The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-07-18
New YORK LETTER.
Saving Battery Park--Tho knights Temp
lars Excursion a Baby Camel
A Novel Amusement

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New loRK, July IL, Mi. Jay /
Gould hats cccn,iy been making
efforts to obtain another shce of /.
Bauer park for hls elevated +
rngoads, bat the attempt Is very I
likely ID act lis 4 boomerang and +
10 result N cvlruug Ills network I
4 uf Woo ffom the Battery altogeth-
err For Il number Of years past I
the elevated roads have been per-
mltted % occupy 4 portion Of the |
Baueiy At the pleasure OF the /
Board Of Park Commissioners
For this privilege, as well as for
permission e. use the streets oi
this city and all other similar
privileges, the company hus
never paid tho city one ceut
Their attempt 10 obtain still more
Of the people 5 space shows how
true is The proyefh about "gIving
IN iNch and taking IN ell p" ln the
'p.esen. Instance, howcyer, the
company may now he tcgretting
o. grcedin,ss. The mass meeting
which was held at the Battery on
Fnday evening, shows that the
people are aroused and arc after
( NJ Could with biz stick.
rhc steamer. City Of Berlin,
which satls from Naw York on
! Wednesday next, has been
especially chartered to carry the
knight TempIar's Of Albany tu
Europe TIE trip will be a re-
inarkable one % account ~ the
large numher of knights who
will participate. The excursion
win start from Albany tomorrow
by the Peoples Line Of boat.,
and Will comprise about $50
knights IN full uniform. In
Europe the uniform wall be worn
only at receptions indoors, as It
is not The custom there To make
-treet parades On shipboard.
parade- and reviews VIII be II
order every day The CITY Of
B-rln Is Il eeguIariirst cIass liner,
and THIS IS the first time thar any
such ship has been especially
chartered. Cappo's Z Regiment
Band wall accompany the cxcur-
sIonists down the bay The trip il
expected 10 cost about $ltj, 900.
Central Park manageric has
bad another addition lately aud
tns time Il i 4 baby camcl. The
word "baby' is misleading, so
far rs the ANIMAL looks are con-
ccrned, AS It applies only TO its
youthfuluess II was born only
t last week but Is already about
{ five feet in height and has notice.
} able elevation on rs back which
Is intended for "A hump--somc
l day. She DOES not weigh much az
Z set, owing TO the fact that she Is
J mostly legs Her appearance re-
sembies that of large ball Of
cotton on stilts. The color Of her
wool Is white, aud she walks with
an unsteady gaze, like u person
with half a jag on. Tie mother
has not taken mach interest 10
the youngster as yet, so the duty
Of nursing and other necessary at
tentlons has fallen upon the
shoulders Of the keeper. She will
moi he on exhibition until next
week.
A novel amusement scheme is
about TO be lnaugurutcd IN this
vicinity BY number Of enter
prlsIng capitalists calling them
selves "1'he American Labyrinth
Company" The labyrlnth idea
Is not very new, (being some five
or six thousand years old,) but
~ France and England i, has
lately been revived, it is SAID,
with commercial success. The
Company Intends to AT once estab-
lish lahyrloths at Long Branch,
Coney Island aid other pleasure
resorts. and in each one theie will
be AN intricate combination 81
pazzling passage-ways. One who
pays a small entrance fee will
, find himself bewlldered aud mys-
I ufed uniIl he solv the puzlle BY
! reaching the center. Here he Will
+ find coo! retreat aid refresh
/ ments. After hat be can return
. by direct exit, when il is safe H.
i say lie vail not venture IN again.
! EDwIS ARLfNGTJN.
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