Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1885-08-05
Emo In Quebec.

John c. Emo is apparently becoming
acclimatized. Clad in q heavy driving
scat of raccoon fur, with sealskin cap,
she ex-Prcsident of the Second National
Bank, New York, is to be seen daily on
St. Louis street behind u splendid span
of bay mares on his way to the St.
Louis Hotel from his house in the coun-
try. The hostelry, which served for
some weeks as John C.'s prison, still
possesses for him considerable attrac-
ton, for there he ordinarily spends two
or three hours day. There also his
daily mail is delivered, and scarcely a
day passes that he does not call himself
for his letters and papers. Emo ex-
presses himself as charmed with the
Canadian winter, and his children, who
suffered severely one after another with
typhoid and other low fevers while they
remained in the hotel, have never en-
loved better health than since they re-
moved to the country. The new resi-
dence of the eX-President was for many
years the elegant abode of K. K. Dobell,
Quebec's leading lumber merchant, who
has gone to reside in England for a
term of years Mr.. Dobell is a son-in-
law of Sir David Mcpherson, President
of the Senate, and has leased his prop
erty at Beauvoir to Mr.. Emo, or, rather,
to Mrs. Wood, his sister, for 81 800 a
year. Beauvoir is beautifully situated
three miles from the city on the St.
Louis road, and in the midst of beauti-
full grounds laid out in groves and
lawns, with conservatories, ETC., the
whole overlooking the st. Lawrence.
He has for near neighbors the Lieuten-
ant-Governor for the province and Mr..
j. Nj. Lemoine, the Canadian natural
list and author and intimate friend of
Mr.. Francis Parkman of Boston.
Mrs. Emo appears to go out but little,
and is seldom met here in society. John
C.. on the other hand cannot be very
much at home. He has joined what is
known as the Merchants Club in st.
Rocks suburbs, an organization COM
posed almost exclusively of French
Canadians, but he has not ventured his
name before the committee of the Gar
riSon Club, an uptown and military Or
ganizatiOn noted for the exceptional ex-
clusivenesS of its members. John Z.
has spent two or three evenings a week
for the last few weeks playing billiard
tournament held under the auspices of
the Merchants Club. Against him
were pitted nine of the best players in
the city. Emo won every game he play
ed and carried off the prize. medal
valued at $50. He gave $50 himself to
form second prize.
The ex-President is a frequent attend
ant upon the performances of the Dime
Museum and sometimes brings Mrs.
Emo with him. A few evenings ago he
gave an elegant dinner at his country
house to the lawyers who defended him
during his trial on the extradition pro-
ceedings and to other friends, some Of
them high officers in the administration
of justice in this city.
Notwithstanding the earnestprotesta-
ton of friends. who are continually
warning him of his danger, but at whose
fears he good-naturedly laughs, Emo
persists in arriving home from the city
at all hours of the night. The St. Louis
road is very quiet and secluded at all
times, and nothing would be easier for
a smart detective than to kidnap the
ex-Prcsident on his way, cross the river
with him on the ice, and have him
driven across the American frontier al
most before he could be missed. John
C.'s continued carclessncss in this re-
spcct lends color to the report circu-
lated here that his father is about salts
flying all demands against him and ar
ranging for his return to New York
Quebec Letter to NcW York World.