Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-28
Our New York Letter.

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TIoS-LIFE INSURANCE PREsIDENTs-THE Ii
QuoR DEALERS
NEW YORK, Oct II. 1877.
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times
Money isn't worth much after the man who
made it let's it pass out of his control. Van
| derbilt's estate is now football in the
courts. And now comes another money
trouble. Moses H. Grinnell died recently.
leaving fortune of several millions, and he
made a will also. He left half a million to
each of his children. except daughter,
Fanny IN whom he beoueatbed only SIC. 900
the reason for the discrimination being that
she had msrried Boston millionaire. and
was rich already. II IS q question whether
Fanny and Ler husband Will concur In the
proprlety oi TINS distrioution' ana the
chances ale that there Will DE squaooie
over thiS estate why uoh these men us
tribute their miiiiohs before 'hey uie' anu
save all thlS troubies lhal Is what an 60
ing 10 40 never VIII nave my euiiureh
ngntihs over huiuieu niiiiiohS anu ui"s
ging my bones out oil 'he grave iof the III
sPee'ion Vi Tue Puoiie' ING "ueioii' e"ae
Is dragging It's SLOW length aiohB' ana inc
lawyers are making d oi''er hgh' over IT,
The children have succeeded IN establishing
the fact that the old man was fearful old
wretch, and that he never deserved the sue
cess he met with. But as william Is as sell
hsh as his father, and is entrenched behind
hundred Millions It'll yet to be decided
whether he Will be compelled to rellnqulsh
any part OF 1t or not. There IS no question
as to the control unscrupulous women had
ovar him and If will he nroven that he WAS
splrltuaist Out II may oe SHOWN tnat he
could make a will for all that
POLITICAL.
senator ,onkiing has declared war; anu
has locked horns with the President 1t is
nox war 10 the tnifa and tba tnifa IN tbe bilt
y,
inere CAL oe no eoinproniise UT se''ieiiieh'
The President has determined upon the re
movol Of the officials at New York for the
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ie"son 'na' ne ""n's in'n III oii'e win
whom he can work in the direction of re-
iorni' anu ior 'ne feasoh 'na' tie re'ofniS
already ihsuluted were not Us he Claims car
ried out in good faith. 1t Is true that sew
eral hundred employes of the Custom House
,raro ror,ovo5 bv Co,loo,or .r,brr i, no
"''e - 90"
eordah'e Win tue o'uerS Oh tue secretary oi
the Treasury. But it is claimed that the men
intended 70 ba rsmoved ,vera ,ba onas re-
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'aineu nut ''' 'no poi''i'"i st'iAo'' anu
the ward politicians were kept, and the really
effective workers who were without political
lhnuence were dismissed. Senator Conkllng'
on the other hand, claims the rlSht 10 con-
~ 80 .'e pasi sionaso ~, ine wy 81; 20
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AVN '''N
THE CoLoREp BABY SHOW
VIII oe opened next week ana II VIII De
big thihg' lhere VIII be TWO Thousand
EtnloPiAii paoiss, ol al ages uhuet .eh' ana
tneir motneTs' Every state east OF the MIS-
sissipPi VIII oe tepfesehle1' ana they VIII De
eiass,neu PioperS VIII ur"W nio,s PEG
| ls to be hoped that there will be plenty of
tar,t;ar III, r. - 30 ,,a,s,;la,io,,
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ANOTHER pEFALcATIoN.
Two collecting LAWYERS. both members of
fashionable churches and very nrominent in
them. absconded this week with sometime
like quarter of A million of money belongo
ing to their clients. II is the old story
high living and speculation in Wall street
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| they did the business of the hest bonses in
the CITY. But they would speculate and
they did lose, and a flight to Europe was the
way they settled il And sneakina of fir an
| cial troubles
THE rxprosIos OF THE x,rtox,r rpr,sr COM.
PASf'
is the last thunderbolt. This institution
possessed the confidence of the business COM
munity, and no one supposed it was in diff
culties. But all at once rumors began to
gather about it, an investigation was order
ed, IT was reported with ample assets" but
when those assets came to be examined into
| they were found to be of the most tlimsy
character, and thousands upon thousands
that had long figured as good" had no ex-
istence at all. In short, it WAS another case
| of trightful mismanagement- and worse
LIFE INSURANCE Presidents
Case, the President of the Security, has
exhausted all his legal lodges. and will spend
five wears of his life in Sing Sing, 1t is well
there never was a more OUTRAGEOUS frnud
perpetrated. DIR. Lambert. his rival in in
| fanny, is being tried. and he doubtless will
| get a longer sentence. If the good work
| goes on, there will be enough material to or
| ganize life insurance hoard in the peniten-
| tiary. commencing with n President. and
| going all tine wav down to an Office how
| play an important part in the economy OF
tnitss, ou' there mas peeh All awful amount
THE TROUBLE WITH The LIQUOR DEALERS
The police surveillance of the liquor bust
ness continues. over thousand places
ia'e oe.h ehu' up, anu .neio 10 niIuLninS in,
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