New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-09
BROADWAY NOTEBOOK.
MEN AND THINGS, THE COUNTRY ROUND
THE PERSONAL NOTES AND NOTIONS OF A BROAD
WAY LOUNGER.

asked welllnown broker during the week what he
thought OF the stock market Said he: always have
opinion, but have none now. When ID. T. Morgan
will not buy thousand shares OF stock and Addison Cam
mack will not sell thousand what opinion one haveF
Said l. What is d. p Morgan going to do !" lie mas
taken elegant in Washington City and Is going
there to spend the winter like rich Americans in general
He married Miss Fellows, of Of the old conmercla
families here and has half dozen children and Is worth
from S3,O00O00 to 100000. His family have been
for the last three years Paris and his health Is not
good the anXiees of the Street finally wearing ont our
best men," Said |: Is d. F. Morgan relative OF either
of the other Morgans 2" think not Mr.. Pierpont
Morgan Of the house of Drexel is /. believe, son OF MI
Morgan, the London banker
The father Of the brothers Drcxel, the wcl-known
bankers was q portrait painter, probably OF German
BIRTH who conceived the idea about forty more years
ago of going to Mexico TO paint the portraits OF the
wealthy gentlemen and planters there, and to decorate
perhaps Of the churches and converts with por-
traits He returned to the United States with respect
able amount OF money which he at once put into circ
laon having natural taste for banking and before he
died about equally celebrated for his success aud bis
thrift. gentleman once told that he attended the
senior Drexel in Cincinnati where he had bad spell OF
sickness and received profuse thanks, and when he came
TO philadelphia some time. afterward called on the
banker. who said: What you going to do tonight
Now let tell you what TO do: You 90 mp to the
Academy OF Music beautiful place, and don't throw
away your money expensive seat but into the
gallery FOR shilling. and you will enjoy yourself mag
niGcenily.'
asked Sheridan Shook during the week n he salts
fed with Mackaycs movable chairs in his theatre. said
he: Yes Is gong TO be the chair OF the future my
Judgment"
General Calvin Brce Of Ohio has bought the house
cuped by Frederick Vanderbilt, who is about to move
oil IA aud Etrfy-
secoDd-st
Ex- Mayor Alexander Henry, who died In Philadelphia
last week In control OF the city when George Will
lam Curtis undertook lecture there the ant-saycry
question the year before the present at that
lecture, and Immediately front Of Robert Ran
DALI brother OF exspeaker Randall who commenced the
riot by kissing with all his force ana pertinacity. Mr..
Curtis endeayorcd speak though he appeared to be
somewhat alarmed. The Mayor brought In the Chief Of
Police. whose name Ruggles, and in few minutes
Randall was seized and marched on In custody. soon
aferward ytrio bottles and bricks thrown through
the windows, and believe the lecture not finished
though did stay see 1t appeared 10 me not to
be premature action to get ont of that hall singulary
enough the week which puts an end to Mr.. Ran
dss political ambition closes the life OF that old Mayor
II was rumorcd here last gcek that Arson G.. McCoOk
for three terms Member Of Congress from this city, had
been offered the vacant position OF Secretary Of the SEN
The composition Of the Senate IS somewhat pccu-
liar but II is Ice presumed that the Senators who mott
Mr.. Nee ok OF their support were aware OF the eI-
tent 10 which they could control the matter. Mr..
Warner Miller OF this state has been the travelling com
panon OF General McCoOk in Mexico and various gun
ming expeditions. In bis family five brothers, as
understand, and only one sister, Mrs. Sheldon,
widow. T.. VI McCook and Arson &. McCook were in
the army, a younger brother is Commander In the
Navy and brother Il Presbyterian minister at
philadelphia and specialist ants and insects. and an
other an Episcopal minister ut Hartford. who has lie
Gently offered prominent High Church in this city
Some time ago was in an Office building IN this city
where observed on the door the Of beneficial
ciciy said To friend familiar with the tenants there:
never heard o. that society before lie replied
glioss IL l. ID fraud. An old clergyman got 1t MP chiefly
for his own support fancy, and obtained the names Of
some ~ our phianthropc hgurehcads for the leading
Officers and about the whole society Is the old gentleman
who makes subscriptions aud does much better business
than h he had stuck TO ms church
Colonel Michael Burns who died here last week, was
one ~ the earliest Irish politicians 10 take hold of the Re
publican party at the clos, Of the when General
sirkcs the late General Iupuc and others organized
soldiers movement accessory % the Republicans Burns
wis q strong advocate ~ the reelection OF General
thur 10 The P-csdcncy ono OF the few men who could
be- heard al all times q EXPIRE. that belief.
gentleman from Baltimore told me during the week
that John NoCuliou1h the tralrdn. Ia fair hu,i
mes. circumstances and bid about 10000 well invested
I'm bunk stock sud fair securities
and was bc.lics doing remarkably fine business this
yclr othcf-. sy that Sir. Mccullough b. In declining
power.
General Gordon. Of Georgia says that bis Florida rail
road enterprise 10 connect Havana and Jack-"nviil" IS
well started and expects 10 carry out as faithfully
~ hc connected BinAus ham Alabama, with Atlanta, M
the space OF two years.
"A very thin equipment Tor NJ forty year, of axe
j. 20 know about nothing and about newspaper
writers salaries. \, the late Senator Nyc remarked
after he Lost his mind and keeper him dis,
gui-cd doctor: Jack. hardly think that " man
who black, my boots aud shaycs me can know much
about the Rjaterid mediod.'
Railroad war l. now threatened between the allied
Rock Island and Union Pacific Railroad and the allied
Northwestern and Burlington aud Pacific. The latter
railroad has 1896 miles. The Northwestern Railroad
has sos miles. In the jIi~1ukcc and st. Paul, or
Mitchell, IS stem 4,67l miles. The Union IlciHc mas
1850 miles. The Omaha, or lIughtL system las l2o6
miles In the Missouri Pacific li-7 miles. The Hi
noi- Central system Is 2I3 miles from NewOrioans to
Sioux city not counting hundreds Of miles Of dc
Elections. Compared 10 these properties even tie Penn
sylyania Railroad with it, 1000 miles Of line between
New-York ana the Ohio and the Lakes seems modest.
Il Is not believed in railroad circles that the Grand
Trunk road l. 10 lease any the lines between this city
and Buffalo, having abundant facilities at choice The
Grand Trunk by the absorption OF the Great western Oi
Canada comprises 1882 miles Of ial ana mas only
two rivals in Canada the Canada Southern and the Can
ada Pacific and controls both the Suspension and the
Victoria bridge.
What is TO prevent cantcycr bridge between BLACK
wells Island and the East River shores ana steam franc
between the 100000 people IN Brooklyn and uptown
Mr. James Keenc Acquaintance recently remarked
10 me- Is a sagacious man. who would to-day have been
worth GOO II he had never insured risk Tor any
other Spectator by selling puts and calls lie mas re-
Gently been a bear and made some money.