Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Horses--The Ring suits-The French GIN 10
New York-The 0amblers-Fire Works
Business.
New York, June IL, 1877.

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ated last week, with usual briliancy.
jerome Park was crowded with the
fashion of the city, and some very
good time was made by the sseppers.
The amount of money invested in
fast goers in this city is enormous.
Robert Bonner, the Ledger man,
has nearly half-million in this kind
of property, some of his horses being
worth $4,000, if they could be
bought at all. The Lorillards, The
Lenoxes and all the rich families
consider it essential to their stand
ing to have more or less good horse
flesh, and any fine day there can be
seen in the Park hundreds of horses
who can make time very low down
in the thirties, every young man of
fashion thinking it necessary to have
his fast horse. The late Helmbold
had $4,000 in horses when he ex-
ploded. 1t is pretty sight to see
the fast horses out on fine day in
the park, and the drivers thereabout,
many of the teams being driven by
ladies, who get to be as skillful with
the whip as their male escorts.
Women all like good horses, and it is
a passion with them to drive. There
is no better business than the breed
ing and fitting of good horses. The
most ordinary kind of carriage
horses that have any style at all are
worth 81, 200 a pair; and they run
from that, according to style and
training, up to $4,000. This, with
out any particular speed. Give
horse speed in addition TO style, and
tho lucky breeder may set his own
price, and get it. For this grade of
stock the market is never over
stocked. There are constantly COM
ing in wealthy men who can afford
to pay these prices for what they
fancy. and it is now more that ever
the fashion. There are enough of
poor horses, and they sell as cheaply
here as anywhere, but good horses
are always in demand, and always
at very high price.
The Ring Suits.
The city has compromised with
Sweeny, for about one-tenth of what
he really stole. This leaves the
Sweenys rich, but Boss Tweed, it is
said by those who profess to know
his exact circumstances, will be left
comparatively poor. But the Boss
does not care for that. He made
friends when he had power, and he
believes he can rally his old follow
ers, and be once more the arbiter of
New York politics. All he wants is
to get out OF Jail, and get chance
to utter his war-cry once more. The
old gangs who never had so gener-
Gus paymaster will rally around
him, and he can undoubtedly obtain
so much power in the city as to make
him essential to the more respectable
politicians. And then it will take
no time at all for him to get back all
the money be has lost, and more.
He is unquestionabIy the most pop
ular man in the city; that is, he can
get the greatest following among the
class who WELD political power here.
He always divided fairly what he
stole, and the lesser plunderers sigh
for his leadership again. They never
lived as well as whom be was at the
head. He has had hard time of it
for few years, but he is still enough
to make it lively again. Yesterday,
the last Ct the absconders, Richard B.
Connolly, compromised with the
city, and will return to his native
land. Connolly returus to the city
81 100000. The real reason for the
settlement is that it costs so much
to prosecute~these mems that, If the
city should recover all that was
stolen, it would inevitably go to the
hands of lawyers and for other court
expenses. What is gotten now will
go to the city direct. 1t is curious,
but defaulters can never stay away
from their country. Possessed of
Enthusiastically had all his 10
bonds-they were still outcasts and
vagabonds. They were admitted to
no society, they had 20 associations
except among themselves, and their
life was one of constant annoyance
and discomfort. Connolly has been
trying to get back for year, and
he is doubtless the happiest man to-
day on the globe. He will come
back to New York and with his old
associates take charge of the Democ-
racy of New York again, and may
assist Tilden in another campaign
for reform.
a Disgrace.
Visitors to the Philadelphia Ex-
position will remember colossal
brouz arm and hand holding aloft
torch, which was on exhibition there.
This is a part OF a statue entitled
"Liberty Enlightening the World"
paid for by citizens of Paris and do
mated to this country to be set up as
beacon light on Bedloe's island, at
the entrance of the harbor of he
city. The statue is of gigantic size,
and The light from the torch illumin-
ates vast space. The statue is
here, but New York is too mean
to set it up,and there is a good
prospect that it will never be taken
out of the cases. 1t is disgrace
that the great city has not the cour-
tesy and public spirit to make use of
SO generous and appropriate gift.
The Gamblers
are having hard time of it. Those
who have hith .rto bled for their ben
eft have not now the money to
squander, and the poor gamblers are
failing one by one. The effects of
John Chamberlain, next to Morrisey
the most noted faro banker in the
city, was soli at auction last week,
and the rich furniture of his palace
brought very small prices. II was
gorgeous concern three years ago.
Every night at II, supper was set
in the place, free TO all, that could
not have been had at Delmonico's
for less than S.. plate, to say moth
inc of wines The most exnensiva