Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-29
THE WATERBuRY EVENING DEMOCRAT FRIDAY JUNE 29 sss
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 Elained, the House very willingly agreed to give the $S0, 900.

SECaETAB1 WHITNEY was passenger on the train that was wrecked on the Virginia Mid- laad Railroad on Saturday night He was on his way to White Sulphur Springs, accompa- nied by Mrs. Whitney and Miss Pauline. They were on sleeper. near the middle of the train, and were not injured in the least. Their car did not leave the track When the track was cleared they kept on their way to the Springs. where they will remain until Tuesday. Itwas an odd circumstance about ths accident that the Secretary was not accompanied by his right bower, McCann, who is usually present with the Secretary oD every occasion. During tho fourteen years of Macs service with MT. Whitney, the latter hns ventured alone on ex- petitions only three times, and on each occa- sion something disagreeable has occurred.
 IT is stated at the Navy Department that the cruiser Boston Is practically completed and that tho work on the Chicago is progress ing satisfactorily. She will probably be fln- lshed in sixty days.
 MRS. CLEVELAND hns disappointed the the Virginians who were making great preparations to receive her and tho President at the commencement exercises of the Uni- versity of Virginia on the 27th inst. Some time ago delegation of Viryinians called at the White House and extended Q cordial invi- tation to the President and Mrs. Cleveland to visit the Old Dominion. The invitation wns accepted by the President and conditionally by Mrs. Cleveland Afterward Senator-eleot Barbour and MT. Dedrich, the owner of the Montpelier, invited the couple to visit Presi- dent Madison's old home on their return from Charlottesville The anxiety to see the Presidents bride was very general, and most elaborate preparations had been made to givo Affincy af ho al of 1 ex-President Madison, owing to press of engagements, Mrs. Cleveland has felt com pellcd to announce that che cannot accom- pany the President on his trip. He will probably leave here on the evening of the 18th inst, and return on the 18th.
 THF PRESIDENT has got very mad and Secre- tary Whitney great deal madder over the l reports that a ring was being organized to benefit the Worldley Lane section, and con sequently to make Oak View and Grasslands more yalueable and accessible, and that nor tai aid from the White House and Navy Department was not wanting. It yexed Secretary Whitney so that it helped to make him sell Grasslands, of which he is now only i the tenant. The fact is, the roads were bad, and the bridges like those described by Tom Moore:
 i. In ruts and ridgss.
 :. With gaps between, like old women'S teeth. 2 | As people began to ride and drive out there more, the necessity for improvements became apparent. So Congress, passed a bill for a fine new bridge, and sent it up to the President for his signature on June 2. The President Q wouldn't sign it, though, and 1t became a law, at the expiration of ten days, without his signature. @ .t----rs-
 GREAT preparations are making for the gathering of veteran soldiers on the Gettys- burg battlefield during the week beginning next Saturday. Fifteen hundred tents were shipped to the field from the arsenal and 800 additional tents are being pitched for the use of the New Jersey delegation. There have also been shipped 1000 tents from the Schuyl- kill Arsenal by the United States Government. This encampment of the Grand Army will be the largest ever held.