New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-19
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.
A FEW SCATTERED INCIDENTS AND RESf4
NISCENCES

Inc reports OF raplQ rallrOan fraVeulDg III GDsouW
recall the fact that there sss been. within coupls
Of weeks, very rapid transit in this country which
lost sight Of because II the minor part OF thu
great Blaine demonstration. train which ran de
recty to New-Y0k City from the Missouri River
brought here the Kansas CITY Blaine Club. They
were In charge Of IT. C. Orr and made their trip from
Kansas City here, by way Of Chicago and indianapolis,
at the rate OF fraction fifty miles hour This
is one of the longest and most rapid trips on record IN
| this country.
tall, dark man. with raven-black hair high cheen
bones, sunken checks and the garb and manner Of a
gentleman of the old school, physician whose Mans
at one time hung upon the lips Of the entire country
visited Nev-York last week He was DR.. Tan, Il
Washington who was sitting in front seat at Fords
Theatre when President Lincoln assassinated and
who, ON call being made for physician, entered tho
box where the wounded had fallen to the foor
and took charge Of the case He jumped tha
footlghts and was passed into the box the front b
the assistance OF three actors Dr. Tan caused tho
Prcsiden. to be carried the street to the house
where he afterward died. Mr. Lincoln was so tall in
stature that bed in the house would his pro-
trate form, and he laid upon matt esses on the
floor
When Senator John Sherman was here the othcs
day there was considerable comment that he didn1
take the opportunity to pay his respects Mr. Blaine,
VINO had Just returned from Europe. 1t seems that
he had come to meet Colonel Wilson Vance, Of
Ohio, with whom he IS interested in the Findlay
ural gas region, and having missed Mr. Blaine, who
had gone of to the Oriental Hotel, be went with
colonel Vance 10 Normandie- by-thesea, where thew
enjoyed surf bath. Colonel yances proportions ara
broad and widening while Senator sherman is known
as ono OF the slenderest tall men in the country Tho
Colonel tells the story that having no bathing suite
OF their own they secured satisfactory suits with
uincu!ty Senator Sherman made the application for
the SUITS saying laughngly to the bathhouse kcepcrt
L want the longest SUIT you have for myself ard tbs
brosdost you have for my friend" The man looked
them over, and he brought the suits remarked with
a grin Well, I'm blamed II It wouldn't be hard to
beat a pair like you"
General George A. Sheridan went down 10 Long
Branch last Sunday spend the day at the cottage ot
Ned Thorne, the actor. or course they went ous
graphing, and with them went Mr. Thorne's favorts
dog, which dropped down on the sard and went to
sleep There had been or three mad dogs AZ Long
Branch within week or two, and when the dog sud-
denly jumped up with lightning Ike speed and emit.
ted an unearthly howl, meanwhile going through a
series OF antics such as neither Of the gentlemen
had ever seen performed by dog Thorne dropped hs
crsDnihg line and made dash for the house, yelling
at the top Of his voice: Mad dogl Mad dogl,
General Sheridan, who is somewhat out OF training for
runner, being short in stature and weighty in flesh.
essayed to follow the but had only gone two or
three steps when he perceived a strange appendaga
to the dog, and thinking he had discovered the oc-
cason or the uproar, nearer 10 the animal and
found that crab had attached itself with a vice-iks
grip 10 the dogs rear quarter BY the tine Thorns
got out OF the house with a shotgun the General was
convulsed with laughter but both of them agreed IN.
0~h last night that the scare they received was Ge<
cidedly uncomfortable.
A. C. Carpenter, of Missouri, says that he was ar.
quanted years ago with General Harrison's brothc,
who died early age His name was Montgomery
Pike Harrison His name given him In honor a
General Montgomery Pike after whom Pixies Peak
was named General Pike was intimate friend OF
General William Henry Harrison Mr.. Carpenter spoks
OF Montgomery Pike Harrison as being one OF IN,
most amlabie young man he ever met, and brave a.
a lion.
rev people who can get away 10 the mountains on
the scashore care 10 remain in during III,
heated SPELL and Sunday especially deemed an un.
comfortable day for people from out of town TO bs
caught IN New-fork Asa p Potter. president of thu
Maverick National Bank of Boston, was here last SIM.
DAY to Keep an engagement with a friend, and re-
marked that he had never had a dismal a time in
Gotham you seem to be perfectly deserted on a
sunday said he, Il should think tho
only way to spend Sunday in New-York would be tn
get two or three friends and go Of New-York 10
the seashOre7
j. W. schuckers, who Is living IN yew-Jers.u
village has seen so much of public life that his rene
nlscences and stories full of pith. Talking about
the return or Henry Willard 10 successful and active
position in American financial circles Mr. schuckers
SAID; When was in the Treasury Department DUR
ng the war; sometimes met Mr.. Willard who was then
n Journalism After long lapse of time, met him
again the other day In the of some brief talk
VIZ Willard told me a very interesting fact. He SAID
nat In 1868 or "a Mr. Chase had offered make him
| captain in the regular army After cogitatng oven
he offer for a week. he declined IT, III had ac-
eped. said Mr. Willard, 4 might now be in the cravs
N some battlefield Speaking of his newspsner eI
1erence, MT Willard said that it had been an cdica,
lonal experience which, IN some measure AZ Ieasr
iad ntted him for his present position
This reminiscence of General Phil Sheridan will b
In lse0,' said Mr. Schuckers, at was
ny good fortune as deputy TO entertain General
meridian and Dr. Asche for a day or two AZ Canonchs.
got quite well acquainted with the General He
vas royal good companion. one day said 10 hin,
ha' ne had attained to great place an early age Hs
'as at tho time about thirty-cight years old Hs
hswer struck me as characteristic He said he would
ave worked chcerfully every hour from the day h.
ntered the military service until he was seventy ~
seventy he could have been Lieutenant General
re measured 10 see which was talest. He was less
han I'VE feet five inches: about the height Of tbs
irst Napoleon, who, according 10 Dr Aniomareh
d. I'VE ieet Tour inches and ten lines after DEATH
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Immediately after the death OF General Georr. IA
'cOIeIan, nearly two years ago, MIS-. Mcclellan ana
or daughter went abroad for protracted trim
llN spending some time in travel, they settled M
ne Riviera country, where they have been living 10
now reported that Mrs Mcclellan and her daughter
n, engaged
parfnents al the Cambridge, where they will snend
~ winter Miss McCleans presence In New York
III DC welcome addition to wldo circle Of society,"
There Is startling likeness In size and hrur. a.
e.! as In the shape Of his head and HIS movements
t"cen John McAneny, the successful California
@er' and the late General Phil Sheridan Mr.
cAnen~~p O.ds most Of his time in New-York and =.
Walks INTO the Filth Avenue Hotel corridor OF an
enng' where General sheridan was once freouen,Iv
be seen. not few people are drawn 10 note ~. ra
mola9ce Mr. McAneny has a rounder face H..
neral sheridan, With less flush, but he we,rs
alce ~ =" 'no reschs'