Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1881, Page 1

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BISCOR, for District of Col BISCOE’S 10th-street Serves where's conn eal be kept constantly on a Jy20 (CORNER ON FRUIT Jars! CORNER ON FRUIT JARS! "MASON’S IMPROVED,” “PORCELAIN LINED TOPS,” AND THE “GEM.” Pints, Quarts and Half Gallons, AN IMMENSE LOT JUST RECEIVED, GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING. ALSO, SUGARS STILL DOWN! AND WE ARE ON DECK 8 USUAL WITH A LARGE SUPPzY. - ELPHONZO YOUNGS, THE NATIONS PATIENT. SLIGHT RELAPSE THIS MORNING. THE PRESIDENT HAS A CHILL. HIS PULSE RUNS UP TO 130. HE IS NOW IMPROVING AGAIN, The President did not get along so _comforta- bly last night. The fever which appeared be- tween eight and ten o'clock, though it sub- sided later in the evening, prevented him from sleeping at all well. He was restless as feverish people are. Although there was noth- ing at all- serions in the fact of the reappearance of fever it was in a measure disappointing, as he lias been getting along so nicely for the past few days. This morning he got to sleep, and the official bulletin of the physicians was delayed on that account. The physicians did not wish to disturb him to make the morning ‘examination. They wanted him to get all the recuperative sleep possible. There was no fever at all early this morning. CIRCULAR TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET. The following was sent this morning to each of the Cabinet officers by the President's private XECUTIVE Maysioy, July 23, 8 a.m.—The slight fever which made its appearance between 8 and 10 last evening, but which subsided during the night, is not noticeable this morning. This febrile rise was due to local and temporary causes rather than to any general unfavorable change in the President’s ‘condition. He is as well now as at the same hour yesterday morn- ing, and this, taken into consideration with the act that he did not sleep so well as on the pre- jous night, seems to indicate a-gain in his favor. Official Bulletin—10 a. m. A RETURN OF FEVER INDICATED. The following was this morning's official bul- letin, which is not as satisfactory as the bulletin of yesterday morning: EXeEcvTIVE Maxsiox, July 23, 10a. m.—The President was more restless last night, but this morning at7 a. m., while preparations were made to dress his wound his temperature was found to be normal; pulse, 92; temperature, 98.4 deg.; respiration, 19. At 7:30 he had a slight rigor in consequence of which the dress- ing of his wound was postponed. Reaction fol- lowed promptly and the dressing has now just been completed. At present his pulse is 110; | temperature, 101 deg.; respiration, 24. (Signed) D. W. Buss, J. K. Barnes, J. J. Woopwanp, Rost. Reysury. Noon.—The President Now Getting Better. At this hour the fever is said to be gradually disappearing, and the patient’s condition is con- sidered better than when the bulletin was issued. The President's Severe Chill This Morning. The President's fever last night was very sharp. He subsequently perspired freely and it partly went off that way, but this morning it took the shape of a chill. The chill lasted for about 15 minutes and the President shook with it very much. It was a pretty severe chill. At one time the pulse reached 130—a most unsatisfactory sign. It dropped back right away, however. The chil setin about eight o'clock, and it was a little after nine before the reaction took place. After it the patient rested pretty comfortably. The doctors do not assign any exact reason for the President’s unsatisfactory condition to- day. They say that it is probably caused by | the failure of the wound to discharge freely. When it was dressed this morning the wound did not give forth near as much matter as dur- ing the past few days. By pressing on the body a little was forced out. It is possible, the doc- tors think, that a new formation is being made near the bullet. The method of dressing the wound was changed alittle this morning. Dressing that will keep the wound more open was applied. The drain- age tube was also changed for one alittle lon- ger. The new tube was so adjusted that it penetrated the wound about three inches and a- half from the opening. In dressing the wound thismorning when it was found thatthe discharge was by no means free. the pressing upon the abdomen, which has heretofore caused a flow of pus was tried, but it did not work satisfactorily. This would indicate an accumulation of matter where the bullet is located. WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT LaPHaai’s ELECTION. There isnotruth whatever in the published statement that the President last evening, when informed of Senator Lapham’s election, said “Thank God.” He said nothing of the kind, but made a general remark that he was glad the matter was at last settled. A CAGE WITH TWO WHITE MICE in it reached the White House this morning. It came from Michigan, and wassent by an enthusi- actic German lady, who forwarded them for the FROM THE PACIFIC SLOPE, The Overland Trip. AFFAIRS IN SAN FRANCISCO—THE CABLE ROADS— ABOUT THE CHINAMAN—FRUITS, VEGETABLES, FLOWERS AND POLITICS. {Correspondenc of THe Stan.) San Francisco, July 15, 1881. On the Fourth of July we started for the Pa- cific coast—my son and myself. There was a pall, as of midnight darkness, hanging over the nation. As we sped westward, all along the line of travel, there were anxious hearts, hushed and eager questionings, sorrow-worn countenances, and illy-concealed anathemas against the perpe- trator of so atrocious a crime as that which sent a thrillof agony through the national heart. There was a funereal sadness apparent every- where. The poet’s thought was veritied in our country’s organic life: “Break but Of a thousand ke: id the paining jar ‘Through all will run.” President Garfield, in this mighty affliction, has broken the alabaster box of national affec- tion, and the fragrance of the ointment has been scattered abroad. He has been anointed with the prayers and tears of a united people for his recovery and return to his great work. We whisked along, in that triumphant device of luxurious ease, the palace car, with a brace of traveling companions that would have trans- formed a desert into an oasis. Our party was made up of Hon.T.C. Pound, Congressman from Wisconsin; Rey. Dr. Hemphill, delegate to the general assembly, and Rey. Dr. Briggs, the last two both of San Francisco, the former covered all over with glory, with his quintette of calls from prominent churches in the east. The towns ravel out into the vast prairies of the west, and thrifty-looking homes, with rich and productive farms, are on every side. And, now, we sweep ahead into the boundless monotony of prairie. Prairie to the right of us, to the left of us, in front of us, behind us—nothing but prairie! We pass Omaha—the news is still dubious from the wounded President. Prayersgo up, and hope still clings to faith. We climb the heavy mountain range. Vast towering ledges of water-worn, lichen-covered rock stand out, bold and defiant, against the sky. At Sherman we are 8,000 feet above the level of the sea, and yet we seem to be scudding over the plains on the top of the mountain, one an THE LAST TIE. Promontory Point! immortalized as the spot where the Union and the Pacific struck hands— laid their last tie, and drove their last spike. That spike has been scattered over the country in the shape of some fivethousand mementoes, it is averred, and yet it still survives. Like the widow's cruse, it is inexhaustible. I am not in- debted to my memory for wit in this matter, nor to my imagination for facts. Carlin—and such magnificent scenery. Neither pen nor pencil could do justice to such magestic beauty. Just as far as the eye can reach, snow-tipped moun- tains rear their lofty, glittering heads, deflant alike of sunshine and of storm. Grand old pa- triarchs are ‘they, with all their numerous pro- geny of children, grandchildren and great-grand- children following hard after them until the proud old monarchs of mountains melt away into infantile, grass-covered hillocks, and finally spread themeelyes out into velvety lawns, ren- dolent of perfume and flowers, and musical with the voices of dancing brooks from the mountain born, that go chrirruping in their gambols at our very feet. " But now we come to the creme de la creme of the journey, as the tugging, snorting engine pull us steadily up the grand and ma- jestic Sierra Nevada range. Sublimity and gran- deur on every side! We creep, cat-like and cau- tious, over tremendous tresselings and mammoth bridges, that bear us midway between earth and sky. We go crawling around Cape Horn—a bold, ugly, ragged cliff, that juts out in sullen gran- deur, and seems to compel reverence by turning us back again to the other side, to the exact point from which we started. Donner lake lies like a huge serpent on the mountain’s crest, A tragedy that resulted in the death of nearly the whole of a large family bearing the name of Don- ner renders this lake historic. They were over- taken by a mountain storm and perished. A CITY OF HILLS. San Francisco is not a city set-upon a hill, but acity made up of hills. All the streets seem to charge up hill. There is nothing of the provin- cial town about San Francisco. All is bustle, activity, driving, pushing, dashing life. Strangers receive a cordial welcome. New comers are regarded with favor. It is essenti- ally a cosmopolitan city, and to be cosmopoli- tan is to be generous. The Palace Hotel, at which we are stopping, is a great caravansary, a world in miniature. It is a grand monument to William Ralston, whose memory will ever remain green in the hearts of the people of San Francisco. Open-handed hospitality is a con- spicuous virtue in these parts. There seems to be no counterfeit about it. It is of the genuine order. It is a capital thing to have in the house —this open-handed hospitality. It has a hint of better things about it. THE CABLE ROADS. To me the cable roads are one of the most in- teresting features of the city. They go charging up the tremendous hills, like things of life, and with far less effort. One keeps wondering how they go. I sympathize with the amazement of the bewildered Chinaman who rode on one of these street cars for the first time. Hisface was alive with astonishment. He peered out of one end of the car and then the other. He looked this side and that side. He turned an exploring gaze on the conductor. He seemed ready to arst with compressed wonder. In his utter bewilderment he finally broke out in the follow- ing exhaustive announcement: “No hossee, lo pullee, no push 0 like——!” ete. That hinaman will never rest till he inventsa cable road for the Celestial Empire. A STROLL THROUGH CHINATOWN. Chaperoned by Rev. A. W. Loomis, D.D., the honored missionary of the Presbyterian board, who has devoted a lifetime to the Chinese, we explored the inner depths of Chinatown. We saw all sorts of homes. We saw the typical Christian home in the very heart of the Chinese marter. There is a very interesting school car- Hed on for Chinese children in the old Globe Hotel, on the corner of Jackson and Dupont streets. This school has been in operation eleven years, and several of the second generation are now pupils in the school. - The children seem bright, eager, patient, facile, obedient, industri- ous. ‘They speak English well. They write ad- mirably. They are up to the average American child in the ordinary branches of a primary Eng- lish education. They are well instructed religi- ously. They seem to have an intelligent idea of amusement of the President's children. ‘Shey were lively little rodents, and made the revol- ving part of the cage whirl. POLICEMAN PRANK BURROUGHS, who has been on duty at the White House gate, *| occupied his time during the nights in making four sets of miniature racing oars. “One pair he has presented to Mr. Brown, one to James Gar- field, one to Harry Garfield, and the other to Miss Mollie Garfield. They are excellent speci- mens of skill in whitt. ing. THE GUARD OF SOLDIERS at the White House was to-day reduced. In- stead of a full company being constantly on duty there, a squad of only twelve men were sent up from the arsenal. THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING Yor THE PRESI- DENTS RECOVERY. God and of goodness. They sing their songs with great fervor, but their tones are not of se- raphic sweetness. They make up in ardor what they lack. in harmony. This is the very best method of getting at the Chinese. The hope of the world lies in the children of any nation. THE CHINESE CONSULATE, We visited the Chinese Consulate. Col. Bee, the American Consul, is a man of great suavity, and kindness of manner, and proffered us every courtesy. Although the days of mourning for the Empress are not yet ended, we were privileged an introduction to the Chk nese Consul General, a 3 ified and genial man, and a member of the terian Church of San Pegi institutions. The industrial school is a noble provision for wayward youth who lack parental restraint. KINDERGARTEN WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO. There isa work going on hereamong the little three and four-year-old children, the waifs of the by-ways and alleys, that is attracting uni- versal interest and recognition. In company with Rey. Dr. Hemphill and Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper I visited two of the leading charity kin- dergarten of the city. These two kindergartens have each two classes, and havé an enrollment of about 200 little children under six years of age, every one of whom has been picked up from the streets. In one of these kindergartens the children are many of them glothed, and all of them are lunched every dag. This ciass of children live in the “Barbat "—the Five basis] of San ee Whi Le most get worthy in regard to this great Work is the fa that these 200 little hapless waifs have been gathered and grouped and trained & the efforts ofa single Bible class, in Calvary Presbyterian Chureh, under the charge of Mrs. Cooper, who accompanied us in this interesting visit. Mrs. Cooper has for the past eight of ten years pre- pared the Educational Report of the state of California for the Bureau of Education at Wash- ington, Commissioner Eaton having secured her services during his visit to the Pacifie coast sev- eral years ago. This devoted and earnest Chris- tian woman is a cousin of Col. Robert G. Inger- soll, to whom she is greatly attached, and, like him, she is the champion and friend of helplessand hapless childhood. Nearly §3,000 has been freely donated during the year to this work, which is carried on cal this remarkable Bible class. This is practical: piety, practical benevolence. The young ladies of the class assist the trained kindérgarten teachers every day. They also make the clothes needed. The Bible class numbers some two or three hundred enrolled members of both sexes, in ages ranging from 16 to 80 years. It is scarcely to be won- dered at that’ a pastor who feltowships such practical piety as this hears such loud calls from 8o many cities of the east. A religion that has everything for a future world, but nothing for this, has nothing for either. FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS. What a deluge of fruit! The markets are gorged, overburdened, inundated, and the over- flow fills every street corner. Wagons are slop- ping over with it. Impromptu stalls for vend- ing spring up in every imaginable place, and the irrepressible Chinese huckster, with his pendant basket is hawking it about from door to door. There are great, jolly, red-cheeked pesehes: bouncing pears, crisp and refreshing; luscious grapes, full of the sweetness af June mornings. oranges, apricots, limes, dates, figs and berries of every description! "A stem of plums, ten inehes in length, contained forty-seven robust, delicious, full-grown plums: The leaves were all crushed and rolled into nothingness by the giant strides of growth, while all the time try- ing to assert themselves. Thirty-five varieties of peaches, thirty-four of peara, nine of figs and one hundred and eighty of were exhib- ited by one man at a pomologteal fair. Besides all this, he boasted 4 splendid pair of twins, as pretty as peaches. Beat that who can! Flow- ers here bound from seed to maturity with as- tonishing celerity. A park;r plaza, as they term it, is a matter only of a few years growth, till it reaches almost froptess Ipxuriance. The markets are full of all kindsef vegetables, so large and prolific that I should: imperil my rep- utation for veracity were I to describe them. UPS AND DOWNS OF FDRTUNE. Rich to-day and poor to-motrow is conspicu- ously true of San Franciscans, This is a coun- try of swift vicissitude in human fortune. An element of speculation pervades all classes. A recent case is characteristic. An honest, thrifty day laborer took to himself a comely wife and started for the mines. He soon “struck it rich,” and caine back and purchased an elegant home on a fashionable street, ree quid nunes of that aristocratic neighborh turn up their aristocratic noses at the bare thought of such plebian defilement. But what boots it? The title deed in his hand. One of the most serious drawbacks to solid, substantial, healthful pros- perity among the masses is this spirit of specu- lation which is rifle everywhere, POLITICAL AFFAIRS. The people of the Pacific coast are yery proud of their new Senator, General Miller. Just now they are preparing to give him a magnificent re- ception on his return. This isa movement quite irrespective of party lines—a spontaneous trib- ute from all classes. General Miller is regarded asathoroughly representatite mam He is a Christian gentleman and a valued citizen. He has a large fortune, which places him far above the reach of temptation, and he is granite in principles of right and virtue. It is touching to observe the tender and un- wearying solicitude of the people of this coast for the well-doing and recovery of President Garfield. They are a unit in this feeling. They severely deprecate any influences that have con- spired to kindle the frenzied brain of an ambi- tious, foolhardy and desperate maa, who took courage from dissension to send a bullet after the life of the beloved President of this great nation. In the morning we sail on the outgoing steamer for Portland, thence to Walla-Walla. On our arrival it will be a joy to learn that our hon- ored President is pronouneed out of all danger. And so may it be! Ww. a The Georgetown Elopement Case. WHAT IS SAID BY THE FRIENDS OF THE PARTIES. In regard to the Boyle-Hurdle elopement, friends of the parties make the following state- ments: Mr. Boyle, on the 224 day of June last went to Baltimore, and thrée days later Miss Hurdle left her home in Georgetown. Up to the day of her departure she ‘was on terms of inti- macy with Mrs. Boyle, who is described by those who know her as “a nice little woman,” asking her when she had heard from her husband, when he would be back. etc. ‘After Miss Hurdle left, Mrs. Boyle had her suspiciongaroused by several Persons who had become aware of a great de- gree of intimacy between husband and her friend, which had been matter of common Teport forsome time. After Miss e's Smith was announced in the came home, it is said, and it and sistersand Mrs. Boyle to: Baltimore to see her husband, + Finding that Mrs. Boyle was: 10 wit her, Miss Hurdle sepected sito wal for invited guests. This to ee Bee rs. suspicior -and she to go to Ba ore, and did so, in company with a female relative. After consulting the police rities she took wae hee a ere ‘0 look up her truant hus- |. Finding that he » work at hi kiaying- “they Was at. Wol is trade where he was empl y lirs. Boyle to ployed. The detective asked int out her yusband men at work, Dat she was nervous ee had to-retire to a st the n the an ed a hod ¢; er to point Boyle out, which he did. ‘The detegtive then a scaffolding and _accostiy tid non that his wife was waiting store opposite. He u and as he entered seemed eo) at mecting his G “What aos Boyle told him phim at the drug ngly came down, LETTER FROM SARATOGA, THE GAY SBASON—ALL KINDS OF AMUSEMENTS— RACES—DANCING—CONCERTS — PLIRTING—PER- SONAL—W. W. CORCORAN—GEN. MICHLER'S DEATH—A WASHINGTON HOME—ETC. [Correspondence of the Taz Evexra Star. } Saratoca Sprines, N.Y., July 22, 1881. After a pleasant journey of about five hours from Richfield Springs through the fine country seen on the N.Y. Central and the Delaware and Hudson Canal company’s railroads, I arrived at Saratoga to find its distinguishing character- istics as fascinating as ever. As the late Samuel Bowles said to me of it the last summer of his life, “this is to me like a grand panorama, which I find taking no part in its gaycties my- self, always a pleasing diversion to watch.” The same effect here is always beautiful, for every one enjoys the summer holiday in fete day garb, and the grand old elms arching over Bi y their verdure throw into bold relief the bright colors of the ladies’ dresses and the decorations | qnd wares in the shop windows. No dress is too bright in hue, or too thin in texture to be | worn on the street at Saratoga. In that as welt as the pleasant rencontres with friends at every turn, I'am pleasantly reminded of Washington as it is annually before the summer exodus begins. HOW GAY WE ARE. Amusements are only too numerous here now. There are races every day between 12 and 3 Pp.) ™., and hops and concerts every evenigg from | 9 to 11 o'clock. Of eourse there are no hops on | Sundays, but a fine sacred concert is given every | Sunday evening in the beautiful Congress Spring | Park. Concerts are given there every evening. Mme. Marie Selika sang there on Tuesday, and | will doso again this week. There is always a | large attendance. The park is now lighted by a | dozen large electric lights, and presents a fine appearance. Its pavilion, in which the Congress | water is served, hi doubled in width on} |, has been the park side for this season. The United States Hotel, at which the hand- somest dressing at Saratozais always seen, had its opening hop on Saturday evening, which was very largely attended by dancers, as well as | spectators. Evidently there is a revival of the love of dancing this summer, for here, as at Long Branch and Richfield, I observe more dancers | than usual. A modified version of ‘the racket” i seems the favorite round dance here. On Sat- | urday evening the “polo quadrille” was intro- duced for the first time here at the hop at “ The | States.” It has some features like the old-fash- joned “basket quadrille.” Its chief character- istic, however, is “hands all around,” which is introduced in every figure. There wasan agree- able hop at the same hotel on Tuesday evening, and there will be hops there on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the season. The Union, which will have its first hop in its ball-room next Saturday evening, will have them henceforth on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. At Con- gress Hall, where many charming people are found, hops are given on Mondays and Fridays. On off-nights at all the hotels named, there are concerts on the balconies, which many enjoy more than the hops, for the orchestras here are very superior. A WASHINGTON MOUSE. The two Washington gentlemen, Mesers, Har- ris and Losekam, who have leased the Clarendon | Hotel here this year and greatly improved it, inake all Washington residents who come here | at home in their house, whether they are living init ornot. They say they wish their hotel to be a Washington headquarters. Its beautiful grounds have always been the headquarters of the Washington spring, often called the “cham- pagne spring,” feaiee at the exhilarating effects of its cold, sparkling waters. There is an excellent band at the Clarendon this season, which plays on the shaded balcony in the morn- ing and evening. PERSONAL MENTION. Judge MacArthur and his pleasant wife are here. After concluding their visit here they | ‘will go to New Mexico, where Judge MacArthur's | son, who is inthe army, is stationed. He has | three children, and the Judge is especially anxious to see them, ashe has never done so. After concluding his visit here, Mr. W. W. Cor- coran and his grandchildren will go to Lake George. Mr. Corcoran and his second grandson arrived on Wednesday. Mr. Corcoran seems to be heartily enjoying himself, and is in excellent health. He is at the United States Hotel. Iwas glad to see Mrs. Ogle Tayloe, who has a delightful suite of rooms in a private house on Broadway, looking so well in spite of her long illness and great sufferings. She has been here since the firstof June. She says she longed for her home in Washington during her illness in spite of the attention of her relatives in Troy. She is greatly attached to Washington, and says she will surely, if alive, go to her home there in the Autumn. Judge Aldis, after spending sev- eral days here, went to his home in St. Albans, Vt., where his family are. He expects to re- turn here. Ex-Senator Kernan’s dat is here. Ex-Senator Stockton and his wi fe, son and daughter, are here. The two daughters of the late Horace Greeley are here, accompanied by Col. Nicholas Smith, who married theelder of these ladies—Ida. Miss Gabrielle Greeley is very pretty indeed, her beauty being of a most refined and intelléctual type. She wears her dark hair as plainly as possible and perfectly smooth. Ex-Senator Frelinghuysen, who is looking very handsome and in excellent health, is at the United States hotel with his wife and eldest daughter. The wife of Col. Bacon, of General Sherman’s staff, is also here for her health. Her two children are with her. Baron Thomsen, of New York, has been here and will return again. He was created a Baron eI Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, when he sited this country, six years ago. No one at Sarat wears more diamonds than Mrs. Greenway, of Baltimore, who is also reported to have a handsome dress for ey day in the year. She did not bring them al with her, however. She wears diamonds on every finger at the same time. Mr. Lapham was here Sunda: braced himeelf up for the furtle Albany with spring water. conviction then, as he quaffed Hathorn water before breakfast, that he would be elected U. S. Senator next day. GEN. MICHLER’S DEATH. Gen. N. Michler and his wife arrived at the Dnited States Hotel Friday, the 15th, and although she expressed herself as very anxious about him when I saw her Saturday, she did not seem to by alr immediate danger. He was suffering from Bright's disease, and dropsy seems to have set in, for he endured ent 3 to relieve that on Sunday night and seemed be much better. The doctors thought his con- dition so favorable that they left him, and shortly afterwards he died very easily. His son morning and er contest at He expressed his wa) andin the park and the hotel grounds with | 3 pleasant remembrance of his stay in Washing- ton during his term in Congress. Mr. Marvin, of the United States hotel, is also } an ex-member of Congress, and bas met here or in Washington, nearly every distinguished man who has been in this country during half a cen- tury. Mr. Marvin tells me lie opened the United States hotel 51 years ago. He seems very vigorous in mind and body. x-Secretary Bristow, wife, and their son and @aughter. are at the United States hotel. at Congress Hall larger numbers are expected. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, write me under date of July 3d, that they were to sail in the Scythia for New York, on the 16th, and expected tobe in New York next Tuesday. They have had a charming trip. THE GRAND UNION GARDEN PARTY. These fetes are always considered the great in beauty. The cream of the residents in and visitors to the village are always invited; many of the guest at other hotels are included in ad- dition to those at the Union. Mr. Clair is very liberal with his invitations to these costly enter- tainments. There were 8,000 invitations issued, hen being sent away besides those given out here. The invitations themselves always works of art, and they, as well ag the illumipated pro- grams of the dancing, are Kept as souvenirs from season to season. The beautiful lawn at the Union, decorated with many flower beds and two fountains, and shaded by magnificent elms, was further adorned with flags and stream- ers and 1,000 Chinese lanterns, which were ar- ranged to represent chandeliers, hanging along all the avenues formed by the arching trees. The weather was perfect, just. warm enough to make it safe to be out of doors day and night. From4to 7 in the afternoon the gaily dressed children had the dancing fioor to themselves. This floor was laid in the center of the garden in full view from all parts of the hotel aad its porches, and was 110 feet long by 60 wide. Ad- joining it was a large platform for Mr. Lothian’s orchestra, which furnished the music. Mr. Lothian was master of ceremonies. In the even- ii d lanterns, five ax lamps iitum- , and lights of bright and ever- hues were thrown upon the fountait which resetubled showers of sparkling jewels. From 9 to 12 p.m. the grown folks enjoyed dancing. Gentlemen were not admitted with- out dress coats to the floor, and many ef the ladies wore as magnificent costumes as at the most elegant balls given indoors in acity. The Seene, both in the afternoon when the sun gleamed upon the children and the many adults in gala attire wearing dresses of eyery color walking through the garden, and by night when illuminated as described, was one of enchant- ment which no spectacular drama, howeve gorgeously mounted, could rival. Miss Grenpy. ee The Need of a Great Music Hall, VIEWS OF PROF. WIDDOWS. To the Editor of The Star: I feel very much gratified that the necessity for a large music hall in this city is beginning to be recognized and appreciated by some of our best citizens. I have—as you know—been agitating, for the last two or three years, the building of a large hall, where musical festivals, | concerts, balls, and public m and_con- | ventions can be held, and now the question of a building in which to hold a grand jubilee upon | the recovery of our President to health is being | suggested. there is not one large enough or ap- | propriate for the purpose. I trust, now that the necessity has arisen, our public spirited citizens, | who have the means, will favorably consider the suggestions I have so often made through the columns of the press, for the building of a music hall capable of accommodating 2,500to 3.000per- | sons, and with a conservatory of music attached for the cultivation and training of those desirous of receiving a thorough musical education. The | cost of putting up a building would not exceed $150,000, including the land, and which could be raised in shares of $25 The profits of the conser.atory of musie would | nearly cover the expenses of running the hall, | leaving the receipts from the rent of the hall | from which to draw a good iuterest for the | money invested. During the building of the | hall the various musical societies and other | singers and musicians of the District could be formed into a musical festival association and commence preparations for a grand musical festival, or jubilee, to take place when the building is completed, and then—if necessary— the societies of other cities could be invited to unite with us in the inauguration of our music hall and thereby to lay the foundation for mak- ing the ‘Nation's Capital” the ‘art center | of the country. Those who propose a musical festival as a — thanksgiving offering have very little knowledge of the amount of work to be done, or the prepa- rations necessary to make it a grand success. If two days are recommended by the committee of governors for the thanksgiving, the Philhar- monic Society, with ot! musicians of the Dis- trict, can arrange for The second day a grand open-air concert, consisting of thanksgiving anthems and choruses, including “Thanks be to God” from Elijah, and the Grand Hailelujah Chorus, the same as was done at the yellow fever concerts; the entire management to be placed in the hands of the board of officers of the Philharmonic Society, and they could add to it a success. This would be a good working committee. There is no necessity for a j head committee, who might possibly anticipate some fat office for the privilege. The afternoon | of the first day of the thanksgiving ceremonies, the Sabbath school children would take part; the superintendents of the various Sabbath schools to appoint a committee to carry out that part of the program. As there is no doubt tie committee of governors will sugzest somé time | in October, that being the season when there is | less likelihood ee the eS oe part of | the thanksgiving celebration w e assem- | bling of eat or ten thousand Sabbath school children under the broad canopy of heaven, when | the delightful Indian summer is with us, when | autumn is clothing the earth with her most | beautiful and variegated garments, and when | ‘ly autumnal sky shall re-echo the of feed asa geaeegt ing from the lps of ten housand children, as it did when the is of | Heirs of Sarah R. Bailey to Cornelia W. 8. | Baird, sub 5 sq. 217; $17,000. W.J. Newman to | M. Leimbach, subs 20 and 21 and part 22 sq. 676; $960. H. D. Cooke et-al. trustees to M. M. Rohrer, subs 31 to 33 and 41 to 51, sq.881 $119.84. T. J. Puteianto F. M. Lee, sub lot 10 “Chi- chester;” $1,500. and her friend, Mrs. Madison, wi of his father, to New York. Mrs. Madison was here with Mrs. eae from bgt febond arrival. A death Senne Ss seem: if wn room. I was side of his or her o a ‘Gen. died, I knew nothing of hours. In tHE Nationat eat egg es ays gy Atlanta, Ga., yesterday, ator J; Brown delivered an address on the ed: interests of the south, and H. 1. Kimball an ad- | dress on the cotton e: ition. A committee was Se ee ee ANEprror KILLED By OvTLaws.—The out- law troubles in county, Hi F a 7 Hi An excarsion'perty of 50 from Baltimore, are | ‘w Washingtonian arrive here daily, and | occasions of ghe summer at Saratdza, and well | ¢ they may be, since nothing could surpass them | ht | LETTER FROM THE WARM SPRINGS. * eae x COOL PAYS—WARM BATHS—THE PRESIDENT— WASMINGTONIANS— ETC. : Correspondence of Tae EVENINe STAR.) “Wana Sprinas,” Via., July 21, 1681. This celebrated resort is situated in a beanti- fal valley, at the head of one of the branches of the Jackson river, and is the county seat of Bath, Va. Visitors from Washington can reach it vy taking the Virginia Midland route to Gordons ville, or the B. & 0. via Valley Branch to Steun- ton, at each of which places close connections | are made with the Chesapeake and Ohio road to | Millsboro, and thence by carriages fifteen j miles, over a fine road, and through a lovely ; country to the springs. - THE CLIMATE AND THE RATES. | The climate here is delightful, the thermome- ter now averaging about 70 degrees F. during | the daytime, and it is cool enough at night to make a pair of blankets quite a necessity. The baths are the great attraction of the place, and must be once enjoyed to be thoroughly appre- ciated. There are two large swimming pools, | each some forty or fifty feet in diameter, one for ladies, of the . and it te cfhimed that persons suite m rheumatism and many other ills find relief, and son cure, in these wonderful wa Horseback-ridin, hilis, bunting, fish amusements a r folks promenade, dai es can be seen in pairs, quietly nestling in some shady cor- « Md we talk of, and and grandfathers and while the elders look ittully discuss the . Peadjusters, fund- Thave been in this and T have heard naught but the most hearty essions of sympathy with | the President on every side, and earnest wishes for his recovery. In both of the churches here (Episcopal and Presbyterian) fervent prayers: Were offered last Sunday in his bela newspapers, including THE STAR, are j sought after for news of his condition. | How WE Live. | There is a fine farm of several Imndred acres belonging to the springs property which is utile ized by the preprictor to produce supplies for the table, emong which are noticed a fine herd of milch cows, three hundred young turkeysand an abundance of spring chickens, such as are read avout but sellom seen. The large garden of four acres furnishes us with a_ plentiful sup- ply of fresh vex: The cuisine is excellent | apd bountifully served. ner, talking ed Preside: A word just here : ten day: PERSONAL, the guests are the following: ‘General Johnston and lady, Virginia; Senator . Vest and lady ; Hon. John 8. Richardson daughter, South Carolina; Hon. John F. Follett and family, Cincinnati, Hon. William H. Harrison and lady, Cine ati, Ohio; the Rev. Messrs. Farness, Philae ; Edmunds, South Carolina, and Hat Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. M. Barlow, New ing and Queen, Vir- Virginia; T. Pinckney i., South Carolina; Judge Fouke, of Virginia; John Carson, Mr. and Mra. H. Wilkens and family, Baltimore; Mrs. L. M. Keitt and daughter, South Carolina; Mrs. E. Jami- son and family, New Orieans, and the following Washingtonians: Ey wnamissioner Phelps and family, Captain T. Scott Pillebrown, U.S.N., and ladies, Dr. Daniel B. Clarke and lady and Mrs. W. H. Chadsey, LF. Alexande Lewis and J. J. Beardsley, esqs. i j +o — “Those Garfield Boys.” A PLUCKY PAIR. “Those Garfield boys are as fall of pluck ae an egg is of meat,” said an attache of the White House who has served there for over twenty. years to a Star reporter. “They are just likes heir father—and their mother, too,—when it t pluck, Why that little Abe. ren seven years old —wil «i ride aright down those. e White House portico. Don't is? Well, 1 should say he did; but hee don't mind them no more'n nothing. He'll Jump right up, get on that bicycle again and go tear= ing down the yard like forty, right over stones, curbing, or anything else; and maybe there'll be. alump on his head as big asa hen's ecg from the fall, too. One day he rode right down the steps and got the hardest kind of a fall. His: head strack that hard stone flagging. Before E etal get to him ta was up and getting on hig cle again. IT asked him, ‘Ain't you hi Ab y that time there was'a knot drmet ani the side of his head half as big 2s my fist. = said yes; it hurt a little, but that *he didn’ mind that,’ and away he went. “Theu there's Irvine; he’s ten or twelve years. old. One day he undertook to climb over that iron railing around the Treasury, over there by the fountain. He got an awtul fall, and one leg of his pants caught on the spikes, and he hy downwards. He didn't holler lke other boy would have done—not a bit of it. He gust called to some boys there to come and geb him loose. He got his ankle sprained, but he woulda't have any help. He crawled all the back to the White House, and nobody ever a whimper out of him. One night | wasstand- ing at the front door of the house. Irviye came. along, and he just lowered his head pnd ran at: me to butt me. I jumped out of t Ys he ran his head against one of those iron doors with all his might. It knocked him down, F picked him up, and he was hurt, too; no doubt about that. I said, ‘Irve, are you hurt? Well, be just squeezed his head right tight in his ls and said, *Yes, some; but I didn't cry, did he asked me, “Would Scott Hayes have cried for that? His great ambition is to be more of aman than Scott Hayes, who was about his age. He didn't cry, neither. You can't make one of those Garfield boys ery. They've got too much pluck for that.” SS Another Old Citizen Passed Away. DEATH OF MR. JOUN PURDY. Mr. John Purdy, for over 50 years past a reste dent of this District, died lastevening at his res t « their number other musicians in order to make | idence on 4!g street, near the City Hall, in the ‘78th year of his age. Mr. Papdy was born im Annapolis, Md., Deoember 27, 1803, and learning the trade of house inter in Baltimore he came to this city in 1823. road to affluence and became one of the men in his business in the District. He im largely in real estate, purchasing nearly the entire square bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, ist, 2d and B streets northwest, in which ig Purdy's court. He, in early life, became cone nected ee old fogerw Bank on 7th ape Finally ought all its stock and propert for some years was the prealdent of the tomke Some fifteen years ago he became. interested im the manufacture of glass, and erected the works on 25th and N streets, but this enterprise was a failure. Under this reverse his mind gradually gave way, and his health commenced. to fail. For years he has needed the attention of some one, and has been frequently seen in our streets on the arm of a colored city, and Mr. John Purdy, jr., who lives in sacola, Fla. He was a member of Ws Comi y, No. 1, Knights 7 Xo. 1, aud the Masonic Relief A petition over eleven feet ee a ee Sgn eer the clty against the the Asphalt Il, between K and L. pioseesy Fletcher, Murdoch 7 was handed t afternoon. 2 4 COMPLAINT AGAINST THE FIRE Superintendent of pr Fe | E i f i