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REAL ESTATE.
RIrSINESS AT THE EXCHANGES.

At private contract Som Brothers have sod to
W F. Corwin for about $3.50 Co., the block front on
the east side of Manhattan-ave.. running from one
hundred and -nineteenth-st. to One-hundred-ahu-
tweneth-st lots in the rear plot being 2Olloxl'o
The plot will be improved by the erection OF private
dwellings
There were no sales of realty at the auction rooms
yesterday.
G; Nicholas has traded for Frank Tilford, OF PARK
g. Tford the three-story private dwelling, lot l6xS'
No $40 West One -hundred-a nd twenty third-st, 10
H. A. Johnston for the four-story factory building
No 10 East Forty-fourth-st.. lot 25xlOO on private
terms.
The Coutan estate has sold the ive-story business
building 27x75 No 70 Frankn-st.. for about $9o,OOo.
The purchaser of the dwellings Nos 962 and 9o5
Fifth-ave. from Frank A. Ehret was j. I. Smith,
He has resod No 9G2 to a Mr.. Bernard for sl2o,vO
j. Clarence Davies & Co. have sold for the Faile
estate the three-story brick buildings. known as
Nos 1856 and 2sC7 1hiriave.. southwest corner OF
One hundred nd ftieth-st, being 81 feet in Thiru
ave. l01 feet in Onehundred- and-hftieth-St ana OIL
feet In Meirose-ave for $4,000 to Andrew NJ Dawes
also for Isaac R0thschd one lot on the east side OF
Intervale-ave. $50 feet north OF Westchester-aVe'
for $50 ,
A. VI Mclaughlin & Co. were the associate brokers
through whom the loan of 900 at per cent was
placed the property at the northwest corner OIL
NacIav & Davies have sold for the estate Of VIII
lam Il Skidmore the hve-story and cellar Drick
warehouse No 2l9 West-st.. covering lot 2llXsy
to a customer on private terms: also for Mary H.
Curry and Frederick g. Curry the seven lots at the
dred-and- fory -elghth-st. 10 John s. Reid on pri-
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Jane-st n s. 1922 # W Of Greenwich-st: 2os1
s s9 lame lanes nrr Tompkrs executor. 10000
o No 1S and No 's 10 ssus Wsn
s1s sss: run. 4. q Samuel sPf
acth-st No lls East asst. george M oaiA $4,000
,aS Shepherd 5 5e fere Of shave TO-
ssth-st, No l43 East; John Platt and wife to ,
5ss Mary p1'i s5 It Of Madison ave esxioo5
Seth r Johnson ard wife to Henry Roken- ~ ZOO
Manh anna" corner iioth-st, 23.llxloo;
Ida l. and Mary = Jenkins l1;o and HUSBANDS u
io,th-s 10 81 Vest Henry walser and wife to % go
1881 s% ST. s T ioo It OF West nd-ave 2oxooi
' eassns fS 70 and ID wife to Sophie
Ws scott 9' snd w Sf t to Noses as'
,o eha an9'ner loo # OF West End-ave 2oxloOii;
'C Jane. Taylor VIE Esther I Levy. 100
St s. 49, pd IL ,o ol Wife to John
St n5aS s5scS to si w's'
Phoebe 4 fesr e w snd TO-
Lot soi' map portion Hunt estate at Van Nest
Station Charles Fink and wife to Martin ,
p Measher p snd j. map annexed to report Of
ans about nr 1905 ss j0hr Tsn
,o sSl, ct al i2o +, Of West End ave- ssiooii
James W Taylor and wife to Theodore G Dock no
Some '' property; Ernest G stedman executor. go
,s TO- same 100 Il Of Audabcn-ave 5oxioc
William ar Ranch and wife to Robert wheeIan. 900
i72hs corner SG Aad0b9n oSr S1s2 Robert
2S x Of f l7sh' wb sesS
leo; John Entwiste and wife Augusta oo
cl s ave s. 1910 Il Of West Farms Road
25x1002; Hudson Rose and wife TO Phoebe r ooo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-02

Scott William. and wife to the sx.ru.o.. =
George Thayer. 115th-st. 225 n W of inr. ,ot
ave, ave: years ................. =. -s"0A-
stevens, william, and wife. to the Equitable ia.
Assurance Society Of the g. l43d A. io, = ct !.
&c OF Amsterdam-ave. 2 years 1888. ''S'sn
ui'mann Harry. to Edmund A Evans. Nos ios A..
=. ~. huoson-st, years = ~ao
'oeiker. Louis. and wife. T. John Ravensburc
33d-st. 215 II Of Sth-ave, 8 years -
Wheaton. Esther A. to Susan c fwonnhlv :. a..
ST, 575 II Of Sth-ave, years - JOIN:
Walter susanna ard Jacob j. to the German.
American Building and Loan Association
wheaton. Esther A.. to Susan C Twombly -.
19th.st 200 II W OF 7th-ave 3 years.
Same 10 same, trustees. same property ....'''
Willis. Amelia. 10 the Bank for Say1ns. VI .
YORK. No 81 West lc5th-st. 5 years. 80
WheeIand Robert TO Alexander Kent. e.:
Wh.elan.i Robert, to William J Rauch n 3 isii;h.
ST. 100 II W OF Audubon-ave, year '
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BUILDING PLANS FII.rn

were filed yesterday: "'N sit@
New buildings:
Railroad-avc. s. q II Of i53d-st for -
story frame factory. by Franz Braun. Of No AZ
Brook.avc and i47th-st corner 10, a..
story brick fiat and store. BY John Cotter a.
No AIS Mott-ave. owner. ................ "
Rockfeld-st. $. 22o # Of Marion-ave. for
three-story frame tenement. by William Cham
bers. Of Dover, j. owrer. .......... ."am.
brick fiat. by Keegan. Of No 407 East iois,s,
Lexngton-ave and Sd-a,e. between Gsh ana a.;
SITS, fol- one-story and basement brick iaunS.nn
and dormitory. by the New-York Foundlins
Hospital. owner; :,,.,.....:....
story brick fat. By Ellen Curtin. OF No iii
East l6Gth-st owner. ................. ........
story frame dwelling and store BY Ezabeth
Schmidt. OF webster-ave and i7sd-st, ownsr '.A
10lst-st. 8. 1871 n OF Madison-ava. for thru.
story brick tenement. by Francis j schnuss. q
No East p4thst. owner. ...........,.........
by Michael Tlmln owner. ............... .as
Rivington-st. Nos al and ls3. for one-sory
brick store. by Simon Epstein. Of No % West
Hoest s. $50 Il Of Jennings st. for two two.
story frame dwellings. by John Hansen. Of No
Hoe st. W $. $50 II n Of Jennings st. for two,
story frame dwelling. by Henry Karbach. Of
Amste p nav and sSth-s ST. corner for tire:
ive-story brick iiats and stores. by John Casey
Of NO TIC West 9lst-s,. owner. '........' A.
University Place $. 65.I II Of Ioth-st for .
even-story brick factory by Thomas VI Vur-
ray OF Yonkers Y. owner. ................ a
Central Park West. 8. from 10Th TO l0eth ss
for seven five story brick fats. by Patrick Nc
Morrow. OF No 6s East oSd-st owner. .......... q
Alterations:
7ist-st. No 4I9 East, by Joseph Feldman owner,
70 n two-story o-i TX store and dwelling. ......
Sd and fremont n W corner. BY Charles Bar
son. owner. TO a 'wo and one-half- story brick
hotel
1SIst-st and Amst erdam ave. n corner. by viii
lam Porter. owner TO one and two roy
frame hOtel.
SUFFOLK and Rivington sts corner by Simon
Epstein, Of No % East 1i4th-st. owner 10 four
story brick factory and stable. ...............,.
pth-aye No $50 by Cornelius " Luyster OF No
30 West 76th-st. owner. TO three story brick
dwelling and store. ........................
ls9th-st 8 g. rs II W OF Valentine ave. by the City
OF New-York. 10 a two-story frame stable .....
Blackwers Island 9 end Of almshouse. By City OF
New-York, TO a two-story and basement brick
hospital Observation-Disclosures.
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Army. and sails with his regiment TO fight under the
OF King George The story is strong piece OF
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Same property, IS par: Charles 10 Wolfram and
wife 20 William Mayer. Observation-Disclosures.
Sam" property same 10 Joseph Morwitz. IL part.
C2i-st n =. 100 II " ~ lsi-ave. lISl"5. Fran
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Road. lsGxio. Wnslow Buzhy and wife to
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-15

and have IL fixed He took me and went
directly to Mr.. Horner, and said blufiy
why don't you give this boy a nlaceq
Didn't recommend him?
The doorkeeper explained that he was
so crowded with applications that he
lsed Mr. Toombs that / should have the
first vacancy.
"One morning 1 found out that one Of
the lads had been taken off by his parents
] Immediately pounced upon Mr. III orner
to keep his promise, but he put me off
saying he was so crowded with other OBJ
legations that he could not take care Of
me. Immediately reported the facts to
The devil you sayr said the states
man from Georgia, I'll see whether he
puts you on or not
He took me by the hand and walked
directly over to where the doorkeeper
why don't you put this boy on as you
:" My dear Mr.. Toombs, / cannot do IT,
have made some other promises that L
The thunder you mustr said Mr.
Toombs, very emphatically. You'll either
put this boy in or I'll put you outY
You may imagine that from that day
i was a page in the capitol, until | got so
big that / had no business there"
Getting the autographs Of members, "
continued Robson, was quite source Of
income. For this service we received $40
but this money was not easily earned. II
was very f1fncult 10 get some or Inc
members to sign, while others were de-
lighted to write their names. Andrew
johnson was one who was very fond Of
giving his autograph and it was with
some difficulty that he could write it, He
was just then coming into significant pub
lie life and his education had not been
CLEANED in a school house. In signing his
name he would put his tongue 70 one side
of his mouth and sway his body with
every movement of his pen. 1t was,
therefore, great fun for the boys to get
Mr. johnson TO sign his name. and they
were constantly playing pranks on him.
The members were as bad as the boys,
and they would put the pages up to 90 to
him for his signature for the purpose Of
watching him write it.
Henry Clay" continued Mr. Robson,
gave me an opportunity to make SIS. His
compromise bill was pending in the SEN
ate and Il was taken up Unexpectedly,
when many of those opposed TO ii were
absent. among them Mr. Douglas There
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-15
STOPPED A BOAT.
The Marvellous Feat of a Tarpon in
the Gulf.


From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
ga great number of people imagine that
the silver fish, or tarpon, is only 10 be
caught in the guilt said an old fisherman
the other day. This is not so. At certain
seasons of the year, when the rivers are
low and the brackish water ascends up
the streams which empty into the gulf
the eddies of the rivers, sometimes 100
miles from the sea, are filed with fish
have seen them in schools of fifty, dart
ing In and our of the swirls. feeding upon
the mullet which also play in the eddies
and [ have Witnessed a score of times the
negroes of the Atchafalaya swamps go out
in their pirogues and harpoon one of the
monsters and run him to death.
1T is not of infrequent occurrence to
hear of these fish leaping into small boats
on the lakes and bayous. remember
some years ago an instance of this sort
A small tugboat was crossing an arm of
a bay on the coast when suddenly a tar
pom Of grand escaille, as the Creoles call
them leaped from the water and fell on
the deck of the boat. After Hopping on
the deck for minute he fell into the en-
CINE room, got tangled in crank pit,
broke a small rod, and rendered the boat
helpless, beside knocking the engineer in
to the coal heap l once saw man knock
ed from his skiff by fiirt of a tarpon
leaping into the boat, and again saw a
man capsized IN his pirogue by one of the
fish preaching underneath. oh, they're
great fish, antfE mo- mistake