New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-14


utterance seems destined to live forever"
Mayor O'Brien Of Boston. came over here few days
ago, with couple OF city officials to observe tho work.
ings OF New York departments. Commissioner Squire
VINO Is about as much Bostonese as New-forKer'
poted them in their search for information. The Legs
latre OF Massachusetts under the pressure or the FRO
hibon sentiment of the State. has Just passed Metro
potan Police bill for Boston, and 1t was part OF Mayor
O'Brens mission to look the machinery that pre-
vais in The Finest" Mr. OBrien is an lrshAmerican
of the type that takes to politics as duck does to
water. when he elected the hands OF an
lions that the worst evils OF municipal goyerassm.
would follow asked Senator Cogswell. or Massachu
ses the other day. about OrieD. and got TINS answer
lie makes an excellent executive oihccr. me men
VINO Thought they cOlld run him can't do anything 3i
the kind. Nobody can run him. lie runs himself re
knows city government from the grounu up anu 10
demonstrating his capacity Ill every direction
General Grants reference in his biography to meet
ing with Edwin NJ Stanton, at Louisville when the a'
ter had so severe cold that the General thouSht nc
would die has called the sequel OF Grants story OF
the Illness II told Inc by friend and alterWaru
verified 1t by inquiry Of ex-senator Edward Learned OF
Massachusetts. who Of the principal figures In
It, When Stanton left Louisville he went to Jefferson
vile on his way to indianapolis. He was met there by
Mr. Learned, who president OF tho ONO ana
Mississippi road. and had come there TO see
about tho transportation OF troops. car was set
aside for the Secretary OF war. 1t had been
used by troops and somewhat filthy The hose was
turned on TO its floors ana 1t underwent thorough
scrnbbng. In tho big at either end huge fires
were bn 1t bitter cold weather. and the car was
long time getting comfortable atmosphere Mt sum
ton, General Arson Stager since dead. and Mr. ana MIS-
Learned occupied tho Mr.. Learned says that lie
saw a travelling in worse condition than
Stanton. who hnd congestion that rapidly closing
In on him with death grip lilo went over
and said to him: "Mr. Secretary | presume
as the head of the War Department and chief
of its aopahic medical branch you would not feel al
liberty to accept any relief outside don't uiiuri
stand" said -tlnton. Well. I'VE been II homeopathic
for twenty years. and know that you are sick man.
II you will permit me. think my wife has her pdckaee
OF medicines along ana mat can prescribe lor 4our IT,"
have s uas T'u' WI %h s'' is ' thar The first
preparation Of tartar emettc" Then tho senator
prescribed stib'p and who had once said that ne ex
peeled to have inscribed on his tombstone the cpit"P
lie prescribed SiJ,tpn and diol." stanton SAID:
io mo ni 9o" NJ f.Tn,d ave Kim doses every ten
minutes finally lea ghcnng the periods to half an hour
At seymour Mr.. stanton was much relieved Dut peH.cu
danapos Just before reaching that city he got batch
OF kilograms. Among them WAS one which lie toh the
senator required his presence in Washington as soon is
he could get there Mr. Learned insisted that he W9ad
cndan-er nj, life byattemgiin4 the Trip ilit iI
then asked for the bottcO OF Stbum and declared NJ III
tcnOn ~ going on to Washington Inc Dot'e was
giycni Genera Stager with explicit Instructions ABOUT
using IT. Mr.. StlutOn's promise that he woud obey
orders The periods ~ the doses were to be graIaay
heightened to two hours unless the congestion should
grow wOise when they were to he shortened stanton
went ON TO Washington under this treatment and recov
considered himself indebted to Mrs. Learnefs lono'-
paihic medicine chest for his life.
"Ialways stand up for the newspaper profession, the
fourth estate said Joseph Howard, IT,. as was chat
ting with him. but it is profession III which
every man must stand his own merits
No man get up in newspaper work ex-
cept on his Efforts" short time
sferward. In q group Of public mon. general di'c"'
zion Of newspaper reporters camo up Tie scrDes OF
Boston set Town poetasters Inc New lOrA re-
porters wero said to DO tho most ptinstaking; the
Washington tho LATEST except when some great
matter Is on when they viii 20 FOR hours without rest
and by general CONSENT Chicago reporters got credit for
check" Ex-Po,tntster-Ge Genera. Frank Hatton said;
a Chicago newspaper man followed Inc TO my room
without my knowing it. passed through Into the bhh
rno To ash my hands. fearing noise. came To the
door and there stood the rcportrr. minute more ana
he would have been In the bathroom With me- senator
Vest OF Missouri SPOKE VI: can tell you better one
than that \ chic r'p'rtcr came To my room inc
last tine vas tGcre ana came In without knpcklh+
was al undrcs,cd to my fauuel and was getting reiHy
20 TAKE a bath | stood there in my undcrcothes aud
he prr.,,ri I'm talking II, told NE he used To live Ia
Missouri that lie lad been drunken fellow tnere THAT
he had reformed in Chicago aud was married ana was
paying ior Itt.o home and that rs had known mn
when no VI, worthless, lie whh'eu u,o ,h
know him WHEN he was , getting On pd.ti9 anf
Of him. ana Whom he sai he my views
well hat he mai venturcd 10 Ou ne them 50 that
in and sit down IN my UNDERGOING, TO edit the fellows
copy. He had me down pretty well too senator Cor
man told the story OF he had merely ddcu on the
street 10 q CHICAGO newspaper man with whom ho WAS
nc luanted, with the rosy OF being reported al such
leI 9Th rs 10 occupy "a corr nm
J. Rhneander Dillon. talking with mo about
Wall street. business. tho other day, said:
" In twenty years nave never
seen business dull The trouble Is ndisposition to
buy on the part OF the public-no investors That's
traceablo to the loading up Of tho public with inflated
securities OF which the bottom has dropped The
holders naturally dis'Ascd and their dissatisac-
ton scarcs all investors. II seems Impossible for the
market to 20 any lower Tho granger stocks are COM
patvey high yet The winter wheat crop appears 70
ure those roads viii have no freight to carry ana VIII
have pas, dividends. which Will send those STOCKS
AlajJr Robertson tho Wall street broker is an old
Kentuck m His family is old In the dark and bloody
ground that he recently made bet with " Dick Wiu-
tersmith that the RObersOns anteiate tho Winter
smiths Everybody thought this WAS prcsumptuouSDut
the Major was ablo show Robertson who went Into
Kentucky with Daniel Boone "Dick" wintersmth Is
A Kentucky VIII spends most Of ais time IN washing
ton now where his gray head and funny stories are
that when tho Lord looked the earth aud pronounced
il ood his eyes were resting the bluegrass region of
Kentucky
Colonel L. Rivngton, OF Kentucky, said to me yes
&c day: I'm my homo paper, wAlch | have Just re-
ce we'd Is the announcement OF the death OF simpson
Tru,sell. who character In MOrsahs rebel com
mand during the lie wasa giant IN stature stand
ing sx feet inches In MA stockings. aud was well
propOrtoucd, weighing ABOUT pouuus no was ohe
OF the prisoners Camp Douglas who escaped Oh New
Years Ms ht In Is6I He hal been captured once be-
fore aud escaped by exercise OF his great strength Tho
capture had been effected by small squad Of Union
soldiers They were distance outside their own
lines and didn't knew what to do with Trusso. He
was a VERT, bic elephant their hands. Two soldiers
were detailed to take him in. rhey bandcufed them
selves on either side of him the scouting party went
an TIE soldiers set their guns aol gsdo tree to light
their pipes when they ready 10 take their arms
again Russell wasn't He had naAged to get them Tar
cnnush nwly 50 that they couldn't reach
no guus and they couldn't bulge him. They
grew 50 weary IN struggling with him that he was able
:. drag them along The road 10 the rebeI lines and mako
thnIn both prisoners. couple OF years ago Trussell
ind stroke of paralysis aud mas since been bedridden
He lived In I.still County
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