St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-04
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.


Spokane received its name.
81 "Noah Armstrong and l." said he.
''made trip to Washington territory
as it was then-to inspect some mining
property belonging to MIR. Armstrong.
We stopped at Spokane Falls; from
there we went to visit the mines. One
of the mines he did not like, and he
tried to get me to take it off his hands.
was not anxious, and told him the
property was not worth more than
$1,000 to me. To my surprise he ac-
cepted the offer. While we were sign
ing the papers some mail was handed to
him. One of the letters from his Mon
tana home informed him that he was
the owner of new colt.
GIVE been lucky in this town in sell
ing you that mine said Mr.. Armstrong.
aud I'll name the colt Spokane in honor
of this place. That is how the Amer
lean Derby winner received its name"
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Probably one of the most trying and
arduOus positions man can hold, says
the New York Star, is to be confidential
aid and general manager for million
aire whose estate amounts to S50,00u000
or more. had chat yesterday with
Abner Bartlett, genial. aStute old gen-
tleman, who probably knows more about
the value of the estates of the rich men
of New York than any other man. Mr..
Bartlett has for many years managed
the landed property OF the late John
Jacob Aston. 1t was Mr.. Bartlett the
richest man in America always consult
ed when about to make a purchase, and
it was Mr.. Bartlett who looked after the
hundreds of buildings and acres of city
lots owned by Mr.. Aston. In speaking
of the value of millionaires' estates, Mr..
Bartlett said that the majority of eSti-
mates were simply ridiculous.
Take the Stewart estate, for in
stance" said he. when an appralse-
ment was made on the city property |
was called in. as l was believed to pos
sess knowledge of the exact market
value Of land and houses on various
streets Of the city. 1t had been esti-
mated by the newspapers that the prop
erty | was to figure Oh was worth all the
way from S75,0O0,000 to $l00.000,000. l
looked into the matter carefully and put
the amount at 5000, 900, and as it after
ward turned out l was correct in my
estimate"
From several gentlemen who have
been In a position to estimate on Mr..
Astor's wealth in an intelligent manner,
it is believed that John Jacob Aston left
Sl00.000,00O, which is inhented by his
son, William Waldorf.
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The postoffice department has for
years been endeavOring to abolish rid
icul0us or Understanding names in the
list of fourth-claSS postofficeS, says the
Washington Post. In naming new ones
the most euphonious of those proposed
are to he selected. In creating new
MI, IL. sui
vania. one of the clerks decided that
Guava was a sufficiently melodious
name and the office was so chriStened.
Everything would doubtless have been
satisfactory had not the mails for that
place been constantly mixed up with
the numerous Genevas scattered over
the state. This became so int0lerabie
that the patrons OF the Office demanded
a change of name. The request was
not complied with promptly and Sena-
tor Cameron was appealed to. He re-
newed it with sufficient emphasis to
have an order issued for change.
The clerk was called in and asked to
make Guava something else.
''Fhat name sounds all right" said
the clerk, in defense of his original Sc
lection. What do you want it changed
for 81
wei, peHdlOI SluiGlOl was uuWu
here raising an awful stink about it ?''
"All right" said the unabashed clerk.
Wen call il Guano then"
Representative Allen, of Mississippi,
was requested the other day by one of
his constituents i it WAS coIored
''friend and brOther'-to give him a
recommendation i'll writing by means of
which he hoped to secure situation as
Waterman, or something equally i'm
portant. Mr.. Allen complied with readi-
ness. as he knew the man to be capable
and trustworthy. In fact, the "certfi-
cate of character" was so exceptionally
complimentary and set forth SambO'S
qualifications in such glowing terms
that, turning to Mr.. Allen, he said:
Look heah, Marse Allen. can't you
glib me somethin' to do yo'self on dat
recommendations"
1t took some time on the part of MIR.
Allen to explain to the colored ''friend
and brother that just now he possessed
not very much ''in10Oence."
A group of wel-dressed and prosper
ous-Iooking business men sat about
table in famous downtown restaurant
after luncheon few days ago, says the
New York Times, chatting oil all SnrtS
of topics and watching the smoke-rngs
from their cigars float up to the fres-
coed ceiling. The conversation drifted,
after time, into tales of business sue
cess, and the oldest and most imposing
member of the party did his part by tell
ing this story:
Il owe my present prosperity" he
began, ITO the fact that " hen was
lanky youth of seventeen my clothes
III n To tt..tt Il
was at that age in dreadtuliy hard luck.
My people were dead; hadn't friend
that | could turn to: was able to make
but So a week, and was half-starved in
consequence, and my one SUIT, cheap
John rig. had shrunk until the lower
edge OF my vest and the band of my
trousers were absolutely divorced.
zone Sunday morning in December l
was trudging along Sixth avenue, prin-
cipaliy because my room was even more
cOlnfOrtleSs than the streets. and | re-
member how was railing and repin-
ing at everything and everybody.
was passionately fond OF music and |
went into the first church came to. at
tracted solely, [ must confess. by the
Thought of the warmth and harmony |
would find.
II was too bashful then to sit still
WntIe IllG TEST vi tuG COliStcsdU otOOu.
so got up every time they did, and as
my vest and trousers were, as told you
before, not on speaking terms, | was
forced to lean forward i'll most rever-
entail manner to hide my zone of shirt
front. AS | turned TO go out at the
close of the service an old gentleman
behind me slipped card into my hand
and said: L like to See reverence in a
young man. You look as if you were
having hard time of it. Come and see
me tomorrow; | may help you.'
II went and got good berth in his
employ. and from that | worked myself
to Comparative wealth. Queer. isn't it?''