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An action haa been commenced in the
"Supreme Court by Sadie Martinet against Steele Mackaye
rand Gustave Frohman to recover the sum of lour hun
dred and fifty dollars for breach of contract. The case
■will be tried in the Fall, when some of the details of the
oi the Lyceum Theatre will again be brought
10 light.
Messrs. Drew, Sackett and O’Donnell,
Veil-known museum and theatrical managers at Cleve
land, Indianapolis and Provo! n'*e, announce that they
-Ere building new tl e it:©? in Cleveland, Ohio, and Minne
apolis, Minn., capable of seaiin-.r 2.". o to 2.200 people
feach. They have also the Park Theatre. Indianapolis.
A new actress lias arisen in Italy—
-Signora Eleonora Duse-Checchi —who is said io be an ex
ponent of the realist school, having bro ea away from all
Jthe traditions of her native stage In a finely-written
criticism, the Roman correspondent of the London
-ifitheneum places her side by side with Bernhardt.
H. A. Weaver, Jr., and Stella Boniface
Vere married at Trinity (liureh, this c ty, on last Sun
day afternoon. The fathers of both contracting parties
.wore present, as well as a host of professional friends,
u'he couple will Summer at North Scituate, Mass., the
long time vacation resort of the Boniface family.
Mr. Sheridan, the tragedian, is at
Rthroon Lake with his wife, Louise Davenport,who has al
most entirely recovered from her la-e affliction (blind
ness) Mr. Sheridan will begin his Fall season about Sep
tember 14th, and will, during the Winter, produce his
Xiew five act historic drama, “Cromwell.”
Pauline Markham has bought two
tiow plays. They will be presented m Chicago during the
Summer. One is an adaptation of one of Guida's novels,
palled “Idalia,” and the second a we'tern piece of the
M’liss ” order, by C. L. Graves. ’Miss Markham’s season
Hosed last week in Hamilton, Ontario.
As a preliminary to turning herself in
to “The Young Tramp,” Mrs. Langtry is practicing upon
the Yorkshire dialect. The Emmet Dutchcratt maybe
expected to follow, then the Rooney business, and, “last
yfeceue of all,” four-in-hand song and dance.
Patti Rosa will appear dining ths sea
lon of 1885~’6 in the popular plays, “Bob” and “Zip,”
written by Fred. Marsden and presented by special au
thorization and permission of f a, as well as throe new
joinedies written especially for her.
Mlle. Rhea will have the honor of
brening the new National Theatre at Washington, D. C.
frhe date is set for October 5, and Mlle. Rhea's new play.
Power of Love.” will be the attraction- She will
Jilso read an original poem.
Mr. Elliott Barnes’s play “The Serpent
br.d the Dove,”’ will be put on for the week opening
Rugust 2, at the Princess Opera House, in Chicago. The
fawner, Mr. Richard Foote, oi that city, will appear in the
principal part.
Mr. David Bidwell, of the Grand Opera
{House. Academy of Music and Charles Street Theatie.
Kew Orleans, who came here to book dates, has been
lying very ill at the Coleman House. He is now gradually
recovering.
Wm. Carleton has secured the right to
fio “Nanon” outside of New York and New England. He
wi;l take out a company after the run of the opera at the
Casino, this city, a id Tracy Titus will be his manager.
Gus Neuville, the boy actor, is nego-
Yiating with Edmund E. Price, of the Lee Avenue Acade
fav Brooklyn. F„ D., to write him a four act drama,
frith which be intends taking the road in September.
Sheridan Corbyn, manager of the
Afayo “Nordeck” Co., will remain in New York for a lew
Ways. Negotiations are rending tor the nrpsentation of
?‘Nordeck” this Fall at the Lyceum Theatre here.
Mr. W. H. Crane will desert his Sum
■per cottage at Cohasset in August for a place at Bay
SRidge. L. 1., which he will make his residence while re
hearsing “The Comedy of Errors” in New York.
Charley Rice, business manager of the
company, will have a testimonial benefit at the
>?ijou Opera House on Wednesday afternoon, July 1. The
programme will be a very attractive one.
Tom Lee, an old time Bowery actor,
fcnade his re appearance on the stage after many years
Absence a', the Mecca Lodge benefit, and was instantly
recognized by a host of old friends.
Manager Schoeffel is enjoyinar his va-
Ration at the MasconomcJHou; e, Man -bester-by-the Sea,
but occasionally goes up io Boston to show his friends
|he fine coat of tan he is acquiring.
i Miss Jennie Weathersby sailed for
England recently to visit her mother, whom she has not
Been in four years. She will return in September, but is
faot yet engaged for next sea on.
Mrs. Alexina Baker has recently un
fiergone a painful operation for tumor in the breast. She
Is slowly recovering, and is tenderly nursed by her daugh
ter, Mrs. John Drew, Jr.
The widow of the late H. J. Byron
Jias declined to accept the subscription for her assistance
jwhlch seveial prominent London managers and actors
siad commenced.
The car, Traveler, which carried Gen
feral Grant to Mount McGregor, was the same one in
which Clara Morris has traveled over the country the last
Bwo seasons. <
Rhea’s next season will be prolific of
ticw plays. Iler latest is “Lady Ashley.” adapted by El-
Sp-yn A. Barron from “Fair But False,” a novel by Bertha
$L Clay.
Manager Abbey will have Mr. W. H.
Crane's yacht, the Vif, in Now York harl o- during Octo
ber, while Miss Anderson is playing at the Star Theatre.
Mr. Edwin Booth and Mr. John T.
met in the street in New York not long ago,
fend shook hands for the first time in twenty years.
After the run of “Polly,” in Boston,
Billee Taylor ” is to be done there for three weeks by
frliss Lillian Russell and her supporting company.
c Mr. Al. E. Poole, son of Manager
Hohn Poole o> Ni bio’s Garden, is the present manager of
feheepshead and Monmou h Park Race Courses.
Miss Georgia Cayvan has made a hit
ford is highly spoken of by the coast press.
Mr. James M. Hardie and Miss Sara
won Leer will jointly star next season in Mortimer Mur
dock’s melodrama, “A Brave Woman.”
Marie Williams, daughter of Barney
jVilliams, was married in this city recently, and has gone
to Europe with her husband.
Louis Aldrich made his first appear
fence on any stage when twelve years old in Cleveland, in
the role of Richard 111.
, Maubury and Overton’s company has
Returned frem San Francisco. They will resume again
jarly in September.
. Mr. James O. Barrows, the comedian
of Aimee’s company, will head a “ Professor” company
text season.
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THE DANGER OF HAVING A MISTRESS—SHE
MAY CLAIM TO BE YOUR WIFE, AND, IF YOU
MARRY, SUE FOR DIVORCE.
When Judge Andrews called the case of Downing
vs. Downing, counsel for both sides said “ready.”
The story, as told, looked more like a chapter from
a dime novel than the usual prosy arguments in a
law court.
Counsel for the woman, Savilla Downing, said this
was a motion for alimony and counsel fee in an ac
tion for divorce. Plaintiff, in her pleadings, alleges
that on or about Nov. 26th, 1881, in the city of New
York, she was married to defendant; that they were
both residents of this city, and she accused her hus
band of several acts of adultery.
In the defense, said plaintiff’s counsel, there was
a genoral denial, but it was not sworn to. Further
more, on Jan. 10th, 1882, plaintiff, then an infant-at
law, brought an action against Downing for seduc
tion and breach of promise of marriage. On March
7th it was settled by the payment of $250, and the
suit was discontinued.
In August, 1882, plaintiff became the mother of a
child, aud as she had been abandoned and her hus
band had again married, she, by the advice of coun
sel, commenced her action for breach of promise, as
she was told her marriage was illegal. But, from
1881 up to the time he married again, she always
considered herself Mrs. Downing.
Since the action for breach of promise she had
consulted other lawyers, and they had told her she
had a good cause of action for divorce.
The plaintiff was well-to-do, employed by his
father at No. 478 Broadway, and living in the high
est style. Beside his commission ho had a salary of
S3O a week.
The mother had discontinued the suit for breach
of promise, without the daughter’s knowledge, she
being then in law an infant.
Counsel then read a number of affidavits of gen
tlemen from Summer resorts in the western part of
the State, where in 1882 Mr. Downing recognized
the plaintiff as his wife. They boarded together at
the hotel under the same name; he represented her
as his wife; always called her “ My dear ” and “ My
wife,” and she called him “My husband” and “My
dear.”
THE DIFFERENCE.
Counsel for defendant, Forest S. Downing, read
extracts from his briefs of this version of the affair.
Mr. Downing, he said, first met this woman now
calling herself Mrs. Downing, at a lager beer gar
den—the Volks Garden—on a Saturday evening, at
that time with another girl in the place. They
drank beer together. She was seventeen years old,
he too was young, and they engaged in a flirtation.
On parting that evening ho gave her his address,
and on the following Tuesday he received a note
from her. It was dated Tuesday, Oct. 18, ’81:
“Mr. Downing—l am taking the pleasure to say
if you wish to meet me again, I will wait for vou in
tho Theatre, in an upper box. Please send me
an answer. Savilla Berkeley.”
He went the following Saturday to the rendez
vous, and the two had several beers. From there
they went to a well-known house on Sixth avenue
and stayed all night. There was no coaxing on his
part, no solicitation, and she became a mistress.
At that time he was boarding with his father.
She offered on this occasion to come to his hotel in
the guise of a washerwoman, but he objected; he
was fearful his father might discover them and
there would be a row and he would get in trouble.
He, however, met her in other places in the Bow
ery, and was frequently with her all night and gave
her money. In *B2 she told him she was likely
to become a mother. He doubted her. Counsel
had a letter of the woman which he would not
read; it was with the papers, which his Honor
would see. He took her to a certain house to as
certain her condition and there left her, giving his
name as Forrest. Up to that time there had been
no promise of marriage or seduction. It was the
opposite—she had led him astray.
After the birth of the child he was willing to pay
for its support, and it was registered by the moth
er’s name.
In 1882 a suit for seduction and breach of promise
of m arriage was commenced, and she filed a petition
that she was eighteen years in March that year.
Counsel asked his Honor to-markthat portion of
her petition which set forth that she was then un
married. That suit commenced in March ’B2 was
discontinued by the consent of mother and
daughter.
Counsel then went on to state the history of tho
habeas corpus suit she had for a child, well knowing
at the time that her own was dead. That suit lasted
a long time and it was proven that the child she
sought to possess was not hers, her child was dead.
This was the third lawyer the woman had in the
case, and he asked that the application for alimony
and counsel fee be denied. There was no denying
that at the time the woman was a mistress, but
that did not make her a wife.
Counsel for the woman asked an adjournment for
a week, as new matter had been introduced, and
also asked that he be furnished with copies of the
affidavits of his adversary. The application was
granted.
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A Mo tiler’s Yearnings
SHE IS ROBBED OF HER CHILD—IT IS IN A
CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, AND THE COURT
IS IN DOUBT AS TO HOW SHE CAN GET IT.
John Hackwith and his wife quarreled. They
agreed to separate without resorting to the court
for what is called a limited divorce. There were
two children, and, in parting, the father took one;
the mother went her way with the other.
There must have been deep, bitter hate in the
heart of John Hackwith when he turned his back
on his wife, leading the child he had chosen by the
hand, and he would not allow the mother to give it
a farewell kiss as it passed from her.
It was not that John Hackwith loved the child,
but through it he was enabled to stab the mother
and add to her great grief in the parting.
Not long afterward John Hackwith was taken sick,
and having no wife to care for him, he was sent to
the hospital, where he died. But before he breath
ed his last he sent for the woman with whom he
had boarded, and told her to see that the mother
should not get the child. In the event of his death
she should surrender it to the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Children as an abandoned
child.
On the death of the father this inhuman behest
was carried out by the woman, who had the child
committed as abandoned to the New York Female
Guardian Society.
No notice of this transaction was given to the
mother. As soon however as she learned of the
death of her husband, and the disposition of the
child, she applied to the society as its mother, to
take it to her home to be with her and its sister.
They said “ No.”
And why ?
The child had been sent there by a Police Justice,
and no power could go behind that commitment.
Nor is there in the law any power in the Supreme
Court to review the action of a Police Justice on
the facts. And then the facts were in a few bold
lines setting forth that the child was abandoned,
and without a home. There is nothing in the affi
davit, setting forth the facts in the case, that
there is a mother who is living and anxious to have
the child.
When the case came up on certiorai on the pe
tition of the mother to get possession of her child,
the return made by the counsel for tho Female
Guardian Society said they could not go behind
the return, which was regular in every particular.
They could not review the proceedings of the Police
Justice.
Judge Andrews admitted that that was the fact.
He did not see how he could legally return the
child to its mother, even if unjustly detained from
her. The Legislature had been asked to amend the
Code, giving the Supreme Court the power to re
view the proceedings in just such cases where in
justice had apparently been done by the police
magistrate. But the Legislature bad not modified
the Code so that they could act.
Counsel for the mother said the affidavit of George
H. Young, on which the child was committed, con
tained but a very few words. It set forth that on
the 15th of May, 1885, one Mary Hackwith, appar
ently under the age of fifteen, was found destitute
of means of support, the father dead, and aban
doned by the mother.
The child had not been abandoned by the moth
er, but had been carried off by the father, and his
death-bed request had been complied with by this
woman, who had consigned it to an institution
where the mother could not get it. To his grave,
and beyond, he had carried his vindictive revenge
on the wife whom he had turned to hate. The
mother had not abandoned it. She had not been
informed of the loss of itsfprotectorship. Had the
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opportk nit y t 0 repossess been given her, she
would have taken the child to her home.
Judge And." ews sai< * he entirely agreed in every*
thing that had. been said - He sympathized with
the mother, and regretted that he was not permit
ted by the Code td review the proceedings of the
magistrate. He thoug there was no redress for a
woman whoso children 'jvere taken from her under
such circumstances.
Counsel for the mother salt? under the consolida
tion act. in an arrest of this character, the Justice
was bound to give the parent or parents notice
before they consigned it to an asylum.
Counsel for the society said that question
raised was before the Supreme Court, General
Term.
Judge Andrews said he would take the papers
and ascertain, as soon as given, the dtecision of tho
General Term on tho point raised.
The Female Guardian Society, and others like it,
are supported by charitable contributions, to benefit
and protect those that are helpless. But in cases
like this, where “ their services are no longer re
quired,” they should generously resign to tho
mother the child, its best custodian, without such
nonsensical fighting as this. When charity is not
needed, not asked, not required, why should the
benevolent be asked to contribute to its support ?
Tho managers of institutions founded on, and
supported by charity, should never seek to hold a
pauper on a legal technicality of questionable
meaning, w’hen the opportunity is presented them
to restore a child to home influences, and a mother’s
love and care.
Mr. Lyon appeared for the mother. Mr. Pyne for
the society.
Agate Club Clambake. —The third
annual clambake of the Agate Club (printer’s) takes
place at Joseph Payez’s Cosmopolitan Hotel, Brook
lyn, E. D., on July 4th, and judging by the names
on the different committees, a pleasant time is
assured. A game of football between the amiable
A. J. Cunningham (247 lbs.), and the genial Tony
Walsh (250 lbs.), will be one of the features of the
occasion. The music, by the Messrs. Payez, Jr.,
will be rendered in their usual masterly style.
Xuena and Andrew.
A HANDSOME YOUNG LADY AND A DASHING
“ DRUMMER” DISAPPEAR FROM WILLIAMS
BURG TOGETHER—A JILTED MUSICIAN AND
COMPOSER.
The disappearance of two lovers in Williamsburg
at the same time, twelve days ago, has given rise
to a good deal of gossip. The young man is well
to-do and is well-known around town, while the
lady's beauty and affable manners won her many
friends.
Miss Lena Wiggins, a dark-haired, dark-eyed
young lady, of faultless form aud stylish appear
ance, now in her twenty-second year, had had
many admirers since she developed into woman
hood: but she was not a coquette, aud paid conse
quently but little attention to the advances of her
adorers. She is an orphan, but has relatives in
comfortable circumstances. She was employed in
an establishment on Mercer street, New York, and
was in receipt of a salary which enabled her to
board in a nice neighborhood with a respectable
private family.
Among the suitors for her hand was a handsome
musician and accomplished composer, Mr. Theo
dore Wenzler. The couple were apparently devoted
to each other, and he called on her frequently even
ings at her boarding place on Fifth street, near
South First, and passed a few hours in her society.
She was the envy of all the girls of her circle, for
Theodore was considered a good catch by specu
lative mammas with marriageable daughters.
There was apparently nothing to ruffle the smooth
waters of their courtship or to wreck their love on
its delightful trip to Hymen’s bar, where they
would launch happily out on the matrimoneal sea,
up to four months ago, when Miss Lena visited the
home of her friend, Mrs. Tynan, on South Fifth
street, near Fourth. In Mrs. Tynan’s house, visit
ing her husband, was Mr. Andrew Hartford, a hand
some drummer for a cloth house on Broadway, this
city. Politeness made an introduction to Miss
Lena necessary.
It goes without saying that Andrew was a charm
ing conversationalist, and he entertained Lena so
well and made such a favorable impression on her
that, when leaving, she permitted him to escort her
home. They lingered on the way, and Andrew,
while softly pressing her small gloved hand, whis
pered sweet nonsense into her ears. She was so
charmed with him that she forgot her devoted
Theodore and the sweet airs he was wont to play
for her on the piano while he warbled a song which
gave expression to his feelings.
Andrew was dashing and gay, and spoke of the
theatre, the ball-room, the race track and kindred
subjects, and the amusement they afforded. When
parting with her, permission was given him to call
again, and he did call.
Lena, alter Andrew’s first few visits, showed a
marked coldness toward Theodore, who, when he
realized that he had been supplemented in her af
fections, ceased his visits.
Andrew, by his dashing manners, had won her
heart, and while he was “on the road” she kept in
doors, impatiently awaiting his return. A few
weeks ago he came back from Chicago, and his in
amorata received him with open arms.
A few days later she informed her boarding mis
tress that she would leave .the next day. She said
that she was leaving her place of employment also.
The following day, last Wednesday a week ago, she
left her boarding-house. On the same day Mr.
Hartford gave up his furnished room on Eighth
street. Two days later Lena’s fifteen year old sister
called at the boarding place, and was nearly heart
broken to find that she had left at such short no
tice without telling her. Bhe went to Mrs. Tynan s
residence last Wednesday, and that lady accom
panied her to Eighth street, and after making many
inquiries found where Andrew roomed. The people
of the house knew nothing further about him than
that he had left with the expressed purpose of going
to Chicago tho previous Wednesday. Inquiries
made at where Lena and Andrew were employed
showed that they had not been there since last
Tuesday week. Nothing has been seen of them
since. Lena’s aunt was at the former’s late board
ing-house on Fifth street looking after her.
“I don’t know much about Mr. Hartford, further
than that he occcasionally called here to see my
husband. I took him to be a gentleman. Miss
Lena I certainly took to be a prudent girl. She al
ways boro an excellent reputation, aud was lady
like in her manners and deportment. She was old
enough to understand what she was doing. Mr.
Hartford is fairly well off, his deceased parents hav
ing left him considerable property. I received a
letter postmarked New York on Thursday, telling
me not to trouble my head about Lena’s business.
It was signed “Lena.” I will not trouble myself
about her, you can rest assured. I don’t know
Lena’s handwriting.”
A young man, an intimate friend of Hartford, said
that the letter was only a ruse to stop all inquiry
about Lena, so as to prevent the disappearance of
the lovers from getting into >he newspapers.
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WHO IS GUILTY OF CONTEMPT, COUNSEL OR
CLIENT ?
A suit was brought in the Supreme Court for
money that it was alleged had been obtained on
false representations and judgment recovered by
the plaintiff, Cleary against Christil, the defendant.
The case was appealed, and two sureties were ob
tained on the appeal. The action went by default,
and when counsel came to hunt up the securities,
to recover, they were found to be men of straw.
The first man of straw gave his name as Pfiffer,
residing at No. 173 South Fifth avenue. This was a
large carriage factory. The other bondsman. Mil
ler, gave his residence on Second avenue. No man
of that name had over lived at the number given.
The motion by counsel before Judge Andrews
was to punish for contempt. When the undertak
ing was asked.it was alleged that the defendant’s
counsel, Mr.. Early, said “ Don’t bother your head,
I’ll get two sureties for $50.”
Sure enough, the two men of straw were found,
George Miller and Carl Pfiffer.
Mr. Early said tho men were brought as sureties
to his office; he did not know who they were, but
supposed them all right.
The other side said that Mr. Early got the men of
straw for defendant Christil, who didn’t know who
they were, and didn’t care so long as ho didn’t go to
Ludlow Street Jail. He paid SSO for the services
rendered him, to the lawyer for the bondsmen.
The case was sent to a referee to determine
whether Mr. Early or his client, Christil, should be
adjudged guilty of contempt in imposing men of
straw on the court.
Leading chemists in their analysis of
different celebrated, mineral waters say that those
manufactured ty C. H. Schultz, of No. 76 University
Place, possess all the medicinal properties of the
natural water. Being absolutely pure and of cor
rect composition, there is no question but that they
surpass in efficacy the waters coming here on a
trans-Atlantic voyage. The leading table waters
are carbonic, sellers and vichy.
Our old friend John Bremmer has
opened a saloon at No. 20 St. Mark’s Place, oppo
site Arion Hall, where can be found an excellent as
sortment of Rhine winos, liquors and cigars.
Tranlcle tlxe Peeress.
SHE WHO CAN DO WONDERS FOR OTHERS,
CAN T GET OUT OF PRISON HERSELF.
Madam Alice R. Trankle, aged forty, who do
scribes herself as the “ Wonderful But True Young
Seeress,” applied yesterday through her counsel.
Colonel Spencer, to be discharged from Ludlow
Street Jail on her own recognizance. The charge
counsel said, was trumped up, and her husband, an
invalid, was confined with her. He thought tho
arrest of the old man an outrage.
Mr. Bernard J. Tinney opposed the motion to
discharge on her own recognizance, as she would
flee tho city, as she had from St. Louis, from which
she was a fugitive from justice.
“ This lady, swid Mr, Tinney, de
scribed herself as gifted with second sight, and was
the best clairvoyant that ever traveled. She had
created a sensation in every city that she had visit
ed, and was the seventh daughter of a seventh
son. ”
ffiMr. Tinney said the plaintiff in this suit wm
Mary Coogan, a yemng Scotch girl, who arrived in
St. Louis on the fir»t of January last from Scotland,
and who found employment with this Seeress as
waiting maid, in that city. Then Mrs. Trankle
advertised that she ** reveals the hidden mysteries
of the past, present and future events of life, such
as lawsuits, absent friends, love, etc. She restores
perfect tranquility between man and wife, and
cures unfaithfulness, and can settle lovers’ quarrels
bring the separated together, brings about speedy
marriages, recovers stolen property, and cures
parties from drinking, so they can never tolerate
the smell of liquor. She also informs you of the
number that is sure to win in the lottery, tho name
of tho one you are to marry, the name of your de
ceased friend in full, and also that of her visitors.
She locates all diseases, and has succeeded in per
forming some remarkable cures. Those who are
sick or in trouble should call and consult the
rnadame. The rich and the poor are all treated
alike.”
On the 24th of May last defendant fled from St.
Louis. The seeress was to have been subpenaod as
a witness in an action in that city.
A woman in St. Louis called upon her for
advice to get back her husband’s love, and
the clairvoyant advised her to administer some
“Rough on Rats.” He would get sick, she could
then nurse him and bring back his love, or it would
kill if he didn’t repent.
Rather than enter a court she fled to this city.
Mary Coogan, the plaintiff, came with her mis
tress to city, and they put up at No. 80 Lexing
ton avenue, where business was resumed.
The old man was rheumatic and feeble, Mary was
young and healthful. The seeress thought her hus
band might be revivified if ho was mated, as King
David of Israel was in his old age, and they tried to
obtain a cure in that manner through Mary. But
she was young, and strong, and her struggles and
screams brought the police to tho rescue.
When the officers came there they listened to the
accusation of the girl, and thinking it improbable,
and the wife standing up for the husband, they
left,"telling her to go before a police justice in the
morning. «
The clairvoyant headed her off by going before
Justice Murray and preferring a charge of larceny
against the girl of stealing a set of earings valued at
$350.
That charge was dismissed by the Justice, and
Mary demanded her wages, which they refused to
pay her.
Mary then procured an order of arrest for the two
Trankles, and they were lodges in Ludlow street
Jail.
The motion yesterday, as stated, was to reduce
the bail or make it nominal.
Judge Andrews reserved his decision.
The Rossmore Rifle Club, of Rich
mond county, N. Y., has been reorganized, and the
following gentlemen have been elected to fill the
positions named : Supervisor George Bechtel, Pres.;
George W. Ellis, Chief Clerk of Police Commissioners,
Vice-Pres.; Winslow Robinson, ex-County Treasurer,
Sec. and Treas., and Sheriff Benjamin Brown, Cap
tain. This club is formed for purely social pur
poses and outdoor pastime, and a number of promi
nent men of Richmond county are members thereof.
The choice of the above-named gentlemen was by
acclamation. After the election a bountiful repast
was partaken of, washed down by copious draughts
of Bechtel’s Excelsior Lager, which was pronounced
A No. 1 by experts, who were present in force.
After giving three cheers for the new President, and
having drank success to the club, all departed for
their homes, feeling that “ All’s well that ends
well.”
Queer.
A NEW RACKET IN A COURT OF JUSTICE.
When the case of William Nolan was called, a
strange member of the bar asked that the case be
put over. When asked upon what ground, he said
his friend Joe Stiner appeared for the prisoner; he
appeared for the prosecution. He was again asked
if he appeared for the prosecution; he said, *‘Yes.’ A
He was asked if he had the written authority of the
District Attorney. He said “No,” but thrusting
his hand in his pocket he pulled a card out, and
said that was his diploma. The court said they did
not recognize that.
“Then,” said the gentleman, “I’ll appear for the
defense.”
The thing was so unusually comical that the
court permitted him to appear for the accused.
Charles Brandt, the complainant, said, on the 21st
of June, prisoner came in his place and stole four
packages of fireworks worth forty cents.
Counsel here said they would withdraw the plea
of not guilty and’plead guilty.
The court again smiled. It seemed as if a crank
was before them, and they humored him.
Counsel said ho had lookod into the case and had
found that the defendant was a good, honest young
man. His (prisoner’s) friends had made full resti
tution.
Complainant said that was so. Somebody had
sent him forty cents.
The court asked prisoner how often he had been
arrested. He said, “Never.”
He was sentenced to the city prison for five days.
Counsel gave tho prisoner a familiar slap on the
shoulder and remarked, in an undertone, “That
racket worked fine, didn't it?”
My deab madam, try Glenn’s Sulphur
Soap and you will find it a far more effective beau
tifier than any cosmetic. It promotes a healthy
circulation in the vessels of the skin and keeps the
pores open, the only legitimate modes of overcom
ing complexional defects.
Gets One Day.
SELLING WITHOUT A RENEWED LICENSE.
Adam Rauch has kept a lager-beer saloon at No.
243 West Thirty-eight street for a year. His license
had expired and be had made application for re
newal. Before he got his renewal paper, Officer
Kraul was asked in by a friend to have a lager.
After Kraul had his beer and his friend had paid
for it, the officer looked at the licensd and saw that
it had expired. He then arrested the saloon
keeper.
“ We can dispose of this matter without going in
to the evidence,” said counsel. “I don't think
there is sufficient evidence to go into a defense.”
“ What reason is there that a case has not been
made?” asked Justice Smith.
“ The evidence does not prove that what he sold
was lager ?” said counsel.
The motion was denied, and defendant admitted
that his license had expired, but ho had applied for
renewal.
Counsel said it was a mere oversight and they
should acquit.
The court said they couldn’t, and sent his client
to prison for one day.
A. ZMuitual IPiglit.
THE COURT NOT INCLINED TO ACT AS REFEREE.
When Stephen Mason was arraigned to answer
’ the charge of breaking the nose of James Clark,
counsel for complainant desired to withdraw the
charge. Judge Smith ordered the case to proceed,
a nose put out of joint was no joke.
Mr. Clark said on the 24th Inst, he met the pris
oner on the street. They had some words, and Ma
son broke his hat with a whip. He hadn’t time
then to stop and get satisfaction, and waited till
Saturday night, and went down to his stables to get
satisfaction in regard to his broken hat. They had
a growl. They went down the street to get a quiet
spot to settle the matter, and on the way Mason hit
him on the nose before he was given a chance to
put his hands up. He thought Mason should be
punished for a “ foul.”
“How many rounds were there?” asked the
court.
“ But one; I was floored and knocked senseless,”
said Clark.
“Acquitted,” said the court, they didn’t propose
to sit as referees on a mutual fight.
A Warning to Truckmen. —An action
was brought by George E. Brown, of No. 202 East
Forty-second street, against A. R. Toney, of No. 58
Vesey street, the pickle dealer, to recover one
hundred and fifty dollars for injury done to a horse,
in the Seventh District Court, before his Honor
Ambrose Monell and a jury, on Wednesday last.
It appeared by the evidence that upon the 24th day
of March last past, that a one horse wagon belong,
ing to Toney was being driven through Twenty
third street, following a car going west, there being
about fifteen feet s<?ace between tbe car and the
horso. A furniture truck to which was attached
two horses, belonging to Brown, was coming down
Lexington avenue and attempted to pass between
the car and the wagon of Toney. The hind wheel of
Toney’s wagon came in collision with the truck of
Brown and injured the hind leg of Brown’s horse.
The testimony was conflicting, and after the charge
of the Justice, points were submitted to the court
by Counsellor Joseph D, Fay, whereupon the jury
retired, and after a short consultation returned
with a verdict for the defendant, Toney.
Elevon Black Eyes.
SHE BELIEVES IF BOUND TO KEEP THE PEACE
HE WILL KEEP IT.
Frederick Wetncr, aged twenty-nine, residing at
No. 175 Perry street, was before Justice Weldej yes
terday, charged with assaulting his wife Kate. She
had a fresh black eye, given her the night before,
the other eye had been blacked about a week ago.
She said they had been out together on Friday
evening, and coming home in the cars he got cross
and ugly. She got out. so did he, and he began to
abuse her. A crowd gathered, and a sympathetic
gentlemen came up and knocked him down. She
said “O, don’t, that is my husband.” They then
walked home, and as soon as they stepped inside
the hall door he struck her on the eye and knocked
her down. She had been married to him six years,
and this was the eleventh black eye he had given
her. Previous to this, the last was given Thursday
week. The names he called her in the house were
fearful. She concluded by saying, “Bind him to
keep the peace, and I will try him once more.”
“ He is a kind husband,” said counsel.
“ Yes, eleven black eyes,” said the woman.
“ Last night,” said the man, •• I went over to her
mother's, and I found that they had drank consid
erable. On the way home she wanted to get out of
the car to get something. I said she had enough,
wait till we get home. She said ‘No,’ and com
menced to hallo. She gathered a crowd and I said
come on, and some fellow came up and hit me a rap
here (the jaw). I said that is my wife. lam trying
to take her home. O, but she has such a bad tem
per,” ended the man.
“Eleven black eyes in six years,” chimed in the
woman.
“ She dresses up and goes to Coney Island and
leaves me nothing to eat,” said the man.
“Never, never,” said the woman. “Only bind
him over to keep the peace.”
He was bound over and readily found bail.
Suicides.—Conrad Hersohfield (Ger
man) aged eighty, committed suicide in his daugh
ter’s house by hanging, at No. 126 Cannon street.
Mary Lahey was left in the morning at seven
o’clock by her husband, who went to work. At
twelve, when he returned, expecting dinner ready,
he found her sitting in the chair dead, the floor
flooded with blood. She had committed suicide by
cutting her throat.
THE NEW DISCOVERIES
AS DESCRIBED BY THEIR
EBIENDS.
(From the N. Y. Times of Friday.)
WHY HUBERT O. THOMPSON’S FRIENDS THINK WELL
OF MR. HEDDEN FOB COLLECTOR.
The repeated mention within the past two or
three days of Edward L. Hedden as a possible Col
lector of the Port, to succeed Judge Robinson, has
been received with much astonishment in this city.
He is known to very few of the business men, and
has never been numbered among prominent mer
chants. His acquaintance is in the main limited
to some business men in South street, whose ware
houses are close to that formerly owned by the flrm
of Wetmore, Cryder & Co. Mr. Hedden was the
“Co.” of that firm, and as such contented himself
with doing the tasks which came in his way. The
firm’s demise on the first of May last was generally
ascribed to “ dry rot.” Since that date Mr. Hed
den’s friends have bestirred themselves to provide
him with a proper berth. He is a strong County
Democracy man in the sense of being vehemently
opposed to Tammany Hail. He >yas made one of
the Commissioners for the Broadway Railroad, and
also a member of the commission to suggest means
for protecting the dry goods district from fire.
The real personalty behind the name of Hedden
is Mr. Hubert O. Thompson, the ex-Commissioner
of Public Works. He became convinced some time
ago that his own application for the position of
Collector was not likely to meet the approval of the
President. A number of his friends thereupon be
began to get some " business men’s backing” for
Mr. Hedden. The latter’s comparative obscurity
was a help rather than a hindrance in the matter.
The mere fact that he had been a business man
counted for much in his favor even among persons
who had occasion very recently to regret the selec
tion of that other business men’s candidate, Frank
lin Edson. A number of very respectable names
were obtained to a petition in favor of Mr. Hedden,
and Mr. Thompson, contrary to his usual caution,
went personally Into the work of booming the can
didate.
TUfl great interest taken by Mr. Thompson in the
ma&tar is attributed to the relations existing be
tween him and Mr. Worthington, the manufacturer
of pumps and water meters which came into ex
tensive use by the Department of Public Works
while Mr. Thompson was its chief. Mr. Worthing
ton is Mr. Hedden’s son-in-law, and, beside being
interested in the manufacture of the articles named,
is the holder of about half the stock in the com
pany organized for supplying water for fire ex
tinguishing purposes to the dry goods district. Mr.
Hedden, as belore stated, was one of the Commis
sioners to suggest means for carrying out this ob
ject. His son-in-law’s pumps form a prominent fea
ture of the new project, which is now being con
sidered by the Sinking Fund Commissioners. The
scheme provides for the payment by the city of a
large percentage on the value of the works to bo
erected, but lacks any provision enabling the city to
acquire possession of the plant at an appraised or
other stated valuation.
Mr. Hedden’s candidacy is, in view of these things
regarded simply as an effort by Mr. Thompson to
get in “ his man ” as Collector. If successful, it is
considered as certain that Mr. Hedden will take
care that Mr. Thompson’s personal and political in
terests suffer no detriment. Mr. Thompson’s allies
in the County Democracy say that he is not at all
likely to take so much pains to have a man selected
unless he has been able to come to an understand
ing in so very simple a matter as this. His adher
ents and others looking to him for office haVe there
fore been regarding the pushing of Mr. Hedden’s
name with much complacency. The word has
gone round that “he will take care of the boys.”
The remonstrance likely to be made is from that
large body of citizens who object to having the Col
lector’s office made an asylum for politicians, and
who would, if the question were presented to them
for decision, much prefer to have Mr. Thompson
himself in office than one who would be a mere
“dummy” for him.
SILAS W. BURT.
(From the Evening Post.)
A MUGWUMP RECEIVES AN APPOINTMENT —HE IS
WORTHY OF A MUGWUMP OFFICE.
Colonel Silas Wright Burt was born in Albany-
April 25, 1830. He Js a son of the late Thomas M.
Burt, of Kinderhook, who was one of the proprie
tors of the Atlas and Argus, and the first Superin
tendent of the State Banking Department. After
having been graduated with honors at Union Col
lege, in the same class with ex-President Arthur, he
pursued a special course in civil engineering, which
he adopted as his profession. When the rebellion
broke out he was appointed Assistant Inspector-
General and Auditor of Military Accounts on the
staff of Governor Morgan, and he retained these
positions under Governors Seymour and Fenton,
rendering very efficient service to the State and
country. In 1869 he was appointed Deputy Naval
Officer at this port, and in 1870 he had the practical
management of the Naval Office.
A report which he made to Secretary Sherman
upon the Custom House entry system had the effect
of introducing important reforms. His appoint
ment as Naval Officer by President Hayes in 1878,
to succeed A. B. Cornell, was the first important
promotion in the Federal service under the rules of
Civil Service reform. His management of the
Naval Office as its Ititular head was in accordance
with the methods pursued by him formerly when
he was only practically its chief. That is, the whole
office was organized and conducted upon strictly
business principles, without the slightest regard to
political considerations. He has been among the
earliest and most strenuous advocates of the Civil
Service reform system in this country, and his
services as Chairman of the Civil Service Board at
the Custom House, while Naval Officer, did much
to assure the success of the system there and to
commend it to popular approval throughout the
country.
When Colonel Burt’s term as Naval Officer ex
pired in March, 1883, President Arthur nominated
him as Chief Examiner of the United States Civil
Service Commission, but the appointment was de
clined. He said at the time that he regarded this
proposed transfer to a $3,000 from an SB,OOO office
as a rebuke to him for his disregard of the claims
of politicians, and his adherence to the principles
of civil service reform, Under the circumstances,
he felt that he could not accept the offered position
with self-respect. In the same year he was ap
pointed Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Com
mission of this State, and accepted the office, which
he has since filled with much credit.
Originally a Republican, Colonel Burt, it is un
derstood, supported Cleveland for Governor in 1882,
while in the last campaign he was a strong sup
porter of the Democratic National ticket. He is
possessed of much executive ability, his integrity
is known to be spotless, and he will bring to the ad
ministration of tbe Naval Office a thorough knowl
edge of Custom House methods, and of the oppor
tunities for their improvement. To all who know
anything of him, it is unnecessary to say that poli
tics will have no influence whatever upon any part
of his official conduct.
SURVEYOR OF CUSTOMS.
(From the Evening Post.)
HANS S. BEATTIE, COUNTY CLERK KEENAN’S DEPUTY.
H. S. Beattie is the Secretary of the County De
mocracy Organization, and is also Secretary of’ the
Amsterdam Club. He is about thirty-five years of
age and is a lawyer by profession. He was Appoint
ed a stenographer in the office of the Corporation
Counsel by Mr. Whitney, and was practically Mr.
Whitney’s secretary. Prior to that Mr. Beattie had
for a year or two been one of the stenographers in
the United States Courts. When Patrick Keenan
was elected County Clerk in 1883, be appointed Mr.
Beattie his deputy. His duties were chiefly to ar
bitrate in questions arising in the course of busi
ness in the office. Mr. Beattie is said by those who
know him to be a man of great executive ability, |
He is unassuming in manner, and his appointment
is commended by persons who have been brought
into social or business relations with him.
CL A. R.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL EN
CAMPMENT, S. 8. BURDETTE, COM
MANDER-IN-CHIEF—A VISIT TO T. S. DA
KIN POST—GREAT DAY FOR 427—THE
MOZART ASSOCIATION—ITEMS OF NEWS.
Few of the delegates to the National Encampment,
which has just concluded its labors 'at Portland,
have as yet returned to the city, and, when they do,
will probably need a few days’ rest before being
ready to speak of their varied experiences. Re
ports show that it was a very large gathering and
the session a very harmonious one. The reception
of the delegates by tbe Portlandites was a very cor
dial one, particulars of which must await another
issue.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENCAMPMENT.
The following is a brief summary of the more im
portant work of the Encampment :
The session opened Wednesday morning in the
City Hall, and Commander-in-Chief Kountze at once
read his annual address, showing that four years
ago there was a membership of nearly 70,000. On
March 31st, 1885, thirty-eight departments reported
5,027 posts and 269,684 members, while the report
of the Adjutant-General shows the membership to
be 287,637. The 54,292 reported by the Adjutant-
General as suspended during the year is due, in
groat measure, to tbe negligence and inefficiency of
post officers. The treasury shows a balance of $15,-
224. The question having been raised as to-whether
the late comrade, Dr. B. F. Stevenson, of Spring
field, 111., was really tbe first mover in the organiza
tion of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Com
mander said it is deemed but simple justice to his
memory, as well as to his family and comrades, to
state that all authentic records confer upon him that
very great honor. “I heartily indorse the organiza
tion known as tbe Veterans’ Rights Union, the ob
ject of which is to secure to our comrades their
rights and privileges under the Revised Statutes of
the United States,” said the Commander. “The
Union urges, as it rightfully may and ought, that
when other qualifications are equal, the soldier
should be preierred because he was a soldier.”
“I am opposed to the perpetuation of the Grand
Army,” he said, “believing the mission of our great
comradeship will have been fulfilled when the last
comrade has joined the final muster-out. Knowing
that there is nothing in the Grand Army of the Re
public inconsistent with the most exacting personal
duty or the strictest religion, I deemed it for tbe
interest of the order to appoint a special committee
to lay its nature and workings before the proper
Catholic authorities of the United States, that they
might know our organization has nothing to con
ceal, and that our purposes are commended by all
who understand them.” The committee reported,
having fulfilled its mission, and that assurances had
been given by Archbishops Ryan and Gibbons that
nothing could be found in the aims of the Grand
Army to prevent any good Catholic from becoming
a member. The Commander-in-Chief deprecated
participation in politics as an organization, and ur
gently advocated the Mexican Pension bill, and a
bill to grant disabled soldiers a pension from the
date of disability. Ho also urged that Decoration
Day be not desecrated by devotion to recreation and
pleasure.
A resolution of sympathy with Gen. Grant was
adopted by a unanimous rising vote, amid great
cheering, as follows:
Resolved, By the nineteenth National Encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic, assembled
in the city of Portland, Me., representing 300,000
ex-soldiers and ex-sailors in the United States, that
in this first hour of our session we tender to our
distinguished comrade, soldier and statesman, Gen.
U. 8. Grant, our profound sympathy in his con
tinued illness, and extend a soldier’s greeting to our
beloved commander and comrade, who has *for
months endured unspeakable agony with that char
acteristic fortitude that has challenged the admira
tion of the world.
At Thursday morning’s executive session of the
National Encampment, a resolution was offered by
Comrade Bennett, of Illinois, providing for the
suitable recognition of Dr. Benj. Stevenson as the
founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. Which
was referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
Comrade Wagner, of Pennsylvania, from the com
mittee on the order of the Sons of Veterans, made a
report in which it was stated that the committee
had examined the constititutions, rules and regula
tions of the several bodies calling themselves Sons
of Veterans, as heretofore existing and as now
amended; that they found much that was com
mendable and many things which did not impress
them favorably and which should be changed. The
committee commended the organization and its
purposes, but doubted the wisdom of any official
recognition of that order by the Grand Army of the
Republic, or any supervisory interest in it, and of
fered a resolution rescinding all former resolutions
giving official recognition to that organization.
The report was received and the resolution
adopted:
Comrade E. S. Dodd, of Ohio, at the request of the
Commander-in-Chief, read the following dispatch in
reply to the resolutions telegraphed to General
Grant:
Mt. McGregor, N. Y., June 24, 1883.
John S. Kountz, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic :
General Grant directs ma, in reply to your dis
patch, to tender through you to each one of the
three hundred thousand veterans, his comrades,
now represented at Portland, bis thanks for their
interest in his health and welfare. General Grant
wishes to take this occasion to also thank them for
their splendid services which have resulted in giv
ing freedom to a race, peace to a continent and a
haven to the oppressed of the world.
(Signed) F. D. Grant.
The reading of the dispatch was received with
tremendous applause, followed by three loud
cheers for General Grant.
On motion, it was ordered that the dispatch be
spread upon the journal of the National Encamp
ment.
Comrade Patofc, of Massachusetts, in an eloquent
speech, presented to the Encampment, on behalf of
Comrade H. W. Berthung, of Post No. 33, of Penn
sylvania, a large crayon portrait of General Grant,
with the request from the donors that it be suitably
framed by the Encampment and thereafter present
ed to Mrs. Grant.
A resolution to that effect was adopted by a ris
ing vote.
Comrade Grosvenor, of Ohio, offered a resolution
instructing the Council of Administration to insist
upon definite contracts for transportation rates to
the Twentieth National Encampment, and author
izing the council, in case a just and fair contract
could not be made, to change the place of the En
campment and make arrangements accordingly. *
After some little discussion, the resolution was
adopted.
Comrade Nodes, of Delaware, offered a resolution
appropriating one or two hundred dollars for the
immediate relief of Mother Bickadite, one of the
grand old nurses who accompanied the Army of the
Tennessee in ail its wanderings, and is now in des
titute circumstances in California. The amonnt,
on amendment, was raised to SSOO, and the resolu
tion as amended passed.
During the debate, it was stated that Gen. Logan
had asserted that the very first bill he should intro
duce in Congress at its next session would be one
to pension tne old lady.
At the afternoon session the committee on resolu
tions reported adversely upon the resolution recog
nizing the Veterans’ Rights Union, and requesting
departments and posts to undertake the organiza
tion of those bodies. The matter was thoroughly
discussed, and resulted in the rejection of the re
port of the committee and the adoption of the reso
lution; and on a motion to that effect, a committee
of five was appointed to use their efforts to secure
the enforcement of the law giving preference to
Union soldiers in the matter of employment under
government.
After the transaction of some minor business, the
Encampment proceeded to the election of officers.
Comrade Lawler, of Illinois, placed in nomination
for Commander-in-Chief, John R, Burst, of that
State.
Comrade Hall, of New York, in behalf of the dele
gation from that State, nominated Gen. John A.
Reynolds.
Comrade Grosvenor, of Ohio, placed in nomina
tion S. S. Burdette of Washington city.
Comrade Griffin, of Wisconsin, nominated ex-Gov.
Fairchild, of Wisconsin.
Governor Fairchild withdrew his name.
Comrade S. S. Burdette, of the Department of the
Potomac, was elected upon the second ballot, which
was as follows:
Total number of votes cast 454
Necessary for a choice 228
Burst 78
Reynolds 126
Burdette 249
The nomination of Comrade Burdette was made
unanimous on motion of New York.
Comrade Burdette was escorted to the stage and
presented his thanks to the Encampment in a fit
ting speech.
On motion of Comrade Loring and at the request
of the Ohio delegation, the rules were suspended,
and Comrade Selden Connor, of Maine, was elected
Senior Vice Commander-in Chief by acclamation.
Henry D. Pierce, of Massachusetts, General James
Allen, of Georgia, E. A. Dueby, of New York, and
Joseph A. Van Skyel, of New Jersey, were placed in
nomination for Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief.
General Allen was elected on the third ballot, and
his election was made unanimous.
Dr. J. C. Tucker, of California, was elected Surgeon
General, and Rev. L. H. Stewart, of Ohio, Chaplain
in-Chief.
The committee on Veterans’ Rights Union was
appointed by the Commander-in-Chief as follows ;
John Palmer, New York; John F. Kumer, of Ohio;
William Gibson, Washington; E. B. Doring, Massa
chusetts; J. P. S. Gobin, Pennsylvania.
It was voted that the next annual encampment
be held some time between October and May, in
San Francisco, and the recommendation that Me
morial Day be observed on the Sabbath was
adopted. *
It was after midnight when the Encampment ad
journed sine die.
A VISIT TO T. S. DAKIN POST.
«B?he comrades of this post number about 175,
commanded by Charles G. Hall. Dakin Post needs
no advertisement; its fame has gone abroad, its
fine flute and drum corps, composed of veterans’
sons, has no superior in the G. A. R.; its charities
are noble, and the work of the post is up to “the
wind’s eye.” “Fraternity” in its fullest sense per
vades the heart of every comrade. “ Charity ” is
practiced in a manner becoming to a real definition
of the word; and as for “ Layalty,” each comrade
proved that years ago. Heavy inroads have been
made in the Post Fund, consequent upon the re
markably hard times, yet there remains nearly SBOO
cash on hand.
Quartermaster Phil Rothmann has adopted a new
plan for giving receipts for dues. Each comrade
who pays up gets treated to a punch—in his
receipt card. Adjutant Rockwell, who in his boy
hood days was the “Young Adonis” of South
Brooklyn, having added to his glory, stature and
breadth, is now a resident of East Brooklyn. Com
rade Zach Voorhees, as one of the trustees, is ever
on the alert to look after the prosperity of the post.
S. V. C. Foley, and J. V. C. Jenkins are bright lights
in the G. A. R., attentive to all duties, especially
when on committees. Chaplain Hoadly finds it
easy to deal with and capture the sinful. O. D.
Brenning is impressive and knows all about the
manner in which treason should be dealt with. O.
G. Kennard, when at rest is a model, but when at
the head of his guard he and they arejrresistible.
The Surgeon, good George Weber, M. D., is at the
service of the post day and night, and his only
complaint is that “ the comrades do not give him
any trouble.” Genial Charley Hall, who handles
the gavel of Post No. 205, is proud of his post, and
never is he more happy than when telling a lone
some comrade how close to the wind he can sail his
clipper-built A No. 1 gunboat T. S. Dakin, No. 206.
GREAT DAY FOR 427.
The annual picnic of General Michael Corcoran
Post was given at River View Park last Monday, and
the comrades with their friends had a reunion that,
will long be remembered with pleasurable reminis
cences. The day was all that could be desired—the
comrades in tbe best of spirits, and the ladies in
bright attire, with their lovely faces wreathed in
smiles, made the picture most enjoyable. To the
music of a lively band the light fantastic was
tripped, and scores of merry-hearted damsels were
carefully piloted through the mazy waltz, or gal
lantly handed through the graceful figures of
quadrilles—Saratoga Landers, or old set. And
when the Irish reels were danced, and the musicians
piped their liveliest notes there was always two en
cores, so artistic and graceful were the dancers.
Among pleasures .of the evening were noticeable
the singing of Commanders DeLaoy, of 427, Phillipa,
of 79, and McEntee, of 113, also Comrade Skillon,
of 10.
fcAmong those present were Commanders Bevans,
29; Phillipa, 79; McEntee, 113; Ascher. 128, and
Terry, 136. George Phelps, S. V. C., of 10, with a
goodly delegation from Brooklyn, and officers and
comrades from Joe Hooker Post, were in early and
late. Past Commander Isidore Isaacs, late of 186,
but now of General James McQuade Post, carried
off the honors by being voted the best and bravest
looking warrior by the ladies present. Travers,
assisted by Fleming and Jere Costello, had charge of
the floor, and kept the would be wall flowers well
"to the front and centre.” Dunleavy, with his
corps of police, gave up looking after unruly people,
convinced that none were there. Mansfield, Sulli
van, Lyons, Sheahan, Corcoran, McGowan, Brower,
Murray, Southwell and Kelly, covered themselves
with glory. Adjutant Doody was the champion jig
dancer, but Quartermaster Nic Duggan’s lithe and
graceful figure was the centre of attraction around
which clustered the feminine loveliness that graced
the picnic of Post 427,
THE MOZART ASSOCIATION.
Members are notified by Treasurer Murphy that
the preparations made by the special committee for
the celebration of the twenty-fourth anniversary of
the regiment's departure for the seat of war, are
now complete. The following will be the order of
the day: Monday, June 29th.—1st, Assemble at the
Brighton Beach Hotel at 2:30 P. M. sharp. 2d, Busi
ness meeting and election of officers for the ensuing
year at 3P. M. 3d, Dinner at Brighton Beach Hotel
at 5 P. M.
“Year by year,”* says the Treasurer, “our ranks
are broken byj the Almighty General of the Uni
verse, let us therefore cement the few that remain,
in gathering together in social intercourse to re
new the ties of friendship began a quarter of a cen
tury ago. Every comrade and member of the asso
ciation who wears the badge of membership should
certainly be present on this important occasion,
thereby showing their loyalty as of old to the old
Fortieth, and their readiness to act whether for feast
or fight.”
ITEMS OF NEWS.
It is safe to wager that there was little charitable
feeling in Portland about the time the authorities
made the raid upon the spiritual comfort imported
by the boys.
Tbe entertainment, prize drawing and sociable of
the Dahlgren Womens’ Relief Corps comes off to
morrow evening at Walhalla Hall.
E. D. Morgan Post is making great preparations
for its annual “stag party.” Date, July 21; place.
Point View Island. Sam Minnes, George J. Wenck
and John Blatchley have the matter in charge.
This is full assurance of the success of last year.
The Vets of the Ninth will visit that regiment to
morrow at the State camp in Peekskill. The steam
er “Gen. Sedgwick ” has been chartered, and wilt
leave Pier No. 22, E. R., at 9:30 A. M., and pier foot
of West Twenty-first street at 10 A. M.
Koltes Post, 8. O. V., will hold their annual picnic*
at Washington Park, Tuesday, July 7th. Gen. H. A.
Barnum will deliver an address in the evening, and
there will be a bayonet drill by Company C, Elev
enth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y.
The Hon. Wm. E. McLean, acting Pension Com
missioner, requires the address of George Heffren,
Laurence Teller, Frank Whiting and Moses T. Cook,
late of Company E, Ninth N. Y. S. M., Eighty-third
N. Y. Vols. Information may be sent to Wm. Scott,
colonel Ninth Veterans, Box 616, New York city.
The National Woman’s Relfef Corps, at the en
campment in Portland, elected the following offi
cers for the national organization for the coming
year: Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller, of Massachusetts,
President; Mrs. Lizzie D. A. Kinnio, of California,
Senior Vice-President; Mrs. Kent, of New Hamp
shire, Junior Vice-President; Mrs. L. A. Turner, of
Massachusetts. Treasurer, and Mrs. Annie Witte
myer, of Philadelphia, Chaplain.
J. L. Riker Post will celebrate the Fourth with a
grand parade in the morning, assisted by McQuade
Post and a delegation from other G. A. R. posts,
and Robert T. Lincoln Post, S. O. V.; also the Gari
baldi Veteran Association, Eleventh Regiment Vet
eran Association and August Fleischbein Associa
tion. The parade will be through the various .
streets on the ea.st side of the city to Union Square,
paying a marching salute to the Washington, Lin
coln and Lafayette monuments, and in the after
noon the post will have a picnic at Sulzer’s Harlem
River Park. There will be a grand display of firo
wotks and a dress parade in the evening.
At the encampment of S. F. Dupont Post on Wed
nesday night several candidates were mustered and
the usual routine business attended to. Among the
reports of special details the committee upon tha
entertainment for the benefit of the widow of tha
late Comrade Pfisterer was heard. The net proceeds
were quite as much as the most sanguine could
expect, and were much augmented by the extrema
courtesy of Mr. Phillips, of Turn Hall, who gave to
the committee the free use of the hall together with
bar privileges and the personal aid of his efficient
core of employees.|Mr.Phillips received a unanimous
vote of thanks from the post.
GAMES YESTERDAY.
At New York—Metropolitans, 14; Brooklyn, 5.
At Philadelphia—Athletics, 5; Baltimore, 1.
At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, 4; Louisville, 3.
At Cincinnati—Cincinnati, 2; St. Lonis, 10.
At Chicago—Chicago, 12; Boston, 8.
At Buffalo—Buffalo, 5; Providence, 4.
At St. Louis—St. Louis, 9; Philadelphia, 4.
The game at Detroit between the New Yorks and
Detroits, was postponed on account of the rain.
BASEBALL NOTES.
Birchal and Blakiston have materially strength
ened Newark.
Burdock has been trying left-handed batting—
with poor success.
• Troy, second baseman of the Metropolitan Club,
was released June 17tb.
Morrison, of the disbanded Toledo Club, is to be
tried by Bufialo as centre-field.
Macon papers claim that Valentine has agreed to
pitch there at S4OO per month.
The Providence directors have released Crane, the
famous long-distance thrower.
McKeon and Keenan, late of the Indianapolis
Club, have signed with the Cincinnati.
Eddie Kennedy, of the Metropolitans, has im
proved wonderfully in his batting this season.
The Ridgewood Baseball Club will play the
Acmes to-day (Sunday) at the Ridgewood Athletic
Grounds.
The Mets are reported to have made Terry second
baseman, and Willet, change pitcher, of the Yale
nine, offers.
Extremes meet in the Buffalo Club. That team
has the dwarf and the giant of the League, Force
and Brouthers.
Jack Rowe is considered the best all-round player
in the Buffalo team, and is keeping up his reputa
tion nobly this season.
Baldwin, now on leave of absence from Milwaukee,
is a fine pitcher, and several clubs, notably Cincin
nati, have an eye on him.
Billy McLean was, June 19th, appointed by Presi
dent McKnight as one of the American Association
umpires in place of Walsh, released.
Charles Fulmer, of Philadelphia, and short stop
of last season’s has been secured ta
take the management of the Portland nine.
Radbourn is not anxious to play in the out.field
at any time. He is of opinion that “it is injurious
for a pitcher to throw a ball from the out-field.”
Mountain, one of the pitchers of the Pittsburg
Club, who snapped a fibre in his shoulder early in
the season, can it is believed, fully recover.
Probably the Boston directors feel that the $2,505
salary that each receives does not compensate for
the wear and tear of the mind just at the present
time.
Galvin’s value as a pitcher lie§ greatly in his
powers of endurance. He never tires, and ho can
pitch on every day in the week should necessity
demand it.
In view of the actions of the Cleveland contin
gent of the Brooklyn Club, it is no wonder the
Cleveland people were glad to get rid of their
League team.
The Albany Club, of the New York State League,
seems to be in financial difficulties and a disband
ment is probable, in which event the Auburn team
will fill the vacancy.
It is said that each player of the Chicago team is
promised a certain per cent, of the profits over and
above a stipulated amount in case the club win tbe
League championship.
It’s a mystery why Buffalo is not more successful.
As the team now stands it’s a wonderfully strong
combination and has, beside, in Jack Chapman au
able and experienced manager.
The police of Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and New
York will compete for a championship emblem.
The first game will be between Brooklyn and New
York, at the Polo Grounds, July 11th.
Manager Harry Wright denies that he protested
the game lost by the Philadelphias to the New
Yorks June 6th, as it was alleged that he had, on ac
count of a decision by Umpire Decker.
McCaffrey, the pitcher picked up by Cincinnati in
Baltimore, is said to be the smallest and lightest
player in any association. He is said to only weigh
121 pounds, just about the weight of a fair-sized
girl.
Dailey, of the Providence team, was badly in
jured in the game with Philadelphia, June 17th, by
a foul tip, which drove a wire of his mask into on©
of his eyes. He was sent to an oculist and Gilligan
was substituted.
Cook, late catcher of the Toledo club, has been se
cured by the Nationals, and played his first game
June 22. He is said to be a good batter. He had
other offers, but he finally decided to try Washing
ton. Morgan did not pan out as a catcher as was
expected, and has been released.
Tbe Atlantics, of Brooklyn, N. Y., have been re
organized under Dick Pearce’s management, and
now boast of the following players: Clare Phalen,
late pitcher of the Albany club, pitcher; Joe Daily,
late of the Easton club, catcher; Bannon, late pitch
er of the Nationals, of Washington, first baseman;
Farrell, of tbe old Hudsons, second baseman; Mc-
Govern, third baseman; Dick Pearce, short stop;
Dooley, of the old Brooklyns, centre field; Goff*
right field; Slocum, left field; and Quinn, substi
tute.
The Baltimore Club managers are having a little
trouble such as the Brooklyn managers recently ex
perienced. At the close of Wednesday’s game with
the Athletic Club, Manager Barnie released Emslie.
the pitcher, and Manning, second base man, and
suspended Casey, the centre fielder, after imposing
a heavy fine upon him. The trouble all came about
because an amateur named Greer, was put in to
catch. The players named refused to give him any
kind of support, making the grossest kind of errors.
Emslie sulked like a schoolboy, and Manning and
Macullar, second base man and short stop, played
miserably, the former making three and the latter
four inexcusable and evidently intentional errors.
Macullar was heavily fined. Greer played an excel
lent game, without an error, and in spite of the
opposition, put out two men and assisted four
times.
A meeting of the Eastern New England Associa
tion was held in Lawrence, Mass., June 18th. The
Lawrence-Portland game in Portland, June 9th, was
declared “null,” by reason of Portland having
played Doe, an expelled player, and the game was
ordered to be played over June 25th. The Haver
hill-Lawrence game in Lawrence, May 28th, was de
clared a forfeit game to Lawrence, 9 to 0, Haverhill
having played Conway and Foster, two ineligible
men. Rule 52 (2) was amended, so that seven balls,
instead of six, give a batsman his base. Umpires
Quinn and Flaherty were both released. Quinn
was reappointed and J. H. Sweeny was added, these
two to be regular umpires, and F. K. Barnes and
Barnard Donohoe as substitutes, The pay of um
pire was fixed at $8 per game, this doing away with
the expenses, the secretary to have charge of tha
umpire and assign him to
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