New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
NEW.YORK CITY.

| NEW-YORK CITY.
Tho Tribune yesterday received for tho "Little
Mothers Day Excursion Fund $50 1S from SIX little
rirs the proceeds of fair held at Shelter Island on
August %" The money has been sent TO MIS- ). H.
Johnston No. sos East Scvenecnth-st, who has taken
| charge of the fund
The old Dominion Steamship Company has sold the
| steamer Manteo TO James f Ward & Co.. OF the
New York and Cuba Mail steamship Company, ior
about 100000.
| Alderman voses, City Solicitor Danton and CITY
Engineer Aperat. prominent officials OK Iofohto'
| Canada visited the Mayors Office and the various
! municipal departments yesterday. Alderman gregory
Republican representative Of the With District es-
cortcd the visitors through the city buildings ana
| cxpaincd the workings Of the municipal government
The Finance Department refused yesterday to audit
the bills for eight Of the skilled aborcrs' on the
Of the street Cleaning Department detailed to
| do clerical work. The Acting Controller was diSSat-
isGcd with Srcet-C Cleaning Commissioners Beattes cN-
lanation of his Published yesterday lor INC
emDlovmcnt of skilled laborcr and regarded his action
as in violation Of the Civil service law The case
| was referred TO Cooperation Counsel CiarH'
Assistant secretary Spanding Of the Treasury Dc
! partmcnt visited the Custom House yesterday, ana
investigated the removals of the deputies In the Naval
Officers and Surveyors departments caused by dc
cision Of the United states Attorney General IL is
said that the officials removed will be reappoted u
| the service.
The wanc OF summer, which brings Joy to the heart
of the coal man and gas man. allcts the ice man "Iu'
a consuming grief.
II Commissioner Beattie would take walk from
CITY Hall Park to the hudson River lie might smell
| something to his disadvantage.
ear from the maddlng crowd. said the Ncw-fork
man when he landed in Philadelphia.
The recent cold snap sent Indian corn ahead toward
the mature stage at a lively rate
Tho head of a well known restaurant Is the authority
for the statement that New Workers do not wait Tor
sepicn,lcr 10 indorse their demands for oysters
Look ont for grapes from nerlborlng vineyards,
says a frIit-raIscr They are here once more
shutters and false doors will come down from
houses in Fifth-avc.
Il seldom touch upon the sublect,' said the cleo
trcian when asked 10 explain electric currents
Since the Navy Department dispatch vessel Despatch
returned TO the Navy Yard her deck has been caulked
and her masts scrapcd. Some other minor repairs
probably be made before she again leaves tho yard
! Rcar.Acmiral d. L. Brainc. commandant OF the
Broohlvn Navy Yard, left the yard yesterday with
| his family, and went 10 Nyack the Hudson
Nnmbcrs of the Ancient Order OF United Workmcn
and their families and friends 10 the number OF sew
cral thousand are expected to attend the second an
nu,I rcnnion and games Of the New-York lodges at
the Joness Wood Colosseum to-day. The games Dc
| gin at p. m.
Henry IIlrscly, the Frenchman, who was sent over
by Howell Osborn with Fay Tcmpcions diamonds and
who was arrested for smuggling. was released yeSter
day His counsel, ex-Judge Iittenhocfcr, deposiiei
three 81 900 bills with Deputy Clerk Rogers, and OBJ
tanned an order from Judge Iacombe for the ac-
ceptancc Of the money as bond
The inquest in the case OF The killing OF Robert
Mcneil ly Charles Webster, the actor. was hcd yc'
,crda, morning in the coroner's Office only four Wit
ucs,cs were examined. sylvester brown Robson IRISH
Dr. Campbell and the onlccr who made the arrest
! Webster was then committed n The IPDibe without
| lail 10 await the action Of the Grand Jury.
I, was reported yesterday that the Office Of private
! sccretarv - !hc Mayor had been Offered 70 William
| Mem Spccr and that Mr.. SIccr would accept 1t.
Hannibal IIamln, the only living cx-N.cc-Prcsi
den, Of the United states. completed his eighty-iirs
year Yesterday.
Gloves with webs between the fingers arc recent
invention intended TO aid swimmers in getting better
| purclase on the water than the bare hand gives
Considering the thousands and thousands Of flower
pots that decorate the outside window-sllS
houses in this town, It's wonder that two or thrc'
pcoplc are not killed daily by the pots falling on thc
leads.
Ncw.York has lot Of reasonably fine hotels al
ready and more arc projected OF about the saIn
quality; but why does not somebody DuiId Nenia
palace for the public 10 i've IN Is thcU any ica
that il would not pay
II. A. Matthew'S generally known the " Irisl
Orator, ccurcd last evening in cooper Union befor
a large audience on "Tle Republican Party am
Strikes"
The West side Republican Club has elected to at
tend the Republican state League Convention at Sar
atoga on September the following delegates Gcorg
W Clarke william II. Bellamy. Henry NJ. Wynkoop
altcrnatcs Lucicn NJ. stanton, William G. DoschcI
Leopold Leo.