The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-22
NIBL0, THE AGED MANAGER.
THE FOUNDER or THE FAMOUS GAR
DEN ~ BROiDW1Y DEAD
His Chop House In Pine street and his Ven
ture that was Laughed AT Forty-nve Years
Ago-Music, Pnntomine, and Thcntricni-.


den, died in his home at 10 East Twcnty-fourth
street Yesterday morning. He was nearly
ninety years Of age and although Of late years
he has been feeble heshas enjoyed fair health
until he was stricken with paralysis some DAYS
ago. Mr. Niblo had SO entirely withdrawn from
active life that to the present generation the an
| nounccmcnt that he died yesterday will b. re-
ceivcd with surprise. because it was generally
believed that h. had passed away long ago. He
began his business Of theatrical manager forty
! five years ago md had been engaged I'm another
business for twenty years before that. When
he sold the little coffee house that he kept SO
long in Pine street. he was well known by the
| New York merchants of the time, and very few
| of those who have sat at his table and eaten
chop and drank glass of ale remain. Yet NiblO's
| col,e house was 80 famous in New York at
| the time that Napoleon fought at Waterloo that
| the traditions regarding IL still lingcr in down
| town cobwclhcd chop houses and elderly mcr-
| chants now remember having heard their IA
| theirs speak OF running over to NiblO's to got
| bite when they were lads. Tho chop house
was opened at 10 Pine street. at timc when
| merchants could gossip over the tables about
the battle Of Lundy's Lane. or the way Jackson
scattered the rcd coats at New Orleans Actors
| and literary men were fond Of dropping in At
| Niblos. and it is believed that It was conversa-
ton which he heard there that set Niblo to
| thinking about changing his business and do
| ing something In the amusement way. lie was
| In no great hurry. however. for the little coffee
| house was doing well enough and every one be-
| loyed that Niblo was getting rich In twenty
years he had accumulated enough to venture
upon the establishment Of Niblo's Garden. just
when tho Garden was first opened could
not bo learned yesterday. although the
general impression was that IL was In
! NJ a.. q.
| oi Nthu~ Garden ~ announced in The SUN of
| that dlir. ia u very highly displayed advertise
! mrut for the time. In II MIR. Niblo thanks the
pubic Tor the ENCOURAGEMENT b" has received
| for tho last three years. Arrangements are ia
| progress thr advertisement says. % for the
| representa- IN " petit operas and Naudrves
! ~ ara given ia pars and ut Madam" Nestris-
| Theatre. London. The garden il described A.
| hclashci and drroratod-ihr walks and flower
| beds have been newly laid out and ~ hed with
| the choicest plants, ne elect Of which viii bee
| enlivrn"d by the addition ~ numerous trans
| paren'i's, multiplying mirror-, ana To the
iascinnt iun- OF music wall bee added tn. pure AMI
! the finest specimens of the pyruterhnir art.
Even then N,o.o was spoken, 81 c'liiorially a.
| - the veteran manager. AMI his On chdutinE
| Garden was tnrongrd nightly.
when he llrst announced his purpose open
INK "a summer niaht garden away w town on a
vacant lot. liz was ask"d why he did not 70 To
! Harlem Nillug" but h" insisted that an open
garden. Wnrre mon and women could si and
h'ro"i. drink something reiroslins ant listen
To- music AZ lll' sumo llNf. WNil pay II lifl lll
London and Paris and there WAS no reason
why 10 SHOULD not in New York.
But II IS 80 far out tnere.' every ono told
in run omnihusc- from tho City Hotel FOR
al! who want 'o -. and hc did.
IIotc stands vJs leased, high board fence put
up. and the Garden laid out a. dos ribbed in tho
HHay and MT s NS . Sra i" the wa" Hmcr FS
drinks. Many % The faneitul admiNtures which
have since become notorious were Arst passed
! IA .Hr a.
only cntcrtainme nj that Niblo gave was nightly
concert. and for several years Mr.. Watson.
! Nr-. Bailey. Mr.. piumnrr. ana MIR Bishop Wrre
, widely udN"rt-'d ~ the great musical aitrlc-
tons at Nih.0s. Although the Garden was far
out Oi Ga" city. II wH~ "a 'o"s-ul from Ia" start.
| II used Ia be- the thing to run up and spend an
evening at Niblo's. Nothing had ever been seen
y" remember going TO the Garden thirty odd
years ago syn,l1inan sHi -, AZ Walls D r.
most gorgeous and beautiful place On earth.
tn" flowers and the fountain. tho music. and
al n''h'ns IN W. ,l,e INC" hns ma. me I'M
wont there. And IL was so with every one ,ls'.
i"r7on- used To- cowe from e.! H. COUNTRY T. New
dream all the time they were there And | re-
member how the young New Workers used to
tar about Nibln-. II was. IN iHt very tame
b"-il" wi at We have now but nothing Will ever
be introduced ~ Now York that VIII make ia"
sensation that NihlO'- did Tor the first few
Thc reputation Of Nillo's Gerlen began to
spread through the country Merchants Who
niade their summer visit To New York always
made point Of going there, and at first those
who avoided the drama felt conscience free in
going 81 Nh.os, because only concerts were
given there. II hecnmr IN short time the most
motel q New York sights snd kept iis prestige
..S.ycra years after the. Garden wns opened
Niblo introduced the lavol family. Their per-
I iorman.rs wrr" looked mon ~ almost miraeu-
lous More persons We're turned away than en-
tered. nnl flr years IL was not safe for pnnto-
sa "s' RaS S eerssa tRe ade T Sad 5n
Seton drew throngs to Nlhlo's much o. tho "a.
n1FfhI," ol Il.' b..,""Iy ia,rn iuhhhg-rS WHO
offered at the Garden. In return Nihlo hogan
to put CONT lies on the stage. and engaged Bur-
. In the meanwhile the Garden was getting 10
mrlratyey ste"king nearer down town
place and played his company there residents
I mo- longer considered the Gard % away out II
q town.. Business ran along ~ Broa!~ay very
I ! theatre one year. Tut BE could not recall the
date ccrtnin'v yesterday. H. snil that h" Re-
| cNafing. AMI arbitrary man. H. used r'-
( momh'r % insist on all the employees being
I / would tolerate any lnyiurs- But ON" thing
q was certain. Everybody WIS sure 10 get tAcii
: The open mir feature. remember" Mr
. Brougham continued mu" n-y. WIS cons. =
q ! garden. as | r'm'n,hnr. hui the thraire WIS
. open ON one = le. and there WAS % kind Of FREQ
dom az oWrl mat Iihl" i very atiratY". Hli
. after ALL. think the great attraction WIS tlt
70 way MIR. Nlhlo served tho fancy drinks NJ H.,
I lar. know mat the place WIS success IRON
o. tho start. until the garden feature was don.
% away with. and IN" Theatre urou"r huit We
one or iWo eN '"utl9na periods, am inclined O.
/ think than y ill's has boon ~ unfortunate since
tn hotel and thcntre were built
- For y.ar- N.b.n's wa- a fayori'o mootiul
70 pluce for c0nV 'ntlon- and religious moot
- ings Dnniol Webster delivered ono Of hi'
noted oritiOns there. SINCE the Mnirp
% pnliHn Hotel WIS built with the now thoafr,
ADJOINING, almost every actor ut mote has np
g. prurcI uu the boards. There have l,en ono OBJ
y two phenomenal 9ucrr-s"s. notably the 90 Iilatl
4 Crook performances MIR. Nito retired ahuu
% tw ntv years ago. and lived a perfectly retro,
1 life. lie accumulut' u largo fortunc. and spon
i his years Of retirement in collecting pIrtur"
, and works Of art His funeral IA 10 be private
Grand Onicers Installed.
y There was probably even larger number a
Odd Follows an tie meeting at the Grand Lodge ~ m
state OF HoW York m CheAcrng Han yesterday than col
- the preceding day Among the distinguished person