The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-13
DECREASE IN THE RECEIPTS.
| Decided Falling on In Customs Revenues
During This Month.
EX-PREST CLEVELAND AND COY. HILL.
They Are Invited 60 Attend the Augusta Gar
Exposition-Trial of w. II. ihe'' -"
gins-New York News.
NV YoRK BuREAu, RICHMOND IIMEs'
Npw YORK. June IL, 1871.

From June LIST 20 June lOtn inclusive *@'"or
coz n uas collected. The amount Tor the DIST
ten DAVIS of June, 1890, the file shows 10 nave
been s4.357, 4A7.6a.
covernor Hill arrived at che Hotel NOT
mandie this morning. Hon. fatrck "aiS"'
ad;,oy Of the Augusta Chronicle. r. r. Archer,
- Richmond. Va, and r.. p. Branch OF
Ircusta. Ga. called and invited him TO attend
,1a F,nositjon. which will open at Augusta
DURING the week beginning september zls1-
M 2overnor said that he was slated LOT u
x,sit 10 Atlanta on September. lsth LOT the
Grady memorial services, 50 ne hau oueDIue'
An invitation was also extended 70 eh-rfes-
dent Cleveland MIR. Cleveland promised TO
give an answer at an early date'
PUNISHED HIS son.
rrr.1 vary r~ecentlv Bernard Wittmer held a
nosition as typewriter at a minor salary IoIa
Ann in this city. Wittmer's father lately
d;ad and left a most unique viii. IL leaves
the Young typewriter a German Caste Oh 29o
5ooms. an income of 81. 800, and trustee ora
fortune of a., 900, 900 TO be heid by MN ioi az
son when he becomes OF age. ga MAJ
Wittmer left this mail sum to his son De,
cause he had made extravaganza use OF ,So'VVV
which had been before gwen MN Oy MS
father. Bernard Wilmer mace MS money III
the cotton trade in the South, where ne became
acquainted with the Young woman VINO pc
came Bernard...Jr.'s mother. lie returned 10
Germany and came back TO the South, but
would not marry the girl.
TRIAL OF w. d. RHETT.
William b. Rhett, the steamship office clerk
who WAS indicted several months ago On a
charge of assaulting several little girls, was
placed on trial in the Court OF General SESSIONS
to-day. Rhett comes from the well-Bnown
and wealthy family of the Rhetts of South
Carolina. He was represented to-day by ex-
District Attorney Fellows, ex-senator Grady
and Colonel Appleby. of Charleston, >. l..
The work Of getting a jury may exhaust sew
eral panels.
eral agent for the New York Life Insurance
Company for the West Indies and Spanish
America. is a d~efaulter of the company's
funds. He is said to have confessed. The
loss may amount to T450,OOO. The company
will lose nothing, as Merzbacners partners
will be held responsible.
THE GOVERNOR PROTESTED.
Among the arrivals this morning were Sir
Ambrose Shea. Governor of the bahamas,
Lady Shea and their daughter. The Gov
ernor protested against the custom-house e&-
animation. saying that be was a subject oi the
Queen and occupied a high position IN the
British Government, and that his baggage
ought to be passed without examination. Ills
baggage was examined just the same. lie
comes on a pleasure trip.
SOUIHERNEhS IN NEW 1oAhs
1t has been noticed that the South IS con-
tributing very largely 10 the influx Of visitors
10 New York this season. Already the MOTEL
corridors and parlors are thronged with South
ern residents. Among the recent arrivals
from Richmond are: At the st. Denis Is.
Lightfoot. b. j. AlsOp, l.. g. Tlnsley; 81.
NichOlas-J. tB. Maroon; Hoffman House
w. D.. Cussen. From Norfolk: At the Cont
nental-J. ID. Copper, Jr., Rev: j. W~hltehurst'
st. Denis-W. ID. ROuntree; Grand Central
f. B. Hodges; st. Thames. S. Pickett; I'm,
perial-L. D. Smith, D. j. Towner; Ashland
House-A. L.. Mcclellan; Gedney House..
and II. Davis; st. Denis-M. Winston, e.
Mahoney. From Roanoke: At the ST. Denis
X. p. Crenshaw Cosmopolitan-E.. h.
Fowles; Gilsey-J. Il. Porter.
From other points in Virginia are j. T.. Har-
ris. j.. b. Walker, at the Astor House W.
Ford. Miss +. Donovan, at the Sturtevant: L.
S. Bailey, E.. b. Thaw, at the st. Denis Mrs.
l.. Tyler, j. F. Christian. at the Gllsey W; A.
Anderson, at the Everett, and w. II. Hur-
kamp, Jr., at the st. James.
THE AUGUSTA EXPOSITION.
Mr.. j.. w. Carwile, a prominent merchant
of Augusta, Ga, was seen at the tltth-avenue
Hotel to-day. Mr.. Carwile is here with MAJOR
Thomas 2. Branch, a large banker OF that
city, and Patrick Walsh, editor of the Augusta
Chronicle. to invite ex-President and Mrs.
Cleveland and Governor Hill TO the EXPOSE
ton, which opens In Augusta NO
vember 9Th. u think our visitors
in the fall" said Mr.. Carwile, will be quite
surprised at the wonderful strides made by
Augusta. Our population has increased 10
such an extent that our citizens are now
building on the north side of the river. ,Busl-
ness with US has grown, and our people are
full of the energy and pluck that go to make
a great city. Real estate in Augusta IS Just
now on the boom. Some large prices have
been paid for valuable properties and every
body seems to be making money. Our cotton
interests are growing every year and we are IN
the very heart of the watermelon district"
Mr.. AsH-MRs. MARSHALL.
The wedding has just been announced of
Airs. Henriette A.. Marshall, of Virginia, to
Mr.. John Morgan Ash, Jr.. of Philadelphia.
the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Twentieth
street and Tenth avenue. The Rev. f. A.
Hoffman, dean of the General Protestant
Episcopal Seminary, Chelsea Square, per-
formed the ceremony. Only q few friends
were present. The bride, who is a daughter
of the late Joseph Atkinson. left town with
her husband Immediately after the ceremony
for the South.
THE sLAvIN-KILRAN FIGHT.
The Granite Club of Hoboken has decided
that the price of admission to their club
room on Suburban evening. June 10th, TO
witness the S~lavin-kirain contest. will be $40
for irst-class membership tickets. which will
tulllic liz nO4Otl a. NO = III NLC
inner Enclosure. They have also issued second
class membership tickets. emitting the bearer
70 q seat in the amphitheatre. TIN price of
these tickets will be $40. The building has been
remodeled inside, and the inner or box circle
has been platformed in tiers rising one above
the other, and the chairs have been sectloned
off and numbered. The seating capacity of
this portion of the house is limited TO $50.
The outer circle or amphitheatre is provided
with bench seats, and will accommodate
$500. A good view of the ring and principals
can be had from every seat in the house.
wALL-sTREET ECHOES.
At the request of Messrs. Watson & Gibson
Hon. Edward S.. Lacey. Comptroller of the
Currency, has furnished that firm with a
specially prepared table showing the cash
in hand" of the banks of eleven Western
States. WHICH makes a most striking exhibit
of the greater internal cash resources of the
West and confirms the contention Of Messrs.
Watson d Gibson that the interior is much
better supplied with money tomove the crops
than at any previous season. Tn figures are
as follows:
Total cash in hand. comprising national
bank notes, fractional currency, legal-tender
notes and certificates OF deposit for legal
tender notes, May -. 1889. $79,3 l5. 1920; May
II, 1880, S75, 9Sl, 9lS; May 4, 1891, SS9,6 Ga, 404.
This shows a net increase of $13. $50. 900. or
is per cent. in the actual cash reserves'of the
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