Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-01-31
THE KNICKERBOCKER CITY.
a BUDGET OF MATTER TIL AT
''TARHEEL'' HAS GATHERED.
The Cold Weather and its Ef'scts ON FASH
inoable sSciety-.Peultte ey Bige-
low, Etc.
Especial Correspondence Of the iSentinel.)

Especial Correspondence Of the Sentinsl.)
New YORK, n. Y, Jan. 81, 1884.
The weather prophets and the So
ciety seers will be forced to fall back
upon each other for consolation this
year, as most certainly they will both
without honor in their own country
and among their own people. The
predictions SO industriously circulated
in the autumn of an "open winter
without frost or snow" have been as
effectually contradicted by hard, stern
facts, as have the announcements of
"the dullest season New York has ever
known" which were remorselessly
made by society croakers in the early
part of the winter. So far from be-
ing dull, the city has never been more
steadily, smoothly, and enjoyably gay
than during the last six weeks, and
with every prospect of continuance
for six weeks to come. The only distin-
gushing difference between last sea-
son and this has been that there have
been this winter more private balls,
and they have been gayer and more
spirited than the Delmonico's.
Young Poultney Bigelow who is
the son of Mrs. John Bigelow, and at
present on the Herald, has been more
successful in journalism than in law
He was a lawyer for two or three
years, without client, then decided
to become newspaper man. He
started in as Herald reporter
couple of years ago, and is now city
editor. He is also engaged to Edith
Jaffray, n daughter of the great dry
goods man. Papa gives his daughter
check for hundred thousand dol
lars for a wedding present. This sounds
like a fairy tale, but it isn't Miss
Jaffray has literary tastes, she occa-,
sionall writes for the magazines, and
her articles are occasionally published,
Bigelow is q young man, smooth
shaven, courteous and of agreeb!c
mien. 1t is generally thought that
he will go into the dry goods business
after he is married. The elder Jaf-
fray lives like a prince on the upper
Hudson. He owns the fastest steam
yacht on the river, and he utilizes it
every day. AT half past eight in the
morning he loads his yacht and starts
for New York. After eating a leis-
ureiy break fast Oh board he he lights hts i:
cigar, goes up to the wheel-house and
pilots his craft to her New York dock.
when he drives to his dry goods house.
His yacht which, by the way, is Il
steamer in size, has defeated JAY
Gould's famous Atlanta. The two
millionaires race each other furiously
| = lo f1,n,r
come in sight of each other. Gould
takes his defeat by Jaffray very much
to heart. That is the reason why he
had his yacht altered.
A guest ut Earlc's Hotel on Friday
evening handed the clerk for safe
keeping an envelope containing sever
al thousand dollars. The money was
transferred to another envelope and
placed in the safe, the old envelope
being thrown into the waste-paper
basket. Yesterday morning the guest
asked Mr.. Earle for the envelope and
took from it what he wanted. Mr..
Earle insisted on counting the money
despite the protests of his guest, and
found it 500 short The clerk knew
nothing about the loss, but had not
counted the money himself as it was
his duty to do. The waste-paper bask-
ct had bsen emptied into the ash bar
rel early in the morning. Mr.. Earle
at once sent clerk to search it for
the old envelope, which was found
with the one hundred dollar bill with
in it, to the delight of the guest and
the relief of Mr. Earle and his clerk.
The Italians and street urchins in
the neighborhood are in state of ex-
citement, and have solemnly resolved
to get up betimes hereafter and make
a thorough investigation of the gar
bage receptacles of the city.
TARHEEL.