New-York tribune., 1886-02-01
SOME MEN ABOUT TOWN.

estimated at from four 10 six millions OF dClars
What strange Ia here epitomzed! | met sem
ator Miller colonel in RoscCrans's army in 1853.
His only fortune his colOnc pay In July OF thai
year | him laid a battlefield, shot through
the eye. year later 10 had returned duty minus
that ego richer only by the increased pay which
with his promotion To be Br,Salicr General IN
1SCG, think 10 was, he called upon mo IN NewIOrk
with his commission Collector OF the Port ot san
Francisco nhis pocket. 1t lonely; there little
else IN his pocket lie got safely Francisco and
served term Collector, to which position Andrew
johnson had appointed him because he was War Dem
ocra About the close OF his ne fell in With Gen
er1l Lowell ii. Rousseau, whom Johnson had Eeht 10
Alaska United states Commissioners to receive tha
Territory from the tusSiaL authorities ana man lUeu
hunting privileges General Miller and Hutchinson
formed what is now known as the Alaska COMMERCIAL
Company, ana II enriched bot ANA others b'slcG' non
Ous followed riches In rapid succ"s-on ana IN IH7i nc
was elected TO the United states sendr ne ms b'gn ~
liberal with his wealth, though nOt WdsieIlli 9hu III
| twenty years of acrumuaiWg ho has Ealherei aDCul
him many strong friends WHO were bound to HIN by
hooks OF steel, not gold.
Brokers with buttonhole noseSays corneta-piston
player IN busy streets; ladies' with huge clusters OF
fresh cut plumber, aud telegraph repaircl' Win
their kits; half grown boys moro nearly hoodium5 than
dudes hanging about Stakc doors. among frequent
strange sights aad souHs, thc pleasures a-d hmS"ce9
OF the city just now.
Really the police ought to dsperse the young rouehs
who hang about the entrance OF the Firth Avenue
Theatre They not only annoy the young women who are
] So
nightly, bGJ they accOS au insult other ladies' passing
BY Captain Williams ought to see to these fellows per
sonaly.
Augus'n y ,ly, OBJ seryng the criticism alluded to IN
TIE Tk. ;s OF his company not one OF Shakes
peircan actors" popoundcG to that famous originator
oil literary couIudrums Dion BoucicGult, the qn"ry
' What il a shalcspea actor!" Bouc.cdut once
tried To conG0und the critics by asking them to define
comedy" No two. believe, had the same reply. |
have not heard Boucicauts definition of the "sha'os
pcareau actor. but asked Mr. DSly what his dcdniIo
was, lie replied. There Is none " IT,, he then went
ON TO reason there we're Shakes pearcn gciOr5 they
would naturally he taught In ehahesrcarfa,n scnoo sen
stance, exactly alEe, when they 90 lO'.
paragraph was published recently about the several
persons v ho hld been in the gttenUt OF few
years ago to Ous; Rudolph AronsOn from tho manage
ment or tho Casino Ward AMI Fish have been sent To
states Prison. William Heath sent to Ludlow street
Jail under heavy bonds and charges OF alleged fraud
bat released bail; Charles t. Quincy MS partner got
ato trouble; Warner and Work are under Indictment
That powerful combinations At the time their war
faro against AronNoA gan ihGy apPral'l III lH"'i,S M
In,gatpd by them with Ralph !. Anterior, Jr' rs the
plaintiff. Inotcel tho other day his name among tt
oi failures Wall Street Tns seems ~ make the rum
OF ArOLsous enemies complete
In Washington the other day General McCooS told me-
as illustrating the youth OF the country, giant that u iS
that he Is the eighth person wAO has been Secretary OF
The senate !expeced to find full list OF secretaries
u some of The reference volume, volumes of sdts'lcs
consulting several gave up the se'rch IOr
continuation Ot General McCOoEs statement
told by OF MS Oll llll lt1s tu ~ NNl 10 ~
Aitmrs u confirmed hypochoudriac lie suffers greatly
from Indigestion ami IS satisfied he VIII recover
from the disease. lie make, no effort 20 throw u Oh ~
active exercise. He lives largely on BAKED apples
william NJ T. Round secretary Of the National Prison
Association Of the United states is uncommonly busy
man. Bat he does no, conane his entirely to prison
reformation IIo has been critic Of The independent
for years ia constant contributor to various papers
| and magazines, and manages AD extensive sea-SAoro
property On Nantucket Island, MASS.
Recently In Providence was talking with Henry W.
wilkinson. who is the treasurer OF large safe manu-
facturns company H. ,ays the subject Of socaiistc
fcrmcutltous. trade strikes, ctc which may lead to
riots and leave ctir- and towns at the mercy OF mob
Is attracting the attention OF safe deposit companies
and all urse and OF safe nanufactuF
The officials of the cOrpJralOis are sollclou9 oI
possessing safes which may be relied upon TO deI,at
all attempts open them for several Gays ana the saie
makers are Just anxious to provide thcW In case Oh
we're Inadequate resist the rioters VINO could employ
violent means to open or destroy tue safes
militia could assemble ani disp.r-e rioters }: the
problem Perhaps some inventor of 7aies may YET MAKE
Il impossible to sack such a city as TINS.
EVERYBODY connected with the Administration at
Washington disposed to deny that he was barter
ing with a diamond broker for $4,000 diamond neck
lace suppose they do It because OF the necessity OF
maintaining the ar of J"hti soh"h sIuPicy "n'ch 'uo
White House no longer retains
That SlOO 900 necklace was really $4,000 affair. /
was looking at 1t in the hands OF the owner Thomas
Kirkpatrick the jeweller the day after his return from
Washington. lie was all broken up ne saI, BECAUSE
fnuced that hif Washington customer decided not
to purchase tho gems The ncckace was somewhat
broken up, too, when 1t, some OF the smaller
stones having been taken Of their settings to be
reset Mr. Kirkpatrick has been years in collecting
these gems There are tnirtv-NO OF them In the neck
ace ranging from to l3l In size The centre
stone. which Is the largest In worth sl-OOo alone hc
- 500 each Zach stone is perfect in color and form:
/ and the whole forms a dazzling array Of Hght ana
beauty
Meeting Alton b. Parker, whom tho papers had been
calling Judge" stopped him to congratulate the
state on his selection always congratulate the state
when "A good man takes Office and congratulate hin
when he rctires Mr. Parker told that the cOngratu
tions we're premature. lie knew nothing OF such an
appointment Mr., Parker is avery young man IN ap-
pearanve but fancy he Is bright enough TO man am
he reputation of the supreme Court judges or this state
IA reputation never 50 deservedly high rs now
Mr. Parker is law partner OF Governor HILL asked
him " the Governor had the Presidential bee in his
bonnst" IIo said he did not believe that any man was
less concerned about the next Presidency than Governor
Hill Except President Cleveland" suggested Mr..
Parker smiingly assented to that and sad that he
thought Mr. Cleveland utterly Indifferent as to the
result OF Administration far as the chances OF
succession were concerned As for Governor I lie had
not talked OF such possibility as MS being Candidate
Three years long time in politics., he added. Anq
a great many things may happen in three years,
added But it not likely that the poIc slt uatlo
I'm this country viii be changed IN two.lmOrtant par
tculars The Solid South Will nominate Denociatlc
candidate" Mr.. Parker acquiesced III that Ana the
vote OF NewYork State VIII decide the next eectio aS
II did the last one" lie thought So, too " Governor
IIiIl is u man after the southern Democratic heart
added e will be the Governor OF the state whose vote
will decide the election the time IL takes place Ihat
gives HIM great power In convention auI III canvass
Besides Hill isthe best mole IN poICS tnas e iuSn S
OBron came along and carried Mr. Parker OH De!ore he
could say that these general propositions were very
| nearly true.
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