The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
From Our Own Correspondent.

fIorLE IDEA OF JOkE.-A
sAwDUsT SwINDLE ON A VERY GRAND
SCALE.--DEArH OF HORACE GREE
LEY's DAUCHTER.--HER LAST WORK
OF FILIAL yPIETY.-LABok DISTURB
ANcEs.--A RICH MANS LOVE FOR
SABLE CITIzENs.-FRIENDLY FEAST.
ING OF SOME WHO FOUGHT FOR AND
AGAINST SLAVERY INTERESTING
CHINA IMPoRTATioNs.
We have had several events this
week of considerable interest. Per-
haps the most important is the arri-
val of Jumbo, tangible trophy Of
the triumph of the irepressble Bar
mum over disconsolate John Bulldom.
Thousands of old men who haven't
been inside of a circus tent for fifty
years have played young and gone to
see Jumbo, and taken in the rest of
the performances. The great, docile
creature is fond of being petted and
also of whisky, a bottleful of which
poured into his trunk, is concealed
without spilling q drop, and he winks
after it.
Another trunk full of whisky turned
up in police headquarters the other
day. 1t was found on a truck with
mob around it, clamoring for the re-
lease of man inside. Sure enough
there was man there, who had been
bundled up and deposited in these
narrow quarters by way of joke
He was good fellow in his way, and
when he sobered up declined to give
any information which would lead to
the arrest of his tormenters.
Some banks and heavy importing
houses have just been viciimized in a
singularly audacious fashion by firm
in China, which obtained advances
from the bankers agents on letters
of credit TO the amount of, some say,
81, ooo,o against bills Of lading for
merchandise shipped. When, after
four months voyage the vessel ar.
rived there was little discovery.
Bales invoiced as choice silk were
found to contain few pieces of very
inferior stuff and the balance of
shavings, and so on with other things
1t is scarcely needful to remark that
considerably over three months ago
these smart Hong Kong merchants
departed from the fowery land.
Horace Greeley's eldest daughter,
Ida, who married the impulsive Ken
tuckian, Colonel Smith, who used to
horsewhip people who displeased him
when he first came North, is dead.
She was greatly liked. 1t is TO be
hoped some one will continue the
task she began few weeks after her
illustrious fathers decease, namely
the arrangement of vast number Of
his letters to all sorts of people on
every conceivable subject. 1t may
be remembered that she advertised
for the loan of such relics, just long
eenough TO copy them. Among other
respondents was your RADIx, and
the original terse, vigorous express
sons of the founder of the Tribune,
couched IN his exceedingly eccentric.
handwriting, lost none of their value
from the graceful endorsement of his |
accomplished child when she returned
the papers. Diphtheria killed her.
Strikes again, and as usual they |
have begun in the building trades.
Where Contractors have been COR
nered they have had to give in, and
the men are pretty generally jubilant
over their supposed victory, but
when these contracts run out perhaps
they won't whistle quite SO cheerfully
and may pay dear for their whistle
now. There, is, indeed serious
check to building operations, and
while houses already built are chang.
ing hands at continually advancing
rates, lots hang heavily on owners
hands, for people will not put their
hands in their pockets to start up
such an expensive business as build