Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
PULITzER's CARTOONS.
Champions of Brooklyn Bellies to Sue
Hfm-Mrs. Crittenden's wealth.


Correspondence Of the KoTzin0 Esa1s.
NEW YORK, June 13.-Joseph Pulitzer's
World, the only veritable wild Western
journal in New York, has at last sue
ceeded in stirring up something akin to a
sensation. Pulitzer took hold of the paper
with that very object in view and has
worked everything for all it was worth,
even straining point or two at times to
accomplish his purpose Whether he has
succeeded in working up very large cir
culation as the result Of these efforts
is a matter which admits of considerable
doubt. His Sunday venture Of a week
ago, when he printed alleged portraits Of
several prominent society ladies Of Brook
Ign. has stirred up veritable hornets
nest, and not only made the paper eX-
ceedingly unpopular in Brooklyn, but
made several law suits against the paper
highly probable. 1t is not at all i'm
probable, either, were the husbands Of
some of these ladies acquainted
with the writers of the free and easy
sketches which accompanied the cuts,
that portion of Pulitzer's staff would be
repaid after the fashion conventional in
such cases in the w estern wilds from
which their editor-in-chief came. Ali eff
forts to learn how Pulitzer obtained the
photographs from which the cuts were
made have as yet proved unayailing. The
photographers claim by all that is
great and good that the pictures
must have been stolen from the
sample albums which are kept in their
rooms to show customers. This explana-
ton, however, does not satisfy the indig-
nant husbands, and the end is not yet.
Mr.. Pulitzer will probably be made to tell
in court where he got the pictures, and
unless he puts this all down to adyertis-
ing he viii be more careful before he
prints another page full of bellies.
YOUNG PHILADELPHIA
named Middleton is in danger of "tum-
bling into the honey," although LAWYERS
in plenty will doubtless do their utmost to
prevent such an occurrence-$260, 900
worth of forgotten bonds have just been
discovered lying in a far away corner of
one of the safe deposit company's vaults.
The musty old Yaluables had lain there in
hiding several years. They constituted
part of the estate of the late John G.
TAYLOR, who died leaving neither
will nor direct heir. Young Middleton
is a nephew of the old gentleman, and al
though acknowledging that, owing to the
bad terms on which he was with his uncle,
a VIII would doubtless not have contained
even a mention of his name, he proposes
ship. Mr.. Taylor lived a secluded life at
hotel in Greenwich street, and his death
puts me in possession of
most singular coincidence. Briefly,
the story may be told as
follows: In 1879 a young friend of mine
in this city told me the romantic story of
how he had been rich once for a few hours.
He had known an old gentleman tor
great many years, ever since he was a
small boy, and the old gentleman had
always shown decided liking for him as
a child and after he grew to manhood.
The old man had no relatives
apparently, or none very near, and
my friend devoted a great deal of
time to him, taking care of him when he
was sick, and acting the part of a son
rather than that of a friend. This old
gentleman lived in hotel on Greenwich
street, and when he died VIII was found
among his papers leaving upward Of $780,
600 in bonds to my friend, who naturally
enjoyed the sensations of wealth for a
time, but when they came to look for the
bonds in all the likely places they were not
TO be found. The officers of the bank
where the old man deposited his money
said he had been there short time before
his last illness and closed his accounts.
For two years my friend did everything
he could think of to find trace Of the lost
money. He employed detectives and
consulted fortune tellers, and heaven only
knows what else, but with no results.
Now it seems to me very much as though
these recently discovered bonds are the
same my friend was looking for. The
story comedies in its most important par
ticulars, and should not be surprised if
should hear from him in few days say
ing that he had found the long lost fortune.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING
that such an important figure as Mr..
Blaine has a large number of friends
and enemies in New York.
This was made manifest at the Bijou
Theatre the other night during the per-
Torrance of ''Blue Beard" In
the third act of the burlesque
number of dummy figures that
that represent various prominent per-
sonages have been introduced by Max
Freeman, the stage manager, with the
evident purpose of showing that inanimate
figures are often more amusing on the
stage than the animate ones. Among
the figures introduced are all
the Presidential candidates. On Friday
evening, Mr.. Freeman thought it would
be a good idea to tower that of Mr.. Blaine
over the others. Immediately. this was
done the figure was greeted with storm
of cat-calls and Kisses. In the utmost
trepidatiOn, Mr.. Freeman shouted from the
wings to have the obnoxious figure with
drawn and replaced by one that would
not prove so distastelul to the audience.
At haphazard the property man seized
ON that of General Butler, and on its re-
cognition by the audience the effigy of the
Massachusetts statesman was received
with loud hUrrahs and long peals of APP
plause. Straws show which way the wind
blows, and if the Bijou audience on Fri
day night was representative New York
one, the gentleman from Maine can hardly
be congratulated on his successful appear
ance. Mr.. Freeman has decided that here
after he will keep the head of Blaine, of
Maine, on par with the others.
HEARD TIE OTHER DAY
how Tom Crittenden's widow, who is well
known in New York, jumped from an i'm
-'nIous seamstress into half a million
PEG The story is a good one and
d doIIaIS; In 1874 Flood, O'Brien,
worth telling. N~Ganized the largest
Mackey anu fdn y. he Pacific slope.
The stock of the Bonanza L. Ono
hen very low-about %, l believe.
afternoon Mackey, who was genera
of these mines, came in
hurry to San Francisco and went at once
20 Flood and OBrien. He said they had
ust struck one of the most wonderful lots
If ''bonanzas," or pockets, full of almost
pure gold, that he in all his experience had
ever seen. He proposed to the two gen.
.lemen named, and Fair, that they should
1uietlv get hold of all this stock that
could be had before the news OF this
wonderful ''strike' was p.cue public. |
This was Thursday. BY Saturday even
Inc they had three-ifths of all the stock. |
Only two outsiders, Sharon and Ralston, |
W re allowed to come in, and the only /
reason that the latter was told was that /
they wanted the Bank of California to |
carry them through. Keene, shreWd and |
sharp, felt that something was in the air, 7
but for the life of him he could not find |
out what it was. One afternoon a little /
woman in rusty black came into the office /
and asked the clerk if she could see MIR. /
Keene. She was poorly dressed, and /
though treated almost with ipcivility by
the clerks finally succeeded III catching
Mr. Keene's ear as he was leaving his
office. keene has heart, and treated the
poorly clad woman as if she was the high
est lady in the land. Entering his private
Office the woman said: "Mr. Keene,
am the widow of Tom Crittenden, whom
you we'll know, and l have been used to
hearing of mining operations all my mar
ried life. l am sewing for my living
now. Yesterday l was at the house Of
naming one of the bonanza set-and heard
a conversation which convinced me that
a great operation is being engineered by
Flood, O'Brien, Mackey and Fair. They
say that they have made a
wonderful discovery that will
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