, 1875-01-04
TRAINS IlslNCELY GIFT,


George Francis ana His Land Bpcens
lnttVnN-Srlcn0itl ktnanctn1 RINns
nxcn,rnt-rhe CITY Of Osnnhnss ruba
1ic Tnrtt.
Correspondence 9f The Ssn fort SIN.
OMAHA, Nab. Dec. 2t.-fh,s morning atrolled
into the Herald Office In Otnn1a nl,I askod ur,
Miller to toll mo about George Francis Trains
magnificent gifs Of 300 acres Of land to tito City
Of Omaha for public park.
"aGoSGo Francis Tratns gift!-hia g-i-f-t to
omai'al-K-i-f-tl bIurIed out tho assonshed
editor.
suppoho you've heard Of it. You aro not an ~.
"slo hoard ot III Why, man. do you think
I'm y dArned IDIOT. Irain's eift., oh? We'll,
Doctor slammed Lis big tlat down on tile table
thought. A moment afterwards the ungratful
wretch put his hands to Lis brow, groanod once,
And eolitinuoa:
"WelI, George Francis is magnificent to tlo
last, generous. rrncelY grand m Claude Mel
MOTTO WAS VIXEN lo gave away the other fellows
diamonds aud jewels and"
"Thats nice way to talk. Doctor" intsr-
rupted, when a generous mat Inns just giyoh
yt'!r city three huudrcd aero park. l am
why, I'll, don't you know George Francis
haan't got fifty ceutB in the world Z" broke III tho
miserable ingrato. ''Don't you know his 1aud-
bubble busted here In Unlal,a roara ago? Don't
you know tho Credit Fonccr busted; that Doctor
nnrant busted and that Goorgo Francis M skinned
uen' TX, aio John nan, nha I'M bfooRs.
out OF their lttlo Thousand dollar ilarl-pan stock
in tho land bubbloS Don't youlsnow that Il lgo
od eioopa I'll ~ aSnr S uoaan t
ssoopeu ~ nso nis roneie, uulI.puE,-nna tlen
ran my newspaper ror tue pehen. OF IRAN ioT TWO
called It the Train HeraM' Don't sou know ta
D,o,a-t ~. =, , ,.1
| ~ uusinr; ; u i'Musons .s,, VI II .ols hhowi.
eage, replica. aoh care apout showing
II, astheff lhmpiy wan. 70 NhoW now this mag
n!tleoht inllllohare eamo 70 present th's RinglY
gl!t 70 yeu5 clty. oeolge ria.iess y, WAS aawoys
1'teho asls' " o0'An"7"A'n' Nv ''o'of'a W
"yea FIJI, In vos. !" ronlIod the Doctor. ,;ke
ono nwiiii,'o ~ adm,t III trnth !. ia had ,nan.
,iacan, idnas Heoran n Fenncis had. ast,,mcnInn.
intoI1o"t ;1"'tin ,onor " IL ,"u ,,, III
to ,,s freaty' ia tyas ore Of tne wo,sora NJ tho
aro mi of prnnd idcaa yetv intsliect,n1 n;smt.
Ganroa Ercncs masla bnaha r,nr ali nver tha
entra IL a,nn1oJ c1aHn !, hars-on,o 81 4,i;s
nored i in parlprs oratai II from a thousand
rostruma, bnt f,enrra f,rn,c,s novar conlI m
much t1i as manaso his ow,, wife. liz couldnt run
!. Never mini " sai1' m ,,ot stsnd hero
a, n"a etoara.e r. nn;s IT,. IN ,,nsa1 " oua
@ at,Il - ~ nr;ilo IN him IN Nav Yors nnd "a
Tut never mind. Doctor, II you Will rive mo the
fl,c faeta .bm,t I'm donnted InnI. I aay viii
,1nl,1ish s ,,rneoiv "oarositv "a ths ao,'i "nh
seilIsL worla."
,n1oa tna ,,na,ataft ea;tar H., yo1
p.aneis raye "a rortaa-es md back t.xcs aid
- .H Thsn tho ,,nrratofu, e,1jtor to,cnctl n hait
and ahonted. !. iIcTo Jain m and cal III
Keaat5e + .ae ! First Es.ioaal! t., Hi III fe ts1
1;cnrrc francls' Un'li riye lin, Hemrna iii In
..,,t ynst and then tI,pt sajtat in1ratn went on
s,r;t;ro lila cd;toy;nlu
ju moment ia cano sIr. A,gustus Kountzn,
80 -, %N"E-
nsko,l hin, to tai mo about Mr. TrGill'a marni,-
cent gift Of 500 acrcB Of land Ia the CITY Of 0ma-
ha, tho millionaire bankor hailtledme q cisur mud
said;
mn 1ES acroa ri land On ti,e htl oynr sest af tho
tnwn f,r s9s 400 paving s. oi)tl down. TLcra the
tra,,asction Stood Iii is9J' viii no taxes or IN.
tnrost mid. when Gnnrra Francis .rot lard III.
Il III to r pay bis passavo around tic world, and,
thinking lie might be proyilentlaly killed on tho
train, gsve It 10 lin ebearfuliy, aud--"
"1hemn q slr. Train did have Fi,uDo IN this
land R.,t4 :. 'StsftqPted se M ,s nov continued ,o
sa,fsh narrator ifhat sl 1i, IL nj aats,, IN hy
hn teras ana sates md tieoSge Francls M wspte sp
to giye ii to tlo City ii Omahp. Why, theso
interest st. back Ia taxes. and assessments. aud thoy
nnn,t horin r. soll tnr tias nmonnt' in fnct'
,ho 1and IL II, debt about sio o00 and It is to bo
sold under iudrmeuts and forecosod mortgages
In Anrj " and aJOthHr unffrutAfnl honhfininrv
atonnc'i VI n,mi t.1aine 'S- ~'''N' S71''
I va TOO mad to speak, but collecting u,reo,f.
T sntd NAnd thia In yonT erutiluda for Air,
Trains minus a1O, 900 gift, Mr, Kouu,xe? And
tIis in tie muniicont nao1est from a cener-
ouy citizen Of tho Emuiro civ that YOU would
show Vour miserable {neratit:ilo lori Thin ia
tbs eenerous capitnlist Who ciyes YOU sploudiI
mortrn"as' ptves yol1 lnnds which Won yn,,rsalr
avn. VIII ta1cs on 'em md iudgmeusa sgAicst
nm, Won nontemptibIe peuirious. unarsteful
no4nd ~, il XII ,y.a too oIcttoa a't'f ,nI,;,.
nat,t ~ ,,rocnod "e4 WV '4~e's -''>S '''+s
= ,oIpont artoruord T oskoa Mr.. Kountzo In
tell me about Mr. Train's Credit Foueior schemo,
"'.Iu MM,n9 p9k"s NJ ~ f,nit ~ s,.,,,,1 w., ;u,
Sir. resA,s, eo.tlnuot w assa,v ~
oeofga n!suele sse no!.kIis " n5ses ~ oatti
" iooo' az ~ xaeu't ~ 4nu
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on nno a. w Hsao;a a. t s., ~ w
s2o.uo. noolga nsaneia a.u ~ mage w tnon. ,o
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~, ~ s1e,s consnv ~ nav tor Il Esci, NAN
soss -. bto1A ~ ~. ~ 81 Gno ayi..n ~ s+tns r.a,,