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Stab Theatre. —On Thursday even-
Ing Madame Modjeska came forward in tbe imper
sonation of a now character—or rather, to speak
more clearly, of a character which she has not at
tempted here in any of her previous engagements.
The play bears the title of “Donna Diana,” and in
its present form is the adaptation of Westland Mar
ston from the Spanish of Moreto. The adaptation
was made to fit the London stage. It is not by any
means a faithful interpretation of the original, more
especially in the last act. In this version the last
act becomes tame, and altogether flags in inter
est in the force of the wit, repartee and vital
ity which in the original made it as affluent, spark
ling,vivacious and keen in its dialogue and as bright
and quick in its action as any of the preceding acts.
It was presented upon our stage years ago under
another title, and a little lady who sat in one of the
private boxes on this first night—Mrs. D. P. Bow
ers—in that production appeared in the title role.
That it did not then succeed in securing the in
terest of the audiences who witnessed its perform
ance was not strange, for the character of the Donna
was not one tor which Mrs. Bowers ’ talent—varied
as it was—was fitted. With the admirable exposi
tion of its nature, and with the elaborate and artis
tic attention to every d tail of action and to mak
ing clear and effective all the wit and point of the
•dialogue, Madame Modjpska—of all others now on
the stage in this country—is the only actress who
should be able to m ake the comedy by her perform
ance of tho Donna Diana popular.
But, even with her thorough conception of its re
quirements and with the present general excellence
displayed in the representation of the cast by her
company, it is not probable that it will hold a per
manent place in her repertoire or gain anything
more than passing favor from the public.
Tho motive of the work is trite. It has been the
basis of an hundred plays; it is “ familiar as house
hold words,” and has been served up in more forms,
guises and conditions in drama than can be
enumerated. It is the old, old story of a strong
and positive man in love with a woman, and con
quering her obstinacy of purpose by antagonising
her in her own game, by making her coldness the
open sesame to his love. The dialogue, save in
its flashes of wit, its brightness of repartee by no
means—in this English version—reaches the higher
and truer plane of comedy. In the Spanish, Donna
Diana is always the central figure; and is the
pivotal part of the work; in this adaptation she is
only an accessory, in the present instance forced into
prominence by the delicacy, the refinement, the
grace and perfect art of Madame Modjeska,
In this revival she had the advantage of an excel
lent support is Messrs. Vandefelt as Don Cresar,
Frank Clements as Perin, the secretary. Misses
Evelyn Shaw and Kitty Wilson.
ft The scenic settings were of that worn-with-age
quality which should suggest to Mr. Lester Wallack
the propriety of providing a theatre, in which only
legitimate stars” are given dates, with a showing
of something new in the way of flats, drops, wings
and borders.
Even a kalsomine brush dipped into a pot of. al
most an£ color from rose pink to the scrapings of
the palette hoard, and applied to some of the
chamber boraers used on this occasion, would
have made them more pleasant to the sight than
they were.
“ Donna Diana” will be represented during the
current week.
Union Square Theatre There can
be no doubt as to the popular effect of Miss Math
er’s fine performance of Leah. Large audiences and
spontaneous applause imply clearly that Miss
Mather has produced a deep impression by her act
ing of this stormy, heart-broken, pathetic character.
Mr. Hill’s revival of “Leah, the Forsaken,” with
its excellent cast and charming scenery, might be
continued, like “Borneo and Juliet,” for an indefln.
ite period,new in the way. As it is, Mosenthal’s play
will be repeated until the end of Miss Mather’s en
gagement.
There will be several more performances of
“Leah,” therefore, although those who purpose to
witness either of them should lose no time in se
curing seats. The demand has been unusually
pressing, and will be still more so this week.
Mr, Hill had intended to revive “The Honey
moon ” next week. But that project has been aban
doned.
Bijou Opera House.—Dixey Adonis
and company (unlimited) will continue their usual
run of business at the old stand, until further no
tice. All the delicacies of the season served at short
notice under the special supervision of the Polished
Villain. No chestnuts in the stock. If you see or
hear what you don’t want, ask for it. Strangers are
welcome. Matinee as usual.
Daly’s Theatre.—Mr. Daly revived,
on Thursday evening last, Shakespeare’s comedy of
“The Merry Wives of Windsor.” We have not the
•pace in the present issue to give its performance
extended comment. In the next issue of the Dis
patch Mr. Carboy will give it, as well as Mr. Daly’s
career as a manager, a proper, wholesome and pos
sibly much-needed review. A little flattery some
times does well, but there are Instances on record
where the truth has done much better.
“The Merry Wives of Windsor” will be continued
until further notice.
Wallack’s Theatre.—To-morrow and
Tuesday evenings will be the last in which the
drama of “ Hoodman Blind ” will be seen during
the present season. On Wednesday and the re
mainder of the week Mr. Wallack announces the
revival of a past success, “The Guv’ner,” in
which Mr. Willian Elton will once more appear in
the leading comedy role. The usual matinee will
be given on Saturday.
Tony Pastor’s Theatbe.—Tony an
nounces another English novelty for the present
week as one of the leading features of his pro
gramme of performance. This novelty is “The
Sisters Coulson,” who will doubtless repeat here the
success which attended them in Loudon as the most
graceful and expert skipping-rope dancers now on
the stage.
The “Vassar Girl,” Miss Eva Granville, will also
be seen and heard; Henry and John Kernell, with
their fine troupe of specialists; and Tony Pastor
will come to the front at each performance and in
crease the enjoyment and hilarity of the succession
Of crowded audiences which are always the sure ac
companiment of the regular season at this house.
Tony announces that on Monday, January 2>th,
the horizontal bar performers, the Dare brothers,
will make their first appearance in this country,
under his management, after an absence of ten
years.
The usual matinees on Tuesday and Friday.
Theatre Comique (Harlem).—Mana
ger Hart announces as the attraction for the
present week, commencing to morrow evening,
and at the usual Saturday matinee, Mr. George S.
Knight, Mrs. Knight and their comedy company
will appear in their well-known musical comedy,
entitled “Over the Garden Wall.”
On January 25th the “Sparks” company will ap
pear in “A Bunch of Keys.”
In commemoration of the inaugural of the Thea
tre Comique and the one hundredth night, Mana
ger Hart will present to the lady patrons of this
pretty theatre an elegant souvenir. This very in
teresting will occur on the evening of Janu
ary 23d, and will, no doubt, prove a festive occasion.
National Theatre.—Manager Heu
mann announces as his dramatic attraction for the
current week the engagement of Miss Rose Lisle,
who will appear at each performance, commencing
to-morrow evening, in a realistic sensational drama
written by her, and entitled, “ A Union Heroine.”
In this she will impersonate four characters. She
will be supported by Mr. George Jordan, who will
enact three characters. The remainder of the cast
will be represented by the leading members of the
regular National Theatre company.
Preceding the dramatic performance the usual
variety olio will be given. It will include Mr. John
F. Byrnes, the sketch specialist, and Miss Helene,
the wenoh impersonator; Little Lillie Western, the
musical prodigy; Professor A. L. Gleason and his
trained dogs, and the Egyptian juggler and balancer.
Max Hugo.
Special concerts will be given this afternoon and
evening. Matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
Prof. Latham’s Lecture. — Prof.
Latham will make his second appearance to-night,
at the Union Square Theatre. His subject will be
“Switzerland and the Rhine,” and he will describe,
among other things, the ascent of Mont Blanc. The
lecture will be copiously illustrated with handsome
stereopticon views.
Theiss’s Alhambra.—Manager Theiss
started last night for Boston to be present at a con
vocation of the Knights of the Mystic Shrine, of
which he is a member. But while he is away, hav
ing a good time, the Alhambra concerts will be given
—all the same. The pr ogramme will include new
selections by the orchestra and its soloists, all the
popular vocalists will be heard, and the comedian
specialists seen in their most attractive sketches.
The concerts this afternoon and evening will be
more than ordinarily interesting and entertaining.
Gould’s Sans Souci. — The special
line of attractions which have ensured and main
tained tbe popularity of this resort, will be repeated
■during tbe present week. Music by the orchestra,
Binging and dancing by numerous handsome young
ladies, and other equally entertaining attractions
will be am ng the features of the programme. The
&aus Souci is never open ou Sundays.
Madison Square Theatre. —“Saints
and Sinners” will, in all probability, maintain its
place upon the stage for many weeks to come—or
at least until the ides of March. The receipts are
fully equal to Manager Palmer's expectations, and
as yet he finds no reason for announcing a definite
date for the withdrawal of this work and the pro
duction of the drama which he has had for some
time in rehearsal.
Matinee on Saturday.
Lee Avenub Academy of Music. —The
Thalia Theatre Opera Company will commence a
weeks engagement here to-morrow evening. The
repertoire will be as follows:
Monday, Nanon; Tuesday, Feld Prediger (Black
Hussar); Wednesday, Bottel Student (Beggar Stu
dent); Thursday, Czar and Zimmermann (Czar and
Carpenter); Friday. Nanon; Saturday, Wachtel as
Postillion von Lonjumeau, and Sunday evening a
special concert by all the members of the company.
One matinee only—on Saturday, will be given.
Eden Muses. —One of the most at
tractive additions to the leading features of this
popular resort is that of the group representing M.
Pasteur operating upon one of the Newark chil
dren. The figures are lifelike and artistically
designed. The figures of Miss Helen Dauvray, Miss
Mary Anderson, and the late Wm. H. Vanderbilt are
still on exhibition. All the regular attractions, and
the chamber of horrors, the thousands of stereopti
con views, the orchestral concerts, are included.
Special sacred concerts will be given this after
noon and evening.
New York Museum.—Mr. Hickman,
manager of this popular resort, has secured a
great curiosity, known as “Kee 800, the Dog-
Face Girl.” Of the earlier life of this curious being
nothing is known. About five years ago she was
discovered on the banks of Thunder river, Upper
Michigan, In a small cave in the rocks. The little
waif, crouching in terror from tho storm, her dis
coverers captured and took her with them to their
cabin, where, in the fire-light, the mass of fine sil
very hair that covered her face and body, proved
her title to the appellation, “Dog-Face Girl.” The
next day the girl was taken to the cabin of Herman
Gilbert and his wife, the only woman living within
100 miles. She gladly consented to take charge of
the strange little one, and now accompanies her.
Kee 800 is now nearly seventeen years of age, and
is bright and intelligent, and will prove a great
source of wonder during the coming week. She
will be on exhibition daily from 10 to 10.
Fifth Avenue Theatre. — “ The
Mikado”—as one of the choristers put it—“still
'olds hits hown, don’t you see.” Chorister is cor
rect in this instance. It more than holds its own;
it holds fast to popular favor, and popular favor
clings to it as closely as a couple of wrestlers in a
Greco-Roman wrestling match—with the honors
easy.
Matinee as usual.
Koster & Bial’s Concerts.—A bill of
monster proportions is offered to-night. The man
agement have specially brought over several Eu
ropean artists of repute, who will make their first
appearances. Signora Monti, prima donna soprano,
is one of these, and Mlle. Alice Grevain, eccentric
comique, direct from Paris, who is pretty and chic,
will exhibit the latest novelties from the gay city.
Alonzo Hatch, the tenor; Louise Lester, tbe favor
ite soprano; the Martens trio in Tyrolean songs,
and Ella Wesner, the male impersonator, are some
of the features of the big entertainment. Selections
from Strauss’s latest operetta, “The Gypsy Baron,”
will rlso be given.
The burlesque of “Another Mikado” enters upon
its third week with a sprightliness all its own. A
new attraction, which promises to create a sensa
tion, is now being rehearsed.
Globe Dime Museum.—Here is en
terprise for you. The management of this popular
museum have secured contracts from the parents
of the Newark boys, who have just returned, in
perfect health, from the successful treatment of the
great scientist, Professor Pasteur, in Paris, and they
will be exhibited daily in the mammoth curio hall
of the museum. A lecture will be given hourly in
illustration of the methods used in this wonderful
cure.
Aside from this special attraction, all the stand
ard features of the curio halls will be on exhibition
as usual, including Capt. John Hussey, the life
saver; Broncho Johnnie, the scout; the usual va
riety entertainment, and Edward Atkins’s drama of
“ The Nuggetville Crime.”
Special concerts this afternoon and evening.
Theiss’s Concerts.—There are always
afternoon and evening, crowded and gratified
audiences of the patrons of this popular resort.
The orchestra during the present week will be
heard in a new series of compositions, and many
vocalists will add their specialties to the entertain
ment. The concerts this afternoon and evening
will be very attractive. The admission is at all
times free.
Musical and Dramatic Items.
Says a writer in the English Illustrated
Review: “In 1775 the most brilliant playwriter was Sheri
dan. He wrote 1 The Rivals' in 1775, when only twenty
five years old. Ail his plays had been written before our
date, but he lived until 1816. Richard Cumberland was
famous in his day, not only as dramatist, but as essayist,
poet, novelist. He was honored with a funeral in West
minster Abbey. I saw the side ot his coffin exposed when
the grave was opened for Dickens. Cumberland diedin
1811. George Coleman, Mrs. Cowley—the author of ‘The
Belle’s Stratagem ’—and Macklin, the author of ‘ The
Man ot the World,’ all hold their ground on the modern
stage. Maculin, who died in 1797, was aged 107. And
not only dramatists but actors shine out brilliantly.
Garr e . and Foote were dead, the one six years before,
the other eight. But John Philip Kemble, in his imper
sonate n of lofty characters, had probably never been
surpassed, while his sister, Sarah Siddons, had never
been equaled as an actress. John Kemble made ais first
appearance In London in 1783, acting the part of Hamiet.
He was then twenty-six years old (his brother Charles
was only as yet, eight).
“Mrs. Siddons had already won such a name that an
other first-class actor had prophesied she would ever re
main unmatched. On the 2d of February, 1785. ><he first
played at Drury lane what proved her greatest character
—that of Lady Macbeth. She was then thirty years of
age. She died in 1831; her brother, John Philip, in 1823;
Charles in 1854. Joseph Grimaldi, the prince ot clowns
during his short day, was now only six years old, but had
already made his appearance on the boards under his
father’s auspices, and, indeed, had made more than one
sensation. Once his father, as clown, led him, dressed as
a monkey, and, while swinging him violently around, the
chain broke and the child was hurled into the pit and not
hurt. Another time Lord Derby, who was always in the
green-ro< m courting Miss Farren, was thrown into con
vulsions by the boy's comical faces, and gave him half a
crown at each visit. Fielding and Smollett were dead,
but three lady novelists were flourishing, whose works
are still read and deserve to be read—Miss Burney, better
known to us as Mme. d’Arblay, the authoress of “Eveli
na;” Charlotte Smith and Mrs. Inchbald. Mrs. Radcliffo
was a little later; she was now just twenty one years old.
Her first novel was published the year that the Bastile
was taken.
“Anna Dickinson is in need,” says a
correspondent in the Chicago Times “ I don’t s*y that
she is wretchedly poor, but she soon will be unless her
friends come speedily to her relief. The other day a
member of the Sorosis Society said to me: ‘ Our folks
are thinking of getting up a benefit for Anna Dickin
son. She’s poor now, you know.’ But I didn’t know
it. ‘Oh, yes,’continued the dear little sister; ‘Anuais
in need of ready money, and she is so proud, you know,
that the task of meeting her necessities wit hout giving
offense is something more than delicate.’ Anna Dickin
son never iearned the value ot a dollar and never
seemed to think that the proverbial rainy day would come
to her, but it has. People with memories long enough to
reach back to the Lincoln McClellan campaign of 1864,
will bear witness to the fact that Anna Dickinson did
more tor the safety of the Union with her tongue than
an army corps could have done with rifles. There are
certainly enough Republicans left who will join in the
opinion that Anna Dickinson should be enjoying a war
pension to this very day.”
Some eighteen months ago Miss Lottie
Pitt, the little English actress, slipped through an open
trap, and complained of severe pains at the time, but, as
they passed off, she fulfilled her last engagement as ihe
hero in the Wigan pantomime last year. Distressing
symptoms of spinal complaint, however, presented them
selves, followed lately by entire mental aberration. She
died in London, Eng.. Dec. 23. She was the youngest
daughter of the late Charles Dibdin Pitt and of Mrs
Charles Pitt (nee Ellen Coveney), and niece of Mrs. Au
gustus Bright, Mrs. Honey and Fanny Pitt. Her only
brother in England, Mr. E. Bulwer Arthur Pitt, attended
the funeral. Henry M Pitt, for several years past in this
country, is another brother.
A San Francisco paper recently pub
llshed, in a New York letter, a reference to Signor Cam
panini, in which it was stated that in a recent issue of a
Florentine journal Halo Companini desired an engage
ment with an opera or concert company. It was also
said that the tenor was in poor financial circumstances
Friends of Cam panini in this city, who have been in cor
respondence with him, deny the above statement. They
say the tenor owns a villa and a fine estate near Parma,
that of late he hss been regaining his voice, and that he
contemplates again visiting this country with a concert
company which will include Gerster and Galassi.
Mr. Herbert, the English actor, tells
an interesting story on one of England's noted actors, T
P. Cooke. Cooke had retired from the stage, and was
living in seclusion in the country. H. J. Byron, the au
thor of “Our Boys,” wrote a little comedy, in which the
principal character was an old pensioner. Rewrote it
with a view of getting Cooke to appear again. Coo e
was seventy-one years old at the time, and the character
was written to order. Byron visited Cooke and read the
play to him. “Why, my dear boy,” exelaimed Cooke,
“ I couldn’t play that part. It’s an old man, and I never
played an old man in my life!”
N. M. Ludlow, the oldest actor and
manager in America, died at his home in St. Louis, Mo
Jaduary 9. He was bcm in Whitehall street, New York'
in 1795, and made his first appearance on the in
1813, in a two-word part in “The Forty Thieves ” Subse
quently he weut to the Albany, N. Y., Theatre, where his
real professional life began. There he ioined the first
theatrical troupe to travel in the West, .and finally be
came one of the most prominent managers—being the
head of the firm of Ludlow A Smith— in “the Scuthand
Wert. They were true American “strollers.” and Alex
Drake headed them.
Dion Boucicault was asked in Chicago,
last week, if there was any truth in the story of
Robertson, that he had never been divorced from Tier
Mr Boucicault was very reluctant to speak of the subject
at all, but finally said: “If such a thing were true it
would seem strange that a bigamist could travel unmo
lested through a country where the laws are observed. I
expect to make a statement in court, which I consider to
be the proper place, when I airive in New York, and then
the public will have an opportunity to judge both sides of
the case.”
Mrs. Mary E. Benham recently sued
John A. Stevens in ’Frisco for $1,035 salary due her. The
case was called Lee. 30, when an attorney appeared lor
Mr. Stevens and stated that his client was out of the
State, and he could offer no evidence on that account
the lawyer added that he came into Court simply to ne
cessitate the payment or the jury lees by the plaintiff.
The jury then gave Mrs. Benham a verdict for the fuil
amount, and she was obliged to pay s4l in fees. The
judgment is practically worthless.
The Hammersley Comic Opera Com
pany is at the Hamilton Hotel in Pittsburg, Pa. It iscom
-1 o ( d prn cipally of young actors who have been on the
stage only one or two sea.-o.is. The majority of them live
in >cw\o:k. They placed in Oil City last week and
ow.n ; to the severe Wc-a her were unable to get the pco
[■!-• .■ i«> th? bis. Th'' na- .i.ir did >t 1. v , Q ■ • ty
pay tbe saiaues and the company “went busted.”
NEW YORK DISPATCH, JANUARY 17, 1886.
Marie Jansen, she with tLe deeply,
desperately dark eyes and the “One-Mama" air, is to her
married soon to the English-looking Philadelphia blond*
who accompanied her to Chicago some time ago Wl.at
will the dudes do then ? L Ilian Russell marr.ed and a
most forgotten, Jarbeau a happy wife. Oiga Brandon
married. Lily Post ill because of separation from her
twins, an 1 Jansen engaged. Well, they will have to b •
content with the fascinating Helen Standish, or—if her
uusband, Stuart, will permit-the graceful Billie Barlow.
It has been erroneously stated that
friends made Janish a $5,000 New Year’s present in the
shape o’, the entire rights to “ Andrea ” (or “ Anselma”).
The truth seems to be that “ Andra ”(“ Agnes ") is the
property of Mr. Sheppard, proprietor of the White Ele
phant In this city, he having secured it from Agnes Ethel.
Mr. Sheppard is a relative of Minnie Maddern, and he
rents the pie et > Janish on a royaltv. Miss Maddern
plays her version o! the piece with Mr Sheppard’s ap
proval.
The new musical satire, by the Messrs.
William Gill and Leander Richardson, is now completed,
and the contract for its production will probably be signed
within the next three or four days. The piece is consid
erably above a burlesque, but would hardly be called a
comic opera. 1 t is based upon an extremely funnv idea,
and is admirably written as to both songs and dialogue.
Laura D n’s play, “A Daughter o£ the
Nile,” was recently read to Annie Pixley, as it was
thought s.ie would probatfly be sufficiently pieased with it
to adopt it in her repertoire, but she declined to attempt
the leading role, because she thought herself hardly
suited to the requirements, but she believes somebody
will take the play and make a great success of it.
A current paragraph says that Stuart
Robson's real name is Robert Stuart. This is not true. His
real name is Henry Stuart, and he is a hat ve o.’ Balti
more. William H.’Crane’s real name is Thomas Dicker
son, and he is a native of Penobscot Corners, Me. Yet
who that knows Robson and Crane would ever think of
them as I’enry Stuart and Thomas Dickerson!
Every morning at 5 o’clock a bellman
goes to Mary Anderson’s room door in the Continental
Hotel, Philadelphia, ai d knocks, and at 6 o’clock Miss
Anderson is out on the street in the gray light of the
moin'ng on her way to early mass, she never misses
attend ng, never cold or sor.ny the weather.
Emilie Charlotte Langtry, of the Isl
and of Jersey, otherwise known as the “Jersey Lily,” has
been investing more of her capital in real estate. She
has purchase 1 a mortgage of $1,005 from Frederick J.
Middlebrook and another of $5,000 from the guardian ot
Katharine A, Sands.
Miss Emily Denin-Ryan, daughter of
Kate Denin-Wilso*n, is shortly to be married to a member
of the American Exchange. Miss Ryan is a most estima
ble young lady. She was at one time a member of Daly’s
company, but retired from the stage some two years ago.
Manager A. M. Palmer complains bit
terly of pirates on the road. He has sold the right to one
man to play “ Hazel Kirke,” but already another fiend is
playing it. Mr. Palmer will invoke the law, and it is to
be hoped he will be able to put an end to this piracy.
Arthur Wallack now attends to most
of the business in front at Wallack’s, while Harry
Edwards officiates in an executive capacity behind the
curtain. Theodore Moss and Lester Wallack are less
frequently seen about the house than f •rmerly.
The management of the Baltimore
Academy of Music has passed into the hands of 11. J. Con
way, Samuel Fort having been retired by the directors.
Managers desiring to do business with the house are re
quested to communicate with Mr. Conway.
That talked-of new theatre on Twen
ty-eighth street (the old Horticultural Hall) does not pro
gress very rapidly. James H. Meade is sick abed with a
badly-located boll, and Partner John Cannon is appar
ently resting in his labors.
Fay Templeton, we learn, is in Chicago,
Hl., on a visit connected with the divorce suit ot West
vs. West, in which she is tho defendant. The opinion is
strengthened that she will not return to the cast of
Evangeline ” here
Colonel Nunez wrote a play called
“ Saints and Sinners” several years ago, which he has
fully protected by our copyright law. Mr. A. M. Palmer
is now negotiating with Colonel Nunez for the purcha e
of the title.
J. M. Hill will book the leading com
binations at the Union Square next season, putting that
house in line with the others. Janauschek, who will
have ten weeks here, will play one week at the Union
Square.
It is Joseph Haworth’s intention to
produce D’Ennery’s “ Chevalier Morliere ” in this city
during the Spring, and an adaptor is now at work arrang
ing the Dlay to suit the requirements of the American
stage.
Howard Paul has several business
schemes in view, one of which looks to the establishment
of a novel and fashionable form of entertainment in this
city. Mr. Paul expt s,s to go Londonward next month.
Charles Coghlan’s new play, written
for Mrs. Langtry, will be called “ Enemies.” It w ni be
presented on February Ist. at the London Prince'; Thea
tre, with J. G. Grahame, F. Everlll, and E. D. Lyons.
Mme. Nilsson is to be congratulated
on getting the $50,000 which her husband's relatives bor
rowed from her through him. and which ever since his
death they have been trying to avoid repaying.
Mr. T. Henry French is lying very ill
at his rooms in Delmonico’s. He is suffering from an ab
scess on his back, said to be very severe. His aged mo
ther is also seriously ill in London.
Clara Louise Kellogg was born in
Sumter, South Carolina, of New England parents, in
1842. She wears her age well, as anybody who has seen
her lately can testify.
Mr. Clinton Stuart, who is rather bet
ter known by his newspaper nnm de plume of “Waist og
ham,” is coming back from Europe shortly with a couple
of French comedies.
Mr. Ariel S. Barnay, a thoroughly ca
pable young gentleman, is to take the management of
Rosin a Vokes after this week. She will, no doubt, have a
prosperous season.
Frank Mayo and his company have
been resting the past two weeks, but will resume to-mor
row, under the management of Sheridan Corbyn, opening
in Norwalk, Conn.
M. W. Tobin, who has left the Come
dy Theatre, this city, goes out as treasurer of the Strak
osch English-opera Company, which opens Jan. 19 at
Wilmington, Del.
At low prices, “The Streets of New
York” in a week recently drew 28,738 people to Robin
son’s Opera House, Cincinnati. And yet the profits were
only $l,lOO.
E. E. Kidder has returned to town
from the West. He thinks melodrama needs a rest, and
will, therefore, devote his time to writing skits.
Maude Granger is playing “Article
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Excise ©ascs.
THE OFFICER MIST AKEN AS TO TIME.
George Haif keeps a sort of concert saloon at No.
186 Orchard street. At a quarter to 12, Officer War.
ner said, he entered the place. Nine people were
there, and somedrinking.
Defendant said the 3d day of December his place
wus closed. When the officer entered his place it
was seven minutes after 12 o'clock. He did not
open it till after 12 o’clock.
Several witnesses were called to prove that the
officer entered after 12 o’clock. The first witness
said the place was opened five at ten minutes after
12; the second said seven or eight minutes after 12;
the third said seven minutes after 12; the fourth
seven minutes after 12; tho fifth said it was after 12
when he left his house to go there.
Discharged.
BROKE INTO THE PLACE.
Luigi Basso, No. 215 Spring street, was charged
with being open Sunday, January lOth.J Officer
Gilligan said ho entered the place at 5:45 in tbe even
ing by the rear door. The proprietor stood in the
middle of the floor. Four or five were at the bar
with beer glasses before them.
“Didn’t you break a pane of glass to get in?”
asked counsel.
“No; we walked in without resistance.”
Officer O’Neil said they walked in through the
hall door and into the yard. When they attempted
to get in, defendant attempted to push them out.
He saw four or five, men in front of the bar.
“Wasn’t a pane of glass broken forcing your
selves in ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“ Wasn’t the bolt of the door sprung ?”
“No, sir.”
Defendant said an Italian came to the door, but
he would not give him admittance. The officers
came alter him, and burst the door open. A pane
of glass was broken and the bolt flow off, and in
that way they got in. Four men, who boarded
there, were in the place. They had dinner there.
Discharged.
THOUGHT THIS CHARGE WOULD BURST HIM.
William Eagan, No. 532 West Thirtieth street, was
charged with selling without a license. '
Officer McGinley, when he entered, found Eagan
behind the bar, and two or three in front, drinking.
He called for a glass of whisky, paid for it, and
drank it.
Eagan said his application was in for a license.
He had applied for a lager beer license, and it was
rejected. He then put in an application for a whisky
license, and did not think he was violating the law.
“Have you now got yodr license?” asked the
court.
“No,” replied Eagan. “This misfortune will
prevent it, I suppose.”
The officer said Eagan bad been there a good
many years. He had a full license till January.
The place was open; defendant kept a small grocery
store. He had not been selling since arrested.
Fined ten dollars.
WHY KOPKE WAS OPEN.
William Kopke, No. 2,452 Second avenue, was
charged by Roundsman Delaney with violating the
Excise law, Sunday, Dec. 27. It was a licensed
place. Defendant was proprietor. Entered the
place about half-past four o’clock in the afternoon,
through the hall door. Defendant kept a lager beer
saloon. He lived in the rear. When he asked for a
beer, the proprietor said he was not selling, and he
arrested him for having his place open.
Defendant said he had a party i.nere mat day
from down-town, who came to see to his wife, who
was sick. Tho rooms in the roar were too small,
and they sat in the saloon.
“ How many children have you ?” asked Justice
Kilbreth.
“And what was tho matter with your wife?”
asked Justice Patterson.
She vos sick.”
“ What was the nature of tho sickness ?” asked
Justice Murray.
“Veil, we expects an adjunct to the family.”
The three Justices looked at each other and
smiled. Finally, Justice Kilbreth ventured to ask
how many children he had now.
“ Von.”
“ Acquitted,” said the court.
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3lrs. O’Koefe’s I3lacl< Eye.
A CASE OF EVIDENT JEALOUSY ON THE PART
OF JOHN.
John O’Keefe was charged with assaulting his
wife Julia. This was the second time he had hurt
her; the first time the Court gave him three months,
but ho only served three weeks. On the 28th of
December last, while in bed, and lying by her hus
band, he hit her, and gave her a black eye. He
was not drunk, but had drank a couple of beers.
Sunday before that they had some words. He then
said, “Get out of bed and make me a sandwich.”
He was idle, and she said, “ Johnny, why don’t you
get work ? Paddy MaCarty [a friend] would get it
for you.”
“When you were in bed with your husband,
didn’t you say that you were going to Florida with
Paddy McCarty ?”
“No.”
“ Was Paddy there that night ?”
“Yes, sir.”
The sister and the sister’s husband of defendant
were in the adjoining bedroom. They listened and
heard the “jawing” of man and wife. The wife
said Paddy would get a job for him—he had big
influence at the City Hall. Johnny said when he
was out of a job he would call on Paddy. She then
said that she was going to Florida with Paddy, and
they would send him a box of oranges. Johnny
said she might go to sheol with him, and send him
up a cartload of sulphur, if it didn’t smother them.
He didn’t care where she went. The bed then
creaked, as if they bad turned back to back and
were about to go to sleep, when the jawing was re
sumed. He said, “Now. for goodness sake, Julia,
shut up. I've got to go to work in the morning.”
She says, *• You’ll hear from me in Florida.”
“ She says you put a cold flat-iron on her eye after
she was hit ?” said the Court.
The witness denied giving such cold aid and
comfort.
Pat, the husband of the last witness, said he
couldn’t get to sleep for the jaw of Johnny’s wife.
Mrs. O'Keefe drank with him that night, and was as
drunk as blazes. When the two got in bed, and
were jawing, all he said was, “It would be better
for you to sew the buttons on my pants and let me
go to sleep.”
“How did she get the black eye?” asked the
Court.
That the witness couldn't say.
The husband said he gave a sudden hitch in the
bed, Julia fell out, and struck her head “ agin the
boord.”
“Two months,” said the Court.
Caroline’s Story.
TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF MATRIMONIAL LIFE
SUDDENLY ENDED.
Adolph and Caroline Bocher, after living together
twenty-six years, separated. On the 2d of January
they met by accident in the street. Adolph said:
“I’ve got you. I’ve watched for you the whole
day. I can hit you now when I feel like it. You
shall die!”
He didn’t draw a knife or pistol, but drew off and
hit her on the nose with his fist. She had accused
her husband of incest a short time before, when she
had him arrested for abandonment.
Counsel then put the following categorical query
to her:
“ Didn’t he say, ‘You are living with a man in
your house,’ and you said, 'You are no good.
And when you can prove that is not so, I’ll give you
the $5 a week Justice Duffy ordered. Look at these
receipts—three payments In four months’ ?”
She didn’t answer the question.
The old man went on the stand, and said they
had been separated four months. They separated
because she had him arrested in August last. He
had never abused his wife. When they met In
Grand street, on the 2d, she began to call him
names, and said he lived with his daughter.
“What did you do?”
“ I don’t know what I did.”
“The same as any man would do hearing such an
accusation, he struck her,” said counsel.
The court fined Adolph $lO.
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AND SHE BROKE HIS HEAD AND A PITCHER.
Catharine Zanner, of No. 476 Ninth avenue, was
charged with breaking a pitcher over Gustavus
Stern’s head. Gus said he was going up to dinner,
and she was coming down stairs. She asked him
why he didn’t close tho front door after him. He
said she could close it herself. She then hit him
with the pitcher on the head.
Catharine said they met at the foot of the stairs
and she requested him to shut the door when he
came in. He turned on her and called her a mensh
(prostitute) and other bad names. She replied to
the insult, and he followed her and was about to
strike her, and she put her arm up and “his head
struck the pitcher.”
Robert Beale, residing on the first floor, said :
Coming up from the basement he found the two
quarreling in the hall. He called the woman a w—.
He then saw Stern raise his hand to strike her, and
she got in the pitcher. He had hard work to separ
ate them.
Discharged.
The Brooklyn “World” Boys En
tertain. —A hoop-la time was had by the boys of
the Brooklyn World staff’at Purdey’s Westmoreland
Hotel, on Livingston street, between Court st. and
Boerum place, on Monday night last, the occasion
being the presentation to the popular City Editor,
Charles W. Sutherland, of the portraits of the mem’
bers of the staff, in a costly and massive frame.
The pictures were by Van Houton, the lulton street
artist, and reflected great credit upon the genial
Arthur. A gorgeous repast had been prepared by
caterer Purdey, and after the presentation speech
had been made by Chairman L. F. Briggs, the
several toasts of the evening were responded to by
Harry Stillman, Walter C. Quevedo, Jerry Donnelly,
Bob Donnelly, Charles Stanton, Arthur Curtis, Ed
ward Cooper, Artist Flannigan, McComb, of the
News; Thomas Preston, of the Herald; George F.
Miller, Clifford Smith, of the Union; Arthur Van Hou
ten and others. The “ feast of reason and tbe flow of
soul” were boomed for all they were worth until
the roosters began to crow. Letters of regret were
received from President Cleveland, Governor Hill,
George Francis Train, David A. Sutton, Inspector
Jack MacKellar, and others, the latter having kindly
ordered the police ambulances to be in readiness
should they be required.
In the early morning, after the New York edition
had been sent to press, the night editors the New
York (branch) World joined their forces with the
Brooklyn boys, and enjoyed the remaining part of
the fun with them. The last-named gentlemen who
honored the occasion by their presence were Editors
James Graham, Fiske, Peter J. Donohue, the well
known slugging editor; Byrne, Meany, Hamilton,
and others.
Taking one consideration with another, it was an
Up:variuUß
CTlxo Double Inquest.
ONE LOOKS AS IF THE CASE WAS MURDER,
THE OTHER NOT MURDER.
On the 10th inst., John Bevins came home near
12 o’clock, midnight. His wife Catherine hadn’t
felt well for a week, and she lay down on the sofa,
while be took a seat at the stove and commenced to
fumble with a self-cocking Colt, loaded with four
balls. The pistol went off, and a ball of thirty-four
calibre entered her side two inches, wounding the
intestines in its plow, in eight places.
Justice Gorman, at Harlem, is holding an investi
gation on the death of the wife.
Before the Justice it would seem not an acciden
tal homicide but a murder.
On Friday a witness testified that she lived with
the two in the months of November and December.
Man and wife bad frequent quarrels. December 4
the man drew a pistol on his wife and threatened to
shoot her. She grabbed the revolver and ran into
an adjoining room. He kicked the door open and
said he would kill her any how, if he had to throw
her out of the window. That night he slept on the
floor, she in bed. Each charged the other with
being false to their marital vows.
A Mrs, Carroll, who lived on the same floor with
the two, said she never heard them quarrel.
That was the evidence on Friday before the
Justice, who has adjourned his examination till to
day.
THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATION.
According to the evidence taken yesterday, Mr.
Bevins is an innocent man. The shooting was acci
dental.
Policeman Jourdan said Bevins came to him
while on post and said he wanted his wife sent to
the hospital; he had accidentally shot her while
cleaning his pistol, and wanted to get an ambu.
lance to take her to the hospital. He went with
Bevins to the house. The wife said he had acci
dentally shot her, cleaning the pistol. She was
conscious, and particularly emphasized the word
“accidental.” He was very attentive to her, and
they were then very affectionate toward each other.
Dr. Sheehan, of the Ninety-ninth Street Hospital,
said when the woman was taken in, after the acci
dent, she told him the shooting was accidental, and
laid great stress on the word “accidental.” The
meeting of man and wife in the hospital was most
affecting; it moved all to tears. The man had to be
removed from the room. At the time she was per
fectly conscious, and said the shooting was purely
an accident.
The verdict of the jury held Bevins to await the
action of the Grand Jury.
The Police Justice will also hold him, so that ho
is doubly held.
Are Tliey Jiladcmailed. ?
THE CHARGE A WOMAN MAKES AGAINST AN
OFFICER.
Mary Nelson and May Overton were arraigned
yesterday morning at Jefferson Market, before
Justice Wolde, charged with street soliciting by
Officer Armstrong, of the Fifteenth Precinct.
“ Nelson, what have you to say to the charge?”
asked the Justice.
“ It is not true,” said the woman.
“ What do you say to that, officer ?”
“I found her at Wooster and Third streets. Sev
eral times I have warned her.”
“What did you see her do at Wooster street yes
terday ?”
“ Solicit several men.”
“ Have you been here before ?” to the woman.
“Yes, sir.”
“ Why do you keep on the street ?”
“They (the officers) come in citizens clothes and
when you don’t give them money you are arrested.
I left my residence and went to Bleecker street,
where I pay sls a week for board and a dollar a
week to the officer to be let alone. I was hard
pushed and could not pay the tax.”
“ I don’t believe in such things,” Baid the Jn«-
“*lts the God’s truth,” said the woman.
“ I think the officer was good to you; he told you
to keep off the street. Ten dollars; the next time it
will be the Island.”
Addressing Overton, he asked her what she had
to say.
She said it was a mistake.
“Officer, do you know this woman ?”
“She solicited me on Wooster street.”
*• Then it was not a mistake ?”
“ If you believe him,” said the woman,
“ You have been here before ?”
“ Never.”
“Ten dollars.”
“ I have not got it.”
“Perhaps the officer will loan it, if he is pen
sioned ?” remarked the court.
‘Not much,” said the woman. “They stick to
what they get; it pays for their rum and private
doctors’ bill.”
Ten days is no great punishment for these unfor
tunates. They have rest and time to think, and no
board bill to pay.
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McFadden’s A.IIBI.
HIS MOTHER AND A FRIEND PROVE HIM IN
BED AT THE TIME OF THE ROBBERY.
Frank Entracken and James McFadden were
charged with robbing the till of Terence Leonard,
between eleven and twelve o’clock at night. Mc-
Fadden fell it was alleged, against the window, and
when Leonard ran out of the store to see who it was,
he found the man pretending to be drunk, and
talking with him and trying to pilot him by
his window, his companiob jumped out of the hall.
He immediately surmised the trick, McFadden
plays drunk and got him out, his companion in the
hall ran in the store and robbed the till. He grabbed
the thief, who broke and ran off, his companion
sobered up and ran in the opposite direction.
Next day he saw the two together and caused their
arrest. Complainant swore positively that they
were the thieves.
The mother of McFadden, residing at No. 226 East
Twenty-seventh street, said her son was arrested
twice for ball playing, never for theft. That Thurs
day night of the robbery, the mother sent her son
to Irving Place at five o’clock to pay a gas bill.
Her son that night went to bed about ten o’clock.
At eleven o’clock she looked in his room and put
the clothes on him. He could not leave his room
without passing her room. She never saw her son
under the influence of liquor.
A lady visitor who slept with Mrs. McFadden that
night, saw defendent in the house at nine o’clock,
and saw him go to bed. They went to bed at a
quarter to twelve, and accused would have to pass
through their bed-room to leave the house.
Defendent said he was in the house all evening,
and did not go out that night. Complainant was
mistaken when he said he saw him that night. If
he had robbed the man he would not be within
twenty feet of his store next day.
The other prisoner said he was not near the
liquor saloon that night.
The accused were discharged.
“ Tli© Old Guard.”
A REFINED AND YET GRACIOUS BALL.
On next Thursday night the annual ball of “ The
Old Guard ” will take place. No ball of the season
surpasses that of “ The Old Guard.” The men who
compose the company are from among New York’s
oldest and most respected citizens. The majority
of thorn belong to the old Knickerbocker families,
or those families of the English which displaced the
gallant Hollanders. But the two nationalities of
two hundred years ago have homologated and be
come one. At the same time that “ The Old
Guard Ball ” is one of the most aristocratic balls
which takes place in this vicinity, it is also one of
the pleasantest. Those who attend have not to
pronounce that they belong to the “first families.”
Their manners plainly show their education, and
the best education is of course, connected with the
highest politeness. The plainest man and the
plainest woman who attend “ The Old Guard Ball ”
will be treated with as great consideration as would
be President Cleveland, Miss Cleveland, Senator
Evarts, or any other of the foremost gentlemen and
ladies of the land. The members of “ The Old
Guard ” are gentlemen, consequently all their
guests are treated as gentlemen and ladies.
Mixed Case.
The Richardson Stevens case was up for further
examination yester lay before Justice Smith at the
Tombs. It is a wonderful case in all Its bearings.
Stevens, the brother-in-law, was anxious that his
sister should get a divorce from her husband.
The wife and husband had no kindly feeling to
ward each other. Private detectives were put on
the case to get the evidence to institute a suit.
The party employed “ gave the thing away” to
Richardson, who was put on his guard. The re
sult was that detectives were employed to “shadow”
detectives, and both sides—bunglingly or intention
ally—knew each other and had a “soft thing” of it,
bleeding both sides.
Sophia Lyons, a very pretty woman, was em
ployed to lure Richardson into a house of prostitu
tion. Her husband was Tompkins, a private de
tective employed in the case. But the best detect
ive of all was a porter in the employ of Mr. Rich
ardson. He had noticed that his boss had been
shadowed leaving the store, and “ piped ” for three
months. He shadowed his employer one day when
he was leaving the store, into a saloon. Sophia, the
decoy, was following him.
He “shadowed” the woman out of the saloon
up to the Elevated railroad, where she toox a seat
opposite his employer and tried to ogle. When his
employer got out up town, so did Sophia, who
overtook him and nudged him on the elbow.
Richardson knew the trick and would not allow him
self to be “ picked up.” The witness then followed
his employer’s temptress home, taking an hour and
a half.
Stevens claims that he had no hand in getting up
the conspiracy, and this is what they are trying to
prove.
A Good Business Man.—On the cor
ner of Crosby and Broome streets there Is the busi
ness place of “Shea, the Clothier.” He is a boon to
the young men who can’t afford to wear fine even
ing dresses. They can hire them from Mr. Shea at
a reasonable price. He also sells fine clothes, which
have misfitted the high-priced dudes, for a very
small amount. Mr. Shea has been in the business
for nigh unto twenty years, and he has never been
found but in the right in all those years.
A Clever Paper.—The current num
ber of the American Analyst is about the best
thus far issued. Its article on Kitchen Chemistry
is remarkably interesting and is well worth the
price of a year’s subscription. The attacks on
quack medicines are timely and readable; but why
do not the editorial chemists or the chemical edi
tors go further and stir up the bad confectionery
and vile spices so prevalent in the New York mar
kets ? »
He Didn’t Come Back. —Charles John
son, aged nineteen, was charged with stealing a gold
ring valued at $5. Philip Simon said he met the
prisoner in a liquor saloon. He was thirsty, and
gave Johnson the ring to pledge for a dollar and
come back. He didn’t return. He waited a long
time for him. Two or three weeks after he met
him on the street and had him arrested.
“How long had you known him ?” asked the
Court.
“Only that night.”
“What have you to say, Johnson ?”
“I was out of work and hungry, and I wanted to
get something to eat.”
“Three months,” said the Court.
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Til© ISig French Tsall.
AN AFFAIR THAT PROMISES TO ECLIPSE ALL
PREVIOUS MASQUERADES.
Special performances at regular intervals; a danc
ing contest for the world’s championship; Parisian
novelties and surprises of many kinds; elegant dis
plays of French ball costumes; tableaux illustrating
current events; grand marches and comic imita
tions; State and national politics from a purely
French view and other entertainments will all be
going on at the same time in tho Academy of Music
and Irving and Nilsson halls to-morrow (Monday)
night, when the famous Cercle Francaise de I’Har
monia will inaugurate tho first of the new style of
French masquerades. All the interior arrangements
are quite different from the masquerades of the past.
Three orchestras will furnish the music, specially
engaged merrymakers will create an enjoyable kind
of grotesque fun, and fairy-like damsels will com
pete in le grand ecart. The costliest French and
American decorations will be intertwined, typical of
the friendly feelings of the two nations, as the ball
will be as international in all particulars as possible.
The supper will be ala carte. A concert will pre
cede the regular opening of the ball, which is offi
cially announced for 9 o’clock. All the boxes have
been disposed of and a great number of tickets sold,
indicating the presence of a great number of peo
ple.
Settling; a Sneak.
A JIMMY AND A LEATHER STRAP.
Michael Sweeney, a young mab who claimed to
be a mason, was arrested by Detective Dunn on sus
picion of being a sneak thief. On the 12th inst. he
caught him in the hallway of No. 185 Church street.
The officer said in coming from White street at 5:20
o’clock in the evening, going through Church street
he saw the prisoner act suspiciously. Finally a car
came along, and he lost sight of prisoner. He went
into the hall of No. 185 and found him there. On
searching him he found a jimmy and a long leather
strap, used to tie up goods.
Defendant said it was not a jimmy, but a tool
used to finish off the corners of stone. He went in
the hallway to fasten his drawers.
" That tool has never been used on the head,
and yet the edge is chipped,” remarked Justice
Patterson.
“ That seems so to you,” replied the prisoner.
“ How about the shawl strap ?”
“ That happened to be in my overcoat, I didn’t
know it was there.”
“ Where did you work last?”
“With Tompkins, in Newark.”
“ Six months,” said the Court.
G. A.*R.
ALMOST THE END OF THE INSTALLATION
SEASON —AND EVERYBODY AND HIS
WIFE SAY THEY ARE “GLAD OF IT”—
ADVENTURES OF COMRADE FRANK
BURY-ITEMS OF NEWS.
INSTALLATIONS.
The officers elect of Dakin Post, were installed in
the cosy headquarters of the post, No. 136 Broad
way, Brooklyn, E. D., on Tuesday evening last, by
Harry W. Hughes, of Post No. 89, assisted by his
past officers. The services were of the most im
pressive character, and were never performed be
fore a more attentive and interested audience. Im
mediately after the Commander had taken his
station, he ordered Quartermaster Philip Rothman
to present himself at the altar, when he was left to
the tender mercy of Past Adjutant Fenton Rock
well, wholectuied the comrade upon his duties as a
member of the Grand Army. Comrade Rothman
bore the infliction bravely, wondering no doubt
wherein he had erred, until Commander Rockwell
said:
" aud CoiUittQtib; 11l all tliUße tlilUgß
our beloved Quartermaster has been to us all a
bright and shining mark, and wo have accepted
him as our model.”
Then turning to Comrade Rothman he added:
“ Quartermaster, your comrades have court
martialed you, and the sentence that I am about to
impose, is that you shall in future wear upon your
breast this slight token of our esteem.”
Suiting the action to the word he pinned upon
Comrade Rothman’s breast an elegant gold G. A. R.
badge, complete in all its details and bearing a suit
able inscription. Then the members and their
guests adjourned to an adjoining room where a
bountiful collation was served and the Comrades
held high carnival. J. V. 0. “Dave’’Waring was
especially attentive to the wants of all, and proved
a most efficient adjunct to the merry party. Re
marks were made by Comrades Hughes, Stone,
Bartlett, Hall, Rockwell, Foley, Brenning and
others.
Commander Chris. Lutjens, of Andrew Jackson
post, installed the officers elect of A. S. Williams’
post, at their headquarters, No. 147 West Thirty
second street, on the evening of January 9. Com
mander Lutjens was assisted by Comrades of his
post acting as his staff, and the ceremonies were
carried through in a most excellent and graceful
manner. At the conclusion of the installation the
members of post 394 escorted their friends to the
dining hall where good things for the stomach had
been provided in abundance, and were followed
with equally good things for the brain. Songs,
speeches, recitations, and instrumental music made
up a most agreeable programme. Among those
w’ho added largely to the pleasure of the evening
were Commanders Lutjens and Francisco, Past Com
mander William Quinn, Comrade Snyder, of Silver
Star Quartette Club, Comrade Richter and son and
Messrs. Harry Merritt and Tony Cunningham.
Comrades were present from Utica, Hunter’s Point
and Hoboken.
The installation of officers of Harry Lee Post, of
Brooklyn, E. D., took place at the Lee Avenue Con
gregational Church on Thursday evening last.
Never, even in a church, has a more intelligent,
well-dressed ana attentive audience been assembled
than was present on this occasion. After a few re
marks by Commander Raphael C. Stearns, prayer
was offered by the Rev. Henry A. Powell. Next fol
lowed music, after which came the installation of
officers by installing officer Max Reece, assisted by
an efficient staff. It is useless to remark that the
installation was markedly dignified and went off
smoothly, because they always do sowhen conduct
ed by the comrades who had them in charge in the
present instance. After a brief address by Com
mander Stearns and more music by the choir. Com
rade and General Stewart L. Woodford was intro
duced, and delivered the oration, which was marked
by his never-failing eloquence, pathos and wit. At
the conclusion ot the entertainment the post and
invited guests marched to the Wall House,where an
“army” supper was partaken of with gusto, and a
couple of hours were passed in social intercourse,
recitations and singing, which so delights the heart
of every old soldier.
W. L. Garrison Post had its installation of officers
at the Everett Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, on Mon
day evening last. The weather was very inclement,
but despite this, there was a large turnout and
the occasion was a very successful and thoroughly
enjoyable one. A varied programme, including
songs, instrumental music and recitations were
rendered in a most creditable manner by a num
ber of ladies and gentlemen, among whom were
the Misses Abrams, Miss Hogarth, Mrs. Mitchell,
and Messrs. Hall, Weeks, Hogarth, Phillipps, John
son, Durand and Nelson, the comic songs of the
latter being especially enjoyed, as wore also the
cornet solos of Comrade Bridges. At the conclu
sion of the entertainment P. C. L Hommedieu, of
Post 500, installed the officers-ele.ct in a simple and
dignified way. Brief addresses were made by P. C.
L’Hommedieu, Com. McFarland and others. After
the speaking was over the supper-room was visited,
and when all had partaken of the fine collation,
dancing began and was kept up for several hours.
Among the visitors were delegations from Van
Houten Post, of Jersey City, and Winchester, Perry,
Rankin and other Brooklyn posts.
One of the finest social events of the season was
the installation and reception of Sumner Woman’s
Relief Corps at Wendel's Assembly Rooms on Mon
day evening last. The weather was disagreeable in
the extreme, but the spacious hall was filled with
a merry throng when the Auxiliary Corps, under
the command of Mrs. Meek, was drawn up in mili
tary array to receive the members of Sumner Post,
under Com. Black, and the Veteran Zouaves, com
manded by Capt. Sheehan.
The offlcers-elect of the corps were installed by
Comrade Samuel Hayter, in accordance with the
ritual of the Women’s Relief Corps, in such an able
manner that he deserves and receives the thanks of
the corps.
When Mrs. Helena M. Chapelle, the new Presi
dent, had been escorted to her chair, she was pre
sented with a beautiful ivory gavel by Captain
McDermott, acting in behalf of Com. Phelan and
the comrades of Shields Post. She was also the re
cipient of a handsome bouquet, composed of the
choicest exotics, the gift of President Gunthner and
Mr. Headland, of the Bartholdi Club. A pleasing
entertainment was given by talented ladies and
gentlemen, among whom were Mrs. Dr. Toal, Mrs.
Levy, the Misses Walsh, Miss Ingraham, Miss De
Voe and Dr. J. E. Lyons. When this was over, the
Past President, Mrs. Meek, and Captain Sheehan, of
the Zouaves, headed the grand march, and the
“mazy” was turned on at “full tap,” and kept flow
ing all night.
Among the prominent ladies and comrades pres
ent were Mrs. Nichols, Dept. President; Mrs. Den
nison, Dept. Inspector; Mrs. Davis, Installing Offi
cer; Mrs. De Mott and Mrs. Williamson, the Presi
dents of Bendix and Wadworth Corps, and Com
rades Carlyle, Erwin, Legrasse, Colvin, Hatch,
Ritchy, Hack, Shatter, De Voe, De Mott and Dr.
Duffy.
Comrade Jennings, of Naval Post, notifies the
Dispatch that the post has changed its moorings,
owing to the fact that it found such bad holding
ground in Canal street that the anchor kept drag
ging, and the craft was constantly drifting shore
ward. Consequently all hands manned the cap
stan, the canvas was spread, and Naval Post sailed
up town to No. 189 Bowery, where the craft was an
chored. At that place the old seadogs are prepared
to receive their friends and give them a hearty wel
come. On the night of the installation of the offi
cers elect of the post, a brilliant array of officers and
comrades of the Grand Army were present, among
thorn being Past Commanders Mallon, Wild and
Bachman. Past Commander Hatfield, of Goss Post,
was the installing officer, and he performed his du
ties admirably. Afterward the comrades went down
to the orlop deck, the mess-cloths were spread, and
all hands pitched in and made a night of it.
Everybody in the G. A. R. knows Frank Bury.
He is a member ot E. D. Morgan Post. He attended
the installation ceremonies of his post on Friday
evening. With Mrs. Bury on one arm and a lady
friend on the other, he walked into the Grand Opera
House hall, on Friday evening last, in a contented
and happy frame of mind. He sat down and lis
tened to some excellent singing by the Halton Glee
Club, some artistic playing by Miss Josephine Ware,
some more or fess eloquent remarks by Cammander
Sam. Minnes, and then was an attentive spectator
of the installation services, which were most appro
priately conducted by Past Department Comman
der Hedges and his staff. Then Comrade Bury had
time to look about him. He did so, and saw Com
rades Wenck, Davis, Elliott, Ellison, Joel, J. Wesley
Smith, C. H. Smith, Lord, McKean, and a host of
others. But he did not see Comrade Cain, of Mor
gan Post, so he went across Eighth avenue to find
him. He found him, and returned in time to bid
all of his friends a hearty good-night.
Then he thought he would visit Koster & Bial’s.
He did that also, and saw the “ Mickydoo ” in all
its glory. Next he remembered that he had an old
friend only a short distance away. He called there
and was hospitably received. Owing to the ro
markable strength of his constitution he will proba
bly survive, but Mrs. Bury says she “never did
take much stock in these Grand Army affairs.”
Lafayette Post had its installation at post head
quarters on Wednesday evening last. Commander
Mallon would probably have furnishedjthe Dispatch
full particulars if he had thought of it. According
to all accounts, however, it was a very “swell”
affair. Generals, colonels and majors were thicker
than flies in August. All of Governor’s Island was
there with the exception of General Hancock, who
was left behind to take care of things. Steel-pen
coats and champagne were the most elaborate arti
cles on the bill of fare. Nobody killed, and the
wounded doing as well as could be expected.
The installation of Charles R. Doane Post, of
Brooklyn, took place on the evening of the’7th
inst. Department Commander Ha‘l was the install
ing off , -- , r. (''•BJ'-u’a Max Reece ru-ted as Officer
uxiuu iuu. ivc.u..s nue by
Commander Hall. At the conclusion of the cere
monies the Department Commander, on behalf of
Doane Post, presented Commander McKean with an
elegant gold G. A. R., badge. For once in his life
“Mac was taken by surprise and could not talk.
i 18 to say that those who knew him were
also taken by surprise when they comprehened tho
significance of the latter circumstance. A collation
and general good time followed.
Past Commander N.W. Day, of Dix Post, installed
the officers of Wade Post on the evening of Jan. 13.
Past Commander Blair was presented with a hand
some gold badge, and Q. M. Charles J. Drew pre
sented an elegant picture to the post. Commander
Heilferty, of Farragut Post, making the presenta
tion address. At the conclusion of the formal cere
monies a bountiful collation was served to the mem
bers of the post and their friends by Comrade
Haines, whose generous treatment of his comrades
merits the recognition it received. Among the
comrades present were A. Q. M. General Cavendy,
Commanders McKean and Holmes, Past Command
ers Ayres and Finley, Comrade R. C. Swan, of the
Department Staff, and the Hon. Wm. Wade. It is
but just to add that the elevation of Commander
Butler was fittingly recognized, he having been
presented with a son during the past week. His
cup of joy is now overflowing.
Commander Kehoe, of Post 567, installed the
officers of Robert Anderson Post, 58, on Wednesday
evening, January 13th. Delegations from almost
overy poet in the city were represented, as were also
the Lafayette Guard, Rochambeau and French
Veterans. After the ceremonies were over, an elab
orate collotion was spread, of which the comrades
and visitors partook bountifully. Commander-elect
Reilly thanked the retiring Commander, J. B. Lord,
for the efficient manner in which the affairs of the
post were administered during his term of com
mandership.
The officers-elect of Veteran Post were installed at
their headquarters, No. 54 Union square, on Tues
day evening, by William Finley, Past Commander
of Meade Post. The ceremonies were performed iu
a manner that was highly creditable to the well
known and popular comrade. The manner of de
livery and the clear and distinct pronunciation was
particularly impressive, and Corporal Finley has
proved that when he undertakes to do a thing, be
does it iu the true soldierly spirit, and with that
determination which is characteristic of the veteran
soldier. He was assisted in the installation ceremo
nies by Past Commander James J. Keenan, of Vete
ran Post. Colonel Rockefeller, of.Post No. 29; Major
Kraus, of Post No. 32, and comrades from Posts Nos.
38, 100, 458, 557. 234, and visiting comrades from
Andrew Post, Department of Massachusetts. After
installation a grand camp-fire took place, which was
interspersed with songs, recitations, etc.
Reno Post held its installation of officers at
Brevoort Hall on Tuesday last. The services wero
performed in an able manner by Comrade Daniel J.
Malian, Commander oi Lafayette Post, detailed lor
that service by the Department Commander. Com
mander Vredenburgh appointed as his Adjutant
Commander John Weissner, who has served in that
capacity for three years already. Among the
prominent comrades present were Commander
Heilferty and staff, of Farragut Post; Commander
Cox and Adjutant Breen, of Ellsworth Post; Comrade
Jake Knoblock and others. After the installation
services the post, headed by its drum corps, Com
rade Joseph T. Betts, Drum Major, adjourned to
Comrade Link’s restaurant in Fifty-sixth street,
near Third avenue, and sat down to a bountiful
repast provided by the officers elect. Songs,
speeches and recitations added to the toothsome
ness of the viands, and the festivities continued
until a late hour. Comrade Brickwedel, a well
known uptown grocer, attempted to present Com
rade Weissner with a loaded cigar, but the comrade
had been there before and politely, but firmly de
clined the gift. Comrade Dabbs, a former aspirant
for Aldermanic honors, was not quite so lucky, but
will probably survive his wounds. Old Reno is as
prosperous and flourishing as of yore and long may
it continue so.
The installation of officers of Geo. G. Meade post,
took place on the evening of the Bth inst. Com
mander J. Wesley Smith, of Oliver Tilden post, was
the installing officer. An enjoyable musical enter
tainment was followed by the main feature of the
evening, Commander John J. McConnell inviting
Post Commander A. Franklin Lawson to headquar
ters, and in his happy way presenting him with a
costly silver tea sett and tray, as a mark of the good
will of the Comrades of the post. Commander Law
son’s laborious work for the last four years has
kept this post in the front rank of G. A. R. of this
oity.
The affair proved a grand success, and a bountiful
supper was furnished by the flourishing Ladies’
Aid Society, auxiliary to the post.
Fully 1,000 people were present at the installation
ceremonies of John A. Andrew Post, which took
place in Caledonia Hall, No. 10 Horatio street, on
Friday evehing. Assistant Quartermaster-General
Joseph Cavendy, of Doane Post, installed the officers
elect. He was assisted in the ceremonies by Past
Commanders T. F. Keenan, G. H. Burton, L. L.
Robbins, B. Rascom, J. C. McKean, O. C. Ayers, R.
S. Heilferty, R. C. Swan,|G, W. O’Neil, Wm. Finley
and H. A. Beatty. Speeches were made by J. C.
McKean, Jos. Walker, L. L. Roberts and others of
note in the G. A. R. A fine collation was served
under the supervision of the John A. Andrew
Relief Corps, and they are entitled to great credit
for the manner in which they looked after their
guests. The entertainment that followed wound
up at sunrise. Large delegations from Veteran,
Meade, Koltes, Farragut, Hecker, and Thad. Stevens
Posts were present.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Grand Army men who wish to pass a pleasant
hour, should drop in on the “baby” post at No.
189 Bowery this afternoon. The comrades of
Horace Greeley Post are working like beavers and
say they intend to make the printers’ post the
“boss” one of the city.
The members of Mansfield Post, S. O. V., having
decided to change the name of the post to George B.
McClellan Post, S. O. V., addressed a letter to Mrs.
McClellan, asking her permission to do so. A let
ter has been received from that lady, in which she
says: “I assure you that my children and myself
are more gratified tban lean express at the compli
ment Mansfield Post proposes to pay Gen. McClel
lan. We deeply appreciate the honor,a nd will you
express our thanks to the post?” In future Post
No. 21, 8. O. V., will be known as Gen. George B.
McClellan Post.
At the annual meeting of the Veteran Association
of the Tenth New York Volunteers, the following of
ficers were elected: Presidenf, Frank M. Clark; Vice-
President, Fred. M. Patrick; Secretary, Lawrence
Freeland; Treasurer, Charles W. Cowtan.
The installation of officers and reception of Mans
field Post and of Mansfield Ladies’ Relief Corps will
take place at Grand Army Hall, Bedford avenue and
North Second street, Brooklyn, E. D., on the even
ing of the 19th inst.
Mrs. M. E. Denison, Department Inspector of the
Woman’s Relief Corps, inspected Corps 5,8, 16, 29,
35, 37 and 43 last week and reports great advance
ment. She also installed the officers of Corps 25
and 85. On Tuesday evening next she will install
the officers of Wadsworth and Mansfield Corps.
On the 21st inst. she will install the officers of
Wade Corps. All corps, not yet inspected, should
address Mrs. M. E. Denison, No. 272 West Twenty
fifth street, until further notice.
Comrade Captain Davis and J. V. C. Dave Waring
invited a number of the Relief Corps of Mansfield
Post to a sleigh ride on Monday evening, and,
escorted by their husbands and steady company, a
large and merry party participated in the pleasures
of a straw ride. Hon. David 0. Waring was the
master of ceremonies, and those who know his man
ner of catering will know that the ride was a suc
cess. The party visited Alex. Hunter’s and Pete
RavenhaH’s, and had a most jolly time. All reached
home in good spirits in the “ morning by the bright
light,” after testing the delights of concentrated
coffee, good and hot.
A great demand |has been made on the time of
Commander Lutjens of Andrew Jackson Post of late
as installing officer. On Monday, January 4th, he
installed the officers of Powell Post, of Sing Sing;
Benjamin Ringgold Post, on Wednesday, the 6th;
Williams Post on the 9th, Sumner Post on the 11th,
and Adam Worth Post on the 12th. On each occasion
he was accompanied with his staff, who looked well
in their full uniforms. Commander Lutjens does
his work well and acquitted himself with credit.
BROOKLYN POLICE MATTERS
ENDOWMENT FUND—BRIDGE POLICE MATTERS
—NEWS IN GENERAL.
THE ENDOWMENT FUND.
The latest report,of the Brooklyn Police Endow
ment Fund shows a present membership of 600. At
the last meeting an amendment to the rules was
adopted, in order that all members who are behind
hand in their Jdues may be reinstated upon pay
ment of same. The officers for the ensuing year
are: President—Ssrgt. Dyer, Third Precinct; Vice-
President—Patrolman Carmen, of the Mounted
Squad; Secretary—Roundsman Clayton, of the
Fourth Precinct.
AN ACT OF JUSTICE.
We assured the Bridge Police in a recent issue
that the granting of an increase in pay would occur
on or about January 1. At a meeting of the Board
of Directors held at the beginning of last week the
order was published granting an increase of fifty
cents a day in the pay of patrolmen who have been
in service one year. The act was one of simple jus
tice.
TRIALS.
Seven delinquent officers appeared for trial on
Tuesday last charged with various offences com
mitted during the previous week.
Doorman Hoadley, of the Second Precinct, becom
ing somnolent on the 9th inst., permitted a prisoner
to escape. Hoadley has heretofore enjoyed a good
record. In this instance, being found guilty of neg
lect, he was sentenced to a loss of one day’s pay.
Cleary, of the Fourth Precinct, failed to attend a
fire on the 9th inst., and being adjfidged guilty, will
suffer a loss of one day’s pay.
Quinn, of the Seventh Precinct, was ineffectually
searched for by his roundsman for a space of nearly
one hour on the morning of the Bth inst. The fact
of his having a clear record, and also furnishing a
valid excuse for his absence, resulted in Quien’s be
ing declared not guilty.
Costello and Byrne, of the Eighth Precinct, being
rather averse to attending the customary drill on
the 7th inst., were jointly arraigned lor trial. Both
pleaded guilty, and were sharply reprimanded.
Dingle, of the Twelfth Precinct, was charged with
misconduct. The specification set forth the fact
that the officer unjustifiably assaulted, and later on
arrested, a youth named Campbell, while the latter
was engaged in pitching pennies. The charge was
immediately dismissed upon hearing the evidence
of Captain Folk as to the character of the plaintiff.
Just why Murphy, of the Twelfth Precinct, should
select the interior of a stable in order to shield him
self from the Wintry blast could not be satisfacto
torily explained. The offending officer will forfeit
one day's pay in consequence.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Officer Ryan, of the Second Precinct, has been
very properly complimented by Superintendent
Campbell for his coolness and forethought in dis
covering what promised to be an extensive confla
gration on Sunday last. Summoning to his assist
ance Officers McNally, Turner and Borden, Ryan
quietly proceeded to the house of Engine No. 6, and
procuring the assistance of two members of that
conpany, returned to the scene of fire and in a few
moments the latter was under immediate control.
Most officers would have rung an alarm with, pos
sibly, different results.
Carroll filed bonds to the amount
of $20,000 on Monday last. The colonel is well
known to the majority of the force, and, it is claim*
ed, will prove himself to be a popular head of ths
department.
The detectives throughout the department have
been kept busily engaged during the past week. De
tective Strollsworthy, of the Eighth, in particular.
The latter in making superhuman efforts to locate
the no longer missing Maud Myring.
No intimation of coming changes at headquarters
could be obtained by the reporter during his weekly
visits. It is reported, however, that the antici
pated changes will be deferred, until the advent of
the new Commissioner.
Officer Keegan, of the Ninth, still persists in do-
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