New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
SUNDAY EDITION.
JULY 1s, 1886.

re with the regular vi.it on Saturday which he pays
on Friday night. but railroad time tables have bean
viii , Y MIN so that lie the train tha
r VIII olins MN to St Al0avs. and beuln hns span Of
"'isc' he COOS spinning out TO his farm.
The fishermen who kill salmon every ,,m,oer I'm ths
Oahadisn woods are starting ne ward with sores Of
.ne'' sIort- DE-. g. A. Baxter, with whom was chat
ng about the Restigouchs River the other day. told me
nat the river Is full OF trout ranging all the way from
oDe-half Founders TO five FOUNDERS New arrivals IN thu
region gensray remarE that are good enough fab
iof them and speRd two three DAYS iD pulipg i'm tina
beauties before they get interested in salmon killing.
,ut nnmedi'tely airr capturing ths orange
hRed salmon the desire Tor less BILE sport out,
About the Hoffman House nearly every evening is to
be ssen small slender man. past middle age carefully
dressed In business suit OF gray with light Derby
nat to match He has a round, full checked fass.
SCARED by the small and little gray whisk
his chin To tue ordinary observer he ia not A
all remarkable man. But New YORK brokers and opsr-
atOrs know nm for OF the healed aud shre I'D
est OF NowY0rk mining specuators. He Is George D.
Roberts, who became widely known years ago from
his connection with Western silver mines
Another figure who goes drifting through the hotsis
up town occasionally is Major Chorpennns the cole
brated claimant before Congress. The Major is curious
study In feature and style Of dress he looks like
FADED Beau Brummell. His brown mustachc and side
Whiskers are cut and the style Of thirty forty
years ago. Tho OF his he al ia bald but the ioug
locks that fringe the psr~d at the back and
brushed forward tho ears standing out strAishs
beside bis forehead. He 10 generally dressed In black
trousers fashioned IKE the Old ,ousksts of
early colonial day$ bellcrowned ak nat completss
his OUTFIT The MAIN livos New York ANA has Visited
Washington little in the last or three years althoush
he stu maintains tho absolute justice his claim and
day recognze It, He is always free talk about IL and
nothing plesses hin so Well TO be allowed TO expIsa
It's character u a now acquaintance.
General George A. Sheridan politician aud or ator. hs
good deal OF wag aud he is not back ward in tell.
Ind he
enjoys making an occasional statement about himself
that Will starte his hearers The Gecera dcvered The
Fourth OF July Grafton at Rchhed Springs aud, by tho
way. Is soon to 60 back to Rchaeld to deliver efs
memorial address General Grant to the summer
visitors at that resort Talking with number OF his
friends about his Fourth OF JG Grafton the day
said abruDtly Il spent two very delightful weeks ap
there the weeks prior to the Fourth Of july
You see, IL was part of tie understanding ny which
went there that my daughter AMI myself should have
two weeks accommodation at the hotel You may 10
sure tha. took my two weeks before made ms
address because could uot be altogether but thss
after had delivered they would run me out of town.
Tue General is getting stont aud Is face as brc ea.d
by good living nui lie Il Ia hs appearance sthax
like General BENJAMIN T. Butler. A, be walk aboas
uptown be is ireque' ty mistaken tue boi Msssa-
ohusetts man. Occasionally soma accosts him q
Gen-r Butler Oe occasion. recently, sh
dan got with the mistaken by sticking Dis
finger to ais eye. and pnllns down tue lid and nasIse
Buffers countenance: DO you see anything IL 10y eJe
that looks like Ben BuerP'
John r. Mel can, OF The Cincinnati Enquirer has been
back ami forth this city and Saratoga often
in the last mouth start deal of gossip abcat
HIMSELF Stmo had reference to his alleged desire
make a venture In New-Yorx journalism while anOas
other people the talk has turne upon his
various Investments outside the newspaper business.
| was talking yesterday with Cincinnati who told
that Mr. Mclean is the richest man in Queen City.
Said my friend: Mr. Mclean is worth at least five %
six million dcars lie Is genuine money maker. lie
is a veritabe Midas Everything he touches turns to
gold He has at least million dollars wofth of wath-
ington property which did not cost HIN oae half sat
amount pc ssbly third and is idly apprecst
Ing in valbe lie bought an old graveyard at Washington
for $50. 900, and inside of three months Offered
$4,000 for 1t. The Enquirer itself lis a bonanzi sad
give him annual income OF at least S25J.ooJ.
The Enquirer was owned during the war by JoDa j.
Farau and Washington Mclean. II rsbid Dsro-
cratic sheet of Bourbon type. When Mr. Farsn ted
the elder Mclean got hold the paper and when ja
out OF college, he was turned loose "a H. Hs Ia
paper OF tue persona type As tue readers OF tie noss
pspers OHIO aud Indiana largely Republican. ss
opened his columns for every piece vf Republican ncws
that he could get hyld OF, with he result that rAs
Enquirer for ye s had great many Republican res4,rs
although he spends his time In Washington. New fosk
every Important movement in office. He gets daily
morning report Of bis business Affairs and nghtiy 70.
telegraph the leading features OF tho paper"
My informant told me that aigrcat many rich have
come up in Cincinnati. among whom he named David
Snton, whose wealth l. estimated at SIoOOoo0; Wiham
g. Groesbecx, who has property woIth nearly as m-shy
Mr. Bdlock and Others. Mr.. Groes5eek vas tor sae
time prominent in public affairs, but became engaged IN
a real estate transaction at Cincinnati which lei ms
newspapers attack him. They created public ssatt-
msnt that ne attempted the better OF tho ctytr
money transaction. Mr. Groesheck was SO sensitive
concerning criticism that he ime lately withdrew ona
al Ia
Theodore Roosevelt has come from the West wiia o
sprney step and bronzed countenauce audlhe general
air OF buOyancy which Is the result Of contact with tao
free air Of Dakota praires. lie says that the dase
excessive profits in the cattle business over because
there many people In the business and the cattle
men have to pay penalty OF crowing cattle more
thcky the praires than the gras will stand hr.
Roosevelt THINKS that the present system OF cattle sras
ing will eventually and the business take fer
ent form different localities The land that is Tilted
for agriculture will be taken by tho farmers ana tno
grazing lands will gradually be fenced In aud tho sraAs
ranches broken up to make place Tor smaller ss
suIners York Will succeed Ia time II II Is
erly conducted
The Brazilian Prince who has been travelling through
this country with his suite is pronounced charming
Young fellow by those who have met him. lie s&s
formed a warm attachment for New York CITY and 10
de,hted with everything he sees here. understand
that he paid visit Friday aud Saturday TO New Ba-
aud factories where nre arms are m snafactnred wtn
view OF making purchases ioi the Bfaziuan ARMY
Jacob sharps sayings concerning the Broadway sur
face road would make book Tncy still reported ~
tho people with whom he comes In contact. He ~
severe upon CoDkug for his part attorney ~
the Senate nvesg AMI quoted as saying among
other things: Mr. Conxl:ng thinks aud charges thso
have made millions out Of tnis roa ilies natsy
ae charged the State $40 00D for forty days serveS
"A attorney to bring the state lot OF litigation and
the city IN more expense. from winch the city Wiz
never leap auy benent. spsnt twenty years IN ese-
ting stree railroad 10 Broadway and IL has benentsd
the city of New.York beyond any calculation AZ
thousand dollars day, ought {" have made eighs ~
Conkling thinks that was oxvrbitAnt
Every few days hear some OF my acquaintinc max
ing COMPLAINT, against tho over-cbarges of the mes
ssnger boy service The complaints are rarely directed
a,.ust the companies BY a curious experience within
few aav, have found that the 81 stem OF the com