New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16
CHANCES HERE AND THERE
SOME PASSING NOTES ABOUT MEN AND AT


FAIRS.
Ex-Congrcssman John S Wise has finally made his
Ion alkcd-of plunge and has settled I'm New-forR 10
practise law.j lie has become g~nera counsel ior 'no
spsarue Electric Company. t.. is Broadst., where
he Will makd his Office He' became associated with
this enterprise while the streets of Richmond were
OCCUPIED With twelve miles OF its electric motor
System Nj. Wise. as the son Of the Governor OF
Virginia who haascd Johnt Brown and because Nc
has himself become Republican. has occupied con
spcuous place In National politics. ~ the opponent
OK Malone and the champion OF district rep
rcscntation IN Virginia, he won commanding ana
successful position at the recent Chicago CohVeh'ion-
He declared that he hasScut loose from politics TO
devote his lime to legal business solely. As cyl
dence Of That fact,7 said}hc " have retained my
legal residence aud right s. vote 10 Virginia. so that
| NAV keep out Of politicsthcre. or course, II am
practising la|- In NcwNotI can't bother WIN
politics ther@' Mr. Wiseiis about forty year, %
age and was graduated frot the Law department u,
the Unlversit of virginia lie has been cOnnectedi
with all the important lit patton in his s'ate 'o'
number Of years including the NoiipiA ana "csol"
and Shenandoah Valley Eattoad oases. Mt. "''o D.,
president o. the NcwYork sand Southern lcieeIaP"
Company, which he frankly simiis IS IN mHch inc IT,
laon Of eaten lamb 20 thcj hon-iAe western Dio"
rs good fellow and a Iovsr OF sport oi the HiE'.
class Mr. Wise Will get a warm welcome here oui'idei
OF legal and business circts, where there Is @'"''
room for one more
The popularity Of limited vcstbnle trains q bcsY-
ming draw down tie railr)'is lie Chicism 'ia'
the number Of these tia.ps Is not suf aent Tor fHo
demand There has tNcn especial complaint during
the last week. when ne returning tides Of European
travel and the starting 10 western homes OF people
who have been a. DE scashore and mountains A@'o
made fl imposs.bis TO secure bcrths On the A'u'o'
tiaius except by long engagement in advance. Inc
Chcaguans WHO were abroad with Ferdinand ID'N'
pres dent Of the Chicago Auditorium Association "eio
talking about this feature II American travel. vhcn
one OF them sad: II Is In such matters that EUROPA"
roads excelsus. Their best service IS only hmfd 10y
the demand for The best, You couldn't get the Penn/
svlvanla Road TO put an extra IT'S limited tralY
II there tere applications Ill two cars Now ov2r
in EuroSe we had party large enough 50 hat RI
could Always get extra parlor car put on ior Y
the trat was full SO you can here. the ord fay
trains sut not on the host trains could inf Eu-
rope. bhat Is where the difference comes in
4 mil Of medium size. whose stocky build. I me-
what of the German order. made him appear iomc-
what utlers zed, dropped IN al the Fifth Avenue
Hotel TIA other day and sent UP "a card to Gehe'a
sherman. who then there Tie had broah' me"'
roundIy buyns forehead mid blue eyes, bushy brows
and black brown Burnside WHISPERS whose soft text
ure and raAd growth seemed TO defy training. NJ
one would hive suspected that the head Of the
Standing arsy Of sixty millions Of people There
was more to Indicate the student farmer than anything
else. Yet ia was General John VI schofeld. Who
a. the ranking MaIorCeneral. has succeeded to the
command Of Tie Uuited states Army since the death
Of General sheridan. General schof'l Is said to excel
I'm DRAINING pCFcrs and military men zen Us or h,
transfer Of divton from renne see to WashnSion ia
l-oJ as OF A. important f'ats Of the CIV! var.
Lf. men baing W tlfcd I'D q luIIy down the Afltllc
Coast II was Gsneiai schofeI "ho WrG'" our me
terms Of surrcnd "A los wirh Johnston 'arf"la ec 10
days. from 1850 10 t'6l bee wore Jul boa. H. "Acn
grew long before H. close Of the War that be could
tuck rs tips in BIS bAt
In Broadway the other dav encountered the
tall form ard battle-scArred face OF General John b.
Gordon of Georgia. There is a courtly. old school
poeness about General Gordon that contac with The
business world In this city has In no wise eIa'eA
He spent Two or three years here after his retire
mcni from TIC United states ~ora'' 'n irving 20 pro-
mote a Southern railway anil traa saan'Ir steamship
line. which has dropped ont Of sight and considera
ton since his return 10 active public lie as Gov
ernOr Of Georgia. Like many others OF the Ola
Southern leaders he is anxious 20 accumulate fortune
but somehow Ia, not had The faculty Of getting eN
tremely rich lie IS 10 pIodder, and perhaps thar IS
the reason why others outstip him "a tie race flf
Ntalth au lg i 'Ia. a ~. ig-, Je was f.o rr'i-
favorahly in ne last year "f I"1 IT, w.. ,iti,,.
iector " one OF The ueV IRON towns ln ne NaDena
iIarahic erricfment tic .lcat sabre cut that part
IL G.frrrc- General Corlou- face is one ui score
Of wound. DO rcce, ed in thc cavalry srrc' Of ne
Confederate army. IL was received win iolr uo1y
wounds at Antctam
Judge r. T. Reese. Of oregon, who was quoted IN
these columns week ago. wa relhns his friends
about the wonderful vegetable products Of BIS state
" Whv gentlemen" said De-. IN store I'm the villa
/ mette region saw a woman come in and ask for
some cabbage Tie clerk cut cabbage 10 four parts
and ptt one piece on the scales T. weighed Eighteen
+ pounds-a seventy two-round cabbage. have myself
put the scales bunch Of srales mar WtI-n.l
bunch. either. have seen single potato ia1t
would make meal. so far as potato was c"hcerne1'
for half dozen persons
A returning European traveller who has been at the
Gilsey House IS Professor samuel Kayzcr Of the hca-o
Conservatory which institution for the tutelaee
Of aspirants for musical and dramatic honors. 1t Is
under the encouragement Of a number Of wealthy Chi
cacoans and has been successfully established for
number Of years. Professor Kayzer was sent abroad
during the summer 10 employ a number OF foreign
teachers and has made arrangements to bring over
vollnst nom Vienna a teacher of opera from Milan'
an English teacher Of rhetoric. pianist from Heidel
berg and French teacher Of fencing Professor hay
zer IS a siouibult. dark Of perhaps thirty-hvc.
with a great love for art and enthusiastic devotion
10 the work for which he Is engaged. lie said with
pride that Chicago rad the only complete institution
OF ms h'na il ,o1 rct ec,nt visit
10 Europe president OF the Auditorium Association
Ssic iag ioT g e oBen Of he Audoram In
The spring The season Will last for five weeks -Four
opera managers are said be bending their energies
10 present LIST ~ attractions which VIII secure them
The house They are Lanpoin. Of La scala. AZ Milan
tie weil known colonel Mspleson. Augustus Harris
/ and Manager eye, Of London
colonel william 7. shsher has been talking with
Philadelphia brewers and liquor dealers. and has
notions about high license which he think, ought 20
be widely known In Ncw-York, where that issue IS
likely 10 play a large part in the state election Hs
said The other day. The men Who know about such
things IN Philadelphia tell me that where the brewers
formerly served $500 customers they now only