New-York tribune., 1885-01-08
VILGS AND TALKS IN TIE CITY.

The laxity with which business secrets are
often guarded may be learned from incident OF the
recent of bonds by the NewYork Central Railroad
When the rumor OF their Issue was hrst sprean' MT
Vanderbilt promptly denied absolutely that there was
any such intention Wall Street has for his neigh
Dor an enploye of tho largo engraving establish
mens the city While the cOntroI over the PROB
ability tho issue OF these bonds was In progress hs
printer told his Wall street friend that the bonds were
completed and ready for issuing with the exception oil
dating The Wall Street took the tip. sold Cen
tral short and made $4,000
Ex-Governor Underwood, OF Kentucky. says: "Eusi-
is picking up In the South in many lines. The
settling up about January retarded progress hte'
But there ia every prospect Of the return prosperity IN
the South, such as 1t mas not known since lsGO'
am told that Mr. Conncry, under whose edltorship
Truth finally ended its untruhui career is making hr
rangcments to bring out new morning penny paper
sono time this month II was the general public im-
preston that Mr. Connerys mistake rs 10 Iuh was In
not chan ging It's name.
At an uptown place whore seleh' sold, stopped
and priced a modest Portland yesterday. An ordinary
sleigh costs about $40 You get good one for Ave
dollars more II you something fancy you can OK
pend any amount up TO $500 for Russian pattern.
At the Hoffman House told that n, compared
with New Years Day two years ago not ono bottle OF
champagne In ten was opened this year
George g Rogers. who has been in London for several
years representing Sew-York business nrm has been
spending holidays this side OF the lilo said 10
me Yesterday; II l. years since spent any tine
IN this country the winter What has struck
ms most forclby In NewYorkh Is the fact that you have
'angclzed' not only In dress aliccaiion OF manner
sohbery coaches horses aud all that sort OF thing hut
in the direction of that other abOmnaton real London
fog. Why. I caIne down town tho other mo-~'3g and
imagined mys-lf in London just that account" ON
the elevated chatting with General Charles X
Graham OF the Custom House. when he said: "The
climate OF NewYork City has been completely changed
in my day. I was born over I'm Bcekman-s. where
there are no residences remaining In my time the
winter seighpg In Beckman A. lasted ordinarily ten or
eleven weeks. i have the ground till the
middle of May. People WIN lived ia those days from
business for days time by the snow DRIFTS There
was conveyance for them and tho sidewalks were
cleared they walked down. Now the elevated road
hrine from Harlem In less time than one could 50
ten blocks then"
Imet ex.Congressmnn T. H. Mlrch. oi Maine In
Broadway yesterday. He said he his way 10
Watcrtown on business connected with tho Government
Arsenal there Incidentally ho mentioned that he should
stop al Albany whlo transactng his business There
are four Labor AsSemblym one Republican and three
Democrats Me-. Murch may be able To bring them a
the Administration camp II ho works hard OIL his
Arsenal job
Alexander Brown OF Philadelphia. says that neither
General Thomas Baync Of Pittsburg. auy other op
ponent OF the return OF Don Cameron to the
United States senate. will be equal to bODal hOTbc
in fly time' In the Legislative contest