New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
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The Metropolitan Museum OF Art is open free TO
the public from 10 q. IN TO sunset on tuesday,
Wednesdays Thursdays AMI Saturdays On sunday
afternoons from o'clock to sunset. ana on u"
evenings OF Mondays and Frdas' on Mondays
and Fridays. from 10 O'Clock until sunset co;Yistf'
art students and members o, the Museum only ar"
admitted free: others have TO pay hn entrance zee
OF q cents on these two days
The Museum Of Natural History is open on week
days from . TO O'Clock. on Tuesday and Satur-
dav evenings from to 10 o'clock the public ~ adj
mitted free On sundays II IS open from 20 >
o'clock Admission is charged on Mondays and
Tuesdays.
Signs OF the Times Messenger Boy-Say. the
bloke I'm 40 Broad-st. made an awful KICK cause
I was Ave minutes late ~id his circular Ills com
panion-Dd yer tell him TO take n walk around dc
block? First Boy-Not yer lie. Gully. IT'S too
near Christmas TO give any back gun, see
The arrivals OF wines. nuts and fruits from
Europe are unusually liberal. aud the holiday sup
ply OF dainty table speclaltics Is extremely large
The steamship Algonquin arrived here yesterday
with 3ls7s boxes OF Florida oranges. the largest
single shipment that ever let Florida.
There were 5000 boxes OF Florida oranges re-
ceiyed in this market last week. but most OF them
were in poor condition some were In such bad
order that they were sold. at wholesale public
auction for only 90 cents box. Choice FIoridas
brought s. % n box. Jamaica oranges were IN
slack demand at from g 20 to 81 % barrel for re
packed fruit.
Bananas are now selling at from 81 to 81 p a
bunch al wholesale. for "hrsts" This price Is
about double that OF six or seven weeks ago. when
the market was glutted. The rapid and steady ad-
vance is attributed to unusually small receipts on
account OF injury to crops Mt the chief sources OF
supply by heavy tropical storms.
Lemons" SAYS the latest market report. ARE
ouiet" so are Tammany police officials. Both viii
be squeezed. The squeezed brakeman may now
complacentIy contemplate the squeezed policeman,
who can longer squeeze him with impuiity
for sidewalk privileges" or other protection.
Choice Cape cod cranberries are selling at from
81 TO s3 % a barrel New-Jcrsey berries are from
81 to 80 a barrel These remarkably high prices
are caused by an unprecedented scarcity OF the
berries the estimated crop this year being only
10000 bushels against 10000 bushels last year
The first OF the season's receipts OF California
pcrslmmons Is now In market: but, while the fruit
is In excellent condition. the demand for II IL light
the public taste not having yet been educated up to
the persimmon habit.
Morris Reno has resigned president OF the
Music Hall Company. on account OF continued Ill
health. At a meeting OF the Board OF Directors OF
the Music Hall Company. held on Friday afternoon
his resignation accepted with regret. and VIII
lam s. Hawk was elected president
In the big crowd at Madison Square Garden yes
terday where there were several thousand children
wandering about In the big building. three little
tots we're lost for n short time In order that there
may be no difficulty In finding lost children. a bu
reau has been established during the run OF the
Nuremburg Toy Show. where any child who strays
away from Its attendant may be taken care OF by
one OF the ushers, reported at the bureau. and
promptly returned to Its rightful owner
This is the last week OF the Water-CoOr Club ex-
hibitIon which has been going on at the Fine Arts
Building In West Fifty-seventh-st.. since the Sd
inst
John G. Wooley. OF Rest Island Minnesota Will
deliver an address before the American Temperance
Union at Chckering Hall tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. The Misses Anna. Kate Belle. Georgia and
Ada Park the cornct players will assist with a
musical programme.
Deputy Marshal Daniel Murphy handed his resig-
nation to United States Marshal McCarty yester-
day. Mr.. McCariy has appointed William Churchill
to succeed Murphy Churchill was deputy mar
shall four years ago under Marshal Mcmahon.
At the East Eighty -slxth-st. branch OF the Young
Mems Christian Association at p m to-day ID
A. Waterman, treasurer OF the Michigan Central
Railroad, will deliver an interesting address to
young men. Vocal and instrumental music. con-