, 1876-05-20
ocrass are making him utcfrt In heading Oh
Thurman. All IL fair IL roli.iea and love.

1nufIuhn. All II lnlT III pullt1Sa Hill 1o*E'
HC1tt.T len nUTihR
IA ono Of tho quiet wntclcrs Of tho Presidential
game, hut thus far llo has done nothing out ox.
prras hs preference for Morton. lie haa gDnd
tic local Court ttay or two sincc, OIL case A.
fccttng the rights Of eertafr butchers to market.
stalls. 1t Il snfti tint, whom nlfuefon was mnde
10 I'ntlcfs more circumsrsct practice, nj t'h'-
prescnt, t he rcplicd: "Fe.. BntIer l.s rcacheI
The superfattre Of life: he begun by seeking tn
get on, then he bongh, ". get homer, aud now
lie Is trying to get h,ncst."
Gran.'-btastcr John II. Hopkins. WHO Is here
MS The representative frotn the i'ltts!rg District
Df Pennsylvania, llas selected Washington Conn.,
lnAlcTy, No |, as hts cscort and thaiy:Eunrl nt
Il Tie Grand Eneampnent Of knights e., ,Tcmplar.
Band, and will he In alnirnh!c drill This Cuinf
nancry was organfsci in 1895, 1t has confetrd
the orders Of knIghtllotM on N0 Rnyal.Arch
Masons, and It has un It's rolls over 800 mcm-
bers.
columhts Commantery, No. 9, Will nlso visit
Philadelphia during tho Grand Encansp1ncnt,
Ind expects to present as fine IN appearance rs
1T did IN 1871 al Baltimore, when II won the
prize for cxcellctrc In drill.
Eleven members Of lhe present Congress aso
Knights Icuplart sixteen arc H,yal.Arsh Mh'
Sons, and upwards Of thirty are Mastcr-Masons.
TIE NATIONAL JOCKEY cLun
ns ren!ly Eotte up spr'ng n 1srs tisrs
stabbed III Tho eorrsc, which attTaet tnlicl at-
tentlon as they arn exercised every inornnE.
Among them aro Kali, brother uf Tom Ocliil-
tree, and credited with tho fAsest time for one
mile on record; Spindrift, the btst soll " no-
Mig Scotland now on the turf: To1n o'Scill, q
full brother Of London; md pthcr mugs
ot note. On Tuesday tlcat there VIII DO slee-
ple-chaec, over 4 cs'lirsc which Will test the
strength ct the l1tyscs and ttlr courage VI their
rfdora. .. -.
socIRTr-MovEMENTs.
The presence nf the Diplomatic Corps and
others at ThiIa.telphia, during thu past week,
people lure enjoyed several strawberry.feasts,
vt which there Is cArpet~laL,cfng, with tho lus-
cfUus lnrrlcs and ict.-eruam for refreshments.
The attl, i,'st; Is the birthday Of 2 2He@l begg
there nrc rumors tint Sir Edward Thornton III
tcn.ls to givu n halt at the British Legation, to
which the Foreign Commissioners at Pllilat!cl~
phia will he invited.
society people here, who didn't facy Ills Inter
cmoniots why VI trotting about while here. The
brazilian Minister, who had expected to l,Ayo
lad the management Of grand reception at
!hc y! Arlington Hotel, is not happy; hut tho
bani's inclvllity by her observance al etiquette.
Speaking of the Empress, thcro has been some
curiosity manifested hero to know why sllc was
selected to open
when Mrs Grant was Oh thy ground. It. WIS
probably freak of Mrs. Gililspir, the Arch
Tycoon Ut the Weuan's Centennial Cotntnittec,
WHO is thu only absolute ruler On tho
gGf;a Even as Tue gy
fnper1nus ntnl With which she sl!akts her head
disapproving1y, her cat-frslls vibrating In unison
with her rapid utterallccs. Joe 1fawley retires,
the eloQue,ice Of Dr.. Loring is hushctl, and The
Finance Committee open tleir money-bngs for
her use.' Nevertheless, she should have in-
yitcd Mrs Grant to open thu performances III