Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-11-23
RICH WIDOWS IN NEW YORK.


RICH WIDOWS IN NEW YORK.
Women Who Have Plenty of Money, but
No Husbands.
New York Cor Hartford Post.
New York at present contains num-
Der of rich widows. who, though now
out of town. are still within our direct
line of population. One of these is
Mrs. Paran Stevens, widow of the Op-
ulcnt landlord. The latter was OF
New England birth, and had rare
faculty for bookkeeping. lie had
several establishments Of this kind in
the eastern cities, and made them
profitable while other landlords failed
In 1856 he became interested in the
erection Of Il large house, of which
Amos Il, Emo was proprietor, and
which has become widely known as the
Fifth Avenue hotel. Here he was re-
markably successful, and at his death
his estate was upward Of Il million.
Mrs. Stevens, in view of her great
wealth, was soon received into good So
cc!y, but did not reach the highest tone
until she succeeded in dining the Rus
sian Prince who was here with his fleet.
| This was Il wonderful feat, aud occa-
stoned great dissatisfaction with many
old families, who were annoyed AT the
rapid advance of parvcnue. Mrs.
( Stevens. like Mrs. Leo Hunter, Gin
/ Pickwick), carried of the prize, and
the Duke escorted her daughter to the
thcatcr. and she attcrward married Il
Brit sh fortunr-huntrr, who gave her Il
/ title in exchange for the money her
father made in tavcrn.kccping. Mrs
/ Stevens is now in Newport, and under
| all these circumstances is received into
/ the best circles,
Mrs. A. I. Stewart, who is the rich
est widow in the union, is Il native Of
| this city. and was born in humble life
Her brother, the late Charles Clinch,
considered himself fortunate TO get Il
| birth in the custom house, where he
| gradually ~ became an expert, and was
/ retained longer than any other official.
/ She married Stewart while he was
/ keeping petty retail store, and they
/ began housekeeping under very humble
circumstances. When Stewart got on
in the world one of the indications was
found in the fact that he and his wife
/ took board at the AstOr house. which
/ then was the finest hotel in the city
Mrs. Stewart now occupies the grand
est private mansion. with but one eX-
ccptiOn, in America, which during her
visit to Saratoga is in the care of Il
/ family Of truSty servants. The apart
mcnts for the latter. indeed, are more
elegant than anything the Stcwart' had
during the first ten years of their mar
rcd life.
Mrs. Stewart has for many years
been a member of st. Marks church,
but She was kept ON such short allow
ancc by her husband that she could
not assist in any of the benevolent OPP
crations ofthe society. Her parsimony
at last became prOycrbial, hut it is
now evident that it was solely due to
the hard-hcarlrd husband. Since
kiS death She has shown some libcr.
ality. though by no means TO that cX-
tent to which might have been cX-
pcctcd. Mrs Stewards property is cs-
iimotrI at SlO.COO eco. NOT includinp
thr nalorr She occupirs which cost n n
million. Tho taxes ON This buildinr
we're last yeor - 900. and this wear
may he =, iril,o less. Mrs. Stewart :
nn,tor (Ryloncc( recently visited Emo
GLAND If which rountry he is a native.
lie rnnld there mcntionthc remark able
fact that = lady in his conrrrralinn was
rng,rrd in buildin~ 4 cathedral as a
mHnImrni fo,. her husband. Such
thinus have seldom been done, even in
fine Old world.
Tine Cnmmodurr's widow is the
younrr,t of nil the rich widows, and has
Tins far had thc best chance. Her life
hos brcn somewhat evrn,ful She is
an old nrmnintanc.o of the Vnudcrbilts
and wos married early, but not hnppily,
Arrordirr to rrnnrt. She obtained d.
yorrr. anil then supportcd hcrsclftcach-
ing mr,ir. During fine war she was in
thr south. and was aided pecuni;rily
hy ,hn Commodore Al IFS close She
romr north. and. os ,hc ronlmodore
sonn oftcrword brr,mc n widowcr.
thrir morriaoc was n natural conSe-
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