Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-14

ShoddY TmitatOrs of British
SpOrtimen.
NEW YORK, April 12.-The sensation of the
hour is Jumbo The day before his arrival the
word Jumbo" stared at you from every blank
wall and ash barrel in the street, and when the
steamer Assyrian Monarch was reported
as sighted an army of bill-posters were sent
out with huge posters aud pastepots. What
the bill-posters posted up were the words,
Jumbo is here, /" in blue letters of great di-
mensons on o white ground People wag their
heads and say that Barnum is the 'prince of
humbugs," but they show a lively interest
in Jumbo for all that The announce
ment of his arrival crowded the piers of the
North river with n struggling mass of men,
women and children,who craned their Decks to
get glimpse of the steamer. md of the cage
that held the huge beast in captivity. Jumbo's
arrival. his voyage from the old world to the
rev. down to the minutest details. and his
landing from the ship upon American soil,
have been chronicled without stint of space in
the daily Journals here. All accounts agree
that Jumbo is bad elephant in one respect at
least-he is a heavy drirker. He may not like
our light American beer as well as English
stout but he drinks it down with apparent en-
ioyment. The most striking feature in his
personal appearance is his ,dispropor-
his huge bulk above them you would
think of tree trunks. Another popularity is
that he hes lumpy back-that is, there is a
hump forward over tha shoulders, another
hump over his hind quarters. and a hollow be-
tween. His ears like his legs. are dispropor-
tionately large. So, altogether. Jumbo is not
a marvel of symmetry and beauty. His con-
duct aboard ship is universally commended.
At times he became nervous, and for two or
three days n suffered from seasckness. but
for the rest of the trip he was as jolly as an
lf0 ont nFrId hn RfoA
circumstances. He was landed without mishap
and dragged up Broadway to the Madison
Square Garden by sixteen horses. For some
distance men and boys helped to pull the
load. which recalls the story of the
wooden horse, full of armed Greeks,
which the unSuspecting TrojanS hauled into
their citv. At the garden it was found tn at the
box would not 90 through the wide doors. and
consequently Jumbo was left in his cage until
the next morning (Monday). Then the cage wss
opened and the pet of ENGLAND was invited to
step forth. He refused at first. He was afraid.
Finally after feeling the ground with his trunk.
he ventured out and was led to a corner of the
garden. At first he was made fast to a crow
bar driven several feet into the earth. Jumbo
raised his leg gently and the crowbar flew out
A better tether post was provided. To his
credit it should be said that he has not as yet
manifested anything but the veriest good ma
ture. and little doubt remains that he will take
kindly to our American ways. 1t is almost
impossible to get into the Madison Square
Garden, Afternoon or evening, to see him. Mr.
Barnum is radiant with smiles over this his
latest acquisition, and is as young and friskv
since the beasts arrival as a school boy. 1t
came out to-day for the first time, 1 believe,
that before Jumbo took his departure messages
we're received from Queen Victoria and the
Prince OF Wales relative to his retention in the
Geological Gardens. The old Snowman would
not exchange Jumbo for kingdom.
Fashionable society, which was in q state Of
lethargy during the Lenten season, has already
begun to show signs of new life To be sure
some wild forms of enjoyment were INDUCED
in q at WI
and young whiled away the time with pipes
and basins full Of soap suds. Some of the
young ladies were seized with a spasm of com
mon sense and Joined cooking clubs, but if the |
young men had been excluded from the table |
when it was spread, very little interest would |
have been taken in the dishes. There was
another thing that the fair devotee of fashion
did she went deep into the millinery subject. |
and wrinkl ID her brow df she were capable of |
such intensity Of thOught over the question |
of what the proper caper would be
in the matter of Spring dress The re-
suit of all this planning in pious seclusion
and unending visits to shops and milliners' |
fitting-rooms was to some extent seen at the |
Easter services in the Episcopal churches
last Sunday The weather was far from
propitious. but the fact that the sun did not
shine, and that the air was chill and the
wind blew and rain threatened. did not deter |
many from coming out in thier fresh plumage. |
To say that spring costumes are bewidering |
is to put it modestly. There is as much of a |
show of color-well, think of the rainbow, or of |
birds of Paradise. The few weeks remaining
before the hegira will take place to the sum-
mer resorts will be filled up in social circles
by nightly rounds of feasting and dancing 1t is |
called the second or supplementary season
The principal feature of the season will be |
weddings which already taking place on all |
Sides I have no doubt another feature will he |
hOnors to the exquisite Oscar before bis de- |
parture for Europe, which will probably take |
place this month
The town is talking to-day about the arrest
of General Clinton B. Fisk, who is charged |
with having obtained $62. 600 under false pre- |
lenses 1t is the old story CT a mining scheme |
that had millions in it-on paper. The arrest |
and charges hsve produced shock. as Gen
eral Fisk has been very popular and is widely |
known. He is prominently identified with the |
Methodist Church, and is personally acquainted |
with every Bishop in the country. Some years |
ago he founded college for cOlored people in |
Tennessee. which is called the Fisk University, |
and still greater publicity has been given to his
name through his connection with the Indian |
Commission. He was the leading spirit ia the |
prosecution of Haight who was removed |
from his position and disgraced I saw Gen |
eral Fisk several times during that investiga- |
tion, and he fairly glowed with pleasure over |
bringing the unfaithful officer to Justice Now |
the weather vane has veered round, and he is |
in place very similar to the one occupied at |
that time by the unfortunate Mr.. Haight. |
The charges are brought by a stock broker |
who claims that he was induced to buy worth
less stocks through statements oc Mr. Fisk.
which he has since learned to have been un
true AS far as it has yet appeared, the in
formation on which the charges are based was
furnished by former partner of General
Fisk-a circumstance that, in one sense, is in
the latter's favor, as 1t is hard to disassocate
the idea of treachery in such cases from the |
transaction. The friends Of MIR. Fisk especially
that he may clear himself If he does not it
will be another fair name tarnished and still
less ground for faith for man in man.
Another mining swindle has Just come to
light. The victims are well known dry goods
merchants doing business in the district as it |
is called in this CITY, 1t is an old tale with
slight notifications claim staked out some
where on the top of amountain inaccessible to
man or beast. you know, with no more to show |
than little hole in the ground, and somebody
processing to believe that there are millions in
it, and inducing nice men with money (who |
don't know anything about mining) to fly into
the dazzling flame like moths into a candle
A very respectable physician here by the name
OF DR.. Egbert Guernsey. who is seventy years
old and lives in a fine house in Twenty-third
street, and who has a large practice among
Fifth avenue folk, went out to Colorado
last summer to look after some mining
interests there. In the San Juan country he
met handsome stranger who completely fas-
cinated him. The stranger, whose name Is
Professor Cherry, told him an Arabian Nights
tale of untold wealth in some mines-the Rich
mond and the Gypsy Maid-way up on the bald
side of a mountain. When Dr. Guernsey re-
turned to this city he brought the Professor
(who has a figure as straight as an arrow, is
over six feet tall, has long black hair and a
black moustache, and reminded me to-day
when saw him in the Ludlow street jail Of
Carl9bOQ IN the character OF Claude DuVal. |
the famous highwaym N in the opera now run
ming at the Standard Theatre) end introduced |
him to his friends. The properties were repre-
sented as developed and having so much ore
10 sight. DR.. Guernsey, is said TO have repre-
sented that he saw the mines with his own eyes,
and that all that the Professor claimed for |
them was true. The largest subscriber
was John d. Rockefeller, President of the |
Standard OIL Company A short time ago the
discovery was made that there was something |
crooked. and the picturesque Professor was |
g..NA ana1 .Te
against DR.. Guernsey, and several others of
the original promoters The dry goods men
are very much chagrined over the way theV
we're hooked. The bait in the hook was the |
high standing and friendship of the venerable
Dr.. Guernsey ,
Great hopes are entertained Of La Girou-
stte, or The Weathercock. ," said one of the
associates of Mr. DAILY, yesterday.
On what are your expectations based ~ l
inquired
well the music is good, being full of fine !
dot has something in it. there is no end OF
aughable situations"
"How did you get hold of it -
when in Paris some months ago happened
accidentally into a small theatre in an obscure Z
)art Of Paris. The new opera that was being !
ung there charmed me. It was La Girouette'
{ did not attract attention because of the OBJ
curity OF the theatre where it was produced
Without doubt 1t will meet with public favor c
lere." &
There are strikes in many trades lust now r
n and around New York but there is nothing I
o interesting as the uprising among the Long
Sland farmers against the social pastime Of
OK hunting This sport IS enjoyed by several
lunts. the meetings taking place two or three