Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-08
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.



MIA BRILLIANT FORMAL RECEPTION ON
MONDAY.
Tho Thotis, Bear, and Alert comprising
the Grocly relief squadron, arrived OF Now
castle, N. H., before daylight last Friday
morning, and Ivy o'clock in the afternoon
tho squadron had dropped anchor in tho har-
Dor Of Portsmouth. The arrival was one day
earlier than was anticipated, and the rocep-
ton Of the arctic horoos was therefore OF an
informal character and not according 10 the
program which had boon arranged The
news quickly spread through the city that
tho Groely fleet was outside, and at nm carly
hour in the morning tho rivor was alive with
all manner Of craft crowded with eager peo-
Pile War vessels of the North Atlantic
squadron were stationed Mt anchor in the out.
or harbor and we're Joined at noon by the
Tallapoosa with Secretary Chandler and
Chief Signal Officer Hazon on board nu-
merous company of invited guests, includ-
ing many distinguished persons and tho fam
lilies Of naval officers, wero carried by naval
steam launches to the flag ship Tennessee,
on tho quarter deck Of which the chief cere.
monies we're held. As the several vessels
comprising the relief squadron came in and
dropped anchor the yards on all the ships in
the harbor wero manned, flags run to mast
head, and three rousing cheers given. Then
the band struck up the well. known melody,
"Homo Again. and among the assembled
guests few there were whose eyes were not
bedimmed with tears.
To avoid publicity as much as possible
Secretary Chandler arranged to receive the
commanders of the relief ships in the after
cabin Acting Admiral Luce escorted them
to the presence OF the Secretary Of the Ma.
Wy AS Commander Schley stepped into the
cabin he was greeted by Secretary Chandler,
who clasped his hand with fervor, and pass
ing one arm over his shoulder said, in n voice
almost gmothered with emotion, God bless
you, sir l am glad to welcome you homo. ="
Commander Coffin, of the Alert, was next in
troducod, and Ia answer to the query Of Sec.
rotary Chandler said 81 was never in bet.
ter health in my life. 1t seems to have
agreed with us" Lieut.. Emory, of tho Bear,
was next ushorod into tho Seoretary's pres.
ence and received o cordial welcome from the
representatives Of the navy department.
Mrs. Greoly, wife Of tho explorer, had
reached Portsmouth on an early afternoon
train and was at once conveyed to the Ten
nossoe. Aftor tho commanding officers had
como back to their ships, Mrs Greedy was
put on board the Socretsry's barge, and con.
voyed TO the Thetis where her husband WAS.
Lieut.. Groely had not been informed that his
wife was about TO come on board the Thetis,
and few minutes before her arrival, in con.
versation with Commander Schley, no said
that he did not expect TO SEQ her that day.
When the Secroiary's barge was soon 10 leave
the Tennessee with Mrs Groely and her two
brothers sitting in the stern sheets, Com.
mander Schley said to Liout Greedy Lieu
tenant, | would like to zee you in my cabin
for few moments" Commander Schley
entertained Lieutenant Greedy in converse.
ton about arctic matters until a peculiar sig
nal was given on a boatswain's whistle to in
dictate that Mrs Greedy was on board and
ready 10 meet her husband. With trembling
steps she went to the cabin door, and Just at
the instant she entered Commander Schley
left the room, leaving tho long separated
couple alone. Lieut. Greedy was sitting with
his back to tho door, but when Commander
Schley so abruptly left him he turned, and at
the same timo saw his wife onter. With a
loud cry, that was more like q gigantic sob
half-smothercd, Lieutenant Groely bounded
from his chair with eyes cleaning with Joy
at the sight that gladdoncd them After
Lieut.. and Mrs. Greedy had been alone for 20
minutes her brothers were called in and cor
daily greeted their brother-in-law. 1t was
noticeable on board tho Thetis that every.
body shod tears when Mrs. Groely entered
the cabin where her husband was Late in
bAAN NJ luOol Aho lubLL'I Ol Lieut.. ATtD0N
came from Newburyport, and was taken at
once on board the Tennessee. The meeting
between mother and son was an affecting one.
Later in the day Secretary Chandler wei.
coined and formally thanked the crews Of the
relief ships.
MONDAYS PARADE AND OVATION.
Tho survivors of tho Arctic expedition
wero given an ovation at Portsmouth, Mon
day. The city was throngod with people,
many distinguished men were present, there
was an imposing parade and in tho evening
there were speeches by Secretary Chandler
and others. The North Atlantic squadron
landed upwards Of 1000 blue jackets aud ma
rines six battalions in ALL who formed line
for the procession on Congress street. To
them were added the navy.yard forces and
officers, some POO in number, a battalion of
the New Hampshire national guard the com
manderies Of Knights Templar of Ports
mouth and Newburyport, the Portsmouth
fire department and other civic bodies. To
these again were added many of the distiu-
guished mon Of the county in carriages, and
throng Of thousands Of people who came
to the city from all parts Of the state, Massa.
chuse;ts and Maine. All public buildings
and many private ones were Handsomely aud
appropriately decorated At II. 20 the pro-
cession began to move along the packed
streets. Great applause greeted tbs sailors
OF the relief squadron az they moved along
As the head of the procession noarod the
Rockingham house, whore Liout. Greedy and
the survivors Of the party were waiting to
review the procession, the pressure of the
crowd became so great that the advance OF
the column was delayed several minutes
Lieut. Greedy aud his comrades were seated
upon tho balcony, aud whom the head of the
procession appeared, cheer after choer greet
ed him, the men in the procession joining.
As the crews OF tho Thotis, Bear and Alert
passed Lieut.. Greedy bowed very low, and
seemed to look his gratitude to the heroes
who had so recently rescued him from an
arctic grave.
There was large gathering OF citizens in
music hall in tho evening, and many promi-
mont men sat on the stage, Speeches were
made by Secretary Chandler, Gov. Hale,
Samuel j. Randall ard others. The surviv-
ors of the Greedy party are all doing well,
though as yet they are very weak Greedy
himself cannot walk without assistance,
though no has gained largely in strength and
flesh.
TWO REMARKABLE TRorTISG PERFORMANCES.
The past week has witnessed two
events in the sporting records of the coun.
try. At Narragansett park, Providence, Il.
l.. last Friday, jay e. e. See" was started to
beat his record Of 2.1Oi. made on that track
last fall. The purse was $25OO to surpAss
this record, with $1,000 extra il no beat the
2l0t made by MAUD s." at Rochester
The horse did both. At the word he dashed
of in brilliant style, passing tho first quarter
in 33l, the half in los, the three.quarter
pole in l,39 and coming under the wire with
out skip in 2.l0-a quarter of a second fast
err than the worlds best previous time. Six
thousand or eight thousand people went wild
over this performance but a more wonderful
one came of at Cleveland, Ohio, on Satur-
day, when Vanderbilt's famous mare Maud
S" went Jay -Eye.See" a quarter of q sec
ond better. The track was a trihe heavy,
but the wonderful little mare won her laurels
easily, without running mate, without a
break and without urging. She passed the
first quarter post in 32}} the half mile in l.
Oh, the three. quarters in 1861 and the full
mile in 2.09i. A great round OF cheers went
up when her victory was announced. Her
trainer is confident that on a good track tho
mare can make a mile in POS.
HOTEL DISASTER AT WARRINGTON.
The rear portion of the United States
hotel at Washington, d. c., fell in Sunday
evening, and buried five persons in the ruins,
OF whom three were rescued alive soon after.
The hotel is located on Pennsylvania avenue,