The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
The Urlucky Cosmopolitan Thea
tre-Poor Catherine Lewis
Saint Morse's Stock
Rising.
A Monument For Peter Cooper
The New Fulton Market
Little May Moving
in New York.
Death of an Old and Well Known
Music Master.

49,
Death Of an Old and Well Known
Music Master.
NEW YORK, April 8, 1883.
If ever q theatre seems to rest IN
der an unlucky star, it is the COsmo
pOlitan. On the first night that il
was opened the curtain was accident
ally set on fire. Not long after a part
Of the gallery gave way, a panic en-
sued, and it is little short of a mira.
Gle that no lives were lost. Not long
after All embryonic panic arose
through some cause, but nobody wa
injured and the excitement quelled
before much harm had been done.
On Wednesday night a poor fellow of
u stage hand was killed under the
stage by the explosion of some red
fire, and what affects the pocket Of
the management most of all, the the
atre is not paying, and they say that
Manager Hickey is seriously think
ing of abandoning the project of rum
ming it all summer. Among actors
VINO are lothing if not superstitiOus,
the house is gradually getting the
name OF marked" and a number of
nervous men and women in. the pro-
fession have openly announced their
intention of never risking their lives
by appearing in it. Some n sug-
gested that Kate Claxton play q
months engagement there. If dur
ing that time nothing had gone
wrong, then it might be taken for
granted that the spell had been
broken.
Poor Catharine Lewis! The mer.
ry little Welsh woman whose bright
face, merry ways and clever dancing
used to charm men and women, has
had sore times recently. She bad
an interesting little family of three
girls and was as proud of them and
Der husband, Mr.. Arfwedson, as any
woman might be. During the past
few months, however, Arfweds0n
had taken to drink, neglected her
business (of which he was manager),
and spent her money for wine and
cards.
Isaw him on the first night on
which she opened her engagement at
the Fifth Avenue, two weeks ago.
Arfwedsoh trotted from one part of
the house to another, sitting down
and c%onversing with people with
whom he had but the merest chance
of acquaintance, and at the same
time he was woefully under the in
fuence of what is euphOniously
termed a heavy dinner Catharine
is now going 10 apply for a separa-
ton, and will manage her company
herself.
On Monday the New Fulton NAL
ket was opened, and a model struc-
ture it is throughout with its bard
wood and marble fittings, bright,
cheerful, we'll ventilated interior and
attractive exterior. The occasion
was further solemnized by the exhi-
bitiOn of trout, the season for which
commences on April first in this
State. Such a crowd of people as
thronged the market from six o'clock
in the morning till ten in the even
ing l have never seen.
The thrOng vas in fact so great
that II could scarcely get a glimpse
Of the fish much less obtain a full
view of the rich and rare specimens
to which every state in the Union,
Canada, England Scotland and Ger
many had contributed. OF course
one must eat trout on that day in Or
der to preserve ones reputation for
observing the pIoprieties. / was
much amused, however, to see a
couple Of knowing" youths at an
uptown restaurant in the evening
discussing two nicely trimmed pieces
OF shad and swearing that after all
trout was the only fish fit for a gen.
tieman TO eat. Another folly that the
first of April brings with it is that
every dude about town feels in honor
bound to arm himself with a rod and
fly hook, and sally forth to a Long
Island preserve, pay a hotel proprie-
tor a round sum for the privilege of
fishing, and stopat the Fulton Mar
ket in the evening and purchase two
or three fine specimens to take home
with him. His fish cost him from
ten to twelve dollars a pound. but the
owners of the preserves and the deal
ers in fishing tackle do not mind
this in the least. The former get
their money and lose no fish, while
the latter are enabled to make sales
which otherwise they could never
accomplish.
Peter Cooper was buried Saturday
and with him went the last of a gen.
GRAFTON which lived without grind
ing those possessed of less wealth or
standing than themselves into the
dust. He was a good man if ever
there was one. l think l wrote you
some months ago that a movement
was on foot to raise Il monument to
him in Central Park. Nothing came
OF it because the venerable philan-
thropist strongly expressed himself
AS opposed to it. l am told, how
ever, that the matter is to be taken
up again. A committee is to be
formed, subscriptions are to he re-
ceived at a number of places, and
what is best of'aIl, the donation of
large amounts is to be discouraged.
The gentlemen who will probably
take hold of the movement would be
in favor Of having nothing but penny
contributions 20 as 10 make the
movement as popular as possible and
therefore as worthy as possible of the
grand old man.
Sulmi Morse has once more been
assailed and enjoined from perform
the Passion Play. The fact is,
however, that popular sympathy is
gradually turning his way, for the
behavior of the agents of the various
societies shows an animus
and a malice anything but worthy
the cause of religion which they pro-
Tess to uphold. A number of gentle
men-strong churchmen at that, have
written to Mr.. Morse that they SYM
with him, and that if he
needed support to carry on his legal
in his behalf, they would be
glad TO furnish him with all the
funds he required. One of them said
that he now thoroughly understood
the hypocritical methods OF certain
societies, and thought that the cause
Of morality would be done a service
If they were defeated and shown UP
IN their true character.
I'M