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Kf ' A POPULAR ISSUE.
K' The Democratic party could not have a
Btji moro popular issuo than tho one with which
BS tho President has supplied it.
K? The appeal for froo food, free fuel, froo
K clothing, free building matorials and froo
Kjr essentials of manufactures will moet with a
Bv wido-sproad response.
K A. demand tbA'tlhTeurplus bo stopped in-
Kp stead of epcatifl Bfipitl economy and a good
E$ campaign cry. jjagjt
E&' Tho taxpayers'1- outnumber tho tax-caters.
K& Tho people are strongor than monopolies.
K& Tho policy of abolishing nocdloss war taxes
Kf after twenty-two tirears of poaco will carry
f.i tho country.
HEj. Tho isBUo is joined: on with tho fight
H .. THE PRESIDENT'S IEOHT.
BftV. ' Not tho loast admirablo passago in tho Prosl-
K. dont's messago is tho ono that was " writ sur-BV-
kastical," as Abtemus "Wabd usod to say.
H?l " Of course," writes Mr. Cleveland, " it
V" is not expected that unnecessary and oxtrava
E?r cant appropriations will be mado for the pur-
Hjj! pose of avoiding tho accumulation of an ex-
R& cess of revenue"
B?' One can imagine tho grim smile that over-
'! oprcad the President's features as ho penned
VC these words, and thought of the war-tariff
BSp defenders on their way to tho Capitol with
Bfif. their pockots bulging with bills for "un-
BJp necessary and extravagant appropriations"
Wmi-P- to oat up the surplus.
BKl There is a delicious irony in tho President 's
Bjf' "of course."
H A UIBAPPLIED ADJEOTTVE.
Bfk' 'Why will the Paris correspondents' persist
Bi In roferring to President Cahnot as "oom-
Bft monphxee?" Their own record of his career
HI and estimate of his character refute the
Hpt adjective.
Hb2i. Is a family that produced tho Oaunot of
HK:? Revolutionary famo "commonplace?" Is
HR tho now President's acknowledged ability as
B9t'' a financier a "commonplace" quality? Is
BX the sterling honesty that resigned a portfolio
BjhHaa. rather than wink at a job a "commonplace"
jVil attribute of politicians?
T J Cabnot is heedless of glamour, glare and
TOE Blitter, but devotes himself with energy and
Wm dlligenoo to his dutios. The "common.
B&i; laco " Parisian has a well-known fondness
HK. .. for superficialities.
BSt;; OabnotIs anything but " commonplaoo,"
BKS Bo is decidedly exceptional.
H'' HOW OHE TAa. WORKS.
Hm Congressman Dilano, of this State, who
B&; Ijepresents somo glass manufacturers, says
Hjf ' that lower taxos would " mako tho rich richer
BX'V ' an ue 1,00T poorer."
H,' The war tariff on glass has made million.
Bx eixea of most of tho manufacturers, whilo tho
BjOp wages of glass workers averaged only $1.70 a
HjH' day in 1680 against Q2.00 in I860.
Hil And this is how one tax "protects Ameri-
HVp- can industry."
gt THE OBAB AT THE PARS.
HmT The schemo to 'encumber City Hall Park
Hraj with a braco of architectural monstrosities is
HS, not only repugnant to tho artistio sense and
H9 Is defiance of tho general desire to increase
Kl ' rather than curtail our downtown breathing
Hk places, but it is distinctly illegal.
HKjk The Legislature, authorized the construe
H tion of ono municipal building. It is pro-
Hjw posed to put up two distinct structures, and
Htfr to mako them one by the simplo process of
HM? calling them "wingB." The Legislature
H passes many wonderfully elastio laws, but it
HjtK" may be doubted whethor it seriously con-
H' templated or whether tho courts would ap-
Bif;.' prove the bald proposition that 8 1.
Hf s The architectural tasto of the persistent
HEAL Oommissloners is about on a par with their
Hjui'f,;, mathematical ooumen.
Rv A CAUSE FOB " IHItlTATIOH.''
Hk- Thoore-headed Old AVhig journal accuses
Br tho President of displaying "irritation
HK, towards American manufacturers" in his
BBk; earnest appeal for an abatement of the war
hK Utlt-
Bus flBHttlM
stronger feeling than irritation against the
"organized combination" which, as the
President says, has prevented a reduction of
the tariff upon any article, no matter how
needless the duty, lost the chain be broken
that gives them their monopolies,
a There aro manufacturers to-day sufforlng
for cheapor raw material who dare not favor
it lost tlioy loso part of tho bounty which
they obtain on their products.
It is high time for tho people to combino
against tbo combination.
WOULD IT PAT 7
Tho argument that a postal telegraph would
not pay, ns compared with tho Western
Union, is by no means conclusive.
Even if tho Government's expenses should
be somewhat largor, It would still havo a
wido margin in its favor. Tho AVestorn
Union earns dividends on an enormous
amount of watered stock. With tho reduced
cost of materials, it is cstimatod that its plant
could bo duplicated to-day for about ono
third its capital stock. Presuming that tho
Government's business but equalled in
amount tho Western Union's, only gross mis
management could render it unprofitable
Tho dangor of extending tho spoils system
is tho big lion in tho way.
rOEEIOH OPINION.
'The London journals aro, ai a rulo, both
intelligent and candid in their comments
upon tho Prosidont's Message.
The problem of an enormous Treasury sur
plus is ono with which foreign governments
aro not called to deal. Bo sensitivo is tho
nvcrago Britisher to imposition and extortion
that no Government in that country could
stand for six months that persisted in taxing
tho pooplo, as our citizens have been toxod
for six years, $100,000,000 annually in excess
of its noods.
England has for some time folt tho stress
of competition with untaxed Amoricon prod
ucts. If by securing untaxod raw matorials
and machinery our manufacturers could.com
peto with her in tho opon markets of tho
world, hor commercial supremacy would
suffer' also.
THE BROOKLYN BOH00L ISSUE.
Tho impression that politics moro than
anything olso brought about tho dlschargo of
Miss Moitnia, tho Brooklyn tcachor, is likely
to provail.
Tho charges of a lack of efficiency and tact,
if not entirely frivolous, reflect less upon
Miss Mourns than upon tho successive sohool
superintendents, who for many years havo
especially oommonded hor work. Moroover,
her dofonso was not hoard.
Tho fingers of tho politicians will suroly
got scorchod if thoy moddlo with tho sohools.
WithTna Wobld, the Timt; tho Boston
Herald and Olobe, tho Philadelphia 1'ren, and
a dozen other highly prosperous newspapers
of tho first class soiling at two cents, it is
quite amusing to seo tho sober arguments of
tho old-fogy portion of tho press that the
thing " can't be done."
OnABLEa EC. Knox has resigned from tho
Republican County Oommltteo and an
nounced his purposo to support President
Cleveland. lie is tired of war cries, war
taxes, dead issues and quadrennial " scares "
at nothing. There will be thousands like
him next year.
1 fiati xm
Tho Pennsylvania organs are hilarious
over the President's Message No doubt tho
monopolists might again pile up 80,000 ma
jority in that Btato for tholr Presidential can
didate But what of it T They don't run tho
United States.
Tho perfect success of Tub Would'b fore
cast of the President's mossago was duo to its
observance of the wise admonition of Hosza.
Biqilow: " Don't never prophesy onloss ye
know." Tub WonLD'a corrrtapoudont know.
A young Rhode Island artist, a passcngor
on the ill-fated steamer Scbolten, who had
been regarded as lost, has finally turnod up
alive. Romance of this sort affords a very
satisfactory sequel to a maritime disastor.
The 2W!mne' Europoon correspondent
says that Mr. Plains " is always laughing."
It 1b plain that ho had no opportunity to
study the Plumed Knight's countenance
when the Now York roturns camoiin.
Boven cities of Massachusetts have gono
back to taking thoir toddy openly instead of
behind tho door. Their "local option" 1b
now expressed in this formula:1 " What'll
youtako?"
It is proposed to Light tho harbor buoys
with electricity instead of kerosene That
this has not boen done before is rutbor ro
markable, in view of the fact that vro havo
long had a Battory.
The Baltlmoro gas companies cannot agrco
to tho conditions of a trust. When oororato
greed meets corporato greed then comes u tug
of war that the people can view with oom-placonoy.
Tho rumor, started by tho boodlers, that
Katie Metz, tho important witness against
the " combino," bad departed for Europe, is
false. The wish was father to tho thought, i
I A party of Prohibition politicians was dis
covered tho other ovenlng at Portland in
dulging in a ohampagne supper. " Mumm "
is the word.
Benator Furs will at once sot about organs
izing a Society for tho Prevention of a Ro.
duction of Pap to Bixty-Year-Old Infant
Industries.
Tho Ecccntrio Engineers havo been done
ing. It would bo on ecoontrio engineor who
wouldn't donee if he had an opportunity.
After all, tho President's Messago was too
IwnHEw tli WM'twiff admirer, ,
. WORLOUNCS.
A single tour 4i7 In London costs tne town
something like HO, 000 for extra ga.
A Mackimlth of Kingston, N. iL.deolarei that
his mother found a handsome little nugget of gold
In tbo gluard of a dock which she killed for bli
Tbankiglvlng dinner.
.Matla Btccl, colored woman who died at
Bavinmh, Ja.,laat week, was reputed to bells
rears old, Bho wis certainly overs hundred, for
the old tlare record, in the shape of bills of sale,
showed that.
Paul Morton, of the Chicago, Darlington and
Qulncj llallroad li Mid to be tho voungrat general
linaicngcr aitent In the country. He Is thirty years
did, and a few jeari ago wai a clerk In the general
freight offices of tho company,
A society for the promotion of reform In barlals
has Just been Incorporated at Cleveland, O. Its
jiurpono la to provide funerals for Its members,
rich and poor alike, at a minimum ol coit by
avoiding tho execaaive charges of undertakers.
Tho City Clerk of Ashland, Wit., shot a deer
and wlahed to send It to friends at a dlitance, but
Iho express citnpmy refuied to receive It. Ho
thereupon placed tho deer In a cheap pine coflln,
mnrkcdlt "John Door, deceased, aged twenty
one, " and shipped It as a corpse.
The recent whirl In grain In the Chicago market,
which advanced com ten cents a boahcl and wheat
eight, made a comfortablo fortune for a roan
named Hace. Ilefore tho rise began he fonnd It
difficult to borrow 13 without aocurlty, but last
Saturday he retired with 150,000 to bla credit.
Thomas ltandall, of Buffalo, owes hie life to tho
reprehensible habit of wearing celluloid collars.
In a quarrel which he had with a laborer named
.McNcnicj tho latter drew a knife and made a
lunge at ltandall's neck, but the collar broke the
force of tho blow and .he escaped with alight In
nrlcj. Whilo a lady of Xenla, O., was preparing feed
for her chickens recently the diamond In her en
gagement ring dropped Into tho mixture, and the
Ioib was not noticed until the feed had been eaten
by the fowls. It becamo necessary to masiacro ten
chickens before tho stone waa found, bnt It was
found at last.
A professor of hypnotism at Carlaruhe, Ger
many, put a young man to sleep by mesmerizing
lilm. The patient remained In a coma for
eighteen hours, and waa afterward attacked by a
fit of violent madness. Tho hypnotlzer has been
fined by tho authorities and condemned to two
weeks' Imprisonment.
An old woman, a beggar, Hoped aboard a cable
car In Kansas City on crutches tho other day and
aroused the sympathies of everybody in the car by
her apparent helplessness. As she left the car,
however, Bho forgot her cratches and Jumped to
the ground with all tho agility of a school girl.
Then the conductor handed her the crutches amid
tbo Jeers of the passengers.
Two years ago Frod Arndt, a fanner living near
Ilenton Harbor, illcu., had his hand shockingly
mangled by a circular saw. In course of tlmo ho
died, and not long after bis death a young man
employed on his farm dug up In the vegetable
patch a carrot of unusual size which frightened
him when he saw It. It waa aa exact representa
tion of Arudt'a crippled band, 'and for a moment
tho young man .thought It was really tho dead
man's hand Itself. Toe discovery created a super
stitious uwo among tho villagers.
i
RED-LETTER DAYS AT THEATRES.
If Lord Tennyson could havo seen Mtsa Annlo
Russell last night as limine he would undoubt
edly havo wondered how ho could have wrltton tho
poem without having known her, so exquisitely
true was she to the spirit of the Idyll. And the
poet laureato would havo thanked Mr. A. M.
Palmer for a produotlon so careful, so marvel
lously beautiful that it held a critical audience In
absoluto enjoyment for three hoars. "Elalue,"
at the Madison Square Thcatro, Is one of tho
things that It Is a sin not to seo. It Is Tennyson's
poem lu a scries of lovely pictures. Nothing moro
artistio has bceasecn at tho Madison Bquaro
Theatre. Miss Annlo ltussell received great pralae
for her Impersonation. Miss Marie llorrougha, as
Queen dulaovero.waa delightful to look at, and did
as much as her small part would permit very
effectively. The Btr Lancelot, however, was by
no means Tennyson's creation. Mr. Sulvtnl
ranted In a way that was not Auglo-Sixon, and
rolled his r's In a terrific manner. Ilia make-op
waa not effective. Tbo remarks made by a lady In
the audlenoo coven all criticism couccrnlng Mr.
Balvlnl. "How two women," said ahe, "can
fall In love with a man bo odloas-looklng (by rea
son of his make-up) Is more than I can understand.
What oould Klalno and Guinevere have been think
ing of t" Miss Bellgman made her first appearance
on the atage as Llanyd, and did fairly well.
Charles Overton was King Arthur, Louts Mauen
Blr Torro and K. M. Holland Sir Oawaln.
In no play aro Henry Irving and Miss Terry aeen
to such advantage as In "The Merchant of
Venice," which was producod at the Star Theatre
last night. Not all the scenlo pomp of "Faust"
can give such pleasure as the delightful Impersona
tions of bhylock and Portia. Mr. Irving la a won
derful Bhylock, und all the unpleasant peculiarities
of that unlovely being were given with great force.
Miss Terry's Portia Is, perhaps, the best thing Bho
does. Tne stagu setting last night was faultless.
Young Josef llofmann appeared again at a
matlnto at the Metropolitan Opera-Uouse yesterday
and pluyeil lleetnovon's concerto In 0 major, No.
1, In a manner that astonished tho large audience.
Yonng Uoltuann could undoubtedly continue
orowdlng the largo house for a month. Peoplo
Uston to him with rapt attention and never seem to
lire. Tbo boy also played the Weber-Llazt polacca,
a tuazsurka, a roniana, a souvculr and a waltz,
ilmc. Teftsi careuo gavo him a theme and the
manner In which bo Improved upon It seemed to
electrify tho lady. She kissed the boy and shook
his band warmly.
Miss Aunle Meyers, a young Australian actress,
who came to thU country last winter and was en
gaged by Mr. Palmer to underatudy Mrs. Dooth In
"Jim the Penman," hsa been extremely unfortu
nato lu America. Mrs. lloolh gave her an oppor
tunity to appear at tho Madison Bquaro Theatre in
her place when she was 111. Alias Meyers, how
ever, was III at the same time and the theatre was
closed. Bho has never had an opportunity to do
anything. Yesterday Mr. Ilayman, of San Frau
Cisco, eugagufl her aa leading Juvenile " for his
theatre. t
Mine. Modjeska will not play In tho United States
next season. Bho la going to Poland to sell some
property she owns In Cracow and Zakspaue In the
early fall. It Is probable that she will play for a
season In ltossla and Oermany aa well aa Poland.
Mme. Modjeska la anxious to appear with an
English company In those countries.
A representative of Edwin Booth and Lawrence
Barrett Is In this city arranging for the forth
coming engagement of the tragedians at the
Academy of Music, beglnlng Dec it, when a
revival of "Julius Casar" will be presented wltn
Mr. Booth as Brutus and Mr. Barrett as Casilua.
A foro of 200 people will be employed la the repre
sentation. " Julias CKSir" wUl be given for the
entlro two weeks here.
A President with Nerve.
Trom rb-Zay Journal of OMnntrea,
It Is refresbtug to find a president with sufficient
nerve, aa well aa common sense, to lay aside all
unmeaning and Irrelevant topics, and to address
himself with vigor and directness to the one great
need for legislative action, whose Importance aa
utt voting the material Interests of the country can
not well be overestimated. Tne people aro literally
uroanlng under a heavy burden of taxation, which
oppresses labor, Interferes with productive Indus
try, and puts a drag on the wneels of trade and
nommorue. Tho unused funds are piling up In the
Treasury, creating a financial disturbance wherever
ckpltal la needed and checking enterprise by caua
Uu serious ewrehcnjiona lu regara (9 the future,
UTILIZING WAVE TOWER.
A Sllghtr Enjrtnt) Moved br the Fluctuation
of the
(Veal (Aa So rrantlito Call,
After many aocidenU and trials the wave-power
motor, so long talked of, has been nalsiud and
proved a auccess. The construction of thla ma
chine or apparatus, which was begun In July, lsso,
was at that time considered a hair-brained scheme,
but the projectors stock to their plan, and aeetn
bow to be in a fair way of auccess. Great difficulty
was cxpirlenccd at first In getting tho
materials to withstand tbo ;forcu of rocks
thrown against them by the waves,
and the pipes wnich conduct tho water
up tne bluff were broken and carried awsy nosiesi
tnan fourteen times. Winn the schooner Parallel
went ashore, and her cirgo of dynamite exploded,
the motor was completely wrecked. A mass of
rock, weighing coo tuns, waa thrown from the cliff
and fell acroas the cliaam over which the motor
was auipeuded, blocking it up to snch an extent
that nearly three months were consumed In blast
ing out the debris, boon afterwards anoiher mass
of stone, welxhlng 150 pounds, fell and had to be
removed. The motor, designed and built by K. T.
HtecD, Is a very simple contrivance, and still is
capable of exerting a great power.
Across a chum In tne rocks, lust north of
Parallel Point, a bridge of heavy umbers was built.
HuHpcndcd from tnls is a tiugo lao or paddle of oak
timbers, with tho spreading portion downward.
This Is fastened to the bridge by Immense hinges,
which allow It, when m operation, to spring back
und forward a ulatsncu of on icct at ili wbici
striken. Tho hsiiuiv, or upper part of the fun, la
connected with a solid plunger tminp l'i Inches m
diameter and having it ntroke of 9 to 1! feet. This
pump. In turn, Is connected with a suction pipe
running out Into deep water. Tho fan Is so rigged
that It can bo drawn up out of reach of tho waves
when not In nse. When a wave comes In tho fan Is
thrown forward and forces the air out of the pump
barrel In which the plunger works. Un tho wuve
receding the fan Is carried seaward and tho pluugr
Is drawn out. causing a vacuum, and uausea a
quick rush of water into the suction pipe. The
force with which tho water la drawn upls aiifflcleiit
to raise It to an elevation of S0 feet above tho tide
level.
Should this motor prove as succeisful a the pro
jectors seem confident It will, several iittitra will
be built in tho same neighborhood, and an Im
mense reservoir built on the bill tocuntu.utho
wster.
Thla one motor, with Its 12-lnoh plunger, Is
capable of raising 12,000 cublofeetof water 8S0
feet high In every twenty-four hours. .The uses to
which tne water will be put are valuable. A 80
Inch plpo will bo conducted to the city and water
wlll-ba supplied to all branches of Industry where
machinery la used. Bathlng-hnusca wdl also bo
supplied with salt water aud sewers flushed when
It h neccassry.
The first work performed will be begun In about
ten days, and an eight-Inch pipe Is now being laid
for tho purpose. '
The laaWmentloned plpo W for Adolph Sutro, and
Is to be utilized In sluicing away a lsrgo amount of
drilling rand from the heights Jnat Dack of tho
aquarium. This work la rendered necessary to
prevent the sand from washing ou tho beach and
retarding the work.
The immense fan of the motor generates a large
amount of energy not used in working the pump,
and when everytnlng Is In shape electrlo dynamos
will be erected to utilize this energy for nesting
purposes and tho like
--
How Amiable New York tJIrla Tenets China
men In Hunday-Hchool.
fjfru Tork Corrupontltnc iCaiuai City .feurnal.J
I attended a Sunday-school of this naturo In
session last weok, with tbo purpose of studying
the teachers. Each Chinaman bad a young lady
Beatcd beside him, and repeatod after ner, In tho
most docile manner, tho words of a hymn. It was
written on a card In Chinese and English. Tho
teacher would pronounce the English word and
tho Chinaman would repeat It aud at the same
tlmo read the Chinese word and got tho meaning
of the word In that way.
Their pronunciation was very laughable. "Jo
sua. Lover of My Buul" waa rendered, "Jesus,
Yovcr of My Soul," lu a slng-songy manner, which
the teachers could not correct to save themselves.
When tho Chinamen Joined In a chorus even the
teachers found It difficult to keep .sober counte
nances. The teaohers all addressed their pupils as
"boys," although some of them wsro grown to
that ago when bald-heads and toothless gums are
found In our own countrymen. Nearly all tho
Culm so were dressed In silk robes ot different
colors, and some of them lookod quite dignified. I
was told that they were all lanndrymen. A few
were dressed In tho American style, aud tome of
these were quite aandtfled, wosrlng diamonds In
their polished yellow shirt-bosoms and In their
cravats, and were otherwise gotten np In thu laloit
style. The pupils seemed to bo very apt under Iho
Instruction given them by tho young women.
The ltev. I)r. MacArthur, who was superintend
ing the Instruction, said ho thought the Chinese
wanted women teachers bcranse they are In their
uaturca so much like children. To my eyes tho
school looked more llko a Joily moctlng of mon and
young women than like a class of pupils receiving
Instruction.
1 talked with a number of young women and
asked them how thoy liked tno work, and found
that they wero quite gushing over It. They one
and all agreed that they would much preier to
teach the Chinamen than American men. Tho
Chinamen, they aatd, were very appreciative, and
did everything that waa told them. They snowed
a great desire to learn and were as gentle as so
tnanv doves.
' ' Why, " said ono pretty tlrl, " If we would let
them, tney would Just shower us with flowers and
tokens of their esteem. We havo to check their
gratitude. They look up to us like so many llttlo
children, and we feel quite motherly towards
them."
Cabling IHoner from New York to Europe.
l'rcn la i'A(IaJtjMa lri.
It has gotten to be a common thing for small
sums of money to be transferred by cable between
Now York and London. A twenty-dollar order
may bo flashed nnder the Atlantlo from Now York
In ample tlmo to serve as a shopping fund In Lon
don tbo same atloruoou. And tho transfer Is
cheaper and easier now, not to aay doubly more
apeouy, than it waa a few years ago to send ten
times the amount. Few people reallzo how
closely the great cities of tho world are. conncotod
br chained llghttilng and how cosmopolitan
civilized humanity has become. Tho tele
graph companies do this Bort of banking
business by wire every day between tho cities of
America. But It won't send a dollar, nor a thou
sand dollars, at any price across tho ocean. Banks
will cable money lu large amounts, or for valued
customers, but only at a cost irohlbirlvo to mod
erate pockeiliook. Tho great banking-houses
will not transfer a smaller aum than 10, and then
only at the rato ot $5 per pound sterling, lrreintc
tlvoof current rates of exchange. After adding
tho cabio tolls the operation becomes impractica
ble. Bat It remains a fact that muca smaller sums
are caided across tho pond dally and weekly and
monthly without difficulty by people who know
how to do It.
English theatrical people playing engagements In
New York, or anywhere in the United mates, con
stantly send a regular percentage of their salaries
to friends or agents In the old country for doinesiio
use or Investment. Constantly 011 tho go, and
accustomed to the use ot telegraphing for every
day purposes, the alow proccsB of transm'Bslon by
mall SDonbccouuslrksiime tothrm. They founded
the system of cabling money to the ether aide, and
It haa already grown to a most Interesting propor
tions. They do It through their steamahlp agency.
A Firm Itrcclvlns 8,000 Letter, a Dny.
fJVtw lVrfc CWrMponrffnctf, JlarlforJ JWiaf.
1 There are lu New Y'ork no less than 80) Arms
which recelvo moro than 1,000 letters a day the
year round, more than 100 firms that recelvo 2,500
letters, fifty arms that receive between 3,000 and
4,000 letters, aud one firm which receives an
avcrsie of R.ooo letters a day, tho number fre
quently running above 10,000.ln the busy season.
Therefore, the mere fact that 1,000 letters a day go
to one address does not call for an Investigation.
Not Deceived.
(fYoai ( MlaJ,lja Dxii,)
Taps (to little Tommy, who haa been to seo
"Uncle Tom's Cabin") I suppose you saw little
Eva dlo and go to heaven T
Tommy I aaw her die, but I don't believe she
went to heaven, 'cause I saw her come out after
the performance.
Alwnya Dlovlna;.
"John," said a frightened wife In the middle of
the night, "thero Is something moving down
cellar, I'm sure."
John listened Intently.
"Oh, tt'a nothlug but the gas-metro pegging
away," be said, w llh a sigh of relief.
m mm
Moutethlae? Cbenp.
IfromtU Epoch.)
Lady (to clerk) I want to look at something that
would be a suitable Christmas gilt for my hus
band. Clerk Yes, madam; something cheap, Is'poaeT
No Frills,
from (Aa Burlington. a JYwo.)
De Smith Well, Travis, bow are your
Travis Ob, I'm robust. Row ate jou t
DoBntftusJflila bugt,,
TO-DAY'S SOCIETY, TOPICS.
MB. HENDERSON AND MIB3 OELEICHB
HARMED AT 11IG1I KOON.
Mr. Tbmnna J, tlriimmond nnd Mlaa Mar
caret C. Hamilton to be Married Thla
livening Dr. nnd Mrs. Arthur M. Jjooinls
to (Jive a Reception This Afternoon
Tbo I.lat of.llntrlnrcbs for Ibe Assemblies.
n TThiirif'jri"'- nodding of Mr.
Savf nrtwWL vP? Richard Henderson,
rto& rfif ouo ' "10 owncrs '
t v?N steamers, and Miss
fy, J v! IIillft Oclriclls took
viCL Sffiffli place precisely at noon
twboi. rjfl&VM to-day at St. Goorge'B
fwYTrWlralW' ch,,rch- Th8 Kov- Dr
jrftyjSjfJ JlJ! ' Rninsford offlcinlcd.
uWJJST W v?L Miss Oolrichs is a
BJyjj (rt Js daughter of tho Into
4MU pJfilt- Hcnry Oolrichs.
UwT i rvhVJU0 v,'oro hridnl cos-
AkC m'ws flWtumo ueav' whlto
fesrrlrVH if J B"k' w'1 ront dpa"
IA lJLs Z" pery of point lnco, and
"Jx high corsage. The
point laco veil completely enveloped tho long
train, and was secured to tho coiffeur with
ornugo blossoms. A Inreo bow-knot of
diamonds nnd a pendant and star wore tho
ornaments worn.
Thern was nobrldnl procession. Tho llttlo
nieco nf tho bride, Miss Julia Jay, who woro
n whito crepo do chino gown, preceded the
bride, who was escorted to tho nltnr nnd
given nwny by her brother, Mr. Herman
(Jelrichs. Mr. Edward Henderson, the
groom's brother, waa tho best man, Mr,
Franklin, Mr. Frederick Tnms and Mr. Perry
wero tho ushers. Among tlioso at tho church
woro tho following named persons :
Mrs. John Jay, the Messrs, Henderson, Mrs.
Livingston, Mrs. Wetmore, Mr. and Mrs. George
Been, Mrs. Purdy, Mrs. Julia May, Mrs. J.
Beavor Webb. Mrs. ltandolph, Mrs. Schlcffelln,
Mrs. bands, Mrs. Cutting, .Mr. tlrockholst Cutting,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Fulton Cutting, Mr. Theodore
Ilavemcyer, Mrs. J. M. Wattrbury, Mrs. Mar
tiuand, Mr. aud Mrs. l.auterbich, Mr. and Mrs.
Llvcrmore. Mrs. Mldulcton Burrall, Mr. and Mrs.
llcrwlnd, Mr. Hlrson, Mr. and Sirs. William E.
Strong, Mr. Child, Mrs. John Cowden, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Chase, Mr. Ward, Mrs. August Bel
mont. Jr.. Mr. Charlei Mnnn, Mr. and Mrs.
Pierre La Montagno and Mr. and Mrs. J. Bowers
Lee.
After tho church ceremony a small wed
ding breakfast was given at tho house of Mrs.
'Willium Jay, the bndo's sister, 232 East Fif
teenth street.
Another wedding to-day will bo that of Mr.
Thomas J. Druuiuiond and Miss Margaret 0.
Hamilton, daughter of John L. Hamilton,
which will tnko place at 7.80 o'clock this
evening nt tho North Frcsbyteriau Church.
Tho Rov. 8. B. Rossitor, assisted by tho Rov.
Dr. Deems, will otneiato. Tho brido will
wear n t combination of whito satin
and moire, tho gown having a train
and V corsage. Tho tullo voil will bo
secured with diamonds. Sho will carry
a bouquet of roses and lilies. Miss Minnio II.
Hamilton will be the maid of honor. Miss
Jenuio Drummond, Miss Edith Drummond,
Miss Alico Lent, Miss Agnes Anderson, Miss
Jenuio Hamilton and Miss Attio Elliott will
bo tho bridesmaids. Mr. Samuel Stewart
will bo' tho best man, nnd Messrs. Charles
Sitnms. Thomas Dealy, Alexander Hamilton,
Samuei G. Orcutt, A. Thompson and D.
Siinonson will bo the ushers. Tho brido will
bo given away by her fathor. A roception
will follow tho wedding at tho home of the
brido's parents, SIC West Twenty-seventh
Rtrcet. Among tho guests expected aro tho
following named persons :
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs.
John Graham, Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Fisher, Mr.
nnd Mrs. John Watt, Inspector and Mrs. Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Hlchar.l Drummond, Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Drummond, Mrs. James Waterlow and
Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner. .
Dr. nnd Mrs. Arthur M. Loomis, who were
married u short timo sinco, will give a recep
tion this afternoon at their homo, 19 WeBt
Thirty-fourth street, to introduce Miss
Loomis. Mrs. Loomis will rcceivo in a black
laco gown with trimming of steel passemen
terio. Miss Loomis will wear white silk with
laco trimming and Y corsngo. Thoso ex
pected to bo present are as follows t
Mr. Plerpont Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Van
Itensselser, Mrs. I). II. Van Auken, Miss Van
Attken, Mrs. Potter, Mr. and Mr.DeLanccy Kane,
Mr. aud Mrs. Ahram H. Hewitt. Mr. and Mr.
Hdrrlm.m, Dr. audMrs, William Draper, Mr. and
Mrs. DelaOeld.Mra. James Townsend Burden, Mr.
und Mrs. George Dltas, .Mr. and Mrs. John nine
low, Dr. Pardee, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Cutting,
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselln, Dr. and Mrs. Fordyce
Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. LeUnd, Mlaa
Maud Leland, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jsmes, Mr. and
Mrs. llowdom, Dr. Thomas, Mrs. Lentllhon, Miss
Lentllhon, Dr. and Mrs. II. P. Loomis, Mr. and
Mts. William Jay, Dr. L. Btlnson and Dr. and Mrs.
Wyncoop.
Tho first of tho assemblies for this season
will bo given to-morrow ovening at Delmon
ico's. Tho fifty matriarchs for this year aro
as followB :
Mrs. William Astor, Mrs. Welman, Mrs. Sidney
Wetislcr, -Mrs. Cornelius Vaudorbllt, Mrs. I'sran
MOTeiH, Mrs. James Toler, Mrs. W. B. Smith,
Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs. W. II. Schleffellu, Mrs. Will
lam Bohermeroorn, Mrs. . Hoosevelt, Mrs. F. It.
Itivei. Mrs. Howard Potter, Mrs. Charles A. Post,
Airs. James Utt. Mrs. J. P. Morgan.'Mrs. It. D.
Mlnturn. Mrs. Ward McAllister, Mrs. J. f. March,
Mrs. Plcrro Lorlllard. Mrs. B. Lock
wood, Mrs. John Kean, Mrs. De Laccoy
Kane, Mrs. F. It. Jones, Mrs. Iselln,
Mrs. It. II. Hunt. Mrs. J. U. Heckschcr,
Mra. Grlswold Grey, Mrs. llobert Wtntnrop, Mrs.
W. C. Wnltncy, Mrs. E. T. Gerry, Mrs. Stuyve
satit Fish, Mrs. Fish, Mrs. F. A. Emmett, Mrs.
Butler Duncuu, Mrs. J. G. K. Duer, Mrs. Paul
Daua, Mrs, B. v. lb Cruger, Mrs. II. G. Chap
man, Miss Calloniicr, Mrs. (J. B. Bowdoln, Mrs.
Lloyd Brlce, Mrs. Belmont, Mrs, Astor, Mrs. Isaso
Belmont and Sirs. George Peabody Wetmore.
Each of these ladies arc subscribers, and
can invito seven guests each, tho participa
tors in tho ball being only 400.
Mrs. Henry E. Lawrence, of 57 East
Twentieth stroot, will give a reception this
afternoon.
A reception will bo given this afternoon by
Mrs. William It. Perry, of 23 East Thirty
oighth stroot. to introduce MissSadio Uaight.
Tho reception was to havo taken placo at tho
homo of Mihs Haight, but illness mado it
necessary to alter tho arrangements.
A Carnival In Aid of Poor fllrls.
An cnterialnmeut for tbo bencStof the Industrial
School for Poor G r:s will bo given on the evening
of Dec. 87 at thu Metropolitan Ot era-House. It
will be In the nature of a carnival, with descriptive
ballet' by 2.W boys and girls, with tableaux,
dances, singing aud dialogue. It will lake Its
name from tho well-known Venetian festival,
"Fasting 'Ihursdsy." Tae dances are all ar
ranged by Prof. Carl Marwlg, and will bo given on
the stage of tho opera-house, with full orchestral
aecompinliuent. The boxes have already all been
sold tu Wall street bankers and brokers and down
town bulueis men by private solicitation. The
management of 'he entertainment is In the hands
of A. 11. De Frecc, ass sled by J. A. De Lima,
Joshua Plz , M. B. Wite, f. Morris, J. Ilonlgman,
A. lianin and M. Toklaa, who compose tho Execu
tive Committee.
Auintrur to Help Ibe Nursery.
A matinee performance ot "Faint Heart Never
Won Ialr Lady," and selections from " School for
Scandal," will bo given by Miss Elele Anderson do
Wolfe, Mist Kathryn Brady, Edward Falea Coward
and other well-known amateurs at the Lyceum
Theatre at 2 o'clock Thursday at ternocn. In aid ot
the West Bldo Day Nursery, Industrial School and
Library. Tickets may be purchased at the New
York Exchange for Women's Work, at W. A.
PouJ's.at the theatre, and at Mrs. William Aruory,
jr. 'a, lOi East Thirty-ninth street. Tho uarsery Is
very much la need of money.
m
Voael llrothers'
mammoth clothing boose Is a sight worth seeing.
ThogodU things you can get thero tor your hus
band, brother or sou, such as elegant overcoats,
ulsters, shirts, shoes, csnes and uinhrellss, and a
thousand other things which It would take a whole
page to mention are now being sold at special low
prices. Their meat feature for the holiday aeason
la their flno line of Imported smoking Jackets,
dressing gowna and bouso coata for gentlemen,
which they are selling at halt the price ot coat of
unpoitatlon.v ,
MUSICIANS STIRRED UP.
rienty of Candidate to tho Mntnal Union
Election To-Morrow.
Tho mombors of tho Musical Mutual Pro
tective Union are all agog over tholr annual
election of officers and quarterly moeting,
which will take placo to-morrow. The polls
will open at 9 a. m. aud close at a P. M. at tho
union's ofllces, at M East Fourth street. Tho
meeting will begin nt 2 o'clock in tho Gcr
rnania Assembly Rooms, when tho election
roturns will bo canvassed nnd mottors of im
portanco brought up for consideration.
Tho candidates for President aro Alexan
der limner aud Anthony llelff. Mr. Urcnicr
is of Danish birth, and is a Urst horn-plnycr
in tho (Wcbjsstni of tho National Oporn Com
pnny. IIojboIso a good politician, and is
well known as a leader of the Tammany Hall
men in tho Eighth Assembly District. Mr.
Reiff is nn Englishman by nativity, nnd oc
cupies tho position of leader of tho orchestra
at the Standard Thcatso.
Gcorgo A. Connor, who is identified closoly
with regimcntnl bands and martial music in
this city and Ilrooklyu, is a candidate for
Vice-President. Ho is opposed by R. H.
May land, a music dealer of lirooklyn.
An unusual degreo of interest is shown in
tho election of n Secretary. "W. II. Austead,
tho prosont incumbent, has mado such a good
record that his frieiuln hnvo insisted ou his
ro-olectiou. Ho is a member of Tony Pastor's
orchestra. His opponent 4s Henry Ottos, a
drummer, who bolongs to tho Ralfe Club,
nnd is Master Workman of the local assembly
composed of tho members of that organiza
tion. Tho local is under suspension from
District Assembly No. 19, aud has delegates
in the Central Labor Union, wnich recently
expelled tho delegation from tho Musical
Mutual Protective Union.
Tho candidates for tho other offices are as
follows:
Treasurer Jacob Wallach, sr. , M. J. Salomons,
Trustees Emll Boettger, Harry Chapman, Max
Franklin, Karl A. bocpel, Jacob Kuuhkeller,
Theodore Lotze.
Executive Board Felix Bauer, Walter Clements,
Paolo DeFlna, Paul Gruncrt, Philip Hcrlorr, Karl
Kaltcnborn, Henry Lmnncrt, George Malney,
Ttios. Messina, Emll Bchcck, Herrmann Stuhr,
Ferdinand Vlngiprova, John Weber, Charles F.
Wcltzlen.
Delegates to National League John MoAdams,
John W. Beard, Georgo A. Connor, John Hunt,
Joseph Nolan, John G. Pfelffcr.
Thero is also nn independent ticket in tho
field, togethor with sovoral independent can
didates for Secretary.
HE WAS AN IRISHMAN.
One Season Why a Unfile In Aid of TJngb
Mnllen'a Mother Wai Held.
The rich tones of an untrained tenor voico
singing a patriotio Irish air, with a harmoni
ous combination of other malo voices of dif
ferent register joining in ringing chorus, at
tracted tho attention of a World reporter in
a Third avenue saloon Saturday night.
Tho musia proceedod from a rear room, and
tho bartender, who had Just filled tho re
porter's order for a cigar, answered his in
quiry regarding its cause by pointing to a
sheet of foolscap pinned up behind tho bar.
This scrap of paper boro this inscription ;
Tho Itamo for Hugh Mnllen'a Mother adjourned
till Saturday, Dec 8, at 8 p. u.
Hero was n bull worthy of Boylo Rocho,
tho celebrated Irishman who said that ho
" never opened his mouth without putting
his foot in it."
It wasn't possible that Hugh Mullen's
mothor. or any other old woman, was tho
prize which had been rallied for, but tho re
porter asked : " Who won tho old lady ? "
The bright Connaugbt boy behind tho bar
understood nt once and oxplaincd: ' 'There aro
ten men in that room who didn't leavo thoir
country ' for their country's good,' but be
causo they were too good Irishmen to suit tho'
Ideas of loyalty entertained by tho British
Government. Hugh Mullen was a Dublin
lad who was sentenced to life imprisonment
a year and a half ago.
" Ho was tho only support of his aged and
widowed mother. The men in thoro nrd
Mullen's friends and companions nnd thoy
got up this rafilo to raise a littlo monoy for a
Christmas present for tho poor old mother
over the sea who has boon mado childless by
British oppression. She knows ne ver n word
about it and won't sho bo surprised to receive
200 or $300?"
" But what did Mullen do to receive a lifo
sentence?"
" Oh, he just killed a constable and another
officer that attempted to arrest him and take
away some weapotibiwhioh he was concealing
for the glory oMteVn&te?'
" Then he was a Moonlighter or a Fenian ?"
" He was an Irishman," was tho proudly
sententious reply.
I,oads of Christmas Presents.
The big fancy-goods firm ot J. Llchtenstein &
Sons, at Grand and Eldridgo streets, has Just
opened a new department of Its store on Forsyth
street. The addition Is 63 by 125 feet, and three
stories high, and this greatly Increases the capacity
of the store. The toy department now occupies
the entire third floor, and every effort baa been
made to make It attractive to Ibe children. There
1b a real live Santa Claus,who Bits on a picturesque
throne and gives away picture-books to the boys
and girls who coll on nun, and answers all letters
that they send him. and later in the season be will
award a magnificent don to the girl who writes
Mm the best letter, and a fine rocking-horse to the
best boy correspondent The other departments
are fall ot elegant holiday novelties, and a new
department of household turnUhlng goods and
crockery has been added to the store. .
Alaernon 8. Hulllvnn'a Funeral.
Many organizations will do honor to the memory
of Algernon 8. Sullivan at the funeral services to
be conducted by tho ltev. lllchard D. Harlan, at
the First Presbyterian Church Fifth avenuo and
Eleventh street, at 10 a. m. to-morrow. Deputa
tions will be proient, among others, from the
Produco Exchange, the New York College of
Music, tho Boutncrn Society and tho Ohio Society.
The pall-bearers will bo Mayor Abrara S. Hewitt,
Judge John It Brady, Judge Edward Patterson,
Surrogate Daniel G. Itolllns, James C. Carter,
Joseph U. Chostc, William Molr, John U. Flagler,
Andrew J. Dickinson and John A. Uardenberg.
quartered with the Bonifaces.
George Olds, of Montreal, Is at the Windsor.
Msyor C. W. Blalsdell, of Chlcopee, is at tho
Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hemenway ocenpy a suit at
the Brunawlck.
Henry Fairbanks, of St. Johnsbury, VU, arrtvod
at the Fifth Avenuo to-day.
Mme. Blouet, wife of "Max O'EeU," reached
tho Everett House yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. M. Barry, ot Cork, Iro
lsnd, are stsylng at the Grand.
Snmuel P. Colt, llhod island's Attorney-Gen-era.
Is booked at the Hodman.
Dr. E. F. Hoves. of Indianapolis, and Cha. W.
Wheeler and wife have registered at tho Gllaey.
John B Stanohfleld, Mayurot Elmlra, and the
law partner ot Gov. Hill, Is booked at the HoUman.
W. Kauffman, editor of the Washington Star,
and Mrs. Kauffman are guests of the Everett
House.
J. A. Butler, of the Buffalo .Ve, and P. T. Sut
ton, a prominent citizen of Michmond, are at the
Bb James.
Dr. M. Posnett, of New Z:aland, Mrs. It. Par
menter and Miss Parmenter are among the many
arrivals at tho Hoffman.
Gen. T. 8. Peck, of Burlington, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Mowry and Miss Mowry, of Norwich,
are now at the Bartholdl.
Ex-Gov. James E. English, of Connecticut, and
J. C. stubbs, ot the Union Pacific ltallroad, from
San Francisco, have registered at the Windsor.
A recent arrival at the Bartholdl la Mayor E, C.
Gordon, PrrBiitent of the Land Improvement Com
pany and brother of the Governor of Alabama.
Col. John It. Wood, General Passenger Agent ot
the Pennsylvania ltallroad, nnd Maojr E. F. D.
Myers, ot ltichmond, have rooms at the Victoria.
T. M. Emerson, of North Carolina, and O. P.
At more, of Louisville, both of whom are largely
lntereatod in Southern railroads, are now at the
Brunswick.
Among others at the Windsor are J. W. Mao
Cullough, of the Pennsylvania llallroad, and John
Caldwell, Treasurer of the Wtstlnghouao Air
Drake Company.
Staying at the Fifth Avenne are J. a. Batterson,
ot Hartford; Wm. J. lllbtiard, of Chicago; W. P.
Itlce, of Kansas City; Wayne MaoVesgh, ot Phila
delphia, anaQeu, P, K, Vouch, qi Connecticut
mmfmssmma
SPORTS OF pELD MB RING.
TDE DIFFEBEST WAIB OP 01WS8'C6UNm-l '
INd DISOUBSELV
IMA4
Boni Hon nnd Invltntlon Hace of the Man
Italian Athletic Clnb It Will be a Week
Before the Dempsey-Ileagan Prlze-Flght
Will be Decided Annnal Game of th
Twelfth Kestimcnt Athletic Association.
HE dlffcront ways of
Jr?' cross-countoring, as
I was Fpolietr of in tho
(t$ I notice mi(de in this
V7 c- I C column yesterday of
i'sj- YiV fi fr ' the set-to betwoen New
ixHjZJ' York Athlotio Club
&r'j A mombors, W. J, u,
MJFt; I Barry ondN.A.Thomp
VyAaf y 1 Bon, wore discussed In
Oj)n ixl many sporting resorts
yy CJ u 1 yesterday. "Tho cross
I l y J counter by ducking to ',
ifl JL A tko right, as described
cK-s- (1 in last night's Wobld.'i
ljr'jfC-) "" Billy Edwards,
g jpciJ " I consider tho only tl ;
L correct way of striking
this blow." This is all
vory well, but in sotting to with Edwards, ,
don't give him a chanco to " cross " yon tho
other way or you'll got a thump that will
mako you think Sullivan is a "tapper."
Miko Donovan says tho cross-counter by
dodging tho head to tho right as tho left
leads como in is tho safest by far. "It'll
tako nn awful good big man to beat
a clover littlo fellow," says Mike, "if
tho littlo ono is careful about leading
nnd keeps pasting tho big chap in tho car
whilo ho keeps himself well out of danger.
Tho othor stylo of cross-conntor is tho
handier. It is described in Donnelly's box
ing book very well, but tho cut', thero doesn't
give u good iden of tho hit. Sullivan's swing,
ing right-handers aro modifications of this
blow. If a man should bo dovolopod clover
enough nnd strong onough to stop the " big
fellow's" right with his left and send in his
own right at tho samo instant on the jaw,
then wo should havo another phenomenon.
Importing Topics is tho name of a irt vjoston
Super devoted to Eastern sports oil all kinds.
Ir. Ben Benton is tho editor in ohxrge. This
weekly is very bright nnd newsy. .
Tho road run and invitation raoa. of the
Manhattan Athlotio Club will take paoo4hlS
ovening.
The Manhattan Athletia Club's Ladies
Day will bo held to-morrow afternoon.
THo Twelfth Regiment Athlotio Associa
tion will hold its annual games in the
Armory, Ninth avenuo and Sixty-second
street, on Saturday evening.
m
Another moeting of tho National Amateur
Skating Association will bo held on Friday
ovening, Deo. 10.
Tho coming Poultry show, which com
mences at Madison Square Garden next
Tuesday ovening, is going to bo one of the
best over held.
It will bo nearly a woek yCt before tho
Srize-fight between Dempsey and Reagan is
ncided. Tho reports of its having been
fought and that it will como off inside of
forty-eight hours aro entirely un
foundod. Dempsey, who fought the
Marino on a Sunday morning, would
rather llko tho mill to como off an tho Sab
bath, but his opponent and one of Reagan's
best friendB particularly objects to this. It
is said that Frank Stovenson, a sporting man
both sides would like to see act, and than
whom a fairer man docs not live, will accept
the arduous position of refereo. Billy Ed
wards wos down to see Dcmpser 'yesterday
and ho says tho middle-weight champion is
in groat fix.
Tho Now York Athletic Club's 1 football
team will not play tho Crescent tcato. on Sat
urday afternoon as reported. Tho Flying
Foot " Weaver's team is too much weakened
by the withdrawal of, on account of misman
agement, it is said, of Laidlaw and Cliampioa
Amateur Swimmer C. T. Schlesinger.
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TWO COMPANIES FOB ONE HOUSE
Complication Caused by a Change of Fleatf
at the Union Square. '
'When Manager J. M. Hill arranged with
Messrs. Robson and Crane to continue thoil
engagement at the Union Square Theatre,
thoso gentlemen wero, of course, delighted
and disposed of their dates throughout the
country in a satisfactory manner.
It was also supposed that Mr. Hill had '
disposed in a similar manner of the attrac
tions which were to have been seen at the
Union Squoro Theatre. It soems, however,
that the company playing " Deafen Brodlo " .,
held a contract with Mr. Hill to play at the
Union Square Thcatro the week beginning
Dec. 19 on a rental, aud that thoy deposited
money somo six months ago on account of
tho rent. Mr.) Hill telegraphed to the man
agers of this combination that they must
cancel tho weok for which thoy had con
tracted. No attention was paid to the tele
gram received from Mr. Hill, and that gen.
tlcman, giving the matter no further thought,
.went on with his negotiations with Robson
and Crauo. v
So now tho "Deacon Brodie" company f
insist upon holding their weok at the Union
Squaro Theatre and refuBO to surrender it
under any circumstances. They claim that
thoy own tho therstro for tho week beginning
Doo. 19. They aro now in Philadelphia, but
it was said yesterday that they will shortly '
bo in Now York prepared to take possession
of Mr. Hill's theatre. Thoy havo put the
matter into tho hanjds of a lawyer.
I
A Flno Dlaplny or Dress Goods. I
Such a dlaplay ot combination dreases ,as Is now
shown on the special tables of James MoCreery A
Co., 8J1 Broadway, has rarely been made in this ,
city. A dreis from wool goods In the plain mate
rial or wllh adequate trimmings la beads, plush or
velvet In cndleBs varieties of color and design can
be bought during the holidays at extraordinarily
low prices, rauging frem ST to SiO. Tnese goods
were expnssiy bought ler the holiday, trade and
havo been placed on spcasial tables and marked at
special reduced prices; tlcgaut casttmere from $10
totSO; figured cashmerls for tea gowns- beautiful
tulles, gauzes and grenadines, with tinsel and
leather uarnlturu for evening toilets dally attrao
th'jusjnda of Bhoppers and slght-seekera. All-woo
dress goods of nine-yard lengths have been reduoei
lu price to $2.50 and 43 per dress. Promlnen
among all te never-ending lines ot goods to M
seen at this store aro the magnificent combinations'
la wool and plush mentHned above, and the mers
sight of theBo goods alone would well repay a villi
toMcCreery's.V 1
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Election of Ilorobe Greeloy Foat.
The election of officers it Horaco Greeley Pott,
fiTT, G. A. H., will take place at headquarters, 189
Bowery, on Sunday , at 3 o'clock. This post is
unique, and different from; any other of the a. A.
It., Inasmuch as It Is the only post formed of a
trade by Itself. All Its numbers are printers, or
engaged In some branch of ,the printing business.
Congressman luumungs is Its delegate to the Stats
Encampment. It has steadily increased in mem
bership sinco Its formation two yrars ago.
Secretary Wlldnuin, of Typographical Union No.
0, Is Its present Commander. He has declared hit
Intention to shift lite bonorst of another term U
some one else. 1
Judso Knpnllo Worse, Then Better.
Jandge lUpallo w.is not quite so well late yester
day afternoon aa in ibe earlier part ot the day, bnt
his physician reported that he was more comforta
ble at night, aud tills morning be is somowosi
better,. '
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