New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-17
BROADWAY NOTEBOOK.

MEN AND THINGS THE COUNTRY ROUND.
THE PERSONAL MOTIFS AND NOTIONS or A BROAD
WAY LoUNGER.
No wonder Charles Thorne was dissatisfied with
a salary Of 5000 week. when his old compeer on me
Union square STAGE Mckee Rankin Is able after few
years starring to erect 100000 theatre.
Cornelius Autumn IL loudly cried for by Ohio Republi-
cans to lead their forlcrn hope G0yeraor He Is
rich manufacturer Of threshia r7l"hinss. SO TIE
machine men have taken another state. Anltman
lately gave $4,000 to build a Methodist church At
Canton; his partner did nearly well by the Baptist
church there.
John Sherman is said by those VINO know him best at
Mansfield to be worth about 100000 lie is said 70 be
nearly the exact weight in money ability aud
cool temperament Of his colleague Pendleton lie LAS
no children. but his wife adopted two, and she Is
highly esteemed by the noighbors.
Sheridan shook thinks the best Republican ticket to
win next time will be Ben Harrison and A. B. Cornell.
Harrison protects that the empe-hauntng Presiden-
tal marte never has buildcd in his bonnet
Among tie names heard Of recently IN the West for
President were James Russell Lowell ex Governor
Falrchd. OF wisconsin,; Andrew White, Of New-AorAi
George 7. Edmunds, and Philip Sheridan.
The chief difficulty in the way Of introducing upon our
railroads the most recent improvements tn signals
switches ETC. Is the fact that patents for Old ana dcIec'
i've appliances are owned in whole in part by elmer
the president superintendent other officer OF rail-
road companies When new and papaby good and
potent thing the protection OF life upon railroads i
offered the president. he refers the subject 70 the
superintendent who sends assistant to make an ex-
animation Of tie invention. and ten to one II VIII DC
condemned its meis, but because one OF these
officers Is interested In a less efficient continuance
already in use ! knew the master machinst Of one OF
our great railroads who was himself an inventor ana
amassed a fortune by placing his own inventions on the
roads and keeping or all others. however mertorous
What hope there for Improvement under this state OF
factsl And why may not have numberless repetl-
lions OF spuyten Duyyand the Tunnel slaughter for the
want of automatic means OF doing work that Is
now intrusted to poorly paid laborersP
one Racket or Brackett, locust-club bearer FOR
seven years is the high contractor TO remove MI J. @
Howard from the Office Of Custom House Appraiser,
and has been trying to 90 it for year aud half with
the zeal of the policeman arestng a small boy Mr..
W A. Darling who was five years Appraiser here, Ger
titled last month that the working OF the Appraisers
Office for two years past compares iayoabiy Will that
Of preceding years" and that special agents detect
ives as aboye do not possess any of the qualifications
20 he comp, judges Of the proper manner Of con-
Quoting the Appraisers Office being ignorant provoke
fui aud dcmoraliziug" The testimony of Asa Hull
uu lor OATH shows The moral cNcccnl.os Of Bracket
very yivdly. particularly whore he stated that there
were Influences nj work which would cause AIr Howard
20 resign FOR his place had been wanted vor since Gar
field died." Tile President Of the United states still
has too much of the instincts OF a Yorker and %
Gentleman 90 become the tool and equal OF Ow detect
ives conspiracy Ike this