The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-07
Some Gossip Gathered From
The Gay American Metropolis

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Quite an in
teresting event was the double cele-
bration the other day by the First Re-
formed church in Brooklyn, which
is located on Seventh Avenue and
Carroll street. The celebra: lion mark
ed the 2o1st anniversary of the found
ing of the church and the twentieth
Of the dedication of the present church
cdifice. The first church building. a
barn, near the site of the present Bor-
ough Hall, was opened in 1861, and
when church was erected on that
spot soon after the Dutch East India
Company gave to the congregation d
bell The church used this building un-
til 1895, when the third editice was
built in The Lane" now Joralemon
street, and when a larger one became
necessary it was built in Clinton
street, the stone of the Lane" church
being used in the new building The
move to the Park Slope met with
much opposition, only forty members
of the congregation agreeing to it,
Four of these forty members are Still
living. The present Cditice was begun
in 1883 and finished in 1891. The con.
grcgation has grown to 1,4Oo members
with Sunday school membership OF
900.
The Delaney Street police station
which has served the police depart
ment since 1913 and which even be
fore that was a station for the old City
Watch, is to be abandoned. If the
structure is considered, this station is
he oldest in the city. It's earliest use
was for meeting place of the citizens
of that section of the city. Later il
was used for a station OF a hose com
pany of the Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. then as headquarters of the City
Watch and finally as a police station
In IA house next door the earliest pc
lice court sessions were held.
The absurdities of the new weapon
law were clearly demonstrated the
other day in striking manner.
thoroughly respectable colored WON
an, living on Third Avenue, mad a gen
eral house cleaning the other day Ii
rc-arranging the contents of burea,
had belonged to her deceased hus
band. She was afraid of the weapon
had absolutely no use for it, and, re
membering what she had heard abou
the new law she decided to get rid O.
The dangerous weapon. She wrapped i
in paper and carefully hid 1t under hel
apron on the way to the police sta
| ton where she intended to deliver the
pistol to the authorities. At the sta
ton she explained the object of hel
visit and produced the gun. The lieu
tenant at the desk pricked up his ears
when he heard the woman's story ano
saw the gun. Did she have the weapon
in her possession without a permit, OF
did she not? Obviously she did no
have permit and had therefore VIC
lated the law.
When the old colored woman wa.
informed that she was arrested fo
violating the Sullivan law, she CAV,
expression to her opinion of that Law
in language more forcible than ele
CANT and loud enough to be heard {;
block. Nevertheless she was placed il
cell and later brought before tn,
magistrate who showed a little NOR,
common sense than the oyer-officiou
police lieutenant, and acquitted tn,
woman. ~~~-~
Among the wealthy residents o
Mineola, L. l., is man named Levy
He is not Jew or, at least affirm