Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-28

uncovered he eeol deal recalls jams.
Russell Lowell except that he does not ~eav
his hair 80 Ions. sun. bis dnc head Il Nail
matched Ills gray hair Is parted IN The
middle aud brushed back after the mannds o.
tho author o. the "nlgni0w rapera" aud h,
has the same great bush Of gray whishnfs. /
Whether seen ia his business o1i1c his hume
er ~ he Aaihnia riuh. ha y marked char
artef. Few men have worked harder. lie
has been turning out a literary work Of
high character FOR considerably over thirty
Years, and only recently hs Waa the chief
agent IN bringing out Library OF
Ametlcan Literature" IN a number Of volumcs
mat must lNve called Tor an Immense amount
Of work. Aside from this Dir. stedman han
lor innny years conducted prosperous bank
INF and Brokerage huslneaa. Some years ago
through no iault o. his own. his arm sustained
heaNY losses IL wan severe blow 70 Mr.
stedmen, but he was fnll Of grit ana pat
unE No. shoulder . the wheel hc BY tho hard
est q hard wotlt managed TO got on his feet
once more. Fow literary men have more
fiehds among those Of his own order II ia
not strange Tor he "a the peratnlhchtlon u
courtesy aud hnaimesa
Nov that James Gordon Bennett has sold the
Ola Herald proporty, ana for very preNty
sum attention Is being called to the fact that
fr'hANAA stfIAh ANlttnlAnNl 10 ENt nd w
an the outside real estate owned BY him A
year arc he sold the great building that
Atlls bears his name, and that stands on the
street back OF the Old Herald building His
hne property al Nespurt has long been In The
maiRei ana now Mt Dennotts two other man
aiona afe for sale, one u these IA at Thirty
eighth street and Finh avenue and Il Is tho
houaa In which James Gordon nennei, Tho
elder lvtd and entertained royalty Ia Inc ia. :
following the war, Mr.. bennett bought this
house for N0,0ll, but part OF what It "a
worth now. The sale OF these properties
would practically close out Mr. Dannetts M
tcrest In New York rcai estate, leaving him
only the present Herald establishment This
u taken TO mean that the owner u the Herald
Ia nNed In hia love OF Europe aud has no
intcnuon OF again fettllns In New York.
io IL practically stranger in the metropolis
now, ana staid persune who used 10 dis
euaA his Wild ways would not know him now.
A fad that h attracting much attention IA
mat OF some recently elected Governors
iof appointing we'll known and wealthy society
men on their STAINS. Governor Norton OF New
YORK, named as mcmbera OF his stan John
Jacob Astor aud Howard Carroll son.ln-iaw
OK John II. starin. millionaire steamboat
man, ana these gentlemen may now don
onaulettes and sold lace. lie offered the posi-
ton to ex-senator Llspenard stewart. mil
Honniro society leader but the latter declined.
+hNN hNNhAhNA hNNNNNINt OF vermont nav
appointed on tig stan Dr. Seward Webb who
married tho daughter Of William II, Wander
hilt. though Ia truth d. Webb 10 O New York
nun who lives 10 the old Vanderbilt mansion
on Fiftt avenue san he has an Immense
Alo'lt farm and deer park in Vermont. and
saundA gond deal OF hin time there, So his
appointment H utunE enough. Dr. Webb VIII
adurn tho poalt!ou, for ho 10 handsome man.
and hls WHISPERS afo military enough for ait
practical purposes. Besides, he ID worth a
dozen million and can wear a nice uniform.
The announcement recently made In financial
circles that William r. Grace. ca Mayor "
Now York city, the millionaire importer and
trader and ship owner. had formed his vast
intoresu In South America Europe and the
United States into single stocl, company
with a real capital VI SaD00pOO, has again
called attention TO this somewhat remarkable
mau. saw him but a day or 20 agp. near
his Office la famous Od Hanover square Look
tng az Him one would not hinl, him over sixty
years OF age. iot ho H. aud his life has boon
q rough ono, WhqD boy no ran away from
his homo iH ireland and made hiH way 4,
CullRoi Peru. Where he worked Hrst Ia a
butcher shop, Then he started trading IN q
small way. acquiring after Il tho a couple
uf small 8cho1ncFs, rhlg was thirty ave yeara
or moro ago. sun later he came 70 New
| fou, and C7tnhhhci tho importing house Of
William u. Grace Co.. ana TOOK Oharga ui
II himself leaving his brother Michael who
Is very like him In charge IN South
America. The surruEs OF tho firm has
been something wonderful The ex-butchhr'g
hoy now owns feet Of ships, and he almost
] absolutely controls the entire trade OF tho
! west coa8t of South America The yastnesa
] OF bis enterprises may be understood from The
! fact mat aitsr the war was over between Peru
/ ana cdli somu years age. when Peru wal
| lcft bankrupt Grace offered to take he entiru
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