New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-12
STATEN ISLAND.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO RESIDENTS a.
RICHMOND COUNTY


The subject Of most interest TO tes,do~,
county In the last week mas been the count, eAe
Last year the fair was big success ara a. 'a'f.
will probably be true this wear While th ns
trial exhibits have been few and NOT equal >. a,
OF last year the exhibition OF horses has excesS'
the expectations Of the public Il canno, :. .7a
MED. however. that the general exhibits hayn :"
Inferior to those Of last year which Is accoun,.,,a
by the fact that last year the dssatisfac,,n q"
the management such thai MANY ,o,,'' nm
again exhibit Another reason is tina, ,b,.
the exhibitors were asked to pay for their - '1
the money finding it's into the pocka,. ~ -
association. Instead OF going 10 the hosnI,a,, 10
did last year. "H
The annual lawn tennis tournament Of the g..
Island Ladies' Club has been set for To-
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday sen,ero,sl
to p. The contests incl de ladies' single o. .
doubles and ladies doubles. Prizes viii h, ~
TO the winners and runners-up IN each e,o., 7'1A
matches will be the best Two out Of fhroa o ="
games. The entries viii close next sa,u,a s'
This county's frs bicycle parade. which ;,
posed 10 make permanent feature II I, sho,rP' pro
successful. Will be held this afternoo, IT, oe
will start from St George at Bis o'cloo, pa do.
go through Richmond Terrace to pard' ~ "Ni
Henderson-ave. to Carey-ave. to ,os,-''' %
Heberton-avc.. TO Bennett-st TO Richroond -. 20
TO the Fair Grounds. II IS expected tina, ,
thousand persons will ride In the line. Arc,
"A squad OF decorated wheels. A, '.e.a
Grounds the riders VIII DE- judged and Prizes v AL
I'm the different classes. ! ~ o.ici.s are. YEA
Marshal, oscar rlasn. ,dJutant +. s. caa sss1
buger Albert w. kno"lcs. hrst u, sion marpp,'
J Judson WOrrcu. captains a. D. ford cbsra..
Ford John Branin and George becntel. sero
division. marshal Robert =. +. tisHe. ca,,sv"i
August Quacn. George kredenblrgL. H. . IaH'>,
ana H. Snedrker. tnlrd 4itl-lJ.. marshal F"y
Jansen: captains heibert baldwin. scion Il i,e5
marshal l.. H. Bennett. captains. V e. Crei.@co..'
T. T. Eillyer. r. \. Parm lie and IL ry g TysosV~
= |.
Albert r.. Hadiock J. Tell.ir, J. "A. Nelson n 49,.
&. f. Hoyer. sixth division marshal Aus'.s : a. "a
JOnge; captains. Ernes- Iehtsrai p. rielrL.aa,
and r. Won Denncn5crs.
The Apollo haud viii give tie lat OF tho GA,
air concerts In Sailors Snug HarbOf next sato,cs,
evening programme of unusual eXcelleace Las
on Labor Day the Grasshoprcr Tennis Club. Of Tn.
tenviile held tennis and croQGot tournament on ts
courts and a large numoer Of peops attended III.
with Miss Anna {. Van Name se-)nl Messrs Van
Name and Spragqe mad The be-. cores u tennis
and the finals, which We're postponed by darkness
Bishop Henry e Potter VIII confirm class a, s..
stephens Church. Touenvil.e on the 9th inst
Meetings of the WORKING Guild Of the Smith Ia
Urinary were resumed On "Wednesday. ana will Re
continued twice month. during The winter
Clifton has returned from Lake Moaoak.
The Port Richmond scandinavian Church is pr.
pairing 10 build a church upon the .ots owned by ts
society in Avenue -.
The Staten Island Bowling League. which vas car.
ried on 50 successfully last winter VIII be reorgsa-
lied for the coming season The Old CLUBS nave sa.
Tered the League again and the Peerless and E.ye.
water clubs Will also become members
on October II and - the annual fair Of the Ladies
AID Society Of s.. simon's Church, Concord. viii e
Judge Martin Keogh will preside al ne term Of
the Supreme Court in Richmond beginning on xor
day. October ~ II will be his first yislt 70 The
county in his official capacity.
The staten Island Quartet Club celsbrated the
t n e6ors on Thsray The eu psradi ssvers
hundred strong in decorated coaches and In ne
evening had a dinner and general jo.lHca,ion at the
Excelsior Hotel
s, Austin's Military Academy vii open on the
24,h inst The old greenhouses are being converted
into indoor cricket grounds ,. III, -
The Richmond County Wheeimen VII noa :, a
club run 10 Yonkcrs tomorrow morning starting
from StapletOn at o'clock. Ihey VIII 20 over We
hudson county Boulevard
rest was told 10 Justice Augustus ker. ot New
Brighton. yesterday by two boys benJamih DC DC.
Richmond. and Daniel Driscon. OF eider. .svs
NOrthfeld The two boys said that thry were stsnn.
ing in front OF the COUNTY taf Gronps ~ 49, w.,
Brighton on Wednesday evening when Joseph scou
and William Henry both twenty-five years OLD ana
notorious characters in Port Richmond. dppeare9
and Scott erasped McLoughln by ne aIH H.. ana,
showing A pol!ceman's shield and cluo tod MN De
was under arrest Driscoll and Mclaughlin object
ed and then Henry took young Driscol IN cnsrse
streets which skirt West Brighton and walked rom
there across the Hatfield farm 10 MoFi t,.
the men robbed them on a lonely road They
protested and asked to be taken before
justice but were laughed at. The mon rffed ,hei
pockets. taking all their money. amounting 20 auou'
60 and ran away The fellows were arrested yester-
day afternoon and held without bail They admit
ted robbng the boys. - a..
ing I'm St Mary save. Clifton. committed SUICIDE
Yesterday afternoon by shooting himself IN the
b hons When he sh5t himself lie was black
smith employed at Bachmann's brewery No noisss
can be assigned for his act he was married. sho
had a family.