The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-27
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New York Herald. :
Eugene DeImar OF London has parted
with his seat on the stock exchange for
4S3,DO0 and an offer il now open of
$4,000. Frank Gould bought his seat:
for vac; Ooo and one sold for Sa 900
since. In 1881 seat sold for 800,
which is the highest mark.
"Dewey' saloons, Dewey restaur-
ants, Dewey" whisky, Dewey cigars,
or Dewey something or other can be
found on most every street and nearly
every street corner. Now the modest
rear admirai is to have his name further
perpetuated by having street in Greater
New York named after him. 1t is new
street resulting from the Elm street
widening, running from Duane street to
Aston place, highly respectable locality.
It will be called Dewey avenue.
1T .l y hkely. tnal Witnin snorL ume
Ine Mannailan eiuDs WHICH ior years mas
Fifth avenue and Thirty-f0urtfI street,
will move into other and cheaper quar-
tiers. The rent the club now pays is $40
GEO year. Recently it has become ap-
parent that the club cannot afford to pay
there has been falling off i'm mefnber-
ship. AT a meeting held recently notices
of an assessmenf If $40 we're sent to
each member.
dorf- Asforia. declares that the increase of
81 800 OO0 in the assessment of that
property practically amounts to eonfisca-
ton. He says the additional taxes he
would have to pay if the Assessment
stood would be S7O.G4O a year. He Maid
So AGO in taxes under the assessment of
1898. when I took the Waldorf" Mr..
Boldt said. .tfe asspssed valuation was
ST 100000. In 1885 Fl was Increased to
81 $685. 900. Ny lease runs until 1918. /
not only pay the largest rent in America.
but in addition have to make all rp-
pairs, pay water rents and assessmeutg.
and / nav the taxes. The fax hoard +.
not increasing the taxes ON the Aston real
estate, but on INV business. 7 am being
taxed out of business. Besides paying
the biggest rent in the world. / am called
upon to pay more than $4,000 In taxes.
or about $4,000 per month. The rent
of the Holland house is only S148 0Et
and the owner pays the taxes,
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.ba,, aeI. vi Tue NeW 1 LOT o STOCK ,,, s9-
hraaass 4 4hs oeen soid az $500, GU 1ais
P neaAs me record OF :S4.ouV IN looi-
BUSINESS ~ wan street mas been boom-
AuS, anu Tie DIlCc OF t4G seats has re-
M Is, tne noom. Ihere are productions
M tnat me price VIII reach $oo'ooo before
Tue enu OI the year.
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The long-heralded French ball has come
and gone and it was the liyeliest of q
Price," said the floor manager He ees
| a yairee nice man. He may Eat re gen.
darmes stay in re ceIlaire, so Eat re la
dees may keek just leetle.''
Madison square was picturesque. The
roof was striped with broad bands of
bunting. Pendant from every arch were
big balls Of flags and from them hung
lights. Green swathed the arena boxes,
and line of trees and fence of bunting
marked out the dancing surface. On the
stage sat the Seventh Regiment band of
100 pieces and Schwab's orchestra, an
other hundred strong. Back of the stage
was the regulation curtain, behind which
were the regulation tables, at which.
after a. m, men paid IS for a quart
of California champagne.
It was the first really good ballet the
SIX couples took the noor; Up struck the
oid Ufpheus ana Eurydlce ballet mn,
SIC SMASH: 6ahg: 1ou are an flght.
seieu ine eioMu, anu ihen III 5apid sue
Sessio1 . cdI.e otiiel paI.e.s aHl pdtfi
dhse dansens rh Mi.n gaeah ana
R Rgda nd ssiInr d.nnas on ennoInapa
s.a ~ aaor aar e1n,a; m .;.t
Then cane The fhirfr nrern;e,ps s, a,
! tniies and tarietan whirI NJ stirts =
swish nf strings and then the Grand
march The fhirtv led H There wara
| 1000 on hand now and in line.
a fer midnighf the CercIe neople erew
| agone. The girls in tights could kick as
| high as they pleased. They aimed at
hats s'obligingly" held up, surrounded By
fringe Of black coats.
There were 5000 persons in the garden
| by. this time. "All over 1000 is clear
profit - explained the box-of1ice man
cheerfully.
Prominent men-about-town were con-
| spicuous in the boxes and on the floor,
and it is said that several fashionable
women, discreetly masked and safely
chaperoned, were curious observers of
| the spirited function during the early
evening, before the hilarity reached its
| height. s.g-.. s
| p - : g.
downtorn dairy Innch man has
solved The nrohlem of giving his custom-
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