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11 As In a Looking Glass.”—On Mon
flay evening last, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Mrs.
Langtry came forward —“accompanied by r *
Maurice Barrymore—in the leading roles In a
dramatic version of a novel, entitled “As In a
Rooking Glass.”
Of the play and the representation of the cast,
Mr. John Carboy will make extended and special
■comment, after his own method, in the next issue
bf this journal. Therefore it is only necessary to
jay here, that since the initial performance the
audiences have been so large that the “standing
loom only ” chromo has been visible in front of
ihe box office.
The ■critical verdict and that of the public has
thus far been somewhat at variance—in fact, widely
antagonistic—but as in many Instances of this
character—the box office receipts have had the best
bf the argument.
Mrs. Langtry was heartily welcomed, and Mr.
fearrymore and the various principal members of
She company included in the cast were not forgotten
in this regard.
scenic settings and the appointments were as
artistic as they wore appropriate.
•• As In a Looking Glass ” will be repeated until
further notice.
<« The Henrietta.” — Hobson and
Crane will open their season to-morrow night at
the Union Square Theatre in a comedy by Bronson
toward. Mr. Howard has invaded Wall street for
his character types in the new play, and is said to
give a pretty accurate picture of more than cne fa
miliar lion of that stirring street.
Mr. Crane is cast as a money king, who Is irreve
rently styled “Old Nick in the Street.” Though
bred in the country, he sweeps all before him by
J. is driving energy and nerve. Stuart Robson, his
on, is a namby-pamby chap, with the a'rs and dress
Of a doll, and knows as much about business as the
butt end of a log.
The fun is kept brimming by the introduction of
Several “Henriettas”—a chestnut filly, a Wall street
Witch, a ballet dancer and a mine. Preparations
have been going on for several weeks, and a brilliant
event is promised.
The cast will be as follows:
Nicholas VanalstyneMr. Wm. H. Crane
Dr. Parke Wainwright Mr. H. J. Lethcourt
Nicholas Vanalstyne, JrMr. Charles Kent
Bertie VanalstyneMr. Stuart Robson
Lord Arthur TrelauneyMr. Lorimer Stoddard
The Bev. Dr. Murray Hilton
Mr. Frank Tannehill. Jr
Watson Flint. Mr. Henry Bergman
MusgraveMr. Louis Carpenter
Mrs. Cornelia OpdykeMiss Selena Fetter
Bose VanalstyneMiss Sibyl Johnstone
Agnes Look wood. Miss Jessie Storey
fcady Mary TrelauneyMiss May Waldron
“A Hole in the Gkound.”—Charles
H. Hoyt's latest skit—that's what he calls it—is
drawing some ef the largest audiences ever seen in
the Fourteenth Street Theatre, and on several even
ingl peofAo were turned away from the box-office
pQable to secure seats.
The new piece may not be Shakespearean, but it is
funny and creates shouts of laughter and applause.
Mr. Hoyt says he wrote “A Hole in the Ground ” to
make people laugh, and he has succeeded by a large
majority, for the new skit is one long, continuous
laugh. It is a lively satire on railway officials and
IB appreciated by these who travel.
Pretty Flora Walsh has captured the patrons of
lhat house as the “Lady of the Lunch Counter,”
and George Richards creates roars of laughter as the
Stranger.
Mr. Mitchell makes a lively baseball umpire and
4b he is popular with the audience, it is likely that
Si makes a good one. The piece is full of bright
usio and taking songs and dances. Matinees Wed
nesday and Saturday as usual.
“The Bellman.”—Five weeks and
the standing room only sign gracing the front of
Wallaok’s every evening is a good record for any at
traction, and that is what Suppe's successful opera
has been doing, and the prospects for the remain.
Ing two weeks' of the McCaull season at this thea
tre are most flattering.
“The Marquis.”—lmmediately after
the first representation of “The Marquis,” at the
Casino, Mr. Rudolph Aronson, with Mr. Max Free
man, started to take advantage of any of the little
oversights incidental to a first night. The nervous
ness of tho initial performance have now disappear
ed. Mr. Aronson is confident “The Marquis” will
still be the Casino attraction when the “snow flies.”
Critical comment upon this successor to “Erminie”
la necessarily deferred until a succeeding issue oi
the Dispatch. Perhaps during the current week it
may assume suqh smooth' and perfect conditions in
the performance that it will deserve more favor than
was accorded it by the press upon the morning after
Its production upon this stage.
**The Great Pink Pearl” and “ Edi
iha’s Burglar” are the dramatic attractions at the
Lyceum Theatre for the coming week.
Tho success of •■Tho Great Pink Pearl” at the
Lyceum was an instant one. Every night elnco the
opening, the sign oi ‘'Standing room only," has
kttssted its popularity, while th. pretty sketch
which precedes it, "Editha’s Burglar," has taken a
Itrong hold on the audiences. The Wednesday
piatlnee recently, of “The Highest Bidder'" was so
kuccsssful that Manager Froliman announces an
other Wednesday afternoon performance of this
flay, which will also be preceded with Editha’s
Burglar." These will be continued during the run
pf "Th. Great Pink Pearl."
Hill’s World of Novelties.”
—This will be the feature at Tony Pastor's Theatre
during the present week, commencing to-morrow
eight. Forty or fifty specialty performers are In
cluded In the list of attractive performance, nomi
nated in the programme, and ail of them have in
the past attained a large share of popularity.
It goes without saying that tho usual result will
J>o apparent—the presence of convulsed audiences
room only"—and happy Harry Sander
ton visible and wearing a smile of content.
Matinees will be given on Tuesday and Friday.
The Still Alarm.” — To-morrow
evening, at the People’s Theatre, this drama, by
Sfr. Joseph Arthur, and revised, brightened and
strengthened by Mr. A. 0. Wheeler (Nym Crinkle),
Will be seen, with ail the original and realistic ef
fects which attended its production at tho Four
teenth Street Theatre.
Of the drama, its import, its acting by the pres
ent company, and of its merit, critical comment
l>as already been given in these columns,
On the following Monday. October 6tb, comes
Again James A. Hearne's “Hearts of Oak."
"Matiases on Wednesday and Saturday, as usual.
•‘Planter’s Daughter.’’—Miss Fanny
Barring will be seen during the week at the Globe
|luseum, in this drama—supported by a specially
Selected company.
In addition to this dramatic attraction, which
★lll be presented every afternoon and .evening, the
Paris Muses Gallery of Wax Figures will be on ex
hibition at all hours. Thia collection includes The
Mechanical Lady, The Wheel, King Lear cursing
Cordelia, Faust and Margeurlte, Last Moments of
Charlotte Corday, and a score oi other life-like his
torical groupings.
Joshua Baker and hie Mormon family, the regular
■juries, oosmoranio views and animate and inani
mate curiosities from all parts of the world, will be
fin exhibition at all hours.
This afternoon and evening special concerts will
be given.
“The Dominib’s Daughter.” For
the present week at the Lee Avenue Academy of
Music, Brooklyn, E. D. Managers Berger & Price
Will present as their attraction the now familiar
play of “The Dominie’s Daughter," which had its
original production at Wallack's Theatre last sea
son. All the original scenic settings and old-time
costumes, which gave such picturesque beauty to
the work, will be sesn here.
The cast will bo adequately interpreted by the
Company.
Matinees will ba given as usual on Wednesday
find Saturday.
On the following Monday, Oct. 3d. a dramatiza
tion of Rider Haggard's novel of ■■ She," will have
place, with entirely new scenery and effects.
Nmr Babylon’s Fall.—There is con
tlnuous’y largo patronage at Dockstader’e. The peo
ple have discovered that a performance of great
merit is being presented, to the nightly amusement
crowded audiences.
Everything goes like clock-work; there are no
Waits, no palming off of ancient fun and no weari
some moments. Lew Dockstader himself is a man
of ideas, and has surrounded himself with a corps
pf people who work harmoniously with him.
The fun is all fresh and good and tho singing ad
faitable. Every night there is something new in
topical and timely merriment, and “The Fall of
New Babylon" Is more convulsing than before.
Rankin is an excellent offset to the drolleries of
Dockstader, and the other comedians—notably
Quinn, Perry, Magrew, French, Moreland, Slo- ,
cum and Maxwell— form a background of hilarity.
The skit on “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Is prom- '
Seed for October Bd,
I
“ Arabian Nights.”—Thia picturesque <
And lively spectacular burlesque-wlth its pretty
★omen and—lts chief attraction-Lena Merrivale's 1
801 l dance, has proved to be about the only p ro .
Bounced success the Standard theatre has known •
under its present management. It will be continued i
until further notice, Matiases as usual.
Hl vlsi cal and Dramatic itemsa
The following letter explains
New York, September 18th. 1887.
Dear Sir: Tho article that appeal b in to-day b iJWU®
of the New York Dispatch, relative to Miss Dau way,
does that lady an injustice, when it says she lost a great,
deal of money at the Lyceum last seasen. .
I ain iu a position to say, having had exclusive Onarge
of the books and accounts of Miss Dauvray s business
transactions, that, outside of the production of the iu
fated “Met By Chance,” her season was one of prosperity.
And, moreover, her illness. I am positive, Is not due to
“ worry over finances, but to nervous irom
which she has been a sufferer ever since she maae ner
debut in Paris over three years asro. The enclosedI copies
of the physicians’certificates will enlighten you regard
ing her case, better than I could write it.
Last November, while wo wore playing to bl£r ■
and when finances could not, possibly, have worried Miss
Dauvray, she had one of her nervous spellswhile^ making
a call, with a young lady friend, on Mi s Dr. Yandell, in
Louisville, on Thanksgiving afternoon, and we were com
pelled to dismiss an eleven hundred dollar house tnac
evening; and again, on the following Saturday evening,
when there were over six hundred dollars worth oi ticKeis
Miss Dauvray was worked very hard last season at th®
Lyceum, with the constant productions she made, as you
are aware, and it has left her in her present s ato of ill-
Of course, I am in need of a position through the untor
tunaie illness of Miss Dauvray, and I can possibly nave
no interest In stating these plain and undeniable tacts
about this matter, regarding which there have been so
many and unkind versions given. But Miss Dauvray nas
always treated her company, one and all, in the most
generous and thoughtful manner; and being oneot them,
and having the greatest respect for her as a lady and an
artist, I should feel that I was ungrateful, being ac
quainted with the true facts of the case, I did not put
you, who have always treated her most kindly (and lor
which I know she Is grateful), in possession of them, ana
thereby do justice to a pains taking, ambitious and gen
erous artist.
The sympathy has all been expressed for the company
and not for Miss D., while she is by long odds the greatest,
sufferer, most of the company having found good en
gagements, and those who have not will bs placed by Mr.
Hayden. . ,
Trusting you will accept this in the spirit of its mean
ing, and with kindest regards, I am.
Yours, very respectfully,
Walter e. Hudson,
No. 428 West 20th St.
Emily Lytton (Mrs. John A. Stevens)
writes us from London, England, denying that “A Secret
Foe,” produced at the Opera Comique by Mr. Stevens, is
'• Hypocrite.” She fails to explain, however, that -it is
“ Her Second Love” tor “ Passing Shadows” in new garb.
She adds that Mr. Stevens went to London tor the purpose
of presenting some of his plays and securing an English
copyright, and that “ A Secret Foe” will be placed on the
road here next season. Miss Lytton also intends to go
starring—perhaps in “Dandy Dick,” if she can secure
that piece for America. Our foreign news has later ad
vices as to Mr. Stevens's ill-luck in London.
Madame Pauline Luoca, it has been
announced for certrn, will appear again in opera in
America in tlte Spring season. This fine dramatic singer
is to receive $1,400 tor each performance. L report speaks
correctly. We would remind our readers that there ex
ists no finer stage picture and per fir. nance than Madame
Lucca in the last; c' of “L’Africaine,” when she watches
the ship that carr.es away her lover, under the deadly
upas tree, width brings her certain death. Madame
Lucca's singing in this scene is a suifreme effort.
“Little Fuck ” was produced for the
first time on Monday night, at the Buffalo Academy
of Music. Tae house was filled and Frank Daniels made
a hit as Pi kem Gikcdge. The piece is founded on the
novel “Vice Versa,” and was constructed by A. C. Gun
ter, Robert Fraser, Fred Maeder and Howard Taylor.
Fraser appeared as Sluggers. The company gave a good
support.
The composer of “Don Ctesar,” Herr
R. Dellinger, has a new operetta nearly completed. The
text is by Messrs. Tell and Genee, and taken from Italian
sources. Although “Don Gsesar” was not au immense
success, It was sufficiently so that the next musical offer
ing of Herr Dellinger should be awaited with pleasurable
anticipation. The name of the operetta is “ Captain Fra
cs ssa.”
John L. Burleigh invited the Hobo
ken Turtle Club to witness his performance of “ One
Against Many.” at the Umoa Square Theatre, on the
night of September 16th. The club presented Mr. Bur
1 leigh with a monster floral tur le, and at the close of the
show all hands enjoyed a turtle collation at the Morton
House.
The work of redecorating the interior
of Wallack’s has already commenced, and on Sept. 15 the
manipulators of gold leaf were busy retouching orna
ments above the proscenium arch. The work will be
done in sections during the dav. . c o that an entirely new
interior will be constructed without closing the theatre.
The contract between Manager H. C.
Miner and McKee Rankin for the spectacular production
of “Macbeth,” with Fdgar S. Kelley’s music, has been
canceled by mutual consent. Mr. Rankin says he has
Lu nd a new capitalist to back him, and Sheridan Shook
is believed to be the man
The Frank B. Murtha Association, of
the Windsor Theatre, went on its second excursion to
Fire Island on Sunday, September 18th. Bob Smith and
Tom Waddington entertained the company during the
trip. Manager Murtha was ill, and unable to be there.
Harry Braham, a well-known and
popular vaudeville vccalist, made his dramatic debut in
this country, September 19th, at the People’s Theatre, as
. Ben Chibbles, in “Hoodman Blind.” He is a clever
comedian, and his success was pronounced.
The cellar under the stage of the Star
k Theatre is being deepened twelve feet, to accommodate
the “Faust’’ scenery which Henry Irving will use during
his engagement at that house, commencing Nov. 7. Mr.
Irving and his people are due Oct. 24.
Mrs. Edward E. Kidder, nee Augusta
Raymond, is a member of Lotta’s company. Mrs. Kid
• der has been in retirement for several years, but was
persuaded to return to the stage. She is a good actress
’ as well as a beautiful woman.
Mr. Will Cowper, in consequence of
J the serious illness of his mother, has been ’compelled te
cancel all his contracts for the present teason, and wi’.l
r< turn at once to his home in England, after an absence
of thirteen years.
i Mr. James Connor Roach will star in
’ a new Irish play <f hi own comopaltion. entitled “Daniel
, Darcy,” this seasou, under the m tnagem< ni of Mr. J, M.
Hill. The tour will probably begin at Worcester, Mass.,
( ne t month.
t Miss May Brookyn has just returned
from Manchester-by-the-Sea, where she has boen the
1 guest of Mr. and Mrs. Osmonde Tearle. Miss Brookyn
i will pl- y Mrs, Ralston iu Jim the Penman company on
t he road.
Henry E. Dixey began bis season in
“Adonis,” last Monday night, at the Opera House in
Oiange. N. J. The house was packed with the elite of
hat quiet town, and the receipts ran up close to SI,OOO.
■ Mrs. J. B. Potter is in Paris. The
cable tells of two new plays she is considering—one by
Id«in Cleary and another by G. R. Sims. The latter’s
J work is said to be a dramatization of ‘’’Ostler Joe.”
’ August Wilhelmj, the great German
a violinist, has just sold out. his establishment at Biebrich,
near Weisbaden, and is going to Berlin to organize a new
1 school of violin playing.
1 “La Fiancee des Verts-Poteaux ”
r (music by Audran, libretto by Maurice Ordonneau), is to
j be done at an early date at the Menus-Plaisirs’ Theatre,
Paris.
Richard Mansfield will do “Dr. Jekyll
1 and Mr. Hyde,” “The Merchant of Venice” (new to him)
s and a “ Parisian Romance” on the road.
i Manager E. E. Kidder’s new comedy,
“Philopene,” will be Myra Goodwin's medium for her
tear this season. She starts Oct. 3.
as sm.
Everything Exceptionally Good, —
' “ The Bully Lager Beer ” ia the only beer which
can be told in lows, the strangest Prohibition State
in the Union. The reason for this is that “The
Bully Lager Beer” is an honest brewing—contain
ing nothing but barley malt and hops. Andrew
Horn, corner of East Broadway and Catharine
street, is the only man in New York who sells this
beer. There is no more gracious drink to the taste
or the stomach than “ The Bully Lager Beer.” The
fact is, without mincing matters, Andrew Hora
sells nothing which is not exceptionally good.
No boarding -house keeper will recom
mend you the use of Angostura Bitters, as they
are the best appetizer known. Uae them in spite
of themselves.
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The I/yons Family,
SON ON TRIAL FOR MURDER—FATHER TRIED
AS A SUSPICIOUS PERSON, BUT DIS
CHARGED.
Mlobael Lyons, the father of Daniel Lyons, now
on trial in the General Sessions for the murder of
Joseph E. Quino, was put on trial In the Special
Sessions, Friday, as a suspicious person.
He claimed that be was bunting up witnesses for
his son when arrested.
Lizzie Tillman said she was eook at No. 128 Second
avenue. The prisoner, Lyons, oame in there where
she was employed, where he had no business. This
was five o’clock in the afternoon.
Detect.ve Lyman said he saw the prisoner on Sec
ond avenue with two other men. He attempted to
get into the house No. 50 Second avenue. He then
went to No. 11l Second avenue, and he was chased
'out oi the bouse. Then he entered No. 123, when
the officer went np to him and asked who he was
looking for. He said a friend. The other twe men
got away.
"What was the condition of prisoner?" asked the
Court.
"He was intoxicated.”
"Last Friday," said the old man, "I was down
seeing my son tried for murder, and they told me
to hunt up all the witnesses I could got. I left
home that day for that purpose. I went into a
liquor store, O’Neil’s, and they said the witness I
was looking for lived in Fourteenth street. Then
a colored lady said the doctor I was looking for
didn’t live there. The doctor I waa looking for was
a witness for my son in the murder case, and the
two men with me were friends."
"Was there anything stolen?" asked Justice
Ford.
"No, sir,” replied the detective.
"Discharged," said the Court.
That House Must Go.
THREE TIMES ARRESTED, BAILED BUT NOT
TRIED.
There is no use iu attempting to keep an improp
er house at No. 116 West Thirty-first street. Capt.
Reilly will not have it, nor will tho people who
worship in the church nearly opposite.
This is the third time that the madame and her
inmates have been arrested within six weeks. The •
first time the madame waived examination and
elected to be tried at General Sessions. The second i
time arrested she again waived examination, and ;
elected to be tried in Special Sessions.
Neitherjcourt has dispoaedjof her case. Yesterday
Fanny was again arrested by Capt. Reilly, this time i
she demands an examination. (
The witness in the last case was Officer Putnam
of the Nineteenth Precinct.
Putnam said he was solicited by Annie Allen, an
inmate of the house.
When the descent was made by the captain a
number of men and women ware arrested. They
were all fined $lO each, by Justice Patterson, except a
the madam, who was held in SI,OOO for examination, 1
NEW YORK DISPATCH, SEPTEMBER 25, 1887.
and the girl Annie Allen, who was used as a witness
was committed to the House of Detentifm.
Annie said she was twenty-two years of age, had
lived at No. 116 West Thirty-first street for the last
fonr months. She paid the madam $lO a week for
the privilege of taking company to her room.
How long now will the authorities keep the wit
ness in prison, while the madam is at liberty o®
bail?
The church in Thirty-first street, and Oaptain
Reilly mean that this house, and others in its
vicinity shall be closed, and the girls and the
madams may as well know it now that they will bo
harried out of there by arrests, if not by convictions.
Tlie of City Politics.
THE CAMPAIGN FAIRLY UNDER WAY—A LIVE
LY STRUGGLE FOB OFFICE—LIKELY CANDI
DATES.
One of the most interesting local political cam
paigns New York perhaps has ever known la just
about begun. The contending hosts are fast pre
paring for the conflict of November. Parties and
factions areall aroused. The lines ot battle will soon
be sharply drawn and then, ho I for the onset.
What the results of the campaign will be it would
be hard to prophesy. The presence in the field of a
regularly organized labor party as a factor in the
politics of the city and county, baffles the calcula
tions of politicians. That the labor people will
achieve solid victories for themselves is scarcely
probable, but that they may incidentally help the
Republican party in the State, if not in the city,
seems to be the general opinion now. There is a
great deal of movement in the Assembly districts,
and there are already more candidates in the field
than you could shake a stick at. Boss Power and
Boss Croker will select the Union Democratic nomi
nees and may be, by direction of Democrats high
in office, throw a bone to Irving Hall in order to
keep that faction quiet.
Tammany Hall it is understood will be permitted
to nominate a candidate for Surrogate. Surrogate
Rollins would be the choice of the Republicans, but
that gentleman it is said, aspires to the Supreme
Court Bench.
ALDERMEN AND ASSEMBLYMEN.
It has not yet been discovered that any one of the
present Aidermen or Members of Assembly will de
cline a renomination if it is given him. On the con
trary, they all appear to be looking for another term
of official service in the State or city. True patriots
they, every man.
Alderman Flynn, who was elected by the votes
of the Labor Party last year, is sure of a renomina
tion in the First Assembly District. It will be hard
to beat him.
, Daniel E. Finn will be tho Union Democratic
1 nominee for Assembly.
Tammany will renominate Aiderman Divver in
the Second District, and the United LaboiH faction
may put the redoubtable James Oliver against him.
Divver is a strong man. T. D. Sullivan (0. D.) will
: probably go baok to Albany.
Aiderman Patrick Napoleon Oakley expects that
Tammany will renominate him in the Third Dis
-1 trict, and James E. Power is said to be booked for
. the Assembly by the County Democracy.
> In the Fourth District it will be D. E. Dowling
j (C. D.) for Aiderman, and Jeremiah (T.) for Assem
bly. Dowling has served one term in the Board and
is a bright and intelligent City Father.
In the Fifth District, “Phil” Holland (T.) will
{ probably be renominated for Aiderman and Michael
’ Brennan for Assembly.
The United Democracy will have G. Menninger
f (0. D.) for Aiderman in the Sixth District, and W. J.
) McKenna (T.) for Assembly.
J In the Seventh the Republicans will nominate,
for Aiderman and Assombiyman, respectively, Al-
[ .'red R. Conkling and George H. Henry.
i In the Eighth District, it will be Christian Goetz
r (R.) for Aiderman and Charles Smith (R.) for Assem
bly. Tammany Hall may run Louis Fitzgerald for
f Aiderman.
£ Aiderman W. H. Walker represents the Ninth
; District in the Common Council and has made a
host of friends by his sturdy opposition to the en-
1 croachments of corporation sheds on the North
8 river front. He is a County Democrat man, but is
8 popular with the laboring classes, from whom he
sprang. His renomination is certain.
e Tammany Hall wants Phil Benjamin, but will
:1 probably be satisfied with Philip Wissig for Assam
e bly.
j In the Tenth District the candidates for Aidermen
>1 are John Cavanagh (0. D.) and Wm. Eicke, the pres
•• ent representative. The latter stands the better
chance. For Assembly G. F. Langblen (C. D.) and
1 Geo. F. Roesch (T.) are prominently mentioned.
e In the Eleventh District J. T. Van Rensselaer (R.)
" will be re-nominated for Aiderman and will have a
walk-over. R. R. Hamilton will go back to Albany.
1 Aiderman Wm. Tait (C. D.) expects a re-nomina
“ tion in the Twelfth District. Solomon Rosenthal is
spoken of for Assembly.
3 There is a terrible amount of kicking in the Thir
y teenth District among the Republicans. James A.
s Cowie represents that district in the Common
Council and is a right good fellow. He has been
), there three terms, however, and many think he
v out to step out for some new man. The present
, choice of the Republicans points to Wm. Brown,
0 Sunerlntendont of Wm. C. Townsend’s marble yard.
>, He is an ex-soldier and belongs to James C. Rice
Post, No. 29. He is popular with the workingmen
1 and reputed to be as honest as the day.
1 For Assembly the choice of the Republicans will
be John P. Windolph.
r In the Fourteenth District the fight for Aiderman
will probably be between Charley Bennett (T.) and
J. J. Fleming (Ind), and for Assembly Jacob Kun*
zenman (0. D.) and L. J. Colin (T.).
In the Fifteenth District M. J. McKenna is likely
to be slated by the United Democracy for Aiderman
. and John B. McGoldrick for Assembly. McGoldrick
is young and talented and served one term in the
j Legislature with unquestioned ability and credit,
j G. H. McAdam (C. D.) and Werner Bruns (T.) are
also candidates for Assembly in this district.
r Aiderman Joe Murray will be renominated by the
s Union Democracy in the Sixteenth District, and
3 Eddie Hagan for Assembly. Both are popular men.
i In the Seventeenth District the Democracy will
find no stronger man to put in the field for Alder
! man than the present popular representative, John
Quinn, the builder. He would sweep down all op
position. William Dalton is looking for the nomi
. nation for Assembly.
7 Aiderman Hugh Farrell (T.) will be renominated
5 in the Seventeenth District, and for Assembly it
will be either John F. Kenny (C. D.) or Thomas
Murphy (T.).
The gay, festive and frolicsome Aiderman John
Murray will be renominated in the Nineteenth Dis
trict by the United Democracy. He is strong with
the working-people, and will pull like a steam en-*
gine. The women are all on his side.
> Eugene S. Ives will, kis thought, be Tammany’s
choice for Assembly.
In the Twentieth District, the fight for the Alder
, manic nomination is between James E. Fitzgerald
r and P. H. Kirwin, both of the County Democracy.
, The chancss are in favor of the former, who holds
the office at present.
Ex-Assemblyman James Haggerty looms up again
for Legislative honors. Eugene M. Earle would
like to be nominated for Aiderman in the Twenty
first District. So would C. F. Sanford. It is as yet
hard to say how the slates will be fixed in this dis
trict.
In the Twenty-second District it will be Mat
thew Smith (U. D.) for Aiderman, and John T. Mc-
Donald (Ind. and Irving Hall) for Assembly. Matt.
Smith is a rip-roaring Democrat, and can fill a ball
witfc workingmen.
The Twenty-third is a mighty big district, and
there arc lots of candidates for all the offices. For
Aiderman may be mentioned Andrew Jackson Mc-
Gown, John J. Whiteway, Bill Burke (the coal-mer
chant), Patrick Ferrigan, and Jacob M. Long, the
present representative. John C. Munzinger will
probably be nominated for Assembly by the U. D.
He is young, handsome and popular. Aiderman
John J. Mooney, the Chief of the Ollagawallas, is
likely to be nominated by the United Democracy.
James S. Wells will probably ba nominated by the
Republicans. He served two terms in the Board
some years ago, and made a fine record.
The Democratic candidate for Assembly will, it is
said, be John B. Shea, and the Republican, ex-
Judge Angell.
Genuine misfits from leading tailors,
can only be had at Shea’s, comer Broome and
Croeby streets. Dross suits loaned. Established 19
years.
Tliat Dirty Ditclier.
THREE MONTHS WHERE THEBE IS NO BEER.
Joseph Breen went to the liquor store oi Fred.
Stolder for a pint of beer. The pitcher was dirty,
and Fred, wouldn’t put the beer in it. He told Joe
to get a clean pitcher. Joe went out, and camo
back and fired the pitcher at Stolder’s wife. Then
Joe went out and got a rock weighing about eleven
pounds, and let that drive at his children. He flrod
another stone. Stolder ducked his head and it ■
passed over. Had it hit him, he believed he would i
have dropped dead.
Defendant said he didn’t fire any stones. He <
asked for a pint of beer; instead of getting it, Stol- <
der set a big dog on him. |
“ Ane you a regular customer there ?” 1
“Yes, sir,” replied Breen.
“ No, sir,” said Stolder. j
Three months,” said the Court. j
To the Rescue with Hale's Honey of Horehound i
and Tar before the bal-y strangles with croup, t
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in ou§ minute*
Much Ado Abo’it IVotliiiltf.
FORCING A COMPLAINANT TO APPEAR TO
PROSECUTE—NOTHING IN r THE CASE.
Lizzie Freech failed to obey a slabpen a that sb®
had received to prosecute Anne Ross, charged with
assaulting her. The Court) arrested Lizzie on the
charge of contempt of court. She said she had not
received the summons; the s®bpena server said he
had served the summons.
She had lived at No; 15 Christie street; now she
lived at Nos 17.
On being sworn, she said that on the 24th of June
she was assaulted by Mrs. Rose, who struck her
with a dish, on the forehead. She had to see the
doctor.
Cross-examined, she said accused kept a grocery
at No. 15.
“Didn’t she have you arrested for keeping a dis
orderly house ?*’ asked counsel.
“No,” she replied.
“ But you have been arrested for soliciting ?” said
counsel.
“ Once,” she replied,
“ Weren’t you put out of No. 15 for soliciting from
the window ?”
“No,” she replied.
“ Weren’t you drunk, and came down and insulted
this woman ?”
“No,” she replied.
Defendant said she lived at No. 15, where this
woman formerly lived. A gentleman came to her
grocery store to make a purchase, when Lizzie came
over and solicited him» She told Lizzie to go away.
She said, “What are you looking at, you dirty
sheeny ?” When she told her to away, she fell.
Lizzie had been arrested threo times, and had been
put out of No. 15, and was now in No. 17, whore she
plied her vocation from the stoop.
Mrs. Ross was discharged.
This was a case where the Court forced the at
tendance of complainant
When the system is debilitated by
disease. It should be strengthened and renewed
with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. This medicine invariably
proves itself worthy of all that can be said in its
favor. Sold by druggists and dealers in medicines.
Price sl. Six bottles, $5.
That Hot Potato.
IT WENT IN HIS EYE, NOT THE MOUTH.
Max Aschor, of No. 94 Allen street, charged Ida
Smith with assaulting him.
“ What did this woman do to you ?” asked the
Court.
“I came home for dinner, and she had hot boil
ing potatoes, and hit me in the face with them,”
said Max.
“How often ?” asked Justice Kilbreth.
“Once,” replied Max.
“ Did you do anything to her ?”
“No.”
“Mr. Max,” said counsel, “this was at dinner
time ?”
“ Yes.”
“ Your boy and her boy had trouble ?”
“No.”
” You went in her room ?”
“No.”
“Weren’t you In front of her door?”
“I was outside.”
Mrs. Smith went on the stand and said she lived
at No. 94 Allen street, in the same house with Max.
She told her story through the interpreter, who
said:
“ This man cam® with his wife and raised the
devil. He came into my room and wanted to get
up a row. I ordered him out. He wouldn’t go. I
told him not to touch my child, and told him to get
out of my room.”
“How about the hot potato ?” asked the Court,
“I didn’t do that. I ordered him out and he
didn't go. He got hold of me and called me out of
my name. The warm potatoes were handy and to
stop his vile tongue. I put the potato in bls
mouth.”
• “Acquitted,” said the Court.
> The Youth’s Companion wants to
i know, •• Why is Pond's Extract liko Time ?" and
1 truly answers, “Because it heals many a wound,”
l nlc’s Wife.
SHE GETS HIM TWICE, BY JEALOUSY, IN THE
PENITENTIARY.
1 Frank Johnson and Wm. Henderson, both colored,
had a “difference,” about Frank’s wife. Frank was
| jealous of her. Henderson said he met Johnson on
Seventh avenue, who followed him. He told him to
go away. Frank accused him of “lagging” him
1 six months on the Island and alienating Mrs. John
-1 son's affections. Mr. Henderson said that was all
fudge; but, getting scared, he went to the station
i house to get protection; there they told him to go
to court. He returned to the avenue and he again
met Frank, who called him all sorts* of names,
knocked him down and “knifed him.*
Frank said he met Henderson on Seveath avenue.
Henderson was the cause of separating him and his
‘ wile. He went to talk to him about it, when Hen
' derson “ swung his hand in his pocket as if for a
razor,” and said, “I’ll rip you.” That frightened
Frank, and he told him to “g’ way ” or he would
i bit him. When his hat was knocked off he thought
1 it time to knock Bill down, and he did. Then he
1 was arrested. Bill and Mrs. Johnson worked at the
same place, and when she left him under Bill’a
advisement,” and took $65 with her, and he went
to coax five or ten dollars out of her, all he could
[ get out of her was “ sho I” He lost his temper and
bit her, and got “jugged.” Bill was the cause of
losing his wife, losing his money and his home, and
getting a sixer on the Island. It was great “ aggra
vation.”
The Court gave Frank another sixer on the Island.
Druggists all over the Union are sending in heavy
orders for Glenn’s Sulphur Soap to Crittenton’e
Central Medicine Warehouse, New York, which is
its depot of supply. Their customers pronounce it
1 an unequaled purifier.
Four Beautiful Cards.—New de
signs, never before published. Will please any per
son. Also Bcolor Illuminated Illustrated Book, sent
free to every reader of the Dispatch. Address H. C.
Hibbabd, P. 0. Box No. 1322. N. Y.
Is It JPoestble ?
SHALL THERE NO LONGER BE SEEN TRUCKS
AND WAGONS IN THE STBEETS AT NIGHT ?
If the police compel the owners of carts, wagons
and trucks to house them, it will make some streets
presentable that have hitherto been a nuisance tp
pass through.
> David Olivet was charged with leaving his wagon
over night in 154th street, near Third avenue.
There was a stable in front of his wagon, but tho
police had ordered him to house that as weil as his
horse. He didn’t.
"Is it there still ?’’ asked the Court.
"Yes. sir,"replied Officer Madigan.
" Why do you keep your wagon in the steeet all
night?” asked Justice Kilbreth.
"I do no more than my neighbors," replied Oil.
vet. "I never bad orders to put it in the stable."
"Ten dollars fine ’’ said ths Court.
Tho arrest was certainly a warning to put the
wagon out of sight during the night.
George Baber, of Suffolk street, was charged with
the same offense by Officer Bepper. The officer said
he gave bim due notice to stable his wagon as well
as his horse. He gave him notice twice, and he re
fused to house his wagon. Since the arrest tho ac
cused and his neighbors haven't done it.
The defendant was flned $5.
Frank’s JFrlend.
HE PROMISES HIM A JOB AND ROBS HIM.
Frank Nelson met Fred. Weis in a saloon, and tho
two got talking on business, Fred, said he was out
of a job, Frank said he could get him work. It got
late, and Frank said be had better go with him and
ba ready to go to work m the morning. He was
taken to a cheap lodging house in Chatham Square
and both went to bed. At two o’clock Weis woke
and found Nelson gone, and with him bls watch
and $8 in money. At five o’clock in the evening he
happened to meet Nelson rigged out in a now suit
oi clothes, and he asked,him for bis money and
watch. Ho gave bim bio empty pocket-book and
said if be caused bis arrest he would kill him. A
policeman came along and Weis caused Nelson’s
arrest.
The prisoner tried to make out a case of mistaken
identity, but he couldn’t get over the pocket-book.
The Court gave bim six months.
A Hasty Temper,
NOT CUT OUT TO BE A PEDDLER.
Arthur Conti, of Np. 401 West Twenty-sixth street,
a peddler of stamps, charged Henry Schneider, a
bartender, with assaulting him. He struck him on
the ear and on the eye.
Did you do anything to him ?" asked the Court. ■
"The provocation was his own provocation. I :
went into the place and left my card. The barten- i
der called me back and asked my card prices. After 1
a long delay, he offered eighteen cents for what I I
couldn’t sell under fifty. I then said he had wasted i
enough of my time, and that he was no man, to I
take up so much of my time when he had no inten
tion of buying my stamps." (
A witness said he saw complainant enter tho sa- (
loon and offer stamps for sale. While sitting read- t
ing the paper he heard Conti call Schneider a°black- 1
guard. Ho couldn’t say who struck first, but when i
he looked up both had blood on them. He separated i
them. Nobody was hurt. c
Schneider was acquitted. <
Ann's £lu9t>andL«
HE OR SHE MUST BE VERY SHIFTLESS
William, the husband of Ann Smith, was charged
with failing to support wife and children. The
three children, aged respectively ten, eight and six
years, were in Saint Ann’s Home. Sbe- eould no 4
keep them, and at her reqwest they were commit
ted. Since her husband left her he has been around
tm spreeing. He was washer in a livery stable
and got sll a week. He could got work; they kept
the place open for him while on his last spree till
tired, and closed down on hinu
“ I’m- an unfortunate son of a gun,” said Sriith.
‘♦l went on a spree for three or four days, and when
I came home, there was no home for the poor
washer. I found all the things out of the house;
the wife gone, the children gone, every hap’orth I
had on earth gone, all gone higher than a kite.*,
** I had to pledge everything for food,” said th®
wife, “and the last thing went was the stove. I owe
everybody for food for the children*”
“ How about his sprees ?” asked the Court.
“ Well, Bill will be on a spree from three to six
months, and as soon as he’s sober he’s on an
other,” said Ann.
“ Don’t she look a mighty peaceable woman ?
Jist ask her whin she was arrested,” said Mr.
Smith.
“ They needn’t ask —I’ll answer,” said Ann.
“ The landlord came to disposaes, and I told him I
had paid the rent. He said no. I had got no re
ceipt. He said I should have it, and turned
round and said I wasn't a proper woman. When
he lied, I deliberately smashed in his window. I
hadn't a husband to take my park. That’s the sort
of man I have.”
The Court found Smith guilty, but he promised
that he would support the children. Nothing was
said about the wife.
Judgment was suspended fora couple of weeks to
give him time to scrape a few dollars together to
pay for the support of the children.
Gr. A.. TL.
OFF TO THE ENCAMPMENT—LOOK AT
BOTH SIDES—SOME BROOKLYN COM
RADES—NAVAL POST ITEMS —SCOTT
LIFE GUARD REUNION—A FRATERNAL
VISIT-RECEPTION AND PRESENTATION
, —COMING EVENTS.
, OFF TO THE ENCAMPMENT.
The majority of the comrades and ladies from
this city, bound for the great encampment of the
’ G. A. R. at St. Louis, this week, started on Friday
last, although the number was largely increased by
the departures of last night, and will be further
enhanced to-day. Last evening, between two hun
dred and three hundred Brooklyn comrades left the
City of Churches for the booming West, with a de
. termination to “whoop it up lively” for General
Henry W. Slocum, the candidate of the Department
of New York for the position of Commander-in-
Chief. May they come back successful, is the hearty
wish of those loft behind, and if they do, they will
get one of the most rousing receptions ever seen in
this part of “ God’spountry.”
The New Yorkers who left this city on Friday,
were joined at Albany by Department Commander
[ Treadwell, his staff and others, and numerous addi
tions were made to the party at Schenectady, Utica,
j Rome, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. Many of
the comrades on the line of the Erie road, went by
j that route.
t Some of those on board of the train occupied by
[ the Department Commander and other officers were:
j Senior Vice Department Commander Cleary and
wife, Junior Vice Department Commander 0. Hull
Grant and wife. Comrades Wallace, Griffith, Corliss
3 and Spierre of the Department Staff; Commander
f Herman W. Thum, Capt. Theodore Feldstein, Com
-3 rades Hugh M. Gar tian, W. L. DeLacy, Geo. Wisker,
8 Captain D. M. Hamlin, B. F. Ketcham. H. C. Miller,
W, Weise, G. H. Curreen, C. N. Mehrer, E. J. Seitz
and J. Hapworth.
The route taken was byway of New York Central
y to Buffalo, Lake Shors to Cleveland, and Bee Line
j to St. Louis. Returning, they will leave St. Louis
on Saturday, October 1, byway of Wabash to Tole
do, Michigan Central to Niagara Falls, and West
Shore to New York. Comrades E. F. Richardson, C.
E. Sutherland and W. L. Ames are the Transporta*
' tiou Committee, and Comrade J. Daly is in charge.
Last evening, in addition to the Brooklyn excur
' sionlsts, quite a number of comrades from this city
8 started for St, Louis, among them Comrade J. A.
1 Joel, of the Grand Army Gazette, and Commander
0 R. S. Heilferty of Farragut Post. The best of luck
1 to 'em, one and all.
j LOOK AT BOTH SIDES.
Some of the Grand Army veterans have appeared
o to be very much alarmed recently lest the organiza
i tion should be swallowed up by one of the great
i, political parties. The truth is, that both parties are
doing their utmost to create dissensions in our
), ranks.
0 Every reader of the Dispatch knows that It hafi
been, and is now, earnestly in favor of the election
a of General Slocum to.the position of Commander.in
-1 Chief as against any other candidate, no matter who
1 he may be or where he hails from. At the same
t time we desire to oall the attention of comrades
9 who have been protesting against partizanship to
9 the following extract, taken on Friday from the
a columns of a leading daily paper of this city:
t The handsome New York end of the great Grand
. Army encampment, to be held at St. Louis during
1 the major part of next week, will start Westward
1 this morning. They are armed to the teeth with
f patriotism, Slocnm and General Service Pension
, bill. The New York delegation is pledged towage
3 an Appomattox battle in favor of the stanch, old Dem
- ocratic war-horse of Brooklyn, Gen. Slocum, for
Commander-in-Chief, and if he doesn’t get there it
won't be for lack of solid work on their part,
The Dispatch italicises a portion of the last para
graph for the purpose of calling attention to the
a fact,that partizanship will creep out when it is not
8 only unnecessary, but positively harmlul. Com
t rades are not to blame for this, but it only shows
them that they should not allow their judgment to
be influenced by outsiders, whose foolish advocacy
• of any cause, or person, does far more harm than
• good.
; General Slocum will be supported at St. Louis by
. a solid New York delegation, and the .Dispatch sin
cerely hopes for his election. But he receives that
support on his record as a soldier and member of
the Grand Army, and not because of his affiliation
j with any political party. It is the beliel of the Dis
patch that General Sigel voices the universal senti.
ment of comrades, in the followinggletter to a dele.
3 gate from this city, which will appear in the St.
’ Louis papers to-morrow;
New York, Sept. 22<J, 188?.
Capt. Theodore F-eldsteini
i Dear Comrade: Referring to our conversation of
yesterday, it seems to me that under the present
circumstances the election of General Slocum as
> Commander would not only give general satisfac
j tion to the veterans of the East, but would also be
considered an act of courtesy and justice to a sol
dier and gentleman who, in time of war and peace,
has gained a national reputation by his patriotic
services in the army and in the balls of Congress.
. His excellent character and his ability would vouch
1 for the honest and efficient administration of the
affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic, while the
elevation of a modest and true soldier, whose very
nature is averse to political extravagance, would
certainly contribute to preserve and strengthen the
bonds of union and friendship, now more than ever
necessary for the organization of the Grand Army
of the Republic. 1 am, my dear comrade.
Very truly and in F. C. and L., yours,
F. Sigel.
NAVAL POST ITEMS.
" Naval Post,” says Comrade E. F. Jennings, “ is
sailing along in smooth water, and is shipping re
cruits fast, for as soon as any old shellback hears
that there Is a Naval Post, ho wants to get on board.
Every meeting night we muster in a big crowd, and
when hammocks are piped down we adjourn to the
orlop deck, swap lies, and have a good time gen
erally before we turn in. We have engaged Arling
ton Hall tor a baH in December, and intend to in
troduce a new feature—that of Neptune crossing
the line. We can get plenty of Neptune’s, but who
will be the greenhorn to be lathered with tar and
shaved with a dull razor, is not yet decided.
” A large delegation of shellbacks will leave for
St. Louis on the 24th inajt., to put in their oar at the
National Encampment, and they will take in Chicago
before they return. They will be well supplied
with solids and fluids, and intend to have a share
in all the fun there is going. Our only fear is that
when they get our Commander out West they will
keep him and his crew to salt the cattle. Those
who live to come back will get an old fashioned re
ception, for we know they will come home—as
sailors always do—victorious.”
SOME BROOKLYN COMRADES.
Comrade Major John H. Walker is again at home,
after a considerable time spent in a voyage to the
West Indies and back. The Major is deservedly
popular with the veterans of Brooklyn and New
York, and, in fact, has a host of friends in the order
in every portion of the country.
Comrade Edward A. Dubey, of Winchester Poet, a '
sterling Grand Army enthusiast, and the organizer i
of some of its grandest endeavors, has been prom- :
inently mentioned for the position of Junior Vice-
Commander-in-Chief. While fully appreciating the 1
honor which the position would confer, Comrade i
Dubey declines to enter the lists as long as it will 1
in any way antagonize the election of Gen. Slocum
to the office of Commander-in. Chief. j
The nominee of the United Labor party of Kings i
county, for Alderman-at-Large, Comrade Charles J. t
Gallagher, was born in New York city in 1841, and a
graduated from Manhattanville College in 1858. He
has honorable discharges from the U. S. army and f
navy, having served in both branches of the serv. r
ice. He is a member of the Knights of Labor, and I
of Rankin Post, and is employed by the publishing i
firm of A, Barnes & Co. j_
The friends of Comrade Harry A. Phillips—and
their name is legion—are hoping that he will be
appointed Superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home at
Bath. His chances for the appointment look ex
tremely promising.
Comrade James W. Webb, of Rankin Post, who is
a candidate for Sheriff on the United Labor ticket in
' Kings county, hao had a stirring career. He was
born in Brooklyn in 1844; enlisted in the Duryee
Zouaves in 1861; wae transferred in 1803 to the 146th
N. Y.Vols.; t-eok part in all of the battles of ths
Army of the Potomac up to the time of his muster
out r in 1864. He was wounded at the Second Bull
Run, and was brevetted Captain for meritorious
service in action. In 1868 he accompanied a party
of explorers to the Yellowstone region, and in 1874
was second in command of a company of miners
who went out to open up the Black Hills country.
The party was driven back by the Indians, just
previous to the Custer massacre. He is a member
of the Fifth and 146th N. Y. Veteran Associations, of
the Knights of Labor, and of Franklin Lodge,. K. of
H. He has also been the Chief Mustering Officer of
the Department of New York, G. A. R.
SCOTT LIFE GUARD REUNION.
On the evening of the 17 th inst., the surviving
veterans of the Fourth, N. Y. Vole., (First Scott Life
Guard,) commemorated the anniversary of the battle
of Antietam by a reunion. About forty survivors, and
ft number of invited guests assembled at Masonic
Temple, Brooklyn, E. D., and- preceded by the fife
and drum corps of Mansfield Post, marched to Jan.
sen’s Hotel, where a beautiful repast awaited them,
the inevitable ‘‘bean soup” and “ commissary” be
ing abundant. After cigars had been handod
around, President Donovan, a former member of
Company F., delivered an address which was listened
io with great attention. He recalled the scenes and
struggles of twenty-five years ago, and referred to
the rapidity with which the veterans are descend
ing the western slope of life. He then paid an elo*
quent tribute to the memories of Captain Me*
Donald and Lieutenant Just, who have passed away
since the reunion a year ago. When the applause
which greeted the president's address had subsided,
Colonel Jamison was announced as the next speaker,
and was received with three times three. His re
hearsal of the history of the regiment was very in
i teres ting. Speeches were also made by Major
, Kruger and Comrades Dailey, Smith, Rogers, and
other members of the regiment, and by Comrades
Quick, Truesdale and Brown, of Harry Lee Post.
Comrade Wright’s singing was excellent, and at a
rather early (in the morning) hour, the reunion
wound up after singing “ Auld Lang Syne.”
A FRATERNAL VISIT.
The members of Noah L. Farnham Post, of this
city, unanimously declare that they had a royal
time of it on their recent visit to Winchester Post,
of Brooklyn. Farnham Post turned out in full
5 force, under the command of Senior Vice Goodwin.
The members of Charles R. Doane Post, of Brook
l lyn, also put in an appearance, and aided materi
ally in making matters interesting. Speeches were
made by the Commanders of Winchester and Farn
ham Posts, and Comrades Finn, Waller, O’Rourke,
j De Courcey, Reagan, Spence, Castles and others
t also took a hand in the talking. Past S. V. Depart
ment Commander Cowtan, of Winchester Post, en
tertained the veterans with warlike reminiscences,
* and Generals Crook and King had a good time
“ fighting their battles o’er again.”
RECEPTION AND PRESENTATION.
f On Thursday evening last the veterans of the
r Twentieth N. Y. Vols. (Turner Regiment), were
given a reception on their return from Antietam,
r were they had gone to dedicate a monument erect
ed to the memory of their comrades who died on
1 that bloody field. At an early hour in the evening
1 the veterans assembled at Captain Henry Kloeber's,
3 in Broome street, and from thence proceeded to
r the Germania Assembly Rooms, where Koltes Post,
. with its band and fife and. drum corps, were gath
ered to escort them to Turn Hall.
f Upon their arrival, Chaplain Philip Betz, in be
t half of the Turners of New York and the Grand
Army, welcomed the veterans of the Twentieth.
1 Then Madame Ottilie Gesth, in a neat speech, pre-
Q sented them with a large, handsome laurel wreath,
8 of solid silver. An eloquent response was made by
. Col. Ed. Roehr, after which Generals Max Weber
t and Franz Sigel were called upon for speeches, and
upon taking the platform received an ovation.
During the evening there was some excellent
singing by the Turner Singing Society and the Ger
. man Veteran Singing Society. A truly enjoyable
7 evening was then wouqd up with dancing and a
collation.
‘ COMING EVENTS.
t Major Chris. Woerner Post, of Hoboken, N. J., will
give a camp-fire on Tuesday evening.
A musical entertainment and hop, for the benefit
of the Independent Veteran Sons’ drum and fife
1 corps, will take place at the Brooklyn Institute,
- Washington street, near Concord, on the evening of
t November 24. The drum corps consists of one hun
a dred members, and is the largest in the State.
r On Monday evening, October 3d, the Veteran As
sociation of the Second Fire Zouaves will give an
fi entertainment and reception at Grand Army rial!,
i Brooklyn, E. D., for the benefit of the Gettysburg
- Monument Fund. Comrades and friends are in-
J vited.
3 GRAND ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
b The team of the Grand Army Rifle Association
> entered the contest for all comers at Creedmoor, on
3 the 14th inst. The team consisted of Comrades F.
W. Hofele, of Dahlgren Post; W, 0. Reddy, of Alex.
1 Hamilton; E. H. Pipenbring, of Koltes, and A. B.
| Van Heusen, of Rice. Their aggregate scores in the
t first trial amounted to 218 points, out of a possible
1 400.
1 On the second trial the score stood as follows :
r Hofele 8 5 8 4 9 9 4 6 4 8—64
t Reddy 8 77733353 3— 49
Pipenbring 5 58432663 5— 47
Van Heusen 9 476864468 - 62
9 Total 222
t Comrades Lefarge, Mitchell, Rousseau and Mc-
- Quade fired in individual matches, all of them
» making more than ordinary scores. While at
3 Creedmoor six or seven new members joined the
association. The next meeting will be held at the
» Veteran Club rooms, No. 449 Grand street, at eight
o’clock, Wednesday evening next.
SOME NEW JERSEY EXPERIENCES.
Comrade Colonel W. H. Young, writing from New
ark. New Jersey, sends to the Dispatch some of hie
recent experi.nosß in the land abonnding in apple
jack and mosquitoes.
'• Having received a kindly notice." he says, "of
some of the experiences of my past life, and that of
my wife, whose (Jrand Army poem appeared in the
columns of the Dispatch last May, I addresl you
thia communication. That poem, by the way,
Which wag entitled, • Known or JJnknown.’ I hav;
t framed, and hung tijoti the walla of’man'y post
; rooms I have visited since its pnblicalion, thus
1 showing two facts.viz: That the Dispatch is taken
i and read by a majority of Grand Army veterans,
• and, that as ever, Mrs. Young and her writings are
popular with them also.
" Mrs. Young and myself ar. en route tot Phila
delphia. Washington, etc., via the old stage routes,
' diverging in many caeee from a direct line to out’-
of-the-way place., and meeting on our journey
many an old account of whom may be
! pleasurabl. to veteran, generally a. they look
over the G. A. B. columns of the Dispatch."
Col. Peter Rogers, Superintendent of the Soldier’s
Home, in anewer to my query, replied: "Ob, yes
we take, read and filo the Dispatch in the library of
the Home. We could not do without it. The old
soldiers would rather do without their Sunday pud
ding than mies their Sunday Dispatch."
In answer to my offer to write up the Homo, the
colonel said: "It has been done so often that the
old place la thoroughly known by all who care to
know anything about it, but when they get the new
one built (the site of which is immediately north of
the Kearny Castle, upon a beautiful billside, with
plenty of tree, for shade and green award for lawns,)
if you chance to come this way, we shall be happy to
have a pen picture of it from you or Mrs. Yeung."
The colonel having an engagement, left me in
charge of Hospital Steward William Chaliss —a
bright-eyed "boy.’’ with an elastic step, that trou
bled mo somewhat to keep pace with—who seems
(as he well might) proud to show mo the actual con
dition of the inmates of the Home. Cleanliness
appeared to have been adopted as the first great
consideration. Iron bedsteads, but with wire
springs and mattresses, linen, etc., that would be
considered both a novelty and a luxury in any ordi
nary boarding-house.
"The oyster soup and rich orange-colored milk or
cream that surmounted it, which wae served to the
invalids and the disabled, were tempting to a well
man. Before parting, my lively chaperone in- ,
formed me that he was born In England, in 1814,
had a good record as a Mexican veteran, and served
from 1861 to the close of the rebellion.
"Among many a worn and maimed veteran I saw
upon the piazza enjoying the fresh air, in a wheeled
chair, a man who, upon looking up, I reognized.
though, oh, how changed from the airy, dashing
Major Arrowsmith, of the cavalry, in 18611
" The Major has to bo wheeled round in his chair
by an attendant, instead of wheeling and charging
upon a living steed, the back of which he will never
be able to stride again.
"At the Home everyone expressed themselves well
provided and affectionately oared for; ail speaking
in the highest praise of Colonel Rogers and Cap
tain Tuttle, who dispenses spiritual food and comfort
alike to all, regardless of croed or nationality.
■•Yesterday we drove out to Kearny Castle, the
former home of the immortal •Phil.' The Castle is
now the residence of his son, the Hon. J. Watts
Kearny, Adjutant General of the State. Upon arriv
ing in front of the Castle, we were welcomed by a
boatiful little girl, who said her papa had gone to
the Centennial; bnt would we please come in ? fu
this child I could see the eye and almost hoar the
gentle voice of her grandsire, the renowned cavalry
general, who gave an arm for Mexico and a life for
the Union.
" They have erected a statue in Military Park,
Newark, through which I strolled at midday, but
the Inscription, whatever it may be, upon the tablot,
was to me unreadable, the namo only of Kearny
standing out plain upon the granite base upon
which the iron tablet and the statue rest,
"Ae I stood in front of that cold, iron counterpart
of my old friend and comrade, my first though!
was of the truth of an oid Bible saying—Two shall
be grinding at the mill, the one shall ba taken, th<
other left—and I could but think, why should out
•o noble have been selected while so many lost
worthy should have been left. All I could say (mei*
tally} in my loneliness was:
•'The face and form and empty sleeve
Are all thine own, Phil I
'J® 114 of thine eyo and expression grand.
And the friendly grasp of thy one right hand
Cannot reach me here as alone I stand,
_ And silently grieve.
That the iron counterpart they have raieed
Math no beating heart, and no living soul,
7° , w ® , s ome th y friend as in days of old.
And I turned from the shadows and iron cold,
lhat my own heart’s blood was beginning to chill,
r ln tho r “ ys of the noonday sun
I breathed again, and I said, "’Tis well I"
Mie race wae bravely and fairly run.
And the goal of the soldier most nobly won."
“By referring to the printed heading of the paper
upon which I write, you will see I am a guest of
William F. Donovan, of the United States Hotel.
Captain Donovan was telegraph operator at City
Point, Old Point Comfort, and in front of Peters
burg, during the war, filled his post and did hia
part as creditably and with as much devotion and
benefit to hie country as he who bore a musket or
wielded a sabre, and the many expressions of enco
mium conferred upon him by officers of high rank
attest his ability and trustfulness; while since the
war a scrap-book laying upon my table contains
folios of orchestral and other programmes for the
benefit of the soldier, and especially do old com
rades say that Captain Donovan, both by dispensa
tion of money and time spent in getting up bene
fits, deserves the lasting gratitude of many an old
comrade before and after ths establishment of the
Home.”
AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.
The following correspondence explains itself t
Headquabtzhs Adam Goss Post, 330, 1
Depabtmept ov New Yopk, G. A. R., }
New YoiiF, Sept. 22d. 1887. I
J. W. Jacobus, Esq,
Sir and Co-mrad£: Adam Goas Post will attend the
entertainment in a body, together with their drum
corps. Yours, in F. O. L.,
, _ Jalle? Brxan, Commander.
John W. Haslalt, Adjutant.
The following answer wae returned by Comrade
Jacobus:
New York. September 23. 1887.
James Bryan, Commander of Adam Goss Post, No.
330, G. A. B.
Comrade, I desire to acknowledge the receipt of
your communication announcing the resolution of
Adam Goss Post to attend our entertainment on
October loth, in a body, accompanied by its flfo and
drum corps.
On behalf of this committee, allow me to thank
you for the magnanimity displayed by your post in
helping our depleted funds, and trust that your
praiseworthy example will be followed by all the
posts of this city. Truly yours, in F. C. and L.,
John W. Jacobus,
Treas. Bureau of Employment and Relief.
Similar action to that of Goss Post has been taken
by Dahlgren Post, and, as the entertainment will
continue for six nights, there is no reason why
every New York post should not follow the example
aet by Goss and Dahlgren, and help along the good
work.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Any person who served on board the gunboate
••Cairo,” “Conestoga,” or “Carondelet,” in. the Mis
sissippi squadron, during the late war, while Capt.
T. O. Selfridge waa in command, will confer a favor
by writing to Comrade William Francis, No. 189
Bowery, New York city.
A special meeting of the Second Fire Zouavoa*
Veteran Association, will be held at No. 143 Eighth
street, at three o’clock this afternoon. A full at
tendance is desired, as business of importance will
come before the meeting.
Commander George H. Sears, of Andrew Jackson
Post, was presented by the members of his post, at
the last encampment, with an elegant gold G. A. R.
badge. The Commander feels very happy over tha
fact that the boys appreciate the good work he Uaa
done for the post.
• Comrade David C. Waring, of No. 225 Broadway,
• Brooklyn, E. D., would like to hear from any former
officer or member of Co. D, F orty-fifth N. Y. Volun
teers. who knew Anton Stenhon, who belonged to
that edinpaiiy. The inforffitiiion will probably ba
of benefit to the widow of the deceased soldier.
Comrade General James R. O’Beirne is the candi
date of the soldiers and sailors of the Eleventh Dis
trict in this city for State Senator. The General de
serves the vote of every veteran, and can and should
be elected. He is a true comrade, and can always
be relied upon when the interests of veterans ara
at stake.
The veterans of the Tenth N. Y. Vols. commemo.
rated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle of
Antietam, at their headquarters. No. 114 Stanton
street, on the evening of the 17th inst. Speeches
were made by Chairman Eull, Secretary Frohbesen
and others. Comrade Steinach, formerly surgeon
of the regiment, read the names of those who wers
killed while in the service. Later in the evening a
collation was served, and a general good time was
bad.
A comrade informs the Dlspatch that it was in
error last week in its statements regarding the or
ganization of the drum and fife corps of Reno Post.
Comrade Joseph T. Betts was the drum major from
1882 until 1887, when his business compelled him
to resign. After an interval of two weeks the po
sition was accepted by C. L. Griffin, who is the pre
sent drum major. Major Betts is fairly entitled to
the credit of bringing the corps to its present high,
standard of excellence.
At the encampment of J. J. Scanlon Post, 8.0. V.,
held last Monday evening, the following officers for
the ensuing year were elected: Com.,M.B.O’Connor;
8. V. Com., Robert Dobson; J. V. Com., George
Boerckle; Q. M., Andrew Scanlon; Chaplain, P. F.
Masterson; Surgeon, Samuel Ahmety; O. D., Chai.
Jones; 0. G., Geo. Jones; Council, Wm. McDonnell.
Wm. Kennedy and Mich. Fischer; Delegates to
Mem x Com., Eugene Downes and Wm. Porter;
teruaies, James McDonald and Jos. Masterson. The
post will give its annual ball December 12, at Nil
son Hall, in Irving Place, and all comrades are ift«
vited.
An incident which serves to show of what stuff
the Grand Army is composed, occurred in a smok
ing 6af oil a New Jersey Central train one night
last week, when some of the members of the G.
R. were returning from the Centennial at Philadel
phia. Several members of Farnham Post had taken
their seats, and officer of the day John Campbell
walked to the rear platform to enjoy his cigar, when
he was ftldely j'ostled by a tdugh citizen, who was
accompanied by several companions and two bull*
dogs. Comrade Campbell remonstrated and was at
once set upon by the tough and his friends. But
the veteran was equal to the occasion. He kicked
his first assailant from the car, and the others, with
their dogs, made a hasty exit just as the “old
guard,” consisting of Comrades McWilliams.
O’Rourke, Donnelly, Archer and Hopkins, came up
as a reserve corps. Regqjt; Coffee coolers left in
undisturbed possession.
Comrade E. B. Duffy, M. D„ Surgeon of Hancock
Post, will be a candidate for the position of Coroner
on the United Labor ticket thia Fait He would
make an excellent official, and If placed in nomlna
tion .hould receive the vote of every veteran. Dr.’
Duffy recently lost hie position in the Customs
service fora reason which should have resulted m
bls being commended and promoted, Instead of be
ing removed. His election as Coroner would be .
deserved vindication of his course.
The sympathy of his Grand Army friends is ex
tended to Comrade Fred. Fosdick, of Dahlgren
Post, whose amiable and beloved wife died on Mon
day last, after a long illness. The funeral services
were held on Wednesday, at the East Baptist
Church, in Madison street, and were largely at.
tended. Tue interment wae in Greenwood Cem
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