New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-02
YoNKERS.
THE WARRINGTON AVENUE BAPTlS1
CHURCHs DlsPENSARY FOR WOMEN.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GETTY HorsE-sociAl
HAPPENINGS OF THE COMING WEEKS
SEVENTH WARD CITIZENS FORM
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION.
,. 1vorhurton Avenue Baptist Church will open
nax, week At one of its Sunday-schoo stations IN
Riverdale-ave a dlspensaiy for women III VII" DC
known as The Good Samaritan Dspensary' anu
is intended to meet a need among the many factory
employees DR.. Miriam Biting Kennedy. SISTER
~ the Rev W. c. Biting. of Harlem. will be the
| disnensarv PHYSICIAN In order TO have the counsei
and othel advantages of the medical fraternity
the medical oversight of st. Johns Riverside HOS
pltal has been asked and the Hospital bo2ru mas
appointed Dr. Kennedy one Of the dispensary phEsl-
clans The Warburton-ave. church Is ooi"s h'"'i
GOOD with IFS Riverdale-ave. branch Sunday school
II was organized about two years ago ana since
that time a reading room has been provided ana
,,ere is library which is free to the public con-
tanning over 200 volumes Extensive improvements
are in progress in the Warburton-ave. church
building new kitchen. elevator and closets are
being built and city water is to be introduced
throughout the building DR.. Hobart the pastor
will preach the second sermon in his course an
swering objections 10 the Christian religion. to-
morrow night his topic being Inconsistencies OF
Christians Their Root and Remedy
Extensive improvements will be made IN few
DAYS 10 the Getty House in Getty Square Inc
wing of the building containing the Kitchen anu
laundry is TO be torn down and new Kitcheh
built in the rear. The main floor Is to be rear
ranged so as to contain a large restaurant dining
ROOM hotel office and billiard room. The present
plumbing Is TO be almost entirely removed ana re-
placed with sanitary plumbing Of the most improved
style. The work of altering the Wynnstay mats IN
sda T aSO s to be
erected in the rear which VII eon,an
he second The flats the second, lllIu anu
fourth stories be rearranged so as 10 De Iet
sh Se as w suites bu Of ssse Are %ad from
by Edwin A. Quick & Son: Chauncey Johnson
viii whps eon reSss the hotel i' the wynhstay
the tenants have already moved out and the work
will be pushed forward vigorously
Warburton ayes, for the performance to be given
Johns sS Riverside d Hospa 6n Friday nisat MAY
and satuTday Nay nb be w pre-
sent The Minstrel of Clare" Mr.. Olcott has al
reared in this city in aid Of the hospital and the
management anticipates a large sale of tickets
A number Of interesting affairs are announced ne,
Reid will give evening Of Scottish song and story
in The of st Helms q hc
women members of the Yonkers Lawn Tennis Club
% open f f. 1ee S be Pres
T Oss On hs sns the of M e 9R ay
Search of the North Pole" The lecture is given
icai department Of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION will give gymnastic exhibition under
A Taxpayers Assocat ton has been formed among
residents Of the Seventh Ward who live in Dun
woodie. Bryn Mawr and Lincoln 1t is to be purely
local in character non-potical. and the objects
which its members hope to attain are just taxa.
equitable advantages. 1t aims to induce members
to take active interest in municipal affairs. 80
needs of the community of which they are part.
The association is TO meet twice month com
mittee is at work on constitution. which will be
submitted to the members at the next meeting:
which will take place in the nnwOOd cd ~. station of
Of May 9.
At the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
floral tribute. There will be essays by Miss Blanche
Jackson and Mrs Guy Evans; recitatons by Miss
Henderson, and vocal music by the Misses Maltby:
Miss Adele Johnson. George S. Adams, Mrs Albert
s M f. T M1s Eyk saTe' Johnson ROBERT Tonga"
There was merry ,b of me%6TTs ana
TRs for the Of
Interesting h IN which lanes and P Bnr
W Soetemon took part At 1880 o'clock dancing
begun.
e Sd after an Illness Of only little over week
He was fiftyseven years old. and had been GUS
sned the in he Darea zonses in M
the second battle of Bull Run was seriously wound
%as ' member of Ktchng Post, No. 60 c. A. r.
The funeral will be held on Monday.
The Yonkers Bicycle Club held Smoker" on
Thursday night at Its room, in Getty Square. The
entertainers of the evening were Clarence Flood,
c. ]. Dalton. William Eddy William OMara, {. B.
Connolly and Steadman's orchestra.
Shortly after noon yesterday the barn OF DR..
William H. Sherman in the OF his home. at
Warburton-ave and Gold-st., discovered TO be
on fire. The doctor telephoned the alarm to police
the " coaehman e had e in
out the two horses and carriages The barn was
almost totally destroyed. The flames fire to
the house. They got under the roof and burned
stubbornly for an hour. and the interior Of the
house badly demaged by water The origin
of the fire is not known. The damage Is
cred by insurance.
The "10cent trip to Florida" which was 10
have been given this evening by Miss Butler for the
Womans institute Club in the Institute Hall. has
been postponed till Thursday evening OF next week
The ninth anniversary Of the Christian Endeavor
Society of the First Reformed Church held
last night In the auditorium OF the church. The
Rev. NJ S. Littefeld, OF New-York made an ad-
dress.