Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-16
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SOMETHING ARoUr THE FrLLMoRKs.
resident Cleveland Is notthe nrst Buf.
laionlan to reach the chief executive
enalr oil the nation. Willard Fillmore,
VINO ulied out Zachary Taylor's term, was
porn lew miles out Of the city, cuminr
70 town at an early age to seek his for.
tune as lawyer. He found Il and he
also found fame as well, though the lat
yer my never seemed to enjoy half as
much as the former. Fillmore left son
ny MS urst wife who is now resident Of
Buhalo, though he does not stand In any.
thing ike his fathers social or political
footsteps. Sons Of great men seldom do,
put Fillmore stands as high as
ne deserves. The ex-president married A
wealthy widow sitter his first wife died
VINO survived MIN several years. She lived
IN great seclusion in the Fillmore family
residence at the corner Of Delaware ave-
ms and Niagara square IN this city She
very rarely appeared In public, and the
only time she could be seen was when
sne d owe out, which was invariably
alone. When she died she was mourned
IN fashionable way as the rellct OF a IA.
nous man, but nobody really cared
whether she lived or died--her step.son
icast Of au,for during the last dozen Years
OF her life they did not speak, and The son
never went near the family residence. liy-
Ing in cheap lodgings or anywhere he
could hang out. There was some iustin-
cation for Mrs Fillmore's treatment OF
her step-son, for it IL doubtful II he de.
served anything better His companions
were not tirst-class, nor his habits such
as a. ways TO admit Of his appearing In
good society Now that he has come
into possession Of his fathers property,
ne Is making vigorous use Of it. ii
went last long. His step-mother saw TO
itbefore she died that he was deprived OF
as much as she could keep him out of
Somehow the lives OF neither our ex.
presidents nor their families prove happy
ones. ] wonder what Is the matter7
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THE MOST FAMOUS BUILDING THERE.
About the most famous building In Buff
falo is the Weed block, made so because
1t contained the law office OF President
Cleveland. The Weeds, who built and
now own the block, are well-known hard.
ware men of the city, and their store Is
Immediately under the famous office. The
block stands at the corner of Main and
Swan streets, 1t is six stories in height,
and is constructed of yellow,gray granite.
1t is in the principal business section of
the city, and within two squares Of the
city hall, the latter an edIflce which, next
TO that Of Philadelphia, is the fins st
structure OF its kind in America. IL
isn't paid for yet. Neither is that OF
Philadelphia, though the latter has al
ready cost Sl4 100000. Bufialo's city
hall cost 81 600 600, including what the
contractors stole. The American way Of
getting public improvements Is after the
advice the father gave has son about get
ting rich. Build costly buildings pay for
them If you can; but build them anyhow.
President Cleveland has been NEST fortu-
nate In more things than In getting Office
When he was elected mayor Of Buffalo he
took possession OF apartments in the
then recently completed city hall that were
Oriental in their maguiHcence; next he
went to Albany, where there is the
finest state capitol ia the United States,
and the executive chamber the most
gorge0usly furnished and fitted apart
ment in IL; and from thence TO the COM
Portable and much-coveted White House
The tales Of Oriental HE tell us no more
romantic or wonderful story Of good luck
or good fortune, whichever you choose to
call 1t, than is told In the career of Grover
Cleveland,