, 1881-10-23
Misfortunes Resulting from a
Conflagration.
John W. Carroll, the Actor,
- and His Wife.
BuryiIIe Re|inquishes Young Osborne tor
~. a Consideration.
The Famous Drug Store in the
~> Herald Building.
New York Tl1eatre-Goers Pining for the
Union Square Company.

| Speefat Correspondence of Tie Chicago Tribune.
| NEW Ynl:ls, Oct. 20-Eyery twentY-fou
hours it clouds mp, and that rain which lla
not fallen for forty days is confidently cx
pcctcd; and every morning after Il period ol
! cloud:ness the sun bursts forth in splelulol
aud the hopes Of the plrclied earth witltcr
What We IRE going to tlo ii this Thing con
tiaues will he terrible to tell; III view ot
The recent fires and the great consumption oi
wafer there: 4 lot "f talk 2bout utilizing
the nice salt water surrounding tts. =. Il
would be just the article to q:1enc|l fires
with, but no one seems to advance il speedy
ami economical plan for bringing it where it
can be used. X week ago the Grafton people
| PIT: forth the statement that We had only
twenty more days raiicns, and must use
| s:,aringly.- Onr old lady know said direct
ly: SWELL, I'll be saving. | won't drink /,
drop more water. I'll drink tea till this
| Croton famine is oyrr!'' :',-
The Fourth avenue lorsc-rar depot and
M0rrtll storrliouse tire ilMbibed Il tremendous
utiantity: for several ,lays 4 steady volume
! Of water from every si'le waS poured oil the
s1noultlcring ruins. No 1ne will ever know
! how Hitch was burned up in that eonflagra-
| 1ton- Its the standing reason just now for
! everybody, IL businessmen don't meet ltleir
| Hates. its owing to their awful losses by
! MOrrcll; If actors don't meet their engage
/ .nents it's OWN. tt the burning uf their ef-
1 1ects III that warehouse. As far us | can
| learn. nobody ever stw st,cl. lacts. such
winter furs, such household treasures and
family silver rs t1cy:yl,odu llatl burned III
that disastrous iirt. TIE buDks Of the es-
| tab!iSlreut were supposed to be intact
! within their steel ansl alum and zinc and
/ irnn overcoats, but tie il,stnnt the
| safes were got ont, and tile papers
| vi The Concern funnp to be clarru.t alll
! worthless. theiI We began tn learn the great
! misfortuIes that had overwhelmed us.
Seems 10 nle If Mnrrtlfs warehouse had been
As big lis the Brooklyn bridge it couldn't
haze held tno plumber l have heard be-
| nloalltu lis lost. - :
! Dion Enntitanlt was reported rs :. heavy
loser in manuscripts. That is 4 mistake;
snr; time after tie left lie sent for them. and
Mr. Moss, OF Wallark's, went to Mr.. Bo,tci-
| caul's roo1ns ut 1'inard's, OIL Fifteenth
street, selected I'LL Dio,l:s property ct that
nature, and transmitted them to him i'll Lon
don.
Miss Jennie Lee Mrs Burnett) is said to
have lost severely, which is To be regretted,
ii true. She has had such bad luck since
eonliny 10 this country As wrote you be-
tore size arrived, she was never more than Il
nirc. little so;.oret. So,lle unaccountabIe
freak OF public taste iii England nlade ller
10 Il great go; it is il good piece of acting,
but NOT Very great one. The play itself is
wlrtched. and lankccla11d would not have
il ut I'LL. Mr. Sargent, who brought her over,
lost several thousand dollars ol, it, anu then
prola'Setl 10 go OH with the engagement it
site W"nld play 4 new piece that Mr. Cum
risk or take tile trouble to create Il new char
acter, 50 Sargent severed the unprotitae
connection, and went to Europe to bring out
fllra.
tlol,s with Maguirc uf San Francisco, woull
take her away for the wi1.sr. She packed
everything unnretlfnl for that trip aud put
tile remainder into trunks which she sent ~
NIorrcil's on saturday. and Monday night
they We're burned.
\ lady acquaintance, who sailed that Sat
urtIay before IL bring home her children
from school IN Germany, sail to me while
sitting amid boxes and trunks: 1t is nnt
worthwhile to insure thest things, | shall
be back the lst of DECEMBER AMI take them !
directly out, and go to housekeeping. They
had not been lutca week in the place before |
it burned.
Another lady, who had s:j0oo worth of fur
niturc stored there. WAS reminded by rel:s-
tive the Isl Of tile month that the Insurance
expired next day, but SHE too was going 10 |
remove her goods for renewed Ilultsckcepin. |
the lst of November, and rcpllcd that - fo: |
so short Il time it WASN'T worth Willie to take |
further insurance" So often do such re- /
marks Immediately precede destruction Of |
property. that il any member of MY family |
broacllcd such incendiary opinions / |
wouldn't wait to smell smoke. but III ring
thc lire-alarnl and hayc the engines on lie /
premises.
~
On Tuesday afternoon the 'sIitile Churct,
Around the Corner,' the cditice which acts Is
clearinghouse for Heaven in most all cases
Of death among the actors, dill the last for
John w Carroll. lie was connected for
many years with Waflack:s company. and
1atterly had acted for Henry Abbey
AS It. business man he ranked higher
than Us all actor, though many characters he
looked aud played we'll, notably that Of Dc
F,rUitic III "'Caui!lc," with Aloujcska. Fif-
teen years ago he married i. very charming
young girl, who, III ago, ability. education,
anu circumstances, was Il suitable match.
But. though the iatt;' settled to her duties
i'll admirable manner, the young husband dill
not. The lift: they led became decidedly nll-
pleasant and finally unbe1rabp. They had
no children for whose sake the mother wn,t!d
have endured unto the end. so finally Mrs. Car
roll, very broken in heart anil health, entered
for Il divorce, and procured one.
Then she followed her profession as
lit a':tress, provittcd fur herself com
fortably, behaved herself irrcproacllaLly.
and was rewarded by restored health
anu spirits. John had II famous
time; llc accumulated quite Il little fortutc
a;ltl spent it un himself with much l:beraHty
He went 10 Lpnsou a couple Of summers
aSo anu enjoyed himself immensely. When
ltt: can,e back he lifted up Il flat, conducted.
himself on the European plan, anu looked lis
It lite and lie wcrs: the best of friends.
5ome time during the early spring lie had
OCCASION, to consult Il physician for soue
supposed trivial complaint. 10 his horror
the doctor told him lie had Il cancer and but |
t few months ut furthest 10 live, liz coukl
not believe it. lie appie,! to several noted
ict; and, completely stunned, he ercpr over
to his home ol, Seventh avcnuc and
mt dawn III farn flla lrrina sflai}nw nf |