Daily Republican., 1882-09-11

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concluding with the grand chorus 'Th
Heavens are Falling" This was
difficult piece and many supposed tina
the chorus singers WouM not bo Abi'
10 haadleit with care and precision, OF
account of their not being Fehearsed to
gether, but they were agroeably disap-
pointed, as the combined forces, undel
the direction Of Carl Sentz, rendered the
piece In an excellent manner and
were greeted with loud and continued
applause. .......
At this point Of the programme, the
concert Was, In q measure, broken up
by the rain, which had been threaten
ing for several hours and finally settled
into steady rain. The orchestra and
horisterssought refuge under the porcl
1 d the audience were sadly disal
pointed at the turn affairs had taken.
While arran gements were being made
to continue 10 concert the band play cd
sew al choice sci Stions, which W :
followed by the "Oberon" overture /.
the orchestra which ended the 'tel
noon's p Dgrsmme, as 1t was too damp
for the singers to sing az well as be I. :,
Injurious to the violins, etc.
In the evening the concert was held
In the dining room OF the hotel, and
notw withstanding the inclement We 1ther
the place was croWde and the entire
programme was esrricl through with
out Int ruption md the affair was o
grand success, both hnape'ally and
otherwise. The Weocacoe Legion
Band, of Philadelphia, is deserving Of
special mention as they did much to-
wards the success Of the festival, by
heir untiring efforts to please the
guests aud they made many warm
friends by their excellent playing.
Had the concert been given earlier
n the season the island would have
scarcely held the crowd which would
have been present. As it was there
was O goodly mum Der ut the place aud
over 800 guests were registered at tn 9
United States Hotel since Saturday
morning while the remainder were
scattered at various hotels on the island.
Extra trains were run on the different
railroads which were well patronized.
The express trains ON the West Jersey
railroad make excellent time and Is be-
yond doubt the finest equipped road
to the seashOre.
OTHER LOCAL NEWS.
On Friday evening last Atlantic
City was thrown into state of genuine
excitement by the news that real
bona fide elopement had taken place In
their midst the circumstances OF which
are briefly as follows:
For several months past q young
man, about 20 years of age, named
Joseph Pickett, had been paying at
tention to Jennie Biard, pretty miss
of about 16 summers, much against the
will of her parents During the first
part of their courtship he was not per-
Initted to come to the house and 'conse-
quently their meetingS were clandes-
tine, until the mother of the girl seeing
that they were determined to see each
other gave him Ene privilege of coming
to the house where she could keepa
watchful eye on them both and if pos.
sible to make things 80 lively that he
would case his attentions, but in this
she failed as the sequel will show. On
Friday afternoon last the couple start
ed out for q walk, in company with the
servant girl who was sent out with
them to watch their movements. They
soon gave her tho slip, however, and
repaired to the depot of
the Narrow Gauge railroad, procured
tickets for Philadelphia and departed
on the 3 80 train.
The servant girl, howeV or was cogni.
zant oftheir intentions and notified the
girls mother, who notified the Chief of
Police and he telegraphed to Camden,
where the two lovers were caught upon
the arrival of the train and detained
until the mother Of the girl came up
wnen the trio returned to Atlantic
City together on Saturday. The young
man has been in the employ of the
tho West Jersey Railroad, az fireman
but threw up his situation just before
he left the city for the purpose of accep-
ting q similar position on the Narrow
Gauge. He is steady young man CT
good habits and declares he will marry
her in spite Of any one. The affair has
created quite talk.
The printers of Atlantic city beat the
policemen in a game of base ball on
afternoon by score of l6 to
ii.
Richard Harrington, Esq, chairman
OF the Republican State Central Com
mittee of Delaware in company with
his wife and child, are registered at the
United States Hotel.
The political feeling here is not Of the
best and a lively contest is expected at
the coming election In November. The
appropriations for the pay of the police,
has run out and the officers are doing
duty without any money. They are
now one month behind and the time
for fixing the appropriations is about
two months off. Mayor Wright refuses
to touch any of the city's money, APP
propriated for other purposes, for the
benefit of the police and thus the mat
ter rests, PENSEE.