Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-25
Visit of the Washington Press Club
tO RichI c. IA Good Time i'm fhe
CITY of HillS.,,

The visit of The representatives of the Wash
ingtOn ress TO their brethren OF the Richmond
Press, yesterday, will lohg be remembered by
those who participated in il. 1he Wsshir gton
delegation, numbering twenty-ope gentlemen.
lett on WedrC day evening on the steamer
Charlotte Vanderbilt, via Richmond Fred
ericksburg, and Potomac line. and arrived in
Richmond yesterday morning at O'Clock. They
were rC celyed al the depot by delegation OF
the Richmond Pres Club, consisting of w s.
Gilman, Ernest Wilt, u. A. PizZini r. r.
Walker, H.. e. Tinsley, and c. Il. Luck, and
escorted 10 the SIottSWOOd Hotel. After break
Ia yC steTday morning the Washington GENTLE
men were formally welcomed Ia a neat address
by Col. Thc~. II. W nre, LATE OF the F-g.1jarr.
Mr.. Arthur Shepherd, OF the ReguLiscqa, re-
were then furnished by the Richmond Press
Club, ard various points OF interest in The city
visited.
AT noon the visitors were received by Gov.
Walker, at the Executive Mansion, and hand
somciy en'srtlincd Col. e. X. Cornwall. OF the
Washington delegation, addressed the Cover
nor on behalf of the Sisitors, and his Excellency
Il Iponded III an address Of welcome. The COM
pany then repaired to GeTOt's where lunch was
served, ard at three O'Clock they visited tbe
Richmond theater by invitation of the managers
70 witness the matinee performance OF the Lisa
Weber blonde troupe. At four O'Clock a Dan
quet was served at Zeteles. over which w =
Gilman. president of the Richmond Press Club,
presided. Fifty gentlemen were seated at tbe
table. The bill of fare could not be excelleJ
Alter doing ample justice to the good
tlings provided, the regular toasts we're
announced aud responded TO by X. F.
Boiseau, of The STAR, Col. Thos. II. WINNIE,
" Richmond, Arthur Shepherd, of the
RcpuJlicoH, W. :. Gilman, of the Richmond
Wig, Nathaniel SarGo, of the Sunday Herald
Cornwall, Washington correspondent, Col. w.
r.. Cameron, of the Petersburg Iaaer and
others. Volunteer toasts followed, and the
festivities were kept up nn;il nearly O'Clock.
.hOQf "a N 1,a Ill
returned to thsi city, being escorted to the de-
pot by the Richmond gentlemen, who rs-luct-
antiy permitted their guests to depart.
The Washington delegation consisted of Ar
thur shepherd, Phil. Julian, H. V. O'Connor,
and q. w. Parker, Of the Republican; X. f. Boil
seau, y. Z. Hunter, and VIM. K. Mclean, of the
and W. II. Harrison, Sunday Herald; G.. A. Pills.
bury, Baltimore Gazette; j. q. Holland, New
York Associated Press; Fred. Royce, W. U.
# ComEerce; Charles Il. Cornwall. A. Naiior
IT,, Jos. Y. Potts, James l.. Thompson, Perry
Petit, j. z. Boatman, and John fitzgerald.
president Of the Washington Newsboys' Associ.
alton.
ga Cincinnati dancing club claims the ap-
Iellation Of "Sorrowfnl Old Maids"
~BaltiDore Is to equip its night police with
lark lanterns.
a marble sarcophagus, with q recumbent statue
Of the General.
aTIf any set OF people think that they are
becoming too intimate with each other, let them
Try TO get up sociable. This is an infallible
recipe for breeding quarrels.
eSA new pap r, called the Gimlet, is pub
'ished bv literary society in Hamilton, India
Ia. That Gin,let will probably make q hole in
The treasury OF the society.
~ Ten or twelve full-blooded Indians have
applied for admission to Highland University,
Kan: as, with view to enter the Presbyterian
ministry.
- George Eliot says" Half the sorrows
of women would be averted ifthey could re-
press the speech they know 70 be useless-nay,
the speech they have resolved not to utter"
~Thayer's Circus is reported to have "gone
up the spout in North Carolina. The proprie.
tor is largely indebted 10 his employees and
they have had the whole concern, including
horfes, wagons. canvas, implements and
paraphernala advertised to be sold on the 22d
instant. exc