New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-07
deal worked up because Of the things that have said

In the homo newspapers about his return to Madrid.
There are things about his there that have
notbeen told Mr. Foster himself is the who gives
out to the press what at tho legation Two
three days before the treaty signed In November
last Foster Its most imporant provisions to The
Her- York Herald correspondent at Madrid. They were
published IN The Herald Of November 90 the day after
the treaty signed At the time there such row
the publication OF tho In The Times told The
Hea4 correspondent that surprised Foster should
have given him the information that had appeared In Tho
Herald OF tue GOTH The correspondent replied that
one could have been more surprised than himself as he
change in correspondents for The Herald at Madrid.
but young Norihof came there with Foster on the
steaners stopping the hotel and Is almost daily
Yon can see Foster in The Herald every day or two,
and that Is why young Nordhof Is In Madrid"
| I hear that an effort viii be made before the next
Legislature for tho widening OF Ciosby-st This is tho
street through which tho cable road has permission to
| run its cars.
Colonel George w. Hooker of Vermont. who is at tho
Fifth Avenue HOTEL rdicues idea that there is
serious opposition to Senator Edmunds in that STATE
why, to be elected to the Legislature against
Edmunds" said Colonel Hooker 1t would be impossible
for TO vote against Idm after got toMontpelier.
Judge Polind has moved to the Edmunds side Of the
State but that Is NOS significant Tho Judge could not
| muster three votes against Edmunds. Congressman
Stewart Is recognized the strongest man to succeed
Mr. Edmunds; But he couldn't carry his own town on
that Issue. The most popular man who has been men
toned In the Senatorial possibilities is ex-Governor
Proctor He owns the marble quarrles at Rutland has
made million dollars In ten years, aud Is peoples man
all over Vermont lifts herself about two pegs since
Senator Edmuns was called TO England to TESTIFY before
without doubt"
/ drited down Broadway from Twentythird-st yes
terIay with Old detective behind Kid" Miller and
Raymond pals of Hungry Joe In his bunco-s steer
ing. The detective said me: Those three were
queer lot. In time when loot and fools were
! plenty nothing was too goo d for them. The Hoffman
House bar Long Branch Saratoga Newport! They took
1t all In. But when winter they the meekest
lot you There's little restaurant In Fourth
Twenty tfth-st where they used to 20 Tor
buokwheat cakes aud SILVER around the stove. saw
Hungry Joe In saloon neal there one day last sum
mer pull ont handful OF money-here must have been
S20an. give Ii to poor woman who came In begging
When no TO settle his score he had no money.
might "a well beat you anybody else, he said cooly
TO the proprietor and walked out The bunco-steerers
will have gala time this summer. The old eodse;s
from the country all heard that Hungry joe is In
Prison. and they don't know that he Is only type or
POO other men he got nosori1s ana wh h
n There plenty OF keener men In the business tina
he, who heard OF, because they have never
teen caught. one Of tue biggest IN tho business
said TO the other day TINT he knew some one had 20
tho road to make the police even WITH the public
and was better for the rest OF them that Hungry Joe
should CO."
For ten years, from 1871 to 1880 inclusive, Henry
| Ward Beecher summer guest at Twin Mountain,
New-Hampshire Then he went To California one SUM
mer for lecturing Ills Peekskl farm has since
absorbed his attention and he there about three
weeks ago He comes every day two In broad
brlnmed black felt hat, with souchy, farmerish APP
pearance and IL often taken the train for we-todo
farmer him in the Grand Central depot the other
afternoon going home and found that he con-
templates going back TO his old Sew-Hampshre stump
| ing ground for his vacation.
Mr. woIles of tho Rand Drill Company. who has just
returned from trip through the WY developed and
developing mineral fields OF Tennessee and Alabama
says that the iron furnaces running full blast there
and that new ones are being cosructed The country
has business air OF prosperity that one would hardly
expect ia these times" said Mr. weles But the fur
| naces appear to be doing fairly well. They can mako
iron wonderfully cheap down theresa cheap that they
can get a profit where others would sarye rney can't
be making great deal q money but they are keeping
cultural prospects In Tennessee are splendid Tue crops
are all la hne condition, although little backward
The wheat will De OF fair average yield
David Belasco Is at work this summer a new play,
| an adaptation from Sard0u 10 be called Sybla."
| hear that Mr. Belasco and Sargent will manage
tho Lyoeum School of Theatrical Art without Steele
Msokaye next winter The indications for attendance
| are already promising.
A surviving member of Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet
Judge John r. Usher lives Lawrence. Kan am told
by his that no takes delight In talk
ing ab9ut the relations between President Lincoln and
| General Grant Ho ia the only living witness to the
presentation by Mr.. Lincoln to Grant OF the mmssion
General OF oil the Armies. Neither the President nor
any OF the Cabinet had Grant before this
occasion. Mr. Usher quotes LincOn as saying: Gen
era Grant Is the most extraordinary Of commanders.
heard nothing direct from him for long time. wrote
him 70 why and 70 enquire whether could do any
thing promote his Grant replied he had done
the best no could with what he had; that he believed
that II he had and he could use them to
good advantage and do more shan ne Lad DONE but ne
supposed had done ana doing all could that II /
could do he felt that would do IL" Mr.. Lincoln
"a said by Judge Usher to have been unable 70 comp
bend Grants conduct t was different from that or
| other officers IN leading commands.
| Roscoe Conklng walks up Broadway every evening
between 8 and o'clock He has queer swing of the
legs these days sort OF loose onted movement Above
the waist his proportions AMI oarriag those OF
athlete Below the waist the limbs disractedly
tho power that propelled them exerted AZ random
C0nkng grows gray. There few dark hairs now III
either his oOse-croI ped hair or carefully trimmed
whiskers told that he still likes occasionally 10
don the boxing gloves.
The New-ampshre Legislature which is soon to elect
a United States Senator to succeed Henry W. Bairpos
slbly that gentleman bmsef-has some queer features.
IL made up such generous basis OF representation
that III the rule applied to this State twould
MAKE tho Now-York Assembly body OF 300 or 1000
members There are nearly 800 members In the New
| Hampshire Assembly Each town is represented. The
aen swho drafted tho Constitution had shrewd idea OF
| Sow England thrift Recognizing the fact that In
Legislature Of such size the prependsrance OF che rural
delegates would be large they made che sessions Degh
In Jnns and out the pay the members at 80 day The
who ahDrd 20 be away from is
| land through haying and harvest for $3 day. The
tendency Il therefore 10 short sessions ana less law max
| Ing then In other states
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