The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-04-10

and the hardware dealers enjoined the
widow from withdrawing the insurance
money from the bank in which she had
placed it. She defed the injunction
and is now upheld by the court. This
decision is said to be new one; and is
likely to prove further inducement
to life insurance.
THREE BAD DUKES.
l6smbers Of the 1ngltshs Peerags Who
Ddshonor their Lineage.
The Duke of Beaufort lis sybarite,
and, although 60 years of age and the
father Of q large family, he sas notable
for his gallantries as the gayest young
millionaire about town, says London
letter. He fancies himself great pa
tronsof the drama, which his grace evil
IDENTIFY believes to be most fifty repre-
scented by young ladies in curtailed
skirts, possessed of classically modelled
understandings. He is frequently
to beseen lolling in stall at the Gaiety,
presumably Surveying the charms of the
brazen young, actress popularity known
as ssthe child !" who for some years past
he has had the credit of furnishing with
silks, diamonds and sealskins, hardly
attainiable on the modest salary of some
$50 week, which this precious young
lady enjoys. For politics, the affairs of
the nation, or the good of the people,
the Dixie of Beaufort cares nothing.
He is president of the coaching club,
and one of the best four in-hand whips
in London. His charitable deeds would
appear to be confined to the largesse
lavished on the interesting young female
have referred to.
His grace the Duke of Bedford is one
of the richest men in England, his rent
roll reaching 81 600, 900 a year. A large
amount of this enormous revenue is
wrung from some of the poorest inhabi-
tants of mighty London. The Duke
owns Covent Garden market and hun
dreds of houses in the purlieus of the
unsavory neighbhrhood where stands
that disgrace to the greatest city in the
world. Many of these houses are let
out in tenements and the unfortunate
occupants have during the last twenty
years been rack rented again and again
by the Dukes agents. It is only
three weeks ago since the board of
health had to condemn several of these
houses as being unfit for human habita-
ton. Thereupon the wretched occu-
pants were promptly evicted, and, to in
sure their getting out within the few
days the law gave them, the water sup
ply was inhumanely cut off and the poor
wretches left to sleep in the streets or
go into the workhouse, as chance might
decree. This plutocratic nobleman has
long stood in the way of the authorities,
who have been for years DESTROYS of re-
modelling and improving Covent Gar
don market, and his whole life affords
striking instance of the baneful indu-
ences exercised upon the welfare of the
people by an irresponsible aristocracy
who the mere accident of birth has for
hundreds of years enabled to fatten on
the industries of the people.
The next duke on the list is about a.
fine a specimen of the titled prodigate
as can be found in the whole peerage.
The Duke of Marlborough, who has only
recently succeeded to the title, led such
life of dissipation while known as the
Marquis of Blandford, that his father
refused to see or communicate with him
for some years previous to his demise.
After gambling to an extent that has
impoverished the ducal acres for years
to come, drinking 50 heavily that he
has already undermined an originally ro-
bust physique, he put the climax upon a
career as ignoble as foolishly criminal by
running the wife of his bosom friend,
the Earl of Aylesford, while that drunk
en- and empty-headed nobleman was
travelling with the Prince of Wales in
India. At this time the wretch was al
ready married, and the father of sons
and daughters. His amiable: and long
suffering wife, a daughter Of the Duke
of Abercon, was willing, for the sake of
her children, to forgive the titled rufian
and resume living with him on the con-
dition of abandoning the frail countess
who had so basely betrayed the honor
of her absent spouse. To the surprise
of everybody, the noble duke refused
to listen to the pleadings of the true
woman who was unfortunate enough
to bear his name, and, the
prayers of his aged father and mother
failed to win him from the companion
Of his infamy. Satisfied at length of
the utter worthlessness of her hus-
band, the poor Duchess of marlborough
eventually sued for divorce, and the de-
cree of dissolution Of marriage, prompt
ly granted, has recently been made
absolute Retribution, however, was at
hand, for when the old Duke Of Malbor:
ough died some few months back it was
found that he had left every shilling he
had the power to will to his second son.
Lord Randol ph Churchill, who married
the daughter Of Leonard Jerome, of New
York.
This titled reprobate to-day enjoys, I
think, a pension of 910, 900 year, which
has been reigiously paid annually to
the head of the Churchill family ever
since the great Duke of Marlborough
was endowed with his title and his es-
tates by grateful country in 1902.
The duke of Hamilton succeeded. to
the title in 1863, and at once proceeded
to dissipate one of the most enormous
fortunes that ever fell into the hands of
minor, for at the time of his fathers
death the young spendthrift lacked two
years of the attainment of his majority.
Race horses, dice, cards, wine and women
solely occupied his attention for the
next 10 years OF SO, when his affairs be-
came so hopelessly involved that moth
ing but a protracted residence abroad
and temporary sequestration of his
estates could savesthe then impending
collapse Of Scotland premier duke.
The late Mr.: Padwick, an able fnancier
and large money lender, and the dukes
heaviest creditor, took the young
proAigate's affairs in hand, and about
three years since hisdebts were partially
paid off, and he was once more his own
master. Since that period he has re-
sumed racing and gambling with APP
parently as keen zest as ever. Newly
contracted debts last year compelled
him to dispose of the family 1heirlooms,
consisting Of valuable pictures, plate,
priceless china and endless brio -brac
that had long been the envy Of half the
collectors Of Europe: i aasz
It is almost needless to add that this
duke has; never opened his mouth ii Che
house of lords, has never by act or deed