The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-03
STRAY TOPICS FROM
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK

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Aristocratic circles of Gotham are
all in fiutter of excitement over
most shocking occurrence. The
other day the Princess Lwoff Parla-
ghy, the distinguished portrait
painter, who. with her retinue, oc-
cupies the suite of twelve rooms at
the Plaza, was the cause of mos,
serious affront to the Duchess Of
Manchester, who also occupies a
suite at the same hotel. OF course,
there is a story to that occurrence,
but it is by no means so sensational
as the busy scandalmongers of the
elite would like to make it. When
the princess came to the Plaza last
fall she brought with her, besides
a small army of servants and a ship
load of trunks, her pet dog. AS the
rules of the hotel do not permit
dogs to be taken in the elevators,
the princess requested that one Of
! the elevators be set aside for her
ex lusive use. Her request was
granted and ever since that time
one of the elevators was reserved
for the exclusive use of the princess,
her dog and her servants. The 9TH
er day the princess had just returned
from ride in the park and stepped
into her special elevator to have
herself and her dog taken to the sec
ond floor. Just then the Duchess 81
Manchester, whose suite is on the
third floor attempted to board the
! lift, but the sliding door was shut in
her face. The duchess took another
lift, and Immediately telephoned to
the manager, complaining of the
rude treatment accorded her. The
situation was explained to her and
that ended the matter for everybody
but the gossips.
Lieut.. Edmund Blaney, in charge
of the Atlantic avenue police station
Brooklyn, proved himself Spartan
like father the other day when he
caused his own son to be locked up
on the charge of disorderly conduct
Young Blaney was engaged in a
fight with another young man when
he was arrested by. an officer. Not
withstanding his protests, young La
ney was taken to the station, where
his father was at the desk. Lieut.
Blaney depressed his emotions and
sfernly took the pedigree of the
prisoner and entered it in the re.
cords. Then he ordered the prison.
er searched and locked in a cell
Lieutenant Blaney has been OH
police force for many years and bears
an excellent record.
George Liable, three feet high,
who belongs to the company OF
midgets playing at the hoppodrome,
appeared as complainant in the mu-
nicipal court the other day against
the manager of his company, a man
of more than six feet and board in
proportion. The scene looked like
modernized parody on the David
Goliath incident. OF biblical fame.
The suit was about some money mat.
tiers, and was adjourned to arrange a
settlement. That was the long and
the short of it.
There was man in the little town
of Midtown, in New Jersey, who has
/ gone about as far in anticipating his
death has any man can go without
committing suicide or dying a ma
tural death. The man is a grand
army veteran and in comfortable cir.
cumstances. Some years ago he pur-
chased lot in the cemetery of his
town and every years since that time
on Memorial day, he has been in the
habit of decorating his prospective
grave and planting little American
flag upon it. He also had tomb
stone, properly inscribed put on his
grave and only the date of his
death needs to be filled in to make
it complete. A few days ago he
bought metal coffin in which he
expects to be buried. On next Me-
mortal day he intends to have his
picture taken, decorating his own
grave. There is grim humor in
the mans doings.
There is mortgage of fifteen hun
dred dollars upon the rectory Of
Christ church, Williamsburg, and to
remove the incumbrance, the pastor