The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-10-04
IN GAY NEW YORK.

along one side.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont are still
mourning the loss of their small Mexi-
can terrier about nine inches long. Fiji
ty dollars reward is offered, and mo
the Sea-" The animal "strayed' or was
"stolen'' at Newport on the date Of the
anniversary Of the battle Of Lake Erie.
Three white peacocks, each without
sign or suggestion If any hue but white
in their feather schem9; has ; been Ire re-,
shipp % a. in ' italy 20 on the order Of the
Brooklyn park department. 1t is said
that they are the only white peacocks in
the country. They cost about $50 apiece.
The New York house Of Gen. Custer
has passed from the family. 1t was an
unpretentious dwelling, four-story
brownstone front, on East Seventy
eighth street, not far from Fifth ave
nne. and was lately sold to D. B. Freed
man by Mrs Elizabeth B. Custer, widow
of the famous general. Mrs. Custer lived
in the house until of late. The building
will be remodeled by it's new owner.
The will Of Edgar Duryea, the mil
liOnaire starch manufacturer, over which
there has been contest, has been for
mally declared valid by a jury in the
Duryea. who is helpless from broken
spine, the use Of the income of the es-
tate for two years, and if at the end
of that time he still lives the bulk Of
the estate goes to him absolutely. His
three sisters were the contestants.
Wilton Lackaye has signed contrac;
with Charles Frohman by which ne is to
create the leading role in ), Asgust! i!
to be produced the middle of November
by Charles Frohman at Wallack's the
alter. Mr.. Lackaye's character in this
play is somewhat similar in style to the
character that he created so successfully
at the same theater in Bronson Howards
'Aristocracy.'
There were great pickings for the
"water rats of the First ward the other
feast OF canned peas. tomatoes and corn
for some months to come. 1t was all due
to the sinking of lighter, which was
transporting about $4,000 worth of the
food from Baltimore steamer 10 the
Morgan & Mallory line steamers. The
cases Of goods floating in the river so
long that most of them were captured by
the habitucs Of the district.
There was much disappointment when
the Etruru arrived and twenty-One Eng
lish noblcmcn did not come ashore A
dispatch from Buffalo, appearing in the
evening newspapers, announced that they
were to come to visit the Pan-.Ameri
can exposition, and cutters from several
fashionable tailor shops were there to see
if there might be anything new in the
fashions of nobility of which they had
not heard. When they learned that the
expedition Of British aristovracy was not
on board they went away in sad mood.
gers the Duke Of Alba of Spain. He
rushed away to the Holland house. deny
ing himself to reporters and leaving his
baggage in charge of his valet He
comes here to see the yacht races.
Julia Marlowe has returned from Eu-
rope, bringing three plays and two dachs-
for Electra modern drama by the
Spanish playwright, Perez Galdos, and
poetical drama on biblical subject by
the English poet Stephen Phillips. Her
season will begin next week. and after
thrcc-months tour she will come to the
hnighthood Was in Flower" She will
produce H. V. Esmond's "Grierson's
Way" and Galaos' play, rcserving the
Stephen Phillips drama until next au-
tumn.
The smart set is preparing for the
show of the Ladies' Kennel Association
Square garden the week beginning De
cember Is. Classification for the pren-
I'm list has been completed by Mrs
James J. Kernochan, Mrs. f. l.. Evans
and Miss Bird. The prizes will be dis
tributed among 29O classes, ranging from
$15 for first. to IS for third, while there
will be "a classes confined to winners liz
the various divisions. Among the donors
are August Belmont, w. c. Whitney,
Winthrop Rutherford, H. B. Hollns, ST.,
J. p. Morgan, Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay.
Mrs. Kernochan, Dudley Winthrop and
II. H. Hunnewell, Jr. In all $4,000 in
money will be given in prizes, including
best of each variety. 1t promises to be
a great week for the bow-wows.
Henry Siegel has sold his interest in
the Siegel- Cooper company's- big New
York business to B. J: Green
Mr.: Siegel is to retire from the
active management of the business and
Mr.. Greenhut is to take on himself the
management of the big store in Sixth
avenue. The. sale is said to have been
made at price of about $500 for each
500 share. There will be no change in
the business. Under the old name and at
the old store the firm will continue. The
change in management will not take place
until January. Mr.. Siegel still retains
hundreds Of shares Of the firms stock.
and probably will never be ASSOCIATED
from it as an adviser: He owns a con-
trolling interest in the $6OOO,OOO fire.
proof building used by the concern, and
this. too, he retains. The stock Of mer-
chandise on hand is said to be worth
$2,OOO,OOO.
Carl Berger, proprietor of Bellevue
lodge, Newport r. l.. and of an estab-
lishment at West Thirty-sixth street
has options on three large sites just cas-!