Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-02-11
PHIt16fIpMIA. H.
our SATURDAY LETTER.


CITY IhfRovkhEnTs IN VIEW OF THE CENTENNIAL
The kEhBLEDANA LIBEL sUir-AHoTaER
cHARllE ROSS DisAPPoiNThkNT-rHx NEW Po-
LICE MAalsrRArks AND rHk UNION LEAauR-
THE PHILADELPHIA SAVING vuND-rHx NEW De
fARruRE At THE WALNUT sr. THEA1Rk-AAusE-
hENTs GENERALLY, &c.
Special Orrespon1s'sos Of lhs Commercial
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A"o Co"tenn's' oecothes BrSu"siy thS reign
ing topic. aud from this time ont the subject
will probably bs in never ceasinR discussion.
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ana how many more wiil be devoied To 1t ny way
Of speculation and description il would lake q
vary imavinstive psrson to pred;ct M ent.r.
pr'Ae oi o4'a' lnas"h'iue wAs ever see Oh 1901
through more depressing obstacles tdAn tlis, bnt
the way seems at last clear, IL was hard work
IN ra;sa tho roon,o NO, ,,oro I'm, ,,,rn,.,, M.
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Soa'ry oo,, gane1ay, , nE~ .ne popular q enc.
insure success New YORK mas TAKEN hrm hold
snd All the rest tolloWs. ION remember Tue
cary sa en1rt 70 interest Nsw iork, ana lts mora-
tyn1 'M'u'e, ~ Us second sppoAi ti'o o'hih's-
sion had Dettor luck, anu now lfor some
reasons not altogether clear although We viii
nnsy sceep1 results our iocM Journals are
scarcely less enthusiastic ~ Exposition matters
thAn IiIo*e OF tne metropolis. Among the most
important OF late developments 10 the statement
maker relative to needed city improvements .' in
view OF the opening OF the Exposition. The
site choseii, the railway COMMUNICATIONS, &C.
are sii nnexceRllonAble, bnt MIR. Shoemaker
SHOWS that number OF thihgs remain 70 DO
done ny the CITY III order 70 make the EXPOSE
uon popular success. ihns, certain streets
ieaa.hg 10 !Ae rArk must DO gfsaod and paved
and there is Immediate necessity for the con-
stIuction q sewer which SNAIL empty into the
nchuyikhl pelow the daih and eHectuAi!y drain
the Exposition grounds The need 81 these I'M
pr0vemehts IL recognized on All hands, and they
VIII doubtless be instituted immediately. The
construction OF new hotels end Similar buildings
Tor the accommodation OF strangers IL also dwelt
upon by inc committee. Ihis Is an important
point Dnt no c1hsiderabie as acaon mas yet been
not be able to ittngly take care Of all our guests
during the Centennial season, and yft the put
ung up OF mammoth hotels for short term OF
service does not appeal strongly % real estate
specuiators. Perhaps we shall DO city OF
Inc SUIT OF eI- treasurer hembie, OF Pennsyl-
vsna, agsnst the y. I. sun mas OF course come
TO nothing, having been tried in court in an
other state, AND among cond tioms uniavorAble
IL every way to the plaintiff. The libel upon
Mr. kembfe was one OF tile most shameful that
over appeared In tho Snn, and that is saying .
good deal but II the ex Treasurer dreamed that
he was going to do anything with Dana in sec.
uon thSt is hide- Douhd anu case. .haruened IN all
matters relating to reparation for such injury
as tliat Inflicted by the So" ho has more cro-
dnli,y than his fellows, aud more it may
be aided than his political educa.
ton would seem to credit him with
kembe il not Politician OF the highest
grade, but lio is a fair sample OF the party work
er who has more good points than bad in Ills
composition, and lie is sinmeasnreably in advance
OF the individual who finds his chief province in
hbelling the public men OF the country inds.
criminately, from the president downward. 1t
is a thousand pties that the Jury in the Kemblo-
Dana sait should have disagreed, but such re-
suit Was scarcely avoidable.
Another Ross rumor this woek-followed by
the sterootyped disappointment. This time the
missing boy was said to have been certainly dis
covered OH board Of vessel At Barn
egat, and some ono WAS hurriedly
sent for from Phi.adclphiA to
identify him. 1t appears coaster put into Oar
negat disabled, and residents saw boy Oh board
the craft whom thoy were certain was the miss.
ing Charley Ross. The little follow answered
the description in al respects, and the manner
Of the persons in charge, in denying access TO
the child, was suspicious. The further fact OF
his being dressed IN girls clothes convinced the
Bsrnegat people that they had at last, and with
out doubt, found tho kidnapped boy. But Mr..
Ross speedily settled the case in the negative. IL
it not strange to note tho number of these
/" startling resembiancesw Members OF the
Ross Family have now been csllod to
identify in = dczen or more csses, in all Of which
they admit great Resemblance to little Charley
terfeit presentments" Of themselves. Perhaps
tho uniformed condition OF childhood has much
to do with this point, but it is singular one,
nevertheless. And how sickenng these repeated
disappointments must bo to the people nearest
concerned! Imagine the mental tumult with snch
news ~ that from Barnegat would bc received by
apsrent the anxious journey the emotio on and
the anguish OF the CRISIS y! such are the things
that ''cr',sh the life,' not only IRON out young
hearts" but from ont old ones, too
The approaching election OF Polco Magistrates
occupies tho whole attention Of gentlemen in
terested in politics.. The Immediate matter OF
concern therein is the action Of the Union League
Representative Committee, whose re-entrance
in tile conduct Of local.politics waa noted some
time since; The League takes the Republican
nominations for Magistrate and passes upon
them in judicial manner giving citizens its
Judgment as To which Of the candidates are
worth voting for and which are not. It throws
two ambitious persons lgnominiously over, and
the opinion among unprejudiced people is that 1t
might have continued the wedding out process
considerably further without injury 10 the tick
ct. But the chances are that it will he voted
much the same, regardless of the Leagues in
teryention.
The 55th annual report of tho Philadelphs
Saving Fund is Just issued, and it offers some
such astonishing figures that am led to dwell
briefly therein. This Saving Fund Ia the Oldest
but one-that one being located in Boston-in
the county. 1t had deposits on hand jan. lat
to the amount pf 13,S32.sSl. The interest
credited to deposltors during the past year
amounted to si5SS26. These immense assets
are all invested in landed or other similar securi-
ties, paying low interest but whose soundness il
unaasailable. In fact the fund il too rich 1t
| would rather not take in 80 much money, and
recently made All effort to restrict the amount OF
yearly deposits from any one person to $500
but there Was found to be too strong an opposi-
ton to that measure.
There is queer complication ut the Walnut
st. Theatre. Hahitnes are surprised at the an
nonncement that Mr.. L. A Hall who has been
for several years acting manager Of the House
during Mr.. Clsrke's continued absence in Eu-
rope was to retire At the close Of the present
season, to be succeeded by MIR. g. X Goodwin,
the present lessee OF the "Chestnut." You have
Leen Informed that the latter theatre has been
made over for . heightened term to the gentle
| men who proposed to build the "Centre Square
Theatre" but who thought better Of it. All
falls ont well for Good sin, who is taken In ~
partner at tho "Walnut." 1t is the arrangement
az relates to Hall which excites remarks. This
gentlemen has the reputation OF being one Of
the most capable persons in his line in the the
atrical business. He was manager Ford's main
stay, in Baltimore, for many years, and the
walnut WAS never better managed in oil it,
history than it has been siuce he WAS put In
charge. His character in the prof is thai
Of rather hard man but an eminently faithful
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