Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-27

you have been saying. But. upon my
word. I'm not responsible. for the titanic
curves. They were accidental-no, not
that, either-incidental. They Were in
fact caused by the particular canvas, SO
to . speak'' -. . H.
ever, to content you, | will admit that you
Yes; that picture was the result of
the habit of handling brush. Neither
more nor less"
''Forsythe. you used not to have these
little. Alterations. Don't try to make
me believe that a man can paint like
vined, you saw that prodigious curve as
of a colossal beautiful shoulder. 1t may
have been originally a mountain or
cloud; but you have softened and made
it mysterious-a thing to Worship
The workmen employed in digging for
the foundations of the addition to be
built on the west end of the government
printing office yesterday found a most in
teresting souvenir of the occupation of
Washington by the British in 1914 This
was a cannon ball, rough and irregular
from rusting, but evidently once good,
competent siX-pound solid shot A COM
mittee of the oldest inhabitants pronounce
it unquestionably piece of genuine Brit
lSh ammunition.
The history which clears up the mystery
of its presence in that place is that the
ground where the government printing
camping ground for the artillery. Oldest
inhabitants who knew still older inhabi-
that's who We're on the spot have distinct
picture in mind of the relocated English
men bivouacked on what long after was
called English hill. When the printing
and where North Capital street is was
filed in, as was also the ground where
the excavation is now in progress. The
British troops undoubtedly left behind
them this cannon ball, which was unob-
served by the small boys and curiosity
seekers who afterward visited the spot,
which, it must be remembered, was then
out in the country, where houses and peo-
pie We're few and far between.
The shot must have been dropped there,
for no firing took place during the Brit
ish occupat ton, at least none Of that sort.
Public Printer Benedict has the inter
esting relic on his desk as a paper weight
certainly an uncouth and queer-looking
ornament, but one of rare Interest,"
Washington Star.
The widow of Jim Fisk. who was the
victim of Ed. Stokes pistol, is almost
poverty stricken. She is living at present
in humble apartments in Boston. She
has an income of $50 a month from her
family property, but not one cent comes
from all that colossal fortune which jim
Fisk risked his fair fame to gather to-
gether by the most audacious and stu
pendous achievements known to modern
finance. When Fisk, shot down by an
assassin's pistol, died at the Grand Cen
trail hotel, New York city, January 6,
1872, he was currently reported to be
one of the Wealthiest men in New York
When, three months later, James D.
Clark, the friend and business adviser
of the widowed Mrs. Fisk, filed an in
of 10 Of TO in
office of the surrogate of New York, he
appraised it's total value at $2,OOOOOO.
The contrast of circumstances between
her present state of living and the lux
ury in which her husbands assassin now
lives brings wildly to mind the crime
years ago. 1t was partly for his wife's
sake that Jim Fisk embarked in these
enterprises Despite the stormy passions
that shook his mature years, she was his
only real love, his first and his last. In
his will he left her all his property, real
and personal, subject only to legacy Of
100000 to his sister. But all that great
wealth has vanished. Mrs. Fisk claims
that she signed over 100000 of real
estate to the Erie road and never received
a cent She did this at Goulds sugges-
ton. She exchanged her interest in the
Nara gansett Steamboat company (now
Fall River line) to Mr.. Gould for $780,
600 New Jersey Southern stock and SIS
900 additional. She realized $500 on
the stock.
Gould afterwards purchased the real
estate, which he induced her to transfer
to the Erie road. A further problem is
presented by a calm review of all the
facts. Col. Fisk is we'll known to have
owned a large block of Erie stock Only
a few days before his death he made
statement to this effect to William III.
Morgan. The amount is currently re-
ported to have been 5000 shares Their
total value at 500 per share would have
been $500, OO0-more than enough to have
soothed the declining years of his widow.
But neither that lady, nor her relatives,
nor her business representatives, have
ever been able to discover trace of
these enormous holdings. Where have
they disappeared? A subscription list for
the widow is suggested.