Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-02-15
lature. The excitement throughout the
city is most fearful. and business is al
most entirely suspended. .1-l..
The river is still rising. ..s ...
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
PROM our 0,rn corrsspoadsnt.

NEW YoRx, February 9.
Fitz Hugh Lee IL here. the gallant cav.
airy leader Of the rebellion, with staff
OF the fine riders who used to make
things warm for the boys in blue twenty
years ago. They come as the guests OF
the Booklyn Thirteenth, whose acauaint-
ance they formed in the dusty fields of
Yorktown at the famous encampment
last year. They are getting wIned and
dined to an alarming extent, and every.
body is getting jealous of the jolly militia
men who have captured the good-look.
ing Virginians. There Is talk Of some of
our miiiionairs banqueting the crowd.
including the drum-major and darky
water bearers. as no other terms does II
seem possible for anybody to secure the
socieiy OF the genial Southerners, whom
the pride Of Brooklyn" have been fortu-
nate enough to get to visit them. Some
how New Workers always did get along
with the representatives of the umquhile
erring sisterhood, and never feel happier
now than when following Greeley's ex-
ample and shaking hands across the etc.
Talking of millionaires and billionaires,
one OF them is reputed as virtually block
AIDED in his palatial mansion, like the
Russian Gar, by dire dread of being kid
mapped. They say that when he goes to
his palatial stables, which are frescoed
and tiled after the fashion of church.
and cost more money than any but a few
churches in even this extravagantly-
adorned with. ecclesiastical. edlfices CITY,
he goes in a steel.clad coupe What a
cheereful life! A son who dwells in a
modern imitation of a famous French
RhQfaQn with crirao nd ,x,.yz 81 L..
like mince pie ornamented with pepper
castors, Is being routed out of his abode
by evil swells. The architects have been
experimenting with wood saturated
with creosote TO make it last, as
well as with windows filled with
the latest great thing in stained
glass, so that one can't see to
eat ones breakfast without artificial
light, and the results are not agreeable.
Ninety-eight million dollars is the
amount set forth as its belongings by the
great Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York in their annual statement this
year. What security for the insured!
And what sagacity in management is
evidenced by such prosperity! The state
ment is indeed interesting reading, and
gives an inside view of the workings of
institntions of orr dav Persona vhose
lives are of the staf;st;cs 4mona ;ts
sc;en,;aco,i,, Ln;,sd 49, "a 40
that the rates arc TX ner cont io,,er tha,,
those of any other sotrant % comnany ana
from tho snrnI,,e nf sIs mn ann g1,,;nr.
holders receiye q d;v;SanS ;SSsN'yXy Wber X
great flank y,ou.rrart ~ .ad,,ct;n,, -
Rates WAS made in 1870 thar. - ,Sas tsrr;hIa n
ontcrv. hnt tha w;sdnr, ~ tbet A. en.a ;s
bnt another nroof ~ tha . sat sa,;ssS ~ -
Pres;dent W;nSton rrbeso "bii;t, o,,J
nrohitv h.va dnne a. ,,,,cb tc n,aSo I ~
Mntual The orastost s,,ccess i, i;sa ;.s.'r' ve
anca the world has aver lno..,, In 1890
nearly Sfa. i1oo oncl ,vas rs;a Ont ~ ,,ol;csrs
hoI,Je,Ei T} Il inTooS 8 Psa ,,asss,,t ,,,S..
panv, \ Its adm;rahIa oanaaemant ;ts