New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
MANY MEN AND MANY THINGS
HOW MATTERS OF THE DAY ARE DIS
CUSSED IN EVENING GROUPS.

ClSSED IN bNENlNO uhOOl %
Jacob sharps nightly custom for many years mas beo
to go to tho Blossom Club at Broadway and Twenty
third st for cosey evening at cards. One OF the mem
bels OF the club who Ia often In tho game with MIN 4
Isaac Dayton Sharp's notions about newspaper mel
have been pretty we'll emphasized by remarks from tim
TO tins to reporters the city papers Ho gives ven
to them oven more freely at the club His general view
OF the Broadway Railroad matter ia stated In language
about like this: have worked for twenty five years t'
got this rair Dad on Broadway II anybody thinks wa
working for glory they take me Tor blanked fool But
don't sec that anybody has anything to complain about
The city Is getting iO the franchise 100000 year lT
q short tmo 1t will be getting per cont whcre 1t no "
only gets per cent. That is It's INCOME Tor the iran
chIse with tho Increase OF business considered will In
two years Goublo what It ts now The city mas nc
ground for complaint The people are satisfied that the
road one of the best for their accommodation that has
ever been projected The fact that they get fare from
the Battery upper limit OF the Seventh Avenue h'
is satisfactory to them. There rcnauthe people WIG
furnished me tho money get this enterprise starte IT,
They are perfectly satfe with my expenditure OF IT,
The stock and bond holders satisfied Only the
fellows who thought they ought to have had piece ou
Of it on account OF their supposed influence ae kckng
They are tue follows that are making all this huabao
They may 90 hang themselves for ali care They can't
bluff mo on pair"
Colonel A. L. Blaclman president of the American
Atlantic and Pacific Nicaragua Canal COmI any. which
bases its claims charter the old grant to Commo
dore vanderbilt said to mo on Friday: Il seo-tGaL
Admiral Ammen has written letter TO the Senate Com
mittee speaking In OpprObrous terms OF our company
DO not attach any Importance to It. Our company s
asking nothing from this Government except protection
OF our rights in Nicaragua shall sail for Europe to-
morr, W to place stock and bonds We are not making
any spread about enterprise because we believe IN
deeds not words. When the ships start down there
loaded With material and workmcn, and when tho con
tractors have started their contracts then it VIII be
time enough TO talk
was chatting the other day with ox-MayOr Charles
Estes Of Augusta Georgia whom he said that thus rai
his Tlace had escaped the Prohibition oontagon lat Is
spreading over tho South. | remarked that he seemei
to regard tho movement as plague and he replied;
am dsr favor anything that will close up the low
rum shops but do any practical benefits from
Prohibition It has not shown any great Dement'S where
il has been tried in tho South presume we shall get II
after awhile II the negroes get 1t into their heads To MAKE
rs try it. They are the controlling power now Nhch
was running for Mayor one OF them came to me with
great caution and secrecy Let know that ho could
Influence fifty Ho wanted = 30 for the JOB anu
after little bargaining got him tc Ofor the lot at 90
cents Then told him must have time to consider so
important a transaction. have been considering it
ever since"
Mr. Estes is one Of the Oldest citizens OF Augusta lie
il banker lie was in Augusta all through the war
Talking about the charge that Georgia had rcpudatei
OF her bonds he Gavo some "reminiscences "f the war
period saying: We had meeting at one time and de-
cdcl to issue $4,000 TO build eunooat to de'end the
place from attack by The bonds were clearly war
debt and could not be demanded They lay around for
sover, yelrs until introduced resolution in the COun
Gil FOR their payment II passed and tho bonds afen
up. held that it better to do this ana get them out
OF the way than have possible customers o our city
bonds constantly fear when buying our securities that
they might be getting guDbOat bonds Ihat VIII snow
YOU how much Georgia Is repIlltins state. by the
way we all expected the Federal army to come up the
river from savannah to attack uS. We never had any
oa OF being subjected army OF occupation IN the
rear till Sherman's bnmmer5 were actually In our
streets When this meeting was held to subscribe Tor
gunboat an Old German engineer got up ana said that IN
his opinion all that necessary To Keep the YANKEES
away fell couple OF trees aotoSs the river rom
either bank ami then they would he unable to come up
The fathor Of OK. Governor Foster Of Ohio according
to stories have lately heard OF him. hAd some strong
points about him. lie was Ycrmontcr AMI sAreWd az
bargaining The father and kept the country store
AT Fo,toria In cOusc Of tm5 they owned large tracts
OF farming anls II IS sail that on one occasion therc
was great strife over the location OK new road Tue
Posters wanted 1t ono way and the ncgh5ors another
Tho viewing committee had set day to como ana look
tho ground over. Tie night before their arrival IL
,noweI quite heavily Long before daybrcak old man
troll Te had them driven back and forth over tho line
OF tho road rs lie waucl it mapped When tho viewers
arrived on the spot ho pointed ont to them the TACT tha
the travel was naturally over this route "a they coul
Judge bv the fresh tracks on tho new fallen snow lie
go. the road.
The elder Foster was a rabid Union man. AMI nothing
delighted him much to get chance 70 ht copper
head There was mscyly man In his nelshboThoot
named Moses Kelley, who was Il rebel sympathizcI OF
tv,a q Morgan
Kelley said one day 10 Mr. Foster: DO you know what
woud do II John Morgan should come through hero
would invite him to dinner" Tho old gdntlemans grim
reply was this auson to Teeys parsimonions habits:
Yes AMI blamed poor dinner you'd give him, such as
he deserves"
The politicians who have known General George A.
Sheridan OF louisiana, never tired or tenS stories
about him. heard one yesterday from Mahlon Chance'
formerly OF ChO Sheridan stumpns In ONO and hAd
an appointment az Union city. The town Is on this line
between ohio and Indiana It is the place where few
vears AGO stringent liquor law enacted under the
ohio law whereupon tho saloons all moved across the
liue into Indiana and deed the enforcement OF the law
Whom sheridan stood up before his audience II was ate
a most embarrassing introduction. The Old gentleman
who was presiding had stated that the audience was
Gathered in expectation of hearing General Phil Shorl
dan and would bs much dlsappolnteI that ahOuler
sheridan was to be their but he hoped they would
he edited and instructed sheridan began his speech
about in this strain: feel deeply, follow citizens the
fact that you have boon disappointed in the orator you
expected &c SEQ here tonight can feel deeply Tor yOn
because myself am also deeply disappointed In coming
IN mi. place when looked the list OF appoint
ments the other day handed me Dy the state Committee
and saw the high sounding name OF Union city imme
datey congratulated myself Tho committee, teIt GER
tain. desired 70 do mo honor In sending me to great
city But imagine my surprise and disappointment on
arriving here to day my bosom swelling with antcipHt-
orv prile to find miseral le little hamlet mean and
strao ,line that neither Indiana nor Ohio is willing 70
claim the whole OF it, and penuriOus that you have to
60 across the State line from Ohio to get drink OF
hisl,oy Gentemen IL you have been disappointed, so
have T. and guess we will begin quits"
Governor Alger of Michigan, whom asked tho other
dav ABOUT the Administrations strength in his state re-
sponded that It was little thought Of that IL was not