New-York tribune., 1896-05-30
NETWORK CITY.

+ II. Johnston Of Messrs. ]. H. Johnston & Co.,
jewellers OF Union Square and Fifteenth-st' MS
wife daughter and youngest son. Will sail for Lon
don on the steamship Mobile to-day. Mr. Johnston
and his family go to visit a daughter VINO H'es
In London. and to purchase stock OF precious
stones for the fall trade. They will return about
August 5.
The auction sale OF five parcels OF dock property
on the North. East and Harlem rivers, which was
70 take place yesterday at Pier A. has been post
poned until June 26
Louis V Bell the well-known wall street opei-
| ator arrived by the Lucan.a last night Ihere Is
no foundation for the story that he was seriously
| III IN France He will be in the Street on Monday
The annual election OF the Consolidated Stock and
p,troeum Exchange will take place June o. Ihere
are two tickets In the field. both OF wnich
| President Charles G. Wilson and the old generai
officers are renominated. The contest VIII be ior
| directors.
For the first time in twenty years the s.ate ~
| Sunday school Convention will meet In New-forh
| 1.,y The gatherings are 10 be in the Broadway
Tabernacle beginning the afternoon OF June
and closing on the evening OF June 4.
| A taxpayer's Injunction was granted in Part IL
| Of the Supreme Court yesterday by Justice iruaA
| 10 Alexander Haddon. restraining the SINKING fuho
commissioners from executing a lease Tor the terry
franchise between Whitehall-st and Bay ridge
Tho porce Board has decided that members Of
| ho
| souad shall wear blue cloth caps instead OF hell
| nets.
| r,da ,or coal for the use Of the Police Depart
mont FOR wear were opened at Headquarters yes
terday and the lowest bid was by Meyer q Dehhe''
| to supply 2 100 tons at 50 80 ton
| Alservce for men will be held tomorrow evening
q, 7.3O o'clock at the Church OF St John the Evan
| gelfst West Eleventh-st and WaVerley fiace' Inc
| address will be gwen by a layman G. A. McMas'er
,ho al
| hood OF 81. Andrew.
| Tho Rev DR. Howird Dufleld will read a paper
on The Founding OF the First Presbyterian Church
| in New-York city before the New-fork historical
! Society at $50 O'Clock Tuesday evening
The City Club. No. s77 Fitth-ave.. will meet
| Wednesday next at $50 p. m.
There will be music at the Mall Central Park
| py Rogers's 7th Regiment Band. at p. m to-day
The steamship Victoria has arrived at Tacoma
| with mails from China and Japan, due TO arrive
| I'm Ncw-York on the morning OF Tuesday next Inc
| next mail FOR China and Japan after the arr'Va'
Of the above mails will close at the General POST
| office this city. $50 p. m. on June l5.
| The baccalaureate sermon before the graduating
| class OF the New-York University VIII be dehVerei
| tomorrow evening at 7:b o'clock In the Ohoh
| Me;hol at Episcopal Church in West Forty-eightn-
| 8, bv the Rev. Dr. James VI. King pastor OF the
| church.
| Emile Tvyerort one OF the well-known French
| business men OF this city will give an address on
| the subject The Continental Sunday" at the Har-
| lem Branch OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
| citation No. West Onc-hundred- and twenty -ffth-
| St tomorrow afternoon at 40 o'clock.
| DR. " d. Chestnut. a trustee OF the Puget Sound
| University a Methodist institution which has re-
| Gently acquired extensive grants o. land In the
| state OF Washington. arrived here yesterday from
| Seattle His purpose Is TO interest Eastern capi-
| talsts In the university and It's holdings He VIII
see various wealthy relative to their purchas-
| ing Washington state property.
| The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
| gave a reception last night for Bishop w. B. Her
| rick the newly appointed Bishop OF the African
Methodist Episcopal Ninth District in the church
at No i25 West Twenty y-nfth-st. and also presented
n him a handsome black silk robe There was a
large attendance in the church, which was deco
rated with palms and flowers
Tho Grand Central Palace was so crowded with
visitors eager to the Electrical Exhibition last
night that It with great difficulty any Of them
were able TO crafty their desires. During the four
weeks that the fair has been In progress nearly
| "A quarter OF a million OF people have attended II.
and to-day as IT Is the last day, will probably be a
dieter one In the annals Of the fair This
afternoon there will be a special Xray matinee, In
addition to the evening exhibition.