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2 SOCIETY AT THE CAPITAL an entertainment in aid of a NURSES’ TRAINING SCHOOL. Some of the Patronesses of the School— A Pretty Little Story About a Belle- Reform in the Departments—Weed ing out the Women—Alaska’s Seal Fisheries. Washington. May 14.—Washington so eial circles have taken on the dullness always characteristic of warm weather. The most noteworthy event of the week was the en tertainment given at the residence of Mrs. Whitney on Wednesday in aid of the train ing school for servants. Mi's. Waite, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Bonaparte and Mrs. Blatchford are among the patron esses of this school. The presence of Presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland at the dinner party given by George Bancroft a few days ago has been widely commented on, but is note worthy principally as illustrating the per sistency of the famous historian. The Presi dent and his wife were present in deference to the third invitation from Mr. Bancroft to the President, the two former having been given up because of Gen. Hancock’s and thon President Arthur’s death. The Presi dent had dined once lief ore out of the Cabi net circle, going to Marshall Wilson's house to dinner, but Mr. Bancroft’s was Mm. Cleveland’s first appearance at a dinner out side of the Cabinet. Mr. Bancroft’s after dinner company included Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Win! drop and Miss Thornton, daughter of Sir Edward Thornton. Mrs. Folsom is still at Oak View. She has her own horse and buggy and drives into Washington frequently. Her sister, Mrs. Welch, is now visiting her The Presi deni and his wife are almost daily visitors to their country seat. The drive in the cool of the evening is particularly delightful at this time of the year. Secretary Lamar’s absence from the dinner given by the Presi dentin honor of Queen K&piolani of the Hawaiian Islands is the subject of consider able comment. But there is no doubt that it was caused by illness. A PRETTY LITTLE STORY. No two young women in Washington have been more written about during the past season than the Misses Dolph and Mitchell. Most people in reading Wasliing ton letters little dream that their wording sometimes furnishes the basis for pretty little romances in real life. Such is the cas*>, however, as was recently demonstrated in the case of Miss Mitchell. In writing of her a correspondent remarked that In a certain opera wrap of electric gray plush she sug gested “a Maltese kitten by moonlight." It happened that an ardent admirer of Miss Mitchell's read the paragraph and forthwith sent an order to Tiffany for a pin which should be a perjietual reminder of the simile. In return came a large moonstone of .exqui site sheen, carved in the shape of a kitten’s head, two tiny emeralds inserted for eyes and the head supported by a ei-escent moon of largo and very brilliant diamonds, making an ornament about the size of a silver quar ter, which Miss Mitchell frequently wears. Miss Dolph, the other belle from Oregon, is also the heroine of several pleas ant little episodes as a result as the exten sive circulation her name and acts have been given by the newspaper writers. Miss Dolph, whom some correspondent humor ously describes as having a Uuliens-liko figure is variously described of plain, pretty, picturesque, which interpreted seems to mean that her good looks are' largely de pendant on her moods and her good clothes. In a long, tight-fitting newmarket of dark ml cloth, with a big black Gniuesborough hat on her head and the glow of exercise on her cheeks, Miss Dolph is more than pretty —she is picturesque; but in dark dresses and without animation she is on the wising side mediocrity. She needs color, light and a good background to be at her best. SOME OF THE OTHER BELLES. Miss Florence Audenried is another of the joterie of young ladies whose names have become familiar to the public. She is a handsome and vivacious brunette, whose father was a colonel on Gen. Sherman’s staff, and was noted for his gallantry to the fair sex and his ability to load the german with all the ease and grace of a Beau Brum mel. In some things Mis Audenried is a mininture Mrs. Potter. Every now end then she gives her friends a sen sation. First, one hears that she is about to abjure the gaieties and frivolities of this giddy Washington world and take the veil and solemn vows of a recluse, that she intends to run away with ao impecunious French oouut or man*)' with pimp and ceremony a Russian prince of landed estates. Then she is going into con sumption, or on the stage, and finally and lustily the greatest enormity laid to her coouettish account is the' shock she gave tne present Chinese Minister In appearing in his presence in an evening dress cut very decollete, before his Celestial highness was aware that climate and conventionalities permitted such things. With perfect sany froid Miss Audenried chatted away to Mr. Chan Yen Hoon, through his interpreter, while the foi mer, a Bt. Anthony from the Flowery Land, avert sd his eyes from the dazzling 'shoulders and arras before him, recalling no doubt to his mind certain maxims of Confucius. Miss Audenried has with her much of the time a cousin from Philadelphia of the same name, who is soon to be married, and they are seen together a gi-eat deal in society. REFORM IS THE DEPARTMENTS. A much needed reform is being inaugu rated in the government’s printing depart ments. The Public Printer lias determined to stop the system of petty thieving going on, and to that end all packages carried by employes are subjected to examination be fore thev are allowed to leave the building at the close of their clay's work. These pil ferings are very small, so small that proba bly the pilferers don’t think them worth thinking of. But they count up. A pad of note paper (scratch book) to-day, a lead pencil to-morrow, a dozen rub ber bands the next day, some ink and pens and blotters and so on. It don't seem much, and yet if every one of the 15,0110 government employes in Wash ington gets away with the value of a single penny n day belonging to the government it amounts to $l5O a day or almost SI,OOO a week. Not only do the employes make free with Uncle Sam’s good property—and it is always the liest—for their own "use, but for the use of their friends and families. One often soes children of government employee playing with balls comixwod entirely of rubber bonds. These bands are made of the very best lubber, and cost say 50c. a box, and it takes a couple of Ixixes to make a I*ll. Paiis, or scratch books, come in very handy for school children, and so it goes almost world without end. The public will be saved thousands of dal bus annually by the new order of things. WEEDING OPT THE WOMEN. Another change is in progress in the government dejiortments is the weeding out process in progress so far as the female em ployes are concerned. Since Secretary Man ning first took the Treasury portfolio, and the new order of things was liogun, nearly 30 per cent, of the women have gone, and none have conic in their place-. When a female clerk dies or gets married, resigns, or is dismissed a requisition goes to the Civil Service Commission for n man to fill the vacancy. The explanation given by the department officials is that although in some respects women make better clerks than men the fact remains tliat most of thorn arc much nrioi-e difficult to mauage than men. Most of them depend upon the gallantry of the superior offlcei-s, and are constantly asking favors, many of them not hesitating or seeming to think it inir>ro)*ei- to ask high officials—even as high as sotTetaries -to make false statements or violate the law in their interests. Some have not hesitatc-l lo ask beforehand for a list of the questions in the civil aervit examinations - j ■•!-■• \t are some that it reflects upon the whole class and the deportment/* have entered upon a systematic effort to get rid of them. ALASKA'S) SEAL FISHERIES. Catching seals for their skins off the coast of Alaska is not half as profitable an investment as most jieoplo suppose. The fact that the present lease of the Alaska Commercial Comjiany will expire in 1890 is attracting the attent ion of capitalists. The terms of the present lease permit the com pany to kill 100.000 seals a year, paying into the Treasury of the United States $3 for each skin. Probably the conditions of the next lease, should Congress authorize another, would not differ materially from tWs of the present one. The Alaska Commm'ial Company wants its franchise renewed and would probably bid as high as anybody else. This company was organized and has always been controlled by some Herman fur dealers in San Francisco. For the first few years after the lease was pro cured the expenses of establishing the plant and marketing the skins ate up all the avail able funds, so nothing was left for divi dends. But before the fii-st five years expired the dividends lmd begun and they have continued ever since. At times they have amounted to 2.5 per cent, per annum on the capital stock. The busi ness is profitable, but it is not the gold mine most people suppose. The skins are all sold and all delivered in Ihe great warehouse in London, where for 250 years the fin's of American animals have been sold—the former headquarters of the old Hudson Bay Company. After the skins have been dried, collected and counted by the agents of the company and the inspectors of the govern ment in Alaska to sin that there are just 100,000, no more, no less, they are packed in a steamer 400 feet long by 40 wide, and taken down to San Francisco. Here they are placed on a special train, after being again counted by the company’s agent and the customs officers, and are carried across the continent to New York. From New York they are shipped direct to London, where they are sold at the semi-annual fur sales, which immemorial custom has fixed for the spring and fall of each year. But it is not enough that the skins should be brought to London to lie sold. The Alaska Commercial Company must create a market for them, and this it does with well-directed effort. It has the ear of Dame Fashion. By every means that money can command if spreads all over the world the idea that life without a sealskin is almost as stale, flat and un profitable for a woman as life without a husband. It makes new fashions; it circu lates them. It keeps up a continual discus sion in the newspapers about sealskins, and in a hundred other ways, by dint of hard work, shrewdness and good judgment, works up a market. The Commercial Com pany makes money, but as a matter of fart the wealth of this company has been greatly exaggerated. THE COLOR QUESTION. The Way It Presented Itself in the Charleston Diocesan Convention. Charleston, May 15.—The Episcopal brethren of the State have been discussing the old question of color in the Diocesan Convention, which has just adjourned, and are as far off from a definite solution as ever. The question has been up in one shape or another for many years, and has produced an exceedingiv ’ unfortunate division in the councils of tile church. The fight over the admission of lay delegates was made ten or twelve years ago, ami was promptly settled, the convention flatly re fusing them admission. It should be men tioned that St. Mark’s church (Charleston) is the bone of contention. St. Mark’s church is composed of the very creme de, la creme of the light colored aristocracy of Charleston. Many of its female members, in fact, are so’ ftdr that they would pass for white in any community north of Mason and Dixon’s line, perhaps.' For many years St. Mark's had a white rector. The Rev. A. Toomer Porter, rector of the Holy Communion church, Charleston, anil also of the Porter Academy, took a deep interest in it, serving it as rector and always champion ing its cause on the floor of the convention. Falling in securing recognition for the lay delegates Mr. Porter, who is backed by the Bishop, educated a colored man, the Rev. Salters, had him ordained for the ministry, and put him in charge. When the next convention met Mr. Salters' name was pre sented by the Bishop on the roll of clergy, which is handed to the convention annually and which constitutes the credentials of clerical delegates. This renewed the light, but before the question was settled Salters died. The fight this year is upon the admis sion of Rev. F. M. Pollard (colored), rector of St. Mark’s, whose name is on the Bishop’s roll of the clergy. The lines are sharply drawn. The Bishop and the clerical delegates are making the liest tight they can, but they are opposed by the laymen, among whom are some of the most prominent legal lights of the State, and it is not difficult to tell which side will Min. The vote is taken bv orders, and hence the almost impassable breach in the churt'h, the Bishop and clergy solidly on one side and the laymen solidly on the other. The tactics of the laymen are to move to strike the name of the obnoxious clerical delegate from the roll presented by the Bishop. Last year the Bishop ruled the mo tion out of order, and the convention ad journed without settling it. But in the meantime there were sundry meetings and conferences of the standing committee to decide upon the Bishop’s ruling. These re sulted in patching up a sort of compromise which settled notlung, and which has load to a very serious rupture in the church. The readers of the Morning News have already been avised by telegraph of the exciting scenes in the convention on Friday. The day was a trying one. The laymen on one side and the clergymen on the other, were each l>ent ujxm lighting, and the poor Bishop had a haul time trying to conduct things in such a way as to wound noliody’s susceptibilities. It is well known that Bishop Howe is very much in earnest on this sub ject. Ho believes that the church should make an effort to extend its influence among the colored people. It is not known, how ever, that he had it in his power to defeat the lawyers and parliamentarians who had lieen fighting him successfully for thirteen years by a very simple and wliat many men would call a justifiable exiiedient. The last iv sort of the laymen in all those parliamentary fights was always to appeal from the deoi sinn of tho chair and then demand a vote by oniers. In a vote by orders a concurrence of the two orders is necessary to pass a motion. In the fight the Bishop could have cornered the opposition if he had announced the question, “Shall the appeal be sus tained'” There would have been a non conenrronco and this decision would there fore have remained. But he would not do this. He followed the parliamentary rule and pat tho question, “Shall the decision of the chair stand as the sense of the house,” with the result of a negative vote. But the patience of the Bishop seemed to have been exhausted, and after a wearying dny of fruitless discussion he finally put his foot down on the lawyer —so to speak—and then the bolt ensued. The crucial vote on wliich the convention split shows a majority of the porishers were with the Bishop und the seceders who have kept the convention at loggerheads for so many years in the Minority. The vote wus at follows; To sustain the Bishop, 23 clergy men and ‘J parish era; total 32. ‘ Against. 2 clergymen and Id parishors; total la. Di vitleu parishers, 2. Seven < 'harlcston churches were repre sented in the convention. Of these the fol lowing seceded: St. Paul, St, Phillips, St. I Michael’s and Grace church. Those thatro i ranined were the Holy Communion, St. Luke’s and Christ church. The Itev. It. S. Tapin, of St. Michael's, is the only city cler gyman who joined the mowlbi. The matter lias created great excitement here, and the outcome, which it is iniposKi ble at this time to foretell, is awaited with much interest. Docline of Man. I Mental or organic weakness, nervous de- I bihty and kindred delicate diseases, however induced, speedily and perruan itlv cured. For large i'.iu-nrn'iAiiAAtk oL.uai ticmari. m n- -i ! , -flßt* aehh, i UrHlrl THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 16. 1887. CRUSHED BY THE WHEELS. A Father Saved His Child But Lost His Life. Chicago, May 15.—John Vorbanck lost his own life in saving his infant child from certain death yesterday afternoon. His 18- months’-old babe hail toddled down to the Northwestern railroad track, near his house, and sat down between the tracks to play. The whistles from the approaching switch engine attracted the attention of the father, who was at work in the yard, and, glancing up, he saw his child sitting on the track calmly watching the swift approach ing train. The father rushed toward the track, and throwing himself directly in front of the engine seized his child in both hands and threw it safely to one side of the traek. He was caught by one of the wheels anil thrown prostrate across the rails. His left leg was horribly mangled and it was necessary to amputate it. He died from his injuries to-night. PROTESTING AGAINST A NEW COUNTY BILL. Opposed to Large Shipments of Vege tables- Other Matters of Interest. Tavares, Fla., May ]•'!.— Quite an ex citement was created in town to-day upon the receipt of a telegram from Hon. George H. Browne, one of the Representatives from Orange county, in the Legislature, saying ‘that a bill had been pushed through the Senate creating the county of Lake, to be coiiqioseii of all that |nation of Sumter county east of range line, dividing ranges 23 anu 24, and embracing the small portion of Orange county in ranges 3.5 and 2fi south of Marion county. This would include within the boundaries of the now county all of the towns of Tavares and Fort Mason, and divide the towns of Eustis, Umatilla and Glendale. A mass meeting of the citi zens of Tarvares and that portion of the Eighteenth election precinct adjacent there to was held at St. Clair-Abram's Hall this afternoon. The following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, 5Ve learn that a bill is before the legislature, and has already passed the Senate, creating and establishing the county of Like, which includes within its territorial limits the town of Tavares and the Eighteenth election precinct. Resolved, That voters and citizens of the town of Tavares and tile Eighteenth election precinct, in mass meeting assembled, do hereby protest against the passage of said bill. The quantity of vegetables shipped from around here this year is nearly 50 |>er cent, greater than that up to the same time last year. Watermelons are just beginning to come in. Strawberries are freely offered at from sc. to Bc. per quart, and large quanti ties have been canned in consequence of low price. A report was circulated a few days ago that the Tavar -s, Orlando and Apopka rail road had purchased that portion of the Florida Railway and Navigation road known as the Indian river branch, running from Tavares to Wildwood, but the rumor cannot bo verified from official sources. It is quite passible when the Florida Railway and Navigation main line is completed anil trains run regularly to Plant City the Tavares, Orlando and Ajxipka railroad may perform the service to Wildwood. The work of rilling in the space between the tracks of the Florida Railway and Navi gation and the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railroad, on which the union de pot is to Lie built, is nearly done, and if the gravel train is spared us a few days longer the job will be complete. The Floriila Rail way and Navigation Company have ar ranged for u new ticket office in the post office anil appointed S. B. Harrington ticket agent. The new office will be a neat and tasty affair, reflecting credit alike on the road and the newly appointed agent who is having the work done. Recent changes in the mail schedules, while giving Tavares better facilities, have not armed to that of surrounding towns, and in order to give Eustis anything like ade quate mail facilities a special exchange of [touches between that place and Tavares has lieen ordered to go into effect at once. Our sister town is beginning to see the beneficial effect of being located near a “cross roods'’ town. ~ s C ’) A SERIOUS ROW. Seven Wounds Inflicted and Five Men Hurt. From the Valdosta ( Ga .) Times. For several years, we understand, there has been had feeling between the Boyds and Swillys, living in the neighborhood across Mud Swamp, five or six miles southeast of Valdosta. On several occasions before they came very near to a serious conflict, but it did not open up in earnest until last Satur day. The parties to the fight were in town during the da}', ' and SV. W. mid B. V. Bovd, brothers, left first for home. Soon after Sam and Doc Swilly, accompanied by William Boring and Ham Fletcher, also started for their respective homes. They hail to travel the same road until they crossed the swamp, and just on the other side, near Mr. Mc- Leod's field, the Swillvs overtook the Boyds. The air is full of rumors, a*ul each side gives its version of the affair. The grand jury next week will doubtless investigate the trouble, and therefore we deem it best here and now to omit any and all versions of the acts and movements which brought on the fight, more than outlined meagerly above. It is sufficient for us to record the fact that when the Swillys overtook the Boyds the fight opened, and in a lively manner, as the result shows. Pistols and knives were used freely, until every man in the row fell from los of blood, except Mr. Fletcher, who, it seems, kept out of the tight. B. W. Boyd was shot through both thighs and W. W. Boyd was shot through one. Sam Swilly was shot in the side of the left breast, the lialt ranging in front of the lungs and lodg ing under the breast I sine. William Boring was shot in the chin, the lm.ll fracturing the jun buns and lodging in the neck. Doc Swilly was cut twice about the back and shoulder. Boring's and Swilly’s wounds were the most serious, but ye- t'enlav they were doing well, and will most likely recover. Doc Swilly and the Boyd boys are not seriously hurt. It was a bloody row; and might have proved much more serious. The actors in the affray are all young men, and the difficulty is’ deeply regretted by their parents anil neighbors. Tho Conductors Have an Excursion. New Orleans, May 15.—About 300 members of the order or Railway Conduct ore. with their families and invited guests, availed themselves of an excursion tendered thorn yesterday afternoon by the Southern Pacific Boil way and Steamship Conqianv in their large iron steamer Enterprise. The excursion left tho city at 3 p. m., going down the Mississippi a distance of twenty miles, and on its return, continuing the trip to a point about ten miles aliove the expoif tion grounds. The excursionists were given a splendid view of numerous sugar planta tions and other features of interest along tlu? route The Conductors’ Convention will probably ad>mrn to-moirow. Rubiera Wants Damages. New York, May 15. — Romson Rubieia, National Secretery of tho Cuban Federation of Cigarutakers, who was expelled from Tampa, Fla,, some time ago by a vigilnnoo committee for attempting to organize the cigarniaKers, is going to Washington in a dai or two to enter a claim for $50,000 against the Sjmnwh government, which ho claims in* can prove was at the bottom of his expulsion. Given Up for Lost. hFltlA ,P.\.. May 15. ThoAmeri <•*• ifion ipau lis- (t Marshall, which cleared ; *>' Lt/flon Dec. 5 foi Philadelphia or and Isis "■ >b a* witu la: cron of iree men. PICKETTS MEN REPULSED WHY EX-CONFEDERATES WILL NOT VISIT GETTYSBURG. A Grand Reunion Abandoned The Monument to Southern Soldiers De nied an Appropriate Site. From the New York Herald. Richmond, Va., May 13.—1 t has already been announced that the contemplated re union of Pickett’s men at Gettysburg in July next has been abandoned, and that no Confederate monument to the memory of Pickett's men would be erected at Gettys burg. “There is deep mortification felt by all ex- Confederates since the return of the Pickett Committee from Gettysburg,” said an old soldier. “On what account?’ “An account of the rebuff the committee received from the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association. “Yes,'’ said a Union veteran, who was standing by; “and there will lie deep indig nation among all Northern soldiers when they come to know the farts.” “What was the mnftor!” “Nothing but the miserable prejudices of the Battlefield Memorial Association, or tho prejudices of those by whom it is con trolled,” replied the Union veteran. The public is already familiar with the de tails heretofore arranged for the reunion of Pickett's men and Hancock’s men at Gettys burg in July next. It was to have been one of the grand events of ISS7, and the old soldiers on both sides had their hearts in it OBJECT OF THE VISIT. Pickett’s men had determined to take along with them a monument hi in* placed upon tho furthest spot reached by them in the famous charge in July, IN 13, in memory of their brave comrades who tell there. The Secretary of tho Gettysburg Battlefield Me morial Association was informed of their plans and was asked for the rules and regu lations by which they were to be >vemed. These were promptly furnished. They re quired the assent of the association before any monument could lie erected on their grounds: that all inscriptions must he sub mitted to the association for approval, but they nowhere contained any intimation that Confederate monuments were excluded. From this time forward letters began to flow in to the Pickett Association from Northern soldiers, especially from those who had defended the lines charged by I’ickett, expressing the heartiest co-operation in the reunion and insisting that the monument should lie placed among their own and on the extreme spot Pickett's men had reached. A gallant captain of a Newark battery who defended the famous angle on July 3 wrote: “We want you of Pickett's command to put your monument at the highest point to which your valor carried your lilies on that eventful day.” This is a sample of the many pressing in vitations in regard to the position of the monument. Several letters in this happy vein were received from tin* Philadelphia brigade, who immediately defended the lines pierced by Pickett's men. They seemed anxious to mark the extreme spot by a Confederate monument, as well as to illustrate their own as the Confederate valor. Gov. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, had kindly agreed to provide tents for the ac commodation of the visitors, and to do all in his power to make the occasion a pleasant one. THE MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. The Pickett Committee on the monument, supposing there was no obstacle, adopted a handsome and imposing design. It was to lie constructed of Virginia granite. The inscription was selected after the careful consideration of every word. The object was to express, on the paid of Pickett's sur vivors, their admiration mid commendation iof their dead" coni rades, while at the same time strictly avoiding anything that might give offense to their former opponents. Patriotism, valor and fortitude were named as qualities of the dead soldiers. There could possibly be no objection to them, thought the committee, and some of the Union veterans here who saw them. The inscription also contained the following lines, found in Gvu. R. K. Lee’s army satchel on his return from Appomattox Court House, written in pencil on a slip of paper in the General's handwriting: Glorious is liis fate and envied is his lot Who for his cimntry fights and for it dies. It was proposed to place these lines on one of the faces of the base of the monument. On another face it was stated that the monument was erected by the survivors of Pickett's division in memory and in admira tion of t heir comrades who fell in the splen did charge, and upon the spot they reached after penetrating the Federal lines. The whole inscription was submitted to the Gettysburg Memorial Association for approval’ There it rested and some weeks elapsed. A SET-BAC1& The work on the monument was begun. At length a very kind and friendly letter was received from Philadelphia, mildly sav ing that parts of the inscription would he objected to, and referring especially to the couplet of Gen. Lee. Then came a letter from the Secretary of the Gettysburg Memorial Association, ask ing that a committee lie sent there to confer concerning the monument, and saying that it had been found necessary to “avoid con fusion. to adopt as a general rule that no Confederate monument should be placed within the Federal lines.” The committee went to Gettysburg, where they were received with an extra supply of courtesy, and every possible attention was (>aid them by the officers of the memorial association. They were taken over the his toric field, and the reasons were explained to them for excluding the Pickett monument from the location for which it was designed and intended. The officers of the associa tion, however, hoped that the monument might be bi-ought and placed upon the spot from which the gallant and brave men of Pickett’s division set out on the charge. The committee was informed that the in scription had not been passed upon officially, but it was privately intimated that, it was objectionable and would not lie allowed, especially the “Lee lilies” and the word “Patriotism.” The officers of the association regretted ex ceedingly that they were constrained to make these objections. There was quite an excess of politeness. Tho Pickett committee were pleased with their visit. The rnemliers of it recognized the right of the owners of the. property to make their own rules. They made no re sponse to the “objections,” nor did they ask cr desire that they should be. waived iri con sideration of them. They thought a great deal, however, and were evidently hurt at ihe unfortunate result of their mission. They think it a great mistake to exclude a Confederate monument, for its presence would certainly add great interest to the s]sit, and there is, perhaps, no other organi zation but Pickett’s men who would care to put a monument on a spot to mark a repulse. Gettysburg is too sail a field to attract manv Southerners. BACK IN RICHMOND. Returning to Richmond, the committee at once made its report to a full meeting of the Division Association. There was dis appointment all round, for they had looked forward to the reunion at Gettysburg for nearly a year part. The organization, feel ing that there was nothing especially ap propriate in putting the monument on the starting point, determined not to place it at Gettysburg at all. As carrying the monu ment there was one of the main induce ments of the visit in July the reunion at Gettysburg was reluctantly abandoned. They determined, however, to hold their reunion at home and that tho monument should be ere<'ted h'-re in Richmond, the central starting (mint of Pickett's division. A Most Interesting Description of Boston, the modern Athens. Is published by the United States Hotel Company, of that city, alsu a Iwxik of maps comprising t ie city proper, the harbor and (he suburbs; all sent for 1 *> in Ktornnn PARNKLL’S GRANDFATHER. A Story of Him Told by Ez-Postmaster General Thomas L. James. Nb'.v YORK, May 14.—“ Come in and hear this story,” said the Hon. Thomas L. James, as I stopped at the door of the director’s room of the Lincoln National Bank one day this week. “You know Pay Director Cun ningham, of the navy, of course. Ke savs that he has a letter from Mr. Parnell which, when compared with the London Timc3 forgery, proves that the original of the lat ter is spurious.” “Yes,'’ said Mr. Cunningham, “and there is an interesting bit of history connected with the letter I have. I said to Mr. Par nell one day that he came honestly by his hatred of British oppression, for his grand father, Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, was one of the best fighters who ever shed lustre on the United States navy, and the onlv officer since John Paul Jones who with one ship in a fair fight captured two of the enemj'. He didn't seem to know \Ary much about it, but the country was wild with enthusiasm over it at the time. It was in February, 1815, as you remember, that Capt. Stewart’s ship, the Constitution, fell in with the British ships of war Cyane, thirty-four guns, and Levant, twenty-one guns, off the coast of Spain, and after a fight of forty minutes captured both. Stewart lost three men killed and thirteen wounded, while the enemy lost thirty-five killed and forty-two wounded. The Levant was subsequently re captured bv the British squadron of three ships which reached the American position under cover of a dense fog, but Stewart saved his own ship and the Cyane and kept his prisoners. When he returned to this country he was presented by the Common Council of New York with the freedom of the city in a gold box, and. with his officers, was entertained at a great public dinner. The Legislature of Pennsylvania voted him c. gold-hilted sword, and Congress tendered him a vote of thanks and ordered a gold medal strack in his honor. “I told Mr. Parnell this, and that I had his grandfather’s commission as Commo dore, signed by President Andrew Jackson. That commission is a curiositv. In the first place, it was written by hand; all the com missions of Unite! States officers were writ ten before the time of President Van Buren, after that they were printed in ordinary tvpe until the time of Gen. Grant. Now they are beautifully engraved. The parch ment in Andrew Jackson's time was coarse, like leather, and almost as thick as this sheet of blotting paper. Jackson’s signa ture on Com. Stewart’s commission is a remarkable one. The first initial is at least three inches long and correspondingly heavy, and the remainder of the name is proportioned to the first letter. You can imagine how Jackson, when he took his pen to write it, said: ‘Now this is for my old friend Charlie Stewart, and I’ll give him a signature that will show him that I mean it.’ “Old Hickory did things for effect, some times, you know. Chief Justice Taney told me ot a remarkable instance. He was with Jackson when a committee from Philadel phia was announced who desired to see him about the United States Bank. He was in a most affable mood, but said to Taney: ‘I must prepare myself for their reception.’ He walked up and down the room for a min ute or two, l iui bis lingers through his hair, nut his clothing awry and grew red in the face. When the committee came in he roared at and bullied them, and after they had gone asked Tanev if he didn’t think he had properly impressed them! “I offered to give Mr. Parnell his grand father’s commission, and when he received it he wrote me the letter I referred to. Good day. I'm off for Washington.” Z. L. White. MOUNT HOLLY AGAIN AROUSED. Wants to Lyncha Negro Charged With Betraying a Young Lady. From the New York Herald. Great excitement prevailed Thursday at Mount Holly, N. J., upon the announcement that Mrs. Isaiah Sever had sworn out a com plaint for the arrest of William H, Sutton, a colored barber of the town, for betraying her granddaughter, Miss Annie Sever, a young lady not yet 20 years of age. Sutton was arrested soon afterward at his barber shop and lodged in jail, amid the •greatest excitement and cries of “Lynch him!” While at the Sever house one day upon some errand, Sutton made known his desire to learn how to play on the piano. “If you would like to learn I will teach you,” said Miss Sever. The remark was a complete surprise to Sutton, but he at once accepted, and the next day, at her request, presented himself at the house for his first lesson. Col. George F. Sever, the girl's father, was aw ay fromhorae at the time, and did not learn of Sutton’s visits to the house until some time afterward. Then he demanded an explana tion from his daughter. She said she didn't thing there was anything wrong in teach ing a colored man music. She had spent a good deal of time and money upon herself in completing her musical education, and she saw no reason why she should not make use of it to some practical purpose. Sutton had more than ordinary ability, she argued, and his musical taste should be encour aged. This explanation seemed to satisfy the father for the time being, and he made no further allusion to the subject until un pleasant stories reached his ears in regard to his daughter having been seen walking in unfrequented streets with Sutton after night fall, engaged in very confidential cnat. Hastily summoning his daughter to his pres ence, he demanded to know if the stories he had heard were true. She replied that she had taken walks with Sutton, but saw no especial harm in that. He was intelligent and very respectful. But the old man would hear no more, and gave his daughter, whom he loved dearly, i five minutes to make up her mind whether she would drop Sutton's acquaintance at once or else leave her father’s house. Hesitating a moment, she walked up to her father, kissed him on the forehead and walked from the house without saying a word. The next day Col. Sever packed his house hold goods, closed the house and left for a trip South, saying he would probably never return. After his departure the erring girl re moved to Centretown, near the Runeoeas creek, where she took board with a family of her acquaintances, and while there was vimp'd several times by Sutton. Her grandmother, who lives in Mount Holly, heard rumors which caused her to have Suttou arrested on the charge of he traval. The case is one of the strangest e'er known in this part of the State. The girl had plenty of suitors for her hand, and was generally admired. Steamship Arrivals. . New York, May 15.—Arrived: Steamers Edam, from Amsterdam; Australia, from Hamburg; Servia. from Liverpool. Arrived out: Steamers Gellert and Sarbenian. Lx-Ccngrf.hsm in Frank llran spends more time in Washington and New York than he does in Toledo Rough on Rats,” Gcal's out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bedbugs, booties, insects, skunks, jack rab bits, sjiaiTows, gophers. 15c. At druggiaU. “Rough on Com?.” Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete cure. Corns, warts, bun ions. 15c. “Rough on Itch.” “Rough on Itch" cures skin humors, erup tions, ring-worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber’s itch. 50c. jars. "Rough on Catarrh” Correct* offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chronic cases; also unequaled us gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foui breath. 50c. MEETINGS. 7-UVTOY LODGE NO. 51, F. * A. M. A regular communication o' this JL I>dge will beheld at Masonic Temple Jrg THIS (Monday) EVENING, May 10, at 8 o'clock. The M. M. degree will be conferred. Visiting brothers are cordially invited to meet with us. HENRY BARTLETT, W. M. Wa it [no Rcssel!.. Jr- Secretary. !i.iv\l,U LODGE NO. , I. O. O. V. A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday) I EVENING at 8 o'clock. First degree will be conferred. Menib is of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. By oitlcr of J. $. COLT,INS, N. G. John Riley, Secretary. TATTNALL COUNCIL .NO. 884, A. L. OF li. Regular meeting will beheld THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8 o'clock in the Encampment Room at Odd Fellows’ New Building. G. G. WILSON, Commander. John Henderson. Secretary. RAILROAD LOAN ASSOCIATION. The forty-fifth meeting of the Railroad Loan Association will lie held at Metropolitan Hall THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock. WILLIAM ROGERS, President. 11. C. Conning sam. Secretary. THE M. \V. GRAND LODGE Of Free ami Accepted .Vinsons for the State of Georgia. The members of the above named Grand Lodge End of the subordinate Lodges under its juris diction. are hereby summoned to appear at the Lodge Room, at !• o'clock THIS MORNING, for the purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to our deceased brother King S. Thomas. By order of A. K. DESVERNKY, Grand Master. J. H. Devkaex, Grand Secretary. ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, F. <fc A. ML You are hereby notified to appear at your Lodge Room THIS (Monday) MORNING, at 9 o'clock, to pay the last tribute of respect to our deceased brother K. S. Thomas. By order A. HARRIS, H. P. G. W. Williams, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTH IN. A CARD. We, the undersigned Shoe Dealers, hereby agree to close from the 15th May inst. until the Ist or September, EVERY" EVENING AT 7 O'CLOCK, Saturday nights excepted. Collatßros., A. S. Nichols, R. S. Jones, Jos. Rosenheim & Cos., E. B. Flood, Agt., P. Tubbrdy, perD. A. TANARUS., Byck Bros., M. Dryfds & Cos. We wish to call the attention of the public to the notice published by ope of the shoe dealers to the effect that his place of business will be closed at 7 p. m. AFTER the 10th of each month. List summer we consented to this in compliance with his wishes, but after consulting with all the dealers during the past week, we find that every one in the city, with this one exception, is heart ily In favor of closing from May Ist to Septem ber Ist, inclusive. (Saturday nights excepted) at 7p. m. Other lines of business are represented in a similar agreement, and it seems very un reasonable to us that we should suffer just for one whose sympathies we have failed to reach by any method we have been able to introduce. We now appeal to the public for their sympa thies iu our behalf, as the above merchants will not close unless all sign. SHOE CLERKS. SPECIAL NOTICE. Award of the judges of the Floral and Art Ex hibition, held at Chatham Artillery Hall last week: “Messrs. Davis Bros., best-toned pianos, diploma.” Piease excuse us for mentioning the fact, but as this was our first competitive exhibit, we feel naturally more or less elated. We carry an elegant line of pianos always in stock, and from the volume of business that we now control in this line we imagine the above verdict is wide spread and unanimous. We handle the Knabe, Kranich & Bach. Augustus, Baus & Cos. and Estey pianos. Call or write. Prices and terms liberal. DAVIS BROS., 42 and 44 Bull street. DR. HENRY 8 COLDLNG, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. THE NEW BRICK COMPANY. Parties wishing to take stock in the PIONEER STEAM BRICK COMPANY will find the subscription list at D. R. KENNEDY’S, 174 Bay street. FOR SALE. 129 Horse Power ENGINE for sale at a bar gain. Cylinder 29x30. About new and in per fect order. A. B. HART. Lake City, Fla. ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR. Thri vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer's Liver Corrector and take no other. Si 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist, Savannah. Ga. STARCH. 2,200 POUNDS Kingsford’s Pure Starch —IN— -3 POUND BOXES, 6 “ 44 12 “ “ 42 “ 192 “ BARRELS. —ALSO— OSWEGO CORN STARCH. A. M. &C. W. West’s. proposa i> Wanted. Proposals Wanted, BIDS will he received tip to the Ist of JUNE for the buildings on the eastern half of lot on the comer of Whitaker. Presinent and State streets, anil also for excavating to the depth of 10 fo-t the lot above mentioned, measuring 00 by 90 feet. The buildings to be removed within ten days and the excavating to be finished by the first of .Inly. 1837. Bids must Ic made separately. The right is resent'd to reject any or all bids. .1. H. F.STILI, D. R. THOMAS. T M. CUNNINGHAM, RUFUS E. LESTER, Committee Union Society. run R. USE THE BEST. HECKER’S SUPERLATIVE FLOUR. TAKE InO OTHER. CLOTHING. For tlie Benefit of His Creditors! Assignee’s Sale. THE BALANCE OF THE STOCK OF Fine Clothing, Underwear, Shirts, Furnishing Goods, Bats, Valises, Etc., MUST BE SOLD WITHIN 30 DAYS. In consequence prices have been reduced to an extent that should accomplish the object. This is an opportunity which no one who values money should neglect to profit by. It is absolutely compulsory that the stock be disposed of in the shortest possible time, therefore these goods Wi!l Be Sold at Almost Any Price. S. Elsinger, ASSIGNEE FOR MAX BIRNBAI'M. Northeast Corner Congress and Whitaker Sts. SUMMER RESORTS. MONTVALE SPRINGS, Blount County, - Tennessee. THIS Health Resort will b open May Ist. 1887. The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville. Rates: ?! per day ; $25 per month for May and June; $2 per day. $lO and sl2 per week, $35 and S4O per month for July and August. Half rates for children. J. CENOEL, Prop. CLARENDON HOTEL, Saratoga Springs, IN’. Y, OPENS JUNE 25tii. Popular rates $3 00 per day P. STEINFELD, Proprietor. the Columbian; SARATOGA SPRINGS, THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHUNS i Opens June 25th. JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor. Indian Harbor Hotel, GREENWICH, CONN. Will Open Saturday, June 18th, Address WM. H. LEE, Grand Hotel, 31st street and Broadway, New York. HOTELS. WASIUNGTONUOIEL 7th and Chestnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR. RATES, $2 50 PER DAY. Centrally located, only a short walk from Penn'a and Reading Depots. New Passenger Elevator, Electric Bells, New Dining Room and all modem improvements. Polite attendance and unsurpassed table. NEW HOTEL TOGNI, (Formerly St. Mark’s.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. THE MOST central House in the city. Near Post Office, Street Cars and all Femes. New and Elegant Furniture. Electrie Bells, Baths, Etc. $2 50 to $3 per day. JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor. S. A. UPSON, Manager. HOTEL VENDOMK BROADWAY & FORTY-FIRST STREEI NEW YORK. American plan, centrally located, ai) the latest improvements. Cuisine ana str vice unexcelled. Special rates to permanent guests. I. STEINFELD, Manager^ DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE. ’PHIS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided with 1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one . * n f . city) and has been remodeled and „ nished. The proprietor, who by recent puren is also the owner of the establishment, spa neither pains nor expense in the •gt®rt*‘ n 355 of his guests. The patronage of Florida vi. ors is earnestly invited. The table of _ Screven House is supplied with every that the markets at home or abroad can an — MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - - OA Cx F.O, D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly® 1 tb- Metropolitan Hotel. Sew York. . and tw Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. . I( , r tral. All parts of the city and r lac ”f ’' slM est, accessible by street cars constant!' 1 V* the doors. Special inducements to those tag the city fur business or pleasure THE MORRISON HOUSE. One of the Largest Boarding Houses In tb South. I FFORDS pleasant South rooms. g£*> A with mire Artesian Water, at prices tosm those wishing table, regular or translen laudations. .Northeast corner Broughton an I)r:\ytor, street*, opposite MaryhnflJlousL^^ P. J. FALLON, WIDER AND CONTRACTOR rii DRAYTON STREET. SAVANNAH J7STLMATEB promptly furmiiwd tor budh I ia ot any class.