Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-12
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, June 6, 1876.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
An occasion of great interest to the |
curious was the recent funeral of an &C.
centric Bavarian nobleman, Baron de
Palm, who died ten days ago at one of
our city hospitals. His body was en-
balmed BY his order, and after being
kept week was taken to Masonic Hall,
where funeral services were held accord
ing to some ancient pagan ritual by the
heather society of Theosophists to which
the deceased belonged and to whom he
left all his property. After the incense
burning and other weird ceremonies the
body was removed by the society by
whom, it is whispered. it is to be burnt
after the ancient fashion.
The business outlook, l am happy to
say, shows at last some encouraging
points. The recent large trade sale of
$4,000 pieces of domestic cotton goods
has had magical effect in Frightening
up that interest, and is almost certain,
by showing that there is a bottom some
where, to react favOrably upon other
branches. If something of this sort
would turn the ebbing tide ever so little,
the return of confidence and legitimate
ly good times would be certain to follow.
1t was the general impression that A,
T. Stewart had few or no blood relations,
but now there springs up suddenly from
nowhere a whole army Of cousins, all
hungry for slice of the estate. A law.
yer having been found. equally hungry
with themselves, proceedings have been
instituted to set aside the will on the
ground of insanity or something els,
6 equally gauzy, and to procure ''nev
DEAL" If these claimants have no 9th
er means of support than what they ge
!. out of this claim, they had better ste
around to the poor house or insane asy
lum at once.
a Commodore Vanderbilt is paying on
: of the penalties of prominence. Hover
IS ing, as he is, between life and death, hi
is house is constantly besieged by reporter
d and messengers from the Stock Exchang
g all eager to speculate on the old man
D. dying breath. The Commodore was s
he years old last Saturday, but was too fe
Re bic to receive even the congratulatioI
Il. of his own family.
n, "Uncle Daniel" Drew is also passir
st through severe ordeal, which may tie
he inmate his life as we'll. Although so 10
Ir. as to be confined to his bed and unab
r. to speak above whisper, the inexorat
cd requirements of the law force him
We submit to a rigorous examination as
n his affairs and the circumstances atten
lst ing his bankruptcy, which examinati
ee, is still in progress at this writing. L
ed ex-king of Wall street is said to Fl
nd deeply his changed position and to ha
been unable to restrain his tears at [
dr. invasion of his sick room which he
his now powerless to prevent.
al The inventive genius of the SPORT
no. men being taxed for new sensation
result has been the introduction of Ii
ian Mustang races against time at Fleetwt
his Park The third of these races occur
In yesterday, one Parker attempting to T
MIR. 305 miles in fifteen hours. using thi
the Mustangs. The feat was a terribly [
Dor ing one. necessitating his keeping up
ght. average of over 20 miles an hour for
ave whole time, and the rider was unable
igi- complete it. The gate money was lal
'ow- however. so that the real end of the 7
hey was attained.
TOUT The temperance of the Florences
ted. "The Mighty Dollar" at Wallack's
and week. has inaugurated season of U
heir snal brilliancy. The broad but inil
ndi- able humOr Of the piece and the mar
van in which it hits off various fphases
ned, American politics and society of