Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-02-01
NEW YORK MATTERS.
The Bay Year--Fashions-Life insuranco-Po-
iincai-The snow-BennettMay- Wander
bilt.
New York, Jan. &c, 1877.
THE BAD YEAR.

times were hardly worse. House
every where empty shops fall c
cheap and attractive goods but
have seen country store livelier
improvements looking more lik
ruins, as they stand unfinished an
underlying all, the knowledge OF th
deep suffering of thousands OF poo
out Of work. People are not ashame'
to stay at home and economize. Nov
that the Centennial is over, and they
are learning without any hesitation
or bashfulness to walk into store
and give them orders for cheap arti
cles-"the cheapest you have"-it i
good not to date '76 any longer, an,
to think that the anniversary year j
over, and all the folly of expens
which the country undertook on it
account, for which it is paying tn
penalty. When we think of the
East Side of our city-the grea
working quarter, and the thousands
not of men, but thousands OF families
depending on charity for every dolt
of bread and fire in the deep mid
winter SHOWS, one feels twinges a.
buying flower, or any indulge nee
that might be dispensed with, and
the question grows, not "what can
afferd," but "what can | do with
out ?'
There is no vitality, no life in any.
thing The merchants stand list
lessly in their stores, feeling that
rent and clerk hire are eating them
up. The clerks stand idle, living on
half wages, and dreading every night
to hear the words that will cut even
that off. The landlord is worried,
for he sees in the empty store sure
premonition that it will very shortly
be vacant. The truckman has Meth
ing to haul, and the mechanics are
idle. There never was any approach
to the distress that New York is ex-
periencing now, and | hope there
never will be again. And, to add to
trouble, the political situation keeps
those who have money and DISPOSE.
tion to do something waiting, and
before it is settled the season will be
over. 1t is bad here-thank Heav.
on that the West is prosperous.
FASHIONS.
Women return to the appropriate
custom of wearing light aud delicate
colors for occasions of high dress.
White hats, pale g'oves and light
mantles are donned for theatre and
dress promenade, a rule which should
remain in force immutably. White
fe!t bstsr Of modest Shape 90 a ah
places velvet looks Enthusiastically
coarse, and can only be whim OF the
moment. Wide, rich folds of silk
and full plumes are the usual orna
ment, though a freak of a French
milliner is to cover the fiaring brim
entirely With rows of gilt galoon, set
80 closely as to recall the hale OF
dead gold, W bich in old pictures sur
rounds the head Of saints but the
example is only quoted for its hard,
bad taste. Next to white, the finest
bonnets are of palest gray velvet, 1.-The
brims concealed with deep crimson
trimmings and flowers in elegant
contrast. In dress, basques and
overskirts are popularity seen, but
nothing looks really elegant save the
princess dress which is adapted as
the standard custome also by the
dress reformers.
LIFE INSURANCE.
The investigation into the affairs
of the defunct Security" Lite In
suranee Company-"Security II think
of it !-discloses mass of rottenness
that is awful. This company had
had not the excuse of several that
have failed honestly by derrecia-
ton in securities it was thievingly
managed from the beginning, or at
least for many years, and was rotten.
The annual reports were doctored to
show prosperity when the company
was insolvont, and to these false re-
ports the officers pat their names,
and swore to their correctness, with
out blush. 1t might have gone on
for some time, and made even a
worse smash, but the close times
stopped off receipts, and as there was
no more money to wiring out OF the
people, or rather as the volume COM
ing in was too small to make the
swindle profitable, it collapsed. The
thieves ewore TO balances they never
had, to real estate they never owned,
and to policies they never issued
and by fraud and perjury they kept
up an appearance of solidity which
deceived even the experts. There
are others in the same way, that
will come to grief within q month
POLITICAL.
The Republicans of the City are
opposed, as rule, to the plar
adopted by the joint committee o
the two houses fer the settlement o
the Presidential question, for they
believe it to be a surrender rathe
than compromise. They insis
that either Hayes or Tilden wa
1 6lGCGeu tudb kub OODbbitutiOh faN
vides the method for determining
the question, and that any otbe
method is wrong until it is change
by law and they protest agains
dragging the Supreme Court int
the case. 1t is held that if decide
in this way that one party is certaI
to be dissatisfied, and that the fac
that the Supreme Court will hay
something to do with it will not tax
away the feeling. They insist tha
the counting shall take place as
always has that the President {
the Senate shall declare the result
and if the losing side feels aggrieVe
it shall find its remedy as best it ca
Just the same as is done 10 q
other cases. They believe that Hsye
was fairly elected, and they insis
that be shall be inaugurated. Th
Republicans of this City, who kno'
by bitter experience what DemoC
racy is, shudder when they thin