New-York tribune., 1886-01-31

civilization in four wheeled vehicles. West Of the
Alleehanies for nearly century the wagons with their
white canvas covers, their buren OF dirty faced but
happy children and their owner with his trusy re the
best he could find money to buy have been the harbn
gers Of advancing civilization It is from these people
who are afraid to anywhere because they have
never gone into any place from which tsey have not
been able to emerge that we have most to hope for in
future relations with Mexico. The elnigrant VINO
that is already Geveopsd ana wants merely his iabor
The man with wagon Is genuine pioneer, who expects
TO out niche for himself In tue wilderness Now
there duty OF 500 every wagon that goes from
country into Mexico. II shuts OF completely tue
advancing tide OF our American civilization because tho
man with tho wagon hasn't got the SG6. 1t therefore
shuts off from advance Into Mexico the element
teanre Of rocprocity which aooIshes this duty grand
good thing for this country
Ex-Governor Foster OF ohio has been party to sew.
era important railroad deals" corners" He was
one OF the original projectors Of the Ohio Central road
He was in the Hooking Valley think, and he was with
c. s. Brce aud General Samuel Thomas and Others in the
lannon's Nickel Plate scheme. There is project in
which he engaged however the particulars OF which
do not remember have soen In print, certainly not
with the ST 10 told me by one Of the officers
OF the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad yesterday.
Governor Foster and some OF his fronds, he said,
81 were engaged for a time IN manipulating the Wheeling
and Lake Erie There was passeu traffic arrange
Trent entered into with the Wabash road which became
aiyad I'm same oi the railroad combinations and was
OBLIGED 10 abrOgate the arrangement although perfectly
willing to into new ole on the basis OF the new
agreement with other trunk lines Notice was given OF
Ee change in due form What did Foster and his crowd
do but enter into pool anu Duy up aeos one hu1tei
ana Lake Erie road good for passage over the WABASH
line to Louis. In other words they entered INTO the
tcEet scalpng business. As tie rae 20 st Louis was
erot 70 be raised they expected to Just
how the Wabash got around 1t do not know DIt was
tCld that jay Gould studied out plan by which oser
on thr othcr re- actually were forced to sell their tickets
at a loss About year after Foster was an splleaht
tor an annual pass over the wabash fOsL Inc answer
! la Dt w "A
coupled with polite notice that lies were free IT, him
the read would accept one o. MS scapei tckets
for passage If presented by hlinseIi
Governor KINGS first entrance into politics was in
race for Congress IN I8l He was GOverno? toward tho
close OF the tilies He Long Island man on9 Ok
his sur porters indeed the man who had
most 10 do with bringing him out a. candidate was
the father of ex- -Asseubyman william j. ioungs Ho
has told the story of Mr. Kings canvass for Cong'e5s
until il las become tradition The biggest feature IN
it was the tea Mr.. King woud lo-d up Ills o.1 chrryal
with two or hundred packages OF choice tea II
was thing 70 get really good tea ln those nays ana
tie housewife who could COIullahd hhe cup oi O!I
Tyson or GCaea was & PF9Sg Staq, wf o E district M a M S
drove over IT, lett always with the wives package oil
! tea lie was elected with JiS majority
The mania for fine canes has brought to Gotham some
fine and costly sticks" Colonel Lopez dc Querea.
spansn gentleman served in the Unou army and Is
500 peres Of yaroIs colorcI wood The original stick
! 4, nlaid with the Other pieces
.Ex.Assistaut Secretary Of the Treasury Coon, with
had occasion 70 discuss the sm mlgSlng thd goes
on along the Can sdsn border told ms two funny in
stances in which persons who tried that trick were
beaten az IT, The cheap clo;hidg OF Canada is tie
! merchandise that most often attracts the petty
s.Hue1er. An acqua!nt ince OF Sir Coon had friend
VINO was mail agent on a route running throGgh
Canada II arranged that the agent snod DrInS
suit Of clothes or hip. The package was stopped on
the border Tue owner had to Fay duty Ihe cICShln.
did not III him. II faded after a mDAih W.T. "LeI
he came to consider tho transaction lie OGod ne Aal
"A mn
Honest and bought an American ale slt Lbere t'
supposed at one time sara ~, cs9n -, 70 20 ,s
swInd!lng scheme in clothing conducted ron CN'caIo'
Severa! Canadian hrms were advertising OHefs O s'Ils
delivered in Chcso duty tree at prices tnat eoua ohy
mean that the goods were smugScd IN. dsteeuVe way
sent 70 erre out the fraud He order io7 suit
OF clothes They delivered to HIM By al express
company In such way that he cOu.d hot uaoc tneI
lie ordered second suit When caino lie managed 10
receive the goods himse and traced them back sep ~
sep until found tilat they had been maze Up III
! Chicago sion shop ana were American goods. Fhe
advertisement Of foreign goods was a mere catcH 10
obtain trade. The men engaged 10 u kneg tAat et
victims wouldn't sGueal' even II they found out auJa1
the tricx."
rhear yesterday Of tho promotion o. James Nccrel to
be General Manager Of all the Pennsylvania lines west
OF Pitsburg. Mr.. McCrea has grown up in he Penrsy
vania service lie started about tweuty years ago as a
rodman In ore o, engineering corps az 10 month
He has q salary row OF $4,000 year Itts curious
feature OF service on the PeuGsyvania road that @en
become so welded that nothing can induce theA TO
20 into other employ I am told that Nr McIrea some
years refused the presidency Ot the HasNl!e System
at $4,000 year, berg double the salary he was l1eI
receiving He also offered the positlOn OF Genera
Manager OF the AtchsOn, Topeka and Santa lie foJl,
with large IN salary and with the promise ot
certain rronOtion TO the presidency OF that oar>hng
cCrH"ra-i5n iu a few wears. Mr. McCrca decided 10
remain with the winch had given him his expert
eucc lie only turty eight years OF hS@ ana WIN hs
steady IN the Pennsylvania serve- may be eXpecte
to take in time still higher position there