New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
SOME MEN ABOUT TOWN.


radl lie whole business of the city In room about
r. ~ ;a,s single one OF in!ne. There are score or
~ =, s,cb rooms now In use hut this department rs
-, s,r,s oddcd has grown since Flaggs time and Is
Big concern now
, ,,a other rooms In the Stewart Building re-
-, ,r,~.ied Lawyers chiefly use them. Tho
,,,,,. as erected before the age OF elevators nn'
-, ,he extreme high price OF land IN the lower fnft
- het,rc the architects recognized that u Wa
" ''' >, make n IN height whnt was lacking IN
-, h,t,inrs IN lover broadway. But " has
h ~. thoroughly fc'nOdeloi. ana aaaIod
m a.. rsu condition. jndse Henry Hilton mas
" 90. h. The rrirni o. street fcor 90 The
a,s.., rsrrf ~ ,he hr'ilnr facing huh Broadway
s.s ft,.s4,s-si / shoali sai THIS snsle apartment
go ,rs ,hi,it hr fcfs fer. W sse-aa elegant rnoin
,ta.. . -.e. aaai sai abea atatsf utaets rliane,
..n ia ine sffit 90 which ~ Familiarity sipak 80 $50
...i, ti,a.s. rsNisei. ashei eae WhB haeW So
6sssss isais.s vhr iinf vtiei stl hs Hantl 80 80
s,s, 30 ia ki. so. tins hs irinpf thia tlpsi ~
p.i,eisaa eha vas Faeaa defeated iNf iaise ~ 'hp
saua,iss .psf Frederic y. raihp' she iavtei Nhla"
tunu,s Voc president 81 tEa stock Exchange iiiehal
4 MargissaH. euee lieutenant OF tnhilhii-F AhlteN H.
GueR aai later Of John Kelly, aud James . Coleman ct
ma street Cleaning Department The gentleman Nh1
named these over TO said lie satisfied ihat II the
appoiniueut Of "a Commissioner OF Fahlie WORKS went
over 20 Mavor Grace he would IN all prohapuY seeo1
not Thompson, but Mr. Coleman. The latter was telling
NJ "A
contracts and concentrating all his business here
PRIMARILY with this office in view That don't know.
Nathan Comstock, himself Ole newspaper man at
Albany tells me that Daniel Manning was reporter OF
The baHy Arms and also Associated Press reporter in
the Assembly in 1854 and Whereabouts lie was
then "A no a quiet man. working steadily aud not hay
Ing much say anybody lie was good-natured and
Cblising &c the rest OF US"
1.-TWO sons OF j. T. Blackstone. the Did English actor,
author and manager playing engagements IL metro
poiiian iheatres Both still young and have in
full the pecuarities the English school OF comedians
Randolph +. MARITIME Is probably more astonished
Nan at being made District-AttoGney than Governor
Cleveland his luck in winning the Presidency 10y
scratch lie did not think occupying the position
fortnight before election and had no idea of being elected
when nominated. Like. Governor Cleveland he Is
poTtly man, about hrty years OF age, but looking
younger by five years and he carries psunch III 'front.'
OF him a. rotund that of Hubert 0. Thompson. lie
was wholly unfamiliar with crimnsl practice when
elected but is busy just now in reading up on the new
Penal Code. 1t is understood that there viii be few
changes in his oiDce, the present occupants being all
County Democracy and the office has Ions been
political one. as it ought not to he.
~As things now co." said Assistant Distrct-Atorney
Fellows It is better financially to be Assistant than
10 DO Dstict-AttOrney. The salary Of the District
the term u T3h.ovo out OF winch ne ist
pay $1,000 a. an assessment getting the nomination
T,e salary OF an Assistant is = 900 three years,
ana nothing to gay out for on, thing" Practically TIE
successful candidate DisrctAtorney pays far more
dearly this. He gives up his civil practice for three
years and finds when he retires from Office that lis
private practice has slipped away from him. and that he
has to 20 to work TO build it up again There few
lawyers in good professional practice who can afford TO
be Attorney ana hence it is not the best talent
that the people pick from when they want District
Attorney.
fIMooro's successful opponent for Assembly from ach
nond wl~ Mr. NJ s. lyman. Moore says he is a tine.
gntcmny fellow who successful chiefly because he
was an freshman and a Catholic But he is "A fine man
for the place." Moore adds. and will make good repre-
sentative Tor the county"
Tho sut against Coils p. Huntington by David stew
art was one OF several affected ny the same testimony
They are really against the Central Pacific syndicate OF
capitalist and the judgment or uisncnts II others be
obtained be paid by them. and not 10y Mr.. Hunting
ton individually. one is down fer trial in January next
General Lloyd Aspnwal. who executor Of his fathers
estate tell, that the several claims made aggregate
about $sOu.00O
There were over 100 bidders Tor the AQueluct con
tracts AMI they hung about the Aston House for several
dave after the bids opened IN anticipation OF Che
awards being announced. II generally thought by
the principal bidders that the awards would go TO the
Pacific central party" Messrs. Brown, Howard a.
Co were called aud Mr. John Olricn. OF longhkccpse
Mr. OBhon Is the well known Democratic politician ana
the builder Of several public works of this state. Tho
Pacific Central party sid 10 DE the best supplied
Of the contractors In tho matter Of u" plant Tor doing
thewotk cipedously and this fact was generally mcu-
tonon at Tor thinking they would got the award
fpf several accona 90 the Alueduct It was said That
a. do hc work property capita plant etc. OF about
hall smion doliais were ncec'Aary.
lam aHnrcd that. notwithstanding cvosou' ana do
nai. Il fact that reduction of twcuy per cent ia
wages 81 employees IN husincps houses hns boon
general and Ia some large honsea Il has been twenty
n,o per Ia the dry good, district OF this city alone
thousands of clerks were thus Affected on course
" idle Tor them 10 resist the movement ana Tor ther
own credits sake they sought to avoid any pun licy
Naturally, also, eryboly denied that the reduction
was con sequence OF the election, although following
last upon IT, but 1t hard To convince the yonns ntA
who marched the dry goods section OF the Cleveland
parades that their folly had not early brought punish
ment upon them There hay be other causes proiuc!ns
this unpleasant result but none OF them were quite so
apparent the late temporary triumph OF Democracy
and free trade principles.
The Sul recently spoke with arlor regarding the
great growth OF the sales OF all the city daily papers N
the little OF Connecticut. OF the increase
has been most rapid OF years tho facilities for
quick delivery were increased but II has always been
that Connecticut has been large dcvourer OF
the metropolitan press 1t twenty years and
remember hearing q remark by James Gordon Bennett
the founder OF The Herald. which impressed the fact
very forc!by my mind. II in-'6j when TIE |
Herald for brief time supported President Andrew
johnson .i his reconstruction views This s
pleasing 10 the Southern people that delegate Of them
living Ia this city called Mr.. Bennett 10 thank him
Tor his position and assure him OF their support by the
Southern masses" THIS suggestion made the Old oync
nile M that time The Herald WAS not seeking support
sympathy but was commanding the and
onghinS at the other One OF the gentlemen present
On n As "A hot.