Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-13
TWO NICE SPECIMENS.

JOHN JACOB Aston. Jr., iamlliaily
known as "JACK" AsIOR, the nephew
and namesake of his uncle, end Mr..
BEEKMAN BoRROwE, whose papa is vice
president Of the Equitable Life Assurance
Company of New York, two gilded and
very giddy youths, got into a spat at
Rilded and very giddy fashionable ball in
New York the other night and slapped
each other resl hard. Their poor little
brains were probably muldled and over
heated with champagne, but real duel
with real pistols which 70 ltff is limited
at. A New York Herald reporter gives
the following account of the q1srrel:
It was late at night and the Astor heir was
having his golOshes put on by French waiter.
To him approached Mr. Bouowe with, you're
snipe and you know you are.
Mr.. Aston rose with forty millions on his back
and promptly gave Mr.. Borrowe slap Oh the
mouth Mr. Borrowers mouth was guarded by
twenty Eve cent cigar. secured from sherry, and
10 full blast The palm Of Mr.. Asior's hand was
thereby badly burned. As he with his careless
idea OF damage was blowing on the injured
member Mr. Borrowe hit him smart rap over
his white hat with his walking stick
Mr. AstOr was now thoroughly angered and
after his near side golosh was buckled, arose
with the idea OF making the family fur ny. Mr..
Borrowe, however. thinking better Of his loss Of
temper. had filed his pockets with cigars and
gone on his way rejoicing.
u d ~n
strained him from pursuing Mr. Borrowe. which
was p rhaps as well for the Aston heir, as Mr..
Blrrowe was said TO be loaded and Mr.. Aston was
not.
The reporter says the absurd story that
the combatan,s would use those new wind
toy pistols with rubber heads w4s indig-
nantly denied by men acquainted with the
comp exious OF the parties to the quarrel,
of whom he gives the following descrip.
ton:
Every one in town who owns the least ale
glance to Mr.. Ward McAllister knows Who these
q1arselsome boys are and what they amount to.
Mr.. Ast'r, whether be fights or dies, survives
or peristes, will always be known by his boy
soubriQuet, Jack" Aston.
He Is great, big, lauky chap, who, under
worse conditions OF birth and fortune, might 10
something batter for himself than quarrelliug
IN bathrooms.
He has been as carefully brought up and ont by
his mother as any Of his three sisters. all hap
PLY married to Messrs Coleman Dray ton, J.
Roosevelt Roosevelt, and Orme Wilson. He has
had teas dioners, receptions and balls like
l.. O..
going into many clubs as soon as vacancies
occur. He is born and destined TO be an infu-
entail factor in New York real estate and New
York society. II this his boyish row, should
arise to the dignity Of a duellists quarrel snd a
geieyous hurt should result it is impossible TO
to estimate what dead weight he might be-
come to social progress.
The other party 70 this untimely alteration Is
Mr.. Beekman Borrowe, the second son OF the
aaable Vice President OF the Equitable Life As
surance Company.
our Mr. Bortowe and his elder brother, Mr..
Halle,t BOrrowe. have done excellent service in
town by adopting and pracleing the broad,
straight brimmed Quaker habit Ct hats, and in
this popularity. apar, ffom any other have
earned a certain portion OF sympathy which
goes out 20 those who look meek ana 90 a. the!
please. was unfortunately unable to find
either OF these bloody p ineipals yesterday. 1t
seemed as If the Astor and Borrowe houses were
already closed IN mourning.
The sharp cracks heard outside the picture
gallery on Thirtyfourth street were, of course,
only the idle play OF logs in the fireplace. The
gymnasium fitted up in the attic of the BoUowe
house In Seventeenth street audibly went ping
pang' all the afternoon, but it may have the
chemical results Of ex -erments in which the
Borrowe boys are deeply interested.
No one Iced fear that these brainless
followers of WARD MCALLIsTER will en-
danger their precious al d delicately scent
ed bodis 10 q duel. What they badly
need is a good spanking