The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
WORTH'S LUCK.
THE PECULIAR HISTORY OF THE
CINCINNATI MILLIONAIRE.
The Nan Who Made Cincinnati-The Pc
cuIiar Circumstance Which Sent
Him to the Future POrkOpOlis
His Later Life.
T"Halston'' in New York Times.l

@ ming over from Newark the other day
met descendant of'the late Nicholas Long.
worth, the man who made Cincinnati. The
Young man told me the story Of how the
splitting Of few casks of wine by irate
Phtladelphians pushed an insignificant Ohio
village into consequence as a western city.
Old Nicholas Longworth who, by the way
was the father-in-law of the late Governor
Ward, OF New Jersey, was SO queer that
many people thought him crazy, but with all
his cranky notions he was smart enough to
amass an estate valued at $4,000, 900 AT
the time Of his death, in 1868, he was one of
the richest men in America He was born
in Newark in l7S2, and the old Homestead
which sheltered his youth still stands at the
corner of High street and the thOroughfar
bearing his name and intersecting the home
lot Of the LongWorth farm In early life he
ran away from home and hired out
to an OHIO farmer But he soon tired
II the existence on Buckeye farm
Agriculture IN Ohio reminded him too
much Of the New Jersey scenes hs had quit
ted lie therefore took summary leave Of
his patron. When next heard from he was
making wine from will grapes His business
soon mcrea sell 50 that in few years he was
recognized as the leading wine manufacturer
OF the country. lie was the first man to put
Ohio wines on the market.
On one OF his speculative trips he ia mo-
ticed the little village laid oat by Col Lul.
low iii 1883 This miniature Cincinnati
Ludlow had fondly hoped would loom up as
rival to staid Philadelphia. Eventually it
did loom, but its first start was the result Of
a peculiar circumstance. Ia an excess OF
fanaticism Quaker city mob seized a cargo
of Longsworth's wine, broke open the casl1
heads and allowed the Tuby burden TO flood
the cutters Nicholas Lonrworth wasn't
the man to stand such an affront His heart
was in the magnificent industry he had
reared is anxlousiy as q parent watches a
chill. Il, determined to have hi, reyenea
With regulation OF 300 souls nj that
time, it olrere about as much inducarApt r.
investors as the average New ENGLAND conn.
try town of to-day. Nicholas. as / have said
was a sfr0na-,nipdad cynchatf,v old chon Ha
Ind noticed the fine positi5n Of the Ohio
town, Without further ado cqrria5 com.
pletely away Nv his desire TO get souare'
with PHILADELPHIA he purchased 200 acres
within the launiare, of the future C;ncin.
natl TINS area he cut up into streets and
lots. Iu,lt houses, ami improved his purchgss
in ali possible WAYS. With NicLGIas went
his Philadelphia yiue stock. lie erectel
warehouses ii tie ,ye tern iowa and caluly
turned over g. us authorities half Of t.ie
$4,000 r.msiu!n4 to him tor the purpose Of
establishing . court house ana otherwise EN-
ielisIiu. ne raurer 81 mushroom Purlop,!is.
inla 5 tala t..s.ve years Cincinnati had 81, 0Ut
Jao,l. ara.al Loasworti's warehouses
Eea estate ran u2 30 enormous figures fol
taoa days. NirLo.as LopgwJrth's invest
ment Of 500 I'D nad swolien to colossal pro
| portions Erfore lie reached his 10th yea1
he was oaa OF the twenty milioaaiIes of ia,
| land, ami ius oil Philadelphia score va,
! wifcd out Ia his latter days old Nicho!a.
! .ecame careless, and his slovenly nabi.,
/ were famed all over the country. am talt
| q rather good story about him at this stag,