Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-22
GOTHAM GOSSIP,
TIE Metropolis Shrouded in
Snow.
Glimpses Of Life in q Great
City-Men Mllliners.

NEW YORK, January 15.--For the
second time within q week the me-
tropolis has been treated to an old
| time fall of snow, which would have
seriously checked locomotion had it
not been for the elevated railroad.
Stage lines and surface roads have
| had to submit to inpumerable delays,
aid yet during the 40 cent hours"
Oh the elevated lines they have been
crowded. At least a part of our
well.dressed citizens appreciate eco
omy, as is evidenced not only by this
fact, but that any day q score or two
of them may be seen just previous to
half past 4 o'clock waiting In the veri.
ous depots for the % cent hour" to
come, and the same is true in a meas.
ure of the "penny hour" at the fer.
ries. The railroads are q great con-
venience In a city whose n run
q distance of ten or twelve miller, but
| hey have effectually banishcd ell the
winter enjoyments Of tho ordinary
run Of travellers. In the old days,
when a heavy snow fell, the stage
lines put on their long box sleighs
with eight or ten horses and dashed
down Broadway at breakneck speed,
crowded inside and out, and merrily
snowballed by all the urchlns on the
way, without fear of arrest for the
crime. The most famous Of the lines
was that Of Kipp & Brown, who had
q fine field for the sleigh on Hudson
street and out on Eighth avenue to
Chelsea-a locality which clustered
about the Episcopal Theological sem
mary on Nineteenth street at Ninth
avenue, and whose name is now al.
most forgotten. Nowadays the wealthy
alone can enjoy the privilege of o
sleigh ride, and they have taken every
advantage Of this weeks opportunity.
There is q fair prospect that the
centennial Of
THE EVACUATION OF NEW YORK
by the British, November %, 1883,
will be celebrated with popular eclat.
Our city fathers have appointed a oom-
mittee to see that the thing is prop.
erly done, and they mean, of course,
to spend some money. But what u
citizens want is to see Bartholdi's
statue Of liberty erected on Bedloe's
island by that day. Bartholdi writes
that the statue overtops the houses Of
Paris already, and will be finished in
the spring. The pedestal Jan be
erected in the spring and summer,
and In the meantime the
statue will be shipped under care of
Commander Gorringe, who brought
over the Egyptian obelisk. About
500, 900 of the $3.50, 900 needed for
the pedestal has been already sub.
scribed, and rumor says that Jay
Gould will complete the list a. Don %
$3.50, 600 has been raised by the oiti.
zens. Cyrus w. Field has the matter
in charge, and. since he has assumed 9
large measure Of personal RESPONSE.
bility for it. there ID no danger that
that the project will lapse.
One Of the most wonderful places
In the city u
JERRY M'AULRY's
CremOrne Mission, which, settling
down to work In the heart Of tn
city's vicious population, has hat
within its walls d lring the past yea
an audience of 157, 686 persons. TIL,
cost of Its sustenance the first yea
i. was %, 000, and 1900 persons hat
asked for prayers, which is a better
return for the money than many o
tho churches can show. This yea,
, the cost will be reduced one.half
, Some of our wealthiest merchant
take q personal interest nthe mission
and are seen there frequently. TIL,
evangelist In charge has succeeded
where everybody prophesied failure
Over 2, 800 new buildings wer
crested In this city last year, many o
which were large apartment house
and tenements, and yet the demand
for accommodation is twice Is gres
now 40 q year ago. Gotham grows b.
magic. The superintendent of tn
, bureau of buildings, MI. Estabrook
informs me that, judging FROM tn
! propositions for permits now befor
him, 1t is likely that not less tina
5000 buildings will be erected In 1885
IsI The real estate boom has gone o
gathering strength beyond anythin
IT, that had been expected, and thos
y bold spectators who went in for pro-
erty on Fifth and Madison avenu,
Contrary to the Judgment of til
prophetr) have reaped fabulous profit
The market will be stronger in Il
spring than ever.
=, THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
u is a lucky organization. 1t has alws,
had the luck to ''get In" with the pu'
- lie, and to get at the pocket as we'll
the ear of our best citizens and o,
most fashionable society. This We
its luck Is as usual. II has led eff Il
ball season with a crush that coin'
ducats for the treasury of the ret
ment and made rival organization
u turn green with envy. The 30
" Guard" follows with o grand ball, al
then come In rapid succession 4
3 French, Charity, and other ~attrsctio
at the Academy--all too rapid for L
-. purses Of young men In society. LIE
comes 30 early In February that t
gayety has to be kept up at fever he
=. for a month between now and the
at Somebody's treasury will suffer for
Very wisely the directors of st. Joh'
Guild have voted to postpone tn,
usual "Marths Washington Rsca
ton and have a grand patriotic emit