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Some of the Chi-. . - newspapers are
growling at the Chicago » r <-al managers because
most O the attractions at : ■ a res lor the last week
or two have been of at . .ml oft-repeated, not to
say ino'dy, t'pe. Den 'iho'np, n John T. Raymond, M.
B, Curtis, minsttel shows, etc., have all b?en seen in Chi
cago ove a.:d over again, c e di gruntled wr ters,
and it is as! an.e and a disgrace that while New Yorx has
two first-class “Mikados, - one “Nanon,” and several
other novelties, Chicago should be put off with these old
crusted entertainments.
Alf. Wyman, the wiclely-known Dutch
Comedian, died in Chicago, IP., e irly on the morning of
Sept. 17th ot paralysis, wi.h u h.cn he was seized at the
close of h - performance of •Ou> German Farmer” at the
Walsted 8 ;e t Opera Ho ise on Sunday evening, Sept.
13th. Ils right name w A If. Wyman T.-.ylor, and he
was Dorr June 7th, 1853. in this cry, we believe. He was
a son o; Geo. A. W. Taylor, co mander oi the old Scott
Lite Guards, and a nephe v Fc n‘: Henriques, of H. B.
Claflin aud Co., this city, be m trried Lulu Wilson in
1877, and si.e was playing w t h m at the time of his
- death*
Charles Edward Creswick, younger
Eon of ti:« distinguished actor. William Creswick, died of
blood poi oning, Sunday, Angus'. 3'), at his residence in
■ Fulham, England. Some ti •• ago a garden-fork pene
trated his le;t foot, and it was the wound thus earned
which brought on pyaemia. 1--ceased was bo: nin 1850,
and made Ins debut on the ,c n America during 1871,
flaying chiefly at the Globo Theatre, Boston, Mass., to
which he was attached dur mg the greater part of ’7l and
a portion of ’72.
A special train will leave this city for
Chicago on October 3d co trying Messrs. Robson and
Crane and their theatrical ■•ompany, together with the
/scenery aid adjuncts used in their pi esen ration of “The
Comedy of Frrors.” Mr. Joseph Brooks, the manager of
this enterf rise, being wis: ml :•> prolong the run ot this
Comedy in New York, has < • leavo e-i out without suc
cess, to procure from the maulers in other cnies a post
ponement of dates.
, Not being able to probate his will in
advance. Barnum has don? everything possible to pre
vent the breaking ot his last testament. He has pro
vided that if any legatee m :'-. a c>nte<t, he shall by
thatait .orfeitbis bequest. ■ he has left SIOI,OOO to
Jthe executors to fight any contestant. T.»en three phy
'Blcians wi re-sed his will, who made oath that he was of
fiound niiad.
The white arms of the stage ladies are
glorious, but they ought to bo poi s if d off with a hard-fin
ished cii in gloss not trans . : ■!?. as it is, when they
take a gent’eman’s arm or get i >cked in the embrace of a
pair of blutk coat sleeves, tl .. ’ ave the n an looking as
, though he had just emerged T«»m a tussle with a flour
Back. These little drawbacks make people laugh.
Max Maretzek, to convey the idea
that the managers always have the money, says that the
gueat singers demand their pay in advance before going
on the s'age. Albani used tu j ai her money ins.de other
corset, alleging that her 0.. n j.oie.s came out easier, and
Badlail always stuffed his into his stockings, and brought
up his beautfiul baritone fr ihe same depths.
Marcus A. Maye'-, who is Florence
fit. John's agent for Americ closed last week, with Ru
dolph Aronson, a contract or her appearance, com
mencing ki .-September, ■ at the Casino. She will
then make her debut here in S rauss’ “Gipsy Baron, ’
which, Mr. Aronson says, the om poser will come over to
lead.
Miss Louise Pomeroy is busily en
gaged in rehearsing her company preparatory toopen'.ng
October Ist in several Shakespearean plays, consisting of
“ Hamlet,’ “ Romeo and Jul.et. “As You Like It” and
“ Twelfth Night,” assum the male characters in
“ Hamlet” and “ Romeo and Juliet.”
John Weir, aged eighteen, and George
Thompson, also eighteen were arrested September 19
for stealing a bunch of admission tickets from the box
office of the Third avenue Th-atre. Manager Prescott
•caught them in the act. Justice Murray held them to
an.su er to a charge of grand larceny.
The earliest use of tlie word “piano
forte,” so far as is known, was in a playbill dated May
16, 1761. The piece annemued was “The Beggar's
Opera.” The bill read: ‘ ... l s ..luckier will sing a sing
from Judith, accompanied '■ . Mr. Bibdin upon a new
instrument called ‘pianoforte. ”
Mr. Irving’s Lyceum,Theatre, London,
has been decorated and improv d during the Summer va
cation. The rows of orchestra chairs have been placed fur
ther apart, a change which is said to be due to Mr. Ir
ving’s sympathy for long-1 gged people. Would that all
managers were long-legged
Lester Wallaok has sued Rose Gogh
lan, the actress, who is no.v playing at Niblo's, :o •
$5,000 damages for her violati n ol a contract to pt>rf< rm
“at his theatre only. She says s e was engaged by Wall ack
as leading lady and found afterward that he had another
lead.ng lady.
Mrs. Hattie Warner,.the “New Jersey
Lily,” whose debut as an a-: ess made a sensation in
Paterson last Winter, has lee the leading lady of a
traveling company and will i. ake her first appearance at
■Potsdam ou Thursday evenin-’, .is Camille.
Buffalo, N. Y., papers note the first
appearance in concert in that ciiy of Misses Natalie Stern
berg and Leafie Sloan, th ■ f« r nor a soprano and the lat
ter a contralto, both of whom give remarkable promise
oi future artistic success.
■ Bijou Fernandez has stopped doubling
’at the Star and Fourteenth Si > e-t. Her health was begin
ning to suffer and her mo. h r took her out of the
“Paquita ’ cast. Little LilLe Wilson succeeded her Sep
tember 15tb.
Richard Golden says that next season
he will take out “Chestnuts ' a three-act farce-comedy by
John W. Norton. Alex. C. c- in.-t iek, Jr., will be inter
ested with him, and Dora Wiley will play the leading fe
male role.
F. W. Sanger has arranged with T. H.
' French for ti e American right to “Hoodman Blind” ont
aid * of th s city, where i ester Wallack will conn o’ it,
and will put it on after “In H s Power” at his up town
house.
Mr. Joe P. Buckley, lately the ticket
agent ot the City Theatre in Br< c <ton, Mass., has been
selected by Mr. J. M Hill to act as treasurer of the Union
Square Theatre. He entered upon his duties last week
H. A. Jones, one of the authors of
“Saints and Sinners,” has sailed from London, and is ex
pected in the city during the eek to take charge of the
rehearsals ot the play at the Madison Square Theatre.
The audiences during the first week
of “ Sealed Instructions ” were among the be<t ever seen
In Philadelphia. There w<b n-> appearance of abatement,
September 21, when it began i second week.
Mr. John S. Clarke has made a play
on the sublet of “Nicholas Nickleby,” which has just
been brought forward at the <trand Theatre, London.
Air. Clarke plays Newman \oggs.
Signor Perugini arrived from Europe
on the Etruria on Sunday last. He will take W. T. Carle
ton’s place in “ Nanon” on October sth. The signor looks
as pretty as a picture.
Frederick Robinson, who is acting in
Philad -Iphia in “Sealed Ins. ■ actions,” returns to New
York tv ry night in order . > e . h the art of acting to his
numerous pupils.
There is likely to be a monkey and
parrot sea on at the Metropol.inn Opera House if the new
fltage manager, Herr von 11.11 iiv-s up to his name.
The Elks’ annual ben fit will occur at
the Grand Opera House Nor.-mi r 19th. John F. Don
nelly, of the Bijou, is chair an of the committee.
Eugenie Maynard, an exceedingly con-
ECientious and talented nr •r of the Casino company,
is playing Agnes Folsom's par: in “Nanon.”
Miss Bertha Welby Las purchased a
new play, entitled “The Fisherman’s Daughter,” in which
Ehe will star, beginning the la st of October.
Miss Effie Ellsle- is to appear at the
People’s Theatre on Octobe 12 >, in a play called “Wo
man against Woman.”
James A. Herne, proprietor of the
“ Hearts of Oak” Company, wa- presented with a daugh
ter on the 17th inst.
Charles Gayler is ; oing to send out
kJohn L. Burleigh in his new pice-.*, “The Bohemian.”
There are only eleven theatres in the
entire State of old Virginia.
WW Wwu
Attention, Invalid ; of Either Sex!—
Every form of ailment, re.j Hiring experience, skill,
delicacy, promptness, inviolable confidence and
efficient treatment, is correctly diagnosed and
speedily cured, by James P. Campbell, M. D., of No.
146 West Sixteenth street, midway between Sixth
and Seventh avenues, for thirty years the leading
specialist of N. Y. City, consultation and book
free; charges very moderate. Sundays to 12 M.
Established 1856.
Don’t Be Afraid to Enter. —At No.
120 Nassau street thero is a saloon and restaurant
run by Mr. John P. Senninger. Up town, or down
town, or cross town, there is no house which can
surpass that of Mr. Senninger. He provides noth
. ing for his customers which is not of the very best.
His food is A No. One, his lagerbeer Is the honest
brewing of George Bechtel, his whisky pure and
Old, his wines of the best vintages, and his cigars of
the finest brands. No gentleman need be afraid to
enter the saloon and restaurant at No. 120 Nassau
street.
.—— — -
You will confer a great benefit on your
friends who suffer with dyspepsia and all kinds
of indigestion, by recommending them to the use of
Angostura Betters.
Level-Headed. --Andy Horn, the
©
Originator of the “bully lager beer,” continues to
supply his customers with the bully lager, unex
ceptionable whisky, re-1 Holland gin and excel
lent wine. Mr. Andy Sore has been many years in
business, and no one can say that he ever sold a
fraudulent article, whether it was fluid or solid.
He runs his saloon on business principles, which is
not the business principles ol politicians. He keeps
bis word with his customers, and his head is level
peventy-fiye minutes out of every sixty in the day.
v The Ht. Nicholas Hotel, fronting
■Washington Place, Broadway and Mercer st., which
is conducted upon the American and European
plan, under the management of Mr. Julius A.
Bobinson, with its nine chess and four billiard tables,
Js now one of the notable aud popular resorts of
.©like the traveling and resident public.
Cure for the Deaf.—Peck’s Patent
. Improved Cushioned Ear Drums perfectly restore
the hearing and perform the work of the natural
: drum. Always in position, but invisible to others
[and comfortable to wear. All conversation and
ieven whispers distintly hoard. We refer to those
fusing them. Send for illustrated book with testi
monials, free. Address, F. Hiscox, No. 853 Broad
away, N. Y. Mention this paper.
' Rheumatism a- d Gout.—“ Wilson’s
I*Wonder” cures, or money returned. Sent on receipt
Of $1.50. Depot No. 99 Park st., N. Y. And all druggists.
Drug store, corner Park and Mui
berry streets, near Chatham Square; experienced
physician; quick and permanent cures.
Dr. Fuller’s Youthful Vigor Pills,
for loss of manhood, cur-'s nervous debility, spec
motorrhcea and nocturnal emissions. By mail, $2.
I)epot, No. 429 Canal street and all druggists.
The Herald says that a bottle of Dr.
JPCLler’s Pocket Injection, with syringe combined,
Will cure the worst case without capsules or nau
■ *eoue medicines. AU druggists, sl.— Exprca.
oua iw mrarn.
ANOTHER PRESENTATION—MORE
BEAN EATING—SICK FIREMEN,
Etc., Etc.
ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
A week or two ago Deputy Tax Commissioner
James Deignan was presented with a beautiful gold
watch by the employees in the repair shop of tne
Fire Department, and last Saturday night he re
ceived a further present of an elegant gold chain
and locket, to be attached to the watch, and inside
of the locket was a brand new SSOO bill, making the
whole present worth S9OO.
FIREMEN IN PERIL.
On Wednesday' at noon, while Engine Company
No. 24 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 5 were
answering an alarm of fire, they came in collision at
the corner of Bleecker and Morton streets,, and one
of the truck horses had a leg broken. He seemed to
be in such misery that it was deemed necessary to
shoot him. The truck was not very much dam
aged, but the firemen were thrown from the appara
tus to the ground without sustaining any serious
injury.
A HOSPITAL FOR FIREMEN.
A proposition has been made by several well
known medical men to establish a hospital for the
benefit of any of our firemen who may become in
jured while in the discharge of their duty. It is
proposed that if this hospital is established, that
promptness in the attention to the injured firemen
shall be the first consideration, and next, to secure
the very best medical talent possible. If this plan
should ever receive any tangible shape, it, of course,
will be an increased expenditure upon our city, but
the beneficial results would be almost incalculable.
SICK FIREMEN.
The medical officers reported on Wednesday that
they have ou their lists the names of twenty-eight
sick and injured officers and men.
NO MEETING.
There was no meeting of the Board on Wednesday
last as the majority of the Commissioners were at
tending the State Convention at Saratoga.
GOSSIP.
Chief Oscar Shay, who has been spending his
vacation at Long Branch, returned to his desk last
Tuesday morning, never looking better in his life;
he is as brown as a berry, as strong as a giant, and
says to the boys at headquarters: “ Now bring on
your fires, I am ready for any and all of them.’’
Chief Clerk “Billy” Allen also returned from
his vacation last week. Billy said he had a first
class time, and as to the number and size oi the fish
he caught, he could not give our representative
any correct particulars because the returns from the
inland counties are not all in.
Tom Coakley, who signs himself “ Confidential
Clerk,” w’as at his old desk again on Monday last.
Tom’s vacation has done him a great deal of good
and his increased rotundity bears evidence of that
fact, and he must have had a good time while he
was away, for ho has been regaling the boys at
headquarters with stories and incidents of his trip.
ANOTHER BEAN EATING MATCH.
It has been proposed by two of our fire laddies,
one doing duty on tbo East side of town and the
other ou the West side, to have a “ Bean Eating
Match.”
The beans are to be baked, the quantity to be two
quarts, to.be eaten at one sitting, and the stakes to
be fifty dollars a side, and a forfeit of twenty-five
dollars is to ba put up. The beans must have the
“ snappers ” on. Our representative is not at
liberty to make their names public at the present
time.
These two firemen are also contemplating the
getting up of a walking match to take place late
this Fall.
Assistant Secretary Enoch Vreeland Jr., went on
his vacation last Wednesday, and while he is away
he expects to visit the Adirondacks, Lake George,
and other fashionable resorts. He will be gone two
weeks.
It is understood that Foreman Thomas Conlon, of
Engine Company No. 4, who was so badly injured at
the recent fire in Maiden Lane, is in a very fairway
of recovery.
The following buildings have been connected with
the Automatic Fire Alarm: 116 and 118 Church
street—Assigned Engine Company No. 29, and Hook
aud Ladder Company No. 10; 120 Church street, Ist
and below—Assigned, Engine Company No. 29, and
Hook and Ladder Company No. 10; 405 Broome
street, Ist and below—Assigned, Engine Company
No. 20, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 9; 42, 44
and 46 Warren street—Assigned, Engine Company
No. 29, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 10; 48
Warren street—Assigned, Engine Company No. 29,
and Hook and Ladder Company No. 10; Nos. 108 and
110 Duane street—Assigned, Engine Company No.
7, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 1; 36 Thomas
street —Assigned, Engine Company No. 31, and
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.
THE VOLUNTEER FIREMENS’ ASSOCIATION.
An assessment for four deaths in the mutual aid
class, has been called for by the secretary, making
in all upward of twenty-five deaths in the latter,
and over fifty deaths in the association since its
organization in February, 1884. There has been
paid out the sum of $4,000 in funeral benefits, and
over SI,OOO in relief in the same time. This is,
however, the first assessment that has been made in
nearly three months.
The members of the association who accompanied
Mazeppa Hose, No. 42, to Tarrytown last Wednes
day, had quite an experience on the trfp. It seems
that, owing to the storm and high winds, the water
was unusually low, and the boat being well down
in the water, she ran upon an oyster bed, where she
stuck fast. After having spent several hours in an
effort to get her off, the members at last gave it’up
and came ashore in small boats, losing the parade,
but being in time for the banquet. Chief Decker
was too late to catch the boat, and went by train,
taking part in the parade, at its head, as the special
of Chief Engineer Alfred Lawrence.
The arrangements for the barbecue have been
nearly all completed. The sub-committee on appa
ratus met during the week and organized. They
are organizing several companies, who are to meet
at headquarters and parade down to the Harlem
boat accompanied by several out-of-town compa
nies, who will also compete in the races. It is ex
pected that the pilot on this occasion will not dis
turb the oysters in their '* little beds,” at least such
is the wish of Jack Haight. Charley Brice and the
rest of the boys, many of whom are trying to find
out who was the Jonah on the trip. Jim Connelly
is in favor of courtmartialing Mike Crane, as he
thinks that he was very intimate with the captain
on the way up.
VOLUNTEER FIREMENS’ SONS’ ASSOCIATION OF
NEW YORK.
The above association, organized on July 27th,
and incorporated on August Ist, will hold a regular
meeting on Tuesday evening, October 6th, atßonk’s
Assembly Rooms, No. 73 Ludlow street, at 8 o’clock.
All sons of Volunteer Firemen over the age of
twenty-one years are cordially invited to attend.
brooklyFhrFnotes.
CHANGES AT HEADQUARTERS—THE NEW FIRE
BOAT—NEWS—GOSSIP, ETC.
CHANGES.
Captain Finn, of Engine Company No. 2, who has
been detailed for some weeks past as inspector of
hose, has returned to duty with his company.
Ryan, of Engine Company No. 7, will act in his
stead. The,latter has displayed unusual fitness for
the position, and has added to the neatness of the
appearance of the department under his control.
BUSILY ENGAGED.
iQVIn the telegraph bureau considerable activity was
displayed during the week. Owing to the recent
high winds many of the poles were partially pros
trated, while the wires were crossed, grounded, and
otherwise rendered useless. As a result the line
men have been busily engaged in straightening
poles and hunting up “trouble.” Two poles in At
lantic avenue were reported down, and ground
plates were placed in position by members of the
force. All the wires are being thoroughly over
hauled and will be placed in position for the coming
Winter. It is claimed that this is a needed action,
as there has been more or less trouble discovered at
inopportune moments during the past live years.
SHOULD BE HEEDED.
The suggestion of Superintendent Watson to sup
ply the department with a duplicate set of electri
cal instruments should be heeded. He has persist
ently urged the possibility of the partial, if not the
entire destroyal of the telegraphic system through
accidental causes or the action of the elements. As
he is a competent officer, having the interest of the
department at heart, his advice should be heeded.
Locking the stable after the horse has been stolen
is poor policy.
A TEST OF HOSE.
By request of the authorities of the town of New
Lots, a test of hose was made on Monday last at
headquarters, in presence of Chief Nevins. It was
hinted that a bargain existed between certain fire
officials of the town mentioned and the manufactu
rer of the hose in question. After subjecting the
latter to a pressure of 4 less than three hundred
pounds, the hose burst. After several trials, its
constant bursting caused it to be condemned as
useless even when used in connection with a hand
engine.
A SUGGESTION.
The cases of Riley, of Engine Company No. 6,
Shannon, of Engine Company No. 20, and Ber
dan, of Engine Company No. 10, will, in all proba
bility, be argued before the October term of court.
The fact that these men have been denied the same
rights afforded others, prompts the suggestion that
a counsellor be appointed to look after the interests
of firemen in a similar manner to that observed at
Police Headquarters.
A LAW CONTEST.
The cases of certain bell-ringers will shortly be
taken up. These men were duly appointed, and
removed without apparent cause. Subsequently
they were reappointed. It is claimed t>y them that
they made a contract with the city to render cer
tain service. This contract was never violated by
them, and their removal was accomplished under
protest. The fact that the authorities claim that
they are not empowered to pay salaries to two dif
ferent persons for the performance of the duties of
a single position, will not, it is said, hold good in
this connection.
AN OLD FIRE LADDIE.
Burdette Stryker, one of the ablest and best of the
ole-time school of firemen, died at his residence,
No. 260 Jay street, on Monday last. The deceased
was a typical fire laddie of ye olden time, and was
for years connected with Franklin Engine, No. 3.
He joined the Department in 1827, and in 1835 was
made Assistant Chief Engineer. In 1839 he was
made Chief Engineer of the volunteer force, and in
1858 was elected Fire Commissioner. In the latter
capacity he served without salary, and won the
esteem of the entire community. His funeral was
necessarily delayed in order to await the arrival
from the West of his son, and was strictly private.
STEADILY INCREASING.
Under the excellent supervision of Judge Court
ney, the Volunteer Fire Association of Brooklyn is
steadily increasing in membership. At the last
stated meeting several new names were added t©
the roll. The object of the association is in the in
terest of the old-time vamps, aud should meet with
a hearty support. A committee to arrange for an
annual ball was appointed, to report at the next
meeting.
Fire Messenger Heffern has returned, as we pre
dicted, “all smiles.”
Captain Finn, of Engine No. 2, has been spending
a quiet vacation with his family.
REPAIRS.
Work at the Repair Yard was rather dull during
the week. Engines No. 4, 13 and 16 were supplied
with new wheels. The blacksmiths have nearly
completed the ironing of the wagons to be used by
the new District Engineers. In the paint shop con
siderable activity was displayed. Captain McGro
nan and Gorman, of the Harness Department, are
making ready for the Winter supply of harness.
VETERINARY.
No sick horses in the department.
Captain Goodwin, of the detailed mechanics, re-
NEW YORK DISPATCH, SEPTEMBER 2T,- 1885 -
ports that his gang of men are Working like bees.
The plumbers were at work in No. 6’s house during
the week. In anticipation of cold weather stoves
are being brought forth, while needed repairs are
being made in anticipation of the advent of an early
Winter.
TELEPHONE.
“ Hello, Greenpoist!”
“ Hello ! hello !”
“ Trot us out your budget, Haley.”
“ Well, Dispatch, we have been so inactive of late
as to cause us to hail you with delight. Morrissey,
of 15 Engine, is still in the field as a candidate for
captain of the fireboat. He has improvised a new
steering gear, aud has attached it to a miniature
steamboat, which he sails to and fro in our water
trough. We axe all hale and hearty out here, al
though becoming rather rusty, owing to having no
runs of late. Have you heard from Wilkey son yet,
Dispatch?”
“Yes. Bill is out in Detroit, wo aro informed,
and is doing well. He will return when the swal
lows homeward fly.”
“Hello, E. D. 1”
“ Hello ! hello !”
“ What have you. this week ?”
“We have something to say Dispatch. Ono of
the most gallant rescues in the annals of the depart
ment was effected by District Engineer Perry on
Sunday last. The old gentleman is as good a fire
laddie to-day as when he iflrst joined the force, and
succeeded at the peril of his own life in rescuing a
woman on the date mentioned. She was suffocated,
of course, but the deed was a brave one. We have
a Hayes Extension Ladder at Truck 4’s house, which
we will have to either put into immediate use, or
else send it to the repair shops for storage. The
boys of Truck 4 claim to have suffered from cold
owing to the condition of their house, and the im
practicability of erecting a stove.”
“ All right, boys, we’ll mention your case at head
quarters.”
“Hello, Smoky Hollow I”
“Hello I Hello ! Hello!”
“ How do you come up, boys ?”
“ All O. K. Dispatch. Some of us are becoming
stiff in the knees, however, owing to the absence of
fires. One of Engine I’s boys strayed over here re
cently. Talk of the appearance of Rip Van Winkle.
It was nothing to be compared to the shock ex
perienced by us as wo stood ready hitched for a
second alarm. As there was no fire we dispatched
a messenger to the station-house asking that the
poor fellow might pass unmolested.”
We take pleasure in reading your telephone, Dis
patch, but you have wounded the feelings of some
of our neighbors. You spoke of possessing a steel
vest. Wear it at your next visit, or else bring Owens
as an escort.
BROOKLYN POLICE MATTERS
ALTERATIONS AT HEADQUARTERS—THE COM
ING POLICE BOAT—TRIALS, COMMENTS, Etc.
TRIALS.
The unusually cheerful appearance of the offices
at headquarters attracted the attention of the re
porter during his weekly visit, and Chief Clerk
Harlow smilingly explained that the different rooms
bad been refitted with oilcloths, carpets and valu
able rugs. The cheerful appearance, however, was
confined solely to those occupying the various
offices. Elongated faces awaited in the ante-room
the appearance of Commissioner Partridge on Tues
day last. The latter, who is justly proud of the
force under his command, was on that day called
upon to adjudicate the following cases of misde
meanor on the part of delinquent officers :
O'Malley, of the First Precinct, whose case had
been postponed at the last meeting of the Board,
came up for final settlement. This officer’s subse
quent conduct in attempting to give the captain of
his precinct a “setting up” proved disastrous and
he was sentenced to dismissal. A woman, as usual,
proved to be at the bottom of the case.
Lyncff, of the Fifth Precinct, was charged by one
Timothy Redmond, with having entered a liquor
store in order to arrest the latter. It was further
claimed that the officer unwarrantably clubbed
Redmond. Considerable amusement was afforded
by the spasmodic efforts of a German witness to
impeach the officer’s testimony. Lynch was, how
ever, declared not guilty, aided by the evidence af
forded by a blooming German matron backed by
Sergeant Bunce.
Van Wicklen, of the Eighth Precinct, was charged
with improperly patrolling his post on the morning
of the 14th inst. Roundsman Doyle claimed to
have searched for him in vain. Van Wickien testi
fied that he was busily engaged in inspecting the
docks upon his beat while being searched for. His
story was given credence and he was simply repri
manded.
Gibbons, the off colored doorman of the Twelfth
Precinct, became demoralized on the evening of the
15th Inst. Eschewing the provisions of the Fif
teenth Amendment, he essayed to outrival his white
brother, Sergeant Gaus. The latter testified that
Gibbons used language in his presence unfit for
publication. Gibbons, at his trial, attempted to
prevaricate, but without avail, and was sentenced
to a loss of one day’s pay.
Officer Wasserman would appear to pose as a mar
tyr, owing to the fact of his being of Hebrew ex
traction. The real cause for which Wasserman has,
since his advent on the force been persecuted, does
not seem apparent. If he is being persecuted, as
claimed, a transfer to some more congenial Precinct
might be readily effected. Sergeant Meekes claimed
to have searched for him for nearly two hours on
the morning of the 13th inst. Adolph must be, in
the vernacular, “extremely fly,” &s he escaped pun
ishment in this instance.
Tracy, of the Twelfth Precinct, was charged with
leaving his post without being properly relieved.
Poor Tracy ineffectually sought to establish a valid
excuse, and was visibly affected when receiving a
sentence of a loss of one day’s pay.
Sanderlands, of the Thirteenth Precinct, becom
ing fatigued ou the evening of the 18th inst., grace
fully reclined against a doorway, where he was dis
covered by Captain Worth. “I was sick and awea
ry,” sighed the offending officer, who was repri
manded.
McKitty, of the Fifteenth Precinct, was charged
by Sergeant Lowe with having returned from break
fast on the 13th inst. so drunk as to be unfit for
duty. “ Mac " claimed to have been sick and ad
mitted having taking a couple of drinks to steady
his nerves. He evidently made the same mistake
of many who rely on stimulants as a nervine and
became oblivious to duty. Fined a loss of two day’s
pay.
Gillen, of the Fifteenth Precinct, claimed to have
entered a liquor store in order to obtain car fare on
the morning of 16th inst. As the officer was in full
uniform and no reason for his being compelled to
obtain a loan of car fare Captain Kellett reported
him for his unofficerlike conduct. Gillen will suffer
a loss of one day’s pay.
Bourke, of the Fifteenth Precinct, was found by
Roundsman Collins sitting down on post. Bourke
c iaimed that his case was misrepresented and was
given until the 29th inst. in order to produce wit
nesses.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Clerk Strong, of the Detective Bureau, is once
more on hand looking extremely well after his
sojourn in Pike county, Pa.
Sergeant Reid has likewise returned from a vaca
tion spent in Massachusetts. He claims that brown
bread and beans, as a diet, cannot be excelled.
Superintendent Campbell has publicly cornpli
mented Detective Conners, of the Eleventh Precinct,
for his prompt action in arresting a would-be ab
ductor of a young girl for immoral purposes.
Officer Tichenor, of the Twelfth Precinct, who
was seriously injured while on duty recently, has
been pronounced out of danger by his attending
physician.
The recent dismissal of Officer King, of the First
Precinct, has afforded a source of gossip through
out the entire force. King had but recently return
ed from his vacation,and claimed to have been suf
fering from the effect of the sun and not from ex
cessive use of stimulants, when arraigned for trial.
As he is very popular in certain circles an effort will
be made to have his case reopened, when it is hoped
he will be reappointed.
A return baseball match will be played by mem
bers of the First aud Second Precincts. Sergeant
Lawson, of the First, claims to have the better
team, although Tom Maxwell, of the Second, says
he is mistaken.
The officers of the Bridge Police, and others, dis
claim all culpability in the recent accident occur
ring to Mrs. Howson, wife of the actor Howson. In
obeying orders they claim to be unable to discrimi
nate as to the status of passengers, and moreover
declare that it is none of their business.
The long-looked for police boat, it is said, will bo
ready lor duty early in October. There is nothing
like urging its completion. Thieves will become
more daring as the season advances, and our pres
ent inadequate police force will have more than they
can well attend to in preventing house robberies.
Our water front demands adequate protection.
Hence a police boat should be speedily afforded.
Gf, A. S?,.
THE REMOVAL OF VETERANS—A DE
CIDED EXPRESSION OF OPINION—A
NOTABLE REUNION—A SOLDIER IN
POTTER’S FIELD—DESERVED CREDIT
ITEMS OF NEWS.
The removal of Capt. George B. Bacon from his
position as U. S. Weigher in the Brooklyn district,
aud the threatened removal of Foreman. Charles
B. Dake, who is a comrade of Devin Post, has oc
casioned much comment among the veterans. The
following from the Brooklyn Standard, evidently
from the pen of Quartermaster General John
Walker, echoes the popular feeling:
“ The removal of Capt. Bacon from his position
as Chief U. 8. Weigher of the Brooklyn District has
caused great commotion in Grand Army circles.
The “ Veterans’ Union,” an organization composed
pi solid material, representing the veteran element,
will take the matter up, as will also the “Veterans’
Rights Union.” The “ Veterans* Union ” has been
recently formed and organized, and is intended to
protect the interests of those who on the field of
battle and on the decks of our men-of-war defended
the honor of their country, while professed poli
ticians remained at home, gathering in the dollars
which were so hardly earned by our brave soldier
and sailor boys.”
“Comment has been made upon the fact that the
soldier and sailor are such sticklers tor the proper en
forcement of Civil Service reform, and in a recent
case a colored veteran, employed as “opener and
packer" in the Appraiser’s Department of the New
York Custom House, was arbitrarily dismissed by
the new administrative head of that department.
It appears absurd and nonsensical to compel the ap
pearance before a Civil Service Board, for examina
tion in history and languages, of an applicant for a
position as opener and packer who has had ten
years’ experience in that line—and yet this is Civil
Service. In the case of Captain Bacon, a veteran re
moved to make way for a Second Ward rumseller
and officeholder, what apologies can be offered or
made to those who, by their votes, control the bal
ance of power not only in Brooklyn, in Kings Coun
ty, in the State, but united, can even stem a Presi
dential tide, and designate by their votes who shall
fill the Presidential chair?”
A NOTABLE REUNION.
It is not the least of the functions of the G. A. R.
to cultivate, strengthen, and perpetuate social rela
tions among those who, obeying the call of duty as
voiced by President Lincoln, rallied under the star
ry banner and bore the brunt of war. Indeed it is
good fellowship amqng the survivors of the great
struggle, which, next to giving a helping hand to un
fortunate comrades who may fall by the wayside, is
the main purpose of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic, and givesample justification for its establish
ment. its present existence, and for banding it down
to the children’s children of those who wore the
Blue during those most momentous years from
1861 to 1865. It is only by the meetings of the posts
of the Grand Army that the memories of the past
can be made a part of the present. There was such
an occasion on Wednesday evening last at the ele
gant rooms of Edward H. Wade Post. It was an in
formal and social dupion, tfco<Yb4tors beiag me Hl’
bers of Charles- R. Doane Post, headed by T. G.
McKean, the Pos!j Commander, The visiting post
was accompanied by Charles W. Cowtan. Depart
ment S. V, C.; Frank-M. Clark, of the Department
Council of Administration: Gem N. W. Day, and S.
V. C. Stewart, ot John A. Dix Post. In tho regular
order of business four recruits wore mustered, P. C.
Day delivering the charge, and Si V. C, Stewart pre
senting the badges.
Subsequent to the formal proceedings of the ses
sion, Commander John A> Blair declared an inter
mission of half an hour, which was employed to
good purpose in social Intercourse, Formal pro
ceedings being resumed, speeches were made by
Department S. V. C. Cowtan, Com. McKean, Past
Com. Gen. N. W.-Day, Cob Frank• MvClark, S, V. C.
Stewart aud others. After the formal proceedings
came an intermission of good fellowship, during
which tho memories of the olden times of battle,
siege and march were vividly recalled'and' many a
stirring incident of personal experience narrated,
The affair was not only one of the most interesting,
but one of the most notable reunions of the Grand
Army in this vicinity, and it was a cause of general
regret that it was not, until almost the moment of
separation for tho evening had arrived, that Past
Com. Nick Clark, of Rico Post, became visible. He
was made heartily welcome and joined in the clos
ing exercises, which, while renewing the friendship
of the troublous decade, beginning with 1861,
cemented them for the days to come.
Altogether, the reunion was one which will always
live iu the memory of the participants and 1 be al
ways. to all of them, convincing evidence that
Shakespeare, who knew all things, dropped his
plummet to the furthermost depths of human na
ture when he said:
“One touch of nature-makes the whole world'kin,’
A SOLDIER IN POTTER’S FIELD.
The following letter will explain itself, and if the
facts are substantiated, the Department of Now Jer
sey should take the matter promptly in hand :
“ To the G, A. R. Editor of the New York Disvatoh :
“Dear Sir: My son, Charles F. Platt, served
three years in tho Tenth New York Infantry, was
wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, recovered
and rqjoined liis regiment, and received an honor
able discharge. ,He was a native of New York. I
am informed he joined the G. A. R. in Bridgeport.
Being an engineer by profession, he was in Jersey
City, seeking employment, where he suddenly died,
at the City Hospital, September 4th, 1884. I applied
to some of the officers of the regiment, but got no
relief. His remains are now in the Potter’s Field,
Jersey City. Do you not think that it is a disgrace
that an honorably discharged soldier should have
such a resting-place ?
•* Charles Platt,
“ Ex-Gunner U. S. Revenue Marine,”
DESERVED CREDIT.
Much credit is due to the President, Mrs. Eugeno
Harmon, and her officers and the members, for the
energy and thorough manner in which they have
carried on the work of recruiting for the Womens’
Relief Corps, No. 18, auxiliary to John A. Andrew
Post, and also for the zeal they have displayed in
improving its financial standing. Many thanks are
also tendered to Mrs. Dennison, Department In
spector, for the kind assistance she has rendered in
this work. On Monday evening next this corps
will visit the Veteran Corps in a body, and it is sin
cerely hoped that they will turn out in full on this
occasion. They will also extend a visit to Corps No.
14, auxiliary to Thaddeus Stevens Post, the same
evening. Corps No. 18 is also working for a stand
of colors for Post No. 234, at which fact the “ boys ”
are nearly “tickled to death,” but “good things
come in small parcels,” sometimes.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
The Printers Grand Army Post promises to be a
big affair. The charter has been applied for. Old
soldiers who wish to coiwect themselves with this
new G. A. Post can send their names to Marviu
Savage, No. 356 Pearl street.
Won’t correspondents please write on one side of
their paper ? It will not require a. much larger sup
ply.
Union Man.—The Grand Army requires an hon
orable discharge from the service between the years
1861-’65. You do not seem by your letter to have
received such, and at best, from tho record you
give, you would hardly bo looked upon as a veteran
among veterans,
Bendix Woman’s Relief Corps are making prepa
rations for a fancy dress and calico hop in American
Hall. No. 208 Eighth avenue, on the 28th of October.
The corps meets on the 2d and 4th Weenesday even
ings, at the above hall.
There will be a reunion of the Thirty-fourth,
Eighty-first, 121st and 152 d Regiments at Little
Falls, N. Y., next Tuesday. This is tho home of
Department Commander Hall, and he requests
every member of his staff to ba prosent and dine
with him on that day.
Hereafter the Utica Camp Fire will be issued as a
•weekly. The management has evidently gained an
excellent staff of correspondents, and each issue is
watched for with increasing interest.
Comrade J. H. Van Lieu, Adjutant of Cushing
Post, No. 231, has received an appointment as aid on
the staff of Commander-in-Chief Burdett. Comrade
Van Lieu served three years in Co. G First Regiment
New Jersey Voluteers, and was engaged in every
battle in which the Army of the Potomac partici
pated, from the first battle of Bull Run to Spotsyl
vania Court-House, at which battle, while his
brigade was engaged in the charge of tho bloody
Angle, he received a severe wound, the bullet enter
ing the neck aud coming out through the mouth.
Ho is a tireless worker in the G. A. R. and the ap
pointment is well merited.
The following comrades of Anna M. RossJPost, of
Philadelphia, made up the committee to present the
testimonial of Dahlgren Veteran Club Hop, and
which is now on exhibition at Ludlow and Grand
street: Commander Thomas Kelley, Comrades Rit
ter, Steward, Woodhouse, Sam Jones, Pountzler,
Gus Kappe, R. J. Armstrong, and “ The Parrot of
94.”
Oil
Dio Counsel ITee.
JUDGE BARRETT THROWS ICE WATER ON A
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
Without a standing in society, neither a phy
sican nor preacher can ply his vocation.
The physician must be known before he can be
admitted iu a family, and the preacher must enter
tho pulpit without a blemish.
They can’t pick up their pack, and jump to an
other city to fly from a curse that crushes them,
and begin life anew. If they have domestic sorrow
and suffering, they must bear with it, and keep it to
themselves.
If a minister has a peevish, ever fault-finding
wife, jealous aud capricious, he must not only bear
with her, but bide her faults, and keep in secret
tho great trouble. Let him make known his
trouble, his usefulness is impaired, the pews be
come empty, and eventually he must go, to make
room lor some one else who is likely to build up the
church. The sympathy of his charge doos not go
out for him, as his goes out, to a brother so afflicted.
And so it is with the medical man. The woman
may so impair his practice, that no one will call
upon him, no one trust him. She may ruin the
best practice, and the man has to submit—go down
hill with her until ruined.
There are plenty of illustrations of clerical misery
developed in the papers, and yet somehow little
sympathy is extended the unfortunate, perhaps for
the reason that a clergyman should have the super
natural power of making a heaven of his home.
They forget ministersand ministers’ wives are mor
tals, and often the minister's wife married the man
for his salary, forgetting that however well paid be
may be, her life is not to be a round of gayety. She
lorgets that she is to be a helpmeet.
Tne suit of Teresa Brauth against her husband,
Dr. John Brauth, is one of the cases in point.
She sues her husband for a limited divorce, coun
sel fee (SSO) to pay her counsel to prosecute him,
and $lO a week alimony pending tho suit. The
charges were cruelty and abandonment.
Tbo defendant married in Chicago, and after
residing there some time moved to Cincinnati.
While building up a practise his wife not only
saddled on him her sister, but her sister’s lover. To
that be objected. The wife insisted, and carried the
day, and from that out he was subjected to a series
of annoyances almost unbearable, which culmin
ated in the mother cooking up the charge of incest
with his child, then twelve years of age. The doctor
very foolishly began an action for libel. On that
trial it was proven tho charge was false, the mother
had instigated its publication. Subsequently she
caused an article to be published against her hus
band so that his practice decreased until he had
almost nothing to do. Ho was driven from Chicago
by the conduct of his wife.
Th', n he came to New York in ’Bl and the wife
came on after him, but she said she did not mean to
live with him here.
He endeavored to keep every thing quiet, he
didn’t desire scandal, and she abandoned him.
She came back, and after a short time she again
abandoned him, and coming back again alter a
short time insisted on being sent to Europe on a
visit. She behaved so unseemly that tho landlord
disposessed them. He begged her to remain with
him, but she would go and he gave her separate
support.
Again she came back and annoyed him and in
1883 again repeated her charge of incest, then with
the abandonment. She had him arrested, and
brought in a Police Court. There he tried to effect
a reconciliation. August 6, the day before she
commenced this present suit, she sent a postal card
requesting a reconciliation. His- reply was if. she
came back all would be forgiven. There was a home
for her.
That letter was sent by an old gentleman, and her
reply to it was she would never return. Alter all
his overtures to get her back she wouldn’t-come.
She had ruined his business, and he couldn't pay
her ton or eight dollars a week. She had abandoned
him, he bad not her.
The worst feature in this presentment of counsel
was the charge that the wife wanted him to start a
bouse of bad repute, she could supervise it, and his
name would give it respectability and security to
the patrons, but his soul revolted at the suggestion.
The counsel who appeared, lor the woman was as
tonished at the postal car.d, and at the- reply of
counsel. He had been retained by ladies, friends
of tho plaintiff, who had. engaged him to<prosecute.
Judge BarriW took the-papers, and alter carefully
reading them, decided.that “The motion for alimony
and counsel fee is denied. It is usual to grant at
least some counsel fee, but the evidence is too
greatly in defendant’s-favor to justify even a hope
of recovery.”
When symptom of malaria appear in
any form, take Ayer’s Ague Cure at once,"to prevent
the development of the disease, and continue until
health is restored, as it surely will be by the use of
this remedy, A cure is warranted in every instance.
Tlio dia/n<re drizzle.
BUT THE CONFIDENCE MEN COULDN’T GAM
MON THE COURT.
Wm. Jones and James Mason, two confidence
operators, were charged with swindling Louis
Meyerhoff, a grocer in Christopher street, out of a
$lO bill.
*• These two men came in the store,” said Meyer
hoff, “and asked for a box of sardines, and, while
going for them, they asked for a box of a certain
brand. I said I did not have it. They said they
would take the box anyhow. Jones handed a $lO
bill in payment. I sent a boy out for change, and
then put $9.84 on the counter. Then Jones put his
hand in his pocket and said he had change for the
box, and asked if I wouldn’t be kind enough to
give the $lO bill back. Well, I was short of change,
and I put the $lO I had received alongside the
butter scale, with $9.84 change. Mason was talk
ing all the time, and Jones took up the $lO,
and the $9 and change on the scale. He then
said will you give me a twenty dollar bill, and to
get rid of him I gave him the twenty dollar bill. He
took the change and his ten dollar bill and said it.
belonged to him. He guessed he would not have
twenty dollar bill and walked out. I was confused.
They went out and jumped on a car aud I ohAsed.
them. When caught they handed the teq. dollars
back. The policeman came up then, said to
the prisoners, ‘ I’ll take you in anyhow,* “
Jones said be had plenty of money in his pocket,
forty dollars, and he was the pa<ty fcqt of tph d t oL
Mason said: “We went in this place and aased
for a box of sardines. Jones gave a ten dollar note.
The complainant said he was short of change. My
friend then said he had change. Finally they
spoke about a twenty dollar bill. Jones said 1 give
me the twenty dollar bill and I’ll give you the
change, and the storekeeper gave the note back.
They went out and the groceryman after
them, and they gave the money back.”
Mr. A. D. Chapman,.of No. 18 Centre street; gave
the accused a first-rate character.
They were seat to the Penitentiary one year each
by the court.
JEjccisc Trials.
CONVICTIONS AND ACQUITTALS—FAIR, MID
DLING AND BAD DEFENCES.
Officer Grosjean charged Theodore Halpin with
selling him a glass of beer without a license. Hal
pin had a grocery store; had applied for a license,
and now had it. When the officer came iu he asked:
for a glass of beer, then whisky. Halpin said he
had not got his license, and could only give him
ginger ale. No, he wanted beer. Well, said Halpin,
he would give him a glass of beer, but he could not
take pay for it. Halpin brought the beer, the officer
put the money on the counter, but he never picked
it up,, and the officer arrested him.
He was acquitted.
Joseph Milanese, an Italian, was charged with
having his place open on Sunday. Officer Curran,
of the Sixth Precinct, said he entered by the side
door; Defendant was behind the bar and two per
sons wore in the place, standing against the bar.
Defendant said he had just bought this place, No.
474 Pearl street, on He was not open for
business, was not ready. There was a carpenter
thero, and his brother-in-law, getting ready for
business.
“ What time was this ?“ asked the court.
“ Half-past one in tho afternoon,” said the officer.
“ It was not fully fitted, up ?”
“No; but it waaan old place/*
Fined $25.
Michael Arxe keeps a restaurant and nighthold in
the Twenty-ninth Precinct. He had made applica
tion for a license two-months ago, but had not yet
got it.. Officer Casey went in the place on July 30tb,
called for a pickled tongue and a glass of beer. He
was given a tongue and a small bottle of beer. The
waiter threw down a check for sixty cents. Casey
thought that was cheek as well as tongue. He went
to the proprietor and asked why he had laid it on
so thick—sixty cents for a pickled tongue and a
glass and a half of lager. He said it was a mistake —
twenty cents for tongue and twenty for beer. He
thought that rather steep, and arrested him for
selling beer without a license..
“Didn’t he say the tongue was forty cents and
the beer was thrown in.?” asked counsel.
“No; he said twenty cents for tongue and twenty
cents for beer, and I paid for it,” said tho officer.
Defendant said he sold no wines, liquors, or beer.
On the 30th of July Mr. Casey camo up-stairs to
him with a check, and said the waiter wanted sixty
cents for a tongue and a glass of beer, and asked if
ho didn’t think that charge too much. He said
yes. and returned him his money. He then said,
“I’m a policeman.” I said, “What of it?” He
said, “Your waiter sold me a bottle of beer.” I
said, “No, he gave it with the tongue.” “Forty
cents for the tongue?” “Yea, sir.” The officer
said, “Come along.” Mr. Arxe said he was busy
come in in half an hour and arrest him. “No,”
the officer said; “ come along to the police court.”
'* Have you a license ?” asked the Court?.
“No; I made application for it two months ago.”
“ Has it been acted on ?’*
“Yes, sir; it is all right.”
“ Twenty-five dollars,” said the Court.
He can afford to pay that with tongues at twenty
cents each and beer twenty cents a glass.
On Sunday, tho 24th ult., Wm. Bellman alias
Whittaker, was on an excursion barge selling liquor.
Officer Jose was on the barge, and saw defendant
sell lager between Thirty-fifth and 125th streets, on
the North river.
He had nothing to say. The case had been sent
to the General Sessions and sent back to the Special
Sessions. Fined $lO.
Elijah T. Culler was charged with violating the
Excise law, Sunday, July 26th, at No. 159 East
Broadway.
Officer Cronin said he entered by tho side door;
saw defendant behind the counter; saw several per
sons there.
Cross-examined, did not see any liquor exposed.
It was a respectable place. Discharged.
Ask any Physician who is acquainted
withits properties, whether Glenn’s Sulphur Soap
is a reliable remedy for local skin diseases, and you
will receive an answer in the affirmative.
A. Morganatic Marriage.
AFTER FOUR YEARS IT LANDS THE MAN IN
THE PENITENTIARY FOR SIX MONTHS.
September 22, Charles Frantzer, aged twenty-six,
an Insurance Agent, was brought before Justice
O’Reilly at the police court, Essex Market, charged
with being a disorderly person, having abandoned
his wife, Annie Frantzer. The Justice found him
guilty as charged, and ordered him to pay $2.50 a
week lor her and her child’s support. From this
order he appealed to the Special Sessions denying
that he had ever been married to complainant.
The case came up before Justices Smith, Patter
son and Kilbreth on the appeal.
On being sworn she said she had known the de
fendant, her husband, since July 16, 1881. Since
then they had lived together as man and wife up
until about two weeks ago.
Cross-examined, she said she got acquainted with
her husband seventeen or eighteen days before they
went to live together and he took her for his wife.
Was not married July 16th, but lived with him as
his wife for four years, and he recognized her as
such. It was a mutual agreement when they went
together. Two months after they went to live to
gether her mother and sister, dubious of the mar
riage, asked to see the minister’s certificate. De
fendant wrote out a marriage certificate, signing the
minister’s and witnesses’ names to tho marriage.
She knew it was a fraud when he wrote and signed
it, saw no harm in it—he having acknowl-
as his wife everywhere, she bearing his
name, and the child going by it.
She produced seventeen letters from her husband,
in which he addressed her as his wife.
The wife identified the letters as in the handwrit
ing of defendant. He did not deny writing them.
“How did your husband address you all these
years ? ’ asked counsel.
“As his wife. When we first went together, he
was in business trouble in New Jersey and went
under another name. Then we came to New York
and he took his own name and afterward went to
Brooklyn and came back to New York. The child’s
name is Frances Frantzer. Was always introduced
as his wife during the four years we lived together.”
“ How did you come to go with him on the 16th of
July ?” asked Justice Kilbreth.
“ I met him on an excursion and he came to the
house to see me. I had only known him about
eighteen days. I went to see a cousin with him and
he came back and said we were married. Mother
asked him to show the certificate, he said he could;
there were quite a number of people in the room at
the time, Then he wrote out this certificate him
self.”
“Why didn’t you have a ceremony?” asked de
fendant's counsel.
“He hadn’t the money—next week ho would have
it. He always made that excuse. He told me to
come and live with him as his wife. ‘According to
the laws of New York,’ he said, ‘you know you are
my wife.’ ”
“How long after going together was this ceitifir
cate written by hini ?"
“One week. I did not ask him. He got it up of
his own free will. He said it would look better and
stop scandal.”
“ When did he cease to contribute anything to
your support ?”
“Three weeks ago.”
Defendant said he became acquainted with the
woman four years ago. She often asked him to
marry her. Never agreed to marry her. Simply
lived with her. Let her take his name to avoid
scandal. They were accused of not being married,
and she asked him to draw up this bogus certifi
cate, and he did so to oblige her. He supported her
up to two weeks ago; she bore his name to avoid
scandal. She often asked him to marry her.
The order of the justice was confirmed, $2,50 per
week, or six months in the Workhouse.
He went back to prison.
There was another lady in court with whom he
has contracted a Morganatic marriage, but not half
as good-looking as this one.
□me A.iiiiex Clu.lt> I3alte.
AND THERE WAS FUN ALL THE LIVELONG
DAY.
Churchgoers wore aghast, pedestrians interested,
and police officers suspicious spectators as barrels"
of beer, truck loads of ice and sundry baskets—the
clinking contents of which made the lookers-on feel
thirsty—passed from the Annex Hotel, Brooklyn, to
tho Annex pier, last Sunday morning. Bustling
around, giving orders here and there, were Messrs.
Al Geerken and Willy Meyer, proprietors of the An
nex Hotel, and “Chick” Brower, Eddy Kelly and
Charley Thorne, the quartette composing the com
mittee of arrangements, and what was afterward
ascertained to be the first annual bake of the Annex
Club. And it was a jovial party that embarked on
tho propeller “ Silliman ” for City Island.
The Dispatch penciller was there—the party
otherwise would not have been complete. Once
away from the pier the fun began. A band played,
amateurs sang, and old stories were retold.
Tho little brat sat deep astern throughout the
trip. It was there that tne genial “Sharkey” dis
pensed reireshments. It was a pleasant trip up tho
Sound, and only one guest was laid away. Chow
der was given on arrival at the island, to take off
tho edge, and then there was fun on shore. There
wore foot races, in which such heavy weights as
Hen Smith, Jim Mitchell, Al Geerken and Herman
Koschnich took part, and in which the latter,
through a fall, carried away considerable City Isl
and dirt, but sustained no serious injury. Rest
dents felt an earthquake, though, when he fell.
Charley Thorne headed one nine at baseball and
Brower another. The teamsj were one-sided, but
“our” side got away with a home run and one of
the bats. The football made lots of fun and broke
many a hat, and whpn the party tired of this, there
was music, songs, and recitations in the hotel din
ing-room.
The bake was served about four o’clock, and was
something of a disappointment, though through
no fault of the committee. The trip home was
equally enjoyable, three or four more were quietly
laid away in comfortable places, among them Fred.
Kraatz, who succumbed to one of his bad puns.
There was dancing on tho way back, in which Jim
i Trask distinguished himself as a high kicker,
; Jimmy Martin and Doc Stone, and Ed. Simonson
were much at home; Dave Laird gave one of his
famous game leg'jigs, Jack Reid sang some good
songs, and Sharkey still did the honors of the
cabin. Hen. Barkhous«h by his forethought, saved
several lives, as the quinine stimulants gave oat
early. Among others iban those mentioned, there
were in the party, Charley Marret, of the Sunday
Reviews Jack Buchanan, the bold “ cop ” of the
water front; Detective Looney, Lud. Miller, Jules
Poillion, M. Rico, Fred. Gehr, Bill Ryer, Bush
Davis and Wm. Scarborough.
A.
HE FORCES. A TREAT, THEN ASSAULTS HIS
FRIEND.
John Maher, going through the Five Points, was
stopped by James McGlQin, who asked him for ten
cents for a drink. Maher said he had only ten cents
and the two could get a beer each. Maher could
not go forward nor could he go back with safety,
and he thought this the best way to smooth mat
ters over. They went in a saloon and had two
beers. After the fellow drank, he fired his glass at
Maher. It hit him on the nose, breaking the
bridge. They had no words. The man might be in
liquor, but he was as active as a sober man.
The loafer had no defense and the court sent him
to tbo Island for six months.
Do Not Throw Your Life away by
neglecting a chronic cough, that Hale’s Honey 6.'
Horehound and Tar would cure in a few days.
( ifike’s Toothache Drops <?urQ jjj Qjje minute.
■A. ®4e>rixoral>le
GECKGE’BECnTEL MAKES A SPEECH,
Last Tuesday was a memorable - day for Staten
Island. The boats of the South Store ferry, gaily
decorated in holiday dress, with flags- streaming to
the invigorating breezes, and the strains of
soft music pealing forth, bore to tte'pi&r at St a
pieton, that village laden with the scent of brew*
ing hops and malt, a genial band of expectant
merrymakers. As the vessel neared her destina
tion one native; of the Rip Van Winkle type, was
heard to ask the cause of al! the commotion. He
was told that genial brewer George Bechtel had in
vited his friend© to visit him. As the aged- misan
thrope turned to go his way he was heard to Sput
ter: “Can a man have so many friends?” The
party having disembarked and arrived at the brew
ery, refreshments were served. Carriages were in
attendance to convey the band to Tom Luby’s ex
tensive hostelry at New Dorp. Here a collation<was
served on the sands. Good fellowship and beer
flowed in great abundance.
Among those who participated in hauling the
seine were: Andrew Horn, John P. Senninger,
Adolph Seiler, John O’Connor. Col. Voscarnp, James
F. Horan, who was introducing a novelty in head
gear by Seiler; Christian Bruns, and the king of ail
marksmen, -Albert Hodler, Aug. Wicks, and seven'
hundred others.
After the festivities the party was conveyed to
the brewery, where music, song and speeches were
indulged in (Mr. Holmes; don’t state that Senninger
opened two baskets of Pommery}. Andrew Horn in
a very feeling speech thanked Mr. Bechtel for the
many pleasures of the day. After prolonged ap- j
plause, the genial Bechtel responded as follows:
“ Mr. Horn and friends, I hardly know what to
say. As I stand here surrounded by so many dear
friends, friends whom I have known since my
earliest days, friends whose locks tinted by the
withering hand of time with threads of gray, I feel
that life with all its trials and anxieties is worth
the living. My weak efforts- to entertain you to-day
I hope have not been in vain. This is, my friends,
one of the happiest moments of my life, and my
sincere hope is that we may all live to meet on
many similar occasions, and-we may continue to bo
for years to come what wo have always been, true
and honest friends. God bless you.”
The party after many declarations of friendship to
the jovial George, broke up to return to their city
homes. Thus ended one of the happiest days of
the writer’s life.
The Grocery Clerics.
A LIVELY AND EXCITED MEETING.
The Harlem Tea and Grocery Clerks’ Association
held their weekly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 23d.
President Charles Morahan presided. Mr. Paisley
was chosen Vice President pro. tem. in the absence
of the regular officer. The chair instructed the
Secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting,
which were adopted. Several new names were sub
mitted for membership. The next question was
discussed at great length, fully occupying one hour.
The subject was referred to a committee of three,
with instructions to investigate the character and
standing of the new candidates, the committee to
report at the next meeting.
The By-laws, which were read section by section
at the last meeting, were approved, with some addi
tions to be inserted when necessary. Several mo
tions and amendments wore offered, a number of
which could not be entertained by the chairman.
Mr. McDonald moved that Mr. James Jackson be
nominated for honorary member, which was sec
onded by Mr. Clark. An amendment was made by
Mr. Leddy to lay the nomination on the table,
which was not entertained by the President. The
nomination was referred to a committee of three,
to report Sept. 30th. Mr. Leddy withdrew his
amendment.
The collection of dues was taken up, and every
member present responded, which netted a hand
some sum. The Secretary announced that the or
ganization was in good financial condition.
The question of obtaining the consent of all the
tea and grocery firms to closq at eight o’clock all
the year around, was freely discussed, and it is
probable that a petition will shortly be circulated
asking the co-operation of the people residing in
Harlem to purchase their groceries before the hour
mentioned herein. A motion was made to hold the
future meetings of the organization on Sundays,
which was voted down. The association will event
ually appoint a committee on arbitration, to settle
the differences which may arise between the firms
and the clerks.
The suggestion that the association shall give its
first annual ball in December, and not in Novem
ber, as previously stated, was laid over for one
week.
A number of gentlemen have signified their will
ingness to give financial aid toward the entertain
ment. A heated discussion was indulged in in re
gard to a member by the name of J. B. Jackson,
who has not attended a meetingin many weeks. It
was decided to notify Mr. Jackson by mail that he
is in arrears for dues.
The meeting was largely attended. A motion to
adjourn, after a two hours’ session, was carried.
Tlie Waverly Tragedy,
THE PEOPLE WILL STILL Bfc DEFENDED. .
The coroner’s inquest in the case of Thomas H.
Dwyer, accused of the killing of one Edward Car
roll a week ago, near the Fair Grounds at Waverly,
N. J., has terminated, the jury rendering a verdict
of manslaughter in the second degree. Various ac
counts have been published about, this unfortu
nate affair in the New Jersey and New York news
papers, all assuming to give a correct statement of
the same, yet widely differing as to the facts. From
our own reporter, who made a most thorough and
reliable investigation, it appears that Dwyer was
being attacked by a lot of tramps, not on the
grounds of the Pennsylvania, R. R. as stated, but
on the public highway, and within fiity .yards of
his homo. Dwyer at the time was going peaceably
to his house, and finding himself overmatched by
numbers, and in fear of his life, after a useless de
fense with a cane against one of the tramps use of a
knife, was finally compelled to use his pistol to pro
tect himself, with the result as published, killing
one of Jtiis assailants—a tramp whose character was
so bad in Newark where he was known, that he was
an acknowledged tough.
It seems, upon investigation, that Officer Dwyer
has a most excellent reputation, and has been en
gaged in business in New York for the last twenty
six years; that his character as a man is excellent;
that he has been known as sober, industrious, hon
est, and above all things peaceable, are some of his
characteristics, vouched for by eminent business
men in this city. It is really too bad that the life
and liberty of a man of Mr. Dwyer’s standing should
be put in jeopardy through the evidence of a lot of
tramps, and who, because in the performance of his
duty to his employers he should have incurred the
enmity of a lot of questionable characters; and
while being attacked, his own life in danger, he
should, in self-defense, have made use of the only
means of protection in his power. That occasion
will not be wanting of the rest of the gang manufac
turing the evidence necessary to still further carry
out their intentions of ‘ getting square” with the
officer is too apparent, but justice should not be en
tirely on the side of the lawless. Dwyer—the man
whose past character stands unquestioned—is enti
tled to some show of fairness, and we think, from
the nature of the facts, that he will get it.
Tire American Institute T’aXr.
NEW INVENTIONS AND NOVELTIES-A GRAND
FLORAL DISPLAY.
The inauguration of the fifty-fourth annual exhi
bition of the American Institute will take place on
Wednesday next, the 30th instant, at the Institute
Hall, Third Avenue and Sixty-third street, at. 2 P.
M., and from present indicaiions.it promises to be
more than usually interesting and successful.
Every available space has been taken, and many
great novelties will be shown for the first time, par
ticularly in the machinery and furniture depart
ments. The fine art section will also be very fine,
aud among the exhibits in this line will be a mag
nificent oil painting of historical interest, seven
feet by four feet, by A. Rwey, of Paris, taken from a
cartoon by H. Brueckner, entitled “ The First in
Peace,” and representing the arrival of Gen. Wash
ington at the Battery, on April 23, 1789, previous to
his inauguration in April of that year. The picture
also shows life-like portraits of prominent men and
women who assisted on the occasion. With this
will also be shown a splendid engraving, executed
by Mr. Charles C. Mcßae, who has spent seven
years of his time in its execution, and it is unques
tionably a rare specimen of the engraver’s art and
skill.
Another novelty will be a stove for cooking and
heating purposes made entirely of soapstone, and
an exhibition of works of art, carpentry, shoemak
ing and printing by the pupils of the N. Y. Institu
tion for the Instruction of Deaf Mntes. The system
and method of instructing these pupils will also be
exemplified.
A great attraction, in addition to the general ex
hibits, will also be provided on the opening and
three following days in the shape of a grand display
of flowers and plants, which will undoubtedly be
the finest and largest that has ever taken place in
this city and in which all the best known amateurs
and professionals will compete for the numerous
and valuable premiums offered. This show will em
brace palms, ferns, orchids, cactaa, begonias and
greenhouse foliage plants in pots, cut flowers innu
merable, such as roses, dahlias, pelargoniums, lilies,
geraniums, zinnias and wild flowers, as well as
wandeau cases, rustic stands, hanging baskets,
wreaths, bouquets and ornamental designs for vari
ous purposes. A group of calladiums, of superb
foliage, and said to be the most unique collection in
the country, will also be shown and will be alone
worth a visit to see.
The Ninth Regiment Bandjjill play musical selec
tions each afternoon and Crening. The elevated
trains will stop at the entrance on Third avenue.
Tlillip’s Wife.
SNUBBED BY MARY FROM THE DAY HE MAR
RIED HER,.
Philip Hartman was charged, with assaulting his
wife Mary ou September 19th.
•• Who assaulted you ?” asked the court.
“My old man. He hurt me. He came in drunk
and beat me with his hand,”
•• You say in your complaint he struck you with a
hammer,” said the court.
“He tried to use it,” said the wife. “He struck
me all over. He was drunk, that was the only rea
son he struck me; he drinks so much.liquor. But
he is a good man when sober.”
“ How often is he sober-!”
“ Very seldom.”
“lam a bricklayer,” said the man, “ When I go
out, if I want twenty-five cents, she gives ma ten;
when I ask for ten, she gives me five. I told her
that was. no way. to do business. If she sees me
take one glass of beer, she copies after me and
makes more noise than anybody ©lse, She assaulted
me.”
“No, sir,” said the wife.
“ She assaulted me the day after I married.her.”
“ No, siree,” said the wife.
“She has been three times, in jail for beating me
and I’ve bailed her out.”
“ No, siree,” again was his wife’s, response. “I
never was arrested.”
“ Who gave you that black eye?’” asked the court
of the prisoner.
“They put me in the cell with a ‘bum.’ and ho
gave it. He bumped me in the. eye.”
“Two months,” the court.
Hebe, theeb, evkbYwhebb malaria is
found. Even v&pre the disease is not prevalent—.
where the condition of the surrounding
locality may ©e favorable to health, isolated cases
may exist. Bad drainage, a damp cellar, the ©scape
of sewer the existence of masked cess pools,
proximity to stagnant water —all these are frequent
causey and what town or city of any magnitude is
free from them ? Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters,
whether in town or country, whether the germs of
tYie disease develop either the bilious remittent or
the intermittent form, or that negative, sluggish,
but not less- obstinate type called dumb ague, is
equally efficient, both as a preventive and a remedy.
Bad digestion, biliousness, constipation, a want of
vitality, are also remedied by it and the happiest
r- suits msy be surely anticipated irom its use, for
I the relief of rheumatism, kidney and bladder com-
I plaints and nervousness, accompanied by alack of
| appetite and sound repose. It is botanic and agree-
XSaseTmll.
GAMES YESTERDAY.
At New York-New York, 4; Buffalo, 1.
At Chicago—Chicago, 6; Providence, 0.
At St. Louie—St. Louis, 2; Boston, 5.
At Detroit—Detroit, 10? Philadelphia, 6.
At New York—Mets. 7; Cincinnati, 2.
At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 5? St. Louis, 6.
At Baltimore—Baltimore, 5; Pittsburg, 4.
At Philadelphia—Athletics, 3; Louisville, 2.
An Old Thief.—“ Gen.” Greenthal.the
celebrated pickpocket, was before Justice Patterson
&ei a pickpocket, being in a crowd in the street. He
was arrested to keep him out of harm’s way. He
gave his age as sixty-five, but looks about forty, al
though he has been plying theft thirty-five years in
the city. He ws‘discharged by She Justice.
Important—When you visit or leave
New York city, save baggage; expressage, and S 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 aud up
ward per day. European Plan; Elevator. Restau
rant supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages and
elevated railroad to-all depots. Families can live
bettor for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other first-class hotel in the oity.
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guwmrnts.
WALL ACK’S SHEATRE. Mme. Judic.
OPENING NIGHT, THURSDAY, OCT. 1.
Also Friday and Saturday?evenings and Saturday after
noon, MME. JUDIC in MLLE. NITOUUHE.
Monday, Oct. 5, Thursday. Oct. 8, Sat; Matinee, Oct. 10th,
MME. JUDIC in LILI.
Tuesday, Oct. 6. Friday, Oct- 9.
Mme. JUDIC in LA FEMME A PAPA.
Wednesday, October 7, and'Saturday evening, October 10;
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Prices,-50c.; sl, $2, $2.50. Box office now open.
Fall Opening.
Our Stock: is; now Complete.
The Newest Designs in Cassimeres,
Worsted, etc., both in
Domestic & Imported. Goods.
Overcoatings, Kerseys, Meltons,
Beavers, .Chinchillas, Whitneys, Ely
sians in every conceivable shade.
The finest assortment of Diagonals,
and Corkscrews,
In all shades, and weavings ever shown.
Business Suits, to order from. $20.00
Overcoats “ “ 18.00
Trousers “ “ j 5.00
Dress Suits. “ “ 30.00
Estimates and Samples furnished for
Liveries and Uniforms.
Call and Examine
Our Stock.
Bowery Stores, open till 9 P. Mq
Samples and Instructions for Self-measure
inent sent on application.
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and
77 1 Broadway,.
Opposite Stewart's.
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AND
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OP THE
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OF
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Nos. 214 and 216 BROADWAY.
Open Daily, Except Legal Holidays, from
9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
UPHOLSTERY DEPT
We beg to call the attention of our customers
and the trade to our complete Fall stock ol ele
gant and choice-
novelties tpt
Furniture and Upholstery Fabrics,
Tapestry and Turcoman Portieres,.
Madras and Printed Japanese Silks
for Curtains and Decorations.
Madras, Antique and Lace Curtains, etc.
Fl> 1 At.
NEW YORK WATCH REPAIRING COMPANY.
WATCH CLEANING 50c.
MAINSPRING 50c.
No. 217. SIXTH AVENUE.
SOLOMON BROWER,
Manager.
CJOOO NEWS
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