Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-01-12
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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are holding official positions upon the
President of the United States The
regular programme for the reception
of said calls was as follows:
At IL A. NJ. The members OF the
Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps.
At Ills A NJ. The Chief Justice
and Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
At 1870 A. NJ. Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress, the Judges
ef the Court of Claims, the Commits
sioners Of the District of Columbia,
the Judges Of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, ex-Members
of the Cabinet and ex-Ministers of
the United States.
At 12M The officers of the Army
and Navy.
At 1890 P. NJ. The Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, the Com
missioner of Agriculture, the Assistant
Secretary of the Departments, the
Assistant Postmasters- General, the
Solicitor General, the Assistant Attor-
ney-General, the Superintendent of
the Coast Survey and the heads of
Bureaus of the several departments.
At 12:45 P. NJ. The associated
soldiers of the War of 1912, the
associated veterens of the War of 1916,
the members of the oldest inhabitants
Association of the District of Column
bia and the Grand Army of the Re
public.
At P. M:-Reception of citizens
which terminated at 2 P. NJ.
Official orders were issued from the
Army and Navy headquarters for all
Army and Navy officers in the city to
assemble in their respective headquar-
ters in full dress uniform, to pay their
respects to the President of the
United States.
The full marine band was in attend
ance during the reception and discours-
ed delightful music, playing for the
first time stirring march composed
by the leader Mr.. John 2. Sousa, and
dedicated to President Arthur called
"New Years Greeting"
Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Logan, Mrs.
Cameron, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. Pendleton and Mrs Robertson,
ladies to receive with the President
and Members of the Cabinet and their
wives assembled in the Blue Room
when Secretary Frelinghuysen went
up stairs and escorted the President
to the room. The Diplomatic Corps
was then received Each Minister
was presented to the President by the
Secretary of State and the Minister
then presented his Secretaries and the
ladies of the legation. Allan, Hawar-
ian Minister, now dean of the corps,
with his daughter, were first presented.
British Minister West was presented
with his daughter. Wisconsin was
represented by Senator Cameron, Rep
resentative Humphrey and Hazelton
with their wives and Representatives
Williams and Pound.
Owing to the recent death of the
Mother of Mrs. Senator Cameron,
Mrs. Cameron was not present and
did not receive callers on that day.
There is not lady in the city who
will be missed from society this winter
more than Mrs. Senator Cameron as
she is, deservedly, uniform faverite
among all of her acquaintance.
The public debt has been reduced
during the month of December 1881
S12,793, 623.56.
The fifth Auditors report shows the
Internal Revenue collections for the
fiscal year ending June 80 1881, in
Wisconsin were as follows: LIST. Dis
trict s2,374,9429S, I'd. District
S169, 9S2.52, Sd. District 1892, 152.
46 and 9Th District 39,41474.
Total S2,916. 1920.
The Spencerian Business College
created quite futter in society circles
on Wednesday evening the 2Sth ut,
by giving an entertainment entitled the
"Authors Carnival" The parlors
were tastefully decorated with green
festoons, wreaths, banr 2rs and United
States flags. Underneath the wreaths,
were shields bearing the names of
such well known authors as Chaucer,
Shakespeare, Goethe, Schiller, Burns,
Dickens, Poe, Washington Irving,
Harriet Beechcr Stowe, Scott, Mark
Twain, and others. Many of the cos
tunes were very pretty and the lovely
faces and forms in them added fresh
beauty to them. Mrs. Mary Humph.
rey, of Hudson, Wisconsin, as "the