The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22
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NtW AAhs @AFAAA AUs ANN@s
When / penneG yoa last weeks let
ter The weather was simply charming.
i, was almost as btlmy as a day in
June. ru, how sudden tile transition
from heat TO coidl On last sunday In
the morning he lldits appeared 10 the
churches aud on the avenues which
the fashionalles lost frequent, ia all.
The wealth OF new spring gsrmsnts.
Sealskin and silk, fur lined cloaks were
Land aside and everything looked de-
ligh;fally s%pritglike aud encouraging,
UGt in the afteusoana Cold wave struck
the metropolis which has caused the
utmost discomfort from thar dsy 10
THIS and it has not only arnpyed fash
i3u devotees, ba. it kas interrered with
business which is not as brisk as it
Should lea this season. Aud speak
ing Of business recalls the fact that
large houses dealing IN The products OF
Caiua aud japan have just become
aNare That they have been extensively
swiudled by i house in Hong Kong,
China, Which until recently ; ood i'll
good repute. Yogel & Co, of thai
city had done business credHablv tor
many years. They had the confidence
OF oar merchants who deal. ia the
commodities % tie Orient. But ali
Of a sudden they lapsed from virtue
and in the language of Bret IItrte's
immortal Jim Nye, have shown That
'for Ways that are dark aud for tricks
that are va;n," Vosei Co., like the
"heathen Chimaese is peculiar" That
they lave made monty by their opera
tions there can be no question and it
IS said on good authority that they
have swindled contidiug importers out
of at least 81. 900, 000 Their methods
were like those OF the Bunko men and
confidence operators OF Il gleat cities
They would sell hemp OF silk, which
are valuable and while the outer Lagos
in the e bales of goods would be what
the invoice called for, the interior OF
the packages Wouid be SAW dust, shay
ings or something Wlurless except to
make Weight and deceive those WHO adj
v-nced money on the cafgoes.
The great house-great IN the day
Of its fourder-A. 4. Stewart q Co.,
announces THAI it VIII retire fruIlwJu+
mess. Wien Mr.. Stewart died it rep
resented a capital If So, 600 ,000. It's
cash balance ia banks was never less
than 81, 5000 0 and it didan annual
busine. tine time of $50, 000, 600. Since
Judge Hilton, rho was The late Sir.
Stewards lawyer and who became pos
| sessed of most Of lis wealth, began "a
manage It's affairs the business has di-
minisled and it is said that they have
lost money. There was a time Wien
they had 2000 employees in their Whole
sale and re.ail stores in this city and
about 5000 operatives IN their various
factories throughout the country. They
have no such number now. Mr.. Stew
art bought for cash. A. I. Stewart
& Co.. of to-day, not only have been
willing to buy on time, but they have
been borrowers OF money to meet Their
Obligations. When Mi. Stewart died
he left a fortune Of $50, 0oo, coo, tile re-
suit of earnest, determined effort. But
like other great fortunes which indus
trious men have left behind them half
of this amount would be rs much as
tbs c great estate would bring to-
day.
p T. Barnun. the great Snowman.
whose name is a household word, is
| contemplating rev enterprise which
he thinks will be a fitting monument
of his life long years to BEAUTIFULLY
amuse and instruct old and young, in
the erection of a Museum III this city
where specimens of natural history. q
meuagerie and theatre will form rar;
/ of the attractions. In mfLy respects
it will be like the old museum which
once stood or the corner now occupied
by the Herald building and which fol
50 many years was the centre of at
traction for New Workers and visitors
20 the city.
LAURENS.