New-York tribune., 1891-04-23
NETWORK CITY.

Tile contract for building the blow-Of" at Shaft
"a in Section IL yesterday awarded by the Aque
duct Comm ssoners TO J. NJ Waddle, the lowest BID
der. His price. s2l ,52I IS, was considerably under
the engineers estimate.
Justice o'Ericn in the Supreme Court, yesterday
set aside the order Of arrest Of Nathaniel Miles, VINO
has been nomlnally in custody for several weeks
Niles was arrested in suit brought by Eliza Porret
TO recover $4,000 which she alleged Niles had wrong
fully taken from her.
The Twilight Club will anticipate the New-iork
Presbytery and the General Assembly by discussing
the question. Is Professor Briggs Hereto " at It's
dinner at Morello's this evening.
The nautical schoolshp St. Mary's was at the Navy
Yard Yesterday, being made ready to be pat into dry
dock She is to have her bottom cleaned after which
sho will be critically surveyed to her condition, and
new copper plating will be put on where necessary
She will start on her cruise TO Europe in about three
weeks.
Haru. an Oriental girl, youthful and pretty, will
Introduce novel japanese dances at the Eden Musee
next week.
The wooden war-vessel Yantic, which has been en-
pIoyed for the last three months destroying wrecks an
the path Of navigation along the coast sailed from
the Lower Bay yesterday to blow up wreck OIL
Barnegat
The Board of the Missionary Society of the Method
ist Episcopal Church met on Tuesday and during the
q
presenting to the society the portraits OF Bishop
Joshua Soulc and Bishop James O. Andrew, who
years ago went off with the organization Of the Church
south Colonel f. W. Cole, of Nashville, Tenn, and
George W. Williams, of Charleston, s. c., furnished
the money necessary TO produce the portraits.
Frank p slavn the prize-hshter is expected TO ar
rive in NewYUrk 10 morrow on the White star steamer
Germanic Charlie" Mitchell also IS a passenger on
the Gernanic. \ steamer will take party down the
10, An q
wrestling will be given in the Madison Square Garden
on April 30.
Among the passengers sailing the steamer Ma
jestc yesterday were W. Fitz Hugh Whitehouse and
family. Mr.. Whehousc has a large steam yacht, the
Vanadls on the other side. and Will 60 in her in June
to Norway, the North Cape, Finland and Russia.
c. A. Grscom president of the 1nnan and Red
star lines, sailed for Europe yesterday accompanied
by Mrs. and Miss Grscom, on the Red Star Line
steamer Friesland. They will return by the City OF
Paris, sailing from Liverpool on May 49,
The French steamship La Bourgogne will sail for
Havrs from the companys pier, new No. 42, at
North River and MortOn-st saturday Of this week
at a. IN.
Professor George Gunton delivered lecture on
Free Trade and Protection" last night at No. 126
East Twenty -thrdst.
The theatre attached to the College of st. Francis
Xavier was crowded last evening at the exercises in
connection with the literary reunion of the class Of
rhetoric The programme varied and Interesting
A Temperance, prayer and meeting held
last night in the basement Of Calvary Methodist Epis
cOpal Church. at Seventhave. and Onehundred and
twenty y-sevcnth-st A committee consisting of the
Rev. Dr. Day, the Rev. DR.. Page the Rev. Dr. Virgin
the Rev. Mr.. Giles and John ;. Huyler was appointed
to prepare plan for Society for the Prevention Of
Crime and the suppression Of Vice. The committee
will report at another meeting next Thursday evening
Fifty thousand dollars paid out yesterday to
! dcpoSitors in the Washington National Bank, which
makes q total of about 100000 returned To them.
About S25O.OOO remains to be paid back. Money IS
coming in and John T. Granger, the cashier. that
people do not in great hurry to get their money,
but that it may take week TO settle dcpositOrs' &C
counts.
The tug c. E. Evarts, which built for the rev.
cnuc marine service. has been trial. and Captain
Moore Superintendent Of Construction Of the Revenue
Service has transmitted TO Washington his report on
the tug. The Evarts cost $4,000 and it reported
yesterday that Captain Moore was Of the opinion that
the Navy Department could construct tug for $780,
900 which would greatly surpaSs the Evarts.