Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-09-21
Letter from New York.
JAMES GORDON BENNEr,s NEW BROTH
ER-IN-LAW. A UIGH-TONED WE'D
DING. THE GOTHAM CHARITY
JAY GoULD's DANGEROUS
hPECULATlCNS,
Correspondence cf the BsACoN

JAY GoULD's DANGEROUS
sPECULATlCNS,
Correspondence cf the BsACoN
New York, Sept. 10th, 1878.
If James Gordon Bennett IS not
10 have Il wedding tor himself, he
is, at feast, to see that his sister Is
led to the alter in a style conso-
nant with their position. The
cards for the nuptials have just
come to town, and nave created the
customary luttor among the cho
sen two hundred. They are plain,
and state, in FLOWING script that
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett requets
the pleasure OF your company at
tho marriage of his sister, Miss
jeanette Bennett, to Isaac Bell, Jr.,
on the 10Th, inst, at II O'Clock, at
New Port. This event wi |
crown the season at that tashiona-
bic watering place, where people
seem to linger longer than at other
resorts ; for New Port Is a fine, au-
tumnal town, and its houses are
substantial enough to withstand
the penetrating cold bettor than
the fiimsey structures that rear
themselves coduettishly above the
beach at Long Branch, like scout
Hes, brilliant, but unsubstantial.-
Even some people who have come
back to town will return to New
port for the grand afgir Of Thhrs-
day. Miss Jeanette Bennett is one
of the most popular graduates OF
the convent of the Sacred Heart.
She is among the last of h r CaoOl-
fellows to mate-some are married
and some are dead-but she is not
forgotten, and the hour that makes
her tie trlde OF man, instead OF
the church, will witness many
heartfelt prayers for her happi.
ness in the cloiaters that rise on
tho heights above the blue waters
OF the Hudson.
Gotham is keeping up its name
as the City of Charities by its lib
eral subscriptions for the yellow
fever sufferers. Ii the good work
continues at the rate at which ii
has been pushed since the begin
ming, New York,s offering will ere
long reach $780, 900, They are al
ready considerably over SlOO, 900,
and there is much yet to come
The Chamber of Commerce alone
has raised about 100000. Fiske &
Hawkins, of the Fifth Avenue The.
alter, have handed Mayor Eli
ST. 900, as the proceeds of the ben.
eft at that theatre last week.
Miss Davenport's proposition for q
grand combination benefit al
Booths has been taken up by the
energetic general manager OF that
establishment, "Commodore" Took
err, who Promises TO make it q
grand success. Miss Davenport
herself was not alb o to do much
with it. She wrote to several
prominent actresses, including ella.
ra Morris, Geneyieve Ward, Rose
Caughlan, and some others, asking
them to join her in getting up the
benefit, and of course; to take
part in the performance, but the
only response she received came
from Miss Ward. The petty jeal
ousies of the profession, no doubt
caused the others to ho'd back. Al
the suggestion wa Miss Daven
ports she would get all the credit
and they could not consent to thai
at all. But now that Tooker hat
taken up the same idea there is {
better chance Of success. He hopes
to present Miss Davenport, Gene.
nieve Ward, Clara Morris, Rose
Eyting, Ada Cavendish, and Rose
Caughlan, all in one afternoon
Mary Anderson would be included,
but she has already done her part