The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON LETTER.
Great improvements In The
White HOuse-The Presidents
Trip 10 New York-POlitics or
Something Else-GrOWtl Of the
National Capital.
[From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 9th, 1881.
For the next four weeks, Washing.
ton will devote herself almost entire
ly to fixing" for the session. The
President has gone to New York;
some say to vote; others say for pur-
pose romantic and matrimonial
One thing is certain; he cannot vote,
for he has failed to register, but who
will say he cannot get married. OF
course the elaborate fixing" that is
going on at the White House, new
carpets, frescoing, furniture uphol-
stored in old gold, regilding, and 9TH
er exquisite details Of Identification,
may have nothing to do with per-
manent female occupant. But the
personal interest taken by the Pres.
ident in the new installation of the
old mansion would seem, at least, to
indicate that he knows something
about rural decoration, and the msthet-
ic be6tments Of the home of, Of
well let us say the Executive of a
great nation. Perhaps he will live
alone for three years and four months
in these splendid halls and luxuri-
Gus boudoirs, but it is the most inap-
propriate care for an anchorite that
Satan ever invented. Furniture has
been ordered from New York, and it
is expected that everything will be
completed, and the mansion ready for
occupancy, by the Goth inst. The
East Room, with which visitors to
the Capital are most familiar, will
be re-furnished throughout, and the
wood work will be carved in modern
and elegant designs.
All the Government Departments
are being reprinted and placed in
proper condition for the winter
But is not the Government alone
that is laboring to improve the Ma.
tional seat of government, aud pre-.
pare it for the thousands of visitors
who come every winter to spend a
few days, or a few months, in Wash
ington, to engage in its fashionable
gayeties; to view its historic and arch
itectural monuments; to see its art
collections, and, especially, to hear,
in the two legislative halls of the
Capitol some men who, though liv-
Ing, are historic. Such are the pow
er and facilities of the press that
men and history are given Us it we're,
by instantaneous photography, to
dwellers in hamlets, and our public
men may see the judgment of pos.
terlty in the criticism, or the praise
reflected from the factory, the farm
house, and the miners camp. To
return from this digression-I be.
gan to write something about the
private improvements and the growth
OF the city. Real estate agents say
that such activity has not been
known here for several years. There
are at this time fewer houses vacant
than ever before, and all houses sit.
uated in desirable localities are read.
lily rented at prices ranging from five
to ten per cent, in advance of the
prices current last year. The class
OF houses sought, too, are of higher
order than those in demand last sea.
son. The northwest section of the
city seems to lead, though in George.
town and on Capitol Hill the demand
is steady and the prices little in
advance of last year. So great is
the demand for residences in the
northwest section that manv. still
uncompleted, care already rented
During the past year larger mum.
Der of substantial dwellings have
been erected than in any season for
years. The outlook for building next
season is bright, and argues we'll for
the advancement of the Capitol Of
country. C. A. s.
Chas. Eayre Hinkle, Jersey CITY
Heights, N, j., reports that his son,
lad of twelve years, was complete.
ly cured of a terrible case of Eczema
by the Cuticura remedies. From his
head to his feet was one mass Of
scabs.