New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . egal affairs of the Van-derbilts, which, with the interests of Jay Gould they alsohad charge of, constituted the largest railroad business doneby any New York law firm. When Judge Robinson died, Mr. Miles Beach wasappointed by Governor Robinson to fill the vacancycaused thereby on the bench of the Court of Common ICATON. 4 X/Jir YORK, THE METROPOLIS. Pleas, and in tiic autvinin following was elected to tiie sameposition. His opponents were the present Recorder Smytheand Elihu Root. Since then Judge Beach has been identi-fied


New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . egal affairs of the Van-derbilts, which, with the interests of Jay Gould they alsohad charge of, constituted the largest railroad business doneby any New York law firm. When Judge Robinson died, Mr. Miles Beach wasappointed by Governor Robinson to fill the vacancycaused thereby on the bench of the Court of Common ICATON. 4 X/Jir YORK, THE METROPOLIS. Pleas, and in tiic autvinin following was elected to tiie sameposition. His opponents were the present Recorder Smytheand Elihu Root. Since then Judge Beach has been identi-fied with the Supreme Court, each succeeding Governorappointing him to do duty there. ., New York is proud of Judge Beach. Besides being anornament to her bench he is one of her most distinguishedcitizens, stately, without being pomjious, and, while firmlyupholding the dignity of the bench, one of the most sociablemen to be found in the clubs. He is a man of finescholastic attainments and a connoisseur in art andliterature, which factors to our civilization he would go. MILES BEACH. far out of his way to encourage and foster. .\ leadingRe])ublican newspaper, speaking of him, says : Of his i)rominent characteristics absolute iniperturl>a-bility is most salient. There is no lawyer living whoever saw Judge Beach lose his remarkable repose ofmanner, or who ever saw him disturbed, or rattled, asthe vernacular has it, by the most involved or incomprehen-sible argument. The Judge is a tall man, who looks much younger thanhis age. After leaving court he walks all the way uptown,to the Union or Manhattan Club, of both of which he is amember, ajjjjcaring as cool as if he had not finished manyhours of hard work. JOSEPH E. JANVRIN, K. Janvrin, )., one of New \orks distinguishedphysicians, was born in Kxetcr, New Ham|)shirc, on January13, 1839. His parents were Joseph Adams Janvrin andI-ydia Colcord Janvrin. He is a graduate of Ihilli])s At a-demy, Exeter. Soon after leaving


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