St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-18
CURRENT CHIT-CHAT.


legislator. who was recently defeated
for denomination as representative,
after twenty years of continuous serv-
ice. thinks the reputation of his ability
to drink Mexican mescal was what de-
feated him. After that drink had par
alyzed diplOmateS, statesmen and others
who tackled it, Mr.. Merritt br0ughtsa
demijohn full of it to Springfield, and
demonstrated that there was at least
one American it could not conquer
When the news of his victory reached
his district his constituents were horrI-
fed. Most of them are temperance
people. and believed their representa-
tive to be SO.
'sThey beat me for keeping SOBER"
says Tom. ''They thought l was too
well used to it. Ii the - stuff could
have made me drunk I'd been all right.
Yes, sir, | was beat for not getting
drunk"
Congressman John Allen recently told
an amusing war story, says Amos Cum
mings in the New York Sun. 1t oc-
cured upon some battlefield in the
South. where South Carolina brigade
had charged Federal works and had
been driven back. The works were
afterward captured by a Mississippi
brigade. They had fairly established
themselves in the entertainments when
South Carolina captain, who had
followed them, sprang upon the para
pet and waved mis- sword above his
head. He was very small man, weigh
ing not more than 100 pounds. In pip
ing voice he shouted: ''SOuth Caro-
lianS, your deeds of valor this day will.
in future time, be the theme of many a
writer in poetry and prose. The gal
liant sons of the Palmetto state have
to-day covered themselves with glory.
Your fame is imperishable and will"
Just then she'll from Union bat
terry some distance away came Shrek
ing along the parapet ten feet above his
head. He spIang from the intrench-
| ment and ran as though the devil was
after him. Suddenly he stumbled and
fell. In a twinkling, however, he
seemed to realize his situation. Spring
ing to his feet he again brandished his
| sword and shouted: ''Halt, men, halt!
| The honor of South Carolina is at
stake!''
John says that the whole Mississippi
brigade roared with laughter. Men
| threw themselves upon their backs aud
| screamed with merriment. paying not
| the slightest attention to the shells
bursting above them.
A private letter from Ithaca to a we'll
known New York lawyer relates some
| astonishing facts as to the fees eminent
counsel are to receive in the Fiske-
McGraw will case. United States
Senator George F. Edmunds' charge
| for arguing the case in the supreme
court of the United States is $4,000;
| Judge Edwin COuntryman's bill for
legal services for the defendants is
| is $25,500. The Surrogate up there
has ordered these charges to be paid
| out of the estate III dispute, instead
of partly by Cornell university, for
| which, as we'll as for the estate, these
high-priced counsel appeared. From
| his order Prof. FiSke'S counsel have ap-
| peaed. But the most astonishing thing
in this letter is this: Among the lega-
| cies paid by the executor, eX-JuStice
| Boardman of the supreme court, is one
to himself of 1925, 000-nOt in lieu of his
fees, but as token of Mrs. Jennie Nc
Graw Fiske's good will. BY law the
| executor is entitled to charge l per cent
on all legacies paid out by him. Judge
| Boardman-whO, as executor OF John
McGraw's will, as well as that of Jennie
| ACUIdW TlShc. Will SCt llOb 1000 blou
S1O0, O0O-is actually shown by his ae-
counts to have charged the estate $3.50,
or per cent for paying to himself as
legatee from himself as executor his leg
acy of $4,000. g.
A list of the twenty-seven wealthiest
women in the United States is pub
lished, in which the hrst place Is given
1 to Mrs. Hettie Green, OF New York,
who is credited with a fortune of S40,-
100000 in her own right; Miss Elizabeth
Garrett comes next with $20,000.000;
Mrs. Terry, S2O,0OO,0O0; Mrs. Mark Hop
4 kins, S20,000.000; Mrs. Edwin Stevens,
$4,000, 600; Mrs. John e. Green, Sl0,-
100000; Mrs. Cyrus II. Mccormick, of
Chicago. $4,000, 900: Mrs: John ia
cob Aston, SS,000,000; Mrs. John
Ray Barton, of Philadelphia, $1,000,
600: Mrs. Thomas A. Scott. widow of
the railroad president, $1,000, 900; Mrs.
William Armour, of Chicago. daughter
of Silas Coub, S5,000,000, while Mrs. 10
seph Harrison, Mrs. Josephene Aver,
4 Mrs. Jane Brown, Mrs. W. E. Dodge
and the daughters of Francis A. DreXel,
of Philadelphia, are worth S4,000.00O
each; Mrs. Robert Goelet and Mrs. Jaye
pay taxes on s3.OOO,0OO apiece. 1t re-
mains. however. for Mrs. Terry's baby
daughter, not over three years old, to
distance all competitors with wealth in
her own right valued at $50, 900.