New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-20
PHILA DELPHIA.

SOCIAL, PERSONALAND INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.
IRON Az occ ,sIoNAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRBUNEl
PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-All the trouble In
the city Troop TO the right of non resident OF an
alleged Nonresident II living close at hand as Cam
den n bod commission in the National Guard Of this
state II the question had arisen in any other military
company IL would have attracted small attention,
but ~ It concerns the city Troop II con
Germs all "the best people" and great u the
commoton The daily papers nave edtoraliy discussed
f. the Sunday papers have cartooncd IT, and 1t has been
merciessy rdiculcd by the wicked paragraphers Inc
city Troop. above all the "nohby" organization OF
the city All it, members come from tie very trst
families" They belong the fashionable clubs and the
Assembly; they always wear full dress suits AT tIe
opera aud The hcarcs they are very proud OF thclr
cord a. troop, aud goes further back than any one
can remember Every man Of them il man OF family
They gave many officer, the Union Army In the War
M the Rebellion The gritty Of the Troop has always
been he If sacred theatrical manager Who year or
two since brought ont a comic opera In when cavalry
company was introduced instructed h costuner 10 pe
careful that the had resemblance 10 the uni
form Of tho CITY Troop. lie afraid that II he were
suspected Of burlcsqulng these gentlemen the whole
soc.l influence Of the town would DC united against hIm
rno friends Of Judge Kelley were seriously alarmed this
week lest there should he serious results from an opera
ton which had been performed upon him. All danger is
past
The new cght.pagc sunday paper, Truth, is an amb
tlous effort and II evidently backed by capital 1t IL
Ipdcpcudcnt Democratic In politics. II is new-y and
has large corps ~ correspondents and special cOntribu
tors The rumor Is that 1t viii before long be Issued
every day OF course will not be able TO get tho Aoso
ciated Press dispaichc-, bat II doubtless sup
noses II can make place FOR itself
At present there IA morning Journal without the
Associated Press Philadelphia If thisis'thc plan OF
Truth will lie the first instance here OF daily starting
out a. "A Sunday paper. Indeed, remember only one
example of the Kind anywhere The Washington 3D. O.
Suuddy Chronicle was first issued "a sunday paper
During the war the daily edition made great deal OF
money hut It has passed out Of existence while the
Sunday edition still lives
An organization OF Iadc. AMI gentlemen for the
adornment OF the city parks squares with statuAry
and fountains f. proposed but the movement does not
appear 10 have head Part OF the plan In for music on
cerian days Of the week. For years these parAs we're
sadly neglected, and almost entirely stunned BY
| respectable people Washington and Independence
Squares have however, been Handsomely improved, and
he pr.ol-kc rniuss taken away, and the others are
having Like alterations. Inc city nns done 80 much that
It ha. been Thought rich citizens might be willing to
| aid IN bcauifylug these reservations sim more.
The ultra fashionable are moving out of town for the
summer. west WanLt-st. is already gloomy with
boarded doors and windows
The electrical exhibition Of the Franklin Institute will
| If the programme carried out be most Important
event 4 building Will be- erected ON the Ohi IA, OF tue
Schuylkli ia the park. for electric BOATS 10 ne ~
p.rlncntcd with. Institute has It's own building Dnt
Acre l. no room there ;or ts display: SOM years since
~ rnvc nnablr a. hhtion ar Broad and Market st., IA
ylt gns then an abandoned rcsht depot, ana II waa
hoped time thai ia cxiiblOn was ~ De ANNUAL
This has not happened however
The nx Ia that the Reading Railr al, following the
lead or the lcnns yau', IS 10 put hansohs On te'oe'7'
What the Transcontnenia Hotel at belmont ana
Elm ave. during Centennial ENhollou, ~ AI Ia
beng torn down. IL OF thc uaAy great hotels
bu.t near Tie Park for the World IMr II ID large,
SOLID brick structure but wien TIE ENpltlon c"stu IL
found Impossible to make any use Oh II. II "hs pcI
kent "A SOFT of way ~ "a ftshliIhnl' phl inc
larger pant OF n has been unoccuplrd Many rinh icI
OF the Centennial Exhibition stiu remain, put lucy are
rapidly disappearing some OF the notes were 40 cOu
stTucied that they could be Transformed I'M" private
| residences and arc now used The Immense blOpe
wa. "A frame structure and was soon taken do"h' VI
the Otucr factory. but most % thom are lulI'
The Exhibition palace itself has wholly disappeared
Memorial Iial and horticultural Hall remain, ana are
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