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LOCAL EVENTS, 1890-Continued.

engineer of the fire department, resigns after twenty-one years' service.-Board of Education re-elect all officers and clerks.

2. Tournament wins the $45,000 Realization stakes.

3. Supervisor Sedgwick completes census.Charities Commissioners cut fancy groceries from institution supplies.-An eight year old burglar captured in Henry street.

4. Many fires and accidents mark the holiday. Nicholas Carroll killed by erroneous drug prescription.-Two men drowned in Jamaica Bay.Three men killed on Long Island Railroad at Rockville Centre.

5. Weekly payment of wages law takes effect. -Steamer Eleanora collides with two barges at Hell Gate.

6. Corner stone of Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel laid.-$36,000 fire in Sackett and Degraw streets.

7. Opening of Brooklyn Institute laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor.-Methodist camp meeting on the bluff at Fourth av. and Forty-ninth st.

8. Aldermen want $3,500 for trip to Gettysburg.-Thermometer 96 degrees in shade. McElvaine's trial again postponed to Sept. 22dBloody fight among negroes in Harrison av.

9. Mayor Chapin reappoints Assessors Patterson and Ennis.

10. The bill to sell Navy Yard lands becomes a law. Supervisor Kretzschmar reappoints Col. Gott, Charities Commissioner.-Seidl Society entertain children at Brighton Beach.-Thieves captured robbing Church of the Annunciation.

11. New York Bagging Co.'s works in Eastern District destroyed by fire; loss, $200,000.Mayor appoints members Board of Education. Indictment quashed against F. P. Dudgeon for causing death of Kittie A. Cody.

12. Two year old Maggie Gray swallows creosote and dies.-Oil still at Hunter's Point explodes; loss, $1,500.-Fourteenth Regiment goes to Peekskill,

14. Lawyer J. R. Huntting sentenced to nine years' imprisonment -Dr. John E. Edsell shoots himself at 125 High street.

15. Bridge experts meet to discuss terminal matters.

16. Serious break in water main in lower Fulton street.

17. Atlantic Yacht Club start on annual cruise. -Brooklyn Embroidery Works, Gates avenue, partly burned.

18. Patrick Cassidy escapes from Penitentiary.--Fatal Italian stabbing affray in South Brooklyn.-Yacht Chispa, Atlantic Yacht Club, takes fire and is badly burned.

19. Much gin and whisky seized in Eastern District for revenue law violation.

21. Italian fracas in Adams street; one man killed.-Brooklyn Annex boat No. 3 collides with steamer Mohawk.-Bridge engine No. 9 delays traffic by derailing.

22. Two frame houses burned at 179 Grand street.-Bella Cameron knocked down and robbed in Stuyvesant avenue.-Yacht Caprice, Atlantic Club, ashore near Horton's Point, Long Island, is plundered.

23. Charities Commissioners award supply contracts.-Valuation of Brooklyn taxable property is $24,000,000 in excess of last year.-Two Penitentiary convicts jump forty feet for liberty, but are captured.

24. Commissioner Hayden appoints five new policemen.-Vandals steal crosses from Holy Trinity Cemetery.-Col. William H. Husted accidentally shoots himself at Brodalbin, N. Y.-Six year old Sarah Heyman burned to death at 99 Walton street.-Rev. Henry A. Powell receives a call to Worcester, Mass.

25. Walter Roch killed on Atlantic avenue by Long Island train.

27. Roofers strike ended.-Pottery works, Metropolitan avenue, burned; loss, $13,000.

28. John O'Connell killed on Third avenue road at Fifty-eighth street.-Successful experiment of

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1. No bids for the $1,000,000 3 per cent. water loan.-Com. Hayden dismisses two drunken policemen-Many prostrations from the great heat.

2. A 7-foot man-eating shark caught in Jamaica Bay.-Policeman John Clancy fatally injured by South Brooklyn toughs.-Opening of Bay Shore, L. I., race track. Steamer Sunshine grounds and sinks at Orient Point, L. I.

3. Opening Methodist Camp Meeting at Windsor Terrace.-$4,000 fire in stables near Calvary Cemetery.

4. Two deaths from the great heat.

5. Lively fight in Eastern District between police and armed Italians.

6. Francis J. Cummings, principal School No. 71, falls from window in Broadway and is killed. 7. Board of Aldermen fail to secure quorum. 8. Italian swindlers rob Pastor Peter Saponari of $3,000.-Many masked burglars in 25th Ward. -Second Precinct police capture gang of diamond thieves. American Canoe Association meet at Jessup's Neck, Peconic Bay.-A bad wreck on L. I. R. R. near Sag Harbor.

10. Mrs. Peck, confidence queen, again arrested. Two men drowned while bathing in Wallabout basin.

11. Captain Brennan, Ninth Precinct, captures eight burglars.

12. Epidemic of incendiary fires at Sayville, L. I.-Complaints of bad paving in 26th Ward.

13. Senator Birkett gets the St. Johnland contract.-Flatbush land owners complain of overassessment. Terrific oil explosion in Long Island City.

14. Gilmore jubilee at Manhattan Beach.-23d Ward Republicans unite for Congressman Wallace.

15. Began laying foundation stones of EAGLE new building, cor. Washington and Johnson sts. -25th anniversary Arion Singing Society.Building Dept. finds defects in Herrmann's new theatre.

17. BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Sunday edition printed from new presses. -46th anniversary ordination Rev. Father Malone.

18. Strike of silk weavers at College Point.Steamer Shelter Island and yacht DeBoise collide in Gardiner's Bay, L. I.-The racing firm of Dwyer Bros. dissolve.

19. Corner stone laid Grace Pres. Church. 20. Silk weavers' strike ended.

21. Steamship Dania ashore near Fire Island, L. I.-Rowboat upsets off Whitestone, L. I.; five persons drowned.

23. Brickmakers' strike seriously interferes with new buildings.-Rev. Dr. James Corrigan returns from Europe.

24. Hugh Littlejohn falls from window at Canarsie, and is killed.

25. Mrs. John Wallace thrown from her horse at Islip, and instantly killed.-Re-opening of the Park Theatre.

26. Reception and presentation of purse of gold to Rev. Robert Sproull.-Andrew Fueller killed by caving in of well in Parker st.

27. Southold, L. I., celebrates its 250th birthday.-Terrible storm at east end of Long Island wrecks many vessels.-Two lady bicyclists seriously injured in Bedford avenue.

29. James Groves falls from fourth story and sprains his wrist only.-Sneak thieves steal $500 dolman from 827 Greene avenue.

LOCAL EVENTS, 1890-Continued.

30. Fourteenth Regiment start for Gettysburg. -Ex-letter carrier Kaufman absconds with comrades' money, surrenders to police.—Reopening of Amphion Academy.-Five incendiary fires in South Brooklyn.

31. Opening of Long Island life saving stations. -Last of Prospect Park concerts for season.Many arrests in Thirteenth Precinct.

September.

1. Labor Day; great parade of workers.Policeman Clancy dies from blow from base ball bat.--Sons of St. George entertain country brethren.-Bridge trustees take possession of Kosmak's property at New York terminus.

2. Opening of public schools.-Franklin Woodruff and Senator Birkett have a wordy row at 153 Lawrence street.-Brighton Beach R. R. defaults on its bonds.

3. A $200,000 fire in Wallabout Market.-Sag Harbor firemen again win the EAGLE trophy at fifth annual tournament Suffolk County firemen at Islip.

4. Rev. Dr. Johnson, of St. Mary's Church, stricken with paralysis.--Death of Mrs. A. A. Low at Newport.--Reception to Rev. H. G. Mendenhall at Greene Avenue Presbyterian Church.--Opening of new Germania Club house.

5. Brooklyn Library_gives 500 books to penitentiary.-Rev. Geo. F. Pentecost's farewell to old friends at Tompkins Avenue Church.

7. Close of the Seidl and Gilmore concerts at Coney Island.-Rev. J. C. Adams preaches his first sermon at All Souls Church.

8. Brighton Beach hotel closes for season.First Presbyterian Church, Henry street, introduces electrical power for its organ.-Resignation of Rev. A. J. Canfield, pastor Church of Our Father.

9. Two of Collector Nathan's deputies chargedwith blackmailing.-County Treasurer Adams sells $500,000 bonds at good rates.--New secret ballot law tried for first time in this State at Far Rockaway.

10. Russell Sage loans $125,000 to finish new tabernacle.--Mayor Gleason, of Long Island City, indicted for assaulting a reporter.

11. New post office opened at New Utrecht. 12. Brooklyn Institute nearly destroyed by fire. Twenty-third Regiment team win Creedmoor prizes.-Printers indorse John Courtney for sheriff.

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13. Altenbrand's brewery seized by Collector Nathan.-Varuna Boat Club regatta.-William Thompson dies suddenly in Raymond st. jail.

14. Jewish new year services at synagogues.-Dr. Talmage resumes preaching at Academy of Music.

15. Rufus T. Bush dies from overdose of aconite taken by mistake.-Ordination of Rev. H. B. Hutchins.-Opening Holmes' new Star Theatre.-Tin and sheet iron workers begin the eight hour scale.

16. Opening Long Island oyster season.--Volunteer firemen start for Chester, Penn.--Commissioners meet to appraise Wallabout Market lands.

17. Board of Elections appoint vote counters. 18. Prohibitionists make city and county nominations.--Wm. G. Widemeyer ordained at Emmanuel Baptist Church.

20. Italians celebrate nineteenth anniversary of entrance of Victor Emanuel into Rome.

21. Services at Plymouth Church on return of Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott.--Iron steamer Cepheus, with excursionists, remains all night on sand bar near Fire Island.

22. Two large tenement houses destroyed by fire in Melrose street.--Two Brooklyn principals criticise use of Longfellow's "Building of the Ship" in public schools.

23. Opening Queens County Fair at Mineola.Dedication of Thomas Jefferson building. 24. Re-opening of Pratt Institute.-Dr. McCullagh's resignation accepted.-23d Ward indorses Benedict for Congress.

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25. Ordination at Stony Brook, L. I., of Mrs. Ella May Bennett to the ministry.--Installation of Rev. J. M. Farrar, pastor First Reformed Dutch Church.

26. Reception at All Souls Church to Rev. J. C. Adams,

27. McElvaine's second trial results in verdict of murder in first degree.

29. Sale at Parkville, L. I., of John H. Shults' trotting stock

30. President Harrison signs bill for extension of Brooklyn Federal building.-Opening Suffolk County Fair at Riverhead.

October.

1. McElvaine sentenced to death for second time.-New Hebrew Home destroyed by fire at Rockaway, L. I.

2. Corporation Counsel Jenks appointed Judge Advocate General on Gov. Hill's staff.-Serious fire in flat at 131 Sands st.-Postmaster Collins appoints 20 new letter carriers.-Resignation Rev. A. Z. Conrad, pastor Ainslie St. Pres. Ch.

4. Serious stabbing affray among Italians in 11th Ward.-Opening new race track at Hempstead, L. I.

5. Corner stone laid St. John's African M. E. Church.-Opening Beecher Memorial Church.

6. Regular sessions Board of Aldermen resumed.-Col. Finkelmeier resigns from Thirtysecond Regiment.-Opening of evening public schools.

7. 52,000 registrations to-day.-Baptist ministers in conference.-Trinity M. P. Church calls to pastorate Rev. J. H. Lucas.

9. W. J. Coombs nominated for Congress, 3d District.-J. D. Doherty shoots and kills Dr. Lloyd at Insane Asylum.-Police Com. Hayden will make a new census of Brooklyn population. 10. John Lane smothered in linseed at Atlantic oil works.

11. Justice Kenna withdraws from shrievalty contest.-L. A. Robertson found dead in St. George Hotel.-Republicans nominate Wm. Kramer for sheriff.-Democrats nominate John Courtney for sheriff.-Large varnish factory at 54 Johnson street burned.

12. Collector Nathan dismisses Deputy Dickson for bribery.-Installation Rev. R. I. Gaines, pastor Bethany Baptist Church.

13. Brooklyn policemen donate $428 for a memorial window in Mr. Halliday's church.

15. Rev. A. Z. Conrad's farewell services.Col. W. C. Booth, Supt. Federal Building, stricken with apoplexy.-Controller Jackson sells city bonds at favorable rates.

16. Colored porter cut to pieces on Brooklyn Elevated road.

17. Commencement jubilee services in honor of Bishop Loughlin's 50th anniversary.

19. Dedication N. Y. Av. M. E. Church.-20,000 parade and sing in honor of Bishop Loughlin. 20. Corner stone laid Bushwick Av. Bap. Ch. 21. Mayor Gleason, of L. I. City, sentenced to 5 days in jail for assault.-Convention of Kings Co. W. C. T. U.-Funeral Rev. Father Fransioli. -Police Com. Hayden awards contracts for coal at $4.63 per ton.

23. Resignation Rev. Halsey W. Knapp, pastor Central Av. Baptist Church. - - Opening new Union League Club House.-Workingmen indorse Courtney for sheriff.

24. Severe wind and rain storm throughout Brooklyn and vicinity.-Suicide of bank clerk Chas. Riebling.-Great Republican rally at Clermont Avenue Rink.

26. Mrs. Robinson killed and several persons injured by a runaway team in Bedford avenue. 27. Police enumeration of population begins.— Fire Island life saving crew rescues 6 men from wrecked bark.

30. First concert in Academy of Music of Seidl Society. Torchlight parade of firemen in honor of John Courtney.

31. Installation Rev. J. C. Adams, pastor All Souls Church.--Suicide of Alonzo B. Ĥitt.

LOCAL EVENTS, 1890-Continued.

November. 1. Connection opened between Union Ferry Co. and L. roads.

2. Presentation of "League" pennant to Byrne's bridegrooms at Grand Opera House.Dedication Knickerbocker Av. M. E. Church.Rev. J. W. Hageman resigns from Franklin Av. Presbyterian Church.

3. A wild steer creates a panic in Bedford av. 4. Election day. The new ballot law works well.-Sale of the Dwyer's stable at big prices.

5. Yale defeats the Crescents at foot ball.Opening new Presbyterian Church on Throop av.-A motion to dissolve the Woman's Hospital before the courts.-Reception to Rev. J. Knapp, pastor, Noble St. Baptist Church.

6. The Thomas Jefferson Association celebrates Democratic victories.-Seidl Society concert at the Academy.-Negro citizens demand increased educational facilities.-Superintendent of Police prohibits sidewalk bicycle riding. -Opening annual fair in aid Brooklyn Nursery. -State Board of Health investigate the Barren Island nuisance.

7. Five persons badly scalded at Greenpoint Chemical works.

8. First Philharmonic concert at Academy. 9. Dedication new Congregational Church at Myrtle and Bushwick avs.

10. Opening of Kirmess festival at Academy. -Miss Kate Field discourses on Alaska at First Baptist Church.-Bridge police petition for more

pay.

11. Large fire in corset factory at 17 Ralph av. 12. Dedication new Union League Club house. -Henry M. Stanley lectures on Africa at Academy.-Grand masonic reception at Criterion Theatre.-George Martin kills himself in Raymond st. Jail.-$5,000 fire in chair factory, 58 North First st.-Mrs. Edmond Russell lectures on art at Pratt Institute.

13. Opening of Sheltering Arms fair at Remsen Hall. -Major-Gen. O. Ö. Howard presents a flag to Sunday school children.-Inspection of Fourteenth Regiment by State authorities.

14. Jury disagree in the Asa R. Waterman trial.-Death of Mrs. Halliday, wife of pastor S. B. Halliday.-Lieut.-Col. Henry C. Clark elected colonel of Thirty-second Regiment.

15. David M. Stone resigns presidency of Brooklyn Club.

16. Large fire in naval hospital.

17. Albert H. Smith defaults in $350,000.

18. Launch of U. S. steel cruiser Maine at Navy Yard.- State Railroad Commissioners authorize electric cars on Third avenue.- James Walsh suicides in Raymond street jail.

19. Opening Orphan Asylum fair at Academy. -The Twenty-sixth Ward Bank robbed of $5,000. -Eastern District residents object to overhead electric wires.

20. Opening of Bedford branch Young Men's Christian Association.-Dedication Church of the Reconciliation in North Henry street.

21. Two Long Island Railroad trains wrecked at Valley Stream -Strike of morocco workers in Park avenue.-Police census of Brooklyn population completed.

22. Mrs. Annie Sheldon Coombs in an insane fit jumps from sixth story of Pierrepont House.

23. Funeral of organist S. B. Whiteley, of Plymouth Church.-Mrs. C. L. Jackson, wife of the pastor, preaches at Church of the Evangel.

24. Membership Committee of Union League Club reject the application of Senator Birkett.-Brooklyn Police census shows a population of 853,945.-Two boys killed by caving in of sand pit in South Brooklyn.-Mayor Chapin officiates at opening of new club_rooms Twenty-fourth ward Hendricks Club.-Descendants of revolutionary heroes banquet at Hamilton Club.

25. Fourteenth Regiment Armory Commission decide to buy a site on Seventh avenue.-Man killed on Union elevated road in Flatbush avenue.-The A. C. Chapin club indorses P. E. Callahan for Justice Courtney's successor.

26. The Brooklyn Daily EAGLE publishes entire fac simile of its first issue of October 26, 1841. 27. Thanksgiving Day: Yale wins the foot ball game at Eastern Park.-Corner stone laid new EAGLE building, corner Johnson and Washington streets; nearly the entire editorial corps and force of employees present; prayer by Dr. Wesley Reid Davis; addresses by Wm. Hester and St. Clair McKelway; corner stone laid by Wm. Van Anden, Treas.-Dedication of new Polish R. C. Church on Greene avenue.

28. Large fire in Wallabout basin.

29. Destruction by fire of Kings County Oil Works on Newtown Creek.-J. H. Doscher, soap manufacturer, makes an assignment.

30. Dedication St. John's African M. E. Church. -Postmaster Collins sells $65,000 worth of stamps this month.-111 fires during November. -Resignation of Rev. L. T. Chamberlain from Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church.

December.

1. Three thousand dollars stolen from safe of Long Island Railroad Company at Flatbush avenue station.-Frank O'Neil killed at Brooklyn terminus of the bridge.-Opening of Feltman's Tivoli.

2. State authorities approve of site for Twentythird Regiment armory.

3. Union League Club holds a ladies' reception. -Forger Smith sentenced to seventeen years in prison.-Burglars get away with $100 from Flatbush Post Office.

4. Severe thunderstorm throughout Long Island.-Federal building coal contract awarded at $5.15 per ton.- General H. W. Slocum lectures on "Sherman's March to the Sea."

5. Colored people complain of their treatment at Flatbush hospital.-"Strauss" farewell concert at Clermont Avenue Rink.

6. Ladies' reception at the Hamilton Club.Fortieth annual dinner Sons of St. Nicholas.Men of the ship Vermont presented with a flag by Rev. Father Dewey.

7. A. I. Namm's store, 335 Fulton street, burned. -Rev. Lester M. Dorman and William Perry drop dead in church from heart disease.-George William Curtis discourses on William Cullen Bryant at Second Unitarian Church.

8. Major William J. Kaiser resigns from Thirty-second Regiment. -Mayor Chapin vetoes increase of City Auditor's salary.-Letter carriers' ball at Academy.-Bridge trustees increase salaries of employees.

9. Opening of the new St. Thomas' Episcopal Church-Apollo Club concert at Academy.— Bazar of Nations in Stuyvesant Avenue Church. 11. David C. Lyall opens his gallery of art treasures in aid of charity.

12. Mechanics file a lien for $76,000 against the new Brooklyn Tabernacle.-A house in South Brooklyn blown down, killing a young girl.

14. Installation of Rev. Dr. David Gregg at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. -Dedication of St. Thomas' P. E. Church.-Vandals at Greenwood disfigure several monuments.

15. Two hundred and fifty circles of King's Daughters unite to aid poor and aged negroes.— Fourteenth Regiment reception at armory.Sale of pews of Central Congregational Church.George Gosman, local_sportsman, shoots a pure white arctic owl near Long Island City.

16. Four year old Frank Ehrman gets a verdict of $25,000 against Brooklyn City Railroad for loss of a leg.-Sixteen employees of Board of Education dismissed.

17. The Zoellner Maennerchor buys the Warner Institute.-A regular "blizzard " of wind and rain.

18. Reception to Rev. Dr. Gregg at Lafayette Avenue Church.

19. Postmaster Collins asks for an increase of employees' salaries.-Colonel John Y. Culyer requested to design the new Bushwick Park.Trustees Inebriates' Home sell seventy-four lots in South Brooklyn.

LOCAL EVENTS, 1890-Continued.

20. Patrolman John W. Hillberg resigns after twenty-five years' service.-Round house of Long Island Railroad Company at Whitestone burned; loss, $25,000.-A stable at Brooklyn and New York avenues burned, with forty-two horses.

21. Opening services in new Church of the Atonement.-Resignation of Rev. C. S. Williams, pastor of Ainslie Street Baptist Church.

22. C. D. Wood donates, conditionally, $125,000 to Young Women's Christian Association.-Rev. J. F. Carson, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, withdraws his resignation.

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Ferry boats Columbia and Fulton collide near Fulton ferry slip and are badly damaged.-Farewell reception to Rev. Dr. Chamberlain, pastor Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church.

27. Bridge cable breaks and causes delay.William Zeigler secures injunction against transfer Long Island Water Supply Company's plant to the city.-New Brooklyn Annex boat makes her first trip.-Opening new Varuna Boat Club house in Atlantic avenue.-Dr. Hopkins, of Washington avenue, receives the first supply of lymph" from Dr. Koch, of Berlin.

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28. Splendid sleighing in Brooklyn and suburbs -August Belmont's racing stud sold at auction at his Long Island farm.-Bishop Leonard, of Ohio, preaches in the Church of the Redeemer.Policeman Thomas Nelson resigns after twentyeight years' service.

30 Justice John Courtney, sheriff-elect, resigns, and Mayor Chapin appoints Jacob Neu in his place.-Judah B. Voorhees, thirty-five years Surrogate's clerk, resigns; Joseph W. Carroll takes his place.-Governor Hill appoints John McGroarty port warden.

31. Sheriff-elect Courtney appoints his staff.

NECROLOGY, 1890.

Abbott, Benj. Vaughn, prominent jurist, February 17, aged 60.

Allen, Rev. John, pastor, December 13, aged 73. Baker, George W., ex-alderman, January 16, aged 71.

Baldwin, F. B., ex-assemblyman, June 5, aged 74. Bennett, Peter, ex-supervisor, August 14, aged 46. Boyd, Capt. Robert, U. S. N., July 30, aged 56. Bowen, John Elliot, editor, January 3, aged 32. Bogert, Rev. Albert, pastor, January 15, aged 66. Broach, John, bank cashier, November 8, aged 78. Breen, James Howard, printer, September 9, aged 53.

Bush, Rufus T., merchant, September 15, aged 51. Breed, Rev. J. B., churchman, October 25, aged 83.

Bleecker, George C., organist, March 9, aged 62. Cary, Wales L., physician, May 16, aged 30. Canvin, John, pilot, January 22, aged 68. Campbell, Andrew, manufacturer, April 13, aged

69.

Claflin, Aaron, manufacturer, January 7, aged 83. Clark, Matthew H., manufacturer, January 11, aged 34.

Cogan, John, journalist, August 11, aged 41. Coombs, Mrs. Annie Sheldon, author, Nov. 22. Cotte, John B., clubman, October 17, aged 83. Corbett, Chas. F., churchman, February 1, aged 61.

Corlies, E. W., banker, February 6, aged 59. Cowing, James A., ex-treasurer "L" road, February 14, aged 78.

Coe, John W., ex-senator, January 17, aged 51. Cushman, Rev. Geo. F., clergyman and author, June 26, aged 71.

Cullen, Garrett, ex-supervisor, December 10, aged 44.

Dimon, Chas., banker, August 27, aged 54.

Duncan, Rev. Robert, prominent Methodist, February 7, aged 57.

Delaney, James, merchant, January 15, aged 75. Dorman, Rev. Lester M., churchman, December 7, aged 61.

Eggers, Henry, banker, May 17, aged 52.

Eadie, John, author and editor, June 25, aged 71. Eldert, Garrett V. W., hotel keeper, January 19, aged 66.

Farrington, Harvey, merchant, August 1,aged 68. Foote, Wm. H., ex-harbor master, August 4, aged 60.

Fransioli, Rev. Father, Catholic pastor, October 18, aged 73.

Frothingham, Isaac H., merchant, October 20, aged 83.

Foster, R. W., well-known shipmaster, May 9, aged 93.

Foster, Samuel, ship builder, April 12, aged 75.

Ford, Augustus, lawyer, April 22, aged 79.
Fox, Sidney Allan, surgeon, December 10, aged 34.
Freckelton, John Wesley, churchman, Decem-
ber 11, aged 65.

Fickett, Henry E., churchman, December 18, aged 71.

Farley, Rev. Antony, rector St. Monica's church, Jamaica, December 22, aged 76.

Gribben, D., paymaster Atlantic av. R. R., May 8, aged 62.

Gloucester, Rev. John N., colored clergyman, March 21, aged 71.

Gascoigne, Joshua I., churchman, December 8, aged 60.

Hopper, Jacob M., undertaker, November 17, aged 68.

Heads, W. D., steamboat captain, August 10, aged 81.

Hallock, Moses J., merchant, August 31, aged 63. Henderson, Capt. Joseph, pilot, October 7, aged

65.

Hanson, John H., politician, July 9, aged 48. Hegeman, Walter G., noted athlete, July 28, aged 34.

Howe, Hiram, turfman, January 1, aged 46. Hardenbergh, L. V. D., ex-tax collector, January 4, aged 67.

Hyde, Chas. H., merchant, January 10, aged 52. Johnson, Rev. D. Van Mater, prominent divine, November 20, aged 78.

Journeay, H. P., merchant, December 24, aged 66. Krogsgaard, C. R. B., prominent freemason, October 18.

Keegan, Rev. William, Vicar-general of Long Island, May 10, aged 66.

Kollmyer, E. A., city auditor's clerk, June 8, aged 54.

Kipp, Ferdinand, professor of music and languages, March 26, aged 53.

Lawrence, Capt. John, war veteran, June 21, aged 53.

Livingston, Rev. Henry Maxwell, pastor, July 9, aged 32.

Langley, William C., prominent merchant, December 10, aged 80.

Meekes, Wm., ex-police sergeant, September 17, aged 74.

Miley, R. H., ex-assemblyman, June 10, aged 42.
McCaull, T. J., turfman, June 12, aged 39.
Malone, Edward, physician, June 16, aged 52.
Massey, Marcellus, merchant, June 28, aged 77.
McIntyre, Angus P., editor, July 12, aged 39.
Mallory, Chas. H., merchant, March 21, aged 72.
McCormick, John, secretary Atlantic Dock Co.,
January 6, aged 72.

Morse, C. G., churchman, December 4, aged 75.
Norton, John, merchant, October 30, aged 73.

LOCAL NECROLOGY,
Nickerson, Joshua, ship owner, July 30, aged 78.
Nichols, Wm. A., iron merchant, January 29,
aged 52.

Newman, Lewis F., merchant, Jan. 15, aged 68.
Osborn, Albert Halsey, noted jurist, March 11,
aged 80.

O'Boyle, Rev. James, pastor, April 9, aged 50.
Pickering, Wm. H., journalist, July 6, aged 30.
Paine, J. E., expert accountant, July 26, aged 73.
Paine, William H., engineer, December 31.
Parsons, Samuel L., churchman, February 13,
aged 73.

Pierson, Henry R., ex-president Brooklyn City
R. R., January 1, aged 71.

Pleasants, Chas. W., lawyer, January 8, aged 52.
Peden, Samuel, manufacturer, Jan. 11, aged 72.
Perry, Wiliam, churchman, December 7, aged 61.
Petry, George, ex-mayor of Long Island City,
December 15, aged 57.

Ropes, Reuben W., banker and philanthropist,
July 30, aged 77.

Ropes, Ripley, banker and philanthropist, May
18, aged 69.

Rolóson, John W., expert telegrapher, May 22, aged 31.

Smith, Geo. W., merchant, November 14, aged 71,
Semler, Ludwig, ex-police Justice, November 25,
aged 70.

Shepard, C. Y., war veteran, October 16, aged 57.
Stephens, R. P., mining expert, May 27, aged 77.
Brooklyn Grain Elevators.

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The total capacity of the grain elevators in the region of New York is, for storage, in bushels, 26,206,000, and the transfer capacity per hour, 458,000 bushels. The latter item includes the capacity of the floating elevators. According to this account the total storage capacity outside of Brooklyn is only 5,506,000 bushels and the total transfer capacity per hour all round New York, other than the floating elevators, is 305,500 bushels, and of this quantity Brooklyn has the capacity for transferring 129,500 bushels. The grain crops of the United States for 1889 were as follows: Wheat, 490,560,000 bushels; corn, 2,112,892,000; oats, 751,515,000; rye, 28,100,000; barley, 66,000,000. Total, 3,449,067,000 bushels.

1890-Continued.
Shields, John H., lawyer, June 8, aged 35.
Smith, Rev. N. E., pastor, June 18, aged 70.
Snow, Rev. Samuel S., pastor, June 28, aged 84.
Shanley, John, city clerk, March 11, aged 47.
Schultz, Charles, ex-warden Kings county jail,
March 22, aged 50.

Smith, Caleb L., ex-assemblyman, April 20,
aged 61.

Snow, Augustin, journalist, December 8, aged 65.
Smith, Wm. B., lawyer, December 17, aged 73.
Shepard, Timothy, old resident, December 20,
aged 93.

Tichenor, J. B., war veteran, Nov. 11, aged 66.
Trainor, Rev. Joseph, pastor, August 1.
Tully, Patrick J., ex-assemblyman, August 4,
aged 47.

Terry, Edmund, jurist, February 11, aged 73.
Thomas, Wm. M., banker, April 23, aged 79.
Von Nostitz, Hans, engineer, Dec. 18, aged 54.
Whiteley, S. B., organist Plymouth Church, No-
vember 21, aged 45.

Washburn, Capt. H. A., war veteran, August 4,
aged 68.

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Woodward, W. S., broker, August 14, aged 65.
Wilsoncroft, Alfred, well known as Turnbull,
the hatter," May 16, aged 62.

Webb, Edwin, physician, January 30, aged 76.
Waring, W. H., lawyer, February 10, aged 59.
Wheeler, Russell L., bank director, March 8,
aged 60.

Speed in Telegraphy.

A national tournament for fast transmitting in telegraphy was held April 11, 1890, in New York. Each contestant was allowed five minutes in which to send as many words as he could in a readable manner. Sixty contestants from all parts of the country took part. The following were the results:

Class A.-First prize, B. R. Pollock, Jr., Hartford, 260 words; second prize, W. M. Gibson, Brooklyn, 238 words, 4 characters: third prize, F. J. Kihm, Brooklyn, 238 words. Class A, open for all.-First prize, Frank L. Catlin, Brooklyn, 251 words, 1 character; second prize, W. L. Waugh, New York, 229 words; third_prize, Frank English, New York, 225 words. Ladies' Class.-First prize, Miss K. B. Stephenson, Brooklyn, 217 words; second prize, Miss B. M. Denis, New York, 212 words, 4 characters: third prize. Miss E. R. Vaneselow, New York, 210 words, 4 characters. Old Timers' Class.-A. S. Ayres, New York, 229 words, 1 character; Fred Catlin, Brooklyn, 217 words.

The decision in Mr. Pollock's favor caused some dissatisfaction, it being claimed that his characters were not perfect and therefore unreadable.

At tournament held in New York, previous to this, these results were reached: In 1884: conditions, 500 words, consisting of 2,368 characters; first prize, W. L. Waugh, superior Morse; time, 11 m. 27 sec.; second prize, W. M Gibson, good Morse; time, 11 m. 3 sec.; F. J. Kihm, fair Morse; time, 10 m. 2 sec.

In 1885, same conditions; first prize, J. W. Roloson, good Morse; time, 10 m. 32 sec.: second prize, W. M. Gibson, good Morse; 10 m. 57 sec.; third prize, F. J. Kihm, fair Morse; time, 10 m. 38 sec.

A contest was held in 1886, at Boston, for New England and New York operators only. The amount of words sent was 250. These records were accomplished:

Gentry, of New York, 7m. 11 sec.; Burns, of Worcester, 6 m. 13 sec.; Phillips, of Providence, 8 m. 1 sec.; Kettles, of Fall River, 6 m. 15 sec; Plum, of New Haven, 6m. 10 sec.: Shelter, of Boston, 6 m. 51 sec. Kettles got the prize for best Morse. Gentry challenged Kettles afterwards to send 500 words. The challenge was accepted and the contest took place in Boston, on May 24, 1886, Kettles' time being 12 m. 25 sec., and Gentry's 13 m. 51 sec.

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