Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-13
FROM ST. LOUIS.
A Bridal Party-A Pleasant Trip-Pau.
lime MarkhanR-St. Louis Improve
ments-A Kicking SOngstress, etc.

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Correspondence Union and American.
ST.. LOUIS, June IL, 1S73.-Lesving
Nashville at 2 o'clock P. NJ. Monday, via
the st. Louis and Southeastern road, your
was rushed through to st.
Louis in a very comforts BILE and pleasant
sort of q way, having secured cabin passage
on the elegant sleeping car Henderson"
- A BRIDAL PARTY
which left Lebanon, Tenn, early that
were among the sleeping car pas
sengers, and as the mem bers Of the party
were full of life and fun, they did much to
cause the time TO pass pleasantly to their
fellow passengers. Owing to the fortunate
of the fair BRIDE having
discovered that your correspondent
bore strong family resemblance
to former admirer, he was introduced to
the party, and in the company OF the very
pleasant and sociable y0nng men, and the
unusually handsome and attractive young
ladies, the waking hours of the trip passed
rapidly by. The party was composed OF
the following persons; Mr.. j. A. Cavitt and
Mrs. J. a. Cavitt, nee Miss Matilda q.
Norman, groom and bride; Miss Dora
Love, Miss Fannie Cavitt, Mr.. VIM. r.
Cavitt, Mr.. @. V. Cayitt, and MIR. j. w
Cayitt, Bryan Texas. at Nashville they
were Joined by the following named, the
young ladies having been attending school
at Wards seminary: Miss Mamie Smith
Austin Texas, NJ IS B. B. Jones, Mis- e. B.
Jones, Miss Lizzie Cau6eld and Mr.. Wiley
Jones of Waco, Texas. The party stopped
over in st. Louis one day, leaving for Dem
ison, Texas, last night, i'm high spirits.
ST. LOUIS
continues to grow. Not with the rush and
display which characterizes the growth of
Chicago, but in steady, quiet way. With
in few years past, much better class OF
buildings have been erected, and as ST.
Louisans sometimes visit Chicago, they are
gradually absorbing little Of the enterprise
aud vim noticeable in the last named city.
Perhaps no better illustration of the differ
ence between the two places can be seen,
than in the way new buildings are rented.
Passing along business street in Chicago,
YOU will see placayds stuck all over new
store in process of erection, which placards
announce that John Brown & Co. will oc-
cupy that building on certain day, and
when the day comes round, it brings with
il Brown g. Co. with their stock OF goods.
In St. Louis new building would be or
namented with placards, announcing thai
John Brown & Co. will occupy that build
ing-when completed.
THE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL
are the grand enterprises of st. Louis just
now, and no end of vexation and annoy
ance are caused business men by the gener-
al tearing up of streets in the digging Of the
tunnel. Starting at the end OF the bridge
on Washington avenue, 1t folloWs That
street to tie intersection OF Seventh, where
it cuts across one block to the corner OF St.
Charles and Eighth streets, and there follows
Eighth to the old Pacific depot, near which
grand depot is to be erected. A heavy rain
which fell Monday night, inflicted a severe
loss upon the contractors by washing down
the sides of the excavation, filling IN with
water, etc. 1t will take several days to re-
pair the damage thus done.
THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
enterprise drsgs slowly along. 1t
was tie first intention to have the building
extend over an entire block, but this plan has
been efectually squelched by Mr.. James ID.
Lucas, the rich man of st. Louis, who re-
fuses to sell bis interest in said block, which
interest happens to be large one. To be
sure there are ways of getting around this
refusal, but st. Louis folks have the utmost
generation for their old fossils, and would
no, hurt their feelings for anything; and Id
this case the result is, the proposed Mel
chants Exchange will occupy but hall
block instead of whole one, and the front
will be on Third street, q dirty, narrow
thoroughfare, instead Of on Fourth, one OF
the principal streets OF the city.
THEATRICAL.
At De Bars, the McCarthys are doing
the character" business to very slim houses.
Pauline Markham, Lydia Thompson's
rival, is holding forth with her blondes at
Wakefeld's Opera house 10 fair audiences,
composed principally of masculines.
Mile Zitella, (probably christened Mary
Ann Smith), and the "Varrella Brothers"
(possibIy known to their respective moth
ers under the cognomens of Billy Brown
and Johnnie Jone y, are doing the postum
ing and acrobatic at Wskefeld's, and add
greatly to the performances, as they really
have but few EQUALS in this country in tteiI
particular line.
But the main attraction at this place Of
entertainment, that is for the gallery gOds
and those who were gallery gods Tnen
they were younger, is Miss Annie Adams,
billed as "The Queen OF Serlo Comic
Songs" have frequently met with this
"Oueen," and after having heard her once
usually leave the theatre about the time Of
her appearance, for if there is one thing IN
the world which she can'tdo, that one thing
is sing. But OBJ how she dresses, and
oushes, and kicks out her green brogans
from underneath her gorgeous and volum-
nous skirts, and stamps, and waves her
hand in stereotyped fashion, at certain IN
teryals, utterly regardless Of what she
NAV happen TO be attempting
to sing), and marches w
and down strip of carpet which the &C
commodating manager has placed on the
STAGE to prevent wear and tear OF her long
trail. and how she does throw her head back
"a she filings ouS the last notes, and then
how she gathers up her skirts aud sails foi
the entrance in a very breezy, free and easy
fashion. and makes her exit bowling and
twisting and equirming and smilingt But
She draws. She used to sing in varieties
theatre. but she has managed, by dint Of
energetic kicking and squalling, to work bel
vvav mn grade or two, and the time may
come when she will take the name oil
9Madamesoille Something brother" and
hurst upon us with a grand flourish oi
trurnpets and other wind instruments.
PERSONAL.
Mai. Ewing, of the Times, SO well known
to Nashville people, still continues seriously
III. His brother, A. q. Ewing, of Nash
Vile. came up to see him yesterday, bu;
will rel urn home to-day. Maj. Heis, of TIN
Times is fat and hearty, and although he ;:
nm to bis ears in work seems to enjoy lifl
very well. He always grows "rapsodicali
when speaking of Nashville, which city HI
chsrscterizes as being 1.-THE most dehg htfu
spot on EARTH" PASTE.
The shamOsxin Disaster.