The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-26
DOINGS IN GOTHAM.
THE RECORDERS NEWSY
LETTER FROM NEW
YORK CITY.

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Contribution toIsepublican y
Campaign Fands.
New YoRK, September %. The
truly good Deacon Elliot E. Shepard
has been making local tongues wag
again. The Deacon is one Of I'll,
characters Of the Metropolis. Hi
vile Il the daughter Of the late com.
m ,dore Vanderbilt aad between
them they count their dollars BY the
million. Some time since that shrewd
old financier, Uncle Cyrus w. Field
saw good chance 70 unload hs
newspaper burden. the Mai and
Express, IN the guileless Deacon, and
your Uncle never misses chance T.
turn an honest penny. He is said b.
have pocksted something more than
half a million dollars out OF the deal
for a newspaper that for years has
heen run at loss.
When the truly good mau got
g. mly planted on the tripod, be start.
ed in 70.
Reysiatisaize the Msnner sf Cesduet
Ing Ne~spapers. ID
The must unique feature Of his limo,
walton has been q reproduction Of th,
Bible on the installment plan. 90 that
il Ia an everyday occurrance 10 see o.
Scripture passage sandwiched b..
tween bloodcurdling .ccount OF
priest sht and the latest Republic .
invention ofdiiferences ct Democrat,
Headquarters The truly good man
has all along in o mild sort Of WI.
deprecated the use Of money in cleo.
tions, butt appears that the influence
of The wicked Quay has at lat sweep
away lliese scruples rThc. / NJ wp
startle.l yesterday al the announce
msnl that the Deac q had leit D
chick Cir $4,000 Tor the RspuLacn ]
National Committee aud one Of lIk,
amount for the Republican cannty
Committee. For some uncxplai I'D
ress N Warner Mill,r and tho 81 "
Comm tee were lett out in cold,
An unusual number Il y!eitorr
called at the Dem cratic He.de 'rr-
iers yesterday from various sc.Iun,
ofthe country. National C.,m'nitiee
man Richardson Of Iowa brought
word that the situation was ye.y.
nepefaI for she Dsaserai.
in thh state. The Campaign u
education which Is being carried o.
BY The Democrats, be was convinced
would convert thousands Of far met.
In bis section who have all 10 gain an
nothing 10 lose by Q reduction Of TAR,
In taxes. Ell Senator Wallace of
Peunsylsapia also told about the ex
csllent prospects of Democratic sue
GEES In The Northwssts u states, which
ne has Just returned from.
ar. Mills made an another gram
speech in Brooklyn the other night
his the third he has made here dur.
Ing the Campaign, and Il is not IN.
likely that he may be here again.
pash~. sf n.trspsIiiaH Life
Tn one Of the criminal courts uf thi
city yesterday q professional THE
was brought up on application f.
bail Six indictments for larcen,
were pending AZ inst him. A dap
per looking gentleman Of middle az
with IuxuriRnt brown hair and whis
kers and very respectfully clad pre-.
sanled himself a. bondsinan. Brf.r
he bad flushed the oath. be wa
stopped by The Judge and hustled Of
10 one aide. Then II came out thu
In the prof, red surety, the Judg
recogn zed an old professional straw
bondsn,an who had many 9 time de
f.aled tlle ends of justice. The dap
per gentleman, Who would have readi
ly passed Tor . man Of 80, was ia
fact an old sinner Of 65 with har 10
lie natural condition as white o. snow
Former escapadcs had made him TO-
wellsknown 70 venture IN o IurtIoon
without dpguise. The mercifu
judge had stopped him before Chs
perjury was consummated. and allow
ed him 70 20 after administering
Asesthiss Rsprimssd.
This institution Of straw bondsa
man, by the war. 10 one peculiar 10
great city. You may SEQ them an
day lurking about the corridors
criminal cpurts. They will sig
almost any onss bale Tor from s6 up
according 10 The magnitude Of Oh
case and the standing Cf the offender
Some Of them really have O littl
property which they pledge over an
oy,r again, bot most Of them or
without any means. They resort /
the rankest perjury rendering them
selves liable Of course 10 long term
ofimprisonment. And many Of ther
do land MP In Sing Sing, ##N&
One occasionalIy =oes man ON Al