The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-02-25

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can be traced. He went into Congress a
Lawyer in good practice, on the high road
to fortune; after his years Of service, and
with opportunities for gain second to no
man Of his generation-he left his post
the poorest man in the United States
Senate, but with a character as spotless.
as, the mountain snow. As soon as the
1sting of defeat had worn off he turned
Ito his profession orepair his shattered
fortune. Four years of constant practice
have placed him at the head Of the New
York Bar, and brought in contact with:
such men as VIM. NJ. Evarts, Elihu Root,
George Bliss, Mr.. Choate and dozens of
Others equally famous, he easily towers q
head and shoulders above them all. He
IS today the most famous lawyer in New
York, with a clientage second to no law.
yer in the United States. He has wooed
backsthe tickle goddess, and is once more
Eon the high road to fortune. It's cues
tionable ii any inducement could be
offered him that could prevail on him
again to enter the political arena. The
disintegration Of the Republican party
dates from his defeat-but his present
position is too pleasant, and too we'll
assured 10 jeopardize it for the uncertain
lhonors of politics. He can now say with
Corriolanns, Yon Danish me, Romans, |
turn my back on you
The looseness in which the marriage
relation is held by our 80. called fashiona.
bic society is well illustrated by several
cases now pending the courts: The mill
iopare Winans is sued by woman who
claims to be his wife, and whoif the evil
sdence is to be believed, occupied that
position unquestioned in MI. Winans'
household for many years. She sits at
the head of his table, entertains his
friends, is escorted by him to the opera
and theatre, travels on steamers, lodges
in hotels, and to all intents and purposes
fulills all the duties of wife; and after
several years service Mr.. Winans casts
her aside like 8 worn out necktie or an old
shoe, and the discarded woman turns TO
Ethe law for her vindication. A case
before the courts this week is more
remarkable than this. A few years ago
q beautiful woman appeared in New
York who astonished the old denizens Of
this cosmopolitan city. Her toilets were
simply immense and her orders in dry
good stores and millinery establishments
profuse and magnificent; and what was
more remarkable than all she paid every
bill on presentation, q virtue not common
even among our 80 called milionares.
Though somewhat cranky at times she
nevertheless gladdened the tradesman's
heart when she stepped across his
threshold, for she Invariably left ducats
behind her own turnout, with driver in
magnificent livery, resplendent in scarlet
and gold, and the nobbiest of tigers in
cockade and fair tops waited on her beck
and call. She took an occasional flyer
ON Wall street, and the stocks she bet On
generally went up. She cleared up her
little DIVES every Saturday morning, and
settled her bills with them every Satur-
day night. She's a daisy, said a Wall
street broker to me, and she knows every
spot on the cards. She astonished every
body; for say what you will, there is a
charm about people who pay ready money
for what they get, especially if they don't
forget the printer. None of your call
again sort Of people. "I'm little short
to day." nothing of that sort; the Ouch
ess was spot cash. The next question
was, where the deuce did it come from.
There were hints of large finds in the
diamond mines of Kimberley, while
Others suggested big bonanza in Colo.
RADIO; the other was that she had an
uncle who was formerly president of q
bank in the West, who now for good and
sufficient reasons was residing in Canada.
No matter where the money came from,
she had it and spent it like princess;
and it now turns out that she was sort
of second. hand wife to one of the veal
l-thiest brokers on the Street who became
madly infatuated with her, and lavished
on her not far from a quarter Of a mill
ion. But after running the gauntlet of
Europe aud the United States, new
divinity caught his eye and he married
her, and now number one is suing for
divorce, though she admits there never
was any legal ceremony, but he called
her his wife, and registered at hotels, and
according to the New York code public
acknowledgement is legal marriage.
There are a dozen similar cases now
before the courts, and the thing appears
very mixed, to say the least.
There is a terrible rafting among the
dry bones in various quarters. An ex-
Sheriff of New York is fugitive from
Justice, bankrupt, though he made
$500, 900 in his Office. Several Aldermen
connected with the Broadway steal have
fed the city. Moran, the detective who
blackmailed Harry Hill has resigned,
and is driven to obscurity; and altogeth.
er we are having quite lively time.
It is wonderful to remark how many
rich lunatics die. Sharp, keen old blades
who in their lives never missed trick; (;
who always held full hand and played
it for all it was worth, who scraped
parings to save, and who denied them
selves every pleasure in life to increase
their pile. As soon as they are under
the sod commission is appointed to sit
OH their mortal remains, and every Man
Jack, yes, and Woman Jack for matter
of that, is pronounced lunatic. Old
Cornell Vanderbilt came very near being
adjudged lunatic, aud there is no doubt
that Jesse Hoyt was as mad as March
hare. Stewart must have been crazy TO
have left Judge Hilton a million in solid
gold, and every body knows that Daniel
Lord was touched in the upper story
when he married the dashing widow who
set half New York crazy. i think it
was Solon Shingle who remarked, "Bless-
ed are they that expect nutbin, for they
shan't be disappointed"
The early week brought glorious wealth.
er, the first we have had to brag about
for some time. Our sisters, our wives,
our mothers and our daughters made an
immediate raid on the drygoods stores.
and when the bills came in on Saturday
night there was weeping and wailing and
gnashiDg of teeth.
Very truly yours,
BRoADBRIM.