Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-29
LETTER FROM NEW YORK..
Special Correspondence.

New YORK, Jan. %, 1877.
1t has been pretty generally supposed
that Fifteenth Amendment" troubles
we're over in this latitude at least, but a
suit just broug bit against the Astor
House seems to indicate the contrary.
The plaintiff in the case is J. Milton
Turner, Consul General and Minister
Resident to the Republic of Liberia, as
he modestly signs himself, and his griev-
ance is that he was refused accommoda-
tions at the Astor House some time last
fall on account of his color, which is
some two shades darker than the black
est midnight. The hotel keepers on the
contrary contend that the only reason
for the non-reception of the representa-
tives of the stars and stripes on Africa's
shores was the crowded condition of
their house at the time. The case went
before referee, and Turner, who al
though born of slave mother and him.
self reared slave, is pretty sharp
lawyer, conducted his own case. 1t had
but little to rest on, and | believe he
gets $500 damages.
A case of richly mounted duelling pis-
tolls in a Broadway window bears this
disappointing placard pistols not us
ed by Bennett and May" Just where
bic occasion is still hg SR Jtqbis msmOrp-
on one point gossip is for once correct.
Mr.. Bennett has gone to Europe after
lying concealed on the New Jersey side
for week after his duel with May. He
was accompanied by several friends and
proposes to make a considerable stay,
probably till he thinks the affair has
blown over sufficiently to warrant his
return. But society must have its little
sensation as long as it can possibly be
kept alive so, Mr.. Bennett being tenn
pOrarily disposed of. attention is direct
ed to his opponent. who is still "no-
where" and with regard to whom the
story is started that he is hiding his
head on account of his cowardly behav-
Jour at the duel itself, where he is said
j to have tried to secure his own safety
! by firing before the word was given. Hi:
5 pistol missed fire, it is said. and ther
Bennett, who, if this is true, would have
been almost justified in shooting hin
down, fired in the air and left the place
Y This story sounds rather thin, but theI
e people must have something to tall
about beside hard times and politics.
In view of the recent lamentable fail
j ure of the Continental Life INSURANCE
! Company, and the shock given thereb.,
+ to insurers everywhere, special car
y should be taken by the public to avoi'
cOnfounding the defunct corporation
n with the original Continental Life @
y Hartford, whose strength and standin
5, have never been in the least impaired
9 but which on the contrary have grow
!, steadily through good times and har
if times. The Company has recently orig
d mated several entirely new systems {
+ insurance, in which not only is insul
= ance given for a definite period, bI
i there is also guaranteed an annual II
D, come thereafter often amounting to mol
70 than half the annual premium previou
s. ly paid. The introduction by conse
~ vative company of plans so plainly az
" vantageous to its patrons shows i
lie strong vitality.
a. One of our prominent New York cor
" u papies this week has been made the vi
% tim of an annoying swindle. Somebod
er with more 'cuteness than honesty
found to have forged the signature
&C the officers Of this company to che
y for $64, 900, and to have done his wo
no so well as to have got the check certi6
ed and cashed, and two weeks the start
on his pursuers. The loss will fall on t
no bank whose cashiers eyes were not sha
81 enough to detect the forgery, but W
allowed the check to be certified al
le- made the institution responsible. T
al. matter is being quietly but vigorous
IN worked up by detectives.
IN. An odd accident was that a few da
nd ago when the snow suddenly slipp
rty from one side of the roof of the Ora
de. Central Depot and fell in one thi
put sheet, twenty by four hundred feet
led size upon the arched glass roof belc
i've crushing through the halt inch panes
to though they had been egg shells, a
filing one side of the big building W
confused mass of glass and snc
the which came down With a crash and
ore roar upon line of horse cars drawn
j. inside, waiting for the arrival of ira
CO., Most fortunately the accident occur
ak. while all employees were at dinner, q
MS that portion Of the depot was emp
B Half minute later the spot would hi
ney been crowded with the passengers of
all train mentioned, the engineer of VIII
'me saw the sliding snow isst in time to
and his train outside and avert gepQ
up catastrophe. As it was, the loss
t Of merely one Of money value to the ext
SILT of not over $4,000, which those '