Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-16


Young as this place is as popular re
sort-it was not widely known until twelve
or thirteen years ago-it already has mem
cries, and is associated with the past. II
is, by the way, an odd commentary on the
extraordinary difference between PhiIa
delphia and New York, that citizens oi
the former had been coming hither foi
twenty years, or more, before it was re-
vealed to the latter and yet it had nc
more general reputation than the unin'
habitaGle island of Monte Christie after
which Alexander Dumas named his cele,
brated novel. Some New York capital
lists turned their attention TO il soon after
the war; built hotel, now the West
End; bought land; divided it into lotsj
exploited" the spot, and it at once at
tanned fame. A good deal Of money was
made in real estate operations. The new
hotel was leased to one Of the sons and to
brother of Charles A. Stetson, of the
Astor house. John Hoey, of Adams ex-
press, put up handsome cottage, and
bought and sold land. Helmbold, the
lamboyant druggist, got interested in the
resort; so did Jay Gould, james Fisk,
| jr., John Chamberlin faro banker and
others. Then the Branch rose like the
exhalation Of a dream, and hourished
finely. But there were reactions. The
StetSons, who had called the house by
their own patronymic, allowed it to fail
the second or third season for want oI
proper management Helmbold went to
pieces, lost his wits, and occupied his time
In getting in and out of lunatic asylums,
and writing cards for the newspapers,
James Fisk was assaFsinated by Stokes;
Jay Gould turned his attention to other
enterprises after slipping out of the New
Jersey Southern road; ChamberIin be.
came involved in many troubles, financial,
moral and personal, and was obliged to
reluquish his race course and gambling
house.
John Hoey is still here; and owns his
'pacous cottage and grounds. one OF the
very few show places, and mag, by dint
# continuance and unchaugeableness, br
considered u veteran. II is near forty
years since Il red-hared, ruddy. checked
Dlue-eyed youth, full Of vigOr and energy,
used to dart into the newspaper offices o.
New York and the Boston daIlits, and
skiing them to give credit to Adams tx
press company, would dart out again in a
winklng The youth was John HJey
He probably earned Sc or s. a wees then,
nut he had hopes, with enterprise behind
them; he knew the value Of opportunl
ties. He chmbed easily upward Ad
nering to the company which had EN-
ployed hlm 81. messenger, he became one
If its largest stockholders and Il million
ire. He married an actress, a pretty
widow, 60 attached TO the stage that she
ontnuDd to hc the leading woman at
Walack's alter her husband had grown
rich; and he was too generous and too
ond of her to insist that she should give
up her profession. One day, as the story
goes, she took Otfense at Lester WaIlack
Tor casting NJ ideeine Henrigues, now
Mrs. Louis ]. Jennings, Of London, ior
Violanle in "The WonlCr"-l part she
mad hitherto apprOpriatcd-and retired
from the theater, never to return. She
is one OF the few actresses who, after once
leaving the stage, can stay of 1t. Shr
nas Il good posihon is much esteemed
privately; has ampIe means grown-up
lmnily, and does not require tine hlstlionc
'xcircmcnts which many rcti;cd PLAYERS,
IN their isolation, continually crave Mrs,
Hoey is said to have been the pioneer in
this country Of eytravagant dressing, now
grown TO be 50 indispensable on the stage
Havng II wealthy husband, she could
a!fnd the cO>tllesi gowns and accessories,
and she spent thrice her salary in her clab-
JrutG alornmcut.