New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08
UP IN BUSY HARLEM.
SOCIAL LIFE PUTS ON ITS HOT WEATHER
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Thourhs the loncdcparted Dicdrch Knickerbocker
never dreamed Of the Harlem of the present he mas
made happy reference 10 custom OF the cary ioi
landers of New Amsterdam. which has survived u oN
day I'm the upper parts Of the city rs u!o'e 9'"r'S
old brrcber. and their wives were wont on summer
evenings 90 sit upon their StoopS and smoke anu h'
ard chat and gossip with their neclbors and friends
On do the dwellers i'm Harlem. the summer comes
en- gather each evening upon the doorstepS ana III
The porchcs OF their or less palaiisl bro"lSohc
hm,scs 1t is pleasant custom, well honocn III 'iic
observance and the dread blaster has ceased al
the evening hour 10 deal possible death ana almost
cetain destruction about him. the porchlover' have
nothing to interfere with their pleasure.
f. X. IIalsted, of NO 80 West One hundred and
tbirty-nrsf st. has strong objection 10
electric wires in his back yard. lie says he
would rather have a Of cats than one WIRE
So when he last sunday morning ana saw inc
palings Of his domain Ornamentcd with what ne
thinks a death dealing apparatus in the shape OF
District telegraph and Burglar Alarm WIRE he "aAcu
exceedingly wrOth and on the MONDAY WHICH lol
lowed addressed note to the manager OF the DISTRICT
Telegraph and Burglar Alarm Company of Harlem.
This communication brought forth most dire threat
which was i'm effect that if Mr.. HalSted interlered
with the companys wire, 1t 1.-THE company WOulu pun
such current il tthe wire as to give Mr.. Hai''eN
ga pain should he toy with it, shortening a STORY
which threatens TO be unduly long. it can only be
said that tile obnoxious wire was taken down early
Monday morning that Manager TrTel of the DISTRICT
COMPANY avows that lie wrote more in humor than IN
argcr and that Mr.. Halsted Is at present sa''Snc"
with having called public attention TO the matter
As 10 the Joke of Manager Turrel however. ne ieeis
much like the man who somewhere pocu''i' ~
marked
1T was all very well TO dissemble your love-
But why did you kick me down stairs =
81 am the unluckest man in llariem' saiu "a"a'
ger Hammcrstein upon whose new theatre anu o'io'
buildings workmen struck last week First tS the
hon
men again. and l don't know what will happen next
I'm sure I'm in way responsible for these 'rouoies
between the men and their employers anu No' l
suffer most from their diSagreements. am ulSap
pointed at the luck l have had and the treatment
have received in trying TO build mp this part OF the
ctyy And Mr. Hammersten wiped the pelspllatOh
from his brow and went into his opera house 10 listen
TO the singing of The Black HussaT" by the Conred
Company.
At suffers Harlem River Park on July 3 the
Nev-York Letter Carriers Association VIII hold sum
mer nights festival and afternoon picnic thc pro-
ccods of which will I've devoted 10 the =. 5 Cox mon
nment fund Prizes will be drawn and a number OF
athletic contests will be on the programme
ON Wednesday evening the veterans Of the old "a
Regiment. known during the the SD New
York Volunteers had festival and dance the pro-
cceds going 10 the fund for raising monument !"
fallen comrades on the Gettysburg battlefield
The election experiment tried Wednesday night by
the Harlem Democratic Club was IN tle main Suo
cess Club officers were chosen DS tic "o' P
scrjbcd in the new ballot law of the state Inc
average time taken by each voter was only ABOUT
+,ro niinutes on the same evening the CLUB dlN-
cussea resolution offered by J. Beecker Miller pro
viding for the appointment of committee u 'onsH''
and report upon recent decisions Oh lhe supreme
Court which the mover OF the N'OIuuo" I't"'0
as exhibiting deplorable tendency toward govern
mental central;zation Mr.. Miller, In Offering MS
resolution referred 10 the decisions in the unopehel
uonor package case, the Nagle case, the Mormon cor
pOration decision and the Minnesota raliroa1 cAse y
committee was appointed, 10 report at the next reg
ular meeting consisting of MessrS Miller Andrews
O'Dwyer, Davis and Mason The ne" Officers III 'i'o
club are to be installed June Il.
once more il is hoped that the little trouble whch
existed in the Hamilton Republican Club has hhal!
been settled by the clubs vote on Monday meHI III
sustaining the action of the house committee IN CLOSING
the cafe. 80 .
The following been elected officers OF the Young
peonc,s Choral and Literary society Of the One-hul-
dred-and tenthst. Methodist Episcopal Church Prsi-
dent James ". Doremus; vicepresidchts' MISS Lu'u
Breen and Mrs. Theodore :. Class; secretary MISS
Fannie Cole treasurer, Henry Hopton librarian Johh
Murray: musical director, samuel Hoag' orgamst'
Miss Alice Malcolm
nr John LOGAN lectued last Sunday evening at
& pauvs Roman Catholic Church, one hundred and
seventcenth-st. and LeXingtOnave His subject was
the effect OF alcohol On thc human hSSVoH' AHo''
was a large audience present .
AVOID extremes in this weather. says prominent
Harlem phS stefan " BE chary Of the Use Oh Ice
water and leave whiskeY entirely alone. .,,
The June outing of 81 James, Methodist Episcopal
Church will DO held Friday, june -, at LauIeon
Grove L. l. A series 81 athletic games has Dceil
ARRANGED for the boys with entry fees OF 70 cents
The contests include fftyyards dash for boys under
fourteen 1OOyards dash Tor boys over fourteen ana
vOung men, three legged race, sack race ana running
broad Jump. \ silver medal Will be given to each
The Rev. Father Nolan has been appointed to the
pastorate Of the Roman Catholic Church OF the An
nunciaon Tenthaye ana one huG , I mo- 6ea
OF the Rev. Father Griffin. .
Tie Young Mems League of the Mount Morris
Tapii,t Church VIII give an entertainment tonor-
row evening.
The sudden closing of HammeIstelns opera House
cumstances the managers determination TO end the
engagement was probably justiiaole and wise. Mr.
man company Of ninety two people. intending sixteen
dwarfs. who will probably reopen the opera house
: W Hopkins, second vice president Of the XXHId
Assembly district Republican Club ana MIS- Name Name
Mockabel were married at the home OF me bIlde.
No 1,345 Franklin ave, on Tuesday eyenk ~ Miss Miss
was Percy d. hubbard, of Brooiyn.
Nationalist Club 40. 8 viii give musical ana
literary entertainment in its rooms In the Horton
building to morrow evening
The Christian Doctrine Association Of All saintS
val on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings III the
Opera House Hall.
Young Mems Christian Association ha- now reached
its limit Of 200. The boys need a larger room and
10 raise funds for furnishing the new quarters lhe
closing exercises Of the Literary society Of the
Association
The regular monthly meeting Of the Harlem Ropubil
ran Club will be held Tuesday evening AT o'N~1'lS
< Burdett Hyatt. No. II West One hundred ana
twenty first St. and John W. SssOn, No. 229J seventh
ave, have been proposed for active membership anC
Thomas c. Plat has been proposed as an honorary
member.
4 number Of residents of Washington Heights have
entered "A protest against the establishment OF sum
ner garden. where liquor viii be sold In EdgccoWbe
ave north Of one hundred and hfthS 70 be know
a. Polo Park. The petitioners that that part o
Washington Heights j. devoted dwelling purpose
and that many costly and elegant houses have thcr
been erected under property restriction excluding th
slc of LIQUORS in form The site upon which tho pro
posed garden is to be planted was formerly restricted
Inn the restriction has since been removed Win III
three large concert gardens AT the foot Of One hundred
and-ffty fifth ST. hill the Inhabitants Of the locat,
think that the multitude Is fully supplied with &C
comInodatiops for hhulOns and tcrpschoran fcstivy