, 1881-10-13
Two Gentlemen Yesterday Paid
Three Dollars for Thirty
Raw Oysters,
Proqram Of a Naval Entertainment
Which Promises to 30 Very
Interesting.
Ut Yorktown It Is Feared tho President
Will Not Appear-He Will
Do There.
ON THE SPOT.
PREPARATION.

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Sptttal Dtspatth Ia TAt Chteaoo Tribnnk.
YORKTOWN. Va. Oct. :.-Trcpnrattuns for the
Centennial are to l1c pushed forwnr,l With Ercnt
rupiiEty but despite this II Will fall shft Ut nc"
tilY complete success. ahi Will probnoiy net Ill
A 1ncusurc us II s1,tclchcr upon the centennial
celebration custom In FlrKntN. The un'rrtltE"
I'M, WAS tor, big to be hnilGlrl with less thnn
F5uo,uU. a. this s.ls,l hs INT bcc1, forthconliR
tho preparations FOR tic celebration nrc nut iu
Keeping With the hiE event II is meant to emu
Incsllurhte. So fur rs tho presence NJ Vrcat
multitude " concerned. the celebration will ba
tucccesr srul. tut, nfscr Mnn'ay, apsptr the tHlk
of tn,tct and iuncl, .conntcr prnprctnrs. II VIII
be Il hnr.l sc.lle tn get vtctunls Of my killI.
prlces fur every cdlblc cuntln.lc t" advnncc.
1odny stnf oI1Iccr, Just arrived. sNt down ands
With trle,ld ntc lwt, '!oxcll ana hnlf TT fa"
oysters.
AT CHARGE nF Tll1,EE Iu''LAl.s.
The people IN this Vicinity have aviluntly do.
cl,lcd that they will nuke II forttls,u tn'w ar
newer Gen. II. II. Clltz, chtnttfnti'iaflt Of TIM
camp uf rcpulHrs. urr!vcd this t1re'lt'ou. lie
wis Il classlntu ut Wrss Point with Gen.
F1.z Lee, whu Will ron,lnaIu Tho Virginia brig
Nre. Nc. james Uastlnn llenlsett. Of tho Naw
York Herald, Inns sIHBiticd hs tntGnslon OF coauR
here Ia bis new yncht. some Doubt ts expressed
ns tu whethor President Arthur Will tsnta It c''''-
ytntcnt to nttcnl One Ut tho attrnctlso
features Of tito Cuntcnnn will be tho nHsnl
pru,tran. which thcru Is esery rel1sni To bc.
tIcyr will he tho only onu successfully Carried
out to the tutttr.
TIL: WAR SHIPS
will he assigned so postions Oh llnn running
frun wcst tn east In thu river Just alrt'ast NJ
thu Tennessee ind thu two French vessels VIII
ue placed OH Tho left OF the ttne. nctrcr the
Yorktnwu store. The iicet. when nss|Eilel, VIII
.uilaist Df fourteen Hnsnl vcsstls, exclusive Ut
Dispatch ouats, tenders, aud tugs. with tue Ink.
tn trh
OF tho 18th n!l tho vessels Of tho squntrol, WILL
b. slrusse. In rntnbnw sunrIso, with tho
French ensign ut Tho FORE. hn1 tue
EnittI Suites f,lsIgn Ill tho il.ntN nnu ltIzzcll.
Al IL signal trum tic tfagahip n Nntionnl sAiute
will be ttEeh from every vessel. I'll tiio evening
ut o'ctuck OF tho snlne uAy tho vessels will be
dressed With lanterns, tel ut cncal lower y.Ar-
ur,, two ut euet, tupgullnntsii ynr.!-nrl. ten ut
tho ur,,er OF t,yitg- tbuoti csni, a te' ut oHcl'
guiI. FroM B::D p. III. such cuuster lights. bsno
lights, and rockets Rs Mru ut cutllteaIltl VIII 10
Bet otI At 10 y. III. all lights uther thusl thuso
rrq,,ircl by tho regulations Will bo put ont.
uS THE ARRIVAL oF TIE 1'ltEsluESf oF
TiIE UNITED STATES
ut Yorktown tho National cnslxN will be DIS
played ut ,s,e mas1lillust tnnrd ''f every yes.
sel. Tho yards will t'p tlsnnacA simultaneously
With tho tlugsh!p. y SALUTE 0f twenly-utlo gntis
will b1 irrii frun oyGry VESSEL. Thu aaa,t cefu'
1nonIea Will le observed when tho presIdent
lruycs Yorktown. Al tho vessels 10 whict Il
murine guard IL attached will lcavo Il qt1artcr.
deck guar,l III, Iuild Will their tillskets ssslcEe
on thu quarterback. Ffan IL Ii. III. till sun
dnwn no toAts viii 10 sent MI
fru1i the iLcct Without officers, anl Iu libcrt,
will 10 g[teIl the crews. Oh tho .lst tho tlnrA
yessuls participating IN tho centennial ctlebr'
ton VIII he reviewed by thu l'residont Of tht
UuiteL Suites II hG arrives Thu VESSELS trio nr'
drrcl to br III roadl,css On tlAt dHy for s,lspee