Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-01
NO.. 40
For the Republican
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
New YORK, July oath, 1883.

l N" OAAJ -1luJ AOOOs
Not for years have the nerves of busi-
ness been so paralyzed as they were last
Thursday when the Telegrapher's strike
commenced. The sudden cessation of
! the stick, tick!' of the instruments on
that day brought obout a shock to the
mercantile and financial interests of the
/ country, the like of which was seldom
been experienced. l happened to be at
the Stock Exchange when the news came
that the telegraphers had struck. Sorue-
thing of the kind had been feared for there
was scarcely broker away from the floor.
| When the dreaded announcement final
| ly came, there was scarcely security on
the list which was not futtered about
more or less, and for the next three hours
veritable pandemonium prevailed.
Brokers rushed about with limp collars,
battered cuffs, and with the perspratIon
| streaming down their worn out faces.
The idea of lunch was out of the oues-
ton, for no one knew what might hap
pen during his absence. About two
o'clock a young man appeared at the
railing around the floor with a waiter full
of sandwiches. There was a mad rush
over to where he stood. The men knock
ed each other about, crushed each others
hats, and stepped on each others corns
in the struggle to get at him. In less
than ten minutes the youth had sold out
his entire supply at twenty-five cents
each. He had but two hundred of
them, and the thin slices of bread and
shaving of corned beef and tongue were
as nothing for the starving hundreds
Then they fought among themselves
One popular operator, tall, handsome
athletic fellow was standing little aside
from the crowd eating the sandwich which
he had just captured. He had just taken
one bite out of it, when little Hebrew
broker slipped up behind, tore the sand
wich out Of his hand and bolted for 9
crowd. "You little dirty thief" ex-
claimed the big man excitedly, and run
ming after the flying little one he aimed
blow at the back of his neck which must
have knocked him senseless. A friend
of the athlete, however, rushed up, and
catching the uplifted arm exclaimed:
''for Gods sake, don't do anything rash,
it will cost you at least 1000, if not ex-
pulsion''
And so the Lily goes at last. with a.
bank account Of 100000, with which
we silly Americans have presented her
in recognition of the patronage she has
bestowed upon that exquisitiye represen-
tative of our gilded youth, Freddie Geb-
hard. It is rumored that Freddie will
quietly slip away with her to England.
| asked friend of his at the Brunswick
Hotel whether there was any truth in
this. ''None whatever" he replied
England, is not America after all, and
besides Mr.. Langtry is there and the,
lady's family and friends. They will
certainly make it hot for her if she should
continue on her wayward career, and
make it hotter tor Freddie He will
there have no loud talking Western re.
pOrters to deal with, but he will have to
meet men who are in every sense super
ior. English society of course is rotten
from beginning to end, worse in fact
than French society was in its worst
days, but somehow they always manage
to keep upappearances. If Freddie goes
abroad at all, and means to keep up his
intimacy with the Lily, the pair will
have to 60 to Boulogne, France that
Mecca for all broken down fashionables,
be they men who have lost their fortunes
at the card table, unlucky and perhaps
defaulting turf speculators, or heroes and
heroines of the divorce courts"
was talking with the Manager of the
Manhattan Beach Hotel last Sunday.
Said he, "you will notice that the attend
ance here is growing much more Demo
cratic than it used to be, but it is paying
all the same. We have been anything
but favored by the weather this year,
but | assure you that we are just $50, 900
ahead in our receipts over what we earn
ed last year up to the same date I
think this year will be the best we have
ever had. The Oriental Hotel which
still remains exclusive is likewise doing
unusually well. There is scarcely an un--
occupied room in the house.
The International Rifle Match created
but little interest here, outside of the cir
cles directly interested either in shooting
or in the rifles used It was foregone
conclusion that our team though good
enough at the shorter ranges were no
match for the Britons at the 1000 yards
range. That they did so well was sur
prise to everybody. Furthermore inter
est in the match was reduced to a mini
mum bv the unseemly squabbles which
preceded it. It became very plain that
certain leading men in the association
were determined to make the match
nothing but huge advertising scheme
for the different rife manufacturers. AS
all of them were eager to get their rifles
adopted, their agents soon began "going
for each other" like so many fish wives.
| It took all the efforts OF disinterested
members to hush up the matter,