St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-29
Our New York Letter.

NEW YORK, June %, 1877.
To the Editor of the CaledOnian
Summer dizziness hereabouts is being
considerably enlivened by what may be
safely called a very pretty quarrel.
And what is quite promising, the fight
has already attained the age of nearly a
week without showing any signs of old
age, but, on the contrary, appears to be
growing toward still more vigorous
maturity. 1t certainly ought to be a
first-class sensation, as indeed it is, for
it possesses all the necessary elements
of personality, high-toned participants
and unlimited bitterness on either side.
The fact is that the twelve tribes of
Israel have been, fguratively speaking,
stirred up with long pole, and are be-
ing heard from on all sides. The pole
in question was welded by no less a
parsonage than Judge Henry Hilton, A.
T. Stewards manager and largest heir,
who as part of his management of the
Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga, which
belongs to the Stewart estate, deems it
best to exclude the Jews from that
caravansary. In pursuance of his re-
cent order to this effect, the hotel man
ayers the other day met the application
of Mr.. Joseph Seligman for rooms in
their establishment with the reply that
he could not be accommodated. Now,
Mr.. Joseph Seligman is not only re-
spected banker with "barrels" of mon
ey, but is vice-President of one of the
finest clubs in the city, and is member
of the Syndicate having charge of the
placing of the last great government
loan. So it will be seen that Mr.. Jo-
seph Seligman was just about the worst
specimen (for Judge Hilton) that could
have been selected for the proscrptive
policy.
The result is that the learned Judge
finds he has stepped on a good deal
bigger hornets nest than he calculated
for. Not only have the Hebrews flown
to arms with their usual unanimity
where the interests of their race are
attacked, but majority of the Gen
tiles join them in cOndemning what
they pronounce an act of persec ution
worthy only of the middle ages. On
the other band, there is no lack of SYM
pathizers with Judge Hilton's position.
Everybody is being drawn into the dis
pute, which may Or may not assume
serious proportions. The Israelits threat
en- suit and the total withdrawal of their
patronage from A. Il. Stewart & Co.,
of which firm Judge Hilton is a mem
Der. The latter deties all these demon
STATIONS, and wordy fight is still in
progress.
Apparently undismayed by the fate
of the eleven Molly Maguires who were
swung off in Pennsylvania this week,
sacreligiOus desperate has Just at
tempted the assassination of Father
Fitzharris, of St. Joseph's Catholic
Church, while the latter was going upon
an errand of mercy to the bedside of
dying man. The assailant aimed IL
deadly blow at the pastor with long
keen knife, but the latter, catching the
murderOus arm, received but slight
wound. He Immediately grappled with
bhC luLiiu, anu OuOuSn HIS lUleIlOI Ill
size, held him till he could deliver him
to an officer, when he calmly proceeded
on his mission of charity. This strange
assault, no cause for which is assigned
by its peIpetratOr, has made quite Il
local cOmmOtiOn among the Catholics.
That wonder of business enterprise
and strange adventure, DR.. H. 7. Helm
bold, has finally got the better of the
obstacles and prosecutions which have
beset him for several years past, and
has resumed business on his former
magnificent scale. Whether this ex-
traOrdinary man was ever really insane
is mystery which probably no one,
himself excepted, can ever solve to the
satisfaction of everyone. Not only did
the doctors (whO are in chronic state
of dispute, however) disagree over his
case, but so also did the courts; and
the war of interests, of which he was
the centre, agitated the cities of New
York and Philadelphia for months to-
gether. But whatever may have been
the facts of that case, there isn't much
in his present course to indicate an I'M
balanced intellect. He has lately form
ed and become the moving spirit of the
Helmbold Manufacturing Co., and in Il
shrewd and business like manner has
addressed himself for the second time
to the work of building up colossal
fortune. AS part of the expansion of
their operations, which has thus far
been steady and rapid, the company
have just leased the magnificent old
Drew mansion on Union Square, fa-
nous for having been for years the
homestead of Wall Streets '"Uncle
Danl." The necessary alterations will
be completed early next month, when
New Workers are promised sight of
the finest drug establishment on the
continent.
Some of our insurance companies
smile sickly smile when any one
mentions the st. Johns fire. Only
$50, 900, 900 loss!
Mr.. George Rignold, who, with his
wife, was robbed of $4,000 in money
and jewels just previous to their late
departure for Canada, has been unable
thus far to obtain any trace of the
missing property.
The Brooklyn base ball nine bid fair
to capture the championship this year.
Last week they blauked the Bostons,
and this week they have administered
to the ChicagOs coat of whitewash
that congressional investigating COM
mittee might well envy.
Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher, having a
year or two ago cultivated the acquaint-
dnce of the law to a considerable ex-
tent, seems now to be unable to shake
off his connection. Both he and the
roaring Talmage have recently been
made defendants to suit brought by
the Brooklyn Health Board against a
| number of ministers for falling to max e