Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-13

The New Hampshire Club on it's Way to
New Orleans-The Visit to Savannah
A Distinguished Party and How 1t



The New Hampshire Club on it's Way to
New orleans-The Visit to Savannah
A Distinguished Party and How 1t
Travels.
A special train of Pullman cars rolled
into the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway depot at 4:45 O'Clock yesterday
evening, with a party Of eXcursionists
made up OF about 100 of the most distin-
guished citizens of New Hampshire. They
are an organization known as the New
Hampshire Club. leading organization
in the Granite State.
The club was founded in 1880 by a num-
Der of prominent business men, who be-
came impressed with the idea that the
business interests of the State would be
benefited by an organization whereby
they would be brought together for the
purpose Of discussing its various indus
tries with a view TO increasing them and
developing its resources for manufacture
ing and commercial enterprise, and de-
termined to put this idea into practical
form. The club soon became one OF the
most prosperous associations in the New
England States, and now numbers over
400 members, representing all the leading
industries and branches OF trade in
New Hampshire, and an aggregate
capital Of over $S0,000,000. EX-Goy.
p. c. Cheney was its first President. 1t
now has on its membership rolls some OF
the most distinguished names in the East.
Hon. j. c. Moore. of the Manchester
Union, is its President.
AT its last meeting the club determined
| upon a trip through the South and visit
10 the New Orleans Exposition. The
party left Boston on Monday, and have
travelled via New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Richmond, Petersburg and
| Wilmington. They arrived at Charleston
at 9 O'Clock yesterday morning, and,
while there, visited Fort Sumter ana
the various points of interest in the
historic old city, and left for Savannah at
! 80 in charge of Capt. j. W. Craig, Mas
| ter OF Transportation OF the Charleston
and Savannah Railway, arriving here at
| 4:45. Among the party are Gov. y. W..
| Hale and Swife, Hon. 4. A. Cox, OF En-
| field; Hon. O. ID. Murray, Nashua; Hon.
| Stilson Hutchins, Washington, ID. c.;
Hon. Warren Brown and wife, Hampton
! Falls: Hon. Charles Holman and
/ wife, EashUa. and Hon. j. c..
Moore. editor Manchester Union.
| The other members are Col. {. H..
| Sawyer and vile, Dover; Miss Sarah Low,
| UOyer: Mrs. c. f. Bacon. Dover; Col. H..
| +. Chamherlin and wife, Concord; Perley
| Putnam and wife. Lac0niai DR.. G. W..
Clement and wife, Manchester; A. S.
| Haley and wife, Boston, Mass; A. A.
Perkins, Great Falls; q. G. Davis, MARI
| borough: w. NJ. Mason, Marlborough; H..
c. Merrill, Manchester; Mrs. w. 5.
| PiHsburv, Derry Depot; Miss Hattie
Z. Hardy, Derry Depot; Miss Mary
4. watts, Gancheeteri Miss Annie
E. Watts, Manchester; Z. f..
Gardner and wife, Manchester;
! ID. W. johnson and wife, Claremont;
VIM. stevens. Mt. Vernon; VIM. BHrling-
| game, Exeter; Allen n. Clapp, Mauohes-
| ter; Miss Annie NJ. Clapp, Manchester;
! Miss Alice Parker, Hanover; Miss Ellen
| 2. Walker, Manchester; Miss Henrietta
| c. Walker, Manchester; G. W. Lyman
and wife. Concord; George w. OsgOOd
and wife, Amesbury, Mass; Jacob +.
| Huntington and wife, Amesbury. Mass. ];
j. \. Cilley. Nottingham; DR.. Leonard
| French and wife, Manchester; W. II.
II. Young and wife, Boston, Mass;
! DR.. William +. Davis, Lebanon; +.
S. Nutter and wife, Concord; AL
| fred Morrill,, Cambridgeport, Mass; Geo.
| +. Hewitt and wife, Worcester, Mass. !;
| George Phelps and wife, Nashua; v. P.
Hussey and wife, Nashua; F. A. Gordon
and wife, Reeds Ferry; D. Yadmais,
/ Manchester. c. Il. TiltOn and wife, BOs-
ton, Mass: A. L. bliss and wife. Taun-
! ton, Mass; 5. B. Emerson, Milford; Henry
! l.. Emerson, WlltOnj Or. Z. n. TOwle,
| Concord; 6. 4. Foster, Concord; j. C.,
Badger, Concord; r. p. Kimball and
wife, Portsmouth,; Miss Frances A.
! Mathes, Portsmouth; Col. II. A. futile
| ard wife, Pittsfield Miss Hattie F. Tut
tie, Pittsfeld; 5. r. Baxter and
wife, Boston, Mass. Col. w. A..
| Crombie, Burlington, II Geo. p. Little,
| Pembroke; Mrs. Ira n. Blake, Pittsheldl
| A. r. Evans and wife, GOrham: Frede-
rick LOWS and wife, Boston, Mass. !;
! Frank w. Fits, Manchester; A. d..
| Stephenson, Newton, Mass; We II. c..
| FoIlansby and wife, Exeter; Samuel F..
| Brown, Pen 4cOok; J. G. Burnley and wife,
! Epping, Col. W y. Dow, Exeter; DR.. H..
| b. Burnhaa. Epping; Col. B. W. HOyt,
| Kpping, Col. j. G. Churchill and wife,
! Lebanon,
During their stay in savannah they
visited the various places of interest and
were impressed with the beauty OF the
| city and its vast commercial interests.
The train carrying the eXcursionists
| left at 30 last night in charge OF Mr..
! John Griffin, General Travelling Passen-
| ger Agent of the Savannah, Florida and
! Western Railway. am will reach Jack
| sOnyllie at O'Clock this morning. From
there they will 90 up the st. Johns river,
{ and vii. Lease Jacksonville Sunday morn
| Ing, arriving at New Orleans on Monday.
| They will remain there until Thursday
| evening, and will then leave for home by
| the way OF Washington, arriving in Bos-
ton Monday, Feb. %. The entire trip will
| be made in fourteen days.