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New-York tribune., 1894-10-14

,,os, y, a lne beginning eighty-two miles west OF
The northeast corner OF the State Of Pennsylvania
r,nnng north through Seneca Lake excepting only
reservation OF one mile along the Niagara River
and Lake Erie.
Abou, ,h.. time and speculation was running
Wild This is not the only generation that has had
large ideas about growing rich quickly. fhiadei-
mia in particular n centre OF speculation. and
Robert Morris OF the leaders In the movement
Notwithstanding all the money he had given TO the
patriot cause In the Revolution, he was rich ai'er
the war probably the richest American OF his time
He had faith In the Republic. and bought wild
lands in widely scattered regions. But he was not
the first to go into Western New-York Oliver
pbeIps n native OF Connecticut n revolutionary
soldier and a member OF the Massachusetts LeSis-
lature was friend OF Morris. from him caught
the fever Of buying land. and In 17@ he tried to
p,rchase loo coo OF the Massachusetts lanis
in the Genesee country. lie DID not succeed. but
in AnrIl l7Ss together with Nathaniel Gorham. he
bought all the Massachusetts, LANDS from seneca
Lake TO the Niagara reservation agreeing 10 pay
800 600 In Massachusetts paper scrip This did not
give him the Indian idle which by Inc terms OF
the agreement he was Obliged to purchase. Here
trouble arose People residing along the Hudson
had I'm 1871 formed the New-York Genesee Lana
compeny and John Butler and his Tory TRENDS
had organized a branch. known az 'he N''s"',
Genesee Land Company These corporations ""'
leased nearly all OF the Indian lands Tor 'Ss years
TIE State OF NeW-NOrK nau diso bN'" w wv
rnents of soldiers who served In l''9 ihrae io'
NJ land known as the Military Tract. to the east
and south of Lake ontario. IN the present
county Of Wayne conflicting with the PheipS
Gorham purchase These matters were hnhiy ar
ranged and then the Indians soid TO fhe'ps
Gorbam Q 10000 acres but would not part with the
rest This tract included the Lane from Seneca
Lake between the Pennsylvania line and Ontario
uest to a line following In the main the Genesee
River as far north the Indian village OF cana
waugus in the present town Of Caledonia. Living
sion County some twenty-five miles from Lake
Ontario From there the line went west Twelve
miles and thence northcrly parallel to the Genesec
TO Ontario That lire Is still preserved as the
division between two ranges Of townships IN Mon
roe County and Is part OF the Monroe-Genesee
boundary. Phelps German paid $oVv TO the IN
dams, and promised annuity OF 800
Phelps g. Gorham found themselves unable TO
carry out their contract with Massachusetts owing
10 the rise In paper scrip. 40 the State took back
all the land OF the purchase from the Ind
Ians Mr. Phelps settled In Canandagua. sold on
the rest OF the land mostly TO Robert Morris and
Sir William Pultney. OF England. and ended his life
In comparative poverty.
The lands which reverted to Massachusetts, were
purchased by Robert Morris. but he found
himself in the trouble Mr. Phelps. His
wealth vanished and from l79S to 1902 he was In
debtors prison. Finding himself unable to handle
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14

the land. he organized company OF Dutchmeh
with whom ne had had dealings, and IN DeceHper'
1882 sold them the western part OF the tract re-
serving TO himself n strip few miles wide oe-
tween IT and the Phelps & Gorham property whlch
Is still known az the Morris Reserve. The hnds
he sold are known as the Holland Purchase Though
Robert Morris was ruined his wife Mary VINO was
a sister of Bishop White. OF Pennsylvania uiu io'
lose heart While he was in prison she worHeu u
have a home for him when he came out one "'so
made the Holland Company give her alu' in,n
titles were faulty unless she signed over her rgnl
OF dover This she would not do until they gave
her an annuity OF $500 and this sum ma'eraly
heIped In comforting Robert Morriss old age lhis
scheme has been practised by other women Ill
certain parts OF the country now 1t Is the custom
for persons purchasing land OF married man 10
give dress to his Wife In addition TO the purchase
nrice The Dutch owners had other troubles with
their titles They aliens, ana couid not ho'i
land under the common law so when they hFSt
bought the land they had It put into the hahuS Vi
trustees ri; they got the New-York Legislature Ill
1-,s 1877 md 79s to pass acts giving them the right
10 buy and sell real estate. and this right was con-
frmed and defined for them by an act passeu III
1919 -, A., ,,orr,s posorve
s interesting one part was THE TrianGe, aionS
Lake Ontario getting It's shape from the ophquiy
of Phelps & Corham's Gcnesee River parallel. The
Triangle was sold to some New-York merchah's'
among whom was Herman lie Roy, WHO, previous
o 1872 near the apex OF the triangle. built mousse
still standing in what is now lie Roy This ne also
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14

ther. Ownership founded on deeds from any one
OF the three is firm as the everlasting mus
which those deeds convey. Title deeds don't com
pctc much with novels for public favor as Inter
csting reading but II YOU look over some OF tho
musty papers hidden away in tho court houses at
batavia and Canandaigua, you viii find n good
many odd bits OF history in the thence northerY
FIVE hundred and fifteen chains. etc. OF lhsru-
ments giving title TO the pioneers.
How dii IT happen that Holland Land company
grants are rock bottom TILE in GencSee County
Tha, question takes one back to the ignorant stuart
Kings When James I granted charter TO the
settlers on Massachusetts, Bay, he gave them
back yard running clear to the Pacific. ana IN
Guiding a good part OF what Is now Ne"-hoFk
State When in 1864 Charles III drove Governor
Stuyvesant out OF NewAmsterdam. and made
present OF the Dutch colony to his brother. the
Duke Of York he confirmed the SIT by charter
FOR all the lands along the Hudson and westward
without limit. 1t does not seem 10 have occurred
10 him that that irespassed on the rights OF the
w-Eng,nnders. Why should ~ Didn't every
body know that Boston was north Of New-fork.
that the Massachusetts, claim followed the Merri-
mac and Charles. while the Ncw-fork lands went
westward along the Hudson and on into the forest?
The Purltans didn't look at It Just that way, ana
often threatened TO make trouble about II. as they
had tried 10 for their Dutch ncighbors Other CO..
ones too had dificultcl OF the same naiur" bni
the Revolution came and went without any set
tlement having been reached. Then. so far as the
region north Of the Ohio concerned. the states
ccded their rights to the Federal Government.
Connecticut. however. while giving up all Claims
TO sovereignty. reserved the tight o. soil IN large
tract along Lake Erie 4 rcmlnscence of that
transaction is found In the name Western Reserve.
which stu survives.
New-York and Massachusetts settled their di'-
ferences In much the same way. They made Il
treaty at Hartford Conn. on December l6. l7'6.
by which the sovereign rights OF the whole terri
tory in dispute were given 10 New-iork. while the
latter gave Massachusetts the rights Of property
as a private individual to all land In this State
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
MAKING CHAMPAGNE IN AMERICA.
The Porular Science Monthly.

From The Porular Science Monthly
The building of A. Il. & co. is on the shore o, tns
lake and being constructed Of hugh books ..
quarried stone, looks like a medieval caste Inc
outside gives little notion OF the size ana ga,
2acity OF the establishment. There are fourteen
separate vaults, cellars, and these eHteh1 las
lo5 feet wide Stored Underground are LyC1~
bottles Of champagne made by the french h'e'"'N
l. g. by fermentation in the bottle: -. Ia,
You enter: the nostris are tckled win ~, he J oI,h
luscious grapes: the two double vine presses az az
working and squeezing out the life-olood OF s .ns
berries; the liquid stream Il pouring IntS asS anS
tanks: the men are bare-armed their hands aha
faces smeared with red stalns-you see tnis ii ans
can imagine Bacchus and his merry crew holu'ns
high carnival . ..,.s u.
lees in the course OF few days. s run into casn,
holding from 1000 1900 gallons each here y
remains for six or eight weeks-that Is untl II "I h
passed through its first fermentation linen u ,as
racked OF into other casks and Is now ready iw
The composition Of the blend is, OF course one ..
the secrets OF the art. The French whe-n1hit ne nhits
mixes the juice OF black grapes with that OF "T TSs
grapes In the proportion OF three 10 one Us
American wine-inaker does about the same. Mia M
takes Juice OF the black Concord ana lstos lons
Iona and Delaware grapes The great POM s@ ~ AZ w
get the right amount of saccharine mater 50 ,ss.
to cause neither too much nor TOO niue ,.nes,srs.
cence; II much. the bottles break atteirmn,d
# too little the wine becomes dull, nat ana nsp't
Thus the cuvee Is effected. Think OF tne uei.os
taste required In order 90 know what the juices OF
different grapes Will bring forth W. ye 'ndersoes
The mixture is put into casks In "hich IL w. hot.
the process OF fning. and then II Is ready ior u'
Ting After being bottled. the wine Is kePt IN ~
semi-warm room until fermentation Is wen 80 sscoi
The bottles are then carried to the deep . eu"
vaults. where they are packed IN nori]on'st m t, long
making pile or feet deep ana Il or 10 ,,hn Lei Il
Thus the bottles remain until the wine ",shteea
fully ripe-a period OF from twelve 10 e'sh''''
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on THE ROAD TO DALLAS.

They were talking about Texas
"Oh. yes have been down there. SAID the traV-
ill., ..ard I remember It very well. l ought to re-
member IT, was lnvted to git into little game
of po!Ser and when | got UT from the tapie
hadn't a dollar In my pockets, not a cent.
cor cour.e.' said some one who was believer
~ bosn,,alitv. they entertained you and then
povo YOU "A ticket to your home
"ob no" answered the traveller. thoughtfully.
..rh. man VINO owned the house In which we were
rloving left the room when l announced that l
VAS broke Presently he returned with lantern
vi hockoned to me TO follow him. l stepped out OF
,he room going carefully as not TO disturb the
naycrs NV host led me out the front door to
Inc road Placing the lantern m my hand ia pont-
ed into the backness OF the night
.Uere is a lantern he said and this Is the road
"paias, my friends. l6o miles away
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
HAND WEAVING REvITED.
From The London Telegraph.

From The LONDON Ie.egraph ,,.u
Since the piano came into fashion hana. no. Dis lis
weaving as an accomplishment for ladies mas hass,t.ls l
appeared In the old days ability TO ply tne .nly
was regarded as a great enhancement Oh ,,I MoIfo Tor
charms and was useful well as ornaments. .r,u.
II enabled Penelope to out-manoeuvre the imp~ossnt
nate suitors who wished her TO forget ne, ~ The
lord. A proposal will shortly be suDmi.,|eut This art
Iondon School Board for the revival OF .n' ara
among girls attending the classes under us ais.
Preliminary investigations have prpVrSa rS Colchester
was member. have decided to recommend the ss"f of
vation and as a beginning suggest the mhs maid.
ems en viii at first be taught mat weaving "f: the
colored papers and gradually introducea ceas,p.tion ~
of the useful work that can be accomp'snsnoa na pos.
the handioom It IS stated that mdy wa raS asd
from the best portions manufactured ann tnin Ia her
icles OF wearing apparel for poo, hrift can.
ciaimsd be enforced in this way. apars. .o ~ up1o
educational advantages which u os'''"'
girk
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
NOT THE JUDGES USUAL SIZE.

A Southern Judge who was In n New-York cafe
the other evening ordered for his drink whiskey.
The waiter brought It In a glass. The Judge looked
around probably for the decanter. and then. point
inc TO the glass with the whiskcy In II. asked
whats that
"Whskey. SIR answered the waiter. Wasn't
that what you ordered?'
The Judge pushed the glass away impatently
and sitting erect In his chair. gave the waiter a
smile that was beautifully frank and eloquently
impressive
MY son." he said gravely. when take n drink
of whslley leave more than that In the glass"
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
TIE BROKEN HEART WAS AN OLD ONE.

From The London Daily News.
A story OF disappointed love comes from Schill-
gallen In the district Of Insterburg. Germany The
victim OF the malady In the present case was
Herr .urkl.es, who was seventy-three years old.
Jurkies had already had three wives. and wished
TO marry fourth But the lady informed him that
she thought him a little too old He replied that
II she continued Ia the same mind he would
60 into the forest and hang himself. The lady
firm and Herr Jurklies carried out his threat He
hung himself on q forest tree
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
A MARES STICIDE,
From The Cincinnati Enquirer.

II owned "A mare once that committed suicide"
said A. X. Homer. she had colt OF which she
more than usually fond. One day the colt fell
into n ditch and broke It's leg The animal had to
be killed and rs mother inconsOlab,e She
would whimper and cal for the colt. and. when IL
failed to nothing would induce her eat
For several days all efforts 70 induce her To par
take OF food were In vain. and afraid that she
would starve. one morning her standing by
IA barrel OF water from which she in the habit
OF drinking. Her attitude strucl, me IA singular.
and going to her | found that she dead with
her head stuck into tho water far she could
reach. There no other conclusion possible than
that she had deliberately drowned herself"
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
ST. DENIS HAS HIS HEAD AGAIN.

The patron saint of France st. Denis, is gener-
ally represented with his head under his arm. In
al,usion TO the martyrs decapita;ion Curiously
enough. the figure Of the saint surmounting the
famous royal burying place, the Cathedral OF ST.
Denis at Paris, has been headess for the last
by German shell during the siege Of Paris. Only
the other day amateur art collector hunt
Ing through the Partisan antiquity shops when he
came upon the missing head OF 81; Denis slowed
tion to the cathedral where the statue will now
be restored to it's original condition.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
ONE WAY TO STOP A BOAT
,rny,, Tho opdnn Daily Newa

An anecdote about LORD Rosebery is going the
round of some French and German papers. IL is
alleged that once. while crossing from Liverpool to
Dublin vice versa, Lord Rosebery lost his favor
ite dog, Mutton" overheard stop, captain stop
the steamer cried Lord Rosebery. But the cap
tain replied that he was only allowed to stop II A
man fell overheard
"Oh. that soon be arranged" answered
Lord Rosebery. and he jumped into the sea OF
course the captain had TO order Stop" and the
peer and his dog were taken up safe and sound
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
AN IRTSHhAN'S VIEW OF "RELTEE."
ha / Telepranh

An official OF the Irish National League gave. in
the Registration Court at Camberwe.., a new YER
sion Of what constitutes relief from the male
voters point OF view. a question arose as 10
whether a man had been in receipt OF relief" and
was thus disqualified for the franchise The gentle
man from Ireland casually remarked 10 the Re-
yising Barrster. oh yes. ne has had relief sir.
His wife eft him SIX months ago"
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
HISTORY IN TITLE DEEDS.
THE PIONEER STORY OF WESTERN NEW
YORK TO HAVE A MONUMENT.
THE OLD HOLLAND LAND OFFICE IN BATAVIA
CLAIMS OF RIVAL sTATEs-ROBERr
NORRIS AND PHELPS & GoRIIAM
PIONEER Sr-DVFYING


MORRIS AND PHELPS & GoRIIAM
PIONEER SURVEYING.
The Stuart Kings of England didn't know much
about geography. When they attempted to give
away lands they bunged things badly. Their
Ignorance led odd complications in this
State after the Revolution and had good deal to
do with determining the course OF history In
Western New-York. The story OF pioneer days,
which the people OF that region were recalling
yesterday at Batavia when they dedicated the
old Holland Land Conpanys office historical
museum might have been very different had Eng
lish grants not confcted Colonel Butler and
the other Tory friends OF tho Senecas might have
settled the Genesee country with their people from
across the Niagara instead of having 10 compro-
mise their Indian grants with the claimants under
the law OF Massachusetts. who filed the country
with New-Engiand end Pennsylvania people
As every lawyers clerk in the western part OF
this state knows In tho case OF nearly all the land
about there when n title is traced back to Phelps
p Corham or Robert Morris. the Holland
Land Company. there is no need OF going any fur
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
GOTyG BY WIND POWER.

From The London Globe. -
On an Irish rallway-I say. guard. how
we're going 40 fast to-day? 49,. lind
Why wouldn't We, sor? Sure we've got 'he VIZ"
hehind us.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
WHERE YOU NAY NOT SyFEZE.

From The London Daily News
Not long since. in a German town. a correspond.
ent assures US. man was fined for sneezing too
loudly In the street at night
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14

used as a land Office. West Of the triangle was the
Hundred Thousand Acre. or Connecticut tract, sold
by Robert Morris in 1874 for 5000 An undivided
half OF this bought by oliver Phelps and De
VIII Clinton. the Father OF the Erie Canal"
Later It passed into the hands OF the State OF
Connecticut and the profits of IL went TO swell
the fund which sent Connecticut boys to schoOl.
The other half sold to Sir William Pultney.
When he died he named among his trustees Ernest
Augustus. Duke OF Cumberland. afterward King
OF Hanover. and uncle OF Queen Victoria. SO the
Of George III AMI the rebel state Of cOnnecti-
cut held lands In common. AMI dwelt together In
harmony for many years.
Here is n story OF how their agents cOnspircd to
break the laws OF the United States. After sales
of the land had been going on FOR severai years.
the agents discovered of their deeds missing.
This lost. the tiilc OF large amount Of land al
ready sold put In jeopardy. Thy tried to get
the grnntor 70 make now deed Offering him
$1,000 % sou He asked s91o0o. Then Seth =.
Beers the Connecticut agent. went 10 Washington,
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
Practical Results-l3 Years Work,

NINETEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ALREADY PAID TO WIDOWS
AND ORPHANS.
Forty million dollar, already saved living policy hole.
by reduction Of premiums Eighty-three Ihousand an
paving Members Hundred and Seventy MILLION DOL.
lars force Three Million Seven Hundred ana
Ten Thousand Cash us--Reserve-Emergency Funi
Million Dollars business !or the
These few practical results already re-
corded the credit Of the
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION.
E. B. HARPER. President
Home ONCE Mutual Reserve Building.
Broadway. corner of Duane-s,. New-fork
circulars and rates
New-York tribune., 1894-10-14

,cIv interests there consisting in the part share
with Count Henckel-Donnersmarck in news
paper which reflects the Views and policies Of
Prince Bismarck as opposed to the Government.
Quite recently the Prince has been acting as
th. entertainer of his warm friend, the Prince
Of Wales, at Baden Baden. where he is the life
and soul OF the race committee. and where he
has DISTINGUISHED himself during the past sum-
mer by the marked courtesy and attention which
ne lavished upon the Comte de Clermont-Ton-
nerre. the first French officer whose colors have
been seen on a German racecourse since the
Of 1870.
People here are all agog about the project an
nounced by the Government Of constructing a
canal from the Mediterranean to the Bay of
Biscay, that would enable both cruisers and
merchant vessels TO reach the great inland sea
from tho Atlantic and vice versa without pass
ing around the dangerous coast OF Spain and
through the Straits Of Gibraltar. which. in the
event Of war. might at any moment be to all
Sntents and purposes closed by Great Britain.
But few seem to be aware that there is a canal
OF this kind already in existence which. while
II Is not large enough to admit the passage of
any big ship. affords a waterway for small craft
and barges and therefore for torpedo boats.
from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. 1t
leaves the latter in the Gulf OF Lyons. some ten
miles to the east Of Narbonne, and runs to
Toulouse, where 1t joins the River Garonne. at
the mouth OF which is situated the city and At
lantic seaport Of Bordeaux 1t Is to this canal
that the princely and ducal house Of Caraman-
Chimay is indebted for its elevation to the ranks
q, OF the nobility. The creator OF this canal was
ia man bearing the somewhat plebeian name OF
e Riquet. who devoted thirty years Of his life 10
obtaining the consent Of King Louis XIV 20 Sc
curing the various appropriations rendered necss-
sary and to overcoming the innumerablc OBJ
stacles Of one kind and another In the way OF
the execution OF his project. His entire fortune
was swallowed up In the enterprise, as well as
several million dollars granted by the King, who
With his Finance Minister, Colbert. was greatly
Interested In the work; and when RiQuet died.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-21
TOUGH LUCK FOR COXEYITES.
They Are Hoarded Like Swine in a
Filthy Pen and Are Overrun
with Vermin.

Fort SYDNEY, Net.. July 20.-The
mem bers of tho Denver contingent Of
the Coxey army. who are under arrest.
areliable to be rfll cted with IN epidemic
of typhoid fever. The symptoms are
already manifest. and there are at lenst
three we'll defined cases of scurvy,
caused by their present food and sur
roundines.
The men have been confined more
than month iu a small building,
hardly large enough to accommodate
ouly half OF thrir number. Many of
the prisoners are compelled to sleep on
the bare floor which ID overrun with
verinin. The sick call every morning
brings from twenty-five to fifty before
the doctor The hospital is taxed to
its utmost capacity.
The m-n are guarded by about forty
deputy United States marshals who al
low the prisoners no outdoor exercise
except an occasional bath in the creek
The men were arrested at Big Springs,
Neb,, on June Is, and were herded in
this pen of filth for two weeks before a
trial was granted.