Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-30
DIR NEW YORK LETTER.
The VanderhEIt VIII Case-The van
derbllt WeddIng-FashiOns u
~ar Makers, SIrtke-The war
Rv,su.t Rum-TIItOn- Business
TIE VANDERBILT WILL CASE,

-, u0vLTIItOn- Business
TIE vANDERBnT WILL CASE,
;s sdiourned to Dec. 4. 1t is the engrossing
tonic of conversation everywhere. Scott
Lord the attorney for the contestants, is
very busy getting up the testimony, and
pretty array of it he has. He asserts that
he can prove every point mentioned in my
last, and has mass beside that he thinks
viii not be necessary to introduce. For in
stance, as far back as 1854, there was a
cheque signed Cornelius Vanderbilt, "
paid for lot of groceries to be shipped to
California. The signature was forged.
William H. impressed his father with the
belief that it was Cornelius who had utter
ed it, and the two family physicians got
out a writ of lunacy, and Cornelius was
seized and hurried off to the BloomIngdale
Asylum. Fortunately the chief Of that
asylum knew Cornelius, and refused to re-
ceive him, knowing him to be entirely sane.
The eonspirators excused themselves with
the plea that they did it to save him from
a criminal prosecution for forgery. Cor
nelius demanded legal investigation, but
at the urgent request of the Commodore
the matter was dropped. Mr. Lord ex-
poets to show that for twenty years Viii
liam Systematically and continually con-
spired with his tools to blscken Cornelius
and keep him in disfayor with his IaLh-
er. that in the end the vast properly 'n0
old man had accumulated would come 10
him If is nrobable that the will will De
broken. in which casethe Vanderbilt power
u;u 10 zone. 1t is well. $780, OOOO,OOO Is
80 ,,ncb for one man to control, and the
r,ost important of the trunk lines from
east to west ought not to be owned by one
man. The public have an interest in the
issue of this battle. Sympathy runs al
most entirely with the contestants. And,
speaking of the Vanderbilts, the great so
cial event of the season was
THE VANDERBILT WEDDING.
The daughter of William q. Vanderbilt,
the great railway King, was married with
great pomp and circumstance last Wednes-
day evening at St. Bartholomew's, the ul-
ira fashionable church Of New York.
Probably no wedding that could be an
nounced would be the object of more curl
osity, and the display was designed to re-
feet the consequence of the brides family
in a manner suitable to fortune Of ninety
five millions. Butone order WAS given re-
garding the wedding dress.-that it
should be the eostliest that ever passed
from the hands of the fashionable modiste,
the same who furnished the wedding dress
es for Miss Grant and Boss Tweed's daugh-
ter. Numbers were hidden to witness the
wedding at the church, but the reception
at the house was very select. The bride is
about twenty, and blonde. She marries
Boston gentleman named Twombley. The
father Of the bride performed his part by
giving his daughter diamond necklace
worth $4,000, and checks and 9th
er securities for nearly million, which
will take the young couple comfortably
through the winter.
1t was as snobbish an affair as ever New
York saw, and precisely the kind of thing
that the mushroom shoddyites always do.
The gifts were advertised for days before,
the cost being very carefully mentioned in
each case. Now the real old families, who
have something besides money to fall back
upon never do this. Their weddings are
gorgeous enough, but publicity is always
avoided. The newspaper reporter is not
invited to inspect the house and make
notes of everything from the diamond
anything beyond the mere announcement
gets into the papers, it is because Of the
superior impudence of a reporter. The
Vanderbilts and Stewards and that
kind are very careful to have it all blazoned
forth, and it is done in the true patent
medicine style. 1t is mercy that such
families don't last long. The ostentation
bred of sudden wealth very soon dissipates
it.
FASHIONS.
The fashions of the season are more for
sense than for show. One of the stylish
morning garments for outdoors is long
cloak of gray chevoit, covering the entire
dress, and gored as closely as possible in
front and behind. A highly sensible ad-
dition for walking is cloth gaiter strapped
over the boot, precisely like those worn by
men, to keep the dust from entering the
shoes. Embroidered waists of light blue
or pink opera flannel are worn under the
dress for cold weather. Bright red and
blue shawls with borders are again worn