The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21

can be renewed or not Some people argue that
bonds cannot be renewed at all; others say that
the renewal of, say, 800, 900 bonds will require
at least nine months legal proceedings, and, af-
ter that a bond of two or three men for 800. 900
each for some twenty years 10 come. OF course
all this is, so far, mere talk of men who have no
positive knowledge of the legal side of the qnes-
ton, but who are just now very deeply interest
ed in it and likely to push it to speedy solution.
The sale of the late Mrs Morgan's art treas
ures was a remarkable one from the point of
view of the ease with which money is coming
forward nowadays for articles of which present
purchasers have not had any idea at all few
years ago. Not one American in ten thousand
ever heard before of the Peachblow vase, and
now SIS, 900 is paid for vase not larger than an
ordinary champagne bottle, and more blowing Is
INDUCED in aboutit in New York than the whole of
Italy would be guilty of at the discovery of new
Raphael, or the whole of Spain at new Murillo.
Considering that the sale was a forced one, and
that Mrs Morgan, when making her collection,
was but very poor Judge of art and made all
her purchases the advice of professional
agents, the collection realized very fair price.
for, although it cost her nearly 3d. 900, 600,
81 200 900 realized at the sale is, under such cir
cumstances. great deal of money. 1t appears
that Mrs Morgan never saw some of the things
sold in her collection. Such, at all events was
the case with six pictures which, as a leading
picture deeler in New York tells me, arrived
from Europe at his shop when Mrs. Morgan was
The divorce cases mentioned above interest
Wall street for more reasons than one. To be-
gin with, men implicated in them were we'll
known in the clubs and at the Stock Exchange.
Mrs Stevens, VINO was Miss Sampson and
whose father was the largest shareholder in the
Chemical Bank-the wealthiest institution in
New York-owned good deal of property in and
about Wall street. Her conduct for some time
past is well known among society people IN New
York, and her infatuation for French noble
man, of great historical name but exceedingly
shady conduct. brought about the present d.
vorce. The amusing part of tie affair is that it
is the wife, not the husband, who gets the di-
vorce. and that The wife of the aforesaid erring
Frenchman, who is also an American GIRL has
recently obtained, in her turn, a divorce in
France The idea of Mr. Stevens failing to sup
ply his millionaire wife with the necessaries of
life of makes all the s'boys' thrust their
tongues in their cheeks with suppressed laugh
The Turnbull case is altogether different. Mr.
Turn bulls infamous conduct was first made pub
lie by the expulsion of Mr. Loubat from the
Union Club, and the formers attempt to induce
the son of we'll known commodore of the navy
to commit what legal books call shat horrible
crime which cannot be mentioned among Chris
tians." Turnbull fed from New York and took
refuge in Washington where some old friends
procured him small situation in one Of the
government Offices
Two or three other fashionable divorce cases
will shortly come up in Newport, r. l., where
kept more secret than under the laws of the
State of New York. Among others may be men
toned the case of a son of the we'll known bank
er, Belmont, and another in which the rich and
handsome sister of one of Mrs. Langtry init
mate friends is implicated. RIGoLo.