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WILMINCiXOlSr, DEL., OCTOBER 18, 1888.
VOL. 1-NO. 1.
LODGE ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE—The members of Industry Lodge, No.
2, A.O.r.W.,**re hereby notified that an election
will be bold on Tuesday night, Oct. 10, 1880.10 the
ledge rooms All are requested to ba present.
By order M. W. E II. Coek. Recoider.
INDUSTRY LODDE. No. 2, A. O. U. \V..
•ry Thesdav night, at 405 Shipley street,
jttdgar H. Cook, Recorder.
WELCOME LEGION, No. 1,Select Knights, A.
O. U. W., meets on arernate Friday nights at 408
Jsblpley street, W. A. Reynolds, Recorder.
BLUE ROCK COUNCIL. No. 38, U. S. B. F.,
meets on alternate Monday night» at 408 Shipley
Street, L. B. .lone?, See.
WILMINGTON LODGE, No. J, A. O. U. W.,
meets even* Thursday night at 408 Shipley street,
G. B. Underwood, Reeorder.
Official.—T his Is to give notice that the time
1 Lodge Convocation In
d as Of ober 23,
meet*
for hold lux the G
Jersey Citv, heretofore* anno»
lias been changed to < »ctober 16th inst. The Con
vocation will be hehl in the hall of Alpha Lodge,
No. 7.
On the 15th of October, the day proceeding the
Jersev Citv Convocation, there will be a Convo
cation In Camden, N. J., at the bailor Provident
Lodge, No. 4, corner Third and Market
The P. M. \V. and those eligible *
Grand Lodge degree are no (fled
or both of the above named Convocations, at 7
o'clock p. in.
Attest. A. F. Col UK
< is.
ive the
to attend either
W. A REYNOLDS, C*. M. 5V.
d Recorder.
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No Sect.
If nothing appears iu these columns con
corning any order In the city oi which we
have no Information, it will not he our fault.
We ehall try to treat all alike, but il we
know nothing of the order, we cannot very
well eay much about it. Being here for the
purpose oi doing the greatest amount of
good we can, we wish to act with all orders
having tho same object iu view and earnestly
hope that the lodges will give us their hearty
support in our work so far as our merit de
serves it. Let It be distinctly understood,
then, that our columus are open for the
dissemination of those principles which lie
at the foundation of every order whose ob
ject is the greatest good for
humanity.__
Attention Is called to the Lodge adver
tisements and notices which appear at the
head of this column. We intend to devote
the most of this space to that, kind of matter
in order to tiring the Lodge work very
readily to the attention of the reader. It Is
hop'd that this feature of the paper will
r ie e the secretaries of much trouble In
fending out notices.
common
The funeral of J. Maxwell Ocheltree aud
his wife Mrs. Saille E. Ocheltree took place
Tbursday afternoon from the West Presby
terian Church, aud was attended by a large not
number of relatives and friends. The uu- mit
usual circumstances of the burial of husband If
and wife in one grave excited the sympathy | its
oftlie whole community and drew together rot
a largeassemhly of people both at the church
and in the Wilmington aud Brandywine
Cemetery where the interment took place.
The death of Mrs. Ocheltree occurred on
Monday aud that of Mr. Ocheltree on Tues
day, both having been invalids for several
years. The pastor Rev. A. N. Keigwin con
ducted the funeral services using the words
of David 2, Pel am 1. 23, as a text, "They
•were lovely aud pleasant In their lives and
Iu their death they were not divided." The
i)«arer8 were : Messrs. James Morrow,
Charles Baird, John Crozier, William M.
iPyle, Adam J. Bchrack and Mr. Garret for
Mr. *Ocbeltree. aud for his wife Messrs.
James Crooks J. S. Baird, Marris D. Cros
sen, John P. McLcar, John P. Belville, and
Joseph E. Miller, an escort also attended
the fuueral from Smyth Post No. 1, G. A.
'R., together with a number of the veterans
of the war, among whom were Captain
Benjamin Neilds and others of the 1st
Delaware Battery of which Mr. Ocheltree
was a member, besides Postmaster Pyle,
Postmaster Swiggett, Messrs. Culbert aud
Randolph aud others of his old associates in
the post-office. J. Maxwell Ocheltree was
born in New Castle county iu 1842 and was
earliest childhood remarkable for the
OBITUARY.
It
in
to
from - .
Sincerity and goodness which was so notable
in his later life. He was warm hearted,
faithful and upright in his character, and
■very greatly beloved by all who were associ
ated with him. In October 1S62 he re
sponded to the call of his country and en
listed in the 1st Delaware Battery and after
serving three years, and being mustered
out, re-enlisted and during the whole of
this service proyed a faithful courageous
soldier, Bharlug cheerfully in all the hard
ships, exposures aud dangers of the trying
life and no doubt planting tho seeds of
disease which terminated his life so e.arjy.
In very early life he made a profession of
religion, uniting with the Presbytenan
church of St. George's, and during ilia
whole after life he tvas a consistent and
faithful follower of Chrtet. Wherever he
was in the army or in civil life Im was recog
nized as such, and was a leader in every
good work. His tent was the place of
praver to the Christian men of bi6 company,
and'he never in any respect devalted from
a consistent life. On March 20, 1808, he
married Saille B., daughter of John and
Mary Moore, and ids wife proved a true
companion for him,although lor 14 years an
invalid her gentleness and amiability re
mained, 60 that their married life was ope of
gréât pleasure. Mr. Ocheltree served ds
,register clerk in the post office for about six
•years and was an affable and efficient officer.
Yn May 1881 fcß was elected on account of
his eminent qualifications both of hea t aid
heart to the office uf ruling elder in the
West Presbyterian Church of this city, and
aitboiigh In falling health hat) filled the re
cponslblr office with great credit to himself
*nd advantage to the church. Mr. und
Mrs- Ocheltree leave two sons, aged re
spectively 10 and f3 years, who have the
sympathy of the whole community in this
double affliction that has fallen to them in
their tender years.
West Church Anniversary.
The chu * r and Sunday school scholars of
West Church fire rehearsing music for the
fifteenth anniversary of the church to be
given early next mon«k- Mr. Jacob Cljmer
has charge ot the rnusld « Qtl » K° od pro
gram Is issued. The school fvas organized
January 1,1 868. _
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A New society.
A strong movement Is about tobemÄ3c to
organiz • a scientific society for the purpose
oi studying the latest discoveries and appli
cations in the different branches of science.
Manager Foster of the B. & O., Telegraph
Company is one of the prime movers.
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SIGN AND GRIP.
SOME THINGS CONCERNING OUR
SUCHET SOCIETIES.
There are 10,000 Masons in Italy.
There are 172 Lodges workiug in Spain.
In Cuba there are 47 Lodges and 2,793
members.
Dakota has 1,157 affiliated Masons and
31 Lodges.
There arc 44,600 enrolled Masans in
Germany.
Conncticut has 112 Lodges and 14,730
members.
Delaware bas 21 Lodges with a total mem
bership of 1,841.
Georgia has 300 working Lodges, with an
aggregate membership of 15,000.
The Grand Lodge of Iowa has a law ap
propriating five per cent, of its gross income
to a charity fund.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle arc re
ceiving a large number of new members.
The order is deserving of its increasing
popularity.
The Select Knights, A. O. U. W., of this
city, has been instituted since last Decern
ber. Although its beneficiary amounts ,„»o
$2,000, it lias had no assessments since its
organization.
Shanghai is the principal seat of Free
masonry in China. Here there are seven
Lodges, three of which work under the
English constitution, two under the Scottish,
one under the American, and one under the
German.
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of
lie
the
Is
In
buoyant
country
old
the
The
motto
and
sailors
corned
Posts
are
No.
Monday
ing
Monday
post.
new
Wr*eks
meets
and
show
orders
own
giant
serves
aie
mother
sist
desuite
great
was
man
would
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that
done.
and
every
tears.
said
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Lodges will not grow where members°are
indifferent. No hedging in will drive the
men of a city or town [uto any Lodge. Nor
will prevention of organizing new Lodges
do it. In all cases and everywhere, growth
means work. If you want increase work
lor it. A new Lodge may start in the same
hall which has been long occupied by a
stagnant body, aud that new Lodge, with
active, earnest members, will grow and
thrive when the old is dying.
In the editorial matter of a recent number
of The Iron Hall, an official organ published
by the supreme body of a somewhat prev
alent endowment order, is a sentence which
we regard as infamous. It says: "Imaginary
minds tolerate the idea that Jesus Christ
was more than an ordinary man, which, no
doubt, is true. But we believe there are
many on earth to-day that are his equal."
We regard this as abominable grammar and
worse sentiment Does that order intend to
officially propagate what nearly all the
worthy people of this country regard as
aud blasphemy? We know that this sentence is
abhorrent to most, perhaps all, of the rnem
bers of branches In this region, and we can
not suppose that the supreme body will per
uu- mit such offensive utterances in its organ,
If it will and does, let us know the fact and
| its days are numbered. The member * will
rot Lear It.,
on
con
and
The
M.
for
and
A.
1st
Pyle,
aud
in
was
was
the
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The Ancieut Order of Good F'ellows,
though not numerically as stroug as some
other organizations, is founded on an excel
lent basis, aud were its principles more fully
understood there is no doubt but there
would be a great increase in its membership.
The members have iu the past seemed to
desire to hide their light under a bushel, or,
It may be, became apathetic, and made very
little effort to build the order up. or bring
in new members. But now as new orders
are springing up around them they appear
to be awakening from the lethargy that has
already bound them too long, and tile con
sequence is a renewed Interest in the pros
lerty ot the order. There are two lodges
n this city; Washington Lodge which inci te
on Monday night, and Liberty Lodge on
Wednesday night. Their meetings are held
in the Llebermnu Building, F'ifth and .Mar
ket streets, aud any respectable white male,
between the ages of IS and 80 years,
come a member on the payment of a small
initiation fee.
The Knights of tiie Golden Eagle are com
paratively a new order in tills city, and have
rapidly attained great popularity. The
order was organized in Baltimore about ten
years ago, and during the prevalence of the
smallpox in that city last winter, done ef
fective work in ministering to the wants ol
its members. Cyrus Castle No. 1 was in
stituted in this city a little over one year
ago, and last June was followed by Apollo
Castle No. 2, and In a short time afterwards
by St. George No. Ü. No. 4, which will be
known as St. John Castle, is now being
formed, and some twenty names have
already been obtained for No. 5. The object
of tho order iB the same as all others of a
like nature, the assistance ol its members
in sickness or distress, and its ritual beau
tifully illustrates the progress of the pilgrim
and faithful knight, until at last lie lays
down the cross and is rewarded with the
crown. The meetings are held In the Smith
Building; ApolloCastle on Monday evening,
Cyrus on Tuesday and St. George ou Fri
day.
he
and
associ
re
en
after
of
hard
trying
of
e.arjy.
of
ilia
and
he
recog
to
a
of
day.
It Ts a duty that every working man owes
to himself, and if he has a wife ami children,
to his family, to belong to oue or two good
beneficial societies, gild after lie has once
become a member lie owes a duty to ills
lodge, himself and his fellow-members, and
that is never to he absent from a meeting
that he cau by any possibility attend. Tiie
man (who belongs to an order and seldom,
or never attend the meetings, is not a good
member, and sooner or later will lose all in
terest ip ;tj proceedings, become in arrears,
and finally find hlmppif dropped, it may be,
just at a time when he needs its assistance.
Some one must attend the meetings, lor the
different offices must he filled, committee
work must he attended to, aud if none are
«lllinir to do this the lodge will soon de
cline and its final dissolution is only a
questio,, ef time. Another thing in this
eounecliou Is til« /act, which possibly tiie
careless brother seldom thinks of, that ho is
asking his fellow-members to do the work
which he is shirking, and maintain an
ganlzatlon for his benefit. Many,no doubt,
act in thip maimer uutlilukiugly, hut all
should hear In mind that the hare payment
of dues is not by any means fhp sple quali
fication of ft good member,
The handing together Of a number of per
sons, and the mutual agreement to create a
fund by small weekly of monthly contribu
tions for the purpose of assisting each other
In sickness or distress, is a praiseworthy ob
ieei and worthy ot tiie highest commenda
tion. But wiui („oft secret orders there are
aims ami aspiration«», [PP joqge
rnnm Is thé olftce where many men learn tu«
lessons which teach them to watch beside
bed of their sick brother when he is
or
the
rack cl with puin, or cool his brow when
scorched with fever. And this is not all,
neither docs the work end here, for If »he
husband and lather is strike» by t ne King
of Terrors, the widow ami orphan then be
come the wards ul the lodge, and in inany
orders there is a bind especially set apart for
their beneiit. Surely this In a noble work
and one In accordance with the teachings of
Him who, when on earth, went about doing
good. The teachings at the initiation in all
secret societies are that the human family is
one common brotherhood with God as the
father of all, and that it is the bounden
duty of each to assist the other to the extent
of his ability. On these principles Masonry
has been built until it is a power in the land,
and Odd Fellowship and other like orders
number their members by the hundreds of
thousands.
The Grand Army, as is well known, is
composed exclusively of honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors of the late war.
The order was formed iu Illinois in 18(56,
and after a hard struggle to overcome the
prejudice that, it whs a political organiza
tion, commenced to grow, and the member
ship throughout the United States is now'
about one hundred and seveuty-Uve thous
and. According to the law's of nature there
must be some alteration in the qualifications
for membership, or the order will ere many
years cease to exist,
the
of
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the men, who with
buoyant step, answered tne cal of their ;
country from 1861 to 'bo, are now becoming
old aud stooped, aud are rapidly answering |
the last roll call of tho Great Commander.
The objects of the cider are embodied in its
motto of Charity, Loyalty and Fraternity,
and all honorably discharged soldiers or I
sailors ol the Union army are gladly wel
corned to its rvnks. There are a number of ,,
Posts throughout tills State, three of which
are in this city, as follows: Smyth Post, I
No. 1, meeting in the Adams Building on
Monday night; DuPont Post, No. 2, meet
ing on Thursday evening in the McClary
Building, and Sumner Post, No. 4, meeting
Monday night. The last named is a colored
post. The order is now prosperous, and a
new post was formed at New Castle two .
Wr*eks ago •
Wonderful are the calculations and area- !
meets of some of the wonderful pamphlets
and leaves which are deluging cities. They
show to a cipher or a unit that beneficiary
orders cannot, last or even exist upon their
own plans, and as clearly prove that the
giant stock insurance companies with re
serves nearly as large as the national debt
aie sure and solid as the mountain ribs of
mother earth. Well beneficiary orders per
sist in living, and growing and multiplying i
desuite the figures and the prophets, and |
great giants with paper reserve funds that i
blacken pages of printed "statements" are
"mortal as other men " One of England's
greatest engineers declared and proved that j
steamships never could cross theocean. It
was demoustrated beyond denial that every
man who would dari to hazard tho lript?
would lose ills life ami the foodsu ovvtioiV
would lose their investment in ship aud
machinery aud cargo. For all that, steam
er s by the thousands did and do cross aud
recross. They just did it and showed It.
Aud so our beneficiary orders, despite paid
percentage agents, are just doing the thing
that these prophets of evil say cannot be
done. They arc paying widows aud orphans;
and mothers aud fathers, and sisters and
brothers, many hundreds of thousands
every year, aud only insurance company
agents are the serious losers. Hence these
tears. We prefer to save for ourselves the
enormous salaries of some insurance prince
presidents and the immense aggregates of
coraraissions pocketed by agents. The wolf
said the meat was poisoned because he
wantedthe dog to scare and the meat to
swallow. It all means that people are un
willing to be always fleeced. Some cau
alford it, but many can do better.
The Fraternal Record gives the following
membership of the various mutual benevo
'lent societies in the United States, which we
take the liberty to copy with some ad
(litions .
Odd Fellows. 489*000
1 Knights of Honni'.*.:!"'.".'. .1. m',000
•2 Order of United Workmen'.. rjo,«no
:s Knights of l'ytlilas. 111,000
4 American Legion of Honor. 6C,01W
Order tt (!t A RodMLon. Y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. îo',000
Knights and Ladies of Honor. '22,006
Chosen Friends. 20,000
Order of Druids. Vwîî
Foresters. ll,ooo
ef
ol
be
1,590,000
Out of these, five Orders with a member
ship of 440,000 have paid out over 17,000,000
to beneficiaries of deceased members within
a few years past. Taking the average age
of the five Orders marked 1 .to 5, as six
years, every member has paid an average
sum of about $40 in six years for his insur
ance ($500 to $5000.)
Quaker City Lodge, I. O. U. W., of Phila
delphia, in Older to promote sociability
amongst, the members, lias appointed a
new committee, consisting of G. W. Marsh,
G. A. Koons, II. P. Bayley, Frank Stokes,
J. P. Johnson, J. H. B. Lewis, Frank
Mitchell and E. S. Perkins. The committee
is in favor of providing cigars for those who
attend, but the Lodge opposes it. One
member demands a fine of live cents each
night on those who do not attend. To carry
out tills proposition, tliu Financier requires
tlic aid of a half dozen assistants. The
committee proposes to have a debate each
evening, the first te be "Whether it would
not be for the best interest of the members
for the Financier to receive trade dollars for
dues and assessments."
Brother Bailey, is ready to take the negative
of the question, and would postpone his
contemplated trip to California rather than
have it decided in the affirmative.
Among those who are cariyiag the
largest amounts of life insurance In tho
Uuited States are the following : George K.
Auderson, of Titusville. $850,000; J. B.
Steuson, of Philadelphia, $310,000; J. Park,
Pittsburg, $500,000; W. II. Langley,
GalllappoUs, O., $300,000; J. How, St.
Louis, $SuO,O0O; H. Disston, Philadelphia,
$801,000; P. Lorillurd, New York city,
$250,000; p. W. Dcnvere, New York city,
$250,000; Cyrus W. Field, New York city,
$240,000,
Total.
The Financier
Jr.,
Surprise l*arty.
Thomas C. Dill and wife were tendered a
surprise party at their home, No. 715 West
Seventh street, on Wednesday evening by
members of the Second Baptist Church.
An ijmudancc of refreshments were served;
and the visitors hud a highly enjoyable
time.
THE FOOTLIGHTS.
C. D. Hess's salary list Is $2,100 a week.
Kate Claxton has made a great success In
the "Sea of Ice."
Salvini will retire from the stage after a
farewell tour of Italy.
Joe Emmet's big dog is dead. 'Fritz's
heart Is filled with grief.
Harry Meredith has a new play called
"Hong Kong." He found it In "Ranch 10."
T. W. Keene has accepted a new version
of "Louis XI" from the pen of a St. Louis
journalist.
The play "Her Second Love" Is largely
patronized by the divorced of both sexes In
Chicago.
Sims Reeves, the English tenor, is sixty
two years old, yet has a sweeter voice than
many church choir warblers.
When Charles Wyndhara appears in Bos
ton be will produce a new comedy by an
American, called "Suspicion."
It is estimated that a raiu storm in New
York injures the theatrical receipts about
$15,000 in a single evening, aud this is a loss
that is never recovered.
visit
will
day.
by
lina.
ered
and
ing
the
of
Leonard S. Ou tram, the actor, has written
a new trladiator tragedy called "Galba," for
I Frederick Wurde, who produced it sosuc
eessfully the other day iu an Ohio town,that
; he wlll raakc it hia chlef ^ e( . c
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which Gilbert and Sullivan are preparing to
I present at the Savoy Theatre, London, about
p *- , .. ......
,, The London dramatic papers have it that
» 8Uite apartments is being prepared In
I the maneion of the Vanderbilts" for Henry
^ "8 during his stay In New Y ork. Ills
sitting-room, they say, will front
avenue, and he will have a study, toilet
room and bedroom. A large mirror is said
t0 ha ™ t ! ceu Purchased for his use, that lie
ma y an, 'j!? 8 f be *? re , „ ,
. Mrs. Marie Wilkins, the actress who died
• in New lork last week, hail no superior in
! thu art ° r " ak ' n .K U P\ .™ 8 wa8 °«« ° f ' he
great seciets of her piofessloual success, for
>t enabled b <-r always to look her character
thoroughly, and was an admirable adjunct
t0 be , r , ne "ctlug. No ?j le \\ > O Baw b f r a8
ha f/ochard, m "The Two Orphans," can
ever forge , her startlingly realistic make-up
for Fre,lch Pe F*
ronallt, Mrs. Wilkins was jolly and good
uatured , aml 8ha "ade hosts of friends
i wherever she went.
| . Tllc >' are reckoning up the other stage
i stars who are to follow Miss F orteseue s
axa ' l n Pj e and K et married. Miss Vaughan,
f' )r lD6 * aaca !, i8 1 f'f married to Col. VVolse
j Ie y- Miss Violet Cameron, having rejected
jn earl,has the refusal of a F rench marquis,
^ is8 ^ arr aaa bavoa Erector of the Bank
lript? f ®"?!" d , lf „ 8b f ah . 008a8 ',„
V J-e.Iier.ey nas ^
accepted a distinguished clergyman. These
80lld conquests are Independent of the
homage paid not only to tragedy queens and
8ta Ç 8 of comedy, but fairies of burlesque
and ladles of the ballet,
ut î! a ?? Ue Uf, 8 ,,t °P® ra comique»
Bip^ an Winkle, will be produced for the
? rst Philadelphia on Monday even
1D £ *J, ex ^ at Lyceum. The work, by the
now famous, composer of^The Chimes of
Normandy, is replete with beautiiul melo
dies, and some of the choruses are exceed
Sr e ?!n C * • * S Vî P rese *jj e £
JW J* 1 ® Ford Comic Opera Com pan v, which
of includes the favorite comedian, Mr. Sey
™.® ur > an ^ a 5® w English prima donna, Miss
he Alice May. The chorus is said to be nu
to merieally strong and well rehearsed. New
ß cener J a °d accessories are promised by the
Lyceum management, so a really good per
formance may be anticipated. A great deal
°f curiosity is felt in musical and dramatic
circlesto seehow Frenchmen have dealt
we wlth Washington Irving's romantic story,
Miss Lillian Russell, the American prima
donna, has been engaged by R. d'Oyly
Carte, aud will appear in the new opera
of
Filth
to
A Pastor»» Welcome.
congregation of the First Presbyterian
aud a S ood number from other Presbyterian
churches of this city extended a welcome to
the Rev. F. B. DuVal, pastor ot the First
Church,Thursday evening at the the church,
Market street above Nlnth , Mr . N , B , (jul
bert, chairman of thecommittee of arrange
ments, proved to be the right man in the
right place, and the whole affair was very
enjoyable. The platform-front was decr
rate ^ j n a tasteful manner. About 8 o'clock
Dr. Nixon opened the exercises with prayer,
after which a hymn called "Welcome" was
sang by the choir. Rev. A. N. Keigwin
delivered the welcoming address, which was
done in a very happy manner. He referred
to the pressing call tendered Mr. DuVal
while in the valley of San Jose, and hoped
Mr. DuVal would remain iu Wilmington.
Mr. Keigwiu then took Mr. DuVal by the
hand and then gave him a hearty welcome
in the name of the congregation and minis
ters, Sabbath school scholars and friends.
After an appropriate hymn was saug Mr. '
DuVal came forward to respond, looking
hale and cheerful.
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A ricanant Ev
Last Wednesday night a few friends of
Charles H. Davis assembled at Ills residence,
fiOd West Third street, to hear the Jubilee
Vocalist Troupe,(a colored organization of
this city recently formed) in their selection
of part songs and solos. Tho troupe con
sisted of eight persons, four ladies and four
gentlemen, including the orgauist and man
ager, and sang several jubilee songs in an
especially impressive manuer, the parts
bei g evenly balanced, aud showing
considerable study iu their conception .
Tiie following is the programme :
Hundred Fathoms Deep,"
Mortgage the Farm," "Valley of Chamo
noim," "The Professor at Home," "Drift
ing with the Tide," "One Face Alone,"
"Old Folks at Home," "songs of Jokes,"
"Hustle Festival," "Lo 1 the Bright Crim
son" and Jubilee songs. After the concert
a bountiful collation of ice sream and cake
was served to the party. All expressed
themselves as highly pleased with the enter
tainment and with Mr. Davis' style of pro
viding for his friendG.
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Y. P. IVI. Society.
The Young People's Missionary Society
connected with West Church assembled on
last Friday evening at the residence of Evans
Speak man for the purpose of arranging for
and appointing a committee to push for
ward their approaching anniversary. A
large nnmber were present who enjoyed
themselves in numerous w'ays after the
routine of business had been finished.
PERSONAL.
Robert Browning is writing a new poem.
Mgr. Capel has accepted an invitation to.
visit St. Louis this month.
Mrs. Hughes, "Toni Brown's" mother
will continue to live at Rugby, Tenu.
Secretary Chaudler will return to Wash
ington and the Navy Department on Mon
day.
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Mr. Charles Frohman, the theatrical man
airer, is reported to be engaged to Miss
Sarah Jacobs the youngest daughter ol the
well-known diamond merchant of Chicago.
The young lady is very beautiful and is said
to be worth $75,000 in her own right. .
Josie Batehelder, who has sued Bartley
Camnhell for arrears ot salarv will be re
memberèd u Philadeiphta as tne widow of
he late James W. Norris, the leading man
of Gemmtll, Scott & Co.'s Hrst stock com
panyat the Chestnut street Theatre.
P Mrs. Edison is the originator of what
promises to be a very popular idea in the ar
rangement of the electric light in c»an
Sellers, that ot making the bull, containing
the incandescent loop appear as the stamen
of a cup shaped (lower, of brass or other
polished metal.
Mr6. Zerelda Samuels considers herself an
abused woman. To a Kansas City reporter
who had aBked "How is your son, Frank
Jaraes?" Mrs. Samuels 6aid: "You are oue
of those theological 6tudeuts of the news
paper press, aren't you? You are all alike
—strangers to the truth." Speaking of
Lawyer Wallace, who conducted the prose
cution lu the James trial, she exclaimed:
"Ah, he is a smart young man—with a heart
like a snowball!"
A life ol John C. Calhoun is being written
by Colonel Pinckney Starke of South Caro
lina.
John Russell Young, Minister to China,
writes that he is now able to speak Chinese
readily.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Meigs, of Washington, to Mr. Archibald
Forbes.
Mr. F. H. Cushing, the Zuni, has discov
ered that the pre-historic Indian smoked
cigarettes.
M. Jules Verne is 60 years old. His hair
and beard are turning white, and he'is grow
ing feeble.
It is rumored that Architect Hill's resig
nation will be accepted, aud that he may l e
re-appointed.
It is snid the wily Bismarck has advised
Kiug Alfonso to exercise a forgiving spirit
toward France.
Jay Gould protests against the new New
York acqueduct running through his prop
erty at Irvington.
Matthew Arnold, wife and daughter, will
leave Liverpool fi r the Unltod States on
Saturday, 13th Inst.
In Pai is Edwin Booth was mentioned by
the newspapers as the brother of the assassin
of Monsieur le President.
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Mary Anderson refused to receive the dia
mond necklace sent her by the Prince of
Wales, and we are glad of it.
President Barrows of theWillimautic Linen
Company has resigned to go into the service
of the Pullman Car Company.
Returning good for evil, King Alfonso
present of 10,000 francs
last week sent
to be distributed among the poor of Paris.
Mr. John C. New, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, is en route for Northern Wis
consin, where he will take his vacation fish
ing
Irving will play to people who pay, in
New York. Three-fourths of the seats for
his performances are in the hands of specu
lators.
Pliny T. Sextou, a well-known politi
cinn, is spoken of by a Buffalo paper as
"the gentleman with the clas6ico-funereal
name."
Leon Abbett, the New Jersey Democratic
candidate for Governor, used to be known
as Leonidas when he was a Philadelphia
high-school boy.
Mr. John Tennial, the cartoon artist of
Limdou 1
exception of a week or two, some years ago,
his drawings have appeared regularly since
1851.
Bob Burdette was the guest of Max Ade
ler the other night, and people who saw the
two humorists together took oft' their hats
and solemnly asked the neighbors "Who is
dead?"
A reccut letter from Paris states that Mrs.
Mackey, who has dazzled the Parisians, hav
ing tired of France, will come to Washing
ton early in 1884 to see something of the
capital city.
The Marquis of Lome, Governor-General
of Canada, has given a live-huudred dollar
purse to the Dominion Rille Association for
provincial competition, the conditions to be
settled by him.
Among the hotel guests iu New York are
Secretary Chandler, Senator M. C. Butler,
c*x-Senator ("Duke") G win, Minister Sack
ville West, Chief Justice Waite and a host
of Congressmen.
The trustees of Lafayette College yester
day afternoon elected Rev. J. H. Knox of
Bristol, Pa., president of the college, to suc
ceed Dr. Cattell, whose resignation goes into
effect within three weeks.
Mr. McCuue, editor of the Buffalo Courier,
is a son-in-law of the late Mr. Fargo of the
express company, and brother-in-law of the
present Mr. Fargo who has embarked in
two-cent morning journalism.
A Boston letter writer says that Whittier
received $100 for his latest 6onnet, and that
the publishers of the Youth's Companion
are to pay Tennyson $1,000 for a poem
which they will publish in that paper this
year.
James H. Beard, the noted painter of
animals, was asked on Broadway whether a
lady who was passing was not beautiful.
"Yes," he said, "she is as beautiful as a
cow." He meant this as a sincerex compli
ment.
Professor Paul Passy of Paris thinks that
America is the dustiest country he ever
visited. He thinks that our high schools are
; not practical. "Too much Latin," he says,
t "is the bane of modern educational institu
tions."
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of Mrs. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, the
Princess Winnemuqpa, is In Providence, ae
comnanied by Miss Elizabeth P. Peabody ol
of Boston. The Princess delivered
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WHAT WE DO.
OCCURRENCES THAT BRIGHTEN OUR
DAILY EXISTENCE.
With a view of discovering, if possible,
the state of trade, so to speak, In dancing, a
News representative called yesterday upon
Professor A. S. Webster, at his dancing
academy in the Opera House, and started
the conversation by asking what his pros
pects were for the season. The professor
being at leisure for a few moments talked
upon the subject in point, and said: "The
prospects for full classes and new dances
was never better at this time of the year
than at present. The season has opened
more brilliant than ever before, and argues
well for the lovers of dancing " "Will
there be any new dances introduced this
year?" "New dances will not be introduced
until the middle or latter part of December.
The committee on new dances of the Dane
iug Teach,»'*/ 1 Association, which meets an
nually in'New York city in January, will
send out at least f ur new dances—two
round and two square—about the first of
December Such dances as the five step and
racquot are now out of date and will have
to be replaced with something new. I am
now teaching a new waltz which I think
will become very popular, as the step is very
easy and it is in perfect waltz time, and to
my mind very beautiful. I am now teach
ing it to all my old scholars, all of whom
pronounce it pretty. [Here the professor
assisted the scribe to his feet and attempted
to give a practical demonstration of the new
waltz, which would have gone splendidly
had the scribe been absent or the professor
had hold of some one who could dance.]
There will be but little change in the square
dances. The Pollacca and Robinson will
remain the prime favorites, while the Col
lege and Saratoga lancers will come in for
their equal share of patronage and ap
proval." "What are the prospects for balls
and sociables this season?" "Splendid.
There seems to be a disposition on the part
of the young men, who will be conspicuous
in dancing matters this season, to attempt
full dress parties. This will no doubt be the
rule of parties this year, as large numbers
of youug men are providing themselves
witli full dress suits. This, I don't think,
will affect the ladies who, no doubt, will
continue dressing in their usual style in at
tending parties. With the ladles It makes
little difference, but with the gentlemen it
would be a decided improvement over the
old style oi wearing street costumes on the
dancing floor." "What are the chances for
new music for lancers and plain quadrilles?"
"That is a matter that rests with the mu
sicians of the city, but there is no denying
the iaet that the music in this particular is
very old and needs renovating. Take an
orchestra in Philadelphia and as soou as a
have a set of lancers written from it and lu
all probability play them in less than a
week after the opera is sung. There is a
decided lack of interest manifested by the
musicians in this city in new dance music,
for they appear to lie thoroughly content
with being able to play the music of several
years ago aud are loath to change lor fear
the dancers will not recognize it as a lancers
they are playing." "Will you give matinees
on Thanksgiving and Christmas?" "Cer
tainly. I will have a full orchestra and con
duct the matinees on the same principle I
always have, and as soon as the weather is
sufficiently cold I will give a first-class mas
querade. Yes," said the professor in answer
to a question. "My classes are all large
and 1 have received a great many applica
tions from parties outside of the city, who
wish me to start classes throughout the
State. In fact the season will undoubtedly
be successful throughout in every particu
lar. I think there will be more dancing
this season than for several years past.
There will be the usual number of large
parties besides the numerous smaller ones
given by different persons. All in all tin
masters of the terpstcorian art need not be
alarmed lest there are no parties this winter,
for from present indications there will be as
many as any one person will want to at
tend," and with a promise to keep theNEWS
posted in dancing matters the professor
began making preparations to teach his
large class of children, who were already
Hocking into the academy.
One of the most enjoyable concerts given
in this city for some time past was that of
the Philharmonic Orchestra, assisted bj the
Trinity choir, on the occasion of the re
opening ot the remodeled hall of the Insti
tute, on Wednesday night last. The play
iug ot the orchestra was exceptionally good,
but the finer effor s of the various numbers
were lost on account of the bad acoustic
properties of the hall. This defect the
directors of the hall attempted to remedy by
the alterations made, but without anv very
material effect as far as orchestral music is
concerned. When but a few instruments
are being played the echo is hardly noticed,
but when 20 or 25 musicians start off in a
piano passage, aud then change to a piano
isamo there is such a mixture of music, and
echo* as to destroy the beauty ot the music,
address and 8ti11 leave the audience without the
af- pleasure of a good old-fashioned echo. The
vocalists suffered lrom the sime cause, but
man- were able with care ami perfect enunciation
Miss to make themselves plainly Ward but their
the « el ? c '' on8 were from necessity in slow time,
l>ad they attempted to sing something n
said duick or sprightly movement they wem d
^ve undoubtedly been overwhelmed with
Bartley the impolite maimer the hall has of "talk
re- ufi hack. The directors wi.l make another
of *» obviate the difficulty, hut what
man &? lrare * 8 uot known at present,
com- Whether the arch over the stage is the cause
of the mischief is a mystery, buta sounding
what ^ard is spoken of and which, if placed on
ar- «»c stage, will either overcome the difficulty
c»an- or else discover where the trouble is. Some
seem to think it is caused by the balcony,
stamen should th.s prove correct it would well
other P a T the director s to board it up entirely,
Miss Rebecca J. Davis, a teacher in the
an Sunday school of the fieennd Baptist
reporter Church, gave a birthday party at her home,
Frank No. 125 Market street, on Thursday even
oue ing. Her Sunday school scholars and a few
news- 0 f her most lulimate friends were in at
alike tendance. The guests danced, sung and
of otherwise enjoyed themselves.
prose- - .
Cards are out for the wedcing of Miss
heart Anna T. Ritchie, daughter of Prof. Ri
| to Mr. Charles S. Horn.
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