The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-03-31
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
rom Our Own Correspondent.

STOCK EXCHANGE PRIvILEGEs-CoN
vINCING ARGUMENTs-INCoNv
FENCES OF BEING RICH-LUCKl
LEGATEEs--EvAsIoN OF A CHAMPION
SCIENTIFIC CATS--A PLEASING
INDUsTRY-A JEWS BAD BARGAIN
QUEER MATRIMONIAL CUSTOMS.
1t is nice thing to belong to the
stock exchange as long as you can
keep your temper, have plenty OF
customers, and keep out of tempta-
tion to dive in the pool on your own
account. The families Of dead stock
brokers find prompt payment made
them of a big sum, which few men
could ever manage to pay the pre-
miums for in any ordinary insurance
company. But impecunious stock
brokers are bounced, and failure to
fulfil their contracts causes their priv
ileges to vanish like unto dreams.
Moreover, their peccadilloes are Wis
tied with stern severity. There was
breeze, for instance, the other day,
between a Mr.. Breeze and Mr.. Bou-
vier, wherein noses and eyes were
punched. They have both been
suspended for thirty days. And a
good deal of money may be missed
in thirty days.
Some disagreement about the
transfer of accounts caused the
scrimmage, and after all it was but
the physical manifestation of ner-
vousness and irritability which just
now affects a good many people.
Wall street is feverish beyond a doubt.
The story went about the other day
that Jay Gould was bursted up, body
and boots. He thereupon waXed
wroth, called in some cronies and the
cronies say q wonder if they told
the truth p that he showed them
S54,ooo,ooo worth of unendorsed
securities, giving him control of half
a dozen railroads, and was going to
show them his United States bonds,
but, as his secretary said, it would
take two trucks to carry them, his
auditors would stop to listen. They
say Cyrus w. Field almost broke
his neck trying to jump out of the
window, so eager was he to spread
the news, and make million or two
by the sudden rise in everything.
Talking of cable and pipe laying
Field, he is quite unpopular among
certain classes for the way he has
hunted after the youthful patriot who
defaced the Andre memorial, and
secret society called the Order of the
Iron Hand has, it is said, been organ
lied to smash up the whole thing.
Then, one evening a crowd assembled
in front of his house, in response to
invitations, stating that men were
wanted. 1t took energetic action on
the part of quite squad of police to
clear the way of the deceived multi
tude. 1t almost reconciles one not
to be a millionaire, if such annoy
ances arc to be expected by the
"
Talking of millions, a Miss Sarah
Burr died little whSe ago, and be-
queathed the cheerful sum of $780,
900 among some 100 different insti-
tutions and charities, besides num-
Der of private legacies. The Protes- |
tant Episcopal Church profted most |
by her benefactions, though she did
not forget sundry arrangements of
other denominations which she con-
sidered deserved encouragement.
The old lady, perhaps, thought her
relations didn't deserve or need en-
couragement, for she didn't leave
them a cent. The legatees are very
pleased, the relations are not.
Millionaires are not the only peo-
pie bothered by sharks. Hazael, the
champion pedestrian, actually had a
warrant out against him, sworn out
On the ground that he was about to
cave the country, in civil suit, by
| man who claimed half his winnings
by virtue of some alleged previous
contract. Hazael claimed that the
nan said what was not consistent
With veracity and skipped to Jersey
City, where the New York sheriff
touch him and thence to
Philadelphia, where he took passage
or Europe.
The worst of these so.called sports
s that they are training to habits of
idleness large class of
olerably intelligent young men who
night be better employed. The run
hers for the excursion steamers are
| terror to the timid, and the elevated
ailroads have now taken to employ
ng "bouncers," who carry their
hreats into practice. One brute
las just been arrested for a cruel
md unprovoked assault on pas
enger.
The pleasing, harmless, necessary
domestic cat seems destined to be-
:ome an indispensable part of the kit
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