New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

'-.,,,ared and sombre. ST. Johns still stands
s,r,rlv 8 link in the chain Of Trinity Parish
", We, II has many interesting features. It's
..,ol cost was Sl72cC0 Its organ, made in
s,1a,,olrhia at an expense OF $4,000, was. while
..-,,s,, 70 New-York captured by a British
a,6 only delivered over upon the pay
-, ~ 900 ransom ST Johns boy choir mas
= t,ar one Of the most notable in America
= bs-a Is dispensed each Saturday morning
g.. works most curious charity-the Leake
=, . Rread This has been in operation Tor
g.. wears John Leake's bequest having been
,, nm, tho income TO be applied TO distributing
.-h.o,an loaves" among worthy poor women
- D,la now has eighteen benefciaries, and
-, leaves a week can be bought.
-. are a thousand curious tales to tell OF
.,,..br,orn Row" pictured here the fine oid
= rick houses at the foot Of Bowling Green,
hrisr mention must suffice. Few houses in
-. ve,,-york Of today are so old as these, and
30 ,,rsse~ve their dignity so we'll Though now
~ working rooms Of steamship companies IL
.,r,d take little to bring them back to their
orsriral elegance as dwellings. Firmly and
..,o,lv built. they stand as the chief brick and
- ..c,,r,scences Of what residential New
York was in the thirties.
ivy
,s-, 7, house No l. that adjoining Whitehall
Ct Philip Hone the Mayor lived Next 10 MN
60 the Wimerdings Then came in succession
Andrew Foster a Mr.. Rigs, Ferdinand Suydam
a-+ s,enbeD Whitney If one will go up into the
S. m the third floor front Of the last house
vnicb & AZ the corner Of State-st., he will find
res mas not beeu broken recently and therefore
,.,,aceD a pane. the last remaining in the whole
CO.. iS
=, ,irt.tjnred window glass. This became the
fashion some time in the early thirues' ana was
,,,cb admired because Of the faint tint it gave
70 the rooms by daylight The whole OF 'Mush-
,o,-r Pow" took il W at the same time, and the
tradition is that they came out with 1t FOR their
ts.,,i,i4s one NeH Years. those being the days
when New Years vas New-1 orks greatest
social festival.
N.sro7 c,,-ious'v among the y-scrapers IS
IN ,inv red building that has the tradition OF
Van Ruren connected with il. Its Broadway
front is not particularly interesting or roInahuc
- 80 M story save the one just limited at.
Pm, around in Duane-st-the number Is -
tb.ra has been FOR TWO generations the quaint
est ola public house in New-fork r f'aiile'
,,rr54d Cobweb Hall. and Daniel Ramel con-
timed the business. Until a few days ago al
least the fixtures were precisely the same aS
r,., p.rA, the elder FIST opened shop. The
zane cobweb-coyered barrels, the same little
coal stove the same bar remained. IL was
drinking place Of the old order, and the iaH'
o. its beverages was so great that there IL
hardly New-Yorker prominent since the war
WHO is not concerned in its memories.
Chester A. Arthur was frequently TO be seen
.era General Grant seldom missed visit on
the DAVIS he was downtown. William NJ Tweed
.Djck" Connolly and Harry Genet were regular
patrons OF more recent date there were the
hte STEPHEN French. Barney" Biglin and Scion
3 Smith. Gomez the Cuban patriot, came there
tula and again. and held many a whispered IN
,4,yi4y over what Ramel was able TO set before
Kim.
The Old shop has gone, however or VIII be
ung Of the past in a day so. and its Ike VIII
hardly be found again 1t breaks one Of the
now few remaining strands Of the New-York be-
fore the war
The East Side and more especially 'he OIu
Tenth Ward. has little Of the past left In II TO-
day Tenement building has destroyed one ms
torjc landmark after another Helvetia Hall
Nrowned from being a headquarters OF Tweed
vas demolished few months ago to clear the
wsy for the ne Hester-st. Park. Now another
structure o, the old time is 10 go. 1t is the od
house Of the Goe;z estate at No. 80 Broome-
s.. near Ludlow. and Of late years has ac-
orired wide celebrity from being the residence
Of Charles Smith commonly known as silver
Dollar" II is a wooden structure in the fashion
o. the las: century and was actually built In
lSJ1 Though il dates far back, well into the
DAYS when the Tenth was an American ward
md Broorne and Ludlow SITS. were lined with the
homes Of substantial citizens, this house never
had A noted resident Next door, however, at