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New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
DRAMATIC NOTES.

A dispatch from Boston announces that Law
renee Barrets presentation of Julius Caesar, at the
Boston Theatre Monday night, was greeted with ap
pause by large audience that the stage settings are OF
an elaborate description and that Mr. Barrett was many
times called the curtain in compliment to his hne
performance OF CGssius.
Miss Fanny Davenport appeared at tho Grano opera
House on Monday, as Fedora, and was cordially vel
G coined by large audience.
Mr.. shewells play, Shadows OF Great City," drew
full house on Monday night, at Nibos. and 1t will oo-
py that stage until the 21st inst II has been produced
with effective scepery and its sensation incidents are
worked out in a most animated style.
Mr. A. p. Burbank appeared at Chickering Hall last
night and gave highly spirited recital of dramatic
version that he has made Of Tale OF Two Cities by
Charles Dickens Mr. Burbank's talent for impersona-
ton is and this recital great pleasure
by the variety OF his professional resources
and the firmness and vigor OF his execution.
The last of Mr.. ]. L. StOddards lectures at DAILY S
Theatre will be given this morning These entertain
rents are somewhat the line of those that long
since made familiar here by Professor Cromwell. Pie
flres of famous beautiful objects presented ana
descriptive discourse is given Much Information may
be pleasantly gathered from exhibitions OF this order
Locke Richardson has had highly successful season
indeed the best of his He received with ex
traordnary IN Chicago and his ShakespeaTean re-
citals drawing crowded houses IN Philadelphia
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
IYoIDEYTs IN SOCIETY.

A handsome luncheon, which was followed
by "matinee party" was given yesterday by Mrs.
T. l. Crittenden. The luncheon Of sixteen covers
and served at twelve The guests received o
bouquet Of Marechai Mel and at quarter Of 2
drove 70 the theatre. Those present included Miss
sturgis, Miss Bush Miss Lowell tho Misses Pratt and
Miss Henderson.
Mrs Robert McKim entertained the fifteen members Of
the Arachne Club at her house last evening Among
those present were Miss Ewing, Miss Montague the
Msses wiethrop Miss Amy Boardman and Miss Morgan.
Mrs.. Ogden. OF no. 20 West Efghteenthrst., gave o
handsome dinner party In ths evening
Ihe members OF the Mimoss Drsmstic Club gave IN
toeAv ae ~ AcAdsmy Qf Mustc In tho evening In the
eset yere uuubor Of weknewn amateurs, among thern
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
MUsIC---THE DRAMA.
,,,r ,ocroN IDEAL OPERA COMPANY.

The abiding popularity of " H. NJ. >. ina plna,
fore was attested again last nisn' when 'ne M
Ideal Opera Company gave representation OF tue
oneretta at the Fifth Avenue Theatre The company
ss always since 1t entered the amusement field threw
the burden its efforts on the musical score tne
satire OF the comedy being left pretty much to take care
of ITSELF In fact, the hnmor OF the evening ior 'ho
greater part was Of the involuntary kind aud came as
reflex action from observing the solemnty WIN "iion
Mr. Gilberts sparkling text was spoken The musicai
peces were SO well sung however, that the auueno0
seemed to restrain itself only with difficulty from ae
mandng repetition Of everything; Inc nun'o'r' l''
we're not repeated were the exception. ,, o,..o
The distribution Of parts placed that OF Odp ob 81 IL
ran in the hands OF Mr. Whitney who fouhd oon @ VI 80 ~
in the concerted parts whee transposit9h @ %s has o
,,ractcable little too high for his voice HIS nne pS
however sounded in the lower registers as hev wS
,nnsicai as ever il did when II was occupied cne VIII
the music of the classic oratorios Tom hal wS tho
,ets,o,e Mr. Barnabee Sir Joseph Porter; Georse
inrbam the one comedian OF the COMPANY, DeS % Deud
sve Miss Geraldine Ulmer, Josephfne; MISS m"tguo Hh
Ybiiljps Le Bulercp; and Miss Lizzie burton, HsGe.
There was considerable grace and brghtne.s apoS @ M
imars Josephine and her clear and true thougn sai
voice. was telling in the ensembes Io-ngnt ,Ie
pany will bring out an adaptatoh VI '"Ne' ~
MousQuetaires au Convent
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
MP 1RvINWs PERFORMANCES.

The farewell engagement OF MT. Irving anu
Miss Terry proceeds at the Star Theatre TWO perform
ances of Eugene Aram" have been given, ana iaS'
night the comedy of Much Ado About Nothing y was
again presented In this Miss Terry takes the place OF
prominence by her sumptuous and sparkling impersona
ton Of Beatrice The spontaneous glee and the exquisite
grace of this performance the thorough sincerity of the
assumption and the seemingly artless art with which
IL IA accomplished make it Of the most delightful
works that adorn the stage was seen Win deep
satsfaction and received with eager. responsive ap,
nlause by large audience. Tonight the Merchant OF
Venice" win be repeated Mr. Irving apPearWHg as y my
Louis xL" are assigned for Friday and saturday Ie
plays selected for next week are Mueh Ado. ing :,
Merchant of Venice" Twelfth Night % Charles l.,
and the Lyons Mail" The latter piece will be gwen on
Saturday night March 81
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
GENERAL GRANT BRIGHTER.
HE GETS NOT MUCH SLEEP. BUT MORE
REST.
REsUMING LITERARY woRK-TAKING MORE FooD-
COCAINE GIVEN UP.

REsUSfING LITERARY wORK-TAKING MORE FoOD-
COCAINE GIVEN UP.
General Grant slept little better on Tues.
day night than he had on the four previous nights
though he did not have o good nights rest, takeI
as whole. He took short maps rather than long
continued sleep. During the periods when he was
awake, however, he was able to contro
his restlessness much better than hereto
fore, and rested even when he wa'
not sleeping Yesterday morning. just before daylight,
he got into sound sleep, which continued for some
hours without Interruption. and when he awoke he
sprang lightly out of bed and moved around more
brsky than he has done at any during the last two
weeks.
popularity of the epitheal cancer, in Its effect
upon the general health Of person. the irreguarity
that 1t establishes. For days the patient will
be terribly depressed and this condition
will be followed by period of exaltation wherein it
seems as II there ground to hope for recovery.
This exalted state however, when all the functions
seem to have taken a hold, as is now
SO plainly shown in General Grants case will
be followed by the depressed condition again, within
certain limited periods The General has had number
OF good spells at times that have lasted three
days, but they have always changed under the
influence and progress of the disease and there is
rubbing out the fact that he grows weaker, gradually,
all the time even though there may be spurs OF appar
eDt improvement or spells OF depression.
The General during the afternoon tooA rather an ex-
tended walk the track laid out through the
hall bedroom and library and seemed to
out of the window at the flying clouds Of dust and
pressed wish for quiet warm day, when he might
again take a drive through the park Toward
evening he grew especially bright, and taking
out his writing materials and manuscript put few iR-
shng touches on The Wilderness Campaign" which
he is writing for The Century. and went through
a considerable portion OF the second volume OF his
memoirs making corrections here and there In bold and
vigorous MANNER as II be was pleased to return to his
literary work. The dinner hour found him still busy
his book He wanted to down ~ with the family,
but as the house slightly chilly IL not deemed
best Tor him TO do
He took food Mt frequent intervals during the
day and at night ate than he ate at any time for q
long while. His family say that he has taken create
quantity Of food to-day than they ever saw him take
when IN health. He has appetite, how
ever, and only eats because he has to.
stmulants and anodynes have both been aban.
dOned, as falling TO produce sleep Plenty OF food
before going 10 bed is being given to him and with
better result His throat has changed III appearance
As there is local pain cocaine has been given up and
the ulcers busted with rodoorm. The General went
to bed last night feeling better than he has for two
weeks.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
CABS AND THEATRE TICKETS

The Aldermen's Law Committee yesterday
agreed TO report next week in favor of an ordinance per
mitting cabrivers to patrol the streets with theii
vehicles at night while looking for passengers, and I'M
posing fine of $40 all drivers who solicit passengers
in front of designated public stands The question oil
rates then came mp. Chairman O'Dwyer suggested me
following: Cabs for or two passengers twenty nNe
cents per mile 81 hour; coaches for one or TWO PCT
sons fifty-fve a mile or 81 90 an honr uouDle
rates allowed above Seventy secondst III was ue-
cided TO hear the Cabmen the matter tomorrow
Mr. O'Dwyer proposed that the ticket Spectator or
dnance he amended as to abolish theatre ticket spec
ulaon altogether and limit the sale Of tickets to the
regular box office In places OF amusement He also pro-
posed that il he made msdemeanor to charge any ad-
vance the authorized published rate OF prices Tor
theatre tickets the penalty TO be 800 and the Mayor 10
he authorized TO refuse grant 10 revoke the license
for any theatre whose proprietor so oiends Ihe COM
mttee agreed 10 report such an ordinance.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
Pos, once Notice

Letters for Europe DO specially directed zoe
py any particular steamer order 10 seclro spdy
delivery az all rranSAuanti; u@is re iof-
wanei by the fastest vessels available - =, IN -,
Foreign the week eniins h@rcu L. VIII eioss
fpRoMPILY IN ali casesl at this once as follows
TUURspAY-At ll30 a. m. for Europe per s. siy OF
Richmond Queenstown a. p N tor Besu.noa @ pus
"a trinidad at D. m. for Nassau, n ~ ana Ssn,isxS
S,hs nerS santiago; l:35 for Cuba and forto
Rico Via Havana and for Csmpeche CniapzS Isoasoo
ann ucatan Mexlc, per Guy OF PusDa let.es ioS
other Mexican states must be directed per Sv ot
Puebla ~; at 1850 D. for Vera Cruz dirscL y, .
Whitney via Qetters must DO drected pee
steamer via New.Orlesns u -, ,. .l
sATURDAY-At M for %.r,ns.n.s Brssu via Bsiss.
Pernambuco. PER 8. Marannensc' ',s'sS ssS
more letters must directed per II
pm'' for the windward Islands per s. riAmooroagn.
ya pnnanS Antwerp letters must be directed pef
~, At LAO o m Ouba West Indies and Nas'
san n p per AA Newport via havana
,,,,s sor CHINA and Japan. CITY OF New-York Wa
san % Frsncisco). close hero March ~ % on
Nal, for Australia. New.Zeaand, sandwich and fX
isiands per CITY OF sydney tvla san franciscSe soea
nara April y &C D. Tor On Arrival ~ Nc"'fork -
= a Republc win British mails for AustraAial
.The schedule Of Trans Paoas mail, sasg:S
nm the presumption Of their uninerrupeo uas
San Francesca Mails from the East srFns or .s ~ az
San Erancisco the day VI sailing ot srs ~
patched thence tho sane Siy a. PEARSON. Poasuassse
Post omca New.y0rk n. x. March y asSe
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
TO pIvoRcE L0CAL AND STATE ELECTIONS

u
A meeting of the Young Mems Republican
Club was held last night in Its rooms, No. 81 West
rwcnty-seventh-st About sixty members present.
Thomas f. Wentworth presided Twenty new mem
bers we're elected Tie Committee on State and City
Affairs reported in favor Of supporting the Sinking Fund
bill and the bill create park in the annexed district.
The committee reported in opposition oshe bill creating
two more police Justices in this city Judge NJ s. Isaacs
i'm behalf of the committee offered special report IN
favor OF proposed constitutional amendment separate
ing the muncir al and local elections from state and
National elections. and biennial sessions OF tie Legsla-
ture. This amendment was offered IN the place ~ the
proposed Spring Elections bill Judge Isaacs said the
feiuIes OF the amendment were provisions for state
elections In the fall OF years and for municipal
elections In fall OF odd years the extension OF the
Office OF senators 10 four years. OF Assembymen
TO two years, OF state administrative officers 10 four
years. and OF city officers 10 two years or multpes OF
two. lie said that this measure would accomplish the
purpose the spring Elections hil that OF dvorcing
contests which deals and trades would affect the will
OF the people and the great expense and the public
commoion of too frequent elections The committees
rcpOrt WAS unanimously adopted.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
THE COMEDY THEATRE.

Miss Alice Harrison, having recovered from
the illness caused by recent accident by which she
was wounded the foot reappeared at the
Comedy Theatre Monday evening In the character OF
Irion The performance OF Mr. BurDands onrlesque
goes on before. and is exceedingly merry ana
sprghtly and thus 1t provides valuable element OF
nub,c pleasure. Mss Alice Harrison has introduced
new business, and comedian, Mr. +. DE Angels, has
appeared in the character of Bacchus There are now
three male performers in the castthe other two being
Mr. Harry Brown and Mr.. Fred Lennox, as Mnerrd ana
T5anvoeds The idea of a cast made up exclusively Of
women seems to be dropped For those who wish TO
for those who delight accomplished burlesque acting,
the performance given by Miss Alice Harrison proves
equally study and pleasure. Miss Pauline Hau mas
retired from the piece and the character OF Venns Is
represented by Miss Lilly West.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
STEPHEN Il. MOVES.

Stephen Il. Noyos. the well-known librarian
Of the Brooklyn Lbary and author OF what is regarded
the best library catalogue made died Sunday
az De Land. Fla whittier be went early In the winter
for his health. He born At Cambridge. Mass. in
1884 and was graduated at Harvard College IN 1858,
President Eliot being of his classmates Mr. Noyess
father professor OF Greek and Hebrew In the college
The To Brooklyn IN 1857 and had charge Of n
library tho AthenTum, out Of which grew the Mercan-
tile now tho Brooklynl Library. In 1866 '67 and 6s
Mr. Soyes had charge of the Congressional Library In
Washington but returned 10 brooklyn In 1909 To take
charge of the Mercanti. Library when It's fine building
la Monta erected. lie lnbored for years
IN the preparation of the catalogue which published
IN 1881 IL rs system OF ciossreferences II Is un
cquuled and 10 Is much In other public libraries
as IN the one for which II was Iecally prepared
Mr. Noyes saw the Brooklyn Library grow from 5000
5000 volumes and he secured many literary treas
Ircs for IT, His devotion his injured hts health
and he South for the winter To get relief from gas
trts But the weather In Florida induced cold
which FASTENED his death. lie left widow ana two
children. HIS body Is expected to reach Brooklyn on
Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
DIsGRUNTLED AND GR0OTY RosECRANs.


Washfngton Dfspatch % The Rochester Herald.
Rosecrans is sore and grOuty. THERE'S prob
ably in the United States who Ia so dsgrunted
the passage Of the Grant retirement bill old
Rosey" He feels so much resentment In his bosom
that his accustomed urbanity entirely departed
instead Of the jolly pleasant old fellow that
to be- ne has degenerated into Grabbed queruous old
bore. The trouble seems to be with his liver and his
pocket-book. Your correspondent rode q mile on a
street-car with him at midnight the other night and
the retired list at astr' To this old Roscy replied
Yes and he has already had 81 900 interest from his
fund this year. It's d-d shame. / wish had one
tenth the tell you, young man, this idea
that Grant great military hero Is all moonshne
won't stand the Light of history IL will not be many
years before the eyes the country opened and then
Grant viii stand forth In his true light The idea Of
giving man nearly 500 600 year out of the treasury
simply because he did his duty is wrong. think the
FIRST step that Congress ought TO have taken Is IN pro-
vide clerks members OF the House. IL the
try IL poor provide clerk for each Congressional
district 1t is time we shut up shop"
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
OBITUARY NOTES.

WASHINGTON. March 11.-R. X. Elliot, q
eknOw member OF the bar OF the District Of Columbia
died his home In fayetteville, Md, tins morning.
NEw-oRLEANs, March ll-Andrew Woods. coored
died here today age 10 lie often boasted that
he had been the body servant Of General Lafayette
Thomas ID. willetts, wealthy member OF the Society
OF Friends died on Tuesday night at Flushing from
typhoid fever He tor many years supervisor of me
town. and director o the Queens County Bank ana othei
leaves widow aud two His estate Is valued al
100000. lie Republican.
Stephen Field farmer in the Purchase, town OF iiarr
son, WeStcheser died Tuesday evening age eighty
1--WE.
Gardiner Sherman, age eight-iour died from heart
disease the house his sister. Mrs h. H. uuDDel at
Fayette, Iowa. February 25 He was formerly er-
chant this city,
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
CREDITORS or IHE BRUNSWICK.

About seventy five creditors OF the Hotel
Brunswick their representatives met at the hotel yes
tcrday 10 decide upon the they should follow
After enjoying agoOl lunch the meeting was called to
order ana d. d. Acker Of the firm OF Ackcr, Merrall
Condit called to the chair. For an hour or more
the situation discussed by various Of the creditors
but entire harmony prevailed Ii was the general feeling
that everything that possible had been done by the
proprieOrs OF the hotel and that their dcuty was the
result rather OF misfortune than bad management The
assignee Mr. SOuthgate. also referred 20 In Halter
ing terms and a resolution passed asking him To continue
10 administer the affairs OF the hotel for the present and
until further action taken by the creditors Finally
il was concluded 10 appoint committee WHO should re-
port at a meeting 10 be held next Monday nt o'clock
The committee consisted OF A. B. Power. d. ID. Acker A.
II. C0rnen L. NJ. Fcss and Leopold strauss. The com
mittee will investigate the affairs thoroughly during the
remainder of the week
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
SOCIAL INCIDENTS IN WASHINGTOM.
FIRST RECEPTIONS BY THE FAMILIES OF THE NE"

CABINET OFFICERS.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-The families OF
the new Cabinet officers, with the exception Vi
the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary Vi
the Interior, held their first receptions to-ua!'
The transfer of society to new houses ana ioc'ieS
marked .the new social era. Est, which, por hei'
four seasons has been the Of much social e
was quiet to-day and an unusual array Of carriages was
before the home Of the Secretary OF state IN tha
part of known Highland Terrace
The house showed no change. The double pariors
which are not large, attractive with cut ho"erS'
In the first Mrs Bayard received while In the oher
Miss Bayard sat at pretty table serving tea ana was
assisted by her sister, Miss Anna Bayard Boh "oro
dresses of white embroidered muslin ovcr puc sllA -
At the Arlington Mrs. Manning wife OF the secTe'.
of the Treasury received In her private par&os & hr
Villas the wife of the Postmaster General, was WIN ner
and the two held Joint reception Here also the rooms
were fOwcr-scented and as thronged as tme & pW
the Secretary ofState: Among the strahgcrS "oio '
from New York and Wisconsin. A., couo-
On the floor below, Mrs. Endcott, wife OF tne secre
tary of War received alone and between and O'Clock
the number of callers became crowd, filling her TWO
parlors. go. a., >-,.-. oor,s ,vcre
left for Mrs. Whitney who is out Of the city. .
Visitors at the home OF Attorney Garland were
received by his mother Mrs Hubbard who has presided
over her SONS household since death of his WIFE, His
only daughter is a young girl yet at school - ,
m 5sr S, moi in
taken rooms the Metropolitan CLUB ,,ordr,crs
At Wizards the wife OF Vice,Pres,aen. icnrI ncIock
Perhaps more interest was given TO this recrpt.on
from the fact of its being the first held by he me "
Mrs Cofax did the honors while her husband was Vice
President. in General Grants first term the
the callers making the round %,oyCn wsr' Mrs. Mrs
Van Rensselaer, Berry. Mrs. Clayton McMichael,
Admiral John Rogers. Mrs. Johu G. Carlisle, exseere,
and Mrs PAYNE the wife OF Representative Beach, OF
New York, and Mrs. and Miss spriCgs.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
THE REG ULAR TICKET Defeated.
RESULT OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB CONTEST - GOOD
FEELING PREVALENT, HOWEVER.

RESULT OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB CONTEST - GOOD
FEELING PREVALENT, HOWEVER.
A few minutes before O'clock yesterday
morning the weary telers who counting up the
votes cast at the NewYork Athletic Club election
finished their labors and the result was announced.
The regular" ticket had suffered total defeat
and, with one exception. the "club" ticket
was elected. Z. d. Barness had been
dropped ana that OF W. 8. Stanton sub
stituted. For the forthcoming year therefore the
following officers will direct the Of the leading
athletic club Of the country after each is placed
the number OF votes received President, william X.
Travers (072D yice-presdent, A. " de Gocoura C725)
secretary, Albert H. Wheeler an; treasurer. William
Wood C92O captain. Walter G. Schuyler 745); COVER
nors, Seth b. French O3D, John j. McCook
(9op' Charles Z. Quincy G02) Jennings s.
cox w40, Thomas r. Keator C42)
Rutgers Van Brunt sO3). Edward g. Innet 979), Otto
sarony g923. W. s: stanton $50, Joseph j. oDonohue
N62 or these Messrs. Travers, Wood, McCook, Van
Brnnt innet ODonohue and Stanton were also on the
about the oftce OF vicepresdent A. Ii. Curtis, the
regular candidate received but 235 the
fortunate rival and congratulated him. for despite the
bitterness OF the contest both sides the two chiefly
interested nave remained on the most friendly terms
Ihete was much discussion over the result in business
ana wall street circles yesterday In the Stock Exchange
tn9fe was much ubilaon as the club ticket was also
called The stock Exchange ticket, SO identified
was 1t with the members Of that body.
on all sides however, 1t admitted that Mr.. de
Goconra was likely to make excellent vice president
though the friends OF Mr. Curtis naturally caimld that
notnng could outweigh his thirteen years dey stion To
the interests OF the club Some other the club
ticket however did not fare well a the hands OF the
defeated party 10 was asserted that such wellknown
athletes "a Messrs Knowton, Fitzpatrick, Wilmer and
1eoinans had been "knifcd 4" in favor of
whose amateur standing is slightly questionable
III Is also said that the athletic element OF the club has
not received fair show In any way. On the other
hand club party claim that the services Of their
candidates. though recent have any rate been
valuable as those ~ their rivals Mr. Woods action has
been questioned by who that In accordance
with his duties secretary he should have sent each
member of the regular ticket This, 1t ~ said he
dld not do. but sent circular rejecting the nOmina
Ing committee and enclosed with IL opposition ticket
However the general feeling IL that the wsest plan is
now To let the new officers have fair show and SEQ II
they cannot run the club successfully their predc
cessOrs
New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN BROOKLYN.

A programme of charming orchestraI ihusio
was performed at the Academy of Music In BrooHS u
yesterday afternoon the occasion being the hith
Of the series Of matinees projected by the
Society of that city These inanees have been reharh
ably successful this year, and have unoouo'eus oo
tributed not little toward preparing the way ior .he
,.ora comnrehensye scheme in contemplation py MT
rhoas and his faithful friends for next season. Ihere
was nothing novel in yesterdays list OF R,eoes out ~
seemed almost as il in drafting II, Mr. ihoD'as mnu ~
The musc which had caused the gratest pleasure
on Former occasions II opened with We6ers overture
70 the Ruler OF the Spirits which was ioqWea ps
svmnhony of Schubert in minor. Brahmss nun nun
saIian Dances" Norwegian Rhapsody py emu th
six characteristic pieces illustrative OF as many M
by Moszkowsky, the other nun pers ior & .ne r
md Mr. oesierle payed flute solo. and gave sucn
Keen pleasure with it that he was called on or
mental piece.