Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
NEW YORK NOTES.
Men ana Matters Talked About BY the
People Of Gotham.

men ana Matters Talked About By the
People Of Gotham.
HcHoKs OF THE wxrK-AN NsAr1ABLx BoopLl
xAN-AF rNALH FIRE Buo-eEN. aRANr's oRAvz
AND IT'S. SURROUNDINGS - THE TEMPERANCE
QUESTION IN CORPORATIONS.
Special Correspondence Of The EVENING stan.
New YoRx, July 81.
1t cannot for . moment be doubted by the
student OF history that when all Gaul was di.
vided into three parts Mr.. Michael Duffy, the
informer and Doodle ex-alderman, was the
original person who, to quote the old chestnut,
got two OF them. It is difficult to conceive OF
the mental attitude Of man who deliberately
secures the services Of . lawyer and goes into
court to institute suit for the balance of the
bride he was to receive for giving the Broadway
railway franchise to Jake Sharp. Before the
spectacle of such sublime and monumental
cheek, As the hymn remarks, "Imagination's
utmost stretch in wonder dies away" Yet this
is what Mr.. Duffy has done in all seriousness
and apparent good faith, aided and abetted by
an equally confiding lawyer, who calmly states
in his legal papers that his client has been in
morality, equity and justice" The amount de-
voted to the bribery Of the aldermen by the
late lamented Mr.. Sharp is politely referred to
"a 'trust fund" This is complimentary,
but must be accepted as metaphorical, for one
can scarcely fancy one Of that nest of thieves
trusting another. OF this poetical trust
fund" Mr.. Duffy was to receive CSC, 900, but
has 80 far only seen $4,000. He claims in
his unsuspecting innocence to have been over
reached and wrongfuliy defrauded Of forty Of
his hard-earned thousands and he appeals to
Judge Dugro with touching confidence to set
the matter right for him and demand an ex-
PLANTATION from John keenan, and William-bet-
ter known rs "Billy"--Maloney. The judicial
mind is apparently for the moment paralyzcd
BY this unique audacity, for the judge took the
papers, doubtless for study as literary Gu
riosity, and reservedhis decision.
ANOTHER FEMALE FIRE Buo.
A first cousin in diabolism to the servant girl
who attempted to fire the Grand Union Hotel
must be the woman who has Just missed sue
ceeding in burning down tall tenement house
swarming with tenants. Had it not been for
the premature explosion of one Of the numer-
GUS carefully arranged bladders Of benzine in
her rooms the plan would probably have sue
ceeded, for the preparations were SO elaborate
and thorough that there seemed almost no
chance Of failure. Fortunately it cannot be
questioned who was the author of the scheme,
and 1t is also fortunate that the lady, Mrs.
Marschauer, in her elaborate assumption
OF guileless innocence, returned later in the
day to her carefully locked apartments. In the
face Of the red-hot stove with it's pots of boil
UNCOVER fat, the masses of rags and papers
saturated with kerosene and benzine and the
cans Of those infammable materials connected
with skillfuly arranged fuses she still expressed
great surprise at there having been fire and
assured the officers Of the law that she knew
nothing of it. These officials, however, were
little skeptical and Mrs. Marschauer is now
in Setirement in particularly uninfammable
stof building.
UTILIZING GEN. GRANTS GRAVE.
1t is often recalled that the late Gen. Grant
was extremely fond of horses and that driving
was one Of his favorite amusements. Perhaps
it is therefore in the nature of delicate little
attention and remembrance of the deceased
hero's tastes that the proprietors Of the hotel
on the knoll browning the Riverside Drive ha ve
erected stables Immediately in front of his
tomb. But a good many unappreciatlve peo-
pie take the ground that it is disrespectful and
unwarrantable occupation Of a beautiful slope
purchased at, at great expense by the city
holders Of the Riverside Drive who
paid fancy prices for their ground in consid-
Grafton OF the Improvements to be put upon it
are Indignantly protesting against this desc
Grafton, but as the proprietor of the hotel, E.
s. Stokes. is an influential Tamma ny man, it is
not certain that their protests will have any
great effect. Every stranger Of the throngs
who come to New York wants to see the tomb
OF Gen. Grant, and most Of them are inclined
to refresh themselves by visit to the hotel
which is convenience and q not unsttractive
addition to the landscape, on its wooded knoll
commanding as 1t does a wonderfully beau
tiful outlook up and down the Hudson.
But the proprietor evidently regards the
resting place Of the dead soldier merely as a
magnet to draw custom and not to be treated
with any sentimental Difference, q view which
is strengthened by the contemplation OF the
unassuming little clubhouse which the remains
have always occupied. Mr.. Stokes attitude
reminds one of the remark Of the captain Of
one Of the Potomac river boats at the time
when seven cities were contending for Homer
dead. This gentleman thought Washington
ought to have the honor of interring the war
rior and that he should be laid at the river re-
sort to which his steamer went.
"They gave Blake Washington" he said.
"and don't see why they can't give me Grant"
Perhaps after all it would have been better
II they had done SO.
CORPORATIONS TEACH TEMPERANCE.
The temperance movement is having q sub
stantial backing from a strictly business quar-
ter. The New Jersey Central railroad has fol.
lowed the example of Vanderbilt's lines and
issued an order forbidding on penalty of dis
missal all employees of the road to take any
thing intoxicating either while on or off duty
Naturally this order has stirred up some feel
ing among the employees, who do not as a rule
profess to be total abstainers, and the feeling
Of the order as is that of the travelling public.
Temperance could have no stronger indorse-
ment than the fact that these great roads en-
force it as = matter OF policy, and it is I'M
doubleday true that drinking habits are going
more and more out of fashion. One hears
much less often the well-worn phrase: "A very
brilliant fellow when he is SOBER" In the keen
competition OF the present day to make his
way in the world man needs to have all his
wits about him, which he cannot have when
his brain is stupefied by drink.
1t sent rather an uncomfortable thrill through
the city to hear of the removal to North Brother
Island OF Manual Garutia, the young Mexican
who, it has been decided by the medical au-
thorities, is really afflicted with leprosy. 1t
has gruesome sound even il, as some Of the
disagreeing doctors assert the disease is not
contagious and there are always persons in the
city hospitals under treatment for mild types
Of leprosy. At any rate it cannot be very reas-
surfing for the poor young fellow to hear tn Q
calm statement that he will be detained at tn Q
pest house until his family in Yucatan, who are
wealthy people, can make arrangements for
him to be cared for until his death.
HENRY r. ELLIOT.
Novelties In Jewelry.
From the Jewellers Weekly.
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