The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-20
CANDY FRESH EVERY HOUR.

CANDY FRESH EVERY HOUR.
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on a strip of canvas and then stretched
it across the front Of his little shop,
which 1t nearly hid.
Then he went into his back room and
picked out the best looking of his half
dozen candy-makers, moved his tools and
table into the show window in front and
set them to work making candy in full
sight of the passers-by.
The idea caught with the candy. eaters,
and they hocked to Mr.. John Huyler's
fresh hour" candy shop, and in
less than year he had opened branch
store, aud now he has them In all the big
cities, and has two or three big whole
sale candy factories besides and big
chocolate mandatory, too.
That's how "Fresh-Every- Hour John
Huyler' got rich.
The sackviIle Sale.
The big ballroom looked for all the
world like bazar, with junk shop
extension, says the correspondent of the
Herald. The commodities were arranged
on tables placed around the walls. The
dining room adjoining contained another
vast and heterogeneous display of silver
brick.a- brac, wines, groceries, &c. Four
hundred and sixty.eight lots. half of
which were sold to-day by catalogue, in
clude the entire domestic economy of the
legation. Nobody supposed that Lord
Sackville owned such quantity and
variety of household effects.
Some of the prominent people at the
sale were ex-Secretary Belknap, ex-Sen-
ator and Mrs. Van Wyck, the Misses
Hunt of Boston, one of whom made her
first auction purchase in music box
for $8.35; Mr.. and Mrs. Washington
Mclean, Mrs John Mclean, Mr.. Que
sada, the Argentine Minister; Mrs. Hob
son, Captain and Mrs Bugher, Senator
Hawley, who has just gone to house
keeping for the first time in Washington
and is on the lookout for bargains, ant
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carter. A represen
tatiye also bought a big lot of stuff fol
Mr.. Lucas Tuckerman.
Lord Sackville reserved Just enough
table and kitchen furniture to keep tn,
household running while .he remaini
here, which he certainly will do until al
his affairs are settled. To-day he anC
his daughters lunched at friend house
and tomorrow they will do the same
None of the family appeared during tn
sale.
Something About DIR. Tumblety.
DR.. Francis Tumblety, recently al
rested in London in connection with tn
Whitechapel murders, formerly lived i
this city, where he was well-know
character. Hewas large man, with
very forid face and black hair an
beard, and claimed to have been on int
mate terms with royal personages, anon
them the Emperor Napoleon. He CAV
evidence Of considerable native shrewd
ness. but was very eccentric in manne
G and appearance, and wore semi-mil
o tary dress with brass buttons. He wa
accompanied by q big dog.
During the war he was arrested b
order of Secretary Stanton on the chare
of being concerned in the Blackburn plC
to spread contagion in the North throug
d infected rags. He was afterward r.
G leased. He was looked upon as an e,
It centric man, as he affected oddities
e dress and speech. He was last hel
U about eighteen months since. He a
: ways appeared to have.plenty Of none
. but no one knew how he came by IT., G
N cept perhaps through preparation fl
the removal of pimples, of which he Wi
the proprietor. He wentunder the nan
r, of Blackburn. The boys used to gu
" him and called him "Humpty Dumpty
which name seemed to please him
Says a Brooklyn detective who kne
" him in those days: During the war
II saw him on Pennsylvania avenue, whe
- he was the observed of all observer
70 Later in the war l saw him in Virgini
He was we'll mounted and was dress
in the same peculiar style as when h
last seen him in Brooklyn. Since d
=. war / have seen him several times
20 Brooklyn, but he was not quite so br
De- liantly and fashionably dressed as befo
! was not at all surprised at hearing of
IT. arrest, as he was very singular in
lie vidual His real name, believe,
Blackburn and not Tumblety."