New-York tribune., 1884-12-05
WALKS AND TALKS ABOUT 1HE III l.
BITS OF NEWS AND GOSSIP PICKED UP HERE AM
THERE

pITs OF NEWS AND GOSSIP PICKED UP HIRE AND
THrRE.
Alexander Mason a well-known man about 'owh' r.
,articulary frequent oungei about the Morton House
was coming out of his residence few evenings ago
when he met half IA dozen friends who were ABOUT W
enter I'm body They started back on seeing MN. ie
asked for an explanation and they read t0 MN 'o uc'
uoica n, Alexander Mason at house just two doors
away And 1t was not fictitious notice either. Bat
the strange part of it that the dead man OF tho sam"
name was utterly unknown to MI Mason. lie h"u "rch
his ncgor years yet he had never seen or he'd o
him. This shows it is that in large cities hhe
NewYork half the Inhabitants do not kho" NO" '
other half live, even where
c.,,,g ves,er,av with wostchester County farmer
ss o his statements surprised me. rs think they VIII
surprse the public. He said 4" own iarn vi 'V'
acres and 100 head OF mich cows. yet IL Is All can wv
IN make ends meet The land is not worth Us much "s
was afty years ago. couldn't get what paid Tor
over tweny yfvo years ago. The iife-pood IL ,aSc o'
Inv IN. railroad When it projected we ali Thought
,y.uld be a GOOD thing But IL has come along Ike Dig
.ponce and sopped up everything In the way OF pfoh'
nay cent and a half a quart to send my milk to New
York That takes all my profit."
General lanes A. Hall Of Maine. who is here on onsi
ness saws we will try it over in 1883 with the same
standarl-be bearers rs in 1881 That Is the sentiment oI
New England On the cars find scores OF traveil'hg
men who tin their hats and show the crown inside
j.. u. IL.
movement and all things must bend before IT.. had
recenty brief chat with Governor Haze. OF New-ilainp
shire who gave me similar information win rcierehcc
10 New.England sentiment and the next Presidential
contest
Conqrcs.man John r. Folett. OF Ohio. who was the
rau.c Of the first political battle after the rcopenng Oh
Congress, Ia at the Fifth Avenue Hotel io IL
thorough bourbon Democrat. o pleasant genue-
man and a better lawyer than politician. Two
Ln pip
puttervo,th by a handsome vote. This year hntier-
worth met etaphorcaly speaking, mopped the moor WIN
him the Generals majority being about l0oo' tone's
resolution 10 Investigate the course of unten states
Marshal Wright believed to be to lay the foundation oi
copteat Tor the seat Congress aud also to make oam
tai for isas when asked " his was his object he said
..s,rrtay no rec want the American pcor" TO
know the inany ~ the law by which United Aatea Mar
shsls arc given such puweis The law was hamro "f
had purpnse u Ia an outrage on ce people adiaefaee
m thn book Mhan TIA outrageous provisions are
fully knows Tho rrnrlr VIII dchahd anu Ao'"" H' w
peai, That Ia what want"
An up,own turricr tells mo there Is preference
among the ultra fashionable ades this Aeaaon Tor brown
mrs of all kinds from the coney to the Russian sable
The latter is ne To unallainaole icr ordinary % m9r,ais
1 was shown a cloak which was valued at sHo"o' ana
told that they were made oven ooalhoI
Obiois the only October state left West Virginia votes
hereafter in November Tho Maine election In septem
too far of from the Presidential to have any
anpreeabe effect country. Ohio statesmen az
tatnc change in Ohio that her state and electoral
tickets shall be voted at the same time IN fresdchal
years. Congressman Amos Townsend OF cleveland,
said tho other day la the COnsttulOndl convention
of which l member advocated not only TINS
change. but also one by which we should hold state
elections once In two years only As now some on
being elected and others the next have
an election every fall In Presidential years there
sense at all in having two elections month apart.
There IL possible argument tor II, and great many
arguments against 1t. II must cost our State couple
ofbundrcd thousand dollars for the election
think our people would like the present law changed
In the mercantile quarter Slip and Cocnties
sp learned yesterday that there is general duness In
trade friend whose business is Oh the Produce Ex-
change told me that his last weeks orders consisted in
bvin Gve barrels OF -four The commission Is i've cents
a barrel but as he bought for persons with whom no
divides his weeks earning. were l22 cents lie voted
for blaine and says he Is 122 cents better OF than some
az his friends who voted for Cleveland and have since
lost their positions because trade Is 50 uuli ne miro
duced me 10 one OF young en as sat IN his Once
A more dismal Young man never met. Said he: Z" ex
pectcd ClcvcaMds election would make peteI ti'.o7
NV EMPLOYERS held ont that Idea 10 me- Ihey were iO'
lower. of Sehurz and Curtis did as they wished me TO-
aud the result is am on the town. am nVt alone,
either can name twenty young fcHows IN tho same
III IN this Vicinity
Mr. woodford, banker of Kansas City, who hascxten-
tye investments in NewMexico. says tho interests OF
that territory are rather fiat at present owing TO the low
market price OF copper That metal abounds IN thc ter
1tory in great richness and extent rise OF TWO cents
on the market price would make the coppermning IN
Custry IA very prontaDIc one
Ex-Mayor william G. Rose, OF Cleveland. is now In
EcwYork lie tells that his greatest interest In life
Just now the completion OF his cottage ut the Thou
sand Islands In the It, Lawrence River, that he
enjoy the fishing next summer and that he isn't candi
date Governor any other Office lie gave me In.
formation about an important law suit affecting tho
rshts Of ANAL shippers TO the rates OF railroad
freight accorded 10 large shippers The case Is that OF
tohsrmer. Teagle & Co... Of Cleveland, against