Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-29

New York Nov "a, 1877.
The Vanderbilt Will Case
is adjourned to December 4. 1t is
the engrossing topic of conversation,
everywhere. Scott Lord, Attorney
for the contestants, is very busy
getting up the testimony, and q
pretty array of it be has. He asserts
that he can prove every point men,
toned in my last, and has mass be-
sides that he thinks will not be
necessary to introduce. For instance,
as far back as 1854, there was a che
que signed "Cornelius Vanderbilt"
paid for lot of groceries to be ship
ped to California. The signature was
forged. William FL. impressed bis
father with the belief that it was
Cornelius who had uttered it, and
the two family physicians got out
writ OF lunacy, and Cornelius was
seized and hurried off to the Bloom
ingdale Asylum. Fortunately the
chief of that asy lum knew Cornelius,
refused to receive him, knowing him
to be entirely sane. The conspira.
tors excused themselves with the
plea that they did it to save him
from q criminal prosecution for for
gerry. Cornelius demanded legal
investigation, but at the urgent re-
quest of the Commodore the matter
was dropped. Mr.. Lord expects to
show that for twenty years William
Systematically and continually con
spired with his tools to blacken Corr
nelius and keep him in disfavor with
his father, that IN the end the vast
property the old man had accumu-
lated would come to him. 1t is pro-
bable that the will will be broken, in
which case the Vanderbilt power will
be gone. tits well. 500, 900, 900 is
too much for one man to control, and
the most 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 almost en-
tirely with the contestants. And,
speaking of the Vanderbilts, the
great social event OF the season was
The Vanderbilt Wedding.
The daughter of William FL. Van.
derbilt, the great railway king, was
married with great pomp and circum-
stance last Wednesday evening at
ST. Bartholomew's, the ultra fash
ionable church of New York. Pro
baby no wedding that could be an
nounced would be the object of
more curiosity, and the display was
designed to reflect the consequence
of the brides family in the manner
suitable TO a fortune of ninty-five
millions. But one order was given
regarding the wedding dress, that it
should be the costliest that ever
passed from the hands of the fashion,
able modiste, the same who furnished
the wedding dress for Miss Grant
and Boss Tweed's daughter. Nuns
bers were hidden to witness the we'd
ding at the church, but the reception
at the house was very slight. The
bride is about twenty, and blonde.
She married a Boston gentleman
named Twambley. The father of the
bride performed his part by giving
bis daughter a diamond necklace
worth $50. 900, and checks and other
securities for nearly million, which
will take the young couple comforta-
BILE 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 men,
toned 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 re-
porter is not invited to inspect the
hoase and make notes of everything
from the diamond necklace down to
the brides outfit, and if anything
beyond the mere announcement gets
into the papers, it is because OF the
superior impudence of the reporter.
The Vanderbilt and Stewards and
that king are very careful to have it
all blaZoned forth, and it is done 10
the true patent medicine style. 1t is
mercy that such families don't last
long. The ostentation bred of sud-
)den 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
out doors is long cloak of gray
cheviot, covering the entire dress,
and gored as closely as possible in
front and behind. A highly sensi.
BILE addition for walking is cloth
gaiter strapped over the boot, pre-.
cisely like those worn by men, to
keep the dust form 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 of plain
cashmere or stella shawls with Dor.
ders are again worn as sort of a
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ing bright color to the streets.
The Cigar.malxers' Strike.
The cigar makers strike continues
and though the strikers affect to
have confidence that they can conn
pei the managers to come to their
terms, they are evidently discour.
aged. About a thousand Cinnamon
have been brought on from San
Francisco, and they are at work,
but more serious danger threatens
them. The manufacturers have
discovered that woman can make
fair cigar in two days, and an ex.
celent one in a week, and they are
taking them on by the thousapd.lt is
singular that the men never thought
of this. There is no reason under
heaven why the deft fingers of q
woman should not be better in q
trade like this than the coarse and
clumsy hands ola man. A cigar
made of expensive stock must be
flushed in handsome style, it must
ha aIaoantlv shaned smoothly and