Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-10

had nD means beyond tbat-but that she |
had inherited wealth. the income of which |
was sufficient To justify all this extrava |
vance. At her nome the story was that
,he secretary had made snIne lucky specu
latinns before he went into the cabinet.
which accounted for il all where. the inheri
tance story wouId go down. All this time
they were selling tradcrships, and spending
hn proceeds in this finlish way. There
can be no doubt that the woman had the
nan completely under her thumb that 81
infatuated was he with her that he would
have s:Oen ten times the amount, had she
desired it. The man was doubtless honest
originally. but oh, how weak The mer-
chants of New York suffered severely by
this exposure. 1t is rurnured that Mrs.
Belknap owes vast sums of money to
the fashionable dry g0o,is men and jew
eirrs here, which. as the Belknaps have
spent all their suealiDgs. they will lose.
THE EPIDEMIC OF THE SEASON.
Malaria and ignorance of ventilation will
soon make New York 40 lit place for white
people to live III. Ii fever and ayue. dIph
theria scarlet fever and small pnx hold
their own very few years longer as they
are doing now, the city will soon be IA uu-
tenable as Staten Island. where rich people
are deserving their villas, because the place
is so deadly with agues. This month the
fashionable epidemic is malignant in
huenza, which visits humankind as it did
horses two years ago. The doctors call IL
by no fancy naIne, only plain cold" aud
the Madison Avenue prescription for its
treatment is-neither be!laGonua. nor in
teruaI exhibition Of" aconite. or any other
high sounding drug, but equally plain clI-
L. 4. l.. 10 a
ministered not more for the sake of break
ing up the cold, by good sweat. as for its
valuable and recently discovered proper
ties in quieting the nerves. Fancy bowie
of Lady Washington china breathing the
soothing incense of balm tea. administered
to an interesting invalid wrapped in an
azure blanket. soft as velvet. and you have
the elrgantc of influenza. But for real vir-
tues, prefer the old style, a cracked blue
bowl. steeped in generations of teas. with
quart of deep brown liquid smoking hot,
To be taken in three gulps. Ugh the
stnuteat told fled affrishted at the thought
of a second dose. But talk of plain colds
the new variety successfully combines
the horrors of neuralgia, rheumatism, iuD
bagO, Catarrh. fever and ague. and getting
drunk and one crawls out OF an attack feel
iBB IKE IL CAD!utL Just
POLITICAL.
The local politicians uf New York are
making a stir for Cnnk!ing's nominations
for the presidency. but it does not make
much headway. There are many excellent
men in the city who would be glad to see
Conkling in the Presidential chair. ami
there a great many who would not. But
there are thousand or more political bum
friends will put up" and this class are
unfortunately all tor COnkiing. he being
the first New Yorker mentioned for the
place. They are oTganiZn: 'Conkllng
clubs. ." all over the city, and are making
great deal Of noise. but | am happy 90 say
that they all have a hungry look. They
are not getting the rati ms they expected.
nor will they. Senator Conkling is Il gen
tie. and pure man. He would 0f course
like to be PRESIDENT wouldn't mind it
myself-but be never did 4 dirty thing,
and he never will He will never paw
bummers,-he will never support a body
OF mercenaries. nor will he use undue
influence The bummers who are shouting
Conkling at this time are doing it ut their
own expense, and they are getting sick.
the supplies don't come, and these fellows
never w ally lkiuS tiiSEi O"h Nii"i-So
that is for any length Oftime. Consequent
" their zeal will very soon abate. The
fact is New York isn't very anxious TO
have n candidate. There are two or three
different factions in the city, and they are
mortally afraid of each other. They would
all rather have a new man rather than
have one who has ever been mixed in city
or state politics. The Democracy are
4 b.,, r,NH ,VkAf
the undivided support OF the party in the
city. and for that matter no one can. 80
far as New York is concerned it will not
make much of a show ofiptiueDce in either
convention. The liberals, what is left of
them. are waiting for the highest bidder,
but there are 30 few Of them that no one
considers them worth a bid.
THE BUSINESS OF THE WEEK.
The list of failures this week, foot up
nearly one hundred. and they embrace al
most all varieties of business. The smash
ed parties generally offer % cents on the
dollar, that being the regular figure. )"
common have failures become, that they
excite no more surprise. The oldest,
strongest houses in the city are going, and
no one knows to-day who is going to moI-
row. Rents are still sinking, and the near
er the first of May approaches, the more
the landlords trembe. Their expensive
stores on Broadway are being vacated, and
applications for them are AS rare as hens
teeth. | know of one store that four years
ago was in demand at $4,000 per year.
that is now being occupied ut So QUO. and
the tenants are giving it up for they can get
a better one at $4,000. The truth is busi-
ness men can hardly afford To pay any
rent, for their is no profit whatever N
business. The shrnkage in value is going
on steadily, aud no one can see the end.
Relief must come from s0me source, or
bankruptcy will be the rule, and solgeDcy
the exception. New York is very sick.
THE HIPPoDROME MEETINGS.
Are still wonderfully filled, and it 10 as
Questionable not to 20 and hear Mr..
Sankey sing as not to hear Titiens or Won
gBulow, or any other light OF the musical or
dramatic world The Hippodrome is still
packed at midday and evening, and the re-
iirIous movement IS treated with the great
est respect by the papers. But q visit TO
the meetings cOnvnces candid person,
that the reason Of the great audiences
drawn together is not Mr.. No idy's earn
estness, or Mr.. Sankey's singing, OF which
he has crown as chary Of late as Il pet
serious interest in religion. There are
thousands Of genuinely good people in the
CITY. who believe that religion out weighs
all other interests, and are drawn To these
meetings. hoping for good. The 2opularl
" of Moody and Sankey in Great Britain
is easily under stood il was their AIneIl-
canism attracted the crowd, just as any
thing distinctively American attracts Eng
lish attrntirn. like the jubilee singers, Ar
trmas Ward and Mark Twain. and BIete
Hartrs stories. whose popularity abroad
out runs that they have ut home. One can
imagine what contrast Mr.. Mb1lV's curt
utterly uGconvenlinnal!y manner, his home
Iy Illustrations, must have been To the
formal English way OF doing things, ana 1t
is no wonder he took the rather heavy
Britons by storm. Here. he can never
make the same impression on cultivated
people that he did abroad. The big Clergy
of New York sit up in the preachers pen at
the meetings and laugh over Mr.. NoOdys
ant hits. in the way of illustration. as they
would at excellent jokes. and the evangel-
lists runs on about salvation, very much i'll
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