The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20


1t has also been suggested to construct
and furnish dwellings for the various
delegations, to be each occupied by the
Senators and members of the respective
States after the fashion of the foreign
embassies.
OEFICE-SEEKERS AND HAND-SHAKERS.
There has been a slight falling off in
the number of office-seekers and hand
shakers lately, but the White Houseye
terday was unusually crowded with
them. Among the names that were
sent in, that of Hayes was noticeable
for its frequency, the owners Of it being
determined apparently to get an answer
to the old conundrum, "What's in a
name?" The lady visitors were con-
spicuously numerous, yet, after waiting
for hours in the ante-rooms, they con-
cluded there was no chance for an inter-
view and dispersed.
wAsHINGToN's NATIoNALITIEs.
1t is noticeable and somewhat anus
ing to observe the different and numer-
Gus nationalities of Washington. Seated
in theater or some other public resort,
a stranger may see on one side the CHS
eled features, pearly compilations, and
stylish bearing of the aristocratic Amer
ican bellies, near her some pompous Of
fetal, and in another direction, side by
side, a portly Dutchman and olive
skinned, ,almond-eyed Jap. A red-haired
son of Erin, beautiful quadroon and a
woolly-headed Ethiopian are not far of,
while Indian blood is quite manifest in
many surrounding faces. Probably
there is no city in the Union, save New
York, where there is as much of the
cosmopolitan as here. The foreign en-
bassies bring US every shade of national
ity, from the painted, feathered, and
blanketed Indian up through all grades
of enlightenment and civilization.
DISTRICT NOTES.
John Ditty, who came here from
Michigan with the determination to
marry a widowed clerk in the Treasury
named Storer, and shot her because she
refused, was tried and acquitted yester-
day under the insanity plea. Mrs.
Storer's. life was saved by the ball strik-
ing one of the steels in her corsets.
Ditty has wife and family in Michi-
gan, and is undoubtedly insane. He
has been sent to the lunatic asylum,
where it is to be hoped he will be re-
tained. We have had the Weldon
Goodman matter on hand for years
First, Goodman shot Weldon, and when
the latter recovered from his daugerou:
wounds, he returned the compliment by
shooting Goodman, who, when conval'
escent, tried again to kill Weldon
Both were put under arrest and thi:
week were convicted. But while the
Court was preparing to sentence both tt
the penitentiary, Goodman deliberately
walked out of the Courthouse and dis
appeared. The police, as usual, were
not there, but are now doing gallan
duty trying to find him. A few day
since, some scoundrel enticed young
lady of fifteen, from Baltimore, to &C
company him here, under the pretenc,
of taking her to Alexandria, Va, a
governess for his children. He found {
pretext to detain her over night in on
of our hotels, where he brutally out
ragged her under threats and promises
The matter as laid before the GRAM
Jury is sickening in its details. An in
dictment was found, and if the villai
can be found, he will receive punish
ment to the full extent of the law.
FELIX.
Washington, D. c., March 80, 1877.