Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-03-15
WHOLE NO. 1868.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
A Sensible Woman--The Telegraph Rivalry
The Grand Duke-Talm age-Business.
New YoRK. March 5, 1877.

NEW York, March 5, 1877.
Correspondence of the Grant County HERALD.
A Sensible Woman.
Ii is not often that woman, ricL
aud charitable, is not also weak. Not
so Miss Mary Dancer, a rich maiden
lady OF this city, who died few
weeks ago. Miss Mary was well en-.
dowed with this worlds goods, aud
she had lots of relatives who loved
her with all he devotion that poor
people always love rich relations
till the will is read. Miss Mary con.
sidered their feelings. She divided
a portion of her property among
them in such way as TO make them
all comfortable, so that they would
not feel aggrieved, and go to disput
ing the will. If q relative has left
you thirty thousand dollars, you SIRE
not going to GO around and swear
she was ineane because she left the
same amount to charity. After do
ing this she made clean, clear will,
leaving the rest Of her estate to ten
| Of the best charities in the city. She
Distributed 1886, 600 among the char
ities that are known TO be well man,
aged, and fixed it so that the money
goes to them without any ioterfer-
ance of lawyers or courts. The euri-
Gus thing about it is, that her father
who made all the money was noted
gambler, and every dollar of it was
made By gambling. The gamblers
wife and daughter were, however,
not only exemplary, but devotedIy
pious women, and it was the wish of
the mother, as well as of the father,
that the money should be applied to
a good use. Tho managers of the
charities had, at the beginning, some
scruples as TO accepting money SO
acquired, but it was fnslly decided
that they could sanctify it. After
taking Daniel Drew's | don't see
why they should hesitate about
Dancers. A great many people viii,
for great many yeats hence, riss
up and call her blessed. The law
yers who ioee fat estates are gnash.
ing their teeth because sh9 gave
them no excuse for getting their
long fingers in her pie. An acute as
well as good woman was Miss Mary
Dancer.
Hoggishness Getting it's Reward.
ander0llt, before he died, wanted
to get hold of the Western Uoion
Telegraph Company, that be might
bleed that monopoly as he has every
other one that be got his claws on
He did get enough OF it to control il,
and his estate Is reaping the reward
Scott, Hewitt and Garrett, the other
railroad magnates turned about and
put million of dollars into the At
lantic aud Pacific, and turned over
their especial lines to that company,
and are pushing new lines in every
direction. Consequently, Western
Union, which was an eight per cent.
stock, Notwithstanding it has been
watered dozen times, goes down
sixty, and the Atlantic and Pacific
goes up proportionately. Telegraph
ing is the most outrageous swindle
of this century. The Western Union
is, or has been, a monopoly, and the
people have been compelled to pay
whatever it should exact. Conse.
quently the cost of telegraphing has
been four times what it is in any
other country. Now that the new
company has been bolstered, down
will go the prices. 1t is good thing
to throw patronage to weak com
panies, to sustain them. They are
the only safeguards we lave against
imposition. The prices have been
already reduced to half, at compel
ing points, and they will 90 lower
still. Would that there could be
found some relief from tho express
swindle.
The Grand Duke.
When the Grand Duke Alexis was
here few yeers ago, New York
went wild over him. He was feted
and danced and balled and ridden
and photographed-and bellies quar-
relied for tho privilege of dancing
with him. He is here again, bnt alas
his Roy al IIjghness does not excite
as much sensation as did Crouin, the
fraud with the nose. He walks
about the streets followed by an
English bull dog, tho same as any
other man, and the crowd scarcely
turn and look at him. lie is a good
fellow and rather likes the being let
alone. New York needs a new prince
every tlme-it don't gush over an
old one worth a cant. IL is said that
his business is to marry q girl with
whom he fell IN love when he was
here first. She is the daughter Of a
wealthy mechanic up town, aud is
beautiful and accomplished. The
Grand DGke met her at the big ball
given in his honor, and was 50 smit-
ten that he Demanded permission Of
his father to marry her. The old
Emperor suggested that possibly it
might be we'll enough TO ascertain
whether the lady would marry him
something that bad not occurred
to Alexis. SO. after worrying the
imperial family for four years, he
got permission to come over and pay
his court in person. The girl will
marry him, never fear. The New
York girl who would marry a PEN
niless fraud if be had title, will not
stop at taking an actual Grand Duke,
with revenues enough for dozen
German or French Counts. She
has already signifed her acquies-
cence, and now comes new trouble
| The Emperor never supposed that
Alexis meant matrimony-he pre-
sumed that his boy was struck with
q pretty face and figure, and that be
wanted her for sort of left-handed
wife. such as all German Princes are
allowed. He was willing to receive
an American girl in the capacity OF
his sons mistress, but as his wife
that was another thing. He might
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