Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-06-22
Our Radix Letter.

parte-GiImore's Cheerless AID
BeerIess.
NEw York, June 9, 1876.
To tie Editor of tie O5serUer:;
The two public swimming
bathswhich the city boasts have
been opened this week and are
gratefully appreciated by the
few that find admission thereto.
In city of this size, which is
so surrounded With water, the in
adequacy of these institutions
is simply shameful. Two baths
of the size of these are merely
an aggrayation to the quarter
of million people who should
and would use this great santa
ry appliance were the conven-
fences thereto furnished them.
Some new ones will doubtless
be opened this season.
The Centennial Regatta Of
the New York Yacht Club,
which came off on Thursday af-
ternoon was a grand success
The heat on shore only served
to set off and render more gratc-
full the refreshing GOODNESS and
stiff breeze on. the bay. There
were twenty entries for tire
race, and the spectacle formed
by the large fleet Of white wings
and shapcly hulls flying over the
water was inspiring indeed.
1t was generally supposed
that the old 'Ring" serpent was
pretty thoroughly killed, but
there is a little life in the tail
yet. The "wiggle" that at
tracts notice this time is the
suit Of the widow Of the Ring
architect, Kellhm, to recover his
commission of three per cent.
on $S,000,00O, tho alleged cost
of the famous Court-IIouse,
which furnished the daily bread
of those industrious and sell
sacrificing patriots, Tweed,
Connolly & Co., for several
years. This claim, which n
mounted to some $240,000, was
prosecuted with vigor, until the
city, after getting the testimony
of experts to the effect that the
building should not have cost
over $2,300,000, limited at suing
Kellur's estate for the amount
it had lostthroughthearchitectls
yiliiany or incompctcncy, when
the widow "folded her tents
like the Arabs, and as silently
stole away" finding that that
was all she could steal.
The most distinguished stran-
ger in New York at present is
Jerome1 Napoleon BOnaparte,
grand nephew Of the first and
nephew Of the second Emperor,
himself showing the heredita-
ry instincts by bis brilliant rec
ord as Colonel in the French
army in Egypt. lie is a tall,
striking looking man Of mid
die age, diStingue and Of fine
presence, altogether worthy, in
at least, Of the il
lustrious name he bears. Col.
BOnaparte, WHO intends visit
ing the Centennial and then
passing the summer at New
port, is now staying with his
family at the Westminster, one
Of the most quietly elegant ho-
tells on this continent, and The
one especially sought by men
Of prominence in literature, sci
ence, and art. Here was the
New York home Of the lamen-
ted Dickens and of Wilkic Col
Inns during his recent visit to
this country; and here during
their sOjOurn in the metropolis
may always be found Proctor,
the great English lecturer and
astronomer, our own John Il.
Gough.and scores Of others a.
mong the class whom men Ge-
light to honor.
The Hippodrome as it was
under Barnum and Moody, Gill
more's Garden as it is to-day,
has been q prominent point Of
interest this week. 1t was
Ofenbach's last week for one
thing, and for another, this was
The objective point of grand
assault by the ultra-teetotal eI-
,ment, who, doubtless believ-
ng that the shades of Moody
e Sankey still lowering about
he place, would aid them in
3nch q work, took the Sunday
liquor law as q pretext, and in
soking the aid Of the police
made numerous arrests of the
walters and beer sellers there
These radical pro-
,eeds do not meet popular APP
Droval, and even the Judges be-
.orc whom the cases were taken
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