The bee., 1883-05-19
OUR PHILADELPHIALFTrrD
THINGS SOCIAL AND PoI1T1r.,
PHIL LNBFPnI4. p - 4 !

Pn1L&BEFHGA, Pa, ,fav 4
Since my last letter. popular foaii.s
Seems TO have undergone ehangerrssoo-a.ngg
ing the proposed convention. this a5;a. 9.'U'
from the unseemly quarrel among t,s'SeS tSSt
who term themselves leaders. 6nr;1 Us
the week several letters have ann ' ,,rIS
in several of our papers, and s6mo 81
then. Y, papers that have been raai .,,i u. ~
our people with ayidity. The Iast
the bitter attack made by r. r Gro.uS =
in the Sun of May 18th on the conn D,,r'
tlOn and its callers. Sdch letter,
these do us more harm than good a. =
shows that the unity that we nros,I. =
to have we are destitute of. Nor
| see any good in this mud sIin,i.u ,ou
that is now going on, especiallyao9ia
men who have for Years defended tS.
race from its foes. As there seem, 'Ts H.
be so much dissatisfaction abont tt
city where the convention is to 49,, ,,''
bic, we with pleasure offer to ro,
our city, with its MANY historic qss,o,
atlOns, we assure yOu that if tba cow
vention was to meet here. our riti,,n,
would gladly welcome the mpnh hars =
the convention. and in the ritr 0f
Brotherly Love all the angry passions
that are now aroused would be ,lI.rod
We have had the usual nuugar of
balls for the week, first the C'ivic :,
eials Club; 2nd Nav Ball. which ,ra,
well attended by those who DELIGHT ;r
such amusements The reception nf
the Gray lnyincibIes. \. q. of p
which was also fine affair.
james Auter was elected Vire Pres
ident ofthe 9Th Ward Executive Com
mlttee, Autre is one of the hest mon
in the ward and, has the bapnv fac.
ulty of making and retaining frionJs
A number of the members Of the An,
phiOn Musical Association, forwarded
box Of CuriOSities in commemor,tion
of his birthday. A number of ladies'
are contemplating sending a reminder
to him, that he is getting older and
not younger, and ought to marry 4
number of weddings are about to take
| place, one of the most fashionable will
be that of Miss Jennie Wood and Mr.
Sturgis, at Atlantic CITY. Also that
of VIM. III. Needles Esq. to Miss Amel-
iaCoStellO of C0gninhO. Chin. This mar
riage, rumor has it, will tai placeinJuly
aG Atlantic City, where the married
couple will remain till the end Of the
season, when they will take their de-
parture for Chill to reside permanently.
Madam RumOr also states that our
genial tOwnSman Andrew Jones, is
soon to lead to the altar one of the ia.
VOred daughters of your city. Miss Ida
Bowman. Another that DR.. T. c.
Howard is tired of leading the life of a
benedict, and has persuaded Miss Dora
Cole to set sail in the same matrimoni.
al bark. Some sensation has been
caused by the announcement of the
marriage of,Miss Ida Lei Court, the
fortunate groom being one of her pu-
pills. The wife of the Rev. Talbot
BOrdentOur, has been seriously i'll. at
one time her life was despared of, but
am happy to state she is now out of
danger. Miss Hennie Edwards of
whom ] wrote in my last letter, is bet
ter and able to receive her many friends.
Joshua d. Kelly, q prominent Mas
on and Odd Fellow, is dangerously i'll
with pneumonia. Our city was visited
last week by quite number of the
Wilmington teachers among whom
was Misses Edna Kruse, VI. Campbell.
Dena Linsay and Mary Dover The
Masonic Brotherhood are agiJatcd over
the possession of the Masonic Hall on
1lth St., South, both sides lay claim to
the same; suit has been instituted by
James 7. RObers1n Alex. Lively and
J. L. Freeman, against Casey Wood
ford, COlly and others, the case is to be
decided next week. One side claims that
the late union was brought about by
nefariOus means, the other holds Just
the reverse. The net receipts of the
O. V. Calto School Concert were &S785
The reception of the Gray InyincibleS
netted them $3.50 The Alumni of Lin
coin University hold their annual ses-
sion in this city ON the 7th Of June
Mr.. Isham Wear on Friday evening
addressed the Young Mems Republican
Club, on the duties of the hour On
Wednesday Mr.. Webb male an et-
quent address before the Macedonian
Historical Association. The friends
of J. W. Mays are glad to hear of his
re-appointment in the Pension Office
Mr.. Al. Aldridge late Grand Mas
ter of the Masonic order in the state
of New York, and a member of the
New Jersey State Central Committee
was buried from his late residence Jer-
sey City, Friday. Mr.. Aldridge was
one of the most prominent men in New
Jersey, at one time was Justice of the
Peace, was q member of every cOnyen-
tiOn that has been held in the State for
the past fifteen years. During the
past year he has been a great sufferer
from Brights disease. OCCAIoNAL.