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Life ~ the Metropolis.

INTERESTING LETTER PROM HEw YoRx-rHE
rnAoKpns OF MoNTF-sHE ''JERsEY LAIS'
THE pRruScr HOUSE OF A. t. STEWART %
Special correspondence. $3.50 .
o'4 New YoRx, Nov. 40. 1852.
| Il would seem that October has been
fatal month for New York. For the most
part the weather has resembled murky
London. A bright October sun was rari-
ty indeed, aud there must have been some
thing in the mpggy atmosphere to breed ca
lamites. First, we had a crazy French
man running amuck in a thoroughfare crowd
cd with lady shoppers, and dealing death
blows right and left with pair Of compass
es Then an employe of the Third Aven-
ue Horse Railroad Company tries to shoot
his uncle. the president of the company,
and under the impression that his shot was
effective, blows out his own brains with
the same weapon. Then the Park Iheater
fire, which missed only by few hours
being a human holocaust The climax of
horrors was capped however, on the last day
of the month BY the murder of three beau
tlful and innocent children, by lunatic
mother, who subsequently takes her own
life. DIR. Seguin, the father OF the murder
ed children and the husband of the lunatic
in question, is 0 man known to entertain
peculiar views on the subject of insanity.
That phase of insanity resulting from ner-
vous disorders he has made special study.
1t is reported that he would hae been GALL
ed an insanity expert in the Giteau case but
for his peculiar ideas No one questions
the Doctors high standing in his profess
son and the most profound sympathy is
extended on all sides for his dreadful mis-
fortune. But it is rather remarkable that
man supposed to be an adept in diagnosing
! the insane phase of morbid nervousness
hysteria, etc., should have failed to discover
that his own wife was a lunatic. 49,
The present sensation in New York is Mrs.
Iangtry. The Bernhard boom was never
SO great as the interest in the Jersey Lily"
who is a common subject OF conversation,
Her pictures are for sale in all the shop win
dows, in the elevated railway stations, and
on yenders' carts in the streets. Some Of
the photographs are highly colored, and not
in the least like the original. Her beautiful
face is now SO well known that when she
ventures forth in the street people stare NJ
her with abominable persistency, and even
follow her about. The Park Theatre fire
was costly advertisement to Mr.. Abbey J,
the manager, his loss being 800, 900, but II
has not been without ITS advantages, in
spite of the delay of one week and the AM
noyance to eager ticket holders, say ear
ger advisedly because people who rushed
forward to pay $1S and 800 for single seat
and 1920 for boxes must be somewhat en-,
th,lsiastic. One advantage of the fire is I,
that the debut was made in more suitable
place, Wallack's new theatre being the
handsomest as well as one of the largest
places of entertainment in the country.
A great deal has been written OF late
about the closing of the great house OF A..
r. Stewart & Co., and some writer's have
grown sentimental over the closing Of bus
mess that has been SO prominent before
the public for quarter of century. The
truth of the matter is that the BUSINESS
is going on the same as ever, only under 2
different name. Judge Hilton, since hls
memorable attack upon the Jews, has found
the trade of the house steadily decreasing.
II is an open secret that the house has lost
money every year since Stewards death.
Mrs. Stewart, while nominally the proprie-
tor of the business, left everything to the
control of Judge Hilton Mrs. Stewart
must be over seventy years of age, yet
she affects girlish airs and always appears
Respondent in a brown wig, youthful tress-
es, and lavish display Of diamonds II
became apparent that something must be
done to stop the waning fortunes of the
house of A. T. Stewart & Co. Nothing
less than heroic treatment could hope to
remedy matters tha. were going from bad
to worse Judge Hilton hit upon the hap
by idea of changing the business in name,
but not in fact The retail department had
long been under the control of Mr.. L. J.
Denning as superintendent. That branch
of the business could therefore be readily
turned over to him. The disposition of
the wholesale branch of the business is
more doubtful experiment. A Mr.. Gross
cock had been at the head Of wholesale af
fairs, and TO him, in conjunction with
three young Hiltons, is intrusted the bus
mess for the futnre. The branches in
other cities have been long non-support-
ing, and they were all closed. Judge Hi
ton says the new arrangement will innre
to Mrs Stewards benefit and relieve him
of many cares. Folks say that Judge Hill
ton viii not be a loser under the new ad-
ministration of affairs. He will still act as
steward for Mrs. Stewart and collect the
rents Of her other numerous properties
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