Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-10
Society. Etc


Mrs. Delano have not felt like TO entering the
gay world. Mrs. Robson rarely resolves visi-
tors. Mrs. and Miss BeiEnap viii be able, every
one hopes, TO receive on New ears day. The
Secretary Of the Treasury will remain at the
Arlington this winter. Mrs. y lstOW's moUtn-
ing viii prevent their entertaining. Nrs. Fish
and Mrs. Williams b0,h tve handsome and
spacious homes, and taa popularity o. these
lsiies always ensures d briilianc reception.
The bachelors german last evening was
select and elegant. The gent emen All ware
striped sikstOckiugs al low shoes, with buckles
and rosettes. The young ladies were dressed
with their usual good ta &c. n any Of the yOang
ladies in the city deciiHe going cut before the
season opens "a January. They are deslrOls of
appearing then without their fTeshl IS being
rubbed Of.
Among the many elegant entertainments
given to Colonel ant Mrs. Grant while they
were here was a lunch given b. Miss Lulie
Meigs. Gener / Meigs aud family are at the
Arlington, lUsI cad OF MTs. Nic0is. There has
been some surprise expressed about COlsI aud
Mrs. Grant leaving We -hiugtOn after accepting
the invitation to the luTch st Mrs. Z.ilan's. 1t
seems that an invitation had also been &C se pied
for dinner rendered them by Mr. aud Mrs.
George W. Childs in Philadelphia. Both events
fell upon Thursday, and the young couple had
to start for PhilsdelphiI, much to their regret.
An elegant reception was held to-day at
the Gait mansion, in ho0OT o. the marriage of
the daughter. The wedding was private.
AUTHORIZATIONS FUR IMPROVEMENT OF
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUSDs.-Che book
of estimates submitted by the heads of the va
rIous departments to Congress, cont aiming a
schedule OF the amounts OF money rec lired for
the next fiscal year, embraces the following
items of District interes: For public grounds
the sGm asked is SO2f ,29i so, the main ite ms
being a. tOllo VS., viz: Filling grounds south OF
the Executive mansion, Sl0 900; general repairs
TO the Smithsonian grouDcs, $4,000; building
approaches to bridge t. be erected by the Bait
PntOman ctr
5,CSO; 9mpeting the Improvements of reser-
yation between Sd and Gth streets, $1,000:
improving various reservations, $50 900; care
ana tNteBslOn OF green houses IN the pTopogat-
ing garden, : COG; ord Eary care of Lafayette
square, 3 ,0J0; remOv Dg present fence and
substituting posts and chains, IS 600; paving
4,22l square yards o walksin Lafayette square.
SlO, 1920; removing ailanthus trees condemned
by the Board of Health, $500; continuing
the Improvement of reservation No. 3, $50, coo;
EXC waiting bottom and paving -ide5 of lake,
s. 0C0; replacing fountain in 14th street circle
with marble, - 800; improving Pacific Place,
lciTcle, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New
ton Place, $1,000; taking up and relay
ing curb and hsg south of the EXecu-
tive Mansion, 81 800; cntiug DOWN the
embankment Oh the nursery, 81 $50; granite
coping and fence in front of Executive
" Ian zion, 81 $50; repairing fountain south of the
Executive Mansion and for coping and centre
piece lor yhe same, ,O0G, fountains and watch
mans lodge in judiciary square, -, ,GO0 coi1s-
sal statue OF Lincoln, to be placed in Lincoln
square, $50 coo; base for same, $40 600; purchase
nf Il isnGulsr squares OF ground west OF square
624 and north OF square 5G3, containing
III 5j square feet, at Al, S17 ,j64: en-
closing and improving the same 80 600;
OHIO avenue, between 18th and 18Th streets
- ,G0; purchase of 800 seats fer the public
grounds, 81 400; filling, grading, draining, and
IMPROVING the preservation on Missouri avenue
lately occupied by the Agricultural depart
ment, $4,000; removing the cast iron fence
from reservation on Pennylyauia avenue, be-
tween 10th and 2lst streets, recasting it into
park posts, and for improving the sans, 81 500;
repairs, fuel, &c, Executive Mansion, S5O, 900;
lightning, &c, Capitol, Executive Mansion, &c,
t6,COj; W Washu gtOn notwithstanding astOne
dam across the Virginia channel Of the Potomac
river, from the end of the present dam - the
Virginia shore, SZG0,OOO bGilding dwelling and
oflCe tor gate deeper at the receiving reservoir,
5000 building wooden fence around the
receiving reservoir, r. I feet, - ,52S cOntinu-
ing, widening. and mac2 iamiZing roadway be-
tween distributing reservoir and GreGt Falls,
SO eco; EOllDg and seeding embsUkm mt slopes
OF Ibe distTif uting reservoir, $l3 ,001; soiiIng
nd Sc ding slopes of the conduit embankmenf
nom Great Falls to the distributing reservoir
80 ,CJo. Building corner OR 18th and L str, ets-
Rene wing en- haukment and OpeuiDing An alley
along the west end Of the building, 5000. 'fne
sum of $1,000 is asked for the navy yard.
Building and grounds, Government Hospital
or the Insene-Completing river wall aud
raising boundary walls at their intersection
with the river wall, SS,l4S; supplying the hos
pital with water from toe Potomac aJueduct.
$1,000. Reform School of the District of Co
lumbis-Purchasingr remainder of the Peter
farm, provided it can be obtained at 500 per
acre, or go much thereof as may be necessary,
Sl2C00; erecting workshops, steam-engine,
betting and machinery, gil 00O; erecting one
family building, $4,000: fencing and hedge
plants, So Oc0. Improvement Of grounds, De-
partment of Agriculture, including fountains,
&c, S22 $40,
BALTIMORE AND OaiO RAILROAD COMA
NY-Mr. Garrett Re-eEecisd President.-At the
regular monthly meeting of the board OF direc-
tors OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, held at
Camden station yesterday, MIR. Garrett was re-
electt president Of the company for the Sc ven
teenth year. Previous TO the election Mr.. Gar
rett stated TO the board that in cODsent.ng 20
continue his services 30 the company, il must be
with the understanding that he would not be
expected 70 attend TO the details and general
administration of the attairs of the road; that
these would be performed bg the vice presi-
deIts, and that he would aid In regard 10 the
policy of the company and the management of
its finances. Mr. Garrett having retired from
the room, the subject OF the salary of the presi-
dent was brought up, and it was announced
that Nlr. Garrett positively declined 10 receive
anything more than The nominal compensation
chat he had heretofore received. A unanimous
vote re electing Mr.. Gar ct vas then cast, and
on being notified he appeared ani addressed the
board. Mr.. Garrett in his remarks asserted
that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad " has
never been under the influence of foreign
holders" aud that to-day " il stands proudly
alone as the only great railway corporation Of
The United States that consistently, persis tenty
and uniformly devotes its best energies aud ca
pacitiss to the development Of the city and
state and the territories with which il is con-
nected."
JAY COOKE 81 Co.'S BAEKRUPTCY-An In
juHcton 10 Restrain the Trustees from DiStri5-
uting the ASSets-On behalf OF persons residing
in New York Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylva-
MIA and Canada, and owning stocks of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company, an sppIi.
cation was yesterday made In the United States
circuit court in Philadelphia for an I'M unction
against the trustees aud committee of creditors
in the case OF Jay Cooke & Co., to restrain
them from making any payment of dividends
or proceeding with the distribution of the es-
tate. The complaint made is that the railroad
company is insolvent, and has refused to pre-
sent any claim against this estate, and that the
bankrupts are liable to the extent of sic goo 900
upon its bonds. The holders OF the bonds desire
to come in for their share, and therefore seek
to eDjoin the distribution until their claims are
recognized. Upon conclusion Of the argument
in behalf of the complainsnts, the judge set the
case down for reargument on Monday next.
He thought the procee dings presented grave
questions requiring serious considerations.
POLITICAL LNoTRs.-Congressman j. ID. Ward
who was defeated in the I'd Illinois district, has
informed his CharIss