, 1876-11-12


If the most famous mcrchant-princes ol the
lower wards, the men who had made fortunes in
the China and East India trade, and one day two of
them concluded to piay trick upon him. They
took Morrison aside and said, 4'Martin. we have
patronizcd your pfacc for many ycars, and, us you
know, have spent great deal Of money with you
What wc want il privnte space in your bar-room,
where wo will not he intrudcd upon, 10 be our own
castle. as it were. State your price and We will
he thought his friends were crazy to make
euch proposal. The price uamed and
thel the spase; g.. agreed re- upon marked out with
cha X. After the money WIS paid, Martin
WAS surprised one morning BY the appearance Of
some carpenters who proceeded in spite Of his re-
monstzaNces to fence in the chalked space. The
next move WIS to put in small STOCK OF wines and
liquors, and open i bar, where whisky was sold at
half OF Martins prices. Ills protestations were in
rain; the purchasers insisted that the bargain was
fair one; they lad purchased the space and paid
forit, and were likely TO it they pleased. The
patrons OF the place understood the joke, and pa
tronized tho new bar TO the detriment Of the old.
Martin Was driven wild with desperation, and ut
length compelled To buy back the privilege at
e M The
men the ancestors Of E. 4. Sothcrn:
ANOTHER ROMANTIC u1sToRr-WIFE rEr NOT
WIFE.
The recent mention OF the 1o O'Clock man,
who haunts the ycstibule OF the Brooklyn CITY
Hall every dar until after the clock strikes
II, has brought out another romantic his
tory Of woman who makes daily visit to sey-
eral Brooklyn banks demanding large sums OF mon
ey, sometimes S.. 600 and sometimes S100, 900.
which she says she has deposit in those ins1itu-
tions. Her namu is Christina Mayer, and she ia
about 65 years old. Although it IL undcnablc that
she is insane her lunacy is harmless ta. no re-
strains II placed upon her. When she is refused
her demand at one bank she goes to another
and makes the same request, and often
repeats the story TINT the money she asks
is her own and Is the proceeds Of
the eae Of her property in New York. 1Icr history
is a curious one. She ca1nc to this country about
thirty years ago with her husband, and settled in
New York. At first her life WIS happy, but in
few years niccc entered the family and stole
away the husbands affection. She WIS driven
from the house By the cnruEcd wife. but Mayer was
so infatuated with the girl that he followed her.
thristina sought them out, when her husband in
return to his wife, but had already married the
yonng girl. Then the fellow proposed that he
should take the new aud unlawful wife home and
the true wife shonld not molest them they could
all live, Mormon fashion, happy family. Christina
asscnted. aud they NIL lived together. Mayer
treated her kindly, and moved to new loca-
tion, whero she was introduced as his mothcr-in-
law The niece died a few years ago
when Mayer proposed to restore Christina to hcs
old place, and the weak creature agnin os.entcd
At 4 later period Mayer died. and. frum grief and
sorrow over the man, she lost her reason, and now
iu,a1ucs she Is very wealthr.-hencc her errand
ut the Brooklyn banks every day. She has rela-
tiyes who look after her worldly wants, and ap-
parently she lives quite comfortably in full belief
10 her.
A Box-oFF1CE SCENE.
The affairs Of the Park Theatre Of this n::v