New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-13
NEW-YORK CITY.
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The oil paintings, including French masterpieces Of
the Barbizon school, belonging to Aaron IIcaly. Of
Brooklyn. will he sold at auction by samuel p. Avery
at Chickering Hall to morrow evening.
one Of the jury-rooms in the Court House IS so
small aud Sc poorly ventilated that one of the jurors
was taken SICK few DAYS ago. and tie trial Of the
case had to be stopped Perhaps 1t is the atmosphere
Of the jury rOomS which makes jurors occasionally
bring in such pa' ular verdicS.
The seventeen members Of the junior class in steam
engine designing Of the Mechanical Engineer Depart
mcnt at Lemgl University continued their inspection
Of stationary engines Of TIE valiou, builders in this
city Yesterday
The next meeting Of the Republican Committee on
Contested will be held saturday at No. 2Go
EightIrave., at p N. The time Of The meeting has
been changed froln Fiidar evening.
\. NJ. lIaines. passenger agent IN Brooklyn of tho
Pcnnsy lvania Railroad who has been seriously III from
an attack of pneumonia. is now able to be out lie
his office short time on Wednesday
4 historical lecture on the "Days Of Caesar and
Cleopatra" Will be delivered in The great hall Of tho
Cooper Union on Saturday evening, by John W. Wcidc.
meyer
Cheap refined sugar Is agreeable prospective
feature of the market; Two hundred thousand bar
els were contracted for this week the basis of
4 12 and 5-8 cents pound for graduated, deliver
able in the closing spring months This is about =
cents under current prices.
Controller Myers had 50 far recovered from the cold
he took at Commissioner lIutchnSs funeral as n be
on duty again Yesterday.
Mayor Grants Southern trip has come 10 an end.
lie left Mobile for New York last night and will prob
ably appear at his desk again on Monday morning.
The Compagnic Generate Transatlantiquc announces
that the Gascocne will start for Iiavre usual to
morrow at o a. m. Contrary to rimors that shc has
met with accident to her machinery, the company
saws that she has met With accident and her late
arrival was caused only by the inclemency Of the
weather and a slight repair to her piston.
"Haremite The Hospital Book and Newspaper
Society," No. 81 University Place. distributes reading
matter hospitals and asylums. send your old maya
zines there.
The anthracite coal sales agents met yesterday. but
made no change in prices. The question Of tonnage
was discussed and IL agreed TO keep IT within
bounds.
The Excise Commissioners yesterday revoked the
quor licenses held by c1Kcy Hall Kcrkcr Of 20 100
Bowcry and Richard Riley Of No. 2-I Third-avc. on
evidence furnished that They had sold liquor sunday.
Among the passengers who sailed on the Fed star
! steamer Fricsand for Antwerp yesterday wa, Lieu
tenant j. Vi. Y. Pastcllo Of the Army, who has just
come East from the sioux campaign lie goes - visit
! his brother who Is United States Consul at Du,scl
dyrf Ferdinand Van Bruyssci. clsian consnl-t'en-
! cral TO Canada also passenger.
Among the passengers arriving the Red Star
steamship Westernand Yesterday were +. II Terrell
United states Minister at Brussels: ID. VI. Tc0manS,
Gerard Dupont, J. i. Lafon, f. g. Bankc and Dr.
! Koch.
Horace L. IIochliss, the treasurer Of The Grant
| Monument Association, acknowledges the following
subs pprs T. tae md c. A. Seward, 800; j sc aver
! Page, so
Professor y. L. Brltton will give an illustrated
| lecture on The Natural order Of GTuuinoac Oh
| Grasses" at Columbia College tomorrow morning.
Leland r. Powers will impcrsonate the characters in
Mrs. Frances Hodcson Bumctts "Esmeialda' In As
sOclatlOn Hall tonight.
Professor !. F. ElnwO)d delivered an address at
the Union Theological Seminary last night upon The
Indirect Testimony of the Etlnic Faiths to the Truths
of the Bible Tho lecture was well attended.
The fourteenth public meeting of the New-lork Bap-
fist sunday School Union held last evening at the
sixteenth street Baptist Church. The exercises con
listed OF singing and addresses. Among those tlklnG
part were the Rev DR.. Brouner, the Rev. DR.. NJ. u.
pogson the Rev. f. S. Holloway and the Rev. ii. VI.
! Sanders.