The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-04-07

w mere one mas work. ten have none At |
all, and what they are living on, Heav-
Ell only knows. I can hire ten thousand |
women tomorrow for IS week. wo-
men skilled in the labor they co, and
men can be had in droves for a dollar
week more. Wien will the good times
come !?
pREw's, rA11URE. 3 Fl
The failure Of Daniel Drew, once the
king Of Wall street, produced no sen
sation, for the old fellow nearly failed a
year ago. He lras been uniformly I'M
Fortunate for some years, and ssthe boys .
as he was wont to term the younger
members sof the board, have squeezed
him rnnlercifully. And finally they
got him down, and everybody . glad
of it. In his day, when he had power,
he showed no mercy. He never asked
or gave it, and now that his enemies
have him, they mete out to him his own
medicine. Drew's career was a strange
one. He commenced life as drover,
and having accumulated some little
money, went into Wall street. As he
was totally unscrupulous, very bold and
daring in his operations, and very
sllrewd as well, he amassed an I'M
mense fortune. At one time he was
worth not less than fifteen millions ,and
he was never quoted at less than ten.
He was probably the most ignorant
man that ever did business. His igno-
rance of the English language was one
of the standing jokes on the street, and
"Drew's last" was as common as lying.
lie approached broker one morning
with the remark "Don't you b'leexe
that the skrimmage on Nor'western hez
about contaminated 20 tsCalumniated''
was as good word for him as tEculmi-
nated.' He is a loud professor Of reli-
gion, and after particularly villainous
operation in stocks, would endow re-
ligious school, or church, with as
much unction as though he had been Ill
dead earnest. He built and endowed
a seminary in New Jersey, and his bene-
factions were widespread. 1t is said oi
him that he was applied to. to give
enough to endow a school at a time
when he fe.t rather poor. 81 wanted
to do il" said Drew, t'but l didn't see
my way clear, SO prayed over it, and
wrastled long, and | got anser right
away. riz from my knees, and wen
down on the street, and skinned th'
boys ont uv it, jest dz easy - In sth'
schedule of his effects, he takes grea
!. pains to include" Bibles and hymn-books
$780," The loss of those books mus
prey on the old mans mind As it
said that he had something III th
neighborhood of FIVE millions safely pu
away in the name of his family, it
not probable that he will suffer in hi
old age. He was great admirer c
Jim Fisk, and did great deal of busi
ness with him when Fisk was on tn
street.
TIE woNESs' CESTENSIAL~
4 After the usual preliminary squat
bling, the ladies of New York hav
gone to work in good earnest, resolve
!, to nave show worth the name at tl
; exhibition. The women representa-.
the Oldest families in the State, bearln
honored names of the revolution, tn
schuylers, Lisingstonea, aud Van Rem
t selaers have ordered a, flags rieblyen
: broidered with the arms Of the State
whicl, will he hung in independents
Hall after the exhibition, as tfoph
for the next Centennial. fills wa
thought small matter to exhaust tn
I. resources of the women of the City, an
! they are to raise SIS. 900. TO complete
$ pavilion, where their dlfferer
> works Of art and skill lmHy he nlanaRl
: and, as usual. the best way of raisin
the money IS by giving entertainment
Titiens is to sing at q grand CONCERT
help build the pavilion, aud the am;
6t ahe cisyeare swosklng eve.
5 other night in theatrieals for the sam
e end, young ladies and gentlemen Of Il
e best families appearing at the Unio
I League Club Theatre. before erowde
] houses. One of me city jEdg md II
e daughter played sogether She night, Il
!. kjudgexit j. said apPeaying with q
d spirit and grace of ? young man
), twenty-five, by the side Of his daught'
t of eighteen. The single perfortn2n'
d realized $500 for the fund The deei
/ ion ut Mrs. Gillespie who Is the Aes
,-aof the Wonens' Commission is Phil
.t delphia. pefiasing with unnecessary car
j, ness, TO admit all specimens Of women
> work selatisg todrssa. raised such hicfil
It cisrn that it has been found expetIic
Il 20 modify the T,lle. 4 stsids iusssps
tsts