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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-05
Saua.

r.. HOE & co.'s ssI E Ms T sfyH
UNEQUALRD SATISFACTION IN ALL
PARTS OF TIE COUNTRY, STRONG AND
SIMPLE. CHBAPLY KEPT N ORDER.
THEY MAKE BETTER LUMBER WITH
LEss POWER THAN ANY OTHHh. An-
DREss u. HOE 4 CO., bof GRAND ST.
NEW YORK CITY.
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xeaaI Nofirra.

GEORGIA., CHATHAM CoUNTY.-ANN
NJ BYRNES has made application TO the
honorable the Ordinary for twelve months
support, and appraisers have made their re-
turn allowing the same out Of estate OF ED
WARD BfRNES, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite all whom it
may concern TO be and appear before said
court, TO show cause on or before the FIRST
MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT, otherwise
said application will be granted.
Witness the Honorable HAMPTON L. FER
RILL, Ordinary for Chatham county, this
fourth day OF December 1885.
PHILIP NJ. RUSSELL, JR..
Clerk G, o. g. C..
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Shippima 9mtrIIiarurr.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIs DAY.
sun RISES
sun SETS ..4:B8
HIGH WATER at FIT Pulaski 6:s4AM, 6;49PM
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LIVERPOOL MOVEMENT FOR THE WEEK END
ING DEC. 4, 1855, AND FOR THE CoRRR-
SPENDING WEEKS OF 1881 Avn 1890
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rcrg0LLOWINa STATEMENT SHOWS THE MET
vi,ri,,frs AT ALL PORTS FOR THE WEEKS
rHis No, NOV. ~ AND DEC. 5, AND FOR
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-05

GEORGIA, CHATHAM CoUNTY.-Notice il
NJ hereby given TO all parties having
demands against HARMON MEYER, late Of
Chatham county, now deceased, to present
them 10 me, properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, 50 as 70 show their charac-
ter and amount, and all persC rs Indebted to
said deceased are hereby required to make
immediate payment TO me.
SAVANNAH, Nov. q, 1885.
HARMON j. MEYER.
Administrator estate of Harmon Never
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SAVANNAH MARKET.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS,

SAVANNAH. Dec. 1. 1885. 5 2. MI
COTToN.-The market was very quiet but
firm. There was more doing than usual, the
inquiry being principally for low middling
and good ordinary, of which there is some
scarcity. The total sales for the day were
2,l3s bales. On Change at the opening call.
10 a. M, the market was reported duh and
unchanged, with sales of S4balest At tho sec
ond call, p. M, it was steady, the sales be-
ing 1923 bales. At the closing call, p. m, II
was still steady and unchanged, with further
sales OF GIG bales. ....t-...,s.
The following are the official closing SPOT
quotations of the Cotton Exchange:
Middling fair 1...... !. nominal
Good mludlIngs.-. 4.........ss -. VA
Mlddling So. -. &c. =. 8 5-l5
Low mIddling..... .....s............6H -
Sooa Ordinary ..'..-.-.'''........'.1 "a
ordinary .--.-.......-.- ....-........f
RICE.-The market was duh and UNCHANGED.
The sales for the day were LAG barrels. The
following are the official quotations Of the
Board of Trade:
Fair. ....................... .42k@i5k
Good Good ....~ T''..t"..-...'..',.,.5S, 90
Prime .-...,.......-..... ........ ..b18C95z
Rough fHfE Ft tkN
Country lots 80. ............. $50 O.
Tide water, ........ ....-.....,l OO(1la 70
NAVAL STORES. The market for spirits
turpentine was quiet but firm; a few small
the Board Of Trade on the opening call the
market was reported quiet at 34l2c for regu-
lars. At the closing call it " as quiet at S41zc
for regulars.
Rossn.-The market was very quiet, with
nothing doing. At the Board of Trade on the
frat call the market was reported dull, lower
to sell, at the following quotations: A, b. G
and ID csc. e 81 0712. 81 Is, g 81 45, II 81 l215,
| So O5, K So IS. NJ 81 80. n 81 90, window glass
IS so, water white 50. Al the closing call 1t
was unchanged.
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MONEY MARKET.-Money easy ,,-,--..
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-Scarco. Banks ana
hanfers are buylng sight drafts at q per
cent. discount ana selling at a per cent dis
count % par. -, - ..o,a...
FOREIGN ExoHAEdE.-Dull anu ste s6.yy
commercial. short, 81 SO; sixty days, - sOhi
ninety DAYS, 81 7gl6. franks, commercial, sAty
days. Paris and Havre. 50 Is; swiss, % zO%i
marks, 0i3sc. 49,. A.. .,.,.,. o,,,ot
SFCURITIEs.-The market Is very qulee,
and neglected.
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Total visible supply .2,42O,Ol9 2,6O8, "A


have been $4,000 bales.
The above figures indicate decrease IN
the cotton in sight to date of l43,l bales as
compared with the same date OF 1884, de-
crease of 2sO7 0i bales as compared with the
correspondip0 date OF 1888. and decrease OF
1924 bales as compared with 1852.
INDIA COTTON MOVEMENT The Following
il the Bombay statement for the week and
wear. bringing the figures down TO Nov. %.
RoMBAY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS FOR FOUR
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VISIBLE SUPPLY OF CoTFON.-Belowwe give
the table of visible supply, as made up by cable
and telegraph for the Financial and CONNER
ciGy Ohr0a1iogs to Nov. IS. The continental
stocks. as well as those of Great Britain and
the ahoat, are this weeks returns, and con-
sequently all the European figures are brought
down to Thursday evening. But to make the
add the item of exports from the United
States, including in it the exports Of FRIDAY
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GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-Notice ia
" hereby given TO all parties having de-
late Of Chatham county, now deceased,
10 present them 10 me, properly made out,
within the time prescribed by law, so as to
show their character and amount: and all
persons indebted TO SAID deceased are here
by required TO make immediate payment 70
me.
SAVANNAH, Nov. 8, 1885.
SOLOMON KROUsKOTT,
Administrator estate OF Josephine Krouskof.
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! timber 81 below these figures,
FREIGHTS.

FREIGHTS.
LUKBER.-By SaiI.-There is no immediate
demand for tonnage, the vessels now in port
being sufficient for present offerings. We
quote "a 00a5 90 as the range OF prices
from this and the near Georgia ports
on lumber to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, sound ports and eastward. Timber is
50ca$l higher than lumber rates; to the West
Indies and windward, nominal; to South
America, $14a15 50: to Spanish and Mediterra-
mean ports. $llalz; to United Kingdom for
orders. timber. 27a2ss; lumber "a los. BY
steam TO New York, 81; to Philadelphia, 81; to
Boston. 50.
NAVAL STORES, CoAsTwIsE.-By Sail.-
Nominal. FoREIGN.-Cork. ETC.. for or
ders, 2s l01<d, and. or, As 3D.. COAsTwIsE.-
SteG0a-TO Boston. SOC on rosin, 81 on spirits;
to New York, roslns 4Oc, spiri,s soc; Philadel-
phia, rosin soc, spirits SOC; to Baltimore, rosin
Doc, spirits zoe.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER s. 1885,

i5a50c; the market is quiet for sugar house at
S5a40c; Cuba straight goods, SOC In hogs
heads; molasses, 20c.
TOBACCo.-Market dull: demand moderate,
We quote: Smoking, 25ca$l rs; chewing, COM
mon, sound, 32a85c; medium. 40a55e; bright.
50a75c; fine fancy, S5a90c; extra fne, 90a$l 10;
bright navies. 45a57c; dark navies. 40a50c.
LUMBER.-There is brisk demand, and
prices are fully sustained. Mills generally
full of work to Christmas.
Orlnary sues. sRlo UValO 0O
Difficult sizes. Observation-Disclosures 10 00a2O so
Flooring boards ....... ............ l6 OOal9 SO
Shlpstuff ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is 00a20 SO
TIMBER.-Market dull and nominal. We
quote:
200 feet average ..................S ooa11 &C
800 - :" .................. 10 O0all 90
800 " .................. IL 00al2 90
1000 ...... ............ II 00alA 90
Shipping timber in the raft
200 feet average. ..................s6 0oa 90
500 " ................... GOA 90
200 " ..........-........ GOA O0
1000 ................... O0aIO %
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.@VYEMENTs or COTTON AT INTERIOR POINTS,
sglns receipts and shipments for the week
suung Dec. T. and stock on hand tonight.
anu lor the corresponding week of 1884:
Tra
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Sea Islqnd.-The receipts during the week bv
factors were 1903 bags and the sales for the
same time were only us bags. leaving the
actual stock on hand 1T $500 bags. There has
been considerable looking over the market
and the best qualities were firmer and higher
week ago. Buyers were somewhat limited
IN prices, which accounts for the light bust =
ness done though at the close prices were
easier. The transactions were based on the
folloyring mot tions-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-28

fares highest. During Ascot races they suspend
most of the ordinary train service and run special
trains at double, or more than double the ordinarv
fares Mrs. LOWre, the plaintiff, having been mazda
to pay the excess, sued the company to recover IL
special case was stated for the opinion of IN.
court and argued before Justices Matthew aud A. L.
Smith in the Queens Bench Division of the Supreme
Court of Judicature. The Attorney General (Sir
Richard Webster urged in defence Of he company
that railway is not bound by law to carry any pas.
sengers at ALL and il it docs train need run but
one day. This, to the lay mind, seems strong
proposition, but 1T is fully upheld by the court
Mr. Justice A. L. Smith adopts the very words Of
the Acknowledgement, and lays down as the lay OF
this land that there is in truth no obligation on a
railway company to run any train at all. The
South Western Company, therefore, might suspend
their traffic when they pleased while as to farce 50
long as they run one cheap train, they may charge
what they like for the Others, / appreheud tlst
when Parliament gave the railway companies
power to acquire land compulsorily, they did so on
the theory that it was for the public convenience
But it now appears that the railways need consult
nobody's convenience but their own.
Mr. Whistler rs we long since learnt, has a mas
terry of the pen not less than OF the brush. Ills
Notes to his own pictures are almost as much JOY
as the pictures themselves. Hesends at intervals TO
his favored organs in tho London press brief, crisp
sparkling little letters which shine all the more
brilliantly for being set in surroundings which are
sometimes less brilliant There is one to-day
apropOs of certain colored cartoon for Christmas
IN n certain weekly OF the society species Sure
W. saws Mr.. Whistler, you might have helped
the people who scarcely distinguish between the
original and imDudeat imitation to know that this
faded leaf IS not from the book OF
Carlo Peliegrini, the master who has taught
them all what they can never learn There IS a
want of proportion in this sweeping Judgment but
it the less remains true that Carlo Pelegrins
work. known by the familiar signature Ape" las
not in our day been equaed in tho best qualities Of
humorous portraIture; satirical sometimes, subtle.
grotesque, perhaps, aud not always free from de-
gree OF exaggcration which caricaturc does not de-
mand | am not comparing Pellegrni with Ten
MEL. TennIei stands apart and unapproachabie,
but Pellegrini has wrought in a different ven
@. 8.
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E1EgAT0RS ~ THE Y0RTHWESE
THE SYSTEM KEEPING PACE WITH THE DEVELOP
MEXT OF TIE COUNTRY.

THE SYSTEM KEEPING PACE WITH THE DEVELOP
MENT OF TIE COUNTRY.
ST. PAUL. Dec. 1S.-C. VI. Shultz, COM
morcia editor OF The Pioneer Press, publishes an
exhaustive directory OF tho elevators in tho North
west from which the following summary IS made: Tie
elevator system Of the Northwest has kept full pace with
the develop country during the last ten years
and in fact, gone beyond It, The deS elopment OF The
system has greatly helped IA Minnesota By tho
grain law which passed last winter. THIS L4s
removed many OF tneEonerous restrictions which had
been placed builders by the railroads and the result
has q wonderful increase in the number OF store
houses built Along lines OF road where few years
ago the rll0 two elevators 10 station ther5
are now three four AMI often more IL IS impossible
TO make comparison by way OF showing tie actual
growth OF the system for the reason that no COMPLETE
directory has ever before been puolshel In 1888 he
Pioneer P.ess Published list OF ELEVATORS on lines
directly tributary to Minneapolis That list gave the
eapacy OF elevators owned by companies doing business
in Minneapolis at 2200J000 bushels Minneapolis
mills were put down at 100000. They now have
Paul 100000. making the total capacity a. tho three
terminal points 2O,5J4.JUO The capacity IN Minnesota
and Dakota at all points outside OF these three places
1891. 400. making g7aDd total capacity Ut
5l44sg 300 This is divided among l,173 elevators and
noce96e feature IS the difference in the character
Of the buildings the North aud south. IA the
southern sections along the Older roads there are e
nat warehouses ana fewer steam and horse lo~cr
elevators In the uor'hef sections Ddlh!s are OF
sOuewuat better class both Is 10 size and power 40
Manitoba road leads IN the number OF elevators ahd
capacity, which Is llislO0O bushels. The AlWanE"
road mas $50, 5OO tho Chicago aud Aogthwestosl
5.JS1 800; the Northern Pacific i.-59.2pO and 10
Mmncarolis ard 81 Louis 2.3O62OO. These a.e ths
only roads whose individual capacity exc eds 2OOJ.-
600 The OF the elevators comprising THIS vast syj
tim 4, little less than 90 cents busucOV @io0OooJD
The tool Tacy OF The State ana Territory 10 nnrc than
equal 40 this years crop 5OO0O0O0 bushels sand u tno
lift.r was evenly distributed hUslCl could o
sto ed al one time. The cost ~ receiving Gle lnlDg r-
Elevator companies which buy and ship grain receive
from to 3lo cents bushcl. GU OF this comes Je
interest on IN, c-uen NIL expenses ~ maintain n and
ouoratpg the elevator Insurance grai1 cleaning and
loss OF weights anl grades 40 terminal points.
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"MAJ0R CoOMBs'S" oTHER VICTIMS.


Major Ward, who tried to work the cOnil-
dnce game upon various anxious applicants this city
for Federal Offices has turned up IN NeWIOrk, whore
he succeeded In dipping two wcll-knOwn politicians IN
That city and whom 10 obtained SO. IL VIII be
romen 5ered that Major first bloss0med out In this
city about two months ago. lie saw samuel
Josephs day and, taking him aside, In
formed that gentleman that the President
had appointed him mr. JosephD United States
Marshal This was indeed surprising but good news to
the genial statesman from the Iweny-ninth Ward Mr..
Jo,ephs asked his friend how he knew of the appoint
ment. ThercupOn the Major stated that he was con-
necied with the Attorney GcueralS Department as n
special agent aud that he had from Washing
20 notify Mr. J0sephs OF his good fortune and to give him
some private pointers about obtaining proper sureties
The Major then rubbed mp against y. T. Hall aud told
him that he had also secured the Marshashp. Other
auX iOus candidates waited IN turn and informed
by the aable Major that they had been appointed to
the positions they seeking lie told william smith,
United States Shipping Commissioner to succeed James
OBrcn. lie also called Mt tho home or j. Frank keinz.
at DelawaTc-aVc. and Southst, and told Mrs kleinZ
that her husband had received valuable appointment
I'm the Engraving Department at Washington He got o
good dinner and bottle of nc the latter place, and
Mrs. Kleinz teegraphed TO her husband, who was on
cunning to come homo and hear the good news. In
places the Major gave his naIne as Colonel Coon.
and occurred varlOns small lOans and considerable liquid
refreshment and In less than day after tho greatest
hubbub had been raised the snglar news 1t was
ascertained that the Major was not reliable lie sud
denly disappeared.
A few days ago man answering the description OF
tho person who had created such Juror among the
politicians In this city walked Into tho office OF John
Hayoron, young shipping merchant on Sopthst, New
York.
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MOCK AUCTION OF CIGARS.

That aged system Of swlndllng by means OF
mock auction sales OF cigars still carried ON success
fuIly in York Tho other day welknown southern
man entered little place where cigars were D,lns SOFA
by AN auconoer There apparently thTooor men
VINO wore bidding brsky and the cigars seemed - DO
fine the stranger competed for choice box, when was
knocked down to him for -. Immediately aiter"ard
the sale was declared closed The southerner stepped
M TO tho counter whore apparent customers were re
ceyug parcels and asked his box, nc the Same time
rendering - bill.
''You owe $780," said the cashier severely
{" For what r.
"Thcse cigars are sold In lots, not by the box"
"But distinctly bid for one box"
"You mistaken"
owe all bid for lots" declared tho " customers"
The SOuthorler concluded no hRd bargain anyway
and that friends would be glad 10 take such cigars
an his hands lie thought that he might, after all have
been bidding under n misapprenension no wrote an
order on a prominent hotel where he was staying Tor
500 and directed that the cigars be sent there Ihen
he went down town and forgot all about the matter
until evening . .,,,-
When he returned to the hotel the clerk said: 1--WE
paid your order. but know that You have been swl
died."
e. OH no; the cigars arc worth double the money"
"fOok NJ them and see ~
The package unted ana twelve boxes OF tho com
nouest knd u cabbage leaf cigars were exposed 10
view The SDuthcrucr turned away In intense disgust
! ''Dont give me away" he begged. Rather give the
! cigars away-tO tho pOrteis- any BODY
The next day hc took policeman 10 the auction store
yowing vengeance. The place was empty, aud he In
vested another dollar In treats to the ocia begging
him also in tho same disguised manner DON'T give me
|
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TOBOGGANIN6 IN BUFFALO.
IT,. j. VTb D.. sfFspafr,nH TaNf.r

A tObOggan slide is in process OF completion
at tho Buffalo Driving Park The slide Is sixty ieet H.
and 100 feet long, aud ground coast ot 200 feet i'
whole Is TO be iced, and lighted by electric an
The tOboggan sleds and suits provided ana arc ~
exact imitation OF those used at the oboggan slc
Montreal. The suits are very pietnresq9ci tneJ ia
made OF blanket stus with the colorud border lodn9 Wv
edge, fancy cap OF red and white, or blue anu ~
long, and hanging down the back with tassei 9 ,
end Mr.. Frank Baldwin, the manager or the D% no,
Driving Park, has tho matter entirely IN hahu, ~ az
made the slide and all its appuTenances az and
possible The club house is TO be open at al hou I'm
the tobog ganists can get hot supper any une 80
agine our Buffalo beaux and bellies dressed ~ an
fancy sled each manly form braced to guide the ns
and hold his fair freight. said freight shrleknH M
tina fair can shrek Yes, to0oggahins VIII D'
ragel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-28
SCENES IN TIE ROYAL PALACE, MADEID
From The pan Alan Gazelte.

G0ZfTc.
In one corner was a broad, luxurious diyan,
ana IN front OF 1t inviting writing table with every
sort OF convenience. Immaculate bOttng pads, thick
ivory paperknivcs, large scissors, twelve or fifteen
ewspapers aTactvey folded on one side. photographs
brochures pamphlets the other. Rather apart from
the lay the his Majesty had evidently last been
reading. II WAS, curously enough, a treatise " ON
Second Marriages" On every side there were memorials
Of his first wife, the beloved Mercedes oil paintings Oh
the walls ana watercOOred sketches. photographs and
medallions on the Kings table and placed beside his
chair OF her I'm the corridors and little statucttes
on brackets by this time the King married again,
and the Queen had called her first bsby Mercedes,
graceful recognition OF her predecessor; but tho
menOryof the late Queen still green In the hearts Of
her cOurters, for presently to largo
hall or ante chamber ont OF which many rooms opened.
'What delicious floor for dancing" cried young at
lain, gravey, eve used to dance here often but never
nov! IL here that Queen Mercedes lay In stat"
probably the came hall in which the late Kings body
exposed. Then after a moments pause he added,
"Cest moi meme Qui la place. sur son lit DC mort
and he spoke his voice trembed and tho tears wced
up into his eyes. while the others stood silent with
downcast looks around Several OF the English papers,
occasion OF the late Kings DEATH have spoken OF tho
very evident and sincere affection with which the Span
ish Royal Family regarded by the members of their
household and with the remembrance Of this little
before us, ana OF that fine Old Spanish grandee
biting his heavy mustachc to keep the tears from falling
spoke OF his beloved mistress can well believe
that report Of the English correspondent mere
complimentary picture but Is really and actually true
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-28
Area OF sail.

The Haze and Northern Light the crack boats OF
the club both of thom being speedy aud as handsome
ice yachts as there anywhere The Haze has won
many prizes
The New-Iamburg Club is second TO none OF the
organizations and II in better condition. tie
yachts being all splendid specimens and there Is plenty
ofmoney the treasury. The active members OF the
club are Irving Grinncl, p ~ II. Van Wyck, j. z. Law
son. William Leroy Charles Leroy Jacob Leroy Peter
Leroy, ]. Fisher SattertEwaite, Thomas H. Davis,
Henry II. Hallock, Temple BowdoIn, VI. W. Coyer.
Frank Colyer, Robcr, COyer The nOD-active members
are Henry NJ. Van Wyck. George Jackson, Van Arden
Carpenter. William LOsee, Charles Van AnAcn, Philip
Schuyler, 5. : Howlaul.J j. X. Roosevelt Martin Van
Auden, jr. Tho officers are: Commodore, irving
Grinncll; v.cc-commc lore, James Robert Law
son; secretary and treasurer, 7. A. NJ.
Van 'Wyck Ineasurer. William Losec. Commo
dore Irving Grinncl. the life and split Of the
organization, has built boat cltriggcd, OF the
Bob Scott pattern She viii spread GO square feet Of
Canvass, and tha boys ut NewIlamburg say that She
will be a croncher." william lie Roy has also a new
boat Of the Bob Scott pattern. and the Van Wyck
brothers ovcrhaung the Ella which they purchased
last OF Vice Commodore Johnston, Of the fOugL
kccDso CluJ. TIC boats owned bg the CLAD are as iO
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-28
Area Of Sail.

Mr.. Rogerss Ariel, Mr. Sanford's Avalanche ana MI
Rogers Blizzard are lateen boats, whiio Mr. irving
Grnnels Flying Cloud is cat rugged The headquarters
OF the club have been fixed Hyde Park, but the
main resort during the boating season viii be Roose-
velts Point The commodore of the Club is John a.
Roosevelt formerly commodore of the Poughkeepse Ice
Yacht Club.
The Pougkeopslo Ice Yacht Club is stl In existence
though breach has been made in the ranks OF the mem
bers by the formation OF tho Hudson River Club. The
office of commodore is still vacant though Theodore "
Johnston, vice-commOdore. is now actingoommodore.
secretary and is r. II. Ransom, and the
Regatta Committee is composed of Clarence Cary Z. d.
Miller and T. H. Ransom. The boats owned by the club
fullONS:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-28
QUESTIONS For THE WAR pEpARrMENT

WASHINGTON Dec. PA Sunday paper says
that two resolutions viii he introduced in tho House
when Congress rcassembes OF special interest to army
officers. The first will request the Secretary Of War to
inform Congress by what authority OF law he directed
the PRONUNCIATION Of General order So, better known
the "Adedc Camp order" which limited thc.seryico
OF general officers aides TO four years The other reso
luton is intended to bring before Congress- in order 10
devise remedy therefor, the anomalous condition
affairs existing In the Judge Advocate Generals De-
partment. IL Will be remembered that the rGsutor tho
Swain courtmartal left tnat department practically
without chief