New-York tribune., 1890-01-28
NFW-YORK CITY.

sbe cbaptcr bousc NJ, 427 Four:havc. this evening.
The entertainment W III consist of an exhibition oi
1antern-p pictures of Camp Manhattan, the Apha Delli
summer camp on Lake George. The pictures are the
work Of Messrs Morse. Murray, Young ana Messl'ef'
large gasssectoncd case has been placed on the
Cotton Exchange for the dis play of the principal types
Of cotton classified for oslhcIy.
The semiannual exam nations of Columbia College
began yesterday They Nnn end on February o.
DR.. j. Gardner Smith Aivercd an interesting illus
xrated lecture on The Me hanics Of the Body in the
hall of the East Eighy-s IN st. branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association last evening
The Rev. Dr. Henry VA Dyke, Of the Brick Pres
byterian Church, Will pre- ch in the Old John street
Methodist Episcopal Church this afternoon.
At the College for the I ,ahling of Teachers No.
1niversy Place, Professor Charles sprague smith, OF
Columbia College, will lecture this afternoon at B rs
In the free before ae New-lork Academy oi
Anthropology. subject, Nature OF Literature and
of the Forces that Determine IL Development" The
aublic is invited.
Collector Erhardt is in Wa aingon, and the Custom
aIouse is in charge of that 'hoice specimen OF West
chester Civil serS ice Democracy, Charles F. Nc
4lenand, who stu apparently considers himself alb
splutely Indispensable to the service here
telephone wire running into stewards cafe at No.
q John ST. set fire 10 the tecphone-DoX yesterday,
probably because IL 70 lied by an electricight
wire at some point. Firemcn cut the wire and put
out the small blaze. The damage was slight
William Kllenger, uge forty, Of No. 13O st. Marks
place, was found dea in the hallway of the house
No. 800 West Forty nh th-St yesterday morning AS
se had not been robbee and there were no marks
of violence his body, the police concluded that he
fad died from heart dis ase.
Yesterday JannaRc 2S, and yesterday hawRer
kyent along uptown street oferh Strawberries for
sale. lie carried them in a tray, and While no one
eeemed to buy, every one 1ooed at them with great
curiosity.
John Fitzgibbons a.young Il borer. of No. SIG East
Sixteenth-st, at work in the subway in Third
ave, near sixteentht yestcr ay, and was overcome
by the dangerous gas. TIC y hce sent him 70 Belle
yne Hospital, where il va aid he would recover
Only few days ago lboicr was nearly suffocated
by gas in the subway at Fiftcenthst.
Judge Benedict. in the United States Circuit Court.
Yesterday sentenced Lizzie Speer, aSe seventeen who
sas convicted Of passing counterfeit coins to imprs
pnment for two years.
President Hutchins, of the ParlsDepartment is con-
siderng whether the Board would better give up its
spacious quarters the En- Grant Industrial Savings
Bank Building in Chamber st, where the 1ent Is
$4,000, ard move up TO the Arsenal IN Central Park
where rooms may be had for nothtlS The appro
rriatons Of the Department have been largely re
,duced for the current year, and dlere VIII be d
necessity for economy somewhere.
The funeral Of John i. Sin Dsoo was held yester
et. The burial was at GrccnV ood
coroner's jury yesterday 1slnd that Marie Petro
Nohsky the girl who shots on January %, was
Ailled by John Popor. PopOn was held to await
fhe action of the Grand Jury.
Among Mayor Grants visitors yesterday were
lf-dozen members OF the City Council of Cleveland
Ohio, who are making tour Of tae Eastern cities
Fhe names of the Councmen Robert McQuOid.
william Tausch. Frank Turek, John H. VysOOn, Frank
NesOng jr., and Frank Fostering. They were intro
duced to the Mayor by Colonel Frederick krause, Of
th3 city, former resident Of Clsveland
Controller Myers said yesterday that he should lie
guided by the advice of the Corporation Counsel in
the matter Of Henry Woltman's appeal 20 the courts
Tor reinstatement former onoe assistant clerk
fn the Market Bureau. Woltman removed last
spring, after the market investigation by the Com
smssiOners of Accounts
A sensational story was published yesterday about
general strike Of sailors in England Australia and
this country. sIlle truth is that the British Scamens
Union has sent organizer to tho United States
10 perfect sailors and fremcns nternaa onal union.
Strikes will be resorted to only a last resort.
,,neeting of the union will be held toNisht
The funeral Of Ashley A. Fantne was held at his
taome No. 153 West Fifty-scvcnhst yesterday after
mon. The Rev. DR.. Robert CCllyer, Of the Church
of the Messiah, ofciated The burial will take place
khi,; morning at Wooolawn Cemetery.
There was a report on the Produce Exchange yes
4erds that old firm, dissolved some time was
to be reestabished. John Allcn and T. B Caruthers
were said to be arrangin- their old rela-
tiOnshp, in which they once large operators.
Dir. Allen owns the Hamilton Hotel. in Harlem.
Recently he made trip horseback through Cali
1ornia. Mr. Caruthers has been in St- Jous for some
time.
The Washington Memorial. Arch Fund amounts
TO $Ge,4 3d.
The first anniversary Of the French branch Of the
Young Mems Christian Association will be held TO
day at 3 p. IN. in Association Hail. Fourth and
twenty tlird-st Speeches viii be made by the French
pastors Of the city, the ConsukGencra Of France
Professor scribner, Ebert B. Monroe and James
Stokes.
The survivors Of the battle OF Roanoke Island
which took place February 3. 1862 will celebrate
che anniversary by reunion and dinner at Mazzett's
No. SCI Sixth-av at : p. 10. on February 8. The
addresses Of many Of the survivors unknown to
the committee. All informal on can be obtained from
she president, General Edward Jardnc No. $50 West
Fifty eghthst.. from the secretary, Luis f. Emilio
30 East Fify-eghthst
The Manhattan Gun Club has elected The follow
1ng officers President J. W. Eayer vice president
r. j. Lambrecht; secretary, J. A. Hoffman,, jr.
treasurer NJ. Lichtenberger; sergeant at arms J. Brett
bopf
The New-York Athletic Climb will give boxing
n,mpetition at the clubhouse in Fifty-hfthst.
1arch g.
Tho Amateur Athletic Union will hold a meeting
It the Astor House on Friday.
Tho musical society Harmonic began the carnival
sAason with a masquerade ball last evening in the
heutonia Assembly Rooms.
The annual masquerade ball Of the Central Turn
Neren was given In the large hall Of the building
In sixty-seventh-st last evening. II WAS a brilliant
affair
Bangs 4 Co. began yesterday the sale OF the col
3ection Of English and American books made by VIII
lsU D. Johnson Of Boston. No unusually large prices