The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-29
tnIncidcnt I'm Chamberiain's Wash-
in.fon Clubhouse.

Washington Letter the Pittsburgh Leader.
To switch of from politics may per-
hans be an agreeable change. The sub
irct now on deck Is an incident that "c-
yurrcd ut John Chamberlain clubhouse
gambling hell) the other evening.
And. 10y the way, this house Is doing IT
smashing business. Money by the
thousands changes hands there every
night. A prominent politician, General
-, dropped $ll, 500 upon the rou-
lcttc-tablc the other evening without re-
ceiving any return. | know one prom
iSing Young Congressman who Is per
frctly infatuated with roulette. He
loses all his salary there, and besides Is
much as he can borrow. II the fool
killer could only visit Chamberlain :
some night he would find rich harvest.
But to the incident. There is Il young
Polish Jew about town, Il chcruijcr n IN.
Gil,,yic by profession. He Is one Of the
most frightful bores that ever walked hi,
hlighting presence upon this groen earth.
He comes npon YOU with all the hidcous-
ness of nightmare, and weighs down
upnn Won with rCmOrsclcS> CgOtlSn and
an utter absence Of tact that would war
rant his murder if an intelligent enough
Jury could aftcrward be- found to apprr-
cialc and try the case. Til, individual
affects the deeply mysterious about him.
self. aud once when very drunk burst
into bitter tears as he confessed himself
the long lost and last heir of the royal
family of Poland Well, shall call him
Poland for the purposes of tins incident.
Poland is wel!-known nuisance in
Washington. He fastens himself upon
well.kuown men, and effects AN intimacy
that must tempt them ut times ITO kind
q lift him piece with their boots. But
the average lawful dignity of great men
has hitherto prevented any dire catastro-
/ phc 10 thi, tuft- hunting bore.
The other night Poland was up at
I Chamberlain it is favorite Resort Of
his. Here he finds plenty Of fine liquors,
cigars, lunches and good supper lie
/ does Justice to them ali, | assure You.
Upon this night Poland had added his
head with champagne, until he was capa-
blc Of accomplishing unheard of fcats of
intimacy with great men. lie wandered
about. Boosting to every one he knew of
the many great men of Washington who
rcpo,cd on the bosom Of his friendship
whenever they were weary.
suddenly there was heard cry Of
lighting in one OF the rear parlors. Gen
rral Blank, u wealthy man, well known
in social circles here, Wa, engaged in a
fierce alteration with one of tie propri-
ctors. He had Just lost S5,0OOat roulette,
, and a. h. was very drunk, hr had be-
come rightiug-mad about hi loss. He Is
u very large. powerful man, and he
lungcd about in fearful manner. just
previous To thi, hrawl, Poland had been
/ boastEg Of his intimacy with General
Blank
. Come said one of his listeners "thrrc
Is your friend in trouble. (ou had bet
ter gct him home some way
Poland saw a chance to make capital
/ for himself, and rs General Blank wa-
very drunk h. thought he might have
an easy task of it.
He went boldly up to the General, and
putting his arm around him protcctingly,
said: Come home with me- General;
vou have been here long enough
| lt NfHtIdl' l'l I'ltN' I"N'' "i Z"
hand the size and weight Of a ham, and
brought it down with resembling slap
upon Polauds jaws, nearly looscning
every tooth in his head. The slap was a
loud "a the report of Il pistol.
Poland is Il terrible man to contcm-
/ place when i'm wrath. His faculties are
all paralyzcd but one. y naughty glare
in his eyes alone remains. No one can
slap Pollard in the face and feel after
ward AN immunity from this glare He
rested this look several moments upon
the General, but he was too much occu-
pied with his brawl to pay any attention
t. the Soul.devastating hook of Poland
Poland gazcd at him five minutes, and
then turning to gentleman Standing
bv said did YOU see my friend strike
me? He is very drunk
The gentleman sand: "No; | was out
on the street at the time, several blocks
away. but | heard him strike YOU
What would You do about i.?' said
| Poland
"Why, | would write note to the
General, saying briefly and c"idly, that II
/ he should slap me like that again, and |
should find it out, that | would make him
prove it.
Poland became lost in the contcmpa-
ton ofthis, but he came out of his study
and lost his chagrin at the cheerful notes
of supper is ready, gentlemen
Weights and Measures.