New-York tribune., 1890-08-29
NEW-YORK CITY.


Brooks and Denton, the banioists, have rcturnca
| from England after successful season abroad ON
June 20 ;hcy gave recital before the Prince OF Wales
| at the house Of Lady Paget.
Lovers Of peanuts will lot have to experience the
sensation of biting into stale and old nuts this winter
as last years crop is already practically exhausted
and the new crop will not cone to the city before
November !.
The cruiser Philadelphia is having 500 tons OF coal
put into her bunlIers at the Navy Yard.
Where have the black straw hats gonei Within
the last weeks the majority OF their oWncfs haNe
she'd them White straw still reigns
A new wing Is being added to the Mission OF the
Immaculate Virgin, in Lafayette Place, at cost OK
$4,000.
The County Carlow men in this city are raising o
fund for a monument to the soldiers who fell fighting
for Irish liberty in the rebellion Of 17oS.
Ferdinand p Earle, the proprietor of the Normande-
blythe sea- near seabrisht, n. j. announces that te
hotel will remain open this year until september 49,
with a full complement of servants and attendants
The Dock Commissioners yesterday received from
Secretary Tracy, Of the Navy Department letter eN-
pressing thanks the cooperation of the Commits
sioners in the exercises attending the transfer Oh zap
tain Ercssons body at Pier last Saturday TO the war
ship Baltimore.
Passed Assistant Engineer II. T. Hall was ycstcr
dav detached from the Philadelphia and sent t. the
aagsbip Pensacola, t. succeed Passed Assistant En-
ginecr John A. Tobin who has been sent TO the Naval
Hospital to be treated for heart trouble
The famous battle Of Manassas. the secoho bun
Run began twenty eight years ago yesterday ana
lasted until september .. The aggregate OF Killed.
wounded and missing on the Union sde was lA4o@'
and on the Confederate 0IO7.
Devices for saving the ice in demand There
is none better than wrapping it in newspapers
The number of young men who carry canes this
season is small. compared with former summers
Governor Hill is hfty-seven years old to-day
william Monk O messenger at the Barge Office, saw
a wld-cycd German yesterday trying 10 paine III "
drinklnc-fountain in Battery Park lie chased the
man and saw him run from tree to tree, catching
and eating caterpillars. Monk captured him ana
learned that his namc Edmund Hoffman, VINO
arrived here July from Germany liohmah Is
crazy and will probably be sent back to Germany
A sign over a clothing house in the Bowcry bears
the appropriate titie Taylor, Gutter a CO..
The Navy Yard tug Nina Yesterday took 109 empty
shrapnel 70 the magazine at Fort WadSworth' whe'e
they will be 7td and put on board the cruiser fha-
delphia.
The tug Fortune chiefly used by the Navy Depart
mert TO transport stores from naval station u
another saiIed from the Navy Yard Yesterday for
Norfolk Thence she will gu TO Washington.
The weakilsh-crounds OF thc Bay are again yielding
mn their treasures "a sumner spor'smcn. and the
dmlnu,ive hut toothsomc sandpo can be taken In
generous quantities.
An Italian woman and baby caused sensation for
the passengers upon elevated car yesterday Inc
child gave "A hungry cry. and the mother promptly
took from her pocket large brown glass rc'oiVcr.
II was filled with milk. which she fed 10 the infant
M stunng the muzzle of the grim nursing bottle into
its mouth.
Watcrmelons and muskmelons have had TO perform
extra service in this season Of scarce ful' anu INC
sale, have been enormous. Tile Cdtharinc mu'hmc''u
is n valuable addition. 1t Is sweet, aromatic ana
handsome in color, being Of a rich buttcry yellow
and can be eaten close 10 the rnd IL Is saiu cio'cS
10 resemble naturally npercd West Indian banana.
The list Of students for the collegiate year ot
1s5o'ol. which was published Yesterday for the
Normal college should have read for the Colcge oi
the City Of NcwlOFk
Max Grecnbaum ten years DID, was run over ana
KILLED Yesterday in front Of his home. No 342 East
Eighty sccond-st The driver Of the wagon, Conrad
Destcr. was arrested.
Joucs rynan. one Of the cattlemcn who were ac
cuecd Of stealing ale from the hold OF the steamer
CITY of Chicago, relcased from Ludlow street JAM
Yesterday as there was not sufficient evidence oi '
connection with the theft.
2 Bartlett Cook president Of the American Develop
mcnt COMPANY was convicted OF grand arccny IN The
second degree Yesterday. lie hired CLERKS ara midc
each o: them deposit $3.50 sccnIity lie then used
,ho money! and when it demanded ran away. Ho
will be sentenced next week.
J. Hennkcr IIcaton, member OF the BRUSH far-
uamcnt who IS greatly interested In postonce mchods'
,,,,itod Postmaster Van COtt yesterday lie made a
careful examination Of the manner In which thc inaS
are received and distributed at the Ncw-iork oihtc
A. T. Egbcrt. superintendent Of the floating coup
mont Of the Erie Railway, yesterday informed captain
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h wouId appea from the dec siGn suspcnding Pll0t
f. J. Sherwood OF the steamer Pavona, for not u'iha
care 10 avoid a collision with the yacht Jonah.
Tho Washington Republican Club. new orgahza-
tjon in the upper part Of the %lHth Assembly DIS
trlct will hold a meeting tonight at one-hundrc1-ahu
CIV .secondst and Tenth-avc., TO form permanent
organization.
CITY Chamberlain Grain secured yesterday loan Of
500 600 10 brace up the weak condition of the cty
treasury The money was obtained from thc HroohFh
savings Bank and Is 10 thirty days at Il per
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