The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
IN GAY NEW YORK.

OF hearts broken.
New York Herald
The news that Josie Mansfield had
gone to Philadelphia to end her days,
hopeless paralytic. was the cause Of con-
siderable gossip at the Broadway Cen
trail hotel, where Jim Fisk was killed
only one of the trio who still enjoys life.
He is fne-looking man, and may be-
seen summing himself on Broadway al
most any day, debonair and keen-eyed
with his snow-wflite hair carefully ar
ranged and nothing in his manner to
suggest that he was once in the very
shadow Of the gallows.
The Vanderbilts have bought spIen-
did estate west Of the Wheatley Hills, L.
l., OH height from the crest of which
the broad ocean and the sound can be
seen. The purchase includes a chain of
wooded hills, known as the Harbor hills.
as well as the several small farms which
lie at the base of the hills Negotiations
have been pending for some time. The
price is said to have been $4,000 w,
X. Vanderbilt has bought here Z2J acres
1t includes the highest point Of land ON
Long Island. The chief elevation OF this
estate is twenty feet higher above the
sea than Wheatley Hills. on which is
situated the home Of z. u. Morgan. The
property will be improved ana an impos-
ing mansion will be erected. which will
be one of the most costly on the island,
A club Of "red-headed ladies and xen>
tlemen" has been formed at Trenton. g.
j. 1t is called the Cerise club, cerise be-
ing the French for cherry. and cherry
being the tint that the members cmsii-
rnd hr0, f,,t Gov ~
as Holmes, the originator Of the club,
says that for long time the red-haired
people Of Trenton have lacked cohesion
They tacitly admitted that the color Of
their hair was misfortune, and they
lived out their lives more or less in soil
tude. worrying about the matter. But
Mr.. Holmes says the time has come when
they mean to hold up their heads, red
| hair and all, proudly in the community.
They will begin. they declare. with red
haired beauty show, at which the pretti-.
est members of the club will he placed
| on view, to prove to the community the
| artistic qualities of their locks. At the
first meeting of the club joint debate
will take place on The Lie About the
Unpopularity Of the Blonde
Duncan Eliott's society friends are
wondering how he will like several years
- OoAAoNh iIC. appointment dS LII
lieutenant in the regular army to be at
tached to the Twenty-sixth infantry in
sureS him a long absence from the clubs
| and drawing rooms in New York and
| Newport. For years Duncan Elliott was
conspicuous figure in society here and
! at the ultra-fashionable resorts. Then m.
| September Is, 1891, he married sallie
Hargous. rich. belle, and long knows
| as one of the handsomest women in So
ciety. Her father left her s1.OOO,OOU
made in banking in Mexico. After three
children had been born to them the FL
| liotts separated and in April of last year
she instituted suit for divorce. The case
| Europe and her husband in barracks at
| Plattsburg. y. Y. Their handsome house
| near the Country club, on Lons Island
| sound, was burned in December. 1896.
| During the. fire Julian Potter. guest at
| the house, broke his leg jumping out of
window: Mr.. Elliott was absent at the
| time. 1t was soon after this incident
that the couple separated and the hus-
band went to Cuba as an aid to the in
surgent general. Lacret.
Perry Belmont has just purchased a
| large portion of the William Cullen Bry~
ant estate in Roslyn, L. l. 1t is Under
stood he also has leased the old ma1siezs
once the home of the poet. and is having
it redecorated and refurnished. The land
purchased by the former congressman
! amounts to nearly hundred acres. and
comprises all of the estate but q few
acres. There are several fine cottages
on the property, 1t is reported that as
rope work will be commenced OH a ceun-
try. residence, which will be situated on
the, highest ground in the estate. Mr..
Belmot1t's new acquisition is adjacent to
Harbor Hills. recently purchased by the
Nanderbilts. and to the estate Of William
c. Whitney.
Madison square had its weekly free
concert tonight. Thousands of Listeners
sat on the benches or Strolled about the
paths, and there was a general atmo>-
pllere Of rest and holiday making that
made the SPOT an oasis i'll the great Seeth-
ing city. Each Ut the city parks has
music one night in the week at the ex-
East and West sides, from Harlem and
from districts beTond. follow the erclies-
ira from one park to another. There vas
nothing to suggest the hurrS and worry
of business or the grinding labor Of the
Sweat-shops in the multitude Of decently-
dressed. happy-looking people that. moved
about. chatted and made love i'll the elee.
trio light under the spreading trees Of
this lovely plaisance. 1t is just like
being in the moonlight" was an express
sion heard more than once in feminine
tones, as couples strclled up and down
and told each other the old. old story
that is as romantic among the brick and
mortar of the city as in Arcadia itself
John l.. Sullivan. the unterrified Bos-
tonian, has at last obtained premises for
the saloon he is DESTROYS of opening tn
this city. They are in West Thirty
fourth street, just around the corner
from Broadway, and almost within
speaking distance of the Earish cafe
managed by James J. Corbett. Mr.. Sui
Ivan had saloon in Boston once. but
his business methods were too loose to
make it success His friends think that
he has sobered down considerably since
that Boston time, and that he has at
| least enough of the commercial instinct
| to sell strong liquors for cash and at
reasonable profit. 1t is the intention to
open the new Sullivan saloon in Sep
TENDER With Corbett and Jeffries both
in the saloon business in the immediate
neighborhood, the visitor to New York
will be able to feast his eyes on pugilistic
celebrities to his hearts content.
| Fifty Years of PROGRESS.