The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-07-14

o. . Museum II vs substantially built Of marble, |
but has been altered and improved much since the
early days Of Its Museum fame and vilhs wa dry
and time vsrn ths, but little wonder 10 expressed OF
Ito speedy destruction, Aner the Ere had obtained
any hesdwsy. Bar pun bought the collection Of curl
osites In 1912, aud opened the show tusness' a.
a permanent occupiiion in this city lie had
Teen q tsvfIing Snowman le thi, Had
eo, bl, nsne up by exhibiting Joyce Heih to crowds
! Of pecp,e Al Niblos Gaieen. souGdet's Mufeum did
no; amount 10 much Wien BAinun Lousht II, and In
. nev ears be obtained the old Pesle's MuSeum, on
Broadway. opposite tie City Hall He the two
IN opposition for several seasons and then made
"hll" by securing atom Thumb" lie next
Travelled 10 Europe with Tom" and sent home
lot, Of eurio,itie, Amer making fortune in thi.
way, be secured Jenny Lind and made another by
| inuoiucins the swedish Nightingale" to her
American admirers, The public are vel acquainted
vilh all biz successful "buInbugL" and never found
mach taul, With them, because Btrnum always gave
bic patrons the full value Of the "quNtie be eIact
81 for admission to his pl,ce Of public Amusement
In the jerome Click sp- culation, Darnun got
" wound up" For several year, he was forced to ro-
tire from public view, A. o-ner and manner Of the
tulidinr uh creditors tens dispo.ed Of q new
energy hd lust tegun TO give tho great
shor tnAn glimpse- Of that other fortune bis
,uooes,ful management o. the Mrseum vas ntc'y
dashed aside his hopos and viii doubt "s pre-
vent lin for time from tstine that cue and COM
fort be vts looking forward to, ga recently see;ed
LEGISLATOR and homo ed man In h!s native State. HIS
usual enoIgy dl'piiyed In the iollowinr SharacIer.
ishc note dispatched Yesterday afternoon to :. II.
Burd, Fec, his son-n Law and manager.
} BrdJepo-t, 2 =. ~, Don't fret Bit over ,he
the uilolltcs, hut on mu t'es that C. rots iealy
TO 20 "a by sstuidy's .le,me tnsrs' hi, p's''ee
bills sf csthanto 70! $4,000 poynd.. l. ,n iep'ace
man, Of he entio.itle,, BY i9ctlns on, ,hsrp iot
iessy 10 buy them.
Those Who know B.rnum, viii believe that he
means To act In this emergency according to the
spirit Of the above and notw htArdinr the ct that
9 some greedy and rra,png Individuals have promul
" gated notice that they intend to establish irnme
di.tely new Nu'cuu. having already a capital Of
y saOLtOl the public will 10 slow 10 endorse such a
d movement when II /, sought 10 10 maze profitable
y uron the ruin, Of Eho has successfully catered
= - long for tho mor1l Amusement Of the people.
Il The following from the CoNJrRotAL Of last .vcn-
= Ing ~ portion OF tho interesting history connected
D. With Bamum'. Sureum
. The building va founded In 1918, q. Scuiter's
Museum, snd soon became i.vonte plWe Of resort
o In lsi2 NJ Ihinen' ] Bhtnnin hought Mr. scude g,
IN Broadway sud Ann street itoo posiing With II Tho
ID s o',"bil.hed IN isS and s ~ or many vesrs
70 leading object interest IN the city, The l.se tnd
iocstsd at No. $50 Brosi.ay. YES sho / tine sre
" add-d to the Mugeun. A. an evidence o. N. euly
q, pace Of rational amu,-r,eni ior me people il ma,
. he stated that at he o'mmenoement Of hi
- nearly broken by the n.bility Of the poor aud
ar tno.u nut .neTreile yorns man 70 on he - o
ny his rnertsnoy, M Balnum applied to Ms
nj Beach -ho E.n the; tine opr.etor Of he y ~
: aud 'Lst rentlomsn eSlnced h's intuit've snos ed
m Of chtrtc'ot ofuc1 by 'ecuily for HIM. II u
he needless 10 s,y that Mr. Beach To- moth b, his
W pSedly sckno-Ieased ii, p,,c,Nion OF Mr.
re 10 che 'ovce' N the ho'f % need ana IN latte
IN tu iivr. 70 foTet nothing Of the pist In IN cou
" melton 9TH the rtcnt Snowman, except the los
r. ,hl,h ha, be'aien he pube as vel a. ths o~usr o
n. nuiins he slrvcn m,n'h, ending an Ma 81 III
Of hD led ssa Ssh, on.,a a bSo nSS
or ard ofty oar 20 Ian. THIS via give atou' olc NJ
=. ! liol ami quatc' Of visitors for eleven mo1 he
en- How many Millions Of * tos have visited be M
OIL s"uin SAGE - foundation II Is Of coulse mp = bI
eScn.iyely phironised q Anr pace " the o!untr
hJ On hoda, occasions u h's lceL ~. Barnun' &c
,m tee % gIve entertainments nmoIt eye boar du In
Il dav, aud the place guld be th'on ed lom me
va until late at nlsht win q I,yt,ns ,toan eio.sin
Dre hHi Iu eonnnenerd untor NE most fave. abe "a
~. p,ess and the panonne Of Tho Green Mon.t.,
ose vac BENG performed TO crowded audiences, IN tn
erp lecture loom, day aud eSeuing.
led HUMptS0s o., IaoYTp.
lid The FIRE, which broke out about half-pNt tvelv
ted O'clock not brought under the comp ste conro
The Of the hremen until three ocoos. ~hch time IL
yo- foo~inS building, had been tota y destroyed;
us Binum'. Museum, Nor. 2is, go and 1872 Broad
an. way an Noe sand Ann ,ner. -,
'u Knox. Bulllins No az bro-d' a., and l6i, IL
on and 1855 tulson tlee'.
thu On n onlEuy Nos. PA and eif.
80 IN fulton stI eel, Nos III and i4a.
VA On Ann sue l. Nos. II II and Is.
yer Nearly halt tho block wa converted into ,mou'
Ia. srns heap Of brick, and rubbish In les, tina
u three hours
D The hre companies worked with 8 will, and We
reinforced Ivy the Brooklyn, Je-sy City, and Hob
ard hen companies and several up-to~n coupania n
"a following companies we're the ground Hob
eet Aen and ~ould have done good service, but Oh.
Decker said he bad enough men on hand from u
'sT- town :-Ens!ue l. Engine 3 Excelsior Oceanu, Ho
the lose G. and tenders 10 engines with 1900 feet
'~d hoss
sir' LossES TrO.
roof The folio-ing IL Let Of loses could
W" sscsrtained at late hour last evening No Is Ar
ten street French & Wheat Printers $500; Dick
lun FitzsetAld, Publiehe1s SSnOOO-insurel 10 Al
tue street John r. Byrne, Tailor G. Bellman, Wo
re- FnsrIyer Auderhub, Pootet-book Manufacture
was Forbes Engrsverj j. ROss, Liquors Jean Occur
med LAferbisr damage no, known. 10 & II Ann stie
Jones 4 Kenwood, shoe store j. Kennedy, Los
smith. Sam street n. ehaGet W. &, Robins
eral photographer; Thomas Barton, printer,
the msged by water. Ann street. Groots d
fall ing saloon. Ann street. Glover. trus'
lace Ann street, Nolan liquors, Mar
ana trusfes totally destroyed; dArnAse not ascertain
we're q20 Broadway, su bns, seg,rs $40 BoaiwAy,wh
AGED halter; baseIIenL Van Name, dining saloon;
lea B-oidvuy, Raymond 3 Son, dining saloon ba
ho-s menL e. Uyits live and Let Live restaurgu