Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-25
Washington Letter.
Wedding ON the Tapis-Ex cite memt-
Presidents WivcS-Mrs. LfncOln's
Manfa-Silvcr Dollars-Dr. Mary
Walkcr-PeacheS-W
Etc, Etc.

NAoiiNHION. ~ u. Apfil ). 1919.
To The Editor Of tie Arant Courier:
Mrs. Haye. i. still in Ohio where the
President will join her this week. They
are to attend the wedding of daughter OF
one of Mrs. lIayes's school friends. The
bride to be is Il sister to the baby. ..Lucy
Webb Heron" who was christened at the
W htc House on the occasion of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayes silver wedding. The pros
pectlve groom is brother to the lady who
married the Prince de Lynor of Germany.
a few years ago. The P.ince received a
dowry of 100000 with his bride. but he
has separated her absolutely from her fam
lily and will not even allow her to see her
mother who is now in Europe.
a wild rllmor WAS rampant here. one
evening last week. of the sudden death of
Carl SchurZ. Secretary of the Interior. He
was confined to his house at the time with
neuralgia, and nobody knew how the re-
port started, but newsboys were crying his
death from neuralgia of the heart, and
quite an excitement prevailed in the streets
over it until it was found to be an error.
The President. in private conversation |
recently. fell to plying the ''poor Presi- |
dents wives" of the past. because they
were expected to return all visits made to
them; but he was promptly remind ID that
that was in the days before Madison. when
Executives ladies did not receive such Il
very vast number of callers as they do
now. Either Presidents wives do not feel
the burdens of State rs much as their hus-
10 or they have greater powers of endur-
NICE. for see how they outlivc them. GcnI
Grant is orr only living ex-President.
while there are quite Il number of their
Tyler. Mrs. Polk. Mrs. Lin
'Oln and one or two others.
BY the way. it is said that Mrs. Lincoln's !
mania follows her abroad as well as at d
lone. She lives in Europe very secluded
'ut requires constant watching. Her in
anity consists mainly in a propensity to :
purchase innumcrable articles. for which
he has neither use nor money to pay. c.
The new silver dollars are getting to be
ute thick here. Everybody is putting n
ne by as souvcnier and sending others
II TO friends for kecpSakes. Many thous-
nds are being sold at the Treasury for
old. The California mint is ready to be-
in coming. with capacity for turning :.
ut S2.500000 per month. g" q,
DR.. Mary Walker wants pension. Poor be
ing! She is always wanting and never
ceiving. Always fighting and never
lining the battle. People hate her and Al
suit her because she wears half manish u
othes. Men jeer at her and women turn -
e cold shoulder to her. She is vehement, Il
'ld, violent. She holds regular dis
argc from the army where she served as
rise on fields and in hospit Is. but she
olTld sooner get the pension she wants if
e wore trailing skirts and plead and cried
stead of fighting and scolding. There is
c other woman, of New York. who has u
certificate OF discharge from a Rhode
and regiment in which she served three
'nths. She enlisted in mems clothes
i was in her husbands regiment. Both
lie iii the Bull Run battle, and 81 G only %.
the service when her husband was Il
unded at Newbein.
he weather is delightfully."- sprins-like.
the two cold days and nights thai we IN,
last week. it is feared. will do much
nagc-cspecially to the peach crop. for
trees were in full bud. The parks show
nipping. The bright new clover and Z
der green willow leaves were cruelty -
en- and have changed from light emcl-
color to rusty black. But peaches are
ny. and some years when the blossoms N
been frosted quite severely the crop -
not been reduced. In 1879. when the
s We're in full bloom a frosty sleet came
n them, blackening and apparently
ng them, but that year there wis an a.
sually large crop Of peaches. III
ADAMS hi