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Meetings -Greenwich Park Association; Chat
ham Gun Club.
Special Notices — I Closing of City Offices;
Townseml, Printer; A Card, Hull A Hearing.
Military Orders—lrish Jasper Greens.
Amusements Entertainment at St. John’s
Parish Hall; Base Ball, Savannahs vs Warrens;
The Fords in “Pink Dominoes;” K. of L. Picnic;
The Glorious Fourth at Thunderbolt.
Positive Clearance Sai.e—At Platsbek’s.
Auction Sai.es Valuable Vacant Ixit, House
hold and Kitchen Furniture, Half Interest in a
Lot, Desirable Building, Valuable Property, by
l. D. Laßoche’s Sons.
Cool Garments 11. H. Levy ,t Pro
“Goto” and “Silver” Shirts— At B. H. Levy
A Rro.’s.
Announcement Extraordinary At Kck
stein's.
Bargains—At A. R. Altmayer A Co.'s.
Struck bv a Cyclone-At Gray & O'Brien’s.
Fourth oe July Sports—Yacht and Horse
Racing at Thunderbolt.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want
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Orations delivered on the Fourth of July
are always “warm.” The orators, no
doubt, are influenosi by tho weather.
Gen. B. F. Butler denies that he stole a
bell and sold it to a church. He says t hat
he “captured" tho Ik-11, and that he had noth
ing to do with the sale.
The Prohibition contest in Tennessee has
not yet resulted in the death of anyliody.
Tliis, it is believed, is due to the temperate
tone of the press in discussing the question
at issue.
Congressman Norwood has nominated
Austin It. Davis ns the cadet in the Naval
Academy from the First Congressional dis
trict of Georgia. Tho Examining Board
rated him at 85.8, in a passible 100.
Mrs. Julia Kean Fish, wife of ex-Secre
tary of State Hamilton Fish, died in New
York on Thursday last after a long Illness.
She was a leader in society and famous for
her charities und interest in church affairs.
A New York speculator in London made
$O,OOO selling reserved seats to people who
wanted to see tho procession on the Queen's
jubilee day. Trust to a New Yorker to
make money, it doesn’t matter where lie is.
Sir. Blaine has been to Buckingham
Palace, where he was introduced to the
Queen. The Irish question was not dis
cussed, but it is said that Mr. Blaine made
a few touchingly, lender allusions to "the
down-trodden negro.”
Jay Gould’s younger son, “Eddie,” gradu
ated from college ten <lnys ago, and in less
than a week made $lOO,OOO on Wall street.
His operations are the talk of New York,
and it is said that he is “cutting a big
swath.” “Eddie” is evidently a chip off tho
old block.
Henry Sire, a wealthy horse dealer, was
final $5 at Morristown, N. J., the other day,
for using profane language on the public
streets. His punishment was merited, und
it would lie well if men in other cities who
•use such languago on the public streets
should be similarly punished for every sue h
offense.
The Now York Star prints a eabio dis
patch from London to the effect that the
Paris Horning Metes has been bought by
Dr. Evans and Galignani's Messenger by
Mr. James Gordon Bennett. It is asserted
that Mr. Bennett intends to inaugurate a
new era in European journalism. He doubt
less means to teach the Europeans what
American enterprise is. *
The veterans of Pickett's division, who
are being entertained today at Gettysburg
by the veterans of the Philadelphia brigade,
are honored with tho presence of Gen.
Pickett’s widow and son. Heretofore Mrs.
Pickett has refusco to eniergo from tho
seclusion so congenial to her retiring dispo
sition, but she felt that fur so desirable a
purpose as that proposed—namely, the unit
ing iu fraternal lionds of tho heroes who
liad the courage to fight for their convic
tions of right, whether they wore the bine
or the gray—she could not decline the in
vitation extended her.
The Fourt h of July will l>e quite general
ly observed this year In this city there will
bo no general celebration, but the day will
be observed in a quiet way. There will be
ninuse.inents of various kinds, the most of
■which will take the people out of town.
Philadelphia promises to have about as big
• celebration ns any cither city in the coun
try. She is getting ready for her Septem
ber celebration, and projßises to make the
Fourth of July affair advertise the greater
ono to occur in September. Spread eaglo
orators ou Independenceilav appear to have
gone out of fashiou. Mr. Bowen, of Con
necticut. has a big talk at his place, known
os Woodstock, and that apjicars to answer
for th< whole country. I
A Remarkable Campaign in Texas.
The Prohibition campaign in Texas is
gradually attracting the attention of the
entire country. It is a very remarkable
campaign, not only on account of the bit
ter feeling that is cropping out in all parts
of the Stale, but. also, tx-oause no political
question is involved in it. There are no
candidates soliciting votes and no issue that
separates Democrats from Republicans.
The sole question is the proposed constitu
tional amendment, which is to lx- voted
upon on Aug. 4, arid which provides that
no intoxicating liquors shall lx) manufac
tured or sold in tho State except for med
ical, mechanical, sacramental and scientific
purposes.
It is true that there is a political phase to
the campaign, but it is yet uncertain what
effect it will have upon the result of the
contest. The Democrats
claim that the adoption of the amendment
wili split the Democratic party, and the Re
publican lenders arc undoubtedly aiding the
Prohibitionists with the hope that the Dem
ocratic jwrty will be damaged. The Pro
hibition Democrats, however, are confident
that tho adoption of the amendment will do
the Democratic party no harm, because no
principle of tho party is involved. It is
worth noticing that although the Republi
can leaders are anxious for the adoption of
the amendment on account of the possibility
that it may in jure the 1 leinoeratie i>arty, they
are unable to control any considerable per
centage of tlie negro vote in favor of it.
They have secured the influence of the negro
preachers and politicians for it, but tho esti
mates thus far do not give the amendment
more than one-tenth of the negro vote.
The State lias about .'125,000 voters. Of
these nearly 200,000 are native whites, about
80,000 are negroes, and the rest are natural
ized citizens. Tho strength of the Prohibi
tionists is among the native white people.
The negroes and foreign-born citizens have
thus far shown a disposition to act with the
anti Prohibitionists. The four weeks re
maining of the canqmign, however, may
change the situation very materially.
In no political catnpuigu have the people
of Texas been subjected to greater excite
ment. Ministers are taking part in this con
test, and the women are making their voices
heard. The best sjieakers of the State are
on the stump, and at many of the meetings
wild scenes of lawlessness ore witnessed.
Rocks and rotten eggs are quite freely used
to suppress free speech, and every day the
excitement Ix-coines more intense. If the
amendment is carried it w ill be by such a
small majority that it will lie difficult to en
force the law s enacted to carry it into effect.
The experience wherever prohibition has
been tried is that it is ineffective unless sup
ported by an overwhelming public senti
ment. Then- has been a prohibitory law in
Maine for thirty-three years, and yet in
toxicating liquors are sold freely in the
cities of that .State, In the rural districts
the law- is enforced because the people there
are overwhelmingly in favor of it.
Probably four-fifths of the counties of this
State have adopted prohibition, and with
very few exceptions they enforce it. So
gratifying are the results that there is very
little danger that they will return to free
whisky. Ask any of the saw mill firms, the
naval stores producers or the planters what
they think of prohibition and they will not
hesitate to express their approval of it.
Their labor is worth much more to them
now than when there was a dram shop at
every cross roads.
On Friday the high license system went
into effect in Minnesota. It costs SI,OOO
in cities of over 10,000 inhabitants and SSOO
in cities having less than that number to
get a liquor license in that State now. It
cannot be doubted that the temperance
cause is making progress. If there is a
prohibition candidate for President in 1888
he will get a much larger vote than St. John
got in 1884.
A Lesson for Bank Directors.
Comptroller Trenholin says that he thinks
that the failure of the Fidelity National
Hank of Cincinnati will prove Ix-neficial in
one respect. It will cause hank directors to
make a greater effort to keep themselves ac
quainted with the workings of the institu
tions with which they are connected.
It is probable that the wm-k of the Fidel
ity hank bus scared bunk directors in differ
ent parts of the country a little, and for a
time they may pay closer attention to their
duties. It was said, however, when the
Marine National Bank of New York was
wrecked by Fish and Ward that bank direc
tors had received a lesson which they would
not soon forget. It seems, however, that
tliev did soon forget it.
It is pretty safe to say that tlie directors
of at least half the banks in the country
know nothing of the affairs of their respec
tive institutions. They meet at certain
stated periods and have a statement read to
thorn of the condition of the institutions
which they are supposed to direct, but if the
truth were known it would doubtless p|x-ar
that they trust everything to the liank
officers, and accept their statements without
questioning them. There ought to lie some
method adopted which would require di
rectors to discharge their duties conscienti
ously and faithfully.
It is stated that the Fidelity Bank’s busi
ness was conducted in a very loose and un
systematic way. There appeaml to lx* no
head to the institution, and thousands of
dollars might have lxx-n stolen very easily
without anybody's being aware of the fact
for weeks or months. The directors didn’t
bother themselves about the bank's nffairs,
and the chief officers were pretty busy in
getting hold of nil the cash they could lay
their hands on. It is not known how
many of them were in the wheat
deal, but the developments thus far show
that at least three of them were using the
bank’s funds to buy wheat on margins.
They held near 80,000,000 bushels on which
they lost aliout 12c. a bushel. This loss in
dicates pretty closely how much they took
from the banks. If the directors had at
tended to their duties the wreckers would
not have had a chance to use the bank’s
assets. Tho best way to comjiel directors
to do their duty is to tuako them liable to
the extent of their private fortunes for
losses which their banks suffer through their
negligence.
During a single day in Now York, last
week, three cases of death from tetanus, or
lockjaw, were reported, all the patients be
ing boys. In two of tho cases wounds from
toy pistols were the cause. To-morrow
being the Fourth of July, many more such
cases will doubtless be reported from all
parts of tlie country.
There is a Virginia law, passed many
years ago and still in existence, which im
poses u fine of fifty pounds of tobacco oil a
man absenting himself from church one
month without a valid excuse. If tho law
were enforced many a Virginian would ho
bankrupted buying the tobacco with which
to pay hiii lines.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 3, 1887.
Exhibiting a Murderer.
Readers of the Morning News will re
memlicr the account published a few days ago
of the scenes at the Louisville jail in which
Turner, one of the negro murderers of Jen
nie Bowman, was confined. Thousands of
people of both races, some of them young
women of refinement, visited the brutal
murderer, either to gratify their curiosity,
or to offer money and sympathy.
It is difficult to understand how the au
thorities so far forgot their duty to the pub
lic as to permit Turner to place himself on
exhibition. It is still more difficult to un
derstand how tho public could make So
much of such a brute. The attentions shown
him tended not only to glorify his dreadful
deed, but also to incite othedl of his race to
follow his footsteps. Commenting upon the
matter a writer says that capital punishment
is intended to servo three purposes,
viz: To punish the criminal by death, to rid
the community of him, and to warn those
who survive him not to commit like deeds
if they would avoid tiie same fate. It is not
likely that the execution of Turnerwill serve
as a warning to others of his race who may lx)
tempted to commit murder. His confine
ment was u burlesque on imprisonment and
a disgrace to those responsible for his safe
keeping. Doubtless the good citizens of
Ixniisville are glad that tho harfgman’s rope
has done its work.
Every convicted murderer should be se
cluded from the public gaze and executions
should be in private. Such a course is best
for the murderer and also for the public.
It permits him to make preparation for
death, if such a thing is possible, and it
causes the public to regard capital punish
ment with the awe that should invest it.
This is a matter that the General Assembly
of Georgia might well deal with, for the
rule in this State is that executions shall be
in public.
The Tramp Pest.
In France, not long ago, n tramp named
Marot passed a chateau which was used by
it s wealthy owner as a kind of receptacle for
old-fashioned furniture and pictures. It
was uninhabited, but it was visited and its
contents were examined at intervals of three
months by the owner’s workmen. Marot
went up to the door, and as his repeated
knocks and rings received no response, he
txik out a “jimmy” which he carried for
use upon such occasions, and, forcing the
look, entered the chateau. A hurried ex
amination convinced him that not even a
prince in fairy land could have cast his lines
in a place more pleasant. The cellars were
stocked with wines of the best brands, and
there were plenty of provisions in the larder.
Determined to profit by his good fortune,
Marot sat down and regaled himself with
wine and fowl. Then —unusual pursuit for
a tramp—lie lx-gan to think. The result
was that he deeided that he must have a
comrade with whom to share the good things
he had discovered. Accordingly, he walked
a short distance down the road, where he
met another tramp. The pair returned to
the chateau and made themselves com
fortable for several weeks. They turned
the drawing-room into a kitchen, and burned
the frames of the fine old pictures as fire
wood. Finally, having consumed all
the liquor on the premises, they made prep
arations for setting the chateau on fire.
Their design was foiled, however, by the
sudden appearance of the owner’s workmen,
who to their surprise, saw stndke issuing
from the chimneys, and broken bottles ly
ing all around the doorsteps and on the
lawn. Entering the chateau they found
the two tramps placidly seated in the draw
ing room, preparing to drink the last bot
tle of wine. Both were at once arrested,
and, after trial, Marot was condemned to
twenty years penal servitude, and his com
rade to half that term.
This occurrence shows that the tramp is
much tho same all over the world. His
peregrinating habits make him a free lance,
and he unhesitatingly defies the law when
ever he thinks there is no danger of punish
ment. In this country he hits become a
pest. In most cities, and in some of tho
larger towns, he is promptly arrested when
he shows himself, but in the country he
generally eseajies such a fate. In Georgia
the vagrancy laws cover his ease, and when
ever he tramps through a country district
the citizens ought to arrest him and turn
him over to the (Sheriff. It is only in this
way that he can be prevented from doing
injury to both persons and property.
At Ottawa, Ont., the other day Grand
Chief Engineer P. M. Arthur, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, ad
dressed a public meeting. He said tlmt there
should lie no .conflict between capital and
labor. Labor had its rights, but no labor
organization had a right to prevent others
from working. It was a right given by God
that a man could quit or a man could work,
but when labor organizations tried to pre
vent others from taking the place of strikers,
they made a mistake. *'Bo honest, truthful
and do your duty,” ho continued. ‘‘lt is not
wealth or good clothes that make a man; it
is character, and ho who has that is the
l>eor of any nmu on earth.” These are the
words of wisdom.
The statement is made that there is an
organized movement among n number of
Hepublican politicians having for its object
the nomination of Gen. Sheridan for Presi
dent. Those engaged in the movement be
lieve that a conflict will develop in the
Republican national convention between
Blaine and Sherman, which will prevent
the nomination of either, and that in con
sequence Gen. Sheridan ran bo nominated
ns a compromise candidate. It will be
found, however, that several other leading
Republicans will be anxious to serve as
compromise candidates, ami confusion will
result
Senator Call, of Florida, who is in Wash
ington, does not appear to have much suc
cess with certain appointments he wants
made. He tried to haven lighthouse keeper
appointed somewhere on tho Florida coast,
hut it seems that the Federal oflii'er who
supervises such appointments lmd more in
fluence than the Senator has, and secured
the appointment of a man not at all satis
factory to tho Senator. Mr. Call had his
revenge by writing the Secretary of tho
Treasury a tart letter asking that the ap
pointment be cancelled.
Ex-Gov. Chauneej F. Pennsyl
vania, says that his State will give the
Democratic Presidential nominee n larger
vote next year than at any time since 1*5(1.
There are good reasons for believing that
many Republicans will vote with the Dem
ocrats. Pennsylvania has had enough of
Republican misrule, and is plainly anxious
to take rank as a Democratic State. A groat
deal of sadness is in store for the Philadel
phia Press.
In the Chicago the government seems
finally to have obtained n sea-worthy war
vessel. So much for the care exercised by
tho Democratic administration.
CURRENT COMMENT.
About This Time.
From the New York World (Pent.)
i About this t ime tli- colleges are tacking large
capital letters to tlie right hand side of the
I naiii*-- -if good citizens and thealphaix-t is being
j sadly drawn upon. About this time, also, tho
! small boy is picking out the dog whose tail he
j intends to dec-irate with Chinese fireworks on
the Fourth of July.
The Colonel Company in Peril.
From the Boston Advertiser (Rep.)
j It Is a safe ride to infer that when a custom is
{.. laughed at it ir- i least liegitmiiig to lose ground.
| The Alabama evp-isure imperils the Colonel
company who never warred, and whose part in
j Southern life, so far as titles go. is chiefly pic
turesque. In due time even Southerners will
doubtless own that the prefix "Colonel" is as
meaningless as the "Ksq " many New England
ers bestow on I he slightest pretext.
Outrages and Outrages.
From tlie Boston Herald (hid.)
Our Senator Hoar is being somewhat rallied
by those who recognize his sensitiveness on the
subject of the treatment of the colored race, on
account of the late difficulty at Anbury Park, in
New Jersey. Hero is an outrage, apparently,
but Mr Hoar cannot bo expected to attend to
everything of this character. These matters
have to lie subdivided, and Mr Hoar's specialty
in dealing with them relates solely to their
political aspect. In this point of view Northern
outrages are not half as interesting as are South
ern ones.
Reunions of Northern and Southern
Men.
From the Philadelpia Press (Rep.)
The comminglings and reunions of Northern
and Southern men are therefore to Ik- encour
aged and promoted on the highest patriotic
ground. It produced a happy effect when Fitz
Hugh Lee stood in Philadelphia last w inter and
proclaimed that ho put tho past liehind him, and
accepted the Union as it is with all its obliga
tions. It is an auspicious circumstance that
Pickett's Division and the Philadelphia Brigade
are to meet in fraternal ami hospitable greeting
on the field of Gettysburg. Such reunions in
volve no humiliation and no wrong on either
side, and under their snuffy influence the differ
ences which brought tho clash of swords melt
away. The broader this intercourse between
the sections, the betier their understanding and
the more friendly their relations.
BRIGHT BITS.
Miss Shawsoariien (of St. Louis, to Miss
Breezy, of Chicago)—'Well, how is everything in
Chicago? Dull as usual, I suppose?
Miss Breezy No; things are looking very
bl ight. How is the pastuiuge iu St. Louis?—
.Yen' York Sun.
Sunday school teacher -And now you may
ask an}- question you like.
l.ittle boy in the back row holds up his hand.
Teacher Well, what is it, Willie?
M illie Be we goin’ to have a picnic this year?
—Pittsburg Chronicle.
Miss Trillion— The same old story, Charley.
I’m afraid to have you out of my sight.
Charley (sympathetically)—.Just as I feel
about it. Let’s get married at once. I need
someone to give me a balance.
No doubt he does—at her banker’s.— Harper's
Bazar.
Omaha i ee - What has become of your
friend, Fireater ?
Omaha Husltand—He is still doing editorial
work, but he is no longer ahle to hold a pen and
does all his writing by dictation.
“Does he dictate to his daughter or his wife ?"
"To nis daughter, of course.”— Omaha World.
First farmer— Ever been up ter the city?
Second farmer —Once.
"Onl vMmee. eh? Got took in, did ye?"
“Yes, but I'm getlin’ even on them there city
folks now.”
“Ye air? How?”
"I am takin’ iu city boarders.”— Omaha
World.
Mrs. Shoddy —What has become of your beau.
Belle?
Miss S—He has gone to the beach for his
health.
Mrs. B—He’s rich, and I can’t see why you
shill.v shally with him so long? Why don't you
marry him ?
Miss 8 Ido not care to marry him. lie is a
valetudinarian.
Mrs. 8 What’s that got to do with it? We’re
are no sticklers about religion. It ain’t like as
if either of you were Catholics aud needed a
dispensation. You ought to be glad of the
chauea. If I was in your place, I’d marry him
if he was a vegetarian.—Ronton Courier.
“That must boa curious process, the manu
facture of ice," said a New York man to a resi
dent of Austin.
"Yes," replied the Austin scientist; “do you
understand the philosophy of it?"
"No: I never saw one of the machines, and
never had the thing explained to me."
“Well, you see," observed the philosopher,
“they have a kind of tank.”
"Yes."
“And they fill tho tank two-thirds full of
water.”
“Yes; what then?"
“Why, then they freeze it.”
“Oh!" exclaimed the disgusted New Yorker
“that’s it, is it ? I had an idea that they boiled
it ."—Texas Siftings.
PERSONAL.
Will M. Cari.eton, the poet, has been elected
a trustee of the Hillsdale (Mich.) College.
Tur. Boston illnbe lias made t he discovery that
Patti will give another farewell tour in this
country next year.
Lord Bite is going to spend $250,000 more on
his Cardiff Castle, already one of the most
costly homes in England.
Prof. Billroth, of Vienna, probably the
greatest living surgeon, pronounces Pasteur's
hydrophobia treatment a fiasco.
The residence of Paul Hines, the famous base
ball player, was entered at Washington a few
days ago and roblied of SI,OOO worth of jewelry.
Hf,nry Irvino, m recognition of Miss Ellen
Terry 's success iu the "Amber Heart," presented
her with the play, which he had bought from
the author, Mr. Calmour.
W. \V. Corcoran lias gone to White Sulphur-
Springs as usual. He lias almost fully regained
the use of his left hand, which was recently
affected by a stroke of paralysis.
Prof. R. A. Proctor will lecture at the Ken
tucky Chautauqua \ssembly now in progress at
Lexington. The gathering will listen to Mr
Sam Jones on July 8 and then break up.
Buffalo Bill Is a patriotic American. At
every performance of bis show in I/mdon the
band plays "Tlie Star Spangled Banner" by his
order, an l afterward "God Save the Queen" is
given.
Benjamin F. Came, a life long personal and
jKilitical friend of the late Horace Greeley,wears
a high jointed collar and stixtk. baggy trousers.
1.111; black Prims-Albert coat and high, broad
brimmed silk hat.
M. Clkmenckac and M. Paul Foucher, of I.e
National, fought their recent duel on the plat
eau of I hatillon when- GumlxHta and lie Four
ton met years ago. when Clemenceau " as one of
Gamlietta’s seconds.
Henry Labocciihik thus criticises Holman,
Hunt's picture "The Awakened Conscience.
"In plain language, i should say of this p.oture
that it is the art of tli<- nursery, tlie color of tin
jam |xit anil the sentiment of the Salvation
Army.”
CHARLES CrsniNO Barry, who entered the
City Bank of Boston as bookk-s-ix-r in the
height of the panic of i.KRT, has Just resigned, at
the age of Hi, and at ,i sjiecially called meeting
of the board of directors has lx?en jiresented
with a handsome silver piu-lier.
Jack Mr Aft IFFE. the prize fighter, l.w.ks like
a gentlemen, ami is jx-rliajis the handsomest
pugilist in America. <>n the street, where I-.-
ap|x*urs in neat and unobtrusive dress, no
stranger would ever take him to !■ tho cham
pion light-weight of the United States.
Justice Field, of the United states Supreme
Court, wl-.o is now in Sun Fram-lsco. startled the
railroadmen by refusing to sign his ticket to
xPorthuiil, and tit-' document mi- finally issued
In him minus his signature. In this case the
people have secured a decision of some signifi
cance without litigation,
Gf.owub Wk*t:nh ( csk, the air brake man,
has taken out about l.Sflff patents. A few of
them are upon devices whk'h he purchased from
Inventors, nut the great majority wen- .jrigiiul
inventions and i;uprevcin"iitH. Forth" last two
nr three years natural gas aud 01-etrieit v have
furnished tho two great Ik-lds m which lie has
labored.
Kino Ai.dert, sovereign of Saxony, is not
blind. He is a man Ir. early middle age. of
strong military jiroclivitles, and has tho rank --f
field marshal in the Imperial German arinv.
Recent cable riinpuii-he* in all the principal
American queers de.critied his majesty as "the
sightless Baxiin inunaivh was led to Ills seat on
rile dais at the Jiiliil-- ceremony iu Westminster
Abbey."
1 re Grand Duke Michael of Russia is a great
and generous patron of everything eonnts-ted
with sport. Only a -lay or two api he asked to
be allowed to enter Into coftijiei ition with Miss
Annie Oakley at the Wild West show,
which jiermission w.u a t once accorded But
although the Prince made A fairly good wore, it
show.-.! l.ut jx-orl.v in comparison with that of
ins fair competitor.
MR. BAYARD’S SISTER MARRIED.
The Secretary of State and Other No
tables at the Bird-Kano Nuptials.
From the JYcto York World.
There was a small but distinguished gathering
at St. George's church yesterday at noon to wit
ness the marriage of Levi C. Bird, a prominent
member of the Delaware bar, and Mrs. Mabel
Rivard Kane, sister of Secretary Bayard and
widow of Dr. J. K. Kane, who was a brother of
Dr. Kane, of Arctic fame. The ceremony was
private, only relatives of the bride and relatives
and intimate friends of the groom being present.
The bride entered on the am: of -Secretary Bay
ard. wearing a street cost nine of dark blue
moire, with plaited petticoat covered with dra
jieriea of silk net of the same, shade. The waist
was finished with knots of ribbon and net,
and at her throat she wore an antunie round
brooch. Her bonnet, matching the dress, was
adorned in front with a spray of pink lilacs.
Following cam** Mr. and Mrs. Benoni Lockwood,
the latter a sister of the bride. She wore a
dress of jiongee trimmed with brown velvet.
X* \t came Mr. and Mrs. Warren, of Boston, the
latter a daughter of the bride. She wore a light
ecru dress with a unique hat of white straw,
very broad and trimmed with black velvet, with
large black velvet bows tied under the chin.
The bridal party formed in the chancel. On
the right were tno best man. Judge Ignatius C.
Grubb, of the Delaware Court of Appeals; Sec
retary Bayard and Mrs. Mattel Bayard Warren.
(>n the left were Mr. and Mrs. Benoni Lockwood
and Mr. Samuel Warren. The Rev, William S.
Rains font performed the ceremony, after which
friends or both parties came forward
and offered congratulations in an informal
manner. Among them were the Misses Bayard,
daughters of Secretary Bayard, both wearing
mourning costumes of black silk. Those present
included the venerable Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs,
of Delaware; Gen. and Mrs. Bootes, U. S. A.,
the latter a sister of the groom: Senator George
Gray, of Delaware; Gen. .Tames H. Wilson, At
torney General Biggs, of Delaware; Col. William
T. Butter, Col. Francis M. Buck, Mr. Robert
Garrett and ex Gov. Bowie, of Baltimore: ex-
Gov. Ingersoll, of Connecticut; the Misses Lock
wood, nieces of the bride; Mr*. Benoni Lock
wood, Jr.. Mrs. Kane, mother-in-law of the
bride; Judge Wales, Judge Davis and Dr. and
Mrs. R. P. Johnson, the latter a sister of the
groom. A wedding breakfast to relatives and
intimate friends followed at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Benoni Lockwood, No. 114 East
Eighteenth street. After a short wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. Bird will reside at Wilmington,
Del.
A QUEER FREAK.
A Sympathetic Maltese Cat Adopts a
Family of Orphaned Pups.
From the New York Evening Sun.
Not long ago the mother of three sleek bull
terrier puppies owned by a saloon-keeper in
Sixth avenue, near Thirty-eighth street, was
crushed to death by a barrel of whisky which
the bartender dropped on her in the cellar. The
puppies lay in a nest of rags in the comer. As
they were less than ten days old the bartender
and the saloon-keeper feel them on milk for two
or three days, but the little orphans whimpered
piteously, and would not be comforted.
When the bartender went down to play nurse
on the fifth day, the whimpering had ceased.
He felt in the nest of rags. It was empty. While
he was hunting for the pups under boxes and
barrels in the dark corners, he was saluted by a
hiss and a “spat." Striking a match he peered
into a cracker box agafhst the wall. In this box
a week l>efore an old Maltese cat had given birth
to n litter of four kittens, all but one of which
had been drowned.
The bartender was astonished to find the old
Maltese cat’s family increased to its original
nunilier by the missing puppies. Their eyes
blinked in the match light, buthey were getting
their dinner with puppy-like industry. The only
remaining kitten lay between two of them, and
was as busy as t hey were.
The old cat evidently had heard the puppies
whining. After enduring it as long as she could,
she must have carried them in her teeth to her
box and adopted them. They still share her bed
and board, and the old cat shows no partiality
in washing, feeding and protecting them. The
incongruous happy family is the marvel of that
neighborhood.
The Daisies.
Unfurling broad and bright their petals
A mono the lowly weeds and nettles,
Proclaiming wide their Maker's praises.
Stand brave, gold-hearted, honest daisies.
The wind that o'er the green fields passes
And whispers softly to the grasses,
Their messenger or love from fays is
Now answer back by nodding daisies.
Nature is prodigal of treasure.
To scatter jewels is her pleasure;
Each child of Poverty that plays, is
A queen fresh crowned with dewy daisies.
O flowers, fair types of Youth and Morning,
The brow of Innocence adorning!
Far better than the victor’s bays, is
The little child's white wreath of daisies.
In sunny meadß, the gentle maiden,
With Cupid's unsought burden laden.
Thro' smiles or tears thrids all the mazes
Of Love with fortune-telling daisies.
Thro’ many a flower of fame and fashion,
Of purity, or pride or passion,
A-blooming where the Zephyr strays is,
Above them all I love the daisies.
Tho’ Time be old. Love's footsteps linger,
And toward the flower he points his finger,
And tho' hfs head be gray, he gazes
With moistened eye upon the daisies.
-M. N. B.
He Saw the Point.
From the St. Louis Critic.
They were two young matrons, and as the re
porter sat in the car they occupied the seat di
rectly in front of him. “Well,” said the young
est. “I wish Charley wouldn't act as if he
thought that that because it’s my first baby
I didn't know how to take care of it. He never
interfered sit with anything before. But now,
when be is startmgofTin the morning, he begins:
‘I wouldn't take baby out if it turns cold; and
don't put that wool veil over her eyes again;and
you had better try the water in the hath tub be
fore you put her in.’ and so on, and so on.”
"Yes. I know,” re joint'd the elder lady philo
sophically, “they all do so till the novelty wears
oil. To hear the rooster crow one would think
it was he who was doing the Incubating. 1 stood
it as long as I could with Harold, but one day
when hi* w as struggling into bis overcoat and
leaving numberless charges about baby's food
and flannels and medicine and wrappings. I said
very sweetly and dutifully: ‘You may rest easy,
dear, while you are down town at your busi
ness. I will take just as good care of baby as
though she were my own child.’ ‘Your own
child:' he replied, gaspingly. He looked at me
a moment: then he saw too point. He kissed
me good by in silence and then went off, but he
ha.- never sjpee tendered me any gratuitous ad
vice on that subject.”
Her Faith Was Solid.
/■Voi/i the Detroit Free Press.
The train side tracked between Verbena and
Montgomery for another to pass, and some of
us got off anti went over to where an old negro
woman was fishing in a mud-bole. It was that
and no more nhr less. In building the railroad
a lot of dirt had boon removed and the recent
rains had lilted it with brick-coloriwl water.
Kveiyln dy laughed at the idea of her fishing in
that spot, and the Colonel approached her and
said •
“What are you fishing for, auntie f
“Fur fish, sah,” she replied, as she gave (ho
pole a jerk.
“But you don't expect to find fish in there, do
you?”
“Doan’ II 'Deed, but I does! Doau' de Lawd
say dar' shall he fish in de waters an - birds in do
air, an" d'ye spose 1 /.e gwine back on do Lawd
at de age of 6<!”
"But nave you caught any'/”
“Xo, sah.”
“Have you had a bite?"
“No, su’h. hut is I gwine to lay dat up agin de
Lawd? Xo. sah! He says dar shall lie fish, and
if Ize sich a ful dat I can’t eotch 'em, dat'a my
own fault. (11l awdy. white man, till I see
what's a clawin' at de hook!”
The Gamin’s Estimato.
From the Poston Globe.
Some few days ago a placard appeared in the
window of a large hardware store on Vashing
ton street, which bore upon its snow wmto sur
face in black letters the legend, "Boy wanted."
in answer to this call for help a veritable street
arab went into the spue, and going up to the
Junior mcinlier of the Arm, raid: j
“1 came in !" sis* alxiut tlmt job."
'•Wi ll,” sai l the proprietor, looking tho little
ragamuffin over fr tin head to root, 'you know,
w e don't pay ver- much hero, and besides that,
if von came to work in a nice store like this you
would have to dress better.”
”( di. ie-i, I know th it." responded the gamin,
“hut how much do j er pay?"
"Twodotlars a w ok. ' returned the proprietor.
“f couldn't think of workin' for that." -ai t
tile gamin, for I can make more ev%v week
now
"Well." said the proprietor, “I did not think
you could, hut when I first went to work I only
got Si .*) a week "
The arab sized the speaker up from head to
foot, then giving his head a toss and edging to
ward the door, he said:
•'Woll, iierhaps that we.* all you was worth.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST. *
Thfre are 35,000 in the world, of
which 15,000 are in the United States alone.
Great Britain and Germany own nearly all the
rest.
R. C. Parker, of Battle Creek, Mich., has a £1
bill which was 113 years old last April, having
been issued two years before the Declaration or
Independence was signed. ,
It has lately been discovered that an Italian
nobleman, who frequented the most exclusive
London society and Vlqb.s at night, sells tinware
from a handcart in tho suburbs during the dnv.
The managers of the Stillwater fair, Michi
gan, sold the privilege of running the whe i of
fortune for $l5O last year. The wheel man won
and this year the fair managers have
raised the price to $875.
The umbrella has figured more than once in
war. It was recent ly used to protect the Sheriff
at Bodyke from some boiling meal. Lord Kerr
led his troops all through the Indian mutiny
with an umbrella. Osman Pasha carried a large
white umbrella into action at Plevna.
Wini.b Julia, the 11-year-old daughter of
William Stcgelman of Olovordale, Cal., was
walk ing up the hillside, near her father’s house,
the other day, a doe jumped up with two fawns,
one of which, in its fright, ran to a clump of
bushes and lay down. Stealing softly up she
was enabled to catch it, and is now rearing it
for a pet.
A Cincinnati Jew owed a clothing firm in that
city SSO for an overcoat, which he did not seem
inclined to pay. An attorney induced him one
day to take a Turkish hath, and while he was en
joying himself a constable came in and took all
his clothes, not even leaving him his shirt stud.
After a three hours’ wait his brother brought
him his old suit.
The following story is told concerning the
Crown Prince: He was gloomy during the re
turn trip from his Bornstadt estate, but after a
heavy rain liegnn falling he brightened up won
derfully, and then turning to an old friend ho
whispered a won! to him. The attendant gen
tlemen puzzled their brains in vain as to what
important decision had been confided to his
friendly ears. At last, after much exertion,
they discovered that his Imperial Highness had
said: “Thank God! this rain saves my Born
stadt j>otato crop.”
Mrs. Ann McCormick, of Otisville, who is
al>out 65 years of age and weighs over 200
pounds, walked all the way from her home to
Flint, Mich., a distance of fifteen miles, starting
at 2 o'clock in the morning, under the impres
sion that what little property she owned was to
be sold at sheriff's sale, nut when she reached
her journey's end the poor old lady was over
joyed to discover that ner fears in that direc
tion were groundless. After resting awhile and
getting something to eat she started home
again ny the overland route.
An exciting scene that occurred in the
Queen's Theatre, Manchester, recently, during
the performance of a sensational drama, is
chronicled by an English paper. Toward the
close of the third act, when the hero apjears to
he in tho power of the villain of the piece, a mail
in the gallery* rose to his feet, shook his fist at
the actor, who was personating the villain, and
then took a lean from the gallery to the stage,
on which he fell with a sickening thud just be
yond the footlights. Actors and audience were
alike excited, and shrieks were heard from all
parts of the house. The man was at once car
ried off the stage and removed to the Royal in
firmary, where It was found that his leg was
broken and he bad suffered other injuries. The
distance from the gallery to the stage is thirty
feet. It turns out that the man's name is Man
deville, and that the name of the heroine of the
piece is also Mandeville.
A few* weeks ago a colored farmer named
Davis, living on the Wright plantation, about
ten miles from Helena, Ark., suddenly disap
peared from his home. No one was able to give
a satisfactory reason for his absence, and fears
were entertained that he had been foully dealt
with. A party was formed to scour the woods
for him. and after a continued search for several
days they caught sight of him in the thickest
part of the woods, miles away from any settle
ment. He was perfectly nude, and had been
subsisting on berries and herl>s. Whenever his
pursuers would approach him he would scream:
“Who are you*'* and immediately run away.
He was evidently a raving maniac, and all at
tempts to capture him have been fruitless. An
other party has been formed for the purpose of
effecting his capture. He has no particular
haunt, as he has been seen several times in
various localities by different people. As soon
as he is observed he rushes madly through the
undergrowth and trees. The supposition Is that
he became lost in the woods, and, being unable
to find his way out, he became insane.
People who want to enjoy a play in peace of
mind will have to go to Belgium. The new
Flemish theatre in Brussels promises, when
completed, to afford every guarantee of safety
which the most timid playgoer could desire.
The materials employed in its construction are
stone and iron, and though it will be impossible
to dispense with wood work altogether on the
stage, all the timber used will first bo rendered
absolutely incombustible. Two broad flights of
stairs, one at each side of the main entrance,
lead to the grand circle and the foyer,which are
on the first floor. The three upper tiers have each
its own independent stairway opening directly
on the street. The building is provided with
twelve different outlets; nine for the egress of
the spectators and three for that of the per
sonnel. But the most original feature in the
construction is the system of external balconies
or out galleries, corresponding to those in the
interior of the building, with w hich they com
municate by no fewer than 100 different doors—
twenty five to each tier. These balconies Jire
further connected with each other by iron stairs
of good width and easy descent, and the lowest
of the four is capacious enough to give standing
room to the entire audience.
A German writer says of English women:
And yet they are not more thoroughly educated
than German women; on the contrary, they
learn far less. They are not so crammed with
historical tables, empty words and subtile rules
and minor rules, w hich sometimes produce a
sort of blue-stocking indigestion, but in most
cases are so far forgotten as to do no further
harm- but also little good. What English girls
once learn—however meagre the Quantity—
seems to become more part and parcel of them
selves. They are not too much pressed when
they are quite young; they remain longer under
the hands of their teachers and governesses,
and, even w hen they come out, they do not
always suddenly give up all study, as our young
girls mostly do. Consequently, though they
really know’ less, their horizon is wider, and
they are able to command it in a more practical
way. In respect of purely scientific matters, as
wvfl as of literature and art, in spite of the few*
lady doctors and professors, the knowledge of
English ladies is at a low enough ebb. But, on
the other hand, they take more interest in many
of the questions or tho day, and can discuss
them letter t<#o—questions which need not nec
essarily always refer to polities.
A telegram from Niagara Falls, Juno 20,
says: 8 to. Peer, a local celebrity, who outdid
Blondin in daring feats around Niagara, and re
cently crossed on a five-eighths inch cable, is
dead. Ever since he did his last daring act he
has l>eon drinking heavily, and William Leary,
proprietor of the Elgin House, has been watch
ing him closely. List evening Peer went out
with John Gillespie and a stranger,
and later was seen in the same company near
his rope. As he did not turn up by 8:30, and no
trace of him could be discovered elsewhere, it
was concluded that he must have got on his rone
and fallen from it. or tumbled over the bang.
Ropes and lanterns were procured, and Peer's
brother, with John Connolly, wen l lowered
down, and near the bottom of the incline they
found Ins lifeless body The body was badly
cui. ai.d death must have been instantaneous.
His body was raised to the top of the precipice
bv means of ropes, and taken to the Elgin
House. A good many rumors are afloat regard
ing the manner of his death. Among t hern is
on** that he committed suicide, there being, it is
said, some trouhle existing between himself and
wife; but the general belief is that he attempted
to walk out on the cable when recovering from
Ids spree, lost his footing, and fell into the
abyss
A peculiarly distressing case of mental dis
ease has just east a shadow over the home of
one of the best known families on tho North
Ride of Chicago. The victim is Miss Luna
Iloughtallng, whose home is at No. 415 North
State street. She has for two years been in
Chicago society, her beauty, her bright mind
an 1 social qualities amply fitting her for the
im itlon assigned her as one of society's belles.
She Ills number* of friends among New York
Iconic. The curious phase of the young lady's
affliction <• In the fact that she nas thus far
nii.ee first visited been unable to recognize, with
th ex -prion of that of her mother, the faces
of members of her family and friends. One of
her sisters w the first to learn of the terrible
cal i idly. She was not recognized when she
went to Mias I*v> . room one day last week.
Th'* physicians w ho have been summoned in the.
eas** ex pi vs the opinion that the diseas*' is of a
temporary character. R i* thought that a clot
of blood has become lodged on the brain.
When if i- Atmorlxvi memory will return. Miss
Hoinhtalincc is engaged in be married to a gem
of tuts city. She has no remembrance
of tnat fact nor of her affianced. Her mind is
blank with regard to the past. She is lvurelf
aw are of her affliction anti has a belief that it
will soon pans aw tit from her. In this bupe a
very aide of friends heartily join.
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