Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-16
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Special Correspondence Independent.
NEW YORK, Dec IA, 1882.

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nov hard at work "hguring,' as
the plumbers would say on their
observations. so as TO obtain the
precise amount of miles the earth
is away from the sun, and thus
how long this planet has still TO
revolve before il will be swallo =
ed by the great fiery luminary. 10
is hard 10 say whether the event
81 as Il greater treat to the astIono-
mers or 10 the small GOV. Ger.
tain it ia that there was corner
/ in old wiad0w-glass and lamp
black Thousands Of people stop
ped LID The streets to have their
/ ayes blinded, by gazlng at the
! flaming DISK Of laa san, iG the
/ hope 81 discovering tue liaie 5lacs
poi ou II, which was meant lo
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The 3 e3Hdai IS bappilT
8Eag. B8 a8 young U0mal
W6om fia goaag Hebrew uaal-
ea Levy, treated So hAbbily, after
leading ner astray, IS now busy
I tasing steps TO bring O suit for tine
/ damages against the wretch vino
i'm order 90 rid himself OF her, had
her indicted for perjury Fortu-
nateiy for her the jury were sensi-
/ bic men and they acquitted her.
Another affair OF an odious flavor,
j is shortly TO come up TO the dis
gusting satisfaction of those men
aud women who throng court
! rooms, whenever moral carrion is
dissected in the interests of
law and justice Some two years
ago Doctor Pray, opened a suite
OF gorgeous parlors in West Twen-
/ ty-,hird street, and set up as a
! Manicure and Cniropodist. Now
| Oniropody in days gone by, was a
| science and art pracsiced mainly
/ by the old Negro ''corn DOCTOR"
who with his little box ofstrongly
smelling salve, preambulated the
streets IN search Of custom, DR..
| Pray called ia fashion 10 his aid,
and in his sumptuous room the
paring OF 0nC's c0rns and cutting
OF ones nails became a luxury
worthy Of the Orient. The doe
devoted extraordinary attention
to finger nails, which he polished |
aud pared according 10 the latest |
dictates Of fashion.
In summer he made his head |
quarters at Saratoga, but was well |
Represented at every other water |
in ;lace snd seaside resort of note |
in ihe country. He advertised |
J rgely hu judiciousIy, confuing |
hiruseif maiuly 10 theatre pro-
grammos and so-called jenkins
parers. OF course he became a
feature Of New York life, the wo-
men fiocked to him, and as he |
charged from five to ten dollars a
consultation the doctor made so |
much money, that he stands fair
chance of being quietly shipped |
off 30 lnnatic asylum by his anX-
iou- reiatives. This is the FASH
iouable way OF preventing a rich |
man and particularly ricn parve-
nue. from making a fool of him
self. Bot the fates have spared |
him this experience at least for
the present. They set pretty
wo nan al him.
He claims that she tried to ex-
tort two dollars from him during |
a professional visit TO his rooms. |
She charges hin with what in the
modest vernacular of newspapers |
is called"ungentlemanly conduct.
The young person in question, is
nineteen years old, superb form,
possesses an equally beautiful face,
rejoices in the genteel name of
Della Springstead, and is MILL
ner by trade or profession. She |
says that one day while visiting
the doctor, he took liberties with |
her. Her sister is her witness.
Unfortunately the sister was in
an outer room, and the door sepa-
rating the two apartments denied
her even the privilege of looking
through keyhole. All that the
sister could testify to is that she
heard "noises and screams Now
this may have just as well cave
been caused when the doctor tried
to make her feet which presuma-
bly, had been very fashionably de-
formed, resemble something like
a work of nature again. In fact
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