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Show Retrenchment Ball. The young men's retrenchment ball, at the Twelfth Ward School-house, School-house, "on Thursday evening, was a success throughout. " The guests complied com-plied with the request of the managers, man-agers, and appeared in plain costumesneat, cos-tumesneat, though not gaudy or frivilous. Upwards of two hundred ladies and gentlemen were present, yet there was not a kid glove to be seen nor was there a "steel pen" coat visible. - The, occasion was pne of social enjoyment. |