New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH

.ooor5i,o, 40 the Elections law may
write on the ballot the name OF any person ioi
whom he wishes TO vote if the name is not one OF
those regularly printed under the various parry
headings This gives an opportunity for the face
tious man to display his asinnity and some strdise
things are seen on the ballots. In most cases Tue
would-be funny oversteps himself ana MAJ NJ
up his ballot in such manner that 1t Is cast o'i'
as defective Now and then in the summary sheetS
of the vote which placed on fie IN Ihe NouIlty
Clerks Office, finds scattering vote Iol ~
Jones' for Governor or Si Perkins 1or oheilil i
corded. a recent inspection of the summary shee's
of the last election in Kings County. now on ME-
shows that the who make the offic!ai count ny
had peculiar idea about tne1E IsPth T,lan
ton District of the XIIIth Assembly District one
vote is duly recorded having been cast for Ine
Deity" for Representative in Congress from l fne
I'D Congress District This is the dStet m was
reelected by large majority. The sacrllegious @
fashion should have paid the penalty by having
his ballot cast out void In the IWehIyls1Stn t
some one cast vote for David b. Hill Tor Gov GOV
ernor. and this is duly recorded on the eec'ion
summaries.
Plymouth Church has fallen in with the ten
dency of the times and decided to adopt the indi-
vidual communion cups. The decision to abandon
the old goblets. which passed around TO all
the communicants was made at me aIlmab NM he need
for the first time at the January communion ser
vice.
Walter s Perry. director of the department of
fine in Pratt Institute will sail for the Medl-
terranean on the steamer Lombardia on Tuesday.
December 23 He will be away until next summer.
being his longest absence since the institute was
opened. in 1887. Mr. Perry will visit Egypt, India,
and Caforna This trip is for the purpose of
studying art and its history in the various cOun-
tries visited.
Public officials and lawyers who are compelled
to do much work in the Hall Of Records, next to
the County Court House, are jubant over the fact
baf has hepO hroka al for the much
needed and long talked of addition. Thomas
Dwyer. the contractor. says that the work Will be
| completed by April, 1904 The entire vacant plot,
extending from the rear of the present Hall of
alone would double the floor space; but the rear
of the present building, which is be the centre
of the altered and increased structure. is to have
an addition of two stories. The entire building
VIII be made uniform in architecture: ana, II the
plans are carried out, will present an imposing APP
oor ana @ pc give ] eea6 1e f o
eral county offices that are now overcrowded.
An evidence of the value that is now being placed
on hard coal shown by A funny and the
same tirle pathetic little occurrence in front of
row of fathouses the Park Slope Friday
The manager of the house had obtained three tons
of hard coal This had to be divided up among
five houses. and the precious product was carried
from the curb TO the various houses in barrels
After the division had been made there a little
heap OF coal that had been spilled from the barrels
in front OF each house. The janitor ordered his
being done when an Italian with sad countenance
and much frayed wardrobe sped the coal. He
waited until the assistant janitor had gone into
of the houses with Shovelful of coal, and then,
casting furtive glance about him, darted across
the street and stuffed two three Jumps of coal
in his pocket and dashed back again. hiding him
self behind a tree. This operation repeated
every time the assistant jantor got out of sight,
and the Italian finally had at least a quarter of a
bushel OF coal slowed away in his pockets and in
side his shirt.
James Creighton, assistant librarian OF the Brook
lyn Library. who recently stricken with total
blindness for several hours, has a good fighting
chance to recover the sight of his left eye. The
sight in the right eye disappeared some time ago
and that was aggravated by accident when Mr.
Creighton hit by a trolley and fell, head
on on the fender of the Recently he seized
with vertigo while elevated road station in
Brooklyn and. falling into the tracks, injured
so seriously about the face and body that he
confined q hospital for nearly a fortnight. The
sight of his left eye, however, which already
weak, was not impaired by the accident Mr.
Creighton has received leave of absence from the
| library until January 1, when 1t Is hoped by his
| numerous friends among the members of the Ii
| brary that he will be able TO resume his duties