Some of the Insurance Companies have a
special clause against suicides, but it is the
opinion of some of the ablest lawyers-that
if Mr. Weatherspoon's temporary insanity
can be established, the companies will all
be compelled to pay. The only wonder is
that the affair could be kept so quiet for
two weeks, and altliugh the suicide was
discovered by his daughter-two of his*
younger children never suspected the cause
of their father's death.
Walking up Broadway the other day I o
served that they were progressing very
rapidly with the new addition to the steeple
of Grace Church. It is the pointed portion
above the belfry, and rises to the height of
about one hundred feet above the bells.
Though beautifully carved and fretted, in
its present state it is on unsightly addition.
