Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-25
TEN YEARS HAPPENINGS.
How a Poor Youth Has Prospered In
Buffalo.

Buffalo.
A Buffalo correspondent thus writes:
Any one who believes in luck ought to
come to Buffalo TO live. Let me tell
you true story about Buffalo boy.
1t equals if it does not surpass that of
Mr.. Cleveland, Shortly after the close
of the war some business men of the
city organized stock company and
took hold of the Courier establishment
then, like the average Buffalo news
paper, fighting in bad field for sup
port. They built up the paper, max
| ing it the leading Democratic Journal
i: OF the city and one of the leading
newspapers in the State, and added to
it great show printing department.
To manage the latter they sought for
= man outside of the city, and finally
found one in New York in the person
of one Charles w. McCune. He came
to Buffalo, proved good man-almost
too good, it turned out, for it was not
more than ten years before McCune
Ihad the entire establishment and the
former proprietors of the concern had
the experience. McCune hourished
wonderfully, became q great social
Header in the city, was made a member
of the New York State Democratic
tCommittee, and during the campaign
of 1884 his newspaper, the Courier,
gained a national prominence by being
the home organ and supposed mouth
piece of the Democratic Presidential
candidate.
| Mcclure had for years been a widowel
with one daughter, highly accom-
Iplished lady 30 years of age, who's
death Mr.. McCune was called ON t.
mourn while the campaign of 1884 wa
| in progress. There was Miss Wells
a leading society lady of Buffalo, WIFI
,, had been a great personal friend of tn
dead girl, and who had been one of tn
trio on European trip the year pre-
[ Ivious. Shortly after the close of tn
campaign, and when his daughter ha'
a lbeen dead very little while, McCun
r Isurprised his friends by marrying Mis-
lWells, the ceremony taking place i
the Continental Hotel, in Philadelphia
NOW comes the strange part Of tn
Istory- Just ten years ago this sprin
4 There came into Mr.. McCune's offic
lone day a lad about IA years ole
9 | dressed In knee pantaloons and wais
It a ragged straw hat, and from his ap
Is pearance sadly in need of bath. II
A ltimidly asked for position as erran
t lboy After the lapse of a few weeks
VACANCY occurred and McCune sent 10
, 1.-The lad, but inclosed the request ths
3 The come in a somewhat cleaner cond
ltion than he did on the first day If h
TO be engaged
I'll The lad came neatly attired an
u gave the name OF George Bleisteir
: parents, German; age, IA. He prove
honest and industrious, and 1t was NJ
Q Hong before he was promoted. AT til
y END of five years he had become nj
icCune's private secretary, and at tf
ID end of another year was looked upo
IN as rising man in the establishment
reI although he was but twenty years OLE
IN He continued 10 grow in his emplo,
5 Ier's estimation, and during MIR. NJ
, ICune's absence, on account Of tt
!, death of his daughter, and later on h
:. wedding tour, the onerous work
- lpiloting the newspaper through Il
N campaign fell chiefly upon the shou
e. Iders Of the young secretary, La
June, after very brief illness, M
SIS McCune died. When his will can
v Ito be read it was found that your
:, IBleistein had been made the chief O.
~ ecutor of the estate, had been named
~ manager of the great printing esta
ne i;abment the editor-in chief of Il
2 bnewspaper, and had been given OF