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New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
TiLk BY I UORUON VISITOR.

JOSEPH SMITH RECALLS EXCITING SCENES
WHEN HE CAME HERE ~ 1870
Joseph r Smith. prominent Mormon. is now in
Brooklyn. with his two daughter. who are enter
rg Prai, Instl:ut" NJ. Smith is a nephew Of
Joseph Smith the founder and prophet Of Mormon
Ism and one Of The taroo presidents % the Mormon
Church. He is accompanied on his Eastern trip by
W. G. Spence and Arthur + Barnes. 81 Salt Lake
CITY and Elder Samuel " Richards.
Mr. smith said ,hai rtah's prospects ~ state
were bright. and hat the stat" included one Of
the ricnc.r mineral fields IN the world Speaking -
previous visits 90 Brooklyn. ne said My first v!st
% Brooklyn WI. in the spring o.. 1870 jus prior 20
The breaking OF tie great civil war. and !
stopped I'm me Eastern District for ten days inc
war talk at tha. time vas spirited ana exciting
"My next visit 20 the city WAS IN lS3. during mat
IRENE ndouS riot. when Mr.. Gi""ry's r-fabl lshm"ni.
the old Tribune Building. nearly wrecked hy
the mob one Gii no. venture INTO "A restaurant
where COlOref walters were employed al mat lime"
because II unsafe Al the colored men en-
gagged In such occupation dsappeare1 a. II by
magic. Why. were harriradel ga the Stevens
House on lower Br1adway New-YDrk which Ws-
Of the landmarks Of IN" downtown section then.
for nigh. and the principal part 81 N" next day
before the proprietor or guests vcutured out Little
houses just below us were ranshckcl. the thing.
were thrown out into l'ilr alley and burned be-
fore
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
TtkING NO CHANCES.
/, h.sf.r Democrat

From TIE Ro hester Democrat
That The present or recent ~at sears sTowmG Sni
., i.l.d bulls OK the Wall street pa"'u l. pioN'n
hy an incident whcn occurred herr yrIsrrH's, 3D.
b, follows tAaf there IS more occasion i1I p'opIr
h.rg scnre! h"r@ tnan IN New ~ srgn',n"i
IT, ,ai .f the local citizens - N''N "t''H ''H"'"'"
f,riv ,estcraav morning Ernest Mathews, a
,,,n'Ir li,me a mile south OF the v.llAge. rushed
hrel,hls.sly into District Attorney Edwird H.
Eco.gs law oftce for adyicc hr had Jas Jns, nn pr.,
who were employed IN getting out stove "Sou u,
his wool lot and he wished 10 AK & tnr 'ti','s IN
aw,cr n N ihe ,aiter's opinion he had done Tls"'-
N"Bu,.' ,n,crposed Mr.. Kclass why in baz's
az ".l2.c lust thls way" Mr Mathews Wen, on 10 T.,
Sra Son knS% W 'Hai @ war a4 "oh %in as sF'' is de-
ciar.I tAe Canadians viii pounee down upon U.s. anu
after pn'ag Wolco, 20 'Hs sw0'r aad "'s' 1--WE Ny
farm beng righ; on ne main h.""ay. w. p'
directly IN their lnc q march ana "n}t o WI nys ,ny,
Wool isrkrd up beside thp road? Why hey VII:
burn 1t. Of course and l don't mean to LEI en- 90
MI was my mention 10 lie, the get on, 80
cords. and they have ent go eoidS aie'y' M TT TN.
can't very wcl burn ,he green standing tim1er'
and I'm going 70 se ihe y fofns v s nocs ss wSsre
il viii be safe. Tor don't mean to let the 'anad'-
Af,er "o.it,t.ng minute the District Attorney
told tho astatcd yodne farmer th@t unaTr snGN @
Throwing 'rcntns"mrs' robnSly ns never have oc
cir.cd 70 lcys propher souls. he had undoub'eay
W"thew1 TWENTY-FIVE cea,s cord for the 30 cords.
assuning ali rlska from rot invasion or nsnrrec-
tion hu, the latter not quite wiling 10 accep'
me ;rilils though he took them under consdera,
lion. and left. saying thar he ihoneht ne wonin
Oil soldier and could doubtless advs" him as 70
The best course to pursue In warke cont.ngen.y
n Is not likely that he has forgotten District Al,
t5rney Kelogf's offer, howev.r. and n the even, ven,
landing at Port Bay tha! gn'mam ~ nnre ffsrs .r
wood ihan he " II have immediate use for.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
"Of II HONES AND THEfR ENEUIEN.'

REMARK AHIE DIVORCE CASES CITED BY TIE
REV DR. LYMAN ABBOTT
The Rev DR. Lyman Abbott leciurcd before
large audience last evening IN the parish hall OF The
Church % the Good Shepherd. "Our Homes
ana Their Enemies" He spoke OF many
causes OF domestic unhappiness. ncompau-
bii.ty Of temper. and other marital short
comlngs wnich ultimately led to fpara-
ton ana divorce The enemy Of happiness In Amer
iran homes. - the Doctor said was primarily the
idea that the marriage t.e could be easily broken
and TAT the marriage relation merely con-
tract in which the parties thereto were too often
inclined to treat themselves chattcls or articles
Of commerce
In referring 10 divorce statistics. ne said thit In
Connecticut there was one divorce TO every ten
marriages. and in California one divorce 10 every
five or six marriages Nov" said he. let us see
why II We can. the marriage relation is too lightly
regorleI | remember two casey In point IN tdli-
forria The testimony In the first case was some
thing like theis: My wife would not get mp In the
morning: neither would she work properly or obey
me ,n any reasonable request mat asked or hei.
This caused me great distress OF mind ana general
mental torture Divorce granted me second case
was something Ike this. VIE In her testimony
.,I IN the fudge. During the whole or our mar
tied Ufe my husband never once TOOK me Otu rlhing
This neglect caused great misery ana mental
suffering' Divorce granted The remedy for On
ui,bIsl infellcy can De cured py paucht ana I"ns-
enduring Indulgence and love 40 hot say that
,hcre are cases where divorce should not be
vranicd / am not discussing that But DO say.
9Th ali the earnestness at my command that IL is
time for married people TO stop ana CONSIDER this
question OF civil contract
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
rISU ciTGHT ~ A STORE.
Louis Globe Democrat.

From The St Louis Globe Democrat
H Rucker OF Arlington. Mo. was In town me
L,si week He SAYS that good many nsh are
hcng cnght in the GasConade a that point. as well
as M other places the river. Mr.. Rucker says
The water never was so high IN the history OF the
OF the food will be Interesting In connect on Win
the prcul.aritcs of the Emmy tribe. especially tner
desire to investigate al sorts OF places when tn'
water gcatters In a freshet. The recen, big rls'
came clear up into the basement OF Mr.. Rucker \
store which = fully ~ feei above low water. Sew
clll barrels stood IN TIE cellar. and big BINS we've
arranged for apples and potatoes. After the Hood
had reccded Mr. Rucker made examination OF
his cellar. and surprised TO hear something
spashng around IN a barre. which WAS about hnf
ful Of water. The bung being out. as the noci re-
coded the water IN the barrel sunk below the bun &
hole t'plr examination Mr.. Kucker found trat four
prcttV large sizcd buffalo fish spiGshng about
n this peculiar trap; As the water was yet sev-
cral inches deep on the floor, an examination OF the
two bins revealed the fact that fully ATTY buffalo
were Imprisoned therein. The potatoes AMI apples
mad been removed. when In was discovered that the
rising river would reach the cellar. and there was
scarcely ANYTHING left In the cellar except "A paper
sack OF corrmeal. which undoubtedly spread all
over the cellar roor the water forced Itself in
feeding. the water left them In the barrel and the
bins Mr.. Rucker says that he IL ahead of the
game by the flooding OF his basement just 800 pounds
OF fish. which readily sod at Newburg. a few
miles above Arlington. for 10 cents pound That
Is pretty good fishing | think. says Mr. Rucker.
but have often known OF fish. especially buffalo.
being caught In build ngs such as barns corncrlbs
bottoms have receded About all great many peo-
pie will have to live o'ong the Ga aronade Val
ley for months 10 COME Will be fish c.ed!t or
charity"
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
THE AYE HOTERS OVER MILNE.
HIS OFFICIAL HEAD is LIKELY TO GO. PER-
HAPS TO-DAY.


Peter Milne. water purveyor under Commissioner
White. will likely have TO give up his bureau to
make room for a Republican who stands closer to
Theodore B. Willis the newly appointed city
Works Commissioner Mr. Milne was purveyor un-
der Mayor Low. He not only candidate to
succeed himself but anxious 10 be made water
commissioner as the water bureau became
a separate department Just who Mr.. Mines sue
cessor will tie could not be learned Yesterday.
Among the candidates Is exAssemblvman Read
OF the Seventh Ward Mr. Read is Handicapped in
only particular When he was In the Assem-
bly, ne found IT agreea Bile to work in the interests
OF the friends OF ex-senator Worth. When noml.
nation time came around last fall. ne left a.
home by the Seventh Ward. He is regarded as an
eligible candidate for the place. however and It is
said that ne and Commissioner Wills good
friends
There is another candidate for the position whom
MIR Willis Is said TO prefer TO Mr.. Read. II is ex
pected that Nj Willis will announce the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Mines successor this afternoon TO-
morrow. The position pays a salary Of $500 a
year
The friends Of the administration scored nota-
Die victory the Fourteenth Ward Wednesday
right IN the election of Herman \. Wagner as
executive member TO succeed Edward H. Conklin.
The latter Is a policeman and recently fined ten
DAYS pay for being off duty six hours wtrout leave
while ne attended meeting OF the Republican Coun-
~ Committee. 10 which ne was delegate. So dis
gusted he at his fine that he resigned dele
gate TO the County Committee and the exscut,ve
BY skfu work. defeated the combined forces OF jus
tce Schnitzspan and ex-senator Owens and was him
self elected to the Vacancy. Mr.. Wagner ts a
clerk In the office OF Tax Collector Appleton. and. at
the organization OF the Republican Executive Com
mittee MONDAY night, Will vote for Jackson Wal
lace for chairman. The administrator forces
claim to have twenty-five Of he thiTty-hye mem
a working JOrily.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
FRESH MYLLHT FROU THE SKY.
From Forest ana Stream.

Prom FOFesr dIII
Yesterday afternoon while sitting on our front p-
azza ,nioNlng the warm sunshine ana deeply inter
es;ed in reading in Forest and Stream about the
Lost Man my attention was diverted from that
Ia offer made in this country by buZZard from a
very great height by closing his wings and pitching
tovar1 the earth at great speed. have also
hoard the same sound made by brant and geese.
Almost al the close OF the sWooping noise a
beavv duJ thud or the earth. not exceeding hf;y
feet IRON where sat. and on looking in that drec-
In 7 saw A one and a half pound mullet lying In
,Sa vord then bethought me OF the screaming,
noisy racket had heard from the hghng birds;
q niie away both vending their way coastward.
then made more careful suryey rc, 1f my supper
which az a supper FOR the eagle ialIed 10 connect.
c,ilI wet with water. ana only for the
tu from so great an altitude would have been atkye
as 1, u,as or.v slightly marked by claws and DVdk
o os ,sa Nshhawk 4 certainly was very fresh mul-
in, Sor one living nftcen miles from the Gulf, and
made a good breakfast for tAree OF ns IN the lamliy
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
4 Theirs INDTFITRENCE.

John Mckee a paoerhanger. OF No. %' Thrd-av"..
s,rone sly feet high and well-dresscd. before
tho Commissioners Of Charities and Correct Ions
Yesterday morning. to tell why he di not support
his child Maggie. In ST. Josephs Asylum. He
was under the influence OF liquor Commissioner
Srais asked him why he did not support the child
Mckee SAID he had no home. no money and no In
come Then he said he di1 not know no" old his
child was or whethcr hc had any or not. He said
he worked for a lady' for his board and clothing
M Simis asked him where he got money 10 buy
liquor That's for me - know and you TO ind out,
arswered Mckee. IL refused u care for his littl"
c!rl Mr. Sims told him tha' the child would be
taken TO his house and that II he id not care 'or her
he would be arrested the charge Of abandonment.
Mckee, IN 1885, had TWO other daughters In the asy-
linn
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
EASILY SETTLED.
hi-ago Evening Post.

From The Chicago Evening Post.
The cir! in blue threw down the paper IN di-susi-
..Tm tifed all this nons"n,c about VINO 10 MARI!
and who not marry. sne 'Ncliimei . -
'Us "A very important question, sniu the sirI III
gray with "a doubtful shake OF her head
'"0f course II IT," admitted the grl IN b.ue, hut
-, yh,, earthly use :. II carlold OF printed advice?
",,ue cannot be too careful. suggested the sr'
in gray 'It's too ate for regret afteiward
"Eoi these days" ret)rtcI the girl ln blue quickly.
However that doesn't cut any hgure In the Pucs
tion OF these printed rules.
'Do YOU think You are chpaDle or making 4
nrore- se,c ,cction 80 inquired the girl In gray.
Certainly. Practically all the girls ever knew
decided for themselves. and guess can do 1t aa
xcIi os they can. You can't tell anything about a
man before mairiic" am way.
..Do voa know no" ttey reached DECISION
"Of course do.
How? -, .. , ,
well In nearly every the girl Jast married
IN. man she could get. It's foolish 10 make such a
fuss about deciding l,ttla question ke that
"perhsps after all" said the glrl in gray thought
f,lIv '.that H. the way II Is usually decided.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
FIGHTING OVER AN EXTENSION.
pIsTRICT-ATTORNEN bAOh'o'
OFFICE THE SUBJECT OF A WARM
DERATE.

OFFICE THE SUBJECT OF A WARM
DEBATE
Albany. jan 80 ,speciaD.-For two hours to-day
-. Assembly deba ed the bill providing FOR an OK
..ns,o, of the term of the DistrictAtorney once
IN Kings County and for the annuheh' VI .ie
use tenure of office of the twelve Democratic ue-
tec.Ives connected with this ofce, ana LOT le 'P'
po,ntment Of additional stenographers. Inc Dill was
-, tho calendar OF second reading and previous 10
us advancement to third reading nearly every
member from Kings County had expressed himself
a, ,,s favor Mr. McKeown, a Democratic member
from Kings County was the first oojector- lie sain
the bill was a political measure intehoeA 10 sNe
patronage to the present incumbent Dis"'V''N''
torney Backus and 10 extend ms once oesoNu -"
time for which he was elected. Mr. Mcheo"h H''eu
60 amend bv making the District-Attorney term Of
Office two instead Of four years as provldea LOT p'
the bill 1t was this amendment which arousea '"e
Kings County Republicans. and Messrs Marshall
Waldo Brennan Perkins ana Forester loilo"eu
each other rapidly IN defending the Dill.
Mr. Armstrong. Of Monroe. came 10 the aid OF me
Kings County delegation and explained the ACTON VI
the Codes Committee in reporting iaVofalN is ha. o
He said that The present measure wa uS ~ " - -
solution OF the question OF making the term OF oice
conform to the requirements OF ,ne ~ tbe con-
eii:ut!onaty of tire increase in the term TO great.
period than that for which the Ds,ric,oA :,
vas elected This answered. sauslac'oil'! ~, "
he Renuhlican members by Nr. Robbins. OF Ale
cany who Is becoming the Legal ADVISER OF 'he ND
sortv MIR Robbins said that the District-AttorheI
was not elected for three years. but for an muv
terminate period to be defined by tbs Legis!a,ure %
that the term might cor form TO the CONSTITUTIONS
requirements. -, ,,,so :.
the section Of the Constitution which proNiued 10
fhe case pending before the legislature ,
Mr. O'Grady said that Mr.. Brennan had MADE IN
pont OF the contention. and that the RepuDhcdi
majority could not take Mr. McKeown AZ the oracl
of Kings County. although he evidently intended .
be taken that way
Mr. OGrady asked the House to defeat the amend
ment and despite the vehement objections c
Messrs StanchAeid Butts and McKeown, the amend
. ment was lost by a party vote. Mr.. Butts orere
an amer dment of a similar character to that OF nj
McKeown which also defeated. BY this tim
Mr.. McKeown had another amendment ready whlH
defeated By rOte similar to that on the prey
Gus amendments. on motion OF Mr. Forester 70
the previous question the bill was advanced TO II
third reading. The Senate sent In concurren
resolution asking for adjournment Until Monda
night This granted but the Assembly VII
meet usual tomorrow at 70 O'Clock.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
RTTTER AND EGGS SPILLED

A large double truck With full load OF eggs but
ter and other country produce owned by Fred
erick Kuckuk OF No. 1902 Bergen-st.. passing
down Flatbush-ave.. near Deanst. about 1i5 O'Clock
when troiley-car No. l7s. OF the SeveEth-ave line
came up behind A. John Kesgan the driver OF the
wagon tried to turn out Of the way but the motor
man allowed the car 10 run forward too quick.
striking the rear Of the truck. and spiliing eggs
butter and ether articles into .he roadway. and
throwing both horses down. keegan was also
thrown TO the street, but was not seriously injured
He said that the s,o * on the truck worth 81 go
and had been badly dan aged
Travel on the down track In Flatbush-ave. was
blocked for fifteen or twenty minutes. but II was
ha.f nm hour longer before the wrecked truck and
the good, we're carted away.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
pEAroKAIIZING FRENCH art"

To the Editor q The Tribune.
Sir. | wish 20 ioin my voice IN thanks Tor the
crusade YOU have successfully undertaken against
the demora.izng Influence of so-caIled artistic
Frerch performances. Does not the tren'h u'a'A
efor. enough clean. healthy subjects for the s'as7
that Sarth BernharIt must delight in eAh'o!'ihs
such moral deformites? Could she be made 20 ,e". %
,sc now itticut /, is for a mother to explain TO
daughter Of seventeen that she maN nor at.eIu a
.t,n1 ,hat with the education give our daugh'
tars ard the scarcity of French performances II
ths city they anxious to become better ac'
uullntei with what is best In that literature
through the medium OF such great artist, ~
NeW-YOrk. Jan. y, 1896 flpfLii l.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
SWEET Potato WHISkEY.
rrnn The Anru.la Chronlcle

From The Augusta Chronicle.
! W. Crow has small bottle Of sweet potato
whskcy that is very interesting connl95uIy III ms
the world at large. III, -,
TIE liquid Is crude and white as al new whlskey
terfel;. ~. A ,..,, ., ,ht.
ser,ion lately wac Mr Hausburg "A German, who Is
skilled in the d!stil.ai.,n OF spirits When he saw
hou abundarty sweet potatoes were raised In tns
-, lion n, tho cr rtry T. occurred TO him hat he
couId dstll vh,skey from the n. Several bushels OF
sweet 20 atoa. were shipped to him, and soon Mike
Brown received a hlif-ga.lon OF sweet potato wh!s-
key
ments arc being made to disti, the liquor for COM
mercal purposes.
sweet potato will become OF the m)st yalu-
able products OF Southern SOIL
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
G,THERED ABOTT THE TOWN.

4, Unknown mar. abou, forty voars o''. who
said ne iveA tn iodvlne-h hour" - y T. Fnl'on-''
,,,. ,,,.,usrfon. from hear dis'ase While cross
i,. the brooklyn Rridg" yesterday afternoon ara
AZ removed 20 the Rrookivn Hospital
lia,,ce Neu has changed tho iorat - - Ais court
rom, 10 'ho Rivers Acadrmv building Ar f'' n.'''-
v.,t corner y Court md S',i" s's
Their. viii be a special reception and an orifiH'i
,,,er,,inmeni q, 'hc Pra'' Insti'ut" tomorrow
,Ish, a, { o'clock 20 be followed 'v dance IN the
g,nrasium There s. con'es, In the school to win
Tho lathe machine which hns been pn' up Tor COM
pe,,,ion among schools Of the East
Commissioner white has received an off"r from
,he Edison Electric Lrh'ng Company To iurh'1h
s,x,e.n-candlc power incardesc@nt lights AZ "
zach n wear Commissioner White VIII leave me
matter for his successor 20 consider
Christian Kop,. who ran ont q Ais grocery store
q, 70 sl3 Kcnt-ave and gave itile "ill!e Mccoy
,,, ,.n,ch ,esul,cd IN death. must pay the boys
mother g. l25 according the verdict OF III" jury
h.,,r. Justice Keogh Of the supreme Court. yest"r
day
rrooo \. Of New-York CRY whose services dur.as
N. trolley strike were considerable. ". MAKE rs
annual visit TO the Brooklyn riding and DRIVING
Club on February % The visitors WI be- enter
,al,ci 10y the club and viii give an exhibition Of
riding
John Malone. thrty-nirc years Old. Of ~. i5'
,asus.t who was employed by the Phoenix
Hrtie. Company in the removal OF the old bridge
terminal structure IN Sln1s-st. yesterday morning.
,ccld.ntaUy fen from the scanOli iO tine street.
thirty feet below. sustaining dangerous Internal IN
nuries lie was taken 10 the Brooklyn Hospital. "A
number OF accidents have occurred sine" the present
work WAS begun. and an Italian physician WAS ie-
Gently killed there by ratchet drill. which f~ii
from the structure and hit him Oh the head
George Davidson Of Brooklyn has been made d"
member of the Graduate Advisory COMMITTEE OF
Wesleyan University. He I. "A member Of the class
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
M R4N orr WITH MS CHfLD.

ALTHOUGH THE LITTLE one rhEtEE
OTHERS IT'S FATHER TOOK lr
b fore Jusfics steers IN N" Fs'bush Pol"" court
yesterday. charged with assault The complainant
Wa Michael Hrnn~ssy. u Montcomefy .ri Hu''r
ST. who alleged that S'efano. vino .s his son-n law"
had stfuck him when h. iemarlri 'hr return .
I.izz.~ his little daughi"f
The mother = the chil1 40 ir'nai. - 'he Kings
Count Insane Asylum. ana Stefano hai agreed -
urO'ec' irr cl..d
justice steers found the defendant guilty but -us-
renl-d sentence. lie also dooiI'I that ti'naessv
should take The child. Tho after had learned 20
love Stefano and his VIE. and refus~i 90 - with
her father Hennf .sy aized the H'ilc one md
dashed ~. pursued by sa"ral inligpaAt byfiara-
crs The father ami chll were sosh beyond fh"
rch of their pursuef-.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
THE OLD NAME DESECRATED.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: AZ an old New-Yorker want 10 protest
against the desecrat!on OF the name st Johns
Park" That title belongs to the beautiful square
familiar TO me In my boyhood In front OF ST. Johns
Church. In Varca-st now occupied by the rail-
road freight depot To apply 1t 10 the patch OF an
Old bury.ng-ground at the head OF Varick-st. Will
simply confuse the minds OF coming generations.
some OF whom may read Felix Oldboys" writ
ings and imagine the st. Johns Park he speaks
Of t be Identical with that now proposed Call
ONE horn IN fHE OLD FIFTH WARD.
Eew-York Jan. y. 1885.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
BVsHRoD WASHINGToN's APPOINTMENT

To the r. iitor OF The Tribune.
Sr: | have read with much interest the article on
THE Supreme Court Of the United States that ap-
peared In tne Sunday Issue OF The Tribune. wri's
this 10 draw your attention 10 the erroneous state
ment therein contained that Bushrod Washington
wes appo nisd 10 the suprs me Bench by his uncle.
President Washington. The appointment or tnat
lea med jur.s rot made by President Washing
ton but by Presidcn; John Adams during me recess
os congress. he having been commissioned Septenl-
Der %. l,9S After Congress had convened ana tne
a. t nation had been sent 10 and had been confirmed
hy the Senate ne was recommiss.oned Oh December
% l;9s ,Sec page iSS OF The Supreme Court OF the
United States" by Carson.)
JOHN VINTON DAHLGREN.
New-York. Jan 26 1896
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
HIS POLICY FORESHADOWED
u,,,11AM Cullen BRYANT REAPPOlNIS
CLARENCE L. BARROW

,.,,,, nrp,.ry - CREDITED WITH EFFECTiN"
NAVY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIRE DE
p,rTMENT-w. u. MOOT,E Is MP-
POINTED SECRETARY.
William Cullen Bryant. who VIII succeed r'e
l,o,,uissioner Chester b. Lawrence tomorrow
onrounced Yesterday that he had reappoin'ed
clarence L. Barrow Deputy Fire Commissioner
ord W ID. Moore secretary. Mr. Barro" was
first appointed to the Office of Deputy by Com
,,,ssiorer Wurstcr when he was placed III
oborre Of the Department. He lives ~ the
Twentv-third Ward, and has long taken an
active part in Republican politics in Kings
County. Previous to the Republican CITY Con-
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
As THE BOY PREACHER VIEWS 1T.

EVANGELISM AMOXG TIE NEGROES IN THE
SOUTH DESCRIBED NY HIM
Bethany Mission, in Atlantic. near rlth-aVe''
was well filed last evening when Henry Van Cott
Banta "A boy preacher. sixteen years oih' VINO Is
the regularly ordained pastor Methodist Ep's-
copal Church In Charlotte, y. c. told OF h.s work
dorn I'm the old North State. His father and
mother five ut No. 227 Nineteenth-st
The young preacher told OF the work which was
he ne done by evangel.sts among the negroes and
poor whites in the South. and also told OF some OF
his personal experiences. Evidently from the man.
nor In h,ch he described II. the young man does
rot relish corncake baked In the true Southern