar SLOT is the latest automatic
ratch-penny device.
Umbrellas parasos and now made with
natch-boxes and smelling bottles, inserted in the
handles.
Opera fans now have a tiny little watch set in the
putside stick. 1t is wound and set by an opening IN
the back.
seth r. Johnton, the Wallst lawyer who
arrested on Tuesday the charge Of being implicated
in forgeres and frauds upon Chinese merchants, said
Yesterday that he absolutely gTtleSs Of any Of
the charges against him. lie had done the business
in good faith. and had no suspicion Of Chu Fong'S
croOkedncss.
The Church Choral Society, under the leadership Of
T. c. Unseld, viii every Thursday evening in the
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington
Square, to study the art Of reading music at sight.
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denomination.
The scottish Society Will celebrate the anniversary
Of Robert Burns's birthday by music festival at
steinway Hall on Saturday evening. There will be
an address by General W. T. Sherman, and singing by
the Balmoral Choir.
All the tickets for the Columbia College alumni
dinner on February have been disposed Of and those
who have delayed buying their tickets will not be able
TO be present.
1t is reported in the Park Department that there
Is probability that f. p Barker, Commissioner OF
Accounts, may be appointed to that department as
commissioner Mr.. Barker was for fifteen years sec
rotary Of the Park If he is appointed by Mayor
Grant ii will be 10 succeed Mr.. Borden, whose term
expires this spring.
The Rev. DR.. Charles IL. Hall will preach in the
Old John street Methodist Episcopal Church TO day
at 3 80 p. N.
certificate Of Incorporation Of the Barthod Creche
was filed Yesterday The object Of the organization =
TO provide during the summer months frcShar day
resorts near the city. with provision for suitable care
for poor children and their mothers protectors who
are unable 10 20 TO distant resorts. The Office Of
the corporate ION will be at No. II University Place
The trustees are Charles d. Kellogg John II. Boynton
Mrs Lucrctia r. Brown, Dr.. Annie ;. Daniels and
Mrs. Anna r.. Brown
The Board Of Electrical Control held no meeting
Yesterday, owing TO the illness Of Commissioner Moss
10 ttprtu
The Mayor will issue call for the conyening Of the
Board hereafter.
Louis p. Aldrlch, age seventy-two, who formerly
practised medicine at 80. 40 Beach st., sentenced
yesterday by Judge FITZGERALD to imprisonment for
two years and eleven months in the State Prison for
o fe0nous assault upon AnIie Purcell. age eight who
with other little girls frequently visited the doctors
Office.
John Dugan, seaman the steamer City Of Co
lumbia allowed box Of gunpowder to be put board
of the steamer without marks showing that the boz
contained an explosive substance. He sentenced
Yesterday by Judge benedict IN the United states
Circuit Court, TO thirteen months imprisonment.
The Washington Memorial Arch Fund amounts
10 s65, 212 IS.
The Cotton Exchange Yesterday rejected the prop
Dsition to amend the by laws 3y aboli,hing the in
spection and certihcaon system The vote stood 10
against the proposition. TO 100 IN favor Of 1t.
Sir George Mares, a Rear Admiral IN the BRUSH
Navy famous for his Arctic explorations, arrived here
yesterday on the steamer Atho-. from Jamaica. lie
was a DELEGATE u the Maritime Conference at Wash
mgtOn
Dr. f. L. Ritter, professor Of music at Ndssar Col
lege will begin this afternoon at Chickerng Hall
series Of four lectures on music. The lecture to-day
will begin at , 10 p. N. The subject Will be Music
I'm Its Relation 10 the Intellectual Life The other
lectures will come January 30, subject The To-
4fc Scbo ~ a.
Organ; Its History and Music; February Ii. "Thc
LYNN Tune and Its History"
A burIesquc. called Wilmington. ir., and His Sen
catinr VIII le cXcn the nerkclcX In thls