Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-04-19
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Beef Trade-The Van derbiit Wili-Ths
Jew Ell Tragedy, and Dirt-The Charities
Political Business.
Correspondence of the Grant C0Mn X HERALD.
New YoRK, April b, 1877.

Correspondence of thu Grant CNNn tx HERALD.
New YoRK, April b, 1877.
The Beet Trade
A new trade HAS sprung up be-
tween this country and Europe
which PROMISES to be of enormous
ueueEg 30, both countries. Beet in
London retpjss at from % to 40 cents
,per, pound which puts it out of the
reach OF the laboring classes, except
sas rarity The steamers were run
tning from New York to Liverpool
with very light cargoes, ard the pas
senger business had dropped off ter
ribly in these hard times. Beef in
the carcass had been transported
from the west to New York, in re-
frigerator cars, and the thought oc-
cured to someone s'wby not to
Europe in Refrigerator steamers p
And 80 steamers were fitted up for
the transportation of fresh beet, and
the business began. Cattle were
brought rom the far west to Chi
cage, Tole6a. and other. principal
points. fed on cheap corn, and slaugh.
tered, the csrcasses packed in refrig-
orator cars, brought TO New York
sand put in the hold of the steamers /;
and in ten days tia meet was expos
ed for sale in Loodon, as fresh and
sweet as it was the day it was killed.
Tho effect was tremendous. Amer
lean beef was sold in London for
twelve and fourteen cents pound,
and the monopOlists were troubled.
They undertook 10 decry it as infer
Tor, but trial dissipated that notion
and now England is very largely in
debted to this country for its meat.
The effect of this trade upon the
country cannot be oVer-estimated.
Already two and half millions of
dollars worth has been exported and
| the trade has increased with wonder.
full rapldity. From this time for
ward, there will be regular demand
for cattle for expectation. and Amer
lea will have another source of rev.
enue, something more to balance our
demand for foreign. goods. 1t will
be big help to our agricultural in-
ftereste.
| The Vande rbilt Will.
The Vanderbilt will is not settled.
1t was understood that William HI.
had agreed to give each of the Of Of h. g :;
h h gJ zen them by their father, and
that in consideration all proceedings
we're to be stopped. He settled with
all of them but Mrs. lie Bau
and Cornelius. He offered Mrs. La
Bau her money, but as be delayed to
settle with Cornelius she refused to
take it until he had settled with him.
This he has not done, and so it is
probable that the whole matter will
be re.opened. Cornelius attorneys
claim the most gross injustice in the
matter, as the way the will is word
ed William is not compelled To give
his brother cent of money for dis.
posal as he chooses. They claim
that is makes Cornelius the pension
er of his brothers bounty, and en-
tirely dependant upon him, which as
the father died worth one hundred
millions of dollars, they think is
rather bard As the matter looks
now there will be big fight and sn
ugly one. William appears to be de-
termined to carry out the provisions
of the will and do nothing more, ex-
cept as he chooses, an good lawyers
believe they can break it.
Jewett Tragedy, and Dirt.
The entire inefficiency Of the police
of New York, is shown in the delay
in getting anything in relation to the
Jewrtt tragedy Here were two
wealthy meu found on the floor of the |
private office OF great store, two
dead and one living. with revolvers
and the fragments of hand grenade