, 1881-04-17

whom, he had stenlisted y withdrew
from the speculation, and thus once more the
cneap cab project fell to pieces. The disap-
l}ea1anee Of 31r. Frank Kavanagh, Mrs Alice
d;aIkS, I;ItsS, ana the fox~terrier followed immc-
SUSTAINED from publishing the true story Of
the collapse Of the scheme and the hesira of
lts lf M MRro)st:lnIs NothinE has ever been heard
u VI AZ. fra.k knvahaEh since his hurried Ie-
lartnfc until the news arrived on Monday OF
lis conviction nc Manchester. Mrs, Alice
larks was evidently In at the death. so to
speak, Tor the astute Judge who pronounced
AZ n frank kavanagh's doom, alluded to her
The prisoner" no particulars have been
obtained, however, of the fate Of the fox
terrier. N~A
Mr. PETER uErD1c,
the pAllanthropist, who seems to have con-
loal!aed the functions OF the cab with those
OF the omnibus in the latest attempt to help
Ncw ork ont OF one 0f its mostcxaspcratirg
predlcaments, has already received the bcne-
dlctions OF Philadelphia. What III Denver
Would be called the ''pioneer" cab Of the
system has been for several days visible in
Iwenty-tllird street and Fifth avenue. It Is
singular vehicle, built apparently of pine,
on which the desecratlng brush of the car
riage-painter has never been laid. Its wheels
are rather small and it hangs close to the
ground, which, with Its cleanliness. seems
to be the principal feature to distinguish it
from a broadway omnibus. The specimen
on exhibition Is drawn bya couple of horses,
and would comfortably scat, on al@ cmer-
brokers. It is this apparent dependence on
numbers which removes the uc1,iic convey
allce from the category OF cabs. We cannot
sec how the propriet0rcan let it 60 wl,ereso-
reasonable figure.
Miss Leila Morse, the youngest daughter
OF the late Prof. Morse, was married last
week to Mr.. FraEz Rummel. One of the
most inconspicnouss presents Of the OCCASION
was q check carefully. folded from general
scrutiny. 1t was for the sum of $1,000, ,0O0.
and bore for signature the name Of Samuel
j. TiIden.
THEATRICAL
J. II. McVicker is i'll town. at the Gisey
House, waiting for news, alas! Of the saddest
kind. lie will not hear from his wife till she
telegraphs to tell him that the patient soul of
poor little May Booth has passed to the re-
gions Of intinit peace. SOME day, perhaps, the
story Of her martyrtlom will be written. She
is dying i'll foggy London because her faith
full devotion to her husband made light
even of the certainty of death.
l remember seeing her, some years ago, in
the wings OF the Academy Of Music III Brook
lyil, keeping alight with her own sweet breath
tie pipe OH which the Hamlet Of the evening
had wisely come to look rs his only stimu
liant Everybody who met her in London
loved her as much as she is loved by those
who know her here at home. / fear that her
Inevitable death means the utter and final
shipwreck of the life to keep which out of
the Slunls has cost her her own.
To something almost. as sad. John E.
Owens, they tell me. strikes his friends rs
strange and abrupt, The horrible collapse
sardonically as If it dill not mean
the loss of a good deal Of money to him.
with copious drinking. not to say chronic
drunkenness But Owens is not always
drunk, whereas he is always singular. That
f1 se a4 1ant n IS sehS i @ s19sla u tarba 5 it all be
McElcker has closed with the Harry
peakes-Will Carleton-Se]na Dolaro ''Oli-
yctte'' party for week in Chicago. These
are the best singers OF the lot, and, as for the
sent the most wonderfully wcll-occupied
- i no notice a a base libel on Mrs. Rankin in
Southwestern paper. She leaves the Dan
ties" company because she IS worn out.
having worked hard for a whole year and
taken no rest AS for Jealousy. Bah! l
know OF no such happy couple on the stage.
Their children are their idolS; and little
l'ixy and Dido are, Heaven knows, pretty
enough for anybody TO worship. 1t is oneof
the penalties OF life in the theatre that 10
man or woman Of its people can have a
headache without becoming scandalous..
There IS !. horrible story atloat That MIR.
Paran Stevens recently hit her son-tn-law OIL
the head with bottle of soda-water 1 fancy
that, in truth, this rumor comes Of the fact
that the soll-in-iaw is in the habit of stunning
himself pretty constantly with brandy
bottles.
The Turf Club, for the support of Jerome,
is at last under way. I look with more or
less patience for an early crop of poker
scandals. VEEJUlCE.