Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-31

tice Horace Gray, Of the United States
Supreme Court, So, ,4ST; Mr.. Justice VII
liam story, of the same court, $50, 100;
Rear Admiral Shubrick, $32, I49; eX-COm-
missioner Loring, $S4,177; ex-Congress-
man Theodore Lyman, of Mas
sschusetts' p"aI $$a'oaOi Nos Senator 1o,iae Nc
$27,474; Senator Merrill, of Vermont, S29.-
1893; estate of Richard +. Merrick $25,9S2;
Ex-Governor Of Dakota n. G.. (signiticant
initials Ordway, $26, l40; Minister to Ger
many George II. PendletOn, S3l ,929; estate
of Rear Admiral Powell, $40, 1873; estate
Justice Swayne, OF the United States Su-
preme Court, $25, ,026; Samuel Shellaber-
ger, $36.779; Jeremiah w. Wilson (his
law partner S3l, ,424; ex-senator Window,
S33042; Chief Justice Morrison Il. Waite,
$2s,31S,
BRADY AND DORSEY.
We don't hear much of Brady and
Dorsey nowadays. A year ago their
names were still in the papers, their faces
in the cartoons. But now Brady slips in
aud out of Washington unnOtlced. and
Dorsey stays as far out Of newspaper
range as possible. Brady has rented his
big house on Farragut square, with its
elegant furniture, to Senator
Leland Stanford, OF California, tor
s., 900 or $4,000 a year. This
block facing Farragut square on the
north, built by Alexander X. Shepherd,
the "boss," at the height of his power.
The largest, the most tern of the three,
Shepherd intended for himself. 1t cost
about $3.50, 900, and it cost half as much
again TO furnish it. When 1t was finished
and furnished Shepherd gave a grand
crush" reception, which cost
more than any other given in
w ashFp o+ov, o,d fhan affar livinr N, n a
short time he failed and left it and the
town at the same time, 70 come back
millionaire when those chihuahua silver
mines got in good working order. The
most eastern Of the three houses which
Shepherd built he sold. to Hallet XII
bourne, one OF his associates, who has
since become famous on account of mis-
suit against John g.. Thompson az
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, for
100000 as the amount of
his damages while imprisoned
by the order of the House for refusing to
tell the secrets of the Real Estate Ring.
After the panic KilbOurne was glad to
sell the land to Brady then in the hay day
of his power. Since that time, Brady
has lost most of his money. His share of
the expenses of the defense in the star
route trial was nearly 100000. He has
sunk as much more in various specula-
various times very lucky in Wall street
transactions, Brady is really wretch
edly poor business man. He is
always certain TO be cheated
and over reached il the transaction is at
all complicated. He always paws more for
a thing than it's worth or sells it for half
price. Invariably he is left with the bag
to hold. He has very little left now ex-
cept his house and small farm down on
the Potomac, which he bought last spring
with some idea; 4 fEIass,- of retiring to it
as a refuge from the slings and arrows of
what he deems outrageous fortune. But
while he does spend some of his
time there am afraid he
Is too fond of society of a certain, or
rather uncertain sort to find a farmers
life an eudurable one, and that winter
will find him a resident of Washington
again. Dorsey is making money for HIM
self, Bob Ingersoll and ex-Congressman
Alley, of Lynn, Mass, on the New Mex
leo ranch, which belongs TO the three.
Shellabarger and Wilson, the great star
route lawyers, have Jared better than
their clients. DO | hear somebody say
that lawyers usually do? At all events
each of these gentlemen now pays taxes
on a great deal more real estate than he
had before the star route suits were tried,
and both are living much more hand
somelV, BROWN FLOYD.