Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
Notes From the Big City-The wharves
and hicks.
COrrespOninuce Of Tba EHanin1 Star

Notes From the Big City-The Wharves
and hicks.
Correspondence Of Th,e Eysning Star.
NEW YORK. October 8. 1894.
The Vanderbilts and Astors rushing into
divorce courts wifi rather put a premium
on that sort Of thing. Mr.. Drdyton's
friends are bitterly condemning the course
he Is pursuing. .Oneiof his intimate club
confreres. at Jacks Restaurant" said
few nights ago: ':DEayton Is a splendid fell
low, the soul Of honor, and one of the most
domestic of men. yet + am surprised at the
step he has taken against his wife; I de-
spise the man who takes that course. II
he wanted a divorce he might have given
her the grounds and let her force the Is
sue: his friends would then have stuck to
him. As 1t is, he will lose cast among
them all Alsop Borrowe Is pretty clever
fellow, but 1 would pay Mrs. Drayton
greater compliment than to believe for
moment that she would enter into an
intrigue with one who is simply nothing
beyond the ordinary. Mrs. Drayton is q
very cultured woman and extremely popu-
lar everywhere. She Is deeply Inundated;
but being forced to the fga-, she Will stand
at bay, repudiate the aspersions OF her hus-
band and insist upon the control OF her
children and tier Income" ..
Gossip is not confined to sinners only. II
is invading ecclesiastical circles, and his
grace, the archbishop Of New York. Air.
Corrigan, Is rather getting his wings PICK
ed. That Mgr. SatOlli has revoked many OF
his decisions has made him feel the sting or
the lash. DIR. McGlynn and the Rev. MIR.
Burtsell having been restored to the priest
hood. after his mandate. has punctured
quite wound In his ecclesiastical dignity.
The archbishop, on account Of actions re-
ha
disfavor, even among his stanchest sup
porters. There are all sorts of rumors, and
mary of them well supported, that COM
plants. not only from the clergy, but also
from the lacy, have reached the pontif1cal
ears. AS the successor OF Cardinal Nc
Closkey, 1t is said, he expected the mantle
of the cardinalate to fall on his shoulders,
and wac disappointed.
While taking a morning stroll was at
tracted to Battery Park. 1t was an intense
ly hot day. and even the trees had thirsty,
feverish look. A lot Of Russians. who had
landed a few days before, were there seat
ed in the midday sun. They wore huge
snuff-colOred overcoats and astrachan caps.
Y on could almost hear them parboiling. The
children have little idea Of common de-
cency, and some of their antics Were. to say
the least. peculiar. They were dressed In
somber hues; yet many wore the Turkish
fee. They looked heavy, and play ed with
little energy One youngster managed to
get into mischief, which the paternal
thought proper to strikingly rebuke This
ELECTED volley of Turkish lingo from the
spouse, whereupon he turned ana gave her
resembling smack on the cheek which
duced her to submission.
Just at the terminals of the Battery Park
the Office of the dock commission is situ-
ated. New York city never sells her wharf
age, and the docks, numbering Dds. are al
ways retained as city property. The i'm
provements are, Of course, the possessions
of the various lessees. The revenues &C.
cruing from the rental of these wharves
aggregate about two millions of dollars a
year. This Is controlled by the city, and
expended for street cleaning, street light
ing and various other purposes. The amount
OF tonnage handled exceeds three million
tons month. one-third being domestic and
the renal lining two-thirds foreign Pier 40
of the Cunard line Is the largest The super
intendent of each dock receives and receipts
FOR freight, which is handled only by their
own employees
There is new company being organized
I'm New York With an Improvement that
promises to revolutionize telegraphy. 1t Is
backed by rather powerful syndicate of
big names, representing barrels of MOI
The system Is based on a series of unique
perforations. each representing a word or
sentence. These are arranged on a slip of
paper. which Is attacked to the telegraph
machine. 1t Is perfectly undecipherable to
the operator. but Us transmitted I'm the or
thodoN style. In an upper story Of one of
the largest buildings or New York a testing
room has beea arranged, with what claims
TO be one hundred miles Of wire cobwebbed
over the ceiling A lfftie ship about inch
es long by about l 1-2 wide, represented
loo words. The tests have. IL Is claimed.
been perfectly satisfactory. 5..,
There have been. maaY complaints In the
New York papers about the 'cops' and
other city employees. There must he some
mistake. When one makes inquiries of the
guardian5 II must be his own fault IL a
polite response Is not received. Every one
Is kind about directing a stranger I saw
one big. brawny fellow lift a fainting old
lady and carry her from one Of the I'm
mense overheated dry goods stores He
seated her on the steps and bathed the dear
old pale face as gently as If she had been
mis- own mother: He was so tender that I
stood fascinated. Then he led her to the
car. and lifting the little frail body car
rfed her UP the steps and seated her there
Following them I heard her whisper: God
bless you" He answered gruiny: "Oh.
that's all right Hope you'll get home sa fe."
Then pair OF policeman's gloves wiped
something like a tear from a bright pair of
eyes. while moment later a rough. stem
torlan voice shouted to crowd of boys,
WAITS yer hanRiny round hare forcs,