The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-19
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
From our Special CORRESPONDENT

, METROPOLITAN NEWS.
From our Special CORRESPONDENT
The gossip Of club, saloon, hotel and
private house. at-present, aA-cenesn-
rates upon the whereabouts of Mr. Ben
nett and Mr May, and the probable
manner in which they viii end the quar-
rel c.'mnasnced. 1t is generally admit
ed thxt duel must be the result and
hat to find desirable spot for such q
contest ia what they both have gpne in
search Of There are 80 many opinions
III. the. matter, as there are people toIdis-
cuss it, and the one who knows the least
about it is the one who talks with most
pronounced assurances. Some are warm
on the side of Bennett: otherson that of
Nay; and through the whole discussion
he Herald says not word pro or con.
One can hardly help considering it
he best taste, for one could not imagine
what it could say, but it is altogether at
variance with the policy that governed
hat paper under the elder Bennetts
administration. Any one who could
make such quaintannouncement as he
did concerning his approaching mar
riage, could not let this chance go by to
publish news and bring himself prom
inently before the public. ' 10
DR. May takes the matter very much
to heart and looks pale and worried.
Miss May sees no person excepther own
family and is said to be equally divided
between anxiety for her late lover and
her brother n either fall there ends
all hope other marriage. It is said that
Bennett had spoken siighingly Of her
while under the influence of liquor. and
hat it was on this account that young
May assaulted him. At all events, socie
" is anxiously awaiting the result, for
Miss May is great Evorite here, and
anything that causes her anxiety or that
should end in serious trouble 10 her,
would be deeply regretted by those who
know her. 8E-
For weeks and months every paper
has hsd reporter in the vicinity of
van1erbilts house who occasionally
made night hideous and disturbed the
neiRhborhood, but generally went and
asked whoever was on duty, what the
condition of the railway king was, and
hen retired to the nearest beer shop or
room engaged for them in the Universi-
y building near by This is all over,
however. and the history ofihe Commo-
lore from the time he was poor, unedu-
ra:ed boy, until the date Of his death,
shen he was rich. self educated man,
has, in connection with the Bennett
rouble filed the newspapers
Sunday saw the last of earth so lar as
he was concerned. He vas buried from
he church which he gave DIR Deems
some years ago. more quietly and unos
entatiously, than any of his rich COM
peers who have gone before The
..lsket was said to have cost 5000, and
was made by the Raymond Manufac-
turing company. Its metallic surface
was entirely concealed BY the velvet
covering. The inside was lined with
pearl colored satin and pillow Of the
sme held the reverened head Of the de-
ceased octogenarian. The ornaments
ere of solid silver as were the handles.
here were no pail Ebesrers, for those
elected by the Commodore years ago,
we're nearly all dead, and II was his own
ish that there should be none After
he simple sevice, the remains were
AIKEN to the Staten Island Ferry, where
TO boats were in readiness to convey
he friends to the Island, where, at New
Drop, the remains we're Ilaced in the
family tomb. Mrs Vanderbilt is about
forty years old and is very handsome
md we'll ll-preserved woman. "Ah isn't
he to be envied?" said young and
pretty matron to me the other day, and
[ am afraid that is very much the Gpin-
on of all New York women, and per
haps of many others. Business, the club,
and other outside attractions leave 50
many women practically widows, with
out the freedom Of real estate, that there
ire many who do not feel it such q ter
rible change, when the dread event
occurs that makes them in fact that
,hich they might as well have been.
Whatever might have been said to the
'ontrary, the Brooklyn horror has left
i;s traces behind IN the meagre audi
ences that attended our theatres. But
hey look full" says the novice, who is
not initiated in the mysteries of paper.
When 100 doctors and 1.SO dentists
attended one of these resorts last week,
The house looked full. but it did no, al
ogeiher pay.
The snow and the ice blockaaes in the
river have driven us nearly frantic, and
Ehe result has been that New York ladies'
have worn more genuine winter wraps
han ever before, With snow hanks
piled up six feet high and mud and slush
in the streets, they have been obligei TO
az aside their handsome silk and velvet
petticoats. and wear them Of heavy
camel's hair
Furs are universal both a. trimmings
| md for en-ire garments The boa is
listened behind. and the mufls 50 small
hat it is difficult to get both hands in at
he same time. 1 .ccra, =
The fashionable bottine for the pres
season is made very high and finished
| With fur. A thin lin ng of cork or Of
waterproof cloth is added to prevent the
feet from being frozen from tn salt that
is sometimes used in the streets. It-is
prohibited on the car tracks except in
certain places, but there It is used so
profiseiy as 70 make it exceedinglydan-
gerous hence the new and excellent
walking boot 90 5.r1s-zsis- s.s-,,
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