New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-27

He is Master OF theState Grange, and his horns -
show that he has followed the plough throusn '""e
a furrow. Like all OF rs sturdy sort he ge's up
with the sun. This may account, perhaps, ior .no
fact that some of his early .ours Washington "'ro
unproductive ~
While tho Governor was bes Congressman isrSnoy
called to SEQ him at his hote. about ocioyA op
morning tN
Is Governor Luce aboutl' he inquired,
Governor Luce Why the Governor starloo iol
the Agricultural Department at O'Clock. no "I,
special breakfasts at 3 o'clock, has tSo,ihiio -,
by 8, attends to his correspondence 10 y anu 'io
starts for the departments. The opg ono ""o ''''
him in the morning IS tn, night watch"
The Governor was handy abe to transact n"' "
business in the departments at a. m. Mos' V"''o
holders think they doing wonders II they pos'n 90
early as o. M But eren at that time IL IS no'
always safe TO expect TO find the head Oh 'i.o ~,
partment at his post a little of Governor LUZ LUZ,
habit would completely eclipse the picture "'"'
given Of the President at his sesB In his shirt sieo'e
at o'clock in tho morning The Prcsdeh' va
snoring last week while the Governor was h"h'''e
for one of the department heads,
They say-and OF course It is libcllons-tha' "a.os
Martin, of Texas, returning homo late al hsn'' az
having made his celebrated speech on the 'a .,
stopped under an electric lamp-post on Est " ~.
at his watch. Somehow other he managg, "
button his OVerCOat AROUND Inc poS1 anu Il,
in fear and trepidatlon under the impression 'na
the electric current had got hold Of him 'na voc
keeping him fast to the post. lie IS sag " n',
been released by some friends who happon'" "
pass by.
There are probably over 100 colored pen In "asnns
ton who are worth over S25,000 eich' my VIZ 20
$4,000 each and nearly 1000 wso pay 'aAo' ~ -,
IS 600. George W. Williams ex- nemoer Oh VI, ~.
Assembly and author OF history OF the coioreu ia'o'
is said to be worth 100000, Fred Douglass mas
100000 He now owns louse opposite " asnnns
ton formerly owned by man who SO ha'7u '"o
blacks that he refused to sell anything 10 ONO VI
them. John f. Cooke, uitil recently tax coi'o0'oi
of the District of COLUMBIA, himself pays taxes now
on s25o.OOO. John NJ Langston, formerly Omieo
States Minister to Hay reputed TO be worth SJoooo
John Lynch of Mississippi, who was the temporary
chairman of the Chicago Convention In 1884, IS very
wealthy and owns ise plantation In MISSISSIPPI En-
Congressman Smas, who Is now contesting tho soa'
unlawfully occupied by Colonel Elliott has ais" ac-
cumulated quite a. fortune. DR.. Gl0ster, who died a
few years ago. left 81 100000 the wealth of his SON
in-law was estimated at $4,000. John " LOWS,
Of Boston, makes the clothes of the Beacon Hill DUDES
and does yearly business, 1t Is said OF over million
dollars He was once a slave. and, ragged and bare
footed followed Sherman and his troops In their march
to the sea- Cincinnati has cOlOred furniture dealer
whose check is good any day for $4,000, although
thirty years ago he was Kentucky slave. The late
Robert Gordon of Cincinnati owned large number OF
fourstory residences at tho time of his death These
and other facts which might be cited tend to disprove
the generally accepted notion that colored people have
10 idea of thrift.
Injustice was done ex-COngressman Page, OF Cal
ifornia in paragraph printed in The Tribune last
Sunday, which recalled an incident Of the XLIVth
Congress, Colonel Morrison and Mr. Page being the
chief actors
According to the paragraph Colonel Nor
rison forgot himself so far as to
pull tho Calfornan's beard IL now ap
pears that the latter at that time did not wear any
beard SO It could not very well have been pulled by
Colonel Morrison; but II the latter should have at
tempted It, 1t is reasonable to suppose that Mr. Page
would have resented the insult promptly. The facts
seem to be- that Colonel Morrison, labong under great
excitement stepped up In the of the debate to
Mr.. Page and laid his hand on Mr.. Pages shoulder
Colonel Stone, of Missouri, Immediately stepped be
tween the two men and nothing further happened. The
lie was not passed. The following morning Colonel
Morrison was himself again and apologized to Mr.
Page
The whole trouble arose because Colonel Morrison
objected taking up for consideration bill for the
sale Of certain timber lands in California, and In his
remarks seemed intimate that there was Job be-
hind It, Mr.. Page replied that Colonel Morrison was
probably not the only honest man in Congress.