The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-23
THE TIGER's LAIR.
The Hon. John MOErissey's Palace In
b. Hm Saratoga. uli' pf'f1

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Saratoga correspondence OF tho New York Sun.
The San man to-day paid visit to the
magnificent palace OF the Hon. John Nor
rissey. lie was politely received by Mr..
Spencer, one ol Mr., MorrissCy's partners,
and shown through the elegent saloons.
Mr.. MOrrissey has recently sold One.half
Of his interest In his business here 10
MVssrs Reed and Spencer, Of New York,
Tor 800, 900 cash, and MIR. Spencer Is now
here putting Ills house IN order for the
season. The new addition TO the palace
Is truly a gorgeous affair. II Is 80 by 10
leet, and Is one story In height, which
gives the largest room Ofits klnd In the
world The ceiling is ea ieet high, and ls
u perfect specimen Of the plasterers art
The room Is lighted by two immense Sky,
| lights, and by side windows as well
These windows reach from the ceiling to
the ilO0r and their easement, Us indeed IL
all the woodwork Ia the great salon, are
0fsolid black walnut, beautifully carved
in tigers heads, flowers, and fancy dr.
Dan1ntation. The saloon Is 10 ube
lighted by 100 glls.burners. Two Immense
chandeliers In bronze, with cut glass pend
ants, hing from the dOnie like skyllghts,
and beautiful delights are placed on the
walls Five immense French plate mir
rnrs with carved walnut and gilt frames
are placedln different portions OI the sa'
loon, and the lnanlels, nj which theirs are
two, area mass oil gliding aud carving
and gold plate On either side Of the Iire'
place and supporting tho tops Of the man
tells, ara massive and bTunHo figures repr0
sentlng various NEUROLOGICAL characters.
The carpet on tho floor IL q French mo-
guette, and cost 81 u yard. lttOOk 450
yards Tor the room. The furniture Ia OF
tile most gorgeous description. Itis all
Of walnut, richly lnlaid with gill, and up
hOlstered III mOquette Of crimson and gold,
Tigers heads, with mouth wide open, dis
playing rows ol golden teeth, are carved
Ia the backs Ol the chairs and sofas, and
the gaming tables arc OrnAmented In u
similar way. These later are ofrosewOod,
most beautifully carved andrgilded. IA
solid silver roulette wheel will be placed
IN the room with other gaming inBtru
menis. Massive bronZes aud other OK
penslve ornaments are scattered around
The saloon In the greatest prOfuBion, and
the whole appearance Of the apartment Is
grand In the extreme. wl'r ut ,asl.
! Immediately In the rear Of the new ex-
tension, and extending acrosS the whole
house, Is the dining room. This is 100
feet il length by 40 In width, and the
decorators art seems TO have been taxed
To It's utmost to beautliy II, There arc
ten side.boards In walnut and gold, each I
one oCcupyinga space between two win
dows. Asplendld table, 70 leet In length,
stands in the centre, and the most beauti-
lnl chairs, flt for an Emperor TO recline III,
are scattered about by the dozen. This
room 10 lighted by three huge chandeliers
and number ol side lights, On the
floor lies gorgeous Royal Wilton car
pet Of the most flaming cnlOfs, woven In
Persian paterD, and small ald6 tables OF
polished French walnut occupy different
portions Of the room. The dining and
silver service are splendid, and every
piece bears the, mystic tigers head and
the letters j. NJ. In Monogram, The
rooms Just described have tlielr entrance
10 the right Of the hall way as one enters
the house. To the left Is o magnificent
double pdrlor that Mr. Morrissey has
rented 10 tue saratoga Running Associa.
tion as d club room. The members zach
pay $25, which insures them the iree Use
Of this room for the season. The room 10
elegantly furnished, and will mako d gor.
geons reception parlor for the members
and thelr friends. yS' ~ ~. u -.
Up stairs Mr.. Morrissey has fitted up
another splendid room Of immense size
for the use Of gentlemen who are mem
bers Of the fashionable clubs In New
York, and who wish 0 private place 10
play, while in Saratoga. 1t has also been
said that Mr.. Morrissey had Id view Che
admission of ladies TO the clubhouse
when lie arranged this room, and that II
was mainly intended for their reception.
Mr.. Spencer says, however, that this year
ladies will be re1lgiously excluded from
tho house, although he thinks the time Is
not far distant when ladies will feel as
perfectly al home In this palace as they
| do III similar establishments at Ems and
Bad6n.B Baden. d While going over the
house with Dir. Spencer, the Stth man
fell into conversation with Mr. Bevans,
who has been In the business at Saratoga
for 20 years, Mr., Bevans was an assistant
10 Mr. Mortissey last sumner, and he
says that during the season more than
1000 ladies visited the club house, not to
play, but as lookets.On 10 Vienna He
says there were three dr four, however,
| Chat used to come regularly 10 play, who
were always assigned a private room In
the upper part df the house. One was
the vile Of a Philadelphia banker, who
always played very heavily himself, and
whose losses during the season we're enoI-
nous, reaching the sum Of 100000. His
wife seemed to have no better fortune, for
al the close Of tbe season she acknowl-
edged 10 Mr.. Beyars that she had lost her
entire individual income for the year,
about $1,000, and run herself In debt 10 a
New York brokers' WHO for as much
more. The singular part Of the story Is,
, that neither husband nor wife knew Of the