New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28
INCIDENTS IN HARLEM.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES YET TO BE HELD
NOTES

When the wife in wcllknOwn COMEDY ulco W i'
a flower IN the buttOnlOle Of her husbands coat t''
anapprcciative fellow cXcaims: For goodness sane
copstance don't deck me ont like ri;ualistc curcn
NJ Christmas time The sim lc has lost something u
H. force I'm these DAYS when church decorations are 81
common but on was reminded OF II on thursday no"
ing al the little Protestant Episcopal 'hut'H Oh -
Edward the Martyr. East one hundred and ninth 81
81 Edwards i, than d" high II l. even uI'id
rtualj.rc and the decorations and ceremonies were al
in accord with the prevailing ccclesiastlcal ued' ii
were priests in gorgeous oOpes ana chasuoIo>' '
was incense from waving cenSerN, Ilcre "o'0 o''e =
and gcnuncxons and the elevation OF tne Ii'>" ',,
,oo,Ie nro,trated themselves when the altar Deh
sounded and 10 make all complete hldn III ''
garb Father Ignaus himself preached inc
sermo,-a sermon which in many respects resemble"
what might have been heard some years ago al "''
old fashioned Methodist campmeetinS' OF Al "'' ''
usad IN call "prptractcd meetings helo III 'o ""
,a meeting bonsee Of the rural districts services
more or lee, peculiar, more or less eIdoord'o my "
lc~s beautiful hearty and appropriate were "e,i VII
,,,a Eve or on Christmas Day In nearly All inc
churches of Harlem, and all were eAcep'ohdHS "o'
attended - .. oro
o,hcr celebrations of the season are vel 10 oouo
A, - lanes, Methodist Episcopal Church the 'f,
mas services will be held to-day. special inuSo wiz
~ .,,rg and the pastor the Rev DR.. Price VIII preach
Tho iupior classes will have a social party OH i"''
evening. o,,,or &c the
rsnnest one in Harlem Will preach Ms ~" ~
on % dav while on Tuesday evening the Christmas
festival of the Mount Morris BAPTIST Ohurcn a,'ua
school Will he held in the church bndhe III 49,
49,. ,,h+ the vounc people Of It. Andrews 'h''rc"
odrcet thT-cantata Of The Mstletoe bong" Il. '
bou If the Young Mems Christian Association III "'S'
Onc-bundred and-twenty min ,;.
A. calvary Presbyterian Church To-Day 'ne p"p"
will he occupied by the Rev DrN Roper. anu ,",t
- cnor,bors both missionaries in the Eas' anu oou'
HgV lr.
w. v-i,,,ar, chamber, will preach in the morning anu
DR. Robert Chambers in the evening lift, ..o
Jo,cph J. Casey. for number oil years anu " ,
, ,aatior tho rccordn go secretary of the liar'"
memorable Club was pleasantly surprised on
Eve bv a visit to his home. No. :" his' V''
and twenty ninth-st.. Of a commtec from the Gnu"
roecntod to him fine gold watch - re'oHu.'''n ~
-. L., .,d vsIuabe services as its secretary i"o
ar,i,,oo consisted of +. A. Tutte. o. H. hdrI"i''
N = s,orne and II. W. IIcfer. Mr.. Iut'Ie m'"V INV
presentation speech ,..o. 90
e President Grover Cleveland has sent letter u
The Harlem Democratic Club expressing NJ, 'oe'V'
he cannot attend the clubs dinner on Tuesday cVch'is
az, - NJ cIavola,d,s absence will insure Governor
mn rroarce has not been learned, but in any eNc"'
,b members If the club are anticipating great anu
glorious lime The steward of the cuo i "Nl :"
make place, at the tables for 200 guests.
robn Moore Of No SO East Nineeth-st. was inc
successful competitor in the recent examination "Oi'
or al
in Congressman Fitch'> district. Young NoJr n''
been educated AT the public school in Ei"' Eighty
fourth ST. and al the evening high school IN last 'i'
hundred and twenty fifth 81 .
on Tuesday evening Colonel Thomas W. knox, 'ho
we'll known traveller and writer, delivered the SA'n
lectuf, in the Harlem Citizens course AT the 'huI'n
of the piritans, at one hundred -thitiehN'' anu
Fifth ave owing 10 the attractions ana demands
which always affect many people just before 'h'lN,
mas the audience not % large a. mas Oco" SUI"
al some Of the preceding entertainments IN the course
Colonel Knox lecture however very entertaining
and well received and the financial success "i inc
worthy enterprise i, fully assured kX''ndse ''en"eN
will lecture on Tuesday evening AT the Newfork freS-
bytektn Church.
rhe Effect Of Love on LIFE was the subject OF
lecture given on Tuesday evening by the Rev william
LLOYD al TIE New York Presbyterian Church lot lle
benefit Of the building fund Assistant piAr'''-N'
,ornev : H. H. Dawson introduced the speaker
=. ri,nort - lie Hamilton Bank had begun sun
CIV Tho foroco,ure Of q mortgage on oscar Hammer
eein,s Coumtu, Theatre property. IN hhNt 'e nun
dred and twenty -Hfh-,t caused some tilh oir'", ~
week but the opinion il generally h"ld 'hd' N'' i'"
,er,tein j, net seriously embarrassed ne n'N mo-
thc to,ownr statement for publication Inc 3r""''
- 80, the eight lots on which the C"umDu,
r.,,, +.od. aggregate. including the '"IaNI"
marriage held by the Hamilton Bank S-o'uo'' INV
buildnrs T-ereon cost over S2OO,OoO ON "ni'I' WV
almost nothing My equity III the D'nA oi"'0
in West one hundred ana twenty -hio''''' go oo,
,hor dav 70 the Bank Of Harlem, l. @lio''oC'
r t, =, ~ 600 ON nv lots in West Forty second
:, NV oouity in tie Harlem opera House l. S7'''o'
NV Indebtedness including al bank claims ase'o."
.ahout $4,000. Consequently my eru"' P'' -
Intending Interests in my patented lnVehO"n' "''' "
,he tobacco and cigar industry IN TINS cou"'iS ""'
rnrono rcu,csent the moi altogether de'plcab" sum
- a,io,t $50 600 The claim Of $4,000 secured by
debent,lrc mortgage of the Hamilton Bank IS Jolht
one and will find adjustment m rev gay W n ~
scrou>lv As any ono else engaged in large enterprises
Mn Uammcr,ieiu9 "cmha'rd ~lcht S,cinS ~ Va Va ga
Tho kud THAI almost any If rs would be plcdaeu I"
soI Tho med 70 he general iEprcs>io which yet
obran. To- some extent. that the winter season was
nnt ta P r,B, work done under the varying cond
lion of frost thaw and snow would prove I" De IN
snIanti,l Whether the Old idea Aa. been oclcnilhCaN
c%pl'dcd or whether builders and contractors have
- reckIcs. * not quite clear the fact
main, that be the wealth r. cold or warm the ENihS
"f foundation walls aud the raising Of TIE DECK ,upcr
structures still 90 in many part o. Harlem, ana
presumably IN other part, Of The cil u rehl ne
Wcl under tie circum-: mcc, for the municipal bulld
inl authorities to exercise little more Than INC or
dnary supcrvision Of the erection Of new huldihgs
Following upon recent fatal accident ana the con.
seGuont emphatic remark, made both in pnnt and by
word nf mouth regarding the necessity OF I'illhto iI
all elevated railroad station platforms u - 0n,crn'1 pc
tha railing has leen put along the p@f3 , n on nne
west side of the Third ave ot'I2n al hts, v ne n',
drd.and- ~iNtccnh>t. EHGntcfN nave not NYt prooi
C,o accustomed 10 it, however and are quite a, apt
10 stop their trains with tiG car cniaocs ut,c
the railing As i'm front OF the open spaces h'ho
, rr yin douItlc~, remedy Tic fault a.,
Tho tlizZard ghost did moi Hcrc'l hdiI'n III wv
urra"uT and in every way disagrceahle visitation oi
the week In the main. it. advent was rfrcI, cu
-nod atrre,llv but the Indignation Of few Harlem
people on Friday nish, Wa not cnnth 20 me
20 o known only u themselves, there are certain
Uarlcfc. who prefer 10 ride on the Madison ave- ic
80 .t,ce cars rather than upon the "Verhcho Hil'.
a., E,tday night The last car coming uptown VII
10 and when shorty after midrlcln: IN" p'Sshg'r>
arr,y1 al the transfer station at fSht\ .ioS
iarrcG aner waiting ten minutes for tne liiprHilol'
,Lat Tho ~ O'Clock car had left The station for ulnp"
~, have started the stable without pdsschteI
aid moi wait for the bclacd downtown car, vi WI" nv
nI.ber cav was not sent out g. something hilp"n pl
and pccuiar only 70 the officials VINO manage INC ''
IN THE ANNEXED DISTRICT