Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-02
Washington Letter.
General sherman and His Daughter,
Miss Eliic-Thc DOOr.sec3er-SDrin-
Weathcr-Sfrawbe MISUNDERSTANDING "
bIes-Vyasiington
Ctrccts. Etc.
WASHINGTON, y. c.. April 10. 1873

. WASHINGTON, y. c., April 10, 1873.
: To the Editor Of TIE 4caat Cc'rter:
e General Sherman boards at the Ebbi;t
| House. That hotel is. in fact. the head.
: quartz rs of army and navy officers here
Tie Generals wife has gone to her home
5 in IT. Louis. and i!e is at liberty 10 enjoy
the theatre, 3nnl dances. and so on. to
, his hearts crn.ent. He is the g3yest and
! nos: frivolous of iacn. socially. One could
not believe il to sec Linn at n business. He
is wizzened and why. li;,i1 man and
wrlnkled. Ti>e ot!cv night at tic minstrel
performance Of CamcrOSs and Diycy's
troupe, Lotta-whO had Just finished an
engagement lerc-sat will, him in his pri-
va'c box. His daughter Ellenor. Miss
Ellie, - as she is calit,i, is tie only member
OF his family now in Washington. Her
associatcs constitute such society as tic
General is fond Cf. Miss Ellie graduated
+ ON the Convent Of the Visitation. in
Georgetown. year ago. She is quite
prctty-lias soft brown hair which she
wears very plainly arranged, bri g,t eyes
and clear complexion. She is bright and
gay and. Ike her fither III her fontlness OF
amuscincnts, but although she treGlcn.s
balls and joins in the dancing, she has never
gone contrary to her mothers commands |
in the matter OF rounl dances. Her father
has frequently urged her to 90 so, but al
their children appear 10 loo., upon Mrs.
sherman as Il sor; Of female Pope.
The noorhcepcr business occupied Con-
sIess the latter part Of tie past week and
VIII come up again to-day. Polk has lost
his political head and the prospect is now
that General Field, OF Georgia, viil occupy
his position. Butler wants Gea'i Shields
for the office. but as the House has Dem
ocraiic minority their candidate has the
best prospects.
We are bavin" most delightful spring
novelty for Washington. We ;
are usually r'un rcd from the raw. wet. ,
windy season tiIat constitutes o.r winter.
'ato intensely "Ar!n summer. But real
sprul" has been here for ;,rce weeks. We
have had !,i!n!y Glys. yo:t Eepllyls. bna- :,
lin" leaves blossoms and Ill. Strawberries ;,
laVe bccD in Ike markets for two or three.
$ acris selling 1T Si-@i s.ar basket. The
'asEeis pretend to hold Il quart but scarce
Y exceed pint. By and by We can buy =
iN quarts for > cents. with which pros y
,ecti|e we are quite content to "bide Il wee :
or oar Strawberries. IL
Tie markets abound now also in othc" i
creen st:i'lS. many cf Which, however. arc
o forco,i III lighthouses az 10 have little !
3vor or substance. The radses are ii
1atcfy. Tie cucnn.bers woody and other Il
al1'ls ii:nSy. There is, il reality. but W
tile satisfaction TO be gotten from fruit d
ut of scaso;l.
As for the city, tits dliglitfnl at this C;
n"son. Washington is not what it was n,
oZcn years ago. Then it was ow.i!-payed. 0!
'n'liy. and dismal; now it is in very truth IL
city OF magnificent distances. which dis IL
'nces mean wide streets smoothly paved. Il
amerous and wc!i-llept parks. plenty of
,om for everybody aud everything. TO :,
ne who q decade ago 'taliet! in the even l.,
z through New York Avenue at its con :,
l'ence with its rectangular streets, and -,
Nv the adjacent Loalses md lamp posts -.
Elected in the standing pools Of mud and 81
ater, the condition to-day Of the Capital .,
oronghfales is something marvellous. No 70
~ in the land is so well paved. All the
'incipal streets are graded high and laid
it'll aspilalt,Um as smooth as ball room VI
Dor. 1t may rain hard for two hours ev- ce
y night and the next morning a lady in no
nnorS con c,ocs tba stroats .,,,uboro af,
yshod. ADAMS. We