New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ery popular socially, and is a member of the Brooklyn Club. CHARLES I. SCHAMPAIN. Charles I. Schampain, of the New York bar, was born inthe Metropolis in 1852, and comes of good German-Ameri-can descent. His uncle. Professor Ollendorff, is the authorof a celebrated system of grammars for all languages, whichis in extensive use throughout the schools of America andEurope. Charles 1. was orphaned at the tender age of fif-teen months, at New Orleans, and was sent to New Yorkby an uncle a few weeks after the death of his parents
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ery popular socially, and is a member of the Brooklyn Club. CHARLES I. SCHAMPAIN. Charles I. Schampain, of the New York bar, was born inthe Metropolis in 1852, and comes of good German-Ameri-can descent. His uncle. Professor Ollendorff, is the authorof a celebrated system of grammars for all languages, whichis in extensive use throughout the schools of America andEurope. Charles 1. was orphaned at the tender age of fif-teen months, at New Orleans, and was sent to New Yorkby an uncle a few weeks after the death of his parents. Hewas adopted by an aunt and uncle in this city, where he at-tended the public schools until he reached the First Gram-mar School, when his adopted parents removed to Ohio,where he finished his studies in the educational institutionsof Cincinnati. In 1866 he returned to New York, and in1867 commenced the study of law in the office of Horatio , afterwards Averill, Allison &: Averill. His admis-sion to the bar took place in November, 1873, and he imme-. CHARLES I. SCHAMPAIN. diately began the practice of his profession, devoted hisattention to civil matters, and made a specialty of litigatedcases and real estate causes, to which departments of thelaw he now directs his practice exclusively. Through hisability, close application to business and honorable pro-fessional methods he has not only gained success, but alsowon an enviable position in legal circles, where he enjoysthe respect of both bench and bar. His clientele is derivedfrom an influential class of real estate, business men, andlarge property owners, who place every confidence in hisability to prosecute or defend their claims. In February,1886, Mr. Schampain got out an injunction restraining theSinking Fund Commissioners from entering contractswith the New York Water Company for the erection ofwater pumps in the drygoods and other districts. Heclaimed that it was a scheme for enriching private partiesand corru
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