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No Trials Last Week-Prov'sions of the New
Relief Fund-Members of the Old Force
residing anywhere can Join the New Aid
Who are to be its Directors-ls it Com
pulsory to Join It ?—Forfeiture to its Bene
fits—At the Highest Rate of Deaths a Sur
plus—A Fund to Draw From if a Deficit—
An Apology to Officer Doyle.
' The old Police Mutual Aid, which during its nine
teen years of existence has paid out nearly a million
dollars, has been reorganized under a new name,
aud on a new basis, which it is expected will be
sound and permanent.
At the death of each member there was an assess
ment of fifty cents on each death. There was no
fixed sum donated, so that at the end of the year,
or the month, there never was a surplus to fall back
on. At every collection all the money drawn in was
paid out.
This seemed very feasible. But by-and-by many
new men declined to join, aud the older the aid
society got there were the more deaths, so that in
time it looked as if the last man would soon come
to be.assessed for his own death, and be the final
beneficiary.
But the new law passed puts the aid society un
der a new name and on a sounder basis.
THE LAW
is only applicable to New York, as it is the only
city that as yet has over a million population.
Brooklyn at its present rate of progress will soon
be up to that mark. But a section of the law does
not prevent the men of Brooklyn, who belonged to
the Mutual Aid continuing members of the Police
Relief Fund. The police of Brooklyn, however,
cannot now join the New York Relief Fund. When
the Mutual Aid was started, the police of the two
cities were governed by one board, the Metropolitan,
now it is the Municipal, taking in only the county
of New York, It would have been unjust, in fram
ing the law, to have excluded the men who for
years were of good standing, whether they lived in
New York, Kings, Richmond or Westchester
counties.
WHO NOW MANAGE THE ORGANIZATION.
•‘The Superintendent of Police and the Inspect
©rs of Police of the Police Department of all cities of
this State, having, according to the last census, a
population exceeding one million, and their suc
cessors in office, are hereby constituted a Board of
Trustees of the Police Relief Fund, created by this
act. They shall organize as such board by choosing
from their number a Chairman and a Treasurer,
and by appointing a Secretary; such Board of Trus
tees shall have charge of and administer said fund,
and from time to time invest the same or any part
thereof as they shall deem most beneficial to said
fund, and are empowered to make all necessary
contracts and take all necessary and proper actions
and proceedings in the premises, and to make pay
ments therefrom, in pursuance of this act. The
said Trustees shall, from time to time, establish
such rules and regulations for the administration of
the Police Relief Fund as they may deem best. They
shall report in detail to the Board of Police or Police
Commissioner in said cities, annually in the
month of January, the condition of the Police Relief
Fund, and the items of the receipts and disburse
ments on account of the same. No payments what
ever shall be allowed or made by said Trustees as
reward, gratuity or compensatioiLto any person for
•alary or services rendered to or for said Board of
Trustees, but the said Trustees are empowered to
make all necessary payments from the said fpnd for
stationery and printing required therefor.?'
IS IT COMPULSORY TO PAY ?
There is doubt in the minds of some whether it
is compulsory or optional to join the relief fund.
jS-sre is the text fa full:
"The police relief fund shall consist of a sum of
money equal to two dollars per month for each
member of the poljc.e force of said department, and
also for each member or employee of said department
other than the said police force, who shall desire io *■
avail himself of the privileges ftnd provisions of
- act, and also for members of the Police Mutual i
Aid Association of the said department, who, at the 1
time of tho passage of this act, are in good standing :
therein, pud shall desire to contribute to the ’
said fund, to be paid monthly by the Treasurer of <
the Board of Police or Commissioner of Police pf <
said department, lo the Treasurer of the Board of
Trustees of the police relief fund, created by this 1
act, from moneys deducted from the pay of *
members of said force, or members or employees of 1
said department, and the Treasurer of the Board of «'
Police, or Commissioner of Police of said depart- 1
•Tnont, is hereby authorized and directed to make such 1
deduction from the pay of tho members of the said 1
police force, as herein provided,”
It will be seen that two dollars a month is author* 1
ized and directed to be deducted from the pay pf tho ’
members (who are on the force), while with clerks t
and members, of good standing in the Mutual Aid
it is optional to join. * ,
ibXIX” th" 16 law - e ' n u ror 3
means ol“ ! — ~ lvea 6f tha “ 6n wiU by n 0
to the compulsory payment.
01WE A MASOH, ALWAYS A MASON.
it has been said, and questioned, that once a Mt»-
feon always A MMson. But there is no doubt about
the membership of this society; dismissed, or re
sign, if the dues are paid, you are always a mem
ber of the Relief Fund. The law on t hut-point is as
follows:
"Members of the said police force,anCmembers or
employees of said department other thjfa the said po
lice force, who may hereafter resign ‘or bedismissed
or retired therefrom, and members of the said Po
lice Mutual Aid Association, who are in good stand
ing at the time of the passage of this act, may avail
themselves of the privileges aud provisions thereof
by making a monthly payment of the sum of two
dollars to the treasurer Of the said relief fund; but
any such person not in the employ of the said po
lice department, or a member thereof, who shall
fail to pay the said sum of two dollars within thirty
days alter the same shall have become due, shall
forfeit all claim to any portion of said fund or bene
fit to be derived therefrom.’*
Thus on the payment of s2l a year, $1,200 is as
sured. It would take fifty years' payments, with
out interest, to save that amount, and a society
carried on such a business principle would burst
»ip; but there is a provision made in this to pre
vent tiiat contingency. If the income is not
enough, there is another fund that can be drawn
from
WHERE IT GETS AID.
“ Upon tho death of any member of the police
force of said department, a member or employee
thereof, other than the said police force, contribut
ing to the said fund, or of any person heretofore a
member or employee, and so contributing, there
•hall bo paid by the trustees of the said fund to the
person or persons designated in writing by such
member, employee or person contributing thereto,
or, if no person or persons have been so designated,
then to the widow, or, if there be no widow, then to
tho legal representatives of such deceased member,
employee or person, the sum of twelve hundred
dollars out of the moneys so deducted, withheld or
contributed. The said Board of Trustees, at the
end of each year, shall pay over to the police pen
sion fund of the Police Department in said cities,
all moneys in excess of the sum of five thousand
dollars then in the hands of the Treasurer of the |
said Board, and not due to any person on account <
of a death payment; and if in any year, owing to an
excessive mortality in the uniformed force of tho
•aid department, the condition of the said relief
fund shall render it, in the judgment of the Board
of Trustees of the said police pension fund, neces
sary, a sum not exceeding jive thousand dollars may be
transferred and paid over from the said police pen
sion fund by the trustees thereof, for the use and
purpose of said police relief fund.”
PLAIN FACTS.
The highest number of deaths during any year
has been sixty-two. This would be an outlay, un
der the present law, of $74,400, and the income
■would be, at the rate of 3,300 payable members,
$79,200. That, at the latest highest mortality on
the force, would leave at the end of the year a bal
ance of $4,600 on hand, and a reserve of $5,000 to
draw from if tho excess from deaths should be
above the income.
No better life insurance could be gotten up for
tho force. A few of the men may not like it, but
the wives, who know it to bo sound and safe, will
all bo glad of it.
PATROLMAN GARRETT DOYLE MAD.
Patrolman Doyle was sued for failing to pay his
cobbler for his boots. Inadvertently the reporter
thought the clerk called Doyle of the Eighteenth,
when it was Doyle of the Thirteenth Procinct that
was alleged to have been asked by the cobbler when
he entered the station house, and startled the men
at the domino table by the query, "Do you ‘cop
pers’ pay for your boots ?”
There are a great many Doyles on the force. Wo
have .one in the Thirteenth Precinct (the alleged),
one in the Sixth, two in the Detective Office, one
each in the First and Fifteenth, one in the Twenti
eth, and two in the Thirty-first, with tho Doyle in
the Eighteenth, who says : "Doyle of the Eight
eenth Precinct owes no one a farthing, and there is
only one Doyle here, which is me. Your report of
to-day has given me considerable annoyance and
damage, which will take some time to make right.
I owe for no shoes, and never was down on a charge
of non-payment of debt."
Glad to hoar it. His honor would be about the
most that would commend him to the Civil Service
examiners.
BROOKLYN POLICE MATTERS
A NEW POLICE BOAT—A NEW SUB-PRECINCT
TRIALS, COMMENTS, ETC.
THE STEAM LAUNCH.
After a stormy discussion, the Board of Aider
men, on Monday last, decided to favorably consider
the report of the Law Committee directing the pur.
chase of a steam launch, to be used by the police in
patrolling tho river. The Commissioner has been
du k authorized to advertise for proposals, and it is
asstrted about the Hall that the action of certain
Aiddrmen in opposing the introduction of a boat
into the department has not added a whit to their
popularity. The members of the force are, mean
while, speculating as to which of their number may
bo selected to man the boat, while many are hunt
ing among their effects for long-forgotten dis
charges from river boats, ferries, etc.
. A SUB-PRECINCT. .
A communication from headquarters was for
warded last week to the Board of Aidermen asking
for authority to lease and place in repair a suitable
building to be used as a station-house for the Fif
teenth Sub-Precinct. Many officers are anxiously
awaiting the appearance of the transfer list.
TRIALS OF THE WEEK.
There were nine cases for trial before the Com
missioner on Tuesday last.
Quinn, of the Twelfth Precinct, while endeavor
ing to outrival the famous Jonathan Wild, ascend
ed the stoop of a dwelling on the morning of the
18th inst. Stretching himself lull length on a
bench, Quinn attempted to solve the mystery of
certain suspicious footsteps—at least that was his
defense. Roundsman Knipe seemed positive that
Quinn was asleep, and so, apparently, did the Com
missioner, who inflicted upon the latter a fine of
two days’ pay.
Roundsman Knipe, after searching ineffectually
for Dailey, of the Twelfth Precinct, lor two hours
on the morning of the 18th inst., became disgusted,
and reported the missing officer for being off post.
The latter was reprimanded.
Maguire, of the Eleventh, becam®all broken up
over the appearance of the beef suspended in a
butcher-shop on the 15th inst. As the officer stood
admiringly in the interior of the shop in question,
Captain Belly, stop-watch in band, was timing Ma
guire’s absence from patrol. Maguire will hence
forth confine his inspection of beef to such hours
as he may be off duty. Ho was fined a loss of one
day’s pay.
Fitzsimmons, of the Seventh Precinct, is evidently
a lover of horseflesh. Unlike Maguire, Fitz com
fortably seated himself in a livery stable for tho
purpose of inspecting the stock on the morning of
the 15th inst. Roundsman Stillwagon preferred
♦he charge, while Fitz received a reprimand.
White, of the Fifth Precinct, while on station
house duty on the 11th inst., nodded in his chair
until he became so drowsy that, disregarding all
consequences, he sought the bunk-room and turned
f in. Sergeant Burford reported the desertion of post,
which was punished with the loss of one day’s pay.
’ " He’d have been shot in the army,” muttered an
- ox-soldier..
. Crozier, Jr., of the Fourth Precinct, for an absence
, of forty minutes on the 14th inst., received a repri
mand.
Fitzpatrick, of the same precinct, was charged by
a citizen with making an illegal arrest on the 17th
inst. The Commissioner promptly dismissed the
charge.
Kiernan, of the Second Precinct, was fifty-five
t minutes late on the 13th inst. The officer explained
that he was on a visit to friends in New York, and
’ was unable to make time on his return trip. As
Kiernan had not been "on a time,” he was simply
reprimanded.
i The case of Campbell, who very properly inter
fered with the entrance of acting District Attorney
Clark to court recently, will be investigated on
Tuesday next. The acquittal of Campbell is con
fidently predicted.
ILLNESS OF AN OFFICER.
Sergeant McCullough, of the Third Sub. Precinct,
while attending to his duties last Monday, was
taken suddenly ill. He has frequently suffered
from hemorrahges and has the sympathy of the
force throughout. At this writing the sergeant is
reported as being comfortable.
DEATHS.
It is our painful duty to this week record the
death of the valiant Ex-Superintendent of Police,
John S. Folk. The deceased, who has been identified
with this Department for a period extending from
1851 until the date of his recent illness, has at all
times been regarded as a representative member of
the police force of this city, and of which our pres
ent captain, of the Twelfth Precinct, a son of tho
deceased, is a popular member. As intimated in
this column some weeks ago, the heartfelt sympathy
of residents of the Seventh Ward has been tendered
tho family of the dead officer, whose funeral on
Saturday last was numerously attended by many
prominent officials of this and New York city. At a
meeting of the Police Captains held on Thursday
last, Captains Woglom, Jewett and McLaughlin,
were appointed to make the necessary arrangements
for attending the funeral. A neatly engrossed set
of resolutions deploring the loss of the deceased will
shortly appear.
BEATEN BY ROUGHS.
Officer Ray. of the Eleventh Precinct, while in the
performance of his duty, was shockingly beaten by
a gang of South Brooklyn roughs who were wit
nessing a brutal prize fight on Wednesday last.
The injured officer is at this writing comparatively
comfortable, his assailants, meanwhile, having been
arrested by Captain Reilley.
A NEW STYLE OF DRESS SUGGESTED.
It is suggested in certain quarters that the tight
fitting uniform at present worn in this department <
might be fashioned after that in use by our sailors
and marines when serving in warmlatitudes—this,
too, without detracting from the becoming appear
ance of our officers. A neat-fitting blouse, with
duck trousers, together with the regulation holmet,
would appear very appropriate during the Summer
months, to say nothing regarding the personal com
fort it would afford.
KELLY, THE HERO.
Detective Kelly, of the Ninth Precinct, is the lion
of the day in police circles, owing to his really fine
display of detective lore in apprehending a profes
sional burglar on Thursday last. The latter was
caught in the act, or, as policemen term it, "Dead
to rights.” Moro power, Kelly.
A DENIAL BY AN OFFICER.
x Brooklyn, June 23d, 1885. )
Thirteenth Precinct Police Station. I
To the Editor of the N. Y. Disnatch :
In your issiie of the 29th of March last, also of the
22d, appeared in £ho " Brooklyn Police Matter ”
tho following:
" With noticeable impartiality, Police Commis
sioner Partridge fcas declined to act in the case of
Patrolman Wasserman, of the Tenth Precinct, who
has gained considerable notorMy gig ‘shipper of
inoffensjyo citizens of late. That Wasserman nifty
yet be found guilty of murderous assault, and may
yet appear in the costumes peculiar to the inmates
of the institution situated near Crow Hill, is pre
dieted by many indignant ciUzen?/'
1 have, befch tried as the foliowifTg will show, and
more, it was shown during my trial that it was a
" put up job” on the part of the complainant, a
low ward politician, because I dared to interfere
and arrest his corner loafers. As nothing has been
published of my vindication in your paper, I hope
you will let my fronds and the Police Department
know the end of it as it will only be put Xust,
Police Commissioner Partridge has also dismissed
tpo complaint against me at Police Headquarters
’'"rty ~~~ haying waited for
the decision of the Court of Sessions.
By publishing an item of the matter of this trial
you will confer a great favor on the Brooklyn
Department, and also to
Youi-S respectfully Adolph Wasserman,
Patrolman of the Thirteenth Precinct, lately of the
Tenth.
Mr. Wasserman sends us the following report of
his case, clipped from some paper which he does
not name : Officer Adolph Wasserman, of the Thir
teenth Precinct, was tried in the Court of Sessions
this morning on an indictment for assault in the
third degree. The complainant is George B. Daven
port, a well-known Ninth Warder, who described
himself as ship-fastener, of No. 701 Washington
avenue.
He testified that on March 12th he was returning
home from a meeting of Foresters, and had reached
Pacific street, on Washington avenue, when he
heard someone callout, "Hey!” aud then Officer
Wasserman crossed and asked him to get on about
his business, at the same time striking him three
heavy blows on the back with his club. He was
perfectly sober. What Wasserman said to him was:
"You are one of those fresh fellows, and I’ll knock
it out of you.” Cross-examined by Mr. Strauss,
Davenport said he had not been working at his
trade since he was laid off at the Navy Yard last
March, but had been minding a real estate office on
Gates avenue. He was well acquainted with a
saloon keeper named Brown, and had assisted him
to procure his license. i
For the defense, Captain H. L. Jewett, of the
Tenth Precinct, testified that Wasserman bore a
good character, and had made a complaint at the
station against Brown’s saloon. The post Wasser
man had was a rough one, where an officer was lia
ble to find trouble. k
Wasserman, in his own behalf, testified that on
the night in question he asked Davenport to move
on from where he was standing, and that the com
plainant, Davenport, replied, "You Sheeney :
you can’t do anything. I’ve got a pull in this
ward.” The witness stated that at the time he had
a very sore finger and could not carry his club,
which was in his belt, and that he did not touch
Davenport.
The jury found the officer not guilty.
rr.ir.’ , iwriawa
OUH FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TRIALS AND JUDGMENTS — AN
OTHER HERO-AOY GARDNER—
PROMOTIONS, &c„ &o.
The Board met, as usual, on Wednesday last, and
at once proceeded to the trials of the. following
named offenders :
DECEPTION.
Fireman Thomas L. Conklin, of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 4, was charged with deceiving his fore
man, William J. Colby, in sending a messenger to
the company quarters with a verbal report that his
wife had been taken suddenly sick, and that he was
compelled to go immediately to Brooklyn to bring
over his mother-in-law to care for her, and he would
therefore be delayed an hour and a half in so doing.
Subsequently his wife went to company quarters
and reported that her husband was sick and unable
to report for duty in person to the medical officer.
This occurred on the 14th inst.
Conklin was also charged with neglect of duty, in
that he failed to report to the captain certain inju
ries which he had received, while on a twenty-four
hours’ leave of absence, on June 13th.
Upon being placed before the Board he pleaded
not guilty to the charges.
Fireman M. J. Flynn testified that he was on "dog
watch” when a messenger—a man—came into quar
ters and stated that Conklin said his wife was sick,
and that he was going to Brooklyn and might be
late before reporting for duty;witness did not know
about Conklin being sick, it being the witness’s day
off ; witness had seen the messenger before, but did
not know him personally; the witness told the cap
tain of the circumstances. .
Fireman William H. Quinn testified that he was -
in charge of the company in the absence of the ,
Assistant Foreman. Conklin's wife came into the
quarters and reported that her husband was sick,
and was unable to report to the medical officer; he
had heard of Conklin sending a messenger to the
company quarters stating that his wife was sick;
the medical officer had granted the accused a three
day’s sick leave of absence, and shortly afterward
Conklin reported for duty.
Foreman William J. Colby testified that the
charges made by him were true. Flynn told him
(the foreman), of the message which he had re
ceived, and he ordered it to be placed upon the
journal; it was the witness’ day off, and he left the
company in charge of the assistant foreman; the
witness went to the accused’s house and found his
i head all swathed in bandages, and he appeared to
be much hurt; the accused said he had been to a
“ free and easy ” on Saturday night and got hurt;
•! witness asked Conklin why he did not report that
he had been injured instead of sending word that
his wife was sick, and he replied that the messenger
had taken the wrong message; he was off duty four
days on a leave of absence.
Fireman Flynn recalled, said when Conklin’s wife
came into quarters she was not sick, at least she
did not appear to be so; she said her husband’s
head had been hurt very badly.
The accused told the foreman that he had been
assaulted by four men, who had beaten him about
the head.
Assistant Foreman Geratty, of Engine Company
No. 26, detailed to Hook and Ladder Company No.
4, testified that Conklin reported early in the morn
ing. and late in the afternoon he reported sick, and
a sick leave of absence was granted by one of the
medical officers: he bore no appearance of having
been injured, and looked then just as he does to
day; he was kept in ignorance of any injuries that
Conklin had received; Captain told the witness two
days afterward oi Conklin’s injuries; Conklin said
nothing about being sick, and gave no account of
any assault having been committed upon him.
Dr. Samuel Johnson, one of the medical officers of
the Board, testified that he was called to Conklin’s
house at seven o’clock P. M., on the 13th inst., and
the Monday following he found his head all ban
daged up; the doctor asked him what was the
trouble, and he said while walking in the street ho
had been attacked by four men, who beat him about
the head, after which he was taken to Bellevue Hos
pital, where his wounds were dressed; Conklin,
after leaving the hospital, went to headquarters and
saw the doctor, who found that he had several con
tusions on his head; there were two in front and
two behind, and one near the right eye; the ban
dages would show under his cap at least a quarter
of an inch; the contusion over the eye was notice
able; the accused said he had been buying a pair of
shoes, and when he came out of the store he went
into a “ free-and-easy,” and when he came out he
was knocked down and beaten by four men, who,
he said, mistook him for his brother, who is a po
liceman on that beat, and was not much liked.
I Captain Colby said that when Conklin reported
for duty the bandages were removed, and there
was no appearance of a black eye.
Conklin, in his own behalf, testified that be left
home on Saturday night to buy a pair of shoes;
’ he went to “Kerrigan's Free and Easy,” and
‘ hearing a little singing he went and bought a pair
of shoes, and while going home with them he was
’ suddenly kicked from behind upon the head by
■ three or four men, who knocked him down, and
; when he got up on his feet he called loudly for
f ! help, and he saw several men running away; he
I i then met a policemen and asked him where he was,
j and the officer said "get out of hero—go homo;”
NEW YORK DISPATCH, JUNE 28, 1885
he wont home and told his wife of the assault; when
he took off his hat-' his head was bleeding very
much; the next morning it was worse, and he sent
a messenger to the company quarters to report him
sick, as his wife had gone to Brooklyn, and ho could
not therefore send her; he then went to a drug
store, and the clerk said he did not want anything
done to him; that the bruises were very slight, and
did not amount to anything; the accused said he
did not know that he should {have reported the
matter to his commanding officer.
Conklin was appointed in the department on May
23d, 1883, and assigned to do duty in Hook and
Ladder Company No. 4. On April IGth, 1884, he
was tried on charges of conduct prejudicial to good
order, and was fined the loss of ten days’ pay and
transferred to Hook and Ladder Company No. 10.
On November 12th, 1884, he was tried on a charge of
intoxication and using disrespectful language to
his superior officer and conduct prejudicial to good
order. He was fined ten days’ pay again.
In the present case he was found guilty, and was
ordered to be dismissed from tho department, the
Commissioners taking into consideration his pre
vious bad record.
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
Fireman Patrick Conlon, of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 12, was charged with being absent
without leave for thirty-two minutes, on the 12th
instant.
He pleaded guilty, and said he went home to
breakfast, after which he wept to the barber’s and
had to wait for his turn, and being delayed, he was
just thirty-two minutes absent.
Assistant Foremen Hopper gave the accused a
good character, and concluded by saying he was a
first-class man, and he bad no fault to find with
him. The Board dealt very leniently with accused,
and fined him only one day’s loss of pay.
DISRESPECTFUL LANGUAGE.
Fireman Michael Brady, of Engine Company No.
45, was charged with using disrespectful language
to Assistant Foreman Richard F. Kennehan, in that
when the Assistant Foreman told him (Brady) to put
himself in proper uniform while on house-watch,
Brady said:
"Why don’t you put yourself in uniform ? Why
don’t you button up your own jacket before you
come on this floor ? And if you don't know how
to make out a watch-list, ask somebody to do it for
you that does know.”
This occurred on June 12th.
The accused said the charge was true; he did use
the language stated in the charge.
At noon on the 12th inst. the Assistant Foreman
came down-stairs with bis watch-list in his hand,
and the name of the accused was on it, and he told
the Assistant Foreman that there was some mis
take—he had been recently on several "watches”
before, and should not have been put on that list;
he had been put on the list very often lately, and he
objected to it. The Assistant Foreman then said :
" Well, you are on watch now, so put on your
uniform and button up your coat,” and the ac
cused then used the language stated in the charge.
The Board then fined the accused two day’s pay,
and ordered him to be reprimanded in General Or
ders.
ANOTHER HERO.
The Board received a communication from Capt.
Farrell, of the fireboat “Zophar Mills ” (Engine Co.
No. 51), stating that at noon on the sth inst. Fire
man Dixon McQueen, of his command, rescued
from drowning Ellsworth Barry, an employee of
the Delamater Iron Works, at tho foot of West Thir
teenth street.
Barry was in bathing and being taken with
cramps, called loudly for help. McQueen ran
across the dock and plunging into the water, held
Barry’s head above it until the arrival of a boat,
when the men took Barry into it.
This is tho sixteenth rescue made by McQueen
during the past few years, and the Board ordered
his name to be placed on the “ Roll of Merit.”
PROMOTIONS.
Mr. Charles H. Woodman, Secretary of the Civil
Service Supervisory and Examining Boards, sent in
a communication stating that the following mem
bers of the department, recommended by the
Board on June 16th and 17th for promotion, to be
foremen and assistant foremen, passed the satisfac
tory examination on June 19th, as follows :
Tp be Foreman—Assistant Foreman Daniel Cal
laghan. of Engine Company No. 7, 95.4 per cent.
be Assistant Foremen—Assistant Engineer
Jonn J. Cponey, Of Engine Company No. 48, 97.6 per
cent,; Fifoihaff jEdward H. Tobin, of Engine Com
pany NO; 2. 97.6 pel* «eut. Engineer John
J. McNamara, of Engine UoSpaDy Nq. 15, 96.8 per
cent.; Firemen Samuel Banta, of and gadder
Company No. 9, 96 per cent.; James M. Nugeul, of •
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3, 95.2 per cent.; r
Patrick Gormley, of Engine Company No. 16, 95.2
percent.; Adolph J. Peterson, of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 2, 94.4 per coni., and Joseph Beshin
gor, of Enging Company No. 28, 94.4 per cent.
The Board theft mge tUe pfonjotldhs to go info ■
effect on thp first qi July when the men will
be assigned tp cprppapics where there are vacancies ■
existing. f Tx*
President Purroy laid before tho Board a com
munication which he had received from Mr. George
Hastings, of No. 365 West Fifteenth street, making
application for the appointment in the department
of Acy Gardner, of No. 225 Fifth street, and in sup
port of the application he submitted the following
facts: “ On the night of May 27th, a fire broke out
in the five story tenement house at No. 98 East
Fourth street. Acy Gardner, a young theatrical ex
pressman was passing at the time the fire was dis
covered, be ran to the top floor of the house and
brought down at the risk of his own life a young
woman who was powerless from fright. Hearing
that this young woman’s aged mother remain
ed on tho top floor he again ascended and car- .
ried her to the fire-escape. Returning to ascer
tain whether any of the inmates remained in the
building, he was overcome by smoke in the hallway
of tho top floor and was carried away unconscious
by the firemen, themselves retreating for their
lives.
Taken to Bellevue Hospital he was found to be in
a critical condition. His clothes had been almost
burned from his body, and it was almost two hours
before he could be resuscitated.
Upon regaining consciousness the first words he
articulated were, did I get that old woman out?
The New York Herald has referred several times
eulogistlcally to the gallantry displayed by Gardner
upon the occasion in question, and several private
citizens have taken occasion in various ways to
testify to their appreciation of his conduct.
He is able to furnish references as to character,
and is in age and physique fitted for service in the
department.
In this connection Mr. J. V. Lynch, of Lynch’s
Express and Transportation Company, sent in a
certificate stating that Gardner had been in his em
ploy for the last twelve years, and he had always
found him to be an honest, trustworthy and per
fectly reliable young man, and he cheerfully recom
mended him to any one who might need his ser
vices.
The Board then ordered that a blank application
for appointment be sent to Gardner for him to fill
out.
A NEW ENGINE-HOUSE.
On the Bth proximo the Board will open proposals
for the erection of a new building for the use of En
gine Company No. 39, to be located on the north
side of Sixty-seventh street, 170 feet west of Third
avenue.
FIREMEN THANKED.
Late on Thursday afternoon President Purroy re
ceived a letter from Mr. W. L. Bigelow and others,
who represented the Board of Underwriters, extend
ing their thanks to the officers and men of the De
partment who were at the fire at No. 170 Fifth ave
nue on last Tuesday evening.
They stated that the comparatively small loss of
Knoedler & Co. is accounted for by “ the prompt
ness, intelligence, and efficiency displayed in extin
guishing the fire, especially the great care and dis
cretion used in handling the stock, so sensitive to
damage, and the judicious use of water, in using no
more than was absolutely necessary to extinguish
the fire.”
The letter was placed on file.
BROOKLYN FIRE NOTES.
RUMORED CHANGES—INSPECTION—PROPOSALS
FOR |FIRE BOAT—GOSSIP, COMING TRANS
FERS, ETC.
WILL THERE BE CHANGES ?
In view of the recent appointment of acting Dis
trict Engineers it is thought by many that a change
may be made in the location of the older members
of that grade. Nothing definite could bo ascertained
at headquarters last week regarding the subject, al
though it would seem natural to retain men in sec
tions which they have for years supervised to the
entire satisfaction of those in authority.
THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.
On Friday last, the Commissioner began his an
nual inspection of the entire department. The
Eastern District houses were on that day visited
and thoroughly overhauled. On Saturday the major
portion of the houses of the Western District were
rigidly inspected, while the remainder will be duly
visited to-morrow. Engine Company No. 5 will be
the last company called upon during the inspection.
The Commissioner has thus far expressed entire
satisfaction with the different companies, quarters
and apparatuses. More anon.
NO REPORT MADE.
After the recent organization of new companies,
the Commissioner paid an informal visit to each for
the purpose ol ascertaining whether any further re.
quirements might be needed. As sufficient time
had not elapsed however, during which defects
might be found and remedied, no report as to the
condition of the houses was made.
A FAVORABLE REPORT.
The final physical examination of men to be ap
pointed to the force, and who have been on proba
tion for ten days, was held during the past week. A
favorable report in each case was received.
AN ORDER MODIFIED.
The order published after the ♦ecent appoint
ments, directing the transfer of certain men to fill
vacancies, etc., has been so far modified, as to allow
quite a number to remain with their present com
panies. Unlike New York and other large cities,
Brooklyn’s Fire Department is composed of in
dividuals who cling to old ward associations, and
who do not care to leave the “machine”
which they have run with since boyhood. If a
transfer is ordered, therefore, it appears to be an
easy matter to obtain a modification so as not to
affect members of Engine Companies residing in the
wards where the latter are situated.
REDISTRICTING THE CITY.
On Friday last the task of redistricting the city
was undertaken by a board consisting of Assistant
Chief Engineer Smith, with District Engineers Dale
and Cunningham. It is expected that the new men
will be able to assume charge of their proper dis
tricts in a few days.
THE ELEVATED ROAD.
By a recent order Chief Nevins provides that, in
the event of a fire, two red flags be placed in posi
tion upon the Elevated Railroad, to be one hundred
yards from the fire and so as to be seen by engineers
of trains approaching the scene. At night two red
lanterns arc to be used in a similar manner. Both
the flags and lanterns will be supplied to each com
pany. The wisdom of this plan is at once appar
ent, and is favorably regarded by all.
DOING GOOD WORK.
The Eastern District Companies, under direction
of Chief Smith, rendered yeoman service at the
recent chalk factory fire. They occasionally have
to work, even in Williamsburg it would seem.
TELEPHONE.
“ Hello ! Telegraph Bureau.”
“Hello! hello!”
“What has been occurring in your department
this week ?”
“ We have been very busy, Dispatch; every avail
able man of our force has been worked for all he
was worth. We are employed in extending sections
Nos. 11, 6, 9. 7 and 8. The latter is about com
pleted. We have now received all of the new fire
alarm boxes, which we intend to place m position
after thoroughly testing them. Clark, our newly
appointed lineman, who broke a finger recently, is
all O. K. once more, and is hard at work, as is also,
Frank Riley, formerly driver of Engine Company
Our superintendent has a novel electrical
contrivance for lighting engine-houses which we
trust he will be afforded an opportunity of practi
cally i.lustrating at some future day.’*
" Hello ! repair yard !”
*.*. rr l ri S ht « Dispatch.”
days?” Ve y ° U Bus l >eDl^ during the dog
"Not by a doggoned sight. We are kept as busy
as bees. An order for the building of three new
wagons has been received. It is intended to gradu
ally work off the old material and substitute newer,
vyo greatly miss the services of Messrs. Connell and
Wero both model workmen.”
"What about the sale of the present yard and
shops and purchase of a more convenient build
ing ?”
"Hold on now, Dispatch; we are friendly with
you, but spare us the solving of a conundrum in
not weather. When lam placed on the pension
P erßoua lly urge the proposed change.
But that will occur many years hence.”
"Good day !"
"Good day I’*
"Hello ! new engine house.”
‘‘Hello! hello!”
?S. avo you encountered many difficulties as
yet?”
" ell, we should smile ! No. 22 is seriously con
sidering the purchasing of telescopic spectacles for
L X3 ’ order that they may see their way
out of tho house at night. This company has nu
merous contrivances for lighting gas by electricity.
as, however, the arrangement does away with
matches, which latter cannot be used, even though
the electrical apparatus be out of order, and the
members reasonably apprehend trouble in the event
or a call at night, it has been suggested that each
man be supplied with a miner’s lamp to bo attached
to his hat in case of accident while hitching up for
a run at night.”
Everybody on No. 21 seems happy. MacFeeley
F eturu °d to No. 3 truck. At Truck No. s’s house,
the boys are as happy as lords, while Jimmie, seated
before the door, nightly entrances his hearers with
tales of fire laddies of twenty years ago. Nearly all
the new companies would prefer to have telephones
placed in the houses, rather than be required to
indicator. Aside from the convenience
afforded the different captains by the introduction
ox . j ie telephone, each member could be communi
cated with occasionally during the night, and if
refusing to answer might be readily awakened by a
large gong, which could easily be attached to the
telephone. Should a man now fall Asleep on watch
he could not instantly be detected by means of the
indicator. The suggestion is good, and may be
heeded.
"Hello I No. 17 !”
"Yes.”
7.5- OW are you makin g ou *
"first rate, Dispatch. Your remarks last week
concerning tho dilapidated condition of No. 9’s
house might likewise be applied to ours. We are
sadly in need of repairs, and our stalls should be
altered so as to afford our horses a straight run to
the pole. Otherwise we are all right, and thank you
for tho interest you have shown in our affairs.”
"Hollo ! Central!”
"Hello! hello !”
"How are you knockin’ ’em ?”
"Poorly, Dispatch. It is too confounded hot for
business. Still, much interest is manifested con
cerning coming changes and regarding our new fire
boat. Proposals for the construction of the latter
are coming in. No. 4 Engine has been restored to
that company, while it is proposed to place electric
lights in the vicinity of the new houses. There be
ing no swinging harness for the tender horse of No.
22, the defect will at once be remedied. All the boys
seem to have settled down to hard-pan, and while
away their leisure hours in dreaming about fra
grant groves, cool 1-lemonade, etc,
THE GAME OFF.
The proposed game of hand-ball between this de
partment and the police of Brooklyn has been in
definitely postponed. All bets are declared off by
Referee Ruddy.
The following verses from the pen of our fireman
poet were forwarded to this office during the week:
"THE BATTLE OF RED-HOOK LANE.”
Come boys of Brooklyn's Fire Brigade,
Attention now I crave,
While I set forth the praises
Of the bravest of the brave.
Who to satiate their passion
For valor, yank and fame.
Enlisted in the Army
Which was slain at Red Hook Lane.
The order being given,
The warriors charged in line;
Each man received a pencil.
His death-warrant to sign.
The obstacles were many,
Scholars there were few;
While the foreheads of the aspirants
Were bathed with clammy dew.
' .v
Bold Fanning, Doyle and McGfCarty
Ne’er received a scar;
Though Sammy anfl Henstia
Received a little jar.
Garrity, Walsh and Lahy, Dobson and
McGuire, Platt Van Cott and Kirkpatrick,
Received the heaviest fire.
John Finn came off victorious,
Jimmie Connell, too;
Kellock aud O’Connell were valiant, wise and true;
Farrell and McCarty, though almost rent in
twain.
With brave Jim Smith and Goodwin,
Escaped from Red Hook Lane.
Tom Healey’s badly wounded,
But will soon be 'round again,
And until the fireboat whistles,
He’ll think of Red Hook Lane.
The battle has been fought
And the warriors home again,
Have no reason now to view defeat
With any blush of shame.
Our Trade.
AMERICAN SILK MANUFACTURERS DEMAND A
HIGHER PROTECTIVE TARIFF OR A STRICT
ER ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
(From the Commercial Advertiser of Saturday.)
Perhaps the most prominent of the younger
American industries is the manufacture of silk
goods. Within the last twenty-five years and espe
cially within the last ten years, this industry has
grown rapidly. At present the value of silk goods
annually manufactured in this country is between
thirty-five and forty millions of dollars. This is
nearly one-half of the value of the silk goods used
in the United States. For the calendar year ending
December 31, 1883, the value of the production of
finished silk goods was nearly $41,000,000. The to
tal imports of silk manufacturers at the port of
New York, representing about 94 per cent, for the
same year was more than $32,000,000. It must bo
taken into consideration that the values assigned
to imports are those of the invoices, which aro
made as low by the agents as the Custom House
authorities will permit.
It is estimated by the reports of Government
commissioners, appointed to investigate the sub
ject, that, on the average, under-valuation is not
less than twenty-five per cent. Obviously, there
fore, to ascertain the value of the imports in the
United States markets, it is necessary to add to the
invoiced value the duties and the agents’ profits.
The annual report of the Silk Association-of Amer
ica, estimating the value of silk goods manufac
tured in the United States during 1883, says: "It
may be assumed that our factories contributed
more than a third in value of the silk goods used in
the country.”
The class of merchants known as agents of foreign
manufacturers, is injuring the business of honest
and thorough-going American importers, is also
threatening this young industry—the manufac
ture of silk. By cheating the Government of what
rightfully belongs to it, they can throw European
manufactured silk goods on American markets at a
less price than the goods can be manufactured for
in this country. A leading silk manufacturer said,
this morning, that the business had been "seriously
crippled,” chiefly on account of these importers,
who are nothing more or less than the representa
tives of foreign manufacturers. All Americans who
are engaged in this industry agree that the present
tariff of fifty per cent, could be safely reduced pro
vided that the laws could be fully carried out, so
that foreign imports of silk goods could bo invoiced
at their true market value.
Mr. B. Richardson, one of the vice-presidents of
the Silk Association of America, said this morning:
" There is no doubt in my mind that the manu
facture of silk in this country has been injured by
these lagentsjof foreign manufacturers. No mills
have been shut down, but tho evidence of tho diffi
culty is apparent in other ways. It is a very seri
ous thing, you know, to shut down a mill, and it
would not be resorted to if thoro were any means to
prevent it. The American manufacture of silk has
been in a very encouraging condition. We make
from $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 worth of the silk
goods consumed in a year in this country, and the
quality of our silk is better than that of the Euro
pean factories. It wears longer, though it hasn’t so
fine a finish. The outlook for the future has also
been good. But now we are crippled because of
these importers.
“We cannot expect, without a protective tariff,
to compete with European manufacturers, the lat
ter get their labor done so cheaply. The cost of
living there is less, and the manufacturers can get
along on profits which would cause the failure of an
American manufacturer. I know of a silk manu
facturer in France where the girls employed are
cared for as they would be cared for in the Catholic
Protectory—they are furnished a living for their
labor. Some of them get five and seven cents a day.
Girls at the same tasks in this country get $5 and
$7 a week. Our present duty on silk, fifty per cent.,
is plenty high enough, and if there were no under
valuation it could be reduced ten or fifteen per
cent., and at the same time afford protection to the
American manufacturer.
“ I imagine that foreign manufacturers arejthem
selves beginning to lose by this system of American
agents, and that in time things will right them
selves. What is the remedy now ? Simply to carry
out the laws; that is all that is necessary.”
rx’csiclciit jrisli’s Sentence.
TEN YEARS IN AUBURN PRISON STARES HIM
IN THE FACE.
Ex-President James D. Fish, of the Marine Bank,
was dressed in a neatly-fitting dark suit yesterday
morning when he appeared in the United States
Court for sentence. He took a seat by the side of
Stephen G. Clark and William Stanley, his counsel.
Judge Benedict was on the bench at an early bour
se early that the usual crpwd of curiosity seekers
had not put in an appearance. Clerk Shields, ex-
Judge Dittenhoefer and a few members of the bar
occupied seats within the enclosure* set apart for
the lawyers. Assistant District Attorney Foster, as
soon as the Judge had taken his chair, moved that
sentence be pronounced upon Fish. The clerk
called the name of the prisoner, who advanced to
the bar with a firm step and lilted his eyes to the
Judge.
THE SENTENCE PRONOUNCED.
Judge Benedict rubbed his eye-glasses with a
white silk handkerchief, glanced at Fish a moment
and then said :
“ You were charged by the Grand Jury with many
offenses against the laws of the United States. After
a fair and impartial trial you were found guilty of
the misappropriation of the funds of the bank of
which you were president. You were also found
guilty of making false entries in the books of the
bank while in that position. The verdict of the
jury was that you were guilty. The evidence
clearly showed that there could be no doubt as to
your guilt. A more shameful or a more lawless
abuse of the powers of a president of a national
bank can scarcely be imagined. It is proper, there
fore, that fit punishment should be meted out to
you, and in order that others may be deterred from
similar offenses, it is necessary that the full penalty
of the law should be pronounced upon you. A
merciful consideration for your age forbids a cumu
lative sentence. The sentence of the court is that
you shaH be confined in the prison at Auburn for
ten years.”
FISH VERY BRAVE.
Fish did not change color a particle when he
heard the sentence. He did not tremble or show in
any way that he was agitated. He walked out of
the court-room with a firm step, and returned to
his quarters in the Ludlow Street Jail, from which
e will be transferred to griaoa ia a da# or two.
Fish's sentence is not a severe one. Under the
commutation system which prevails in all the pris
ons in this State, Fish can, by good conduct, re
duce his period of confinement to six years and six
months. There is no commutation for the first
year; after that the reduction is as follows: Second,
three months; third, three months; fourth, four
months; fifth, five months; sixth, five months;
seventh, five months; eighth, five months; ninth,
five months; tenth, five months. Total, forty
months. Fish is now sixty-five years of age. If he
should live to complete his term of prison life, he
would be seventy years and six months old when
he comes out.
A Secretion that Contaminates the
Blood.— When the bile is diverted from its proper
channels into the blood, which is always the case
in liver complaints, it ceases to boa healthy secre
tion, and becomes a poison. Its abnormal pres
ence in the circulation aud stomach is indicated by
the suffusion of the skin with a hideous saffron
tinge, by headaches, vertigo, nausea, pain in the
right side and under the right shoulder blade, by
indigestion, obstruction of the bowels, and other
minor symptoms. Order may be substituted for
this state of chaos, and further bodily evil averted
by using the beneficial alternative and tonic, Hos
tetter’s Stomach Bitters, which, by relaxing the
bowels, promotes the escape from the circulation
of bilious impurities, beside rendering the action
of the liver regular, and removing every trace of
dyspepsia. This pleasant and purely vegetable anti
bilious medicine is not only infinitely more effect
ive than any form of mercury, but it is on account
of its freedom from hurtful properties, infinitely
to be preferred to that poisonous drug.
Important. —When you visit or leave
New York city, save baggage, expressage, and $3
carriage hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel,
opposite Grand Central Depot. 600 elegant rooms,
fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, $1 and up
ward per day. European Plan. Elevator. Restau
rant supplied with the best. Horse cars, stagesfand
elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live
better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other first-class hotel in the city.
Comrades of the G. A. 8., inquire at
your Post for particulars of the
G. A. R. EXCURSION TO
MAUCH CHUNK, PA., JULY 22.
The Female Bust and Form.—How to
Develop. Illustrated. Price. 15 cents.
DUPONT MED. CO.„No. 925 Broadway, N. Y. City.
IVT ATIONAL THEATRE,
X - Nos - 104 and 106 BOWERY.
JAMES TAYLOR and Miss IDA ALEXANDER in
SIMON; Or, MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
COMEDY FOUR, MURPHY and MACK.
SHANNON and EMERSON, FOUR COMETS,
Miss LIBBIE KIRK, MAMIE WALLACE, &c., Ac.
The whole to commence with MURPHY’S DREAM.
Admission, 35, 25,15 and 10 cents.
Matinees. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
ADISON SQUARE THEATBII
Evening at 8:30. Saturday Matinee at 2.
MR. A. M. PALMER Sole Manager
JOHN T. LAST NIGHTS OF
RAYMOND'S IN CHANCERY.
SUMMER Week of JULY 6th,
SEASON. FOR CONGRESS.
Pending preparations for
A NEW COMEDY.
Koster & bial’s, sacred con
cert TO-NIGHT.
Selections from LeClair’s burlesque on Offenbach’s
BURKE KERENS.
With its wealth of novelties, March d’Amazones, etc.
First appearance of the Four Musical Kings, Messrs.
WOOD, BEASLEY AND WESTON BROTHERS.
MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
THEISS’SMUSIC hall and alham-
BBA COURT, Fourteenth street and Third avenue.
CONCERT EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Electric and instantaneous success of the peerless
OTTILLIE, OTTILLIE. OTTILLIE,
as the Living Reproduction of BARTHOLDI'S STATUE,
LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD, Greeted
with whirlwinds of applause.
rPONY PASTOR’S THEATRE.
■A. COOL IN HOTTEST WEATHER.
GALA WEEK OF FUN.
> TTT7.
The gfeat and only
METROPOLITAN MINSTRELS.
An organization without an equal.
MATINEES TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
CASINO, Broadway and 39th st.
»<* Roof Garden Promenade Concert after the opera.
After months of careful preparation, the reigning Euro
pean Opera Comique Sensation,
NANON.
An unusually strong cast, beautiful costumes, scenery,
appointments, etc. Admission, 5Cc.
This (Sunday) Evening, Grand Popular Concert.
STAR THEATRE. Evenings at 8:30.
THIS SUNDAY I MEXICAN
EVENING. | TYPICAL ORCHESTRA.
MONDAY, JUNE 29, LAST WEEK.
Orchestra, $1; Balcony. 50c.; Family Circle, 25c.
WALLACK’S. Broadway and 30th st.
McCAULL OPERA I THE BLACK
COMIQUE COMPANY. I HUSSAR.
Orchestra, $1.50. Balcony, SI.OO. Admission, 50c.
Family Circle, 25 cents. Matinee Saturday at 2,
BIJOU OPERA HOUSE.
The Great Comedian. HENRY E. DIXEY, sup
304th I ported by RICE & DIXEY’S BIG BUR
to 310th LESQUE COMPANY in
performance. |ADONIS.
EDEN MUSEE, 23d st., bet. sth and 6th avs
OPEN FROM 1 to 11. ADMISSION, 25 CENTS.
New Wax Groups, Stereoscopes, Fata Morgana.
TWO SACRED CONCERTS.
SEGALL’S GRAND ORCHESTRA,
THEISS’ CONCERTS, 61 West 14th st.
THEISS’S CONCERTS, 61 WEST 14th ST.
THEISS’S CONCERTS, 61 WEST 14th ST.
EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
“118 80DCIW8I0 HAIL,
Broadway and West 31st st.
THOS. E. GOULDBusiness Manager.
FRANK LAWTONStage Manager.
THE COOLEST PLACE IN THE METROPOLIS.
A new and improved cooling apparatus has been intro
duced in this establishment, making it one of the most
comfortable resorts in the city
PATRONIZED BY THE ELITE NIGHTLY.
25 Star Artists,
appear in a new and varied programme of unusual excel
lence, with an Orchestra of picted Artists.
POSITIVELY CLOSED ON SUN DAYS
’JACOBBLANK’S
WINTER GARDEN,
Nos. TOO THIRD jVVJDINTJJE,
132, 134 & 136 East 13th st.
MLLE. ANNA ROSETTI,
MISS CARRIE BROWER,
and
MR. EMILE HAUPFE.
HARRY HILL’S, Houston and Crosby
sts.—To night the Deitman Lester Jubilee Singers
iron Denton on the Choptank River.
Mary anderson,
NOW PLAYING
AT THE
Lyceum Theatre, London, England,
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO
MR. HAMILTON GRIFFIN,
Box 60, Long Branch, ZW. J.
paving!?
CITIZENS’ SAVINGS BANK OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, Nos. 56 and 58 BOWERY,
corner of Canal street.
FIFTIETH SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF INTER
EST.—The Trustees have ordered that interest at the
rate ol THREE AND A HALF PER CENT, per
annum be paid to depositors on and after JULY 20th. on
all sums of ss—and upto s3,ooo—which have remained
on deposit for the three or six months ending June 30tb,
Bank open every day from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M.
EDWARD A. QUINTARD, Presi dent.
Henry Hasler, Secretary.
Charles W. Held, Cashier.
(exnwsw.
CONEY ISLAND. An Immense Rush !
EVERYBODY VISITS THE BIG ELEPHANT.
A Great Jam Daily. 20,000 Visitors.
THE ONE GRAND FEATURE OF THE ISLAND.
Splendid Entertainment Inside the Elephant.
A Glorious Programme for To-day.
Love’y Cool Grounds. Half Hourly Concerts.
Flags Flying, Cannons Booming, Bands Playing.
Admisison to Grounds and Elephant, 10c. only.
Sea Beach route and Iron Steamboats.
Post-Office Notice.
Letters for Europe need not be specially directed for
dispatch by any particular steamer in order to secure
speedy delivery at- destination, as all Trans-Atlantic
mails are forwarded by the fastest vessels available.
Foreign mails lor the week ending July 4th will close
(promptly in all cases) at this office as follows:
MONDAY.—At 7:30 P. M. for Truxillo and Ruatan, per s.
s. Prof. Morse, via New Orleans.
TUESDAY.—At 7:30 P. M. for Honduras and Livingston,
per s. s. Wanderer, via New Orleans; at 8 P. M. for
Turks Island and Hayti, per s. s. Haytien Republic,
via Boston.
WEDNESDAY.—At 4A. M. for Europe, per s. s. City of
Rome, via Queenstown (letters for Germany, etc.,
must be directed “per City of' Rome”); at 4 A. M. for
Germany, etc., per s. s. Elbe, via Southampton and
Bremen (letters for Great Britain and other European
countries must be directed “ per Elbe”); at 4A. M. for
France direct, per s. s. Olinde Rodriguez, via Havre
(letters must be directed “ per Olinde Rodriguez”); at
9 A. M. for Newfoundland, per s. s. Miranda; at 10 A.
M. for Central America and the South Pacific ports,
per s. s. City of Para, via Aspinwall (letters for Mexico
must be directed “per City of Para”); at 1 P. M. for
the Windward Islands per s. s. Trinidad.
THURSDAY.—At SA. M. lor Europe, per s. s. Republic,
via Queenstown (letters lor France, Germany, etc.,
must be directed “per Republic”); at 5 A. M. for
France, Germany, etc., per s. s. Hammouia, via Ply
mouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg (letters for Great
Britain and other European Countries must be di
rected “per Hammouia”); at 10:30 A. M. for Vene
zuela and Curacoa. per s. s. Valencia; at 1 P. M. for
Nassau, N. P., and Santiago, Cuba, per s.s. Cienfuegos;
at 1:30 P. M.for Cuba and West Indies, via Havana;
and for Campeche, Chiapas. Tabasco and Yucatan,
Mex : co, per s.s. City of Washington (letters for other
Mexican States must be directed “per City of Wash
ington.”).
FRIDAY.—At 9A. M. for Newfoundland, via Halifax; at
1:30 P. M. for Cuba, Porto Rico and Nassau, N. P., per
s. s. Saratoga, via Havana; at 3 P. M. for Jamaica,
per s. s. Vertumnus.
SATURDAY.—At 6:30 A. M. for Europe, per s. s. Etruria,
via Queenstown; at 6:30 A. M. for the Netherlands
direct, per s. s. Schiedam, via Amsterdam (letters
must be directed per “Schiedam”); at 6:30 A. M. for
Scotland direct, per. s. s. Anchoria, via Glasgow (let
ters must be directed “ per Anchoria”); at 7:30 A. M.
for Belgium dirbet, per s. s. Waesland, via Antwerp
(letters must be directed “per Waesland).
Mails lor China and Japan, per s. s. San Pablo (via San
Francisco), close here July *2d, at 7. P. M. Mails for
Australia, New Zealand, Sandwich and Fiji Islands,
per s. s. Australia (via San Francisco), close here July
*2sth, at 7 P. M. (or on arrival at New York of s. s.
Britannic with British mads for Australia).
•The schedule of closing of Trans pacific mails is ar
ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted over
land transit to San Francisco. Mails from the East ar
riving on time at San Francisco on the day of sailing of
steamers are dispatched thence the same day.
HENRY G. PEARSON. Postmaster.
Post Office, New York, n. Y., Jun? 2uth, 1885.
THE OLD AND WELL-KNOWN
STATEN ISLAND
DYEING ESTABLISHMENT
wish to call the attention of their natrons and the public
generally to the fact that they have recently made very
marked advances in their methods, whereby they are en
abled to treat goods of certain descriptions, such as
Furniture Slips, Carpets,
Chintz Coverings,
Linen Floor Cloths,
Window Shades,
Cretonne Slips and Covers,
in a manner unsurpassed by, and, as they believe, un
known to any other establishment in this country, be
cause they do not require that FURNITURE COVERINGS
shall be RIPPED in order to finish them, but finish them
WHOLE, without EVEN REMOVING THE BINDINGS.
They give either the
GLAZED, ROLLED OR CRETONNE FINISH
to this class of work as their patrons may desire.
In their
CARPET DEPARTMENT
they treat the most costly goods in a perfectly satisfac
tory manner, rendering them absolutely clean and re
storing the colors, while the carpets do not shrink.
The process also destroys moth or other insects, and
leaves the carpet with a clean, fresh and beautiful ap
pearance.
WOOLEN BLANKETS
by their treatment, are made pure, clean and fleecy.
Many of our patrons send all such goo&s as those men
tioned above to us when going to the country, and leave
in our care till they return at the close of Summer.
As our Dyeing and Cleaning of all kinds of Ladies’ and
Gentlemen’s Wearing Apparel is so well known to all, it
it only seems necessary to remember that our
NEW YORK OFFICES ARE:
No. 98 DUANE STREET,
No. 870 BROADWAY, and
No. 610 SIXTH AVENUE.
We also have offices at No. 40 North Eighth street, Phil
adelphia; Nos. 166 and 108 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn;
No. 42 East Madison street, Chicago; No. 134 Superior
street, Cleveland, Ohio; No. 410 Wood street, Pittsburg,
Pa. and agencies in every town in the country.
FIREWORKS.
Buy of the Manufacturers at BOTTOM PRICES.
The GRAND DISPLAYS on the Brooklyn Bridge, May
24th, 1883, and at the Washington Monument recently,
were furnished by us, and we now offer, ar manufacturers’
prices, for private displays, a full line of fi. eworks of the
same colors and brilliancy as those we fired in the above
displays.
DETWILLER & STREET, No. 13 DEY ST.
LEGGETT’S HOTEL -
lOn tlie European Plan]
AND
DOMING BOOMS,
Nos. 44 and 46 Chatham st.,
AND
No. IO Centre street,
NEXT DOOR TO STAATS-ZBITUNO BUILDING,
Extra Entrance, No. 10 Centre st.,
NEW YOBK.
A. S TORMS.
“THE LEXINGTON,"
973 THIRD AVE,, N. W. cor. 58tti street.
Also, THE NEW TORE HOUSE,
HA BOWERY, r.ear Grand street.
Choice Refreshments and Cigars. Lager Beer and Fine
Domestic Goods a Specialty.
JOHN C. BROGAN, Proprietor.
HOTEL,.
Nos. 11, 13 and 15 EAST fiROADWAY.
FINEST APPOINTED HOTEL ON THE EAST SIDE.
THE CHOICEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
GEORGE BECHTEL’S LAGER BEER.
FORMERLY OF WILLIAM AND PEARL
Everett s hotel
AND GRAND DINING ROOMS,
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
BARCLAY AND VESEY, BETWEEN WASHINGTON
AND WEST STREETS,
NEW YORK.
SAMUEL H. EVERETT,
Proprietor.
SPECTACLES— BRAZILIAN PEBBLES
and Double Vision Glasses, m gold, silver and other
names. Also, the celebrated Eye Preservers, so highly
on the Human Eye and Optics, accurately and sc.antid*
ally adjusts these tar-tamed spectacles to delectire yuuou.
.thisottloe. No. alO Grand street, near Allen.
3?iano Covers,
PIANO SCARFS, TABLE COVERS,
STORE STOOLS, MUSIC CABINETS
and STANDS, lamest assortment, best
goods, lowest prices.
F. NEPPERT, Manufacturer
and Importer, No. 390 Canal Street,
near West Broadway, N. Y.
Rose Leaf, Fine Ciif,
Navy Clippings
and Snuffs
GOOD NEWS
.TOLADIES!,
Greatest inducements ever offered
Ey 3 1p|P Now’s your time to get up orders for
OULr celebrated Teas and
■3KJURBM Coffees and secure a beautiful
Gold Band or Moss Rose China Tea
Set, or Handsome Decorated Gold
Band Moss Rose Dinner Set, or Gold Band Moss
Decorated Toilet Set. For ftill particulars address
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO.,
(P. O. Box 289.] 81 and 33 Vesey st., New York.
SO9IB, etc, 1
DOGS and their Skillful Treatment.—
Dogs boarded, etc. Medicines for all diseases. Pre
pared food lor mocking birds. DOVEY, Doctor and Sur
geon. Oilice and private residence, 26 W. 4th st.,u. B’way
SKILLFUL TREATMENT and Reliable
remedies for all dog diseases. H. CLAY GLOVER,
1,293 Broadway. Reference. Westminster Kennel Club
EXCELSIOR!
THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED
AND WORLD-FAMED
ExcelsiorLagerßeer
MANUFACTURED BY
GEORGE BECHTEL,
IS STRICTLY WRE.
It is the FINEST FLAVORED
and MOST WHOLESOME Beer
before the public.
It is pronounced the BEST and
Purest Beer,
by eminent Physicians and Chem
ists, and they recommend it for
INVALIDS as well as the robust.
It has received
from PHILADELPHIA, NEW
YORK, PARIS, SYDNEY, and
JAPAN for excellence and pu
rity, and
Stands Unrivalled!
AB communications should be addreased to
GEORGE BECHTEL,
STAPLETON, STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.
There is a Beautiful Grove, Bowling
Alleys, Restaurant, &c., connected with the
Brewery, tar the use of Pleasure Parties.
FOR SUMMER “WEAR?
COOL AND DURABLE,
OUH 2V.ESV
Serges, Mohairs,
Plaids, Checks,
and Diagonals,
Finest Assortment in the City.
SUITS to measure from - • • $20.00
PANTS “ “ 5.00
SUITS to order from ... $20.00
141 TO 151 BOWERY,
AND
Broadway and Ninth st., opp. Stewart’Sa
Samples and rules for Self-measurement mailed on ap
plication. Please mention this paper.
BOWERY STORES OPEN EVENINGS.
JMPORTANT NOTICE
TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND SHIPPERS OP
FREIGHT.
HUDSON RIVER OPEN.
THE STEAMERS OF THE
PEOPLE’S LINE,
DREW AND DEAN RICHMOND, 7
noted for their elegance afld superb accommodations!,
wdl commence their regular trips to Albany, and con
necting for all points North and West, EVERY WEEK
DAY, at 6 P. M., from Pier 41, Nor& River, foot of
Canal street.
N. B —Staterooms warmed. Freight received until,
time ot departure. W. W. EVERETT, President.
flw aw.
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
Epps's Cocoa.
BREAKFAST.
'• By a thorough knowledge ot the natural laws which
govern the operations ot digestion and nutrition, and by
a carefhl application ot the fine properties of well-selected
Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a
delicately-flavored beverage which may save us many
heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built
up until strong enough to resist every tendency to dis
ease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around
us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We
may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well
fortified with pure blood and properly nourished frame?*
—Civil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold onlyitt
half-pound tins, by Grocers, labeled thus:
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76 UNIVERSITY PLACE, Between 13th and 14th Sts.
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MY MINERAL WATERS HAVE BEEN ANALYZED
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AND ENDORSED — SINCE 1862-AS ABSOLUTELY
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JL. STROUB’S OYSTER BAY. NoJ
• 2369 THIRD AVENUE, between 128th and 129th'
sts., is furnishing oysters by the quart and hundred, and
is delivering on the half shell at all hours. The proprie
tor, John L. Stroub, is the patentee of the Clam Roastee
Which is used at most all hotels, oyster-houses, and by
private families throughout the country with "reat satis
faction. They are sold at all the house furnishing store®
throughout the U. S. Principal Depots: John L. Stroub s»
Oyster Bay. 2369 3d av.; John L. Stroub’s Family Oysteo
House, 93 Canal st. ; John L. Stroub’s River View Hotel*
foot of 125th street. North River. New York City.
ljumi w.
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