The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

cess 10 WnaL WAS icSai oeu 90 WIZ oSSe
society. He married the daughter of
Commodore Matthew G. Perry (not Oh
liver Hazard Perry, his brother, as has
been often reported), who in 1852 COM
manded the Japan expedition, which
resulted in opening her ports to this
country. The union with a distinguish
ed and historic family was of much ben
eft to him, and he has ever since occu-
pied the highest social position.
AS Il banker his credit has always
been of the best. He does 4 very con-
screative but lucrative business, and is
complete American in feeling and
sympathy, having been since his natur-
alizaton democrat, and having long
been the chairman of the democratic
national committee. His entertain
ments at his sumptuous home in Fifth
avenue are among the most elegant and
luxurious in the whole town, as he is
an cpicure and excellent critic of
wines. which he especially imports.
He speaks several languages, though
he has not yet learned to use English
without a palpable accent He is a
good judge of pictures and horses, hav-
ing fine gallery and a choice stable,
and enjoying the good things of life.
His reputation is that of an irascible,
though warm hearted, man. Having
so long had his own way, he is inn
patient of delay or contradiction, and
the story is that he csn swear fuently
in several foreign tongues, not to speak
of his profane proficiency in English.
He is a severe disciplinarain in every
thing and his household is reported to
move like clock-work, which may be
one reason that his dinner parties are
so exceptionally pleasant. August Bel
mont is not by any means handsome.
He is rather under medium size, his
features irregular, his look unamiablc
and dominant, and his gait somewhat
lame, the effects of an early duel about
a New York woman. But he has mil
lions, and understands the science of
money-making, which in this age mol
lilies many physical and mental de-
fects.
Austin Corbn is n native banker who
has the credit of being very rich. He
is also concerned with railways, parti-
cularly those of Long Island, which he
controls, with various land operations.
He began by lending money on farm
mortgages at Davenport, Iowa, first in
small way, increasing his loans with
his income until he had created large
business. Indeed, it grew so upon his
hands that he determined to remove to
this city in order to continue it and ex-
tend it to its full capacity. He has
been banking here some ten years, still
lending money on farms, thus bringing
eastern capital and western energy into
cooperation with mutual advantage.
You may remember that he was the
pioneer in the civilization of the eastern
end of Coney island. all of which had
long been abandoned to sharpers, prlze-
fighters, and the disreputable class gen
orally. After building the Manhattan
Beach hotel and the railroad to it. he
found that to secure the latter against
rivals he needed to own the bit of road
between Atlantic avenue and Flatbush.
He tried to buy it, but in doing so he
was gradually led into the purchase,
with his assistants, of the entire Long
Island system. That, in turn. put him
in the way of buying land all over the
island, and this has been steadily going
on ever since
The Indigenous inhabitants of that
belt of sand are particularly anti-pro-
gresslve, even to stagnation. They are
as little influenced by the spirit of the
great city as ii it were thousand miles
distant. They are content with the
little they have; they want no more, at
least if exertion be required to get it.
Provided they can extract the most or
dinary livelihood from their two or
three acres, they are satisfied. Such q
population, it is needless to say, does
not help the soil on which it lives. II
occurred to Corbin if he could introduce
different order of people, energetic,
industrious, enterprisng, in their stead,
he would materially enhance the inter
ests of the railroad and his own Hs
and the capitalists associated with him
have for several years been occupied il
this commendable scheme They have
| brought out hundreds of small land
owners and are daily buying out more
and filing their places with new ant
vigorous blood. 1t is believed tha
Long Island, which has long been the
kitchen garden of New York, will ir
the next ten years have double or treble
the value it has now in consequence o
its increased productiveness. and Aus
tin Corbin will be immensely benefited
thereby. This special source of profi
has come to him almost by accident, or
properly, by a series of circumstance:
which gradually dawned upon him
Men often find their greatest good il
what they least expect. The path tt
fortune frequently lies through OBJ
scurty.
Robert Bonner is reported to be al
example of this. Computed to have al
estate valued at S6.o0O.O0O to $1,000,
600, he was, thirty-tive years ago, wortl
nothing. A Scotch lrishman, born a
Londonderry, he was but 15 when h,
emigrated, and was soon setting type
he had partially learned the trade a
home-in the office of The Hartfore
Courant There he completed his edu
cation and became one of the mos