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LII1 PANDORA.
Graphic / rounl of Her Voyage to
tJ.c Arctic Regions.
HER STAY AT DISCO.
A Ball 011 Board? Love-Making
Among the Esquimaux. .
GREENLAND BEAUTIES.
DldCO, August 7, 1S75.
A little land-locked bay, large enough for two or
three ships to swing in. abut tu on one side by lower
ing red cliffs, between whose tops may be 6ocu the
edge of a glacier; on the other by a rocky elope, sur
mounted by a flagstaff without a flag. Lying tn the
hay are two email schooners and a vessel with a loug,
low, dark, hall and slender uia?ts, stepped back, ibat
give her a raking, Jaunty air as she lies reflected with
the tall cliffs in tho clear, smooth water of the little
buy. Scattered over the rocky slope are ten or fifteen
half wooden, half earthen houses, star ding about in a
loose, free and easy manner, quite independent of each
other, as though despising the res: ramt of streets, to
which they do not rnuko the slightest pretension. The
rakish looking vessel is the Pandora, the little bay is
that of Godbuvn and the collection of bouses scat
tered up the slope comprises the little town of
Lievely, in North Greenland, usually kDown by tho
name of Disco,
DISCO.
The Dane?, by the way, seem to bo ruinously extrav
agant in tbe way of nomenclature. One would almost
think they had resolved thai tills country, so poor in
Inhabitants, should at least be rich in names. Thus tho
Island on which the above mentioned town is situated
is called Disco. Tho name of the little harbor is God
havn, while tho collection of fltieon or twenty houses
which make up the village itself is called Lievely.
They are evidently determined that no error shall bo
committed In regard to It, and that there shall be no
danger ol the town being mistaken for the harbor.
A sunny, pleasant little spot It isju.il now, during its
few short weeks of summer, when tho grass Is peeping
out timidly between the rocks, and the great round,
smooth boulders exchange their winter dress of
snow for one of moss, deep green and soft;
when tho melted snow comes tumbling
down the ravines in white, fleecy torrents, and the
tall, rugged cliffs in the glow of the summer sun torn
? warm, reddish purple, like a great red curtain drawn
across to shelter the little bay from tho biting northern
blasts. Altogether tbe little place lias a warm and
comfortable look, very pleasant after the chilly winds
and icy air of these northern seas. Trees thcro uro
none; of vegetation, properly speaking, there Is none;
only a little grass and moss and an oceasional wild
flower that shoots up almost as soon as the snow dis
appears. and smiles and waves its tiny head in the
afternoon sun as gaily us do any of its sisters in the
tropical a.r of tbe South.
The world in general probably has a very exagger
ated notion of the size and importance of Disco or
Lievely. One continually reads of it in Arctic books of
travel Arctic ships arc always putting into it. or going
out of It, or touching at it, or getting a fresh start
from it, or ha'ving some other relation with it, and, in
short, Disco plays so Important a rule in Arctic dis
covery that one very unreasonably, perhaps, gets an
idea that it Is a rich and thriving metropolis, with
thronged streets and busy marts, where*11 the luxuries
of the Arctic world, all the commodities of the I'olar
regions arc to be found in unlimited quantities. But it
is, in truth, just the kind of place I have described; so
wild, so primitive, bearing so little resemblance to any
thing resembling civilization that it is difficult to bring
oneself to Dciicve it is the Disco of which we hear so
xnuch.
A DlaaTPOINTMKST
The Dan -h Governor of the place, Mr. Elberg, called
on us soon after wc dropped anchor, and from him we
learned that the Alert and Discovery, tho English Arc
tic exploring ships, had proccedod on i heir voyage north
ten days previously and that the Valorous had palled
for England about the same time. It was with tbe
Vulorous we had expected to send home our first let
ters, and we were considerably disappointed to hoar of 1
bar departure, as our letters will now have to go by
Denmark, by some Danish merchant ship, to be mailed
?l Copenhagen.
Wo all went ashore in the course ot the forenoon and
returned tho Governor's call.
We found hitn living in a neat little wooden house,
pleasantly situated, overlooking the bay. He oflered
ns wine and cigars and iniroducod us to bis wife, who
Is an Esquimaux woman and an old acquaintance of
Cuptam Vi.uug?tUieen years ago one of tho reigning
belies of Disco.
The word Governor as applied in Greenland means,
it should be understood, the head or manager of a trad
ing post. Tho Danes really pretend to little govern- 4
mental authority over the Esquimaux, but wisely re
strict themselves to tho exercise of Influence rather
than of positive power, and as thcro are only eight or
ten Danes in the place, Including the Governor's own
family, be would have had a limited field in which to
exercise his authority.
DAX18H LIPS IX DISCO.
The men who came out here from Denmark to take
charge of these trading colonies seem to resign them
selves to passing their lives hero. Tlicy leave the
world behind them, and completely identify themselves
with tho iiii- rests ol the Utile colony aruuud them.
Some of i cm have heon in Greenland for twenty
years, having only returned to Denmark once or twice
during that lime; ami when a man has passed so much
of his life here he would probably And that, even if he
should go back to ibe world, It would have no place for
lura; he would only be s stranger in a strange land.
Borne of them marry Esquimaux wives; others go back
to Denmark and induce a Danish girl to share their
lonely home, and sometimes a girl comes out alone ?
to her (taiure husband and gets married here. The
Assistant Governor, a young man who has been out in
Greenland lor two or throe years, introduced us to bis
Intended bride, a very pretty voung lady, who spoke
English remarkably well. She told us .-ho had come
out to pass a summer here, in ordor to sec how she
would like it before deciding to pass tier life in such
monotonous isolation. She did not inform up whether
the prospect pleased her or not, and wo did not care to
hazard tho question in ths presence of her lover, lie
Informed us, however, that she was goiDg back to Den
mark this autumn, to return next summer, when they
would be married. Be seemed quite convinced that
the would return.
BOW TBI WOWEX DltKSfl.
We took a walk about tbe village. The people, young
?nd old, men, women and children, all turned out to
see us aud greeted us with pleasant smiles, many of
them giving us a "Good morning," which they pro
nounced very well Hie girls were all dressod ap in
their best finery, and some of them, especially tboso
who had Danish blood, were very pretty; only it was
father difficult at first to bring oue's self to believe
they were girls at alL This is the country for Mrs.
Bloomer. The jwomsn all wear breeches here, and
mt
frould scout the idea of anythiag else as absurd, aud
probably indecent. I should pity the girl that
tried to introduce the fashion of petticoats
>n Greenland, a fashionable New York bello who
thould walk down Broadway in knee breeches, cap,
boots and a gentleman's shooting Jacket, with s cigar
In her mouth, would not be more utterly lost in tbe
eyes of society than would be a Disco young lady who
Should appear walking about over the rocky slopes in s
fashionable tat, ribbons, long gkiru and crtnolino.
"Oh, the shameless bussy," "The braz- n faced thtng,"
would be the verdict of every Disco woman, and Disco
society would know her no more.
The Disco costumo appears very Tunny until you get
accustomed to It, but raiher pretty nevertheless.
Imagine a pretty girl?and three or four ol the Disco
girls srs very pretty?with her hair done up in
? kind of topknot on the top of the
head with s red ribbon, a loose fitting jacket
made of any kind of light, thin stuff and of any color,
trimmed with a fur collar and made to put on just hko
? shirt, but reaching only to the waist; a pair of seal
Skin bree< hes, with the bsiry side out, reaching nearly
to the kuce and confined there with s garter; a pur of
high boots, meeting the bottom of the trousers, tbe
feet and ankles of red leather, the tope of white linen,
aturt'bud and ironed, and with a little roll of fur around
tho tojw, and the darkest, demurest ores and the sun
niest brown complexion ever painted by the sunshine
aud the sua breeze* and the occun spray?and you have
a faint idea of a Disco girL You should
see them tripping about la their little
red boots, with their little short steps
scarcely seeming to touch ihe ground, so soft is their
tread, or springing over the rocks like young antelopes,
to know how charming a girl may he in brooches.
And they have the daintiost little feol and hands, too? !
j feet and hands that would make the prettiest New York
girl buret with envy irshe saw them; so finely shaped,
so small, so delicate aud yet so slroug.
A BALL OX liOAUU.
And they can dance, too, like sylphs. It isthecus
tom iu Disco to give a hull to every ship that comes
hero, and tho Pandora, of course, could not form any
exception to the rule. It proved to be a very great
success.
Ihe ball room, It is true, was rather small for forty
or fllty people to donee in, being only twelve feet by
fifteen, it wus also, perhaps, a little dark, being' lighted
by only one small window, and as it was broad daylight
ut ten o'clock in the evening, it was not thought worth
while lo bring in candles. In fact there was no place to
put candies, us the ceiling w;ls barely six h ot high, so
that most of us bad to be very careful not to hump our
heads, and the room jammed full of people, except a
little space in tho middle, four or Uve feet squaro,
whore the duuefng was done. U was, in fact, the car
penter's shop, which had been cljanod out and trans
formed for the occasion, although the following legend
inscribed over the door in chalk would seem to indicute
that Us natural and normal stale was that of a hall
room or concert hall:?
r c^,a' d?r e?p?n,,t"
An inscription which our lourned and erudite doctor,
after much study and a great expenditure of time aud
labor, at last deciphered to mean, "Music hall door
open at eight o'clock," which, in Tact, proved to be the
only record of the Alert and Discovery found here.
I will not deny that .this hall was, perhaps,'a littlo
warm aud close when twenty of our blue jackets and
| the w hole population of tho villago had crowded into it
and that a little more room might have beon desirable.
But then there were no petticoats, no crinoline, no
long trains to be trampled upon?a woman took up no
more room than a man, and that made a vast deal of
difference. You have no conception of the small space
you can dance in when you have no petticoats to deal
with.
I found that tbrco feet square was oceans of room
to waltz in, while for a polka I was quite lost In so
much superfluous space. After a while, however, we
found it so oppressively hot that we decided to adjourn
to tho open air. It was now eleven o'clock. The sun
had just set, but there was a pleasant twilight, which
would last all night and which was just right for danc
ing. The Pandora was lying asleep in the little bay,
looking like a mere logship beneath tho towering cliirs
tnat rose above, threatening to fall and crush her liko
an eggshell beneath their tremendous masses.
The dancing was commenced outside with renewed
enthusiasm, and I am ready to avouch that I never
enjoyed a dance more in my life. Officers and bluo
jackets, we all mixed together on equal terms,
and went through waltzes, polkas and cotil
lon with a vigor and good will only to ho
acquired by forty days at sea. The girls were not ac
quainted with all the forms of cotillon which wo, in
tho exuberance of our imagination, adopted for the oc
casion, but they were very quick to learn, and got
through the most complicated figures very readily. My
partner was a demure little beauty, witb dark, slightly
almond shaped cyos, a skin as brown us the nut-brown
uiaid herself, the reddest, ripest Dps and the daintiest
little feet that over were seen. A greater pleasure even
than encircling hor slonder waist or gazing into her
dark eyes, or floating witn her on the rhythmic motion
o! the dance, was to watch her littlo rod-booted feet
as they skimmed over'the ground hko the wings
of a sea bird over tho waves?a pleasure
quite lost when you dance with a girl who wears petti
coats. And then what a hand she had! So small, so
delicate, so soft and brown, It dropped in mine as
lightly as the falling ol an autumn IcaC The motion |
of dancing had caused her boots to settle down, leav
ing a bit of the leg exposed between them and the
breeches just above the knee, which, contrasting with
the white starched linen tops of the boots, appeared as
brown as a walnut. This exposing of a little of the leg
above the boot tops is a bit ol coquetry with the Disco
girls by which they probably indemnify themselves for
not wearing low necked dresses. But a girl who
should expose her bust as a lady does in a ball dress
would bo booted out of tho villago. iler queer
little topknot, planted perpendicularly on the top of
her head and tied up with a red ribbon, just reached
to my mouth; so that I must have looked, when waltz
ing with hor, as though I had an enormous imperial,
with a girl suspended to ft by a red ribbon. Young
girls, by the way, tie this topknot up with a red ribbon,
married women with a blue, widows with black, while
those who aro neither maid, wife nor widow are re
stricted to green or to a simple handkerchief tied
around the head.
TDK qexsnox "POPPED" IS ESQUIHAPX.
I could not talk much with hor; but I had been study
ing Esquimaux with Joe, and could say a good mauv
things, though, as is always the case, not the things I
most wanted to say. I opened the coiiversat.on during
one of the pauses in the dance by uttering the following
easy little word which I had learned from Joe for the
occasion:?"Audiarhatigiuroungilyarroarmaamerica?" I
asked, in as carelessly natural a voice as I could as- j
sume. She looked at me in doubt.
"Nollaginga f" I continued gravely. She evl- i
dently regarded it as a somewhat abrupt way or
opening the conversation, hut she grasped the I
situation instantly and smiled, kissed her hand to
nie, and with a merry smile replied, "Ukhar
luguangutit," which would lie eqiiivah-nl in English to
??You must ask pa, please." But her "pa" wus away
fishing a distance of throe or four days' march; and as ,
the Pandora steamed out of the little hay an hour after
that match was untimely broken off. But tho greatest
amusement was to watch "Tromp." The poet has
sung that It is the nature of roan to drink. I think it
is the nature of a Dutchman to waltz. Ho !
seemed to throw his whole soul Into it,
and went flying over the ground with
an evident enjoyment, a grace, smoothness, wariness
of motion that did one's soul good to see, and which j
are only acquired by people of his nation. He told me |
afterward tuat never, even with the most beautlftil and
refined European lady, had he enjoyed a dance so
much, and that he had never seen one that ever ap
j preached this Dlsko girl as a waltzor. "Why, sho do? s
dance so lightly as a feather," he said; "you feel as
though she would escape you from your Angers and
fly away very quick. It Is like waltzing with a butter
fly."
nova at sight.
Tl.e truth is that "Tromp" hail fallen desperately in
love with his partner. From tho moment he discovered
| hor ho refused to danco with any other girl and so
monopoljzed her that nobody else had the ghost or a
chance. She was In fact the acknowledged belle of
Bisko, the prettiest girl in the place
and well tho little sly boots knew
It. Her little red boots showed some very pretty
j needlework, done in different colored thread by h<r
own dainty fingers, the white starched and ironed
I linen boot tops, embroidered with some kind of open
? work, resembling that sort of thing you continually see
! civilized ladies working upon, but which always mys
teriously disappears Just when It Is ready to be worn
and is henceforth lost to the vision of man. Above
I this was a roll of white fur, then a hand of brown floeb
and blood, then a red garter fastened with a buckle
then a pair of sealskin breeches, of a soft mouse color
above which, puffod out around tho waist, was a red
chemise, covered by a sort of sleeve waistcoat of a light
yellow, made all of a piece fitting close around tho
throat and loosely over tho bust; then a white
fur collar, out of which rose a soft rounded
throat and chin, a pair ol pouting lips,
a little, slightly turned np, saucy nose, and such eyes
It was no wonder tho susceptible "Tromp" lell in lovo
at first sight. So large and brown and soft, and they
cast upon him, now and then, su< h a timid, half tender,
hall saucy glunce that It was enough to drive a hard
ened oid bachelor mad, lot alone s young and ectnusi
astic adorer of the sex, like "Tromp." And how di
vinely she danced 1 It was a pure delight to watch her
hula f?et, flitting over the ground like butterflies, or
humming birds, on roan buds, or anything else that is
delicate, and sweet, and delightful. It was not dancing,
at all, it was flying, )t WiUI floating through the
air on a w o of rhythm, without even so much |
touch in* Urn fffr?uA<|. Hor numa wan Darwa
Paters, and she appeared to be about half
Esquimaux, halt Danish. Her father, the pilot of the
little harbor, was by far the richest and most lulluential
man of all the Esquimaux of D>sko, and we were alter
ward very glad to see the young lady lu her own 4
home. It was a fine, large residence, built partly of
wood, partly of earth, consisting of one spacious room,
Alteon feet square, lighted by a large glass window
which Ailed up ucarly one whole side, and a smaller
and less pretentious chamber. It was warmed hy a
stove, and on the sido opposite the window was a kind
of wooden slugo or platform, raised two feet above the
ground, running quite across the room, on which was
arrangid coverlets, blankets and furs. Here it was the
young lady slept, with brothors and sisters
all together, higglcdy piggledy, like a
uost of young squirrels. There were four
or Ave guns hung on racks on the
ceiling, a lew religious prints around the walls, to
gether with rooking utensils and all the Anc clothes of
the fumily. We had ample opportunity to examine the
whole ol the young lady's wardrobe, which wo could
easily distinguish, by its superior Aneness, from that
of her yotiuger brothers and sisteis, behind which it
seemed to be bashfully tryiwg to hide itself. Her father
had dogs and kyutes and an umiuk or large boat, be
sides men employed in bunting and Ashing for him.
He also had some gold pieces stowed away In a rag,
among which I saw some American half eagles. (How
many Amerirans can boast of as much?; Miss Peters
was, therefore, a very groat heiress, and this, to
gether with her groat beauty, a fact of which she was
as perfectly well aware as any other pretty girl would
be, made her somewhat proud and disdainful, and dis
posed to queen it over the rest of the girls.
THUMP'S FLAMS.
ButTromp was so desperately In love that he found oven
this grave defect ofcliaractor charming, and defended her
holly. 1 have said that we all, officers and men, mixed
together on terms of perfect equality during the ball.
Hut, in gpito of the fact that we were all dressed just
alike, she early detected the difference, and refused to
dance with anybody but officers. "Tromp" encouraged
her in making this odious distinction, and, at last, with
a subtle and malicious cunning which I cannot too
strongly reprehend, persuaded her to push her ox
clusiveness to the extent of dancing with nobody but
himself. Fortunately tor the peuco of the l'uudora's
ward room, Miss Peters had three or four dangerous
rivals, who, If less wealthy, wcro far less proud and
haughty, and if less beautiful, were far sweeter and
mora charming. For my own part, I early concludod
that I preferred tho sweet and gentle pride of beauty
to the proud and scornful, and inwardly decided that
Miss Peters was a spoiled, ill naturcd, disagreeable
young lady, aud wished "Tromp"joy of her, with all
my heart. Her pride and arrogance may have been
augmented by the circumstance that her uncle played
tho violin, und was the musician of tbo ball. It was he
that directed the festivities, and, in truth, be did It very
well, playing a waltz, or a polka, or a reel as we in turn
demanded them, although he spoke only a word or
two ot English, which ho had picked up, probably, from
an occasional English whaler, or u still rarer Arctic ex
ploring ship.
It must not be supposed, however, that "Tromp" ;
was the only one who was susceptible to the charms of 1
these fair ones. Our navigating officer appeared to me
to bo jQHt as badly smitten, and devolod himself to a 1
young lady with a very high topknot with an assiduity I
which, I am afraid, would havo rendered some fair
English lady highly indignant could she but have seen
him. When the danco was over he went walking
about the village with her on his arm, smiling dotvn
upon her in a way which must have stirred her littlo
heart up to its very depths; carrying on a conversation
with signs, nods and winks, and from time to time '
making what, to a perfectly unprejudiced spectator,
seemed to bo idiotic gesticulations, intended, probably,
as passing remarks about the weather.
TUB t.ADIl.S MODKLS OP lJKCORtJSf.
It should not bo forgotten with regard to these girls
that they aro all very well behaved. They allowed tho
men not even a kiss nor a squeeze of the hand and
know us well how to maintain their dignity and kep
people at a proper distanco as do any oihor young
ladles. They arc all good Christians and churcn-going
people, belonging, us do all the Esquimaux of Greenland,
to some form of llio Lutheran faith to which they havo
been converted by the mild and bcncAcent influence
of tho kindly Danes. They have a neat littlo wooden
church, where they have religious services every Sun
day, and u pastor, who goes tho rounds ol a district
and appears regularly among them about once a
month, and they lead a quiet, innocent, virtuouk,
and, to all appearances, a happy Mfo In their
littlo Icebound world. The summer is probably the
most lonesome timo lor them, as nearly all the men are
awav thpn on the hunting and Ashing grounds. We
only saw Ave or six about the village, and they took no
part in tho festivities, ss that the girls look for ships
touching here?a very rare occurrence?as tho great
event of the summer.
At length, about twelve o'clock, we saw the signal
to come oil flying from the Pandora's masthead, and,
after one more waltz, we took aa affectionate leave of
our fair friends, thanking them, as welt as we could, for
tho pleasant evening they had given us. They ac
companied us down to tho waterside?some of as
managing to steal a kiss on the way?and
then scrambled into the jollyboat while t lie
girls stood on tho shore in a group
watching us with ball smiling, half saddened faces.
As we pushed off they set up a kind of half laughing,
half tearlul cry, which followed us far out into the bay,
and came to us over the wideuing water softcnod into
a saddened strain as sweet and musical as the sighing
of an Alolian harp. It was so sod withal that the dogs
of the village, which had likewise followed us down to
the water's edgo to see us off, Joinod in with a mourn
ful howl, and made up a sorrowful chant that soundod
strangely wild and weird In the dim mysterious twi
light of the Arctic anmmor night. It was a pretty and
graceful farewell, and added one more kindly souvenir
to our memories of Disco. The d'-itr girls?we will
never see them again, but we will not soon torget their
happy mirth an-1 pleasant smiling faces that seems to
make the dreary desolation around them blossom with
rosea
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD.
An adjourned meeting of the unsecured creditors of
the Missouri Paciflc Railroad wus hold at the Filth Ave
nue Hotel yesterday afternoon. A letter from General
Clinton B. Fisk, Treasurer of tho Atlantic and Paciflc
Railroad, was read, in which he stated that It was Im
possible for him to be present. His promised answers
to the interrogatories propounded at the previous meet
lug woro therefore doferrod. Mr. F. J. Bowman, At
torney for the city and county of St. Louis, stan d that
ul tho time tho company wcro advertising lor salo
|1.854,000 of bonds for seventy Ave cents on the dollar J
they did not have any bonds In their possession to dis
pose of, and the advertisement was merely a blind to 1
deceive tho creditors. The batikrupl proceedings no- j
tlced in these columns yesterday have terminated by
the action ol Judge Treat, of the l.'nttcd States Circuit i
Court, at St, Louis, who appointed as receivers Messrs. 1
Thomas J. Buckley, of New York, and Oliver Garrison '
and John H. Beach, of St. Louts. Another meeting
will be held to-day at the company's office.
CATHOLIC ORPHAN ASYLUM.
The annual benoflt of the New York Roman Catholic
Orphan Asylum lakes place this afternoon and evening
at tho Academy of Music. The theatrical managers of
the city have combined to make it a great success.
There will be a matin do performance at one o'clock
P. M. and an evening performance at half-past seven
P. M. The best artistic talent in the city have volun
teered their services for the occasion. Tho
attractions of tho matintfo are tho first
act of Tom Taylor's coinedy-drarna of the I
"Overland Koute;" a medley song hy Miss Jennie
Hughes, "Led Astray" anil "The Mighty Dollar." The
periormance will conclude with selections by the West
chester Catholic Protectory band. The evening pertorm
Htice comprises Harnett's popular throe net comedy,
"The Serious Fr.mi'y;" a varied musical programme;
"The Maid of Munstor," by Bayley; Cotton At
Reed's Minstrels. "Ilio Invaded Studio,"
the Young Apollo Club and "The Big 4."
The charity is indebted to the generosity of Messrs.
Lester Wsllar.k, Joseph Hart, Tony Pastor and oth? r
manager.-t tor the display of talent enlisted In t's behalf.
The public will, no doubt, hejrilly support the man
agers ol this most excellent Institution by its presence
on tho occasion, and those unable lo si' down to this
musical and driiinatir. feast will ccrlaiuly show their
appreciation or the institution by contributing liberally
toward its funds.
DIPHTHERIA AND SCARLET FEVER.
Dr. Yoolin, of the Hudson County Board of Health at
Jersey City, reports that Ihe ravages ol d.phiheria in
districts imperfectly drained and ventilated continue
unabated. There is also an slarauiig incrcusc of scarlet
fever. The record show.-, a large number ol deaths
from con u motion. ,
THE DELANCEY STREET TRAGEDY.
? DUEL AT T1IKKB FACES AND BOTH CONTEST
ANTS KILLED.
The residence of Davis Jcreslov, the real victim of
the terrible tragedy which occurred on Tuesday after
noon at No. 106 Delancey street, was No. 10 Essex
street. At this house was learned the story which will
be found below. Mrs. Heimaun, who resides at the
house mentioned, related what she knew of the airatr
in broken English, several tunes stopping in the course
of her narrative overcome by sorrow ut the thought of
the loss ol her benefactor. She was surrounded In
her neatly arranged apartments by lour children, the
oldeet of which could not have been over seven years
of age, and sho seemed to dwell particularly upon the
good qualities of the mau whose death she mourned.
It appears from her testimony that Jcreslov came to
this oouutry from Warsaw, Poland, about two years
ago, with a few hundred dollurs, and soon after became
acquainted with Joseph Goldman, who had at that tune
been In New York four or Ave years, and who was a
native of a town ubout four miles (Tom \6 arsaw. Jcre
slov took a lancy to Goldman, who was entirely without
capital, and proposed that the two should embark In a
manufacturing jewelry business, Ooldtnun to solicit
orders and Jereslov to do the inside work. Goldman
eagerly accepted the offer, and together thoy hired of
Mrs. Marks a room at No. 60 East Broadway. They
prospered in- their business, which increased quite
rapidly, aud before a year was ended they
found It neco.sary to secure the services of
six workmen. Goldman bud entire charge of the mone
tary department of the lirm and spent the earnings
almost as fast as they were made, except what Jereslov
used for his expenses, while the latter was uudur tho
belief that the Arm had a comfortable balance in tho
bank. About three months ago another emigrant, a
friend of Jercslov's, named Jochleiu, arrived in New York
with $1,000 in cash, and lie was permitted, upon his
own request, to become a partner In tho business. The
spendthrift Goldman made away with Joclilein's $1,000
very soon, and the latterd Iscovenng this, made tho
fact kuown to Jereslov, who, upon becoming awaro
of Goldman's true character, refused to have anytning
more to do with him, and insisted upon his withdrawal
irom the Arm. Goldman tried by earnest uppeals,
made partly in the prcsenco ol Mrs. lloimann, to in
duce Joreslov to alter his decision, urging that he was
entirely without monoy, and probably could not obtain
a situation any where. Jereslov, who was a very kind
hearted man, was undecided for a week or so, but
Anally made up his mind that the partner
ship must ho dissolved, and so expressed
himself to Goldman, and the dissolution took
place about nine weeks ago. Jcreslov, by soiling
everything he had that lie could spare, and oy hard
work managed to scrape together enough to pay back
to Jocliloin the $1,000 which he had invested in the
business, and Jochlein soon aftnr returned to tho old
country, Last Tuesday afternoon Goldman presentod
himself at Jercslov's rooms, in Essex stroet, and
asked of Mrs. Heimann if his former partner was at
lioine and soonied very nervous and anxious about
somotbing. Jereslov was not in the house, and so
Mrs. llcimann informed Goldman, usking him
at the same time what made him appear so
excited. He made some reply which Mrs. llcimann
did not remember, and then returned to No. 106 De
lancey street, where lie hud slept tho night before
with a friend, as told in yesterday's Hkiiapd, and Irom
there sent a little boy to Jercslov's workshop, in East
Broadway, to toll him that somebody had arrived from
Warsuw and had some information regarding his wile
and throe children, lor whom ho had written to como
to this country, and who are now on the way here.
Jereslov ut once repaired to tli0 place designated) and
tound Goldman in a room on the top Uoor, alone. Alter
this nothing positive can as yet be found out; but
It is evident that Goldman liandcd Jereslov a pistol,
and warned the latter to prepare himself for a
combat. The result was published In yesterday's
Ukbald. Goldman was shot twice, and was killed on
the spot, while Jereslov received ouo bullet over tho
right templo, and died shortly alter his arrival at the
Bcilevuo Hospital. Jereslov was much respected by all
acquainted with him, but it was difficult to ascertain
much about Goldman. Ho sceinod to have been a very
quiet, uncommunicative man, for tho people with whom
he lived, at No. 100 Hosier stroet, did not know even
where his place of business was. lie is believed to have
left a wile aud one child, living in Germany.
Coroner Broker has tho case in chargo and lias im
panelled a jury, who viewed tho body of Jereslov at
the Morgue yesterday. Goldman's body will bo removed
there to-day. The inquest w ill be beld next week.
THE LATE DR. MORROGH.
SOLEMN KEQCIEM MASS FOE THE DEPOSE OF
HIS SOUL.
The sad news brought by the cable last week that
Rev. William Plowden Morrogh. D. D., had died on
October 26, at Albano, near Home, caused groat sorrow
among a large circle of friends, especially among tholse
of the parish of the Immaculate Conception in East Four
teenth street Ho was a gentleman of'gioat Intellectual
abilities, but above these a gentle, most affable boanng
toward all with whom he cume in contact. Allachod to
him wore very many of poor and rich aliko.
Yesterday a grand requiem mass was sung in honor
of the dead priest's memory at tho Church of the Im
maculate Conception, over which ho held the pastorato
for more than (ourtoen years.
Among the clergy present were Vicar General Qulnn,
Revs. A. J. Donnelly, Thomas Furrell, Edward O'Reilly,
Felix Farrelly, John Drumgoolo, P. McGovern, Thomas
Killecn P. Malono, G. Murphy. P. McGuire, John
Hughos and J. Colton. Tho last Ave were onco assist
ants to Rev. Dr. Morrogh. Over a hundred other priests
joined In the recitation of tho office for tho dead and in
the colobration of ma-**. Vicar General Prcstou paid a
most earnest tribute of praise to tho zeal and untiring
energy ol tho decoascd, ap|>eiiling to tho outward mon
umenis leit by him of tho labor expended for the glory
of God.
GENERAL KILPATllICK'S LECTURE.
A loeture will bo delivered on Friday evening next,
by General Judson Kilpatrick, at the Cooper Institute.
The subject of tho discourse will be "Tho Irish Soldier
in the War of tho Rebellion." The procoeds of the j
entertainment will go toward bonuiiling the Institu
tion of Mercy, at the corner of Houston and Mulberry
streets.
TI7F. EIRE COMMISSIONERS.
? . j
At a meeting of the Fire Commissioners held yester
day?the first in two weeks?proposals were rocoivod
for repairing and adding another story to the engine
house In Fulton street, near Church. The lowest bid
was $6,727. Bids wore also received for paiuting 1,000
telegraph polos, tho lowest being $1,660.
THE STEAMER HEIMDAHL.
News has been received In this city firom Stockholm,
in Sweden, that the Swedish steamer Ueimdalil will
leaye that port about the 1st of nest montn, bringing a
large cargo of goods to Philadelphia for the Centennial
Exposition. Tho Hclmdahl Is about 2,600 tons burden
and of tho same peculiar type of construction as the
Swedish steamer BJfrost, which visitea this port some
timo back. The ugeiitoflho Swedish government for tho
Centennial Is Mr. Julian Danlelt, now residing in Phila
delphia This promises to be about tho first instalment
of goods for the Exposition received in this country.
FATAL~~RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Last evening Charles Galloher, of No. 25 Avenue C,
aged forty-five, a laborer, while walking with his son,
Andrew, on the track of tho Woebawken branch of tho
Kne Railway, betwoen Second and Third streets, In
Hoboken, was struck by engine No. 220, Isaac H.
Stansberry, engineer, and fatally Injured. Ho was at
tended by Dr Na-t, but his injuries were of such a
severe character that he soon died, und his body was
removed to the Hoboken morgue. He leaves a widow
and six children, the youngest three weeks old. When
the accident happened tho deceased was about leaving
the track and stepping on to a plank leading to bis
brother's house, which is only accessible by the rail
road track on account of the swamp in the neighbor- .
hood. The son states that the engineer of the loco
motive never blew bis whistle.
ROBBERY IN PATEBSON.
In the early part of Tuesday night the now dry goods
?tore of E. L. Hew#on, in Washington street, l'aterson,
was burglariously entered, and fine goods to the
amount of $1,600 stolen. The thieves rained an en
trance through the rear w indow. Tho fact that tho
tjlaee had been robbed was almost immediately ascer
tained by the police, but no trace ol the thieves was dis
covered. _____
A FUNERAL CORTEGE DISPERSED.
On Tuesday afternoon Frederick Eiche, a boy of
tender years, was run over by a hose carriage en routt
to a fire in Newark and instantly killed, the whoels
crushing In his skolL Yesterday tho body was boing
taken in a hearse to the cemetery for interment. Just
as the bearse reached tho junction of Green street and
Railroad avenue a train came thundering along, and
the locomotive caught the hoarse and smusbed
it liadly, hurling the driver to the ground
and shooting the coffin from the hearse to tho sidewalk.
The coffin was picked up, scarcely injured, but the
driver of the hearse was severely, though not fatally,
hurt The cause ol the accident was a gross and wilful
negligence ol duty by both the railroad aud city auihorl
lieg in not having the tracks guarded in some way at
the street crossings.
FIRE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
Throe two story frame buildings, Nos. 66, 68 and 70
Schurcinan street, owned by V. M. W. Suydam, were
burned lost night. The firo was caused by sparks Irom
a bonfire. Insured for $5,000 in the Citizens' Insurance
Company, of Newark, N. J.; the Gorman AmencHn, of
New York arid Jersey City, and the J ire Insurance
Company of Jersey City. Less about the same amount.
No. 61 was occupied by Huydam k Nevn.s, grocers,
whose lo*s Is ItoUvoon $4,000 end $6,W0. Insered I r
$:i ooo in the German-American, of Now York,
j auothei Quwuaiitr. not ascertained.
THE LANGMAID TRAGEDY.
How the Press Became the
Successful Detective.
ARREST OF LA PAGE.
rKMUROKK, N. H., Nov. 2, 1875.
The brutal murder of the schoolgirl, JoRle Langmaid,
together with the tragical facts and incidents which
have since been developed, combine to form a uurralive
of shocking crimes that surpass everything in the line
of romance and action ever produced. The sad fate of
young Joale?outraged, murdered and mutilated, as she
was passing through a lonely piece of woods on her way
to school?is still painfully fresh in Rio public mind, and
the horriblo details need hardly be referred to agaas It
was ono of those terrible affairs which sent a thrill of
horror and sadness throughout the whole country and
caused an involuntary and universal desire lor speedy
vengeance to fall upon the fiendish perpetrator.
Through providential and accidental circumstances, and
In splto of the presence and obstruction of so-called
detectives, the real murderer has probably been
apprchonded, tndlctod by the Grand Jury, aud is now
awaiting the form of a trial previous to yielding up
hts life on a New Hampshire scaffold. Joseph I.a
Pago, the Frenchman arrested nlno or ten days af
ter the terriblo crime, is undoubtedly guilty of not
only tho brutal murder of Jodie Langmaid, but also
of the killing or Miss Ball, the St Albans (Vt.) school
teacher wiio was outraged and butchered in a simi
lar manner a year or more ago.
HUW LA TAGS CAMS TO US BL'HPXCTBD AND ARRE3TKIA
To show how utterly useless the so-callud detectives
have been in this, as in most cases, it Is only necessary
to toll the story of how the Frenchman, J-a Pago, hap
pened to be suspected and arrested. Shortly before tho
murdor Mr. Fowler, Chairman of the Pembroke Board
of Selectmen, hired a stranger to help him run a thresh
ing machine. One evening whilo this strange workman
was at supper, Mr. Fowler's daughter, a companion of
Joslo Langmaid, entered tho room. Subsequently,
alter supper, the straugor asked a son of Mr. Fowler
who tho youug lady was. aud was told that it was bis
sister. Bo then questioned him about the road she
took going and coming Irom school, and the boy freely
told him. A day or two afterward wboh a boy in the
neighborhood was going to school over this road ho
saw what ho supposed to ho ono of his mates concealed
in the bushes and innocently supposed ho was thero for
the purpose of scaring him. It turned out, however,
to lie this strange workman of Mr. Fowler, and tho
inference is thai he was lying in wait lor Miss Fowler.
OS Tim DAY OV THE MCUDEB,
which was almost Immediately after this, Miss Fowler,
Just before entering the woods on her way to
school, waited for Josio Langmaid to como along. After
waiting for some timo a neighbor came along with a
carriage, and, concluding that Josie had gone ahead,
she accepted an Invitation to rido, and thus, probably,
saved her life. It was not ten minutes after, probably,
that Josie mot her murderer, and when tho mutilated
body was discover oil tho conversation with tho strange
workman was recalled by the Fowler boy. Suspicion
was of course directed against him, but ull efforts to
discover bis whereabouts were in vain. Tho skilful
Boston detectives, as they are called, looked around
everywhere?It is to he presumed?but they could lind
nothing of this strange workman. At length in their
Industry and wisdom they got after other parties, and
scouted as ridiculous the connection of Mr. Fowler's
man with the crime.
T1I8 PRESS THE UISAI. nRTKCTTVB, APTER ALL.
Whilo all this was going at Suncook and Pembroke
Mr W. N. Aboil, with whom Miss Ball?the ludy mur
dered in St. Albans?hoarded, read in the Boston Herald
an account of the murder ol Miss Langmaid near Suu
cook Knowiug that Josnph La Page, who lived iu his
neighborhood at the timo of the murder of Miss Hall,
and*who was arrested and afterward acquitted or tho
charge, had removed last spring to Suncuok, ho
thought the fact of sufficient importance to communi
cate to tho authorities ot this town. At this time the
so-called detectives had exhausted themselves in look
ing aftor tho strango Frenchman who was employed by
Mr. Fowler. Tho letter from St. Albans, however, not
only told thorn that Ins name was Joseph La Pago, but
also indicated that they would find hi:n with his chil
dren who were working in the Suncook factory. They
went thero with Mr. Fowler, and the suspected man
( was found ut once and fully ideutiUcd by Mr. Fowler as
tho Frouchman who bad worked for him. Of courso
| ho was taken into custody, and tho result lias been, us
already stated, his indictment by the Grand Jury and
commitment for trial early in January.
TUB CASK AGAINST TUB PRISONER.
Now that La Pago is safely in custody and where he
can bo Identified at pleasure, tbo direct and circumstan
tial evidence begins to accumulate. It docs not conic
I through any efforts of tho so-called detectives, but is
tho rosult of a united determination on tho part of the
I community to havo the case thoroughly investigated.
It turns out that the accu.-ed cun give no account of
himself at tho time of tho murder; his coat and vest
aro stained with blood and the shirt which he wore can
not be found. A knife and two razors?one bloody?
were found in tho house, and the ton says they belong
to hit father Tho stick with which tho girl was killed
was seen in La Page's possession a few days beloro the
murder, and on that vory day, and a few moments be
fore the crimo was discoverod, he was seen in tho im
mediate vicinity with an axo on his shoulder.
ATTEMPTED OUTRAGES ON OTHER GIRLS.
The brutal Oend has been identified by several girls
in tho vicinity as the man who lias chased them In the
wooded roads and very much frightened them, and by
ono or two sportsmen who saw him chasing a Miss
Watson, who was much Hushed and excited at tea
time; also by a lady and her daughter as having way
laid them in the woods with a heavy club in bis hands,
the timely meeting of aaothor man. they believe, hav
ing saved them from assault, and perhaps murder.
A TERRIBLE STORY PROM IlIM WIPE.
? La Pago's own wife, since his arreft, has statod that
once he outraged and nearly murdered her sister while .
they were living in Canada, and Le was obliged to como |
to tho States to escape urresL She also assorts that he j
has attempted to ravish his own daughter since he cams
to ^uncook. +
nis PHOBABLB qONNBOTION WITH TUB 8T. ALBANS MCR
DBIt.
La Page was arrested for the murder of Henrietta
Ball, the St. Albans school teacher, but was discharged
for 'want of evidecca Subsequently others were ac
cused and arrested, and only a few months ago there
was so much gossip concerning tho probable connection
ot a son of ex-Governor Smith with the crmie that he de
manded a full legal investigation, tho result, of courso,
being an honorable acquittal. The evidence lh*t La
Pago was really the murderer seems now to bo very
positive. At tho time it must have been committed be
said be was working with his boys, but his sous now
dony that story. He Ulkod of leaving town
at the time, but his wife said that it
would strengthen suspicion against him if he left, and
ho followed hor advice and romained at homo. Near
tho body of the Ball girl was found a face mask, tno
strings being tied in what is known as a French knot
Over the body of Josie Langmaid a couple of twigs
were tied in the same way. When La Page assaulted
his wife's sister he wore a lace mask like Uio ouo found
uear tho remains of Miss Ball
AN INTKRESTLNG AND TERRIBLE COINCIDENCE.
A most startling aud trngic reminiscence is railed up
by this brutal murder of Josie Langmaid. It is told by
the editor of a paper published in Bennington, Vt, who
at tho time spokon or was a resident of Pembroke.
Speaking of the lato horror, he says, it is but a repeti
tion of ono quite as horrible, which was perpetrated on
almost tho snme spot about forty-three years ago,
tho victim then being a young marriod lady by the
name ol Cochrane, and tho perpetrator of the
crimo a young man who was employed in Cochrane'*
family by tho name of l'rcscott Tbo affair at tho'tlmo
created, if anything, inoro excitement than tho Lang
maid horror. The parties lived in a farm house some
way from tho little village of Suncook. It was In the
eummer ol tho year, aud tho young man Frescott,
about nincteeu years of age, who was out in the field
mowing came back to tho house?the husband being
away lu town?and told the woman, a blooming young
female of about twenty-live, that ho had como across
some very flno berries, and if she would bring out a
pail they could "pick a mesa." She went out with
iiim, and while engaged In picking tho berries a fiend
ish desire seized him, and he approached her with im
proper proposals. Sue struck at him with her pail,
and told him that she should tell her husband of his
designs on his return, and he would have bim ar
rested The young man, not over bright, sal down
upon a stone and, as ho afterward confessed, cried
saying, "Well, I suppose 1 will be put in Jail
for It, and I don't know hut what . I'd us Boon
be hung as go to Jaill" He then got up* and, seizing a
hugo club ho beat the woman npeu tbo head, aud
then aftor ravishing hor person, he dragged her lllo
less form into tlio bushes and fled. The corpse oj the
woman was found after a long search, and In due
course of time the young man w as arrested and eon
fessod tho crime. Mr. Armstrong's uncle was then the
Bhorlff of llopkinton, and kept the Uopkinton Jail, re
siding in a part of the building with his wile and only ;
daughter a young woman, the wifo of a sea captain by
the name or Robort Cbaso, tho young wife being the
mother of two children, one a girl about a year and a ]
half old, and a llttlo son of only two days. The popu
lace was so nxoited over tho murder that it was ro
solvcd to lynch young l'rcscott, thero being no longer
any doubt of his guilt, na he had confessed the crime.
On the night that tho lynching was to be carried out
the Sheriff and his will* were awHy out of
town and the young mother wan left alono
with tho keys In that largo Jail. Tho attack
was made by the infuriated populace, but the frail jailor
had everything securely barricaded, and Ihuy could not
gain their objoct. But in con.-oquonce of the oxottement
and fright or ths attetri|ff at lynching, tho young
mother was thrown into convulsions and died that night
In the most intense agouy. The baby lived and grew
up to bo a inan. The little girl died In about six weeks
after her mother, and tho grave was thon opened and
the child laid by its mother's.side.
A STRANG* KATAI.ITT.
In course of t.me the law took its course, and young
rroscotl was executed by the .Sheriff ?nd the Pembroke
part ol the tiasedy was terunnoiml. The husband of
tho Sheriff's daughter, who was awav nt sea during tha
trial and imprisonmentOf the culprit ami Its alt> mlaflt
fatalities, had now lauded, and hum d hnine to moot
his wife and expected children. He stopped on tha
wuy, and in looking ovor a paper in tin- hotel saw for
the first time an account of the Pembroke murder, the
attempt at lynching, the hirlh of his child
and the aad death of Ins wifo uiul young
daughter. Ho remained a widower for four or Uva
years and then married again, resolving that bis sec
ond wife should not bo loft alone while he was away so
much, So on his next voyage he took her with hina in
his ship, and tho ship waa run down hy a larger vessel
and ull on board wore drowned. The bov that w.is horn
In tho .iall was named Robert Qreen Chase, and grew
up, hoing educated for tho Kpiaoopal clergy, and si tiled
lu Philadelphia. He married and had one daughter.
About ton years ago Wr.Cha.se and his wilo, accom
panied l>y their little daughter, while at a watering
pluoe went out lor a day's boiling, against the
wishes ol' the little girl, who hogged ol ilicmnotto
go; a storm arose, tho boat capsized and tho luilo girl
alone was rescued. She is now living in Philadelphia.
Here Is material lor a story, and un i lustration of the
adage that "truth is stranger than Action."
TIIE ROCHESTER MURDER CASE
APPLICATION FOB WU1T OF FItltOR IN THE CASS
OF JOHN CLARK DENIED?THE EXECUTION ON
FRIDAY.
Motion was mado by Counsellor P. Ready, yesterday,
beforo Judge Barnard, holding court in Brooklyn, on
behalf of William F. Howe, for un opportunity to b?
heard on an application for a writ of error and stay ol
proceedings in the case of The People vs. John Clark,
tried and convicted in Rochester, N. Y., for murder
He was sentenced on July 2 to be hanged for the murdor
of Policeman John Trovor. Tho execution is to take
place on November 5. Justice Barnard was busy and
unable to hear the motion, so ihe case was brought be
fore Justice Gilbert, of tho Supreme Court. The jua
tlco took the application, which waa based chiefly
on the point that In the trial of the condemned maw
testimony was admitted connecting him with a lata!
shooting alTray, which took place ten years ago. Tha
prisoner was tried for murdor ou that occasion and
acquitted. The counsel said he was vory anxious to
obtaiu the decision of liis Honor npon the motion, as
it was proposed lo send it by the night mail to Roch
ester. Ahout throe o'clock Justice Gilbert rcudored
the following decision:?
Having considered the exceptions as well an I could in the
short time 1 havo had to do with it, I llnd no error. The evi
dence in respect to other offences while incompetent to prove
the commission of tho cruno charged in ihe indictment waa
competent to show tho intent with which the pistol was llrod.
and the motive of the prisoner to commit the crime charged
agaiust him, tlio act of tiring and tho fatal consequences
thereof having been established by other evidence. (Wliart.
0. L, i>|>. 681, B49.) The ante-mortem declarations were
admissible within the rule laid down in Perry's case, 8th
Abb. The evideneo showed that they were made ill the
expectation of ileuth and without hope of recovery. The
motion for a stay upon a writ of error must therefore be
denied.
ALLEGED MURDER IN JERSEY.
Tho police of Newark yesterday received informa
tion that one Mary Gaudloy murdered her husband,
Michael Gaudloy, at a place called Grif Mills, three
miles from Freehold, on Monday night, tho result of a
drunken quarrel. Mary has boon arrosted ami com
mitted to JaiL The couple wore worth over $4,U00, and
were child loss.
CENTENNIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
PLANS TO SHELTER AND FEED CENTENNIAL
VISITORS.
A "Centennial Lodging House Agoncy" has been
formed in Philadelphia, with tho approval oi the Cen
tennial Board or Finance, with the object of providing
beforehand accommodations for visitors to the Exhibi
tion next year. Tho plan of this "agency" is thus
stated in its prospectus:?
The plan of tho agency is to first contract with a large
number of householders and hoarding house proprietors
in various parts of tho city who would be willing to ao
cupt a fair remuneration for superior accommodations
to be given to strangers, payment to bo made by'mean*
ol a ticket or coupon providing for an entire day's ac
commodation?which clay is to consist of a lull break
fast in the American style, tea or suppor also of the
character usually supplied in first class American fam
ilies, and bedroom neatly furnished with linen, &a,
scrupulously clean.
The tickets or coupons to be cashed on presentation
at the control office of the agency, and at the same time
provision to be mado for the redemption of any whola
or fractional part of tickets unused by the visitor.
Dinner is not providod as a necessity under this ar
rangement, as it is presumed that the ordinary midday
meal would he taken by tho visitor in tho vicinity ol or
In tho Centennial buildings.
These coupons or tickets wili be placed on salo in all
the largor cities and towns in this country, at the rail
road offices whero excursion tickets aro issued loading
to l'hiladolpnia, and also in Europe. On all the princR
pal trains approaching the city reliable agents will be
placed by the agency, who will ascertain what passen
gers havo these accommodation tickets, and will fur
nish each bolder of such ticket a card assigning to him
proper quartors, as well as supplying tniuute directions
by which theso temporary homes in the city can be
reached by street car or otherwise. By this means a
visitor can secure, beforo leaving homo, his accommoda
tions during Ins sojourn in i'hiladclpbia. have a guaran
tee that he will be comfortably provided for at a defined
and reasonable charge, and be directed at once to bis
lodgings on arriving at his destination. He can also
direct Ilia baggage to be sent at once to his lodging.
Instead of being obliged to leave it at Ihe depot while he
Is seeking for accommodations. If a housekee|>er has
two spare rooms in his dwelling, and can comlortably
provtdo breakfast and tea for two persons, he will
register his namo and residence with tho agoncy, who
will assign to thoso quarters two parsons who have
purchased "accommodation tickets;" these tickets will
bo received by tho housekucpcr in payment fornccom
modntlng his guests, and on' presentation at the oiilce
of tho agency will bo promptly rodeemed in cash.
When these guests are gone the agency will bo notified,
and others sont to lake their places. By this simple
plan all vacant rooms can- be utilized, hundreds of
thousands of visitors can be made cotnfortablo and freed
from all care or fear of extortion or imposition; house
keepers will lie reasonably certain of iiaving the rooms
they ure willing to devote to visitors always occupied,
and assured of receiving the remuneration to which
they aro entitled without trouble or delay. The card
which the agent on the train gives the strangor is
hi3 letter of introduction. Arrangements will
also be made lor providing accommodations
for thoso who may wish to make a more extended
slay in tho city than will be roqulrcd for an ordinary
visit to the Exhibition, or who propose to remain dur
ing the entire time ol its continuance. This will be
especially available for exhibitors and others con
nected with the International Exhibition. This plan
has received the indorsement of tho Comraitteo on
Boarding Accommodations for Visitors or the Centen
nial Commission, after careful Investigation, and this
Indorsement has been approved by the Centennial
Board of Financo. The detailed plans of the agency
have been submitted to President Gowen, of tho Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad Company; to Pres
ident Hinckley, of tho Philadelphia, Wilming
ton and Baltimoro Railroad Company; to
Preatdonl Comly, of the North Pennsylvauin
Railroad Company, and to Vice Prosldent Cassatt, or
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and by all theso
gentlemen they have been pronouncod commendable
and feasiblo. It has also received the indorsement of
Mayor sJtoklcy. A liberal capital has been provided to
put the plan Into operation. The Board of Manage
ment Is composed of the following:?KUm Clark, Gen
eral Agent North Pennsylvania Railroad; H. F. Konnoy,
Superintendent Philadelphia, Wilmington and Haiti
more Railroad; E. M. Jenkins, of Cook, Son k Jenkins,
Tourists and Excursion Managers: Charles E. Pugh,
General Agent Pennsylvania Railroad; W. F. Allen,
Editor Official llailway Guide.
At tho present timo a large force of canvassers are at
work ascertaining the amount of vacant acconimodn
tions in all parts of the city and explaining tho details
of the plan of operations to tho householders and board
ing house keepers.
The following is tho blank used. It might bo copied
with advantage in towns and villages near Philadelphia,
where persons could be accommodated:?
Notes on house visited 18f
Nnmber and street, Ward,???
Name, ?Nationality. ????
Private house or regular boarding place,
If private house, how manylu family? Adult,
Children, Employment of head of ramily,
??How Centennial Grounds can be reached by street
cars, ?
Location of room* on floor, and full de
scription of how furnuihrd ; quality and
condition of furniture.
Aro. Floor.
corns and water closets, No. -Location, -
, ua?d____ Parlor or sitting room privileges,
-Any preference as to nationality or re
of guests
nsny can be uccommodatod?
ig, Lodging and board, .
tke gentlemen, ladles and children?? _
as to price?Lodging, $ Lodging and Ixmrd,
-Remarks,- ?
?Age nt.
FIREMEN AT THE CENTENNIAL.
The fire underwriters of New York held a meeting
yesterday at No. lUfl Broadway, in reforence to the
Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia Mr. D. R. Koelar
presided, and Mr. James Yoreanco acted as secretary.
A committee of seven was appointed to co-operate with
other committees ofinsuranco underwriters, to eonsider
how best to promote the interests of the Centennial and
havo (lie cornpanios properly represented at it. Tho
appointment of the committee was left to the officers of
the mooting. Their appointment will be made nuhlio
i in a few days.