The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-08
CAPT. DIEz ENTERAINs.
a Complim entsrY Breakfast on III
Miguel u. Pinillos.

a Com plim sntsry breakfast On sn'
Miguel II. Pinillos.
Capt. Ydelfonso Diez of the Spanish
steamship Miguel " PiniIlos. lying az the
Upper press wharf, taking on q cargo Of
cotton for Barcelona, celebrated the first visit
Of his vessel to this port yesterday by enter
tanning a number of invited guests at
breakfast yesterday aboard tine shir. The
party was largely Spanish and Of Spanish
extraction, but included a number OF Ameri-
cans, several ladies being In the party
/ Visitors who were inspecting the ship at the
time were cordially invited to partake Of It's
| hospitality.
The breakfast was served in Spanish
style and was one long to be remembered
/ by those present. Ii was after l O'Clock
when the guests and officers Of the ship
gathered in the elegant dining salon. YER
| mouth and dry sherry were served as appe-
! Tiers, after VIII oh the guests were invited
| to be seated. Capt. Diez sat at the head Of
the table, with Senior Don Y. Perez
Petinto, Spanish consul, on his right and
Mrs. Rafael s. Sslas on his left. Among
TIE guests were Raphael S. Salas, Mr. and
Mrs. A. c. Bacon, Merritt w Dixon,
Mr.. aad Mrs. J. W. lyman, VIM.
Hunter, Miss Irene Courteney, z. a.
Cults, Don Fernando Esteve, Walter.
Curtis, Frank @. Strachan, Arturo and
Fernando PereZ-Pet11to, George Rolf and
l.. ". Neeson. Besides Capt Diez, DR..
Jose Ma lutl Fegseli and Francisco Gibernar,
Jose has, Fsderlc1 Sarona and Maguinista
Sabine Arrisga, officers of the ship, were in
the party. A partial lis. of the menu is as
follows:
Vermouth-Dry Sherry.
Oysters on the Half Shell.
Amoatlada Sherry.
Ouevuos al PLANTING,
Vino Allea.
ArroZ a Ia Valencian2.
ManZanillO
Fallina Tostada.
Jerez de la FrOntera
CoStillRS de PuercO.
MOscatel Amontillado.
Bacalao a la Nizcainna.
Reines Mousseaux
Almordivas la Espano, Pastas, Fruitas.
Postres de la ReIna.
Chartreusse.
Demie Tasse.
The breakfast was an elegant one and the
service excellent. No French chef could
have excelled the repast furnished by the
steward of the Pinillos
The meal was lengthy as well as enioya.
bic one, and lively conversation was
carried on in English and Spanish. Capt.
Diez and the officers Of the ship paid the
ladies many handsome compliments but
they we're all in Spanish. They were kindly
interpreted by Rafael Salas, interpreter for
the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, and Walter Curtis of Roosevelt &
Esteve, as well az the toasts and speeches
which followed.
Rafael Salss proposed the first toast 20
Capt. Diez, and his family in Spain, to
which Capt Diez responded by a toast to
the ladies. Both speeches were In Spanish.
Other toasts were responded to by Don Sr.
Perez-Petinto, Don Sr. Esteve. DR.. Basseli
and others. First Officer Sr. Gibernan
spoke in the Catalonian dialect, which is
peculiar and not understood by many of
the Spaniards themselves. Spanish songs
we're sung by Mr.. Salas and others.
1t was nearly O'clock when the table |
was cleared. The guests aud other visitors
who had come on board then inspected the
ship, under the direction of the officers
The Pinlllos is the largest vessel that ever |
loaded from the Savannah wharyes. |
Besides having capacity OF
about 10000 bales of cotton be-
low deck, she has accommodations for
800 passengers and is very handsomely
fitted up. She is owned by Pinillos, Saenz |
q Co., of Cadiz. and is part of a regular
line OF steamships owned by that company |
ana running regularly between Barcelona |
and the West Indies. During the cotton |
season they load with cotton from the
southern ports on their return trips Eff.
forts are being made to have the company
establish regular line Of steamships be- |
tween Barcelona and Savannah during the |
cotton season.