Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-23

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and the sufvivoe became insane an
csald never ,trass the trail. Since the
| the discovery has paADed into TerYitos
isi tradition. The lode IL reported 1
strike the river at . point where surfac
| indioations chow . width Of so ~
| and hight Of GO fest. Nyer claims {.
have trailed the lode tvsoty -6ve miles
and In places found il GOO fest vide.
shows prospects. Myer and his fafhe
and uncle from Ninnesote. have CON
to their claim TO develop il.
Small Psx Epaae0ic.
GADsox, Tenn, Dec. 22.-Great dis
trea il expected from the small pox epi
demic. Out of IS Gases II have died
and request is made for nurses aut
virus.
The New EoG1aaa seeleay's Dinners
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.-The ANNA
dinner OF the New England Society OF
psnnsylvania was held this evening al
the Continental Hotel. Among the dis
tineuished guests were President Ar.
thur, Secretary Chandler, Thos. Reed
OF Maine. senator Havley. of Connect
cut. and Rev. DR.. Leonard WOolsey Ba
con. In response to the toast, % The
President of the United States" Mr.
Arthur said /" confess, Mr.. Chairman.
that my enjoyment of this annual din.
ner has been somewhat marred by the
knowledge that should be at this mo.
mens dining With my chapter of this So
ciety. and that il has been the act of
abandoning my brethren Of the New
York branch of this society which has
brought me within reach of your gener-
Gus hospitality. But what difference
can it make whether dine in Pniiadel-
ptia or New York? The President can
not be in both cities at once indeed,
have heard it said that it is only a relic
that can be in more than one place at a
time, and surely no President should be
classed az relic until be has given
place to his successor. Las: evening |
dined with the New England Society of
Brooklyn. and q hearty welcome was
extended me. 1t SO completely bereft
Hae of thanks and expressions Of pleas
ure that this fresh draft upon my pow
ers finds me utterly bankrupt. thank
you very much for the welcome given
me, and heartily say, Long life and
prosperity to the society,""
Secretary Chandler, responding to the
toast, The Army and Navy" paid a
tribute to Gems. Grant. Sherman and
Sheridan, and expressed the hops that A
grateful Congress- and n willing Presi-
dent W. uld restore the former soldier to
the rolls of the army. Referring to the
navy. he spoke strongly of what he
termed the =" complete restoration" do
ing away with all old wooden ships and
smooth bore guns and substituting steel
ships and high power cannon, of which
We have not a single specimen to show.
NEW York. Dec. 22.-Two hundred
and fifty members of the New England
Society of New York partook Of the an
nual dinner this evening at Delmonico's
Manville w. Cooper, President of the
Society. occupied the chair. Al his
right sat VIM. NJ. Evarts. and ON his left
General Grant. Among others at the
table were George w. Curtis, Mayor Low
of Brooklyn. Mayor Edison of New
York Henry Ward Beeoher, G. NJ. Depew,
Commodore Upshur and Representatives
of other societies. Among others pres
ent were Surrogate Rollins, Chief JUS
tice Davis and Russell Sage. After
brief address by the President and Gov.
Cleveland, the toasts in their honor not
being responded to. there were load
calls for General Grant, who finally
rose and said good humoredly that he
had only accepted the invitation on
condition that he would not be called
on to speak. The first regular toast,
" Tho Forefathers," was responded to
by Evarts. After an introduction, in
which the speaker announced that he
did noe intend to speak from q
party stand point. he launched into
q bitter invective against the Mormon
religion and advocated its suppression
by the strong arm of the Law. as an in
stituti0n which had for it, object the
enslavement of women and TIE subjec-
ton Of suffrage to an ecclesiastical
hierarchy. which, in a country Of liber-
ty and freedom like America. none
could afford to look upon with indiffer-
ence. II must yield to the power of the
Government. He closed With some re-
marks on the temperance question, and
pointed out the influence which New
England doctrines and tho teachings of
the forefathers have in accomplishing
reforms in both causes.
George William Curtis responded to
the toast, New England Principles
and New England Pluck"
In responding to the toast, New
England Clergy" Henry Ward Beeoher
gave some amusing incidents Of his
early days. He assured his hearers
that the statement that "a minister's
son is the devils grandson was not
true in bis case, for his ancestors have
been clerRymen for generations.
General Porter and others also spoke.