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EXCURSIONS AsD PIC-NICS.
EXCURSION TO BALTIMORE AND
NEW YORK.
BUsISE5S AND PLEAsuRE COMBINED AT
GREATLY REDUCED RATES.

An EXCURSION TRAIN will leave the DaBvllls
deVO! al Richmond, rtd York River fair0ar, on
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER l3, 1881,
al $40 O'Clock p. NJ arriving at Baiu EOre at A.
NJ. next day. Ia ZINE Tor New York train.
Bsggsgs checked through.
RAre ~ BALTIMORE aud retur1 (tcket COED iOr tsp
dayg). "a. Fare 10 New YORK aud ~ urn tiicket
good Tor nfteen daysl 1880.
The UNDERMINED will spare no pains or exl'ense 10
render this the most pleasant excursion Of the sea
500 fer Businessmen aud tourists Iicke' aud fnr-
theI Information can be had OF X. T. Afams, No. 20
YouYteenih street; X. Perdus, No. 2l0e franklin
street; g, r. Johnston. eiS Main street: g. A. Ber.
Hsn seventeenth aud Main streets. Richmond. and
X. Frunk Hybos. sycamore street, Peter burg. Va.
Sc gts PERDUE & ADAMS. Managers.
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Rats mice, ants, aes, Vermn, mosquitoes IN
sects &C., cleared oui bv " Rough on Rats" fn
teen-cent boxes AZ druggists
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on, WHY WILL YOU let that invalid friend sufe
that HOP BITTERs viii so certainly cure.
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no ysws FRcM ANY DRgCTIOY.

Mr.. Baylor has seen all the conductors OF
the York River trains. They have no re.
collection OF any lady-passenger answering
the description OF Mrs. Harvey. From the
fact that they usually secure carriages for
ladies travelling alone II is likely that n Mrs.
Harvey had come to Richmond the conduc-
tor OF the train would have remembered IL.
Ii is possible. but not probable, that she
ever reached Richmond. Coming here, she
would in all probability have ordered car.
riage and driven to her daughters.
II is not known how much money Mrs.
Harvey had with her when she left Burnt
Ordinary. IL is believed by some that IL
amounted to $500 or 5000; by Others that II
did not exceed $3.50. With it she was 10
buy goods for the store. She told her
children that she did not know exactly
when she would return. She expected TO
qualify here as the guardian OF her children,
and there were other urgent business rel-
sons for her presence here.
The young gentleman (Mr. Edward slater
who drove Mrs. Harvey from her home to
West Point is a first cousin Of the missing
lady, and after procuring ber ticket aud see
ing her on the train be returned 10 his
home, near Burnt Ordinary.
Upon leaving home Mrs. Harvey took
with her no clothes other than those she
wore and few articles which she placed in
a small yalise.
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BED.BuGs. RoAcHTs.

NEW LOT KY WEST CIGARS.
w. ID. BLAIR * CO.
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DICHMONp AND ALLEGHANY K. r.

DICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY X. r.
IL MONDAY, SEPTTEBsR 0, 1881 GRAND
VENTUHK-A DELtGHTFUL DAY ~ TIE
COUETRN-RICHAoND LoD3E, AMALGAh-
ATRD ASSOCIATION OF IRON. AND STEEL
WOrKERs IIhaVc GRAND EXCURSION by
The Richmond aud Aleghany railroad 70 NAlDEN'S
ADVENTURE MONDAY, SEPT D, 1851
IICKEre: Gentlemen, rs cents; ladies. 90 cents
ThSe will be 8LA>S.BALb SHOOTING dursg
the day by sm-tesr.. The person breaking the
hi Tsst number Of balls will be presented "ishA
GOld medal.
A band of music will eulvsu the Occa.iOD.
DAhCGSG. BOATING. FlSHlHI.
Traio lsay,s from tse Eighih street depot AZ 1870
O'Clock sharp,
REFREsHNENTS st city prices will he sold on
the grounds.
Tic.,ts may be had at ,Isiu and fIom The follow
Ing csm mittee: e.. x. Herriman, chiirmap; Frank
Lee, Thomas FrswBsr, james Casey. Charles Peiiit,
charles n. Read, Bsnj.min S0well, John cary,
Henry Aoi1E se l.Ih&-uIt
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EDMUND HARRISON, A. NJ, Professor Of Latin.
n. n. HARRIS. 81. A.. Professor Of Greek
RODEs MAssIE, A. ~, ID. L., Professor Of Modern
Languages.
4. v. BROwN, ID. D., Professor OF English.
EDWARD Il, SMITH, Nj. A., Professor Of Msthe'
malics.
CHARLES II. WINSTON. NJ. A.. Professor Of Physics
q. PURYRAR, A. NJ. IL. a., Professor ofChemistry.
WILLIAM 10. THOMAS NJ. A., ID. D., Professor OF
philOs 1phy.
SAMUEL ID. DAVIES, Professor Of Law.
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CANNED GOODS Of every description.
W. ID. BLAIR K Co.
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CHLORINE STRONIA WATER. warranted Il
cure dyspepsia. al CHRISTIAN & WHITES.
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RAIN IN RICHMOND-HHAYY SHOWERS AT
LYNcHBURG-THE JAMES SWELLING A LIT
TLE.-At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
after s. long and lsbored effort, the clouds
delivered a brief but welcome and appro-
prlate shower, which WISHED the leaves OF
Ihe trees clear OF dust and gave the streets
a nice sprinkling. II was not descending
more than five or six minutes, and for hsli
OF that time the sun shone brightly. Alter
the shower, for two or three hours, the alr
was close and oppressive until nigbtiail,
when 1t began TO freshen, and by O'Clock
there Wss pleasant breeze and pure at
mosphere-the effect, no doubt, OF rains on
the upper james.
On The line OF the Richmond and Ale
Rhsny railroad the weather was reported as
follows:
BuohGuau-s:30P NJ: II has been slight.
ly cloudy all day. The weather is very
warm. There has been no rain.
North River--S:30: The weather is part
ly cloudy and warm. We bad light rain
this afternoon.
Rope Ferry-s:3O Slight rain this after
noon, Perfectly clear this evening.
Stape,on $50 miles from Richmond): III
raiusd bere this siternoon.
Lyuchburg: A heavy rain, lasting nearly
an hour, fell this afternoon in all this sec
ton. The streets roads are free oil dust
for the first time 10 seven weeks. Every
body IS refreshed and encouraged.
Al Scottsyllle there was a rise In the river
OF about two inches.
The following reports are from the line
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
White Sulphur: Weather cloudy and
warm Indications OF rain.
Willamson's : Cloudy.
Charlottesville: Cloudy, and has been
looking like rain all day.
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EXPENSES OF A RESIDENT STUDENT.
One hundred aud ninety-six dollars, pr nine
monLhA session. cover all The expenses OF entrance
fees. tuition. board. fuel. lights. and washing.
Fighty-seven dollars and fifty cents will meet The
excuses OF non-resideIt student.
For catalogues appy at the bookstores or address
Is. PURYEAR,
iv v00.2tavtSel6tdlw Chairman.
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Editors Dispatch: Please oblige me by
inserting the subioined card in your next
issue. JOHN PURCELL.
Richmond, September 3, 1881.
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DEEP.sEA MAcKxsEL at CHRISTIAN 4
WHITES
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY.


A lsdy living In the eastern part OF The
city, having read In yesterday mornings
Dispatch the letter addressed to Mrs. Bay
or. expressed the opinion that the letter
referred to her, and not TO Mrs. Harvey.
In an interview with a representative OF
the Dispatch last night this lady made the
following statement: al went TO West
Point on Thursday the 25,h Of August by
way Of the York River road, reaching
there about G p. NJ. 1 went Immediately
10 the Davis House In company with
servant Of Richmond lady on a
visit there, who showed me the way.
I STAYED all night at the Dayis House,
and early thes next morning (Friday)
had q talk with the proprietor. told him
that had come TO West Point expecting TO
20 up the Msttsponi to Ayleips, but having
missed the boat would 90 on 10 Norfolk
to see one OF my daughters who Fesides
there. asked bin II one OF the New York
steamers did not touch at Norfolk; be said
no. but that there was Brazilian vessel in
mort which was about TO sail, and he
thought il stopped there on its way out. l
declined to go In that way, and remained al
West Point all that day, aud the next morn
ing Saturday left the hotel before bieak-
fast and went TO see friend IN the town,
with whom / breakiasted, and Afterwards
took the s O'Clock A. NJ train and came back
home" The lady said, I'm conclusion. that
she felt satisfied that the writer OF the letter
mIstook her for Mrs. Harvey, as she saw no
one al the hotel during the time that answer
ed the description given except herself, and
moreover, that on the day OF her arrival at
West Point no one but herself and the ser
want referred to above went to the hotel
from the train.
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RYE FLOUR. "GRABAM" YLerR, At CHRIS.
rIAE 4 WHITES,
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Ko.lard EXTRA MESS MACKEREL. 10 kits.
W. ID. BLAIR & Co.
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DANTOPS ACADEMY,
NEAR CHARLOTT VA

Healthy location. beautiful scenery, scholars nM-
4ted fuii course OF study thorough teAchlne' hrKl
EiscipiDe, cheap price whOlesolne hoIai ihnuSN0S
Catalogues mailed Oa 3Ppilcalion. =, ,,,-.,
ST e-sod2mE REV. r.. WOODS. Principal.
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Her Disappsaranee ssill Unexpiained-The
Mystery Deepsns-A Case or Mistaken Iden-
tity-News from Ashland, Ky.-Intcresting
pofuta.

In yesterdays Issue was published let
Ter from Richmond lady-iriend 10 Mrs.
Baylor stating that Mrs. Harvey (Mrs. Bay
lor's motherl was probably safe, because the
writer had heard from friend that Mrs.
Harvey was at West Point on August 18Th.
Said the writer, my informant, Mrs. c.,
says on the 18th OF August she expected n
package from Richmond, aud sent her
nurse 10 the depot TO get il. She Qse nurse)
met lsdy who went 70 the Davis House,
where Mrs. c. was boarding. The nurse
carried her yslise, which was black. The
lady had brown pocket She said
her name was Mrs. Harvey. She stopped
over night, and Friday the 2o'h left In
the morning, saying she was going
to Richmond 10 see her daughter.
Friday evening she returned 10 West
Point on the Richmond train, re-
msined all night, and Saturday morning
got up early and ate her breakfast earlier
than the boarders, snd left, going Ia the di-
rection OF the New York steamer called the
City OF Richmond; but whether she took
the steamer or not Is more than Mrs. &. can
say. This Mrs. Harvey asked the nurse,
whose name is Mary, what time the New
York steamer left in the morning. Mary
told her she did not know, but Mr. Davis,
the proprietor OF the house, could tell her.
so she asked Mary TO tell Mr. Davis she
would like 10 see him. Now. who this Mrs.
Harvey was Is TO be found out. She wore
black dress and black hat, with linen
duktprv
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DICHMOND COLLEGE,
RICHMOND, VA.

The next session begins SEPTEMBER %. 1881
and continues niDe months.
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MARVIN

MAavISi
PHOTOGRAPHS or THE MAN WITH FiF-
TEEN WIVES
tsnd an the resui ns not yet inl.
G.. y. JOHNSTON,
Music and Neusdeaier,
se4.3ts ole Main street.
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LEE GALLIRY-COp'ing pictures a speciality.
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wEsrPnALIA HANS at CHRISTIAN WHITES
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References may De made to Right Rev j. ):
Keane, Richmond, Va, or 10 lhe super a lo.ess Vi
Monte Maria Su ~ -.
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PEsT OF THE SEASON.

A. o. II. ANNUAL PICNIC
AT BLERNER'S PARK, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TB.
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LIQUORS Of al binds for sale low.
W.D. BLAIR 4 co.
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FrSEsr ROE HrERSos At CHRISTIAN a
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A SELECT BAND OF MUSIC

REFREsnARNrs.--R --Refrshments uudeT charge
Oi a Com nittse Of Ladies, al CiiS Prices.
NO LIQUORS Exposed FOR sALE.
The Committee guarantees pleasant time 70 AL
who may attend. N srict order VIII b. euforcse,
and the Com Hi,tee and members will labor 10 make
this the bsst snd most successful ZIG. Nc OF the
ssason r.. CUNMiNS,
T.. TRF-NoN.
J.V. REDDH,
h y. REILLY,
r. COLEMAN,
Sc 2t Comm'ree.
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., ,i,eu,ss at 7Oi ves' ssiO street, oopyS-
Aylree rafk ~ ts~o.SaA ~
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r S. SQUlRE'S CLASSICAL A n ID
Il l. PNcT,rsH SCHOOL corner of Sixth and
franklin streets, will be resumed SEPTEhBER
igTH Number limited. Consultation ~ l'is ~, ,Ie
o,nfent of parents nv note, or az reslhence 0i The
ppytncInai az above. Circulars on application.
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PROM ASHLAND, KY

Mrs. Harvey's husband tRobert Harvey
Jr., OF RIchmond) died about two months
ago quite suddenly at Ashland, Ky. When
Mrs. Harvey left Burnt Ordinary, on The
lsth OF August, she said she was coming TO
Richmond to see her daughter, Mrs. Baylor
When it was found that she never reached
Richmond (as far az known some OF her rel
stiyes remembered that she had been making
inquiries about a smilI insurance policy on
the life OF her husband, and also concerning
piece OF property near here in which Mr..
Harvey was interested. Though either mat
ter could only be attended TO here. 1t was
by some supposed that possibly possessed
with the idea that 1t was necessary TO get
the proof OF the death from Ashllnd, n.y.,
she had gone there by steamer from West
Point. The following telegram, in response
to an inquiry OF ours. settles that polnt-she
has not been to Ashland, KY:
Mrs. Harvey has not arrived here yet.
we expressed Mr.. Harvey's effects on 1st.
j. G. WHTTES, Marshal.
Mr.. Harvey's effects were forwarded here
from Ashland by request Of his sister, ana
that item therefore has no bearing upon
this inquiry.
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GEORGE F. MERRILL'S SCHOOL
u FOR YOUNG LADIES AND MISSES, al
lO7 east Cary street vii begin 100,
SEPTEMBER 90 1881,
Professor HASSELEFF, Instructor or tIencl
and German other assistance o! the best talent
will be employed. Circulars at the bookstores
MI Il
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NFADEMOISELLE TARDIVEL, 20
| Nl Cesi FoTty-sixth street. Y. Y, BOhRDiNG-
and DAY. SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES reopeils
SEPTEMBER 27TH Thorough Enghsh course
daily Iecfrres French aud other languages spoken
wi,hln six months; Drawing and Musical ad van
taQes uDsurDassed. du lI-lfm
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-04-22
How Indians Return Calls.

The Milwaukee wis "Sun'' says: A
party of Sioux Indians were guests at
leading Milwaukee hotel, and the ladies
had a great deal of amusement studying
their customs. That is, they all did except
one lady. The ladies called upon the In
dams and the savages returned the calls
almost before the ladies got to their rooms.
One of the ladies called on the chief and
then went to her room and retired. and
pretty soon there was knock at her door
and she found that it was the chief. She
told him to come in the morning. The la
DIV unlocks her door in the morning for the
porter to come in and build fire before
she gets up. She heard knock in the
morning, and supposing it was the porter.
she said: '.Come in.:' The door opened
and IN walked Mr.. Indian. She took one
look at him and pulled the bed clothes
over her head. He sat down on the side
of the bed and said, ''How?" Well, she
was so scared that she didn It know How"
from Adam. She said to him in the best
Sioux that she could command: ''Please,
good Mr.. Indian, go away until get up"
picked up pieces of her wearing apparel
from the floor, different articles that he
didn t seem to know anything about where
they were worn. and made comments on
them in the Sioux tongue. The Stockings
seemed to paralyze his untutored mind the
NEST. They were those long, 800 in the
shade stockings, and they were too much
for his feeble intellect, He held them up
by the toes and said "UghI'' The lady
trembled and wished he would go away
He seemed to take great delight in exam
lining the hair on the bureau, and looked
at the lady as much as to say ''Poor girl,
some hostile tribe has made war on the
pale face and. taken many scalps." Final
ly, she happened to think of the bell, and
she rung it as though the house was on
fire, and pretty soon the porter came and
invited the Indian to 90 down stairs and
take drink. The lady locked that door
too quick, and she will never leave it open
again when there are Indians in town.
She says her hair-on the bureau-fairly
turned gray from fright.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-04-22

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR A STAUNToN
PLow.-The Virginia" Plow. mannfao
tured by II. F. Lyle, of Staunton camo
off victor at blowing. match last wool
on the farm of Mr.. Isaac Fultz, near Mid,
way. A letter from there to the levine
ton Gazette says;
Inc ground selected was a beavv b,ooL
loan, with good sod, and liable to adha ro
TO tne mould-board; ON the ground was a
steep bank to be turned m hin Nc" 81
ploWs were entirely new. and had p teua
horses attached to each. The .tOlver,, WV :,
represented by MIR. Isaac Cox. Aoant mas
t Gry, tiTgi I by Mr.. HUMPHREYS, of The
urn OF Lyle q Co. Several of the rn snt
pracIlcal farmers in the neighborhood ve one
present. TO Witness the trial, Tie d,.sf. o of.
poIn was light, but having no mlAans of.
ancei tanning the exact draft it Wsts 5nnos-
t slple 70 Iell Which was the lighte EST. Roth
snleW clean, smooth furroW from the
t peS7gl 11 After testing their merits nm.
vi an present were satisfied, the decision
was, That whilst the ''Oliyer'' was a GOOD
pow, having the mould-hoard more thor
oughly thilled, and throwing better fnr-
row upon the steep bank, vet the ssV,rn;.
"a "a was the steadlest running pillow, threw
equally as good a furrow, except on the,
ipank, and having other points of excel
fence, and especially the difference i'm
price, induced the decision that the ssv;r>
glnla" was the one to be Recommended
their nsighbors. 20
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-04-22

Some of our West Virginia exchanges
are freely criticising the action of the New
Board of Directors at the Weston Lunatic
Asylum in supplanting the Superinten-
dent, DR.. Camden, by the election to that
position of DR.. W. J. Bland, the venerable
uncle Of the Governor of the State. DIR.
Bland is represented as without experience
and sixry-6ve years of age. The other
officers elected were DIR. M. f. Hulihen, Of
Wheeling, First Assistant; DR.. J. L. Lew
is, of Weston, Second Assistant, Mrs.
Mary B. Jackson, Matron, and Miss Ida
MCGEE, Assistant Matron. DIR. Camden
in card says the Board was appointed
with reference to his removal and that op-
position to his brother. u. S. Senator Cam
den, was a part Of the motive. Without
expressing any opinion as to the merits of
the controversy, we should think that the
mixing up of politics with the choice for
an incumbent of so delicate and jmpor-
tant position as Superintendent of an in
sane asylum is most dangerous expert
ment.
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The Reports About Small Pox at Goshen

The Reports About Small Pox at Goshen.
GOSHEN, VA. Apl. 10, 1881.
Editors ViYadicator:
Please deny in your next issue all re.
ports in regard to small Pox at Goshen,
not in conformity with the following facts,
viz:
There Is not, and has not been case Of
small pox or varioloid nearer to Goshen
than one mile. There is, and has been six
cases of small pox and varioloid in this
magisterial district and one death from
small pox and pneumonia combined-all a
mile or more from this village. All per-
sons who have been exposed to the disease
are still Tor werel kept in quarantine fifteen
days before being allowed to GO at large.
No ore has been exposed since last Sunday
week, 10th instant, hence, nine days have
elapsed since these were in quarantine,
them. The quarantine house is | to II
miles from Goshen. The travelling public
can be assured there is no danger to be
apprehended here at Goshen proper. We
vouch for the truth of the above, if you
will make local of the facts contained in
it. We hear that you have the most ex-
aggerated reports, that the village is qua
rantined, hotel and stores closed, &C., &c
20 cases. deaths, &c. Hence you see,
the injury, and the false statements we
want you to contradict.
The above statements we may add is
from the most reliable citizens of Goshen,
though at their request we do not print
their names.]
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-04-22
A Presbyterian Clergyman's Catholic
WiTo

The effort to depose Rev. Charles. B.
Ramsdell from the pulpit of the North
Presbyterian church of this city is the alb
sorbihg topic of the day. The ''trial.'' SO
far as the Washington Presbytery is con-
cerned, has come to an end, with victo-
ry by bare majority for that portion of
the congregation which stood by the pas
tor and insisted that his relation with the
church should not be disturbed. But the
end is not yet The large party OF the
church members who urged the PASTORS
withdrawal or expulsion are not willing to
rest under defeat; they maintain that they
are right in their position; that the pastor
by his marriage with the lady OF the Ro-
man Catholic faith, has so impaired his
usefulness and so disturbed the peace and
harmony of the church that severance
Of the pastoral relation is essential to its
prosperity. They will take the case, by
petition, to the Baltimore Synod, to meet
in October next, and thence it will 60 to
the General Assembly, the highest Pres
byterian court in the land. No case, in
volving the question at issue. has ever
been considered by this high church tribu-
nal, and the marriage of the Rev. Rams
dell is destined to create an ecclesiastical
stir that will be felt from ocean to ocean.
The history of the case is an intei esting.
The Rev. Mr.. Ramsdell, the principal ac
tor, is man of great ability, Jealous
Christian worker and straightforward,
honest, warm-hearted mar. He gradua-
ted with high honors at Yale College in
1872, and then prepared for the ministry
at the Union Theological Seminary of New
York, graduating at that institution in
1875. His first and only charge was the
North Presbyterian Church Of this city.
His wife, whose name has, unfortunate
1y but necessarily. been brought into the
controversy, is Washington lady of high
standing. Her maiden name was Miss
May Brooks. She is graduate of Notre
Dame College, Maryland. She ia devOut
Christian lady, but very liberal in her re-
ligiOus views. The marriage of these two
persons was solemnized by Protestant
minister-Rev. DR.. Patton-some sixteen
months ago, in Chicago. Mr.. Ramsdell's
acquaintance with his wife began several
years prior to the marriage. The young
clergyman was at that time clerk in the
Treasury Department, and boarded at the
house of the young lady's mother. The
lady was, by the way, a scholar in the
class conducted at that time by MT. Rams
dell, in the Sunday school Of the New
York avenue Presbyterian Church. The
acquaintance ripeued into love, and the
had been in charge Of the North Church
for about three years. Up to that time he
was exceedingly popular with all the men,
bers of the church. His marriage at once
created dissensiOn, as his fair and gifted
bride was at the time of her wedding a
devOut member of the Roman Catholic
church. After her marriage she remained