New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-27
GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN.

R,shon Frederick D. Huntington. OF the oen'fa'
Newyork Diocese Will preach at St. Mary $ rfo''
estant Episcopal Church, at C.asson ana "''oue"
by ayes. this evening
II was said at the office OF the CiVn oei''e C.,
mission Yesterday that the payroh VI '''. -
Works Department had been detained thele ioi ~
r.,,,n that the Commissioners wish 10 determine
the status OF William c. Chambers a ooon"eep''
a,d william, W Morton. pay roll Clerk oeere1a'y
re,t NJ the Commission. thought that ne MAD sooa
reason TO believe that Mr.. Chambers p'ace "H
hoe, abolished and that Mr.. Morton was pay 'o.'
and discussing clerk" 1t has been founa ina. oo'n
man we're entitled 10 their pay however. and both
have been approved.
Auco phe;an eighteen years Cd. who was charged
with shopl.f;lng on Wednesday. pleaded su''y III
the ADAMS Stree, Court yesterday to the charge oi
grand larceny and was remanded TO jail by justice
walsh until Monday. for sentence
Patrick II Flynn president Of the Nassau Elec-
trlc Railroad Company. was a; his once Yesterday
after A vacation OF two weeks Inc WORK on '"e
Ff,h-ave extension to Fort Hamilton MI f.y'
sys has been carried as far as Fffty-eishth-st.
II VA. reported 10 the directors OF the company AT
conference yesterday that 9S per cen, OF the STOCK
h,,d.rs of m. Atlantic Avenue Railroad favored
,ha loasA Of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad 10 the
Nassau Company
Clarence A. Thompson. a broker. whose home Is
IN willow Place, snowbaled by crown U.
bovs a dav or two ago while going 10 MS p'aee Vi
business He caught OF the young OFFENDERS
ard took II upon himself punish the youth Tor MS
,mnujence The boy the son OF Mrs Mary
Rhker who championei her boys cause, ana IS
said TO have slapped Mr. Thompson in the race
Mr. Thompson entered complaint against MIS- bohTf
fsr assault The case up In Justice Tignes
Court yesterday morning ana was auJou'heu ui''''
April >.
Tho ,o,,ovinr officers were chosen at the annual
al nr,ha
socIetv on wednesday evening President, the Right
nav Cbarle, E. Mcdonnell; first vice-pre'ident.
Iosonh W Carroll: second vice-president. Patrick
+ Keady: secretary. John r. Green assistant sec
r.,,ry Iohn A Garry: treasurer. John d. Carroll
The board Of directors. a finance committee ana
three inspectors OF elections were also choSe"
Suit was begun In the Supreme Court YESTERDAY
M, Mary f. Suffer against ex-County treasurer
Henry n Adams. Mrs Henry H. Adams. Henry I.
r,r,,,rs Nirabeau l. Towns and the n. II. Adams
Cor,anv far the foreclosure OF mortgage Tor
900 600 on real estate at Glenmore and Nesta ayes
ON MAY 49, 1892 Mr.. Adams borrowed So"o from
the Peoples Trust Company. giving his promissory
note at 8 per cent. secured by bond ana mort
gage This note was assigned by the Trust Com
pany to the plaintiff.
Professor w. c. Peckham, OF Adeiphi Academy.
secured an excellent Photograph on Monday OF the
hand NJ r 8 Despard, OF No. 1873 Dean-st. MT.
D,sr,rd was accidentally shot with revolver sew
eral wears ago. and the doctors were unable 10 ma
the ball Professor Peckhams Photograph showed
that the ball lodged between the fourth ana the
u,tIe fingers some distance from the place where 1t
had entered.
The fourth in the series OF free Lenten organ re-
citals In the Plymouth Church viii be he'd on Sat-
urday. after a postponement OF one week. made
necessary by an accident 10 the electric motors
which blow the organ. Charles II. Moore will be
assisted by Miss Grace Preston Hodgk!ns. con.ralto
John Stewart IT,. a clerk in the National City
Rank was arraigned in the Gates Avenue Police
Court yesterday morning on charge OF abandon
mont made by hts wife Mr., and Mira Stewart were
married less than year ago and Tor n NUMBER or
months they have been unable 10 agree upon home
The husba wishes make his he me In his father
house and because his wife refused to 60 with him
there he declined support her He was found
guilty yesterday morning on the charge OF abanton-
ment. and ordered to furnish bond for 1912
and to pay his wife 81 a week.
The Brooklyn Board of Education received notice
yesterday that the bill presented in the Senate by
Senator Wray for the transfer of the Erasmus Hall
property to the Board had been passed through
the Senate. The bill drawn up by John c. Lott
with the approval Of the Board and when II 10
signed by the Governor the famous old Flatbush
school will become tn property Of the Board
Assistant Corporation Counsel Michael Furst has in
papers OF record which convey the title to the prop
erty The documents consist OF a charter. granted
to the academy by the regents OF the University
OF the State OF New-York. signed by Chancellor
George Clinton and Secretary Rich Harrison. The
other paper is lease to the land granted BY the
original owner. the corporation OF the old Fatbush
Dutch Reformed Protestant Church. This docu-
ment bears the date 1891.
At the Church Of the Holy Trinity this evening
at s o'clock the Rev. Dr. George Thomas Bowling
will begin series OF closing Lenten lectures on
Steps Toward Calvary" He will endeavor to
trace from day to day the footprints OF Lord. in
historic sequence until they eliminate amid the
gores Of Easter morning. With the exception OF
this evening and Thursday next. the services will
begin at o'clock The discourse of tonight will be
introductory. and will seek to answer the question
What Was the objectionable SIM"
The Feast Of Holidays at somervills Methodist
Episcopal Church. Washington and Greene sves..
Brooklyn. will be continued to-day from 4 70 10
p. m. but NO supper viii bs served