The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-17

is Of interest: The report Is CltaF anu
concise, and reveals condition OF things
lar from creditable or satisfactory, so fur us
the arrangements OF pipe, location or iiX-
lures and means OF ventilation are con
cerncd. Yet it is no worse than was the
condition OF Marlborough House and other
prominent public buildings examined in
England. The blame rests with Congress,
who, by their niggardly appropriations,
have made It impossible to correct the
blunders that for several years have been
apparent to those who have been Ga-
miliar with the White House, but
who could not secure the necessary
funds to defray the expenses OF remedy,
ing them. 1t would seem that il required
some great calamity to draw public @tten-
ton to the White House, and to suggest to
many minds that Mrs. Gartields illness
and the Presidents lingering suffering
might be due to some extent to the defects
in the building. 1t now seems, however,
that public opinion will insist on voting
the money to make our Executive Mansion
at least reasonably safe to live in, thewlth-
holding Of which seems TO he the only
reason for the existence Of the antiquated
a nd defective system Of drainage there pre-
yaiing. Until it is pulled ont aud entirely
reconstructed, the White House will be
behind our better clNss New York tcnc.
mcnt houses in this important particular
NOTES AND PERSONALITIES.
Senator Voorhees, has gonetO New York.
Secretary Blaine gave M elaborate din.
ncr to the foreign guests today.
A Cleveland penitent sent $50 to the
Treasury Conscience Fund TO day.
Colonel Bob Ingcrsoll goes to Mexico to
speculate in mines for fortnight.
Ex-senator Wallace aud family will, us
usual, spend the winter in Washington
Postmustcr.i General james left for New
York last night. lie will return on Mon
day next
The new home Of Secretary Blaine, on =
street, near Stewart Castle, is fast approach
ing completion.
Mr.. J. Stanley Brown is on u short visit
to New York, in connection with the fund
for Mrs, Garfield,
The Democrats will hold Il caucus Mon.
Gay, to decide whether or no TO try aud
elect Secretary Of thrirown political faith
It is said that the only puris.made gown
on the Supreme Bench is that Of Justice
Miller who had it made there about two
years AgO.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Malone will
insist on the election Of the Republican
t, ,(uclls candidates nominated for Senate
offices lust spring.
Senator Camden, Of West Virginia, will
with his family, occupy the RGverly john
son house, adjoining the Arlington, during
the coming winter.
Chief Justice Waite will shortly be join.
cd by Miss Waite, his daughter, who is
now visiting in Boston. Mrs. Waite, who
is in New York, will arrive here some
weeks later.
The health Of Mrs 'ryncr, wife of the
First Assistant Postmaster General, has
and she is expected to return
with her husband to Washington early in
the coming week.
The President has nominated Septimus
J. llama, Of Colorado, Register Of the
Land Office, ut LcAdvilc, Colorado. y.
Newton Thompson, Attorney Of the Uni.
ted States, for the Western District OF
Louisiana.
Mrs. Senator Warner Miller, wife Of the
New York Senator, first met her husband
in Central New York at II Teachers Insti-
tutc. She inClinCs to stOutnCsS in figure,
has very fine eyes and smile, and m in
tclIigent thoughtful face and manner.
After II nights rest OF only four hours,
Wednesday, President Arthur on tho day
following was so bclcHgucrCd with import.
ant callers that he could not finish his
breakfast until 1880 p. Nj, and after that ev.
cry hour was mortgagcd until II ut night.
The new mansion Of Secretary Window,
on the corner OF Massachusetts avenue and
Sixteenth street, has been finished as fur
as the brick work is concerned. This
structure contains some Of the pretticst
nnd decorative brick work ever
seen in Washington.