Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1895 — A $10,000 OVERCOAT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A $10,000 OVERCOAT.

(t Will Be Worn by General Torrence, of Chicago. General Joseph T. Torrence, the Chicago elevated railway king, of whose expenditures for the pleasures and luxuries of life much has been written, has again distinguished himself by purchasing a SIO,OOO overcoat. The general attracted widespread attention in Chicago by his indulgence in coaches and fonr-in-kands of various types. Of these he secured the finest collection in the United States, and it is doubtful if it can be surpassed abroad. In ten fears he has spent a sum exeeeding SIOO,OOO on coaches, traps, drags, brakes and other tine specimens of the r-arriagemakcr’s art. In general outline the SIO,OOO dainty is in the shape of a long ulster, made of Canadian buckskin cloth and reach-

ing from the heels up to the head. It will be of black and perfectly plain, except for the collar, which will be made of sable. Inside the coat is lined with the eighty skins which run its cost up to a moderate-sized fortune.

GENERAL JOSEPH T. TORRENCE.