, 1881-02-16
LIFE IN WASHINGTON.

| rArty-HcerctHry HI,cr1alntlsx lGrccrlton
Army md Navy vyGcrninn-Ls,nch G 1'mr-
tlc"-tf -tfcttlcafsun,n-A'arty ut tho OBJ
servntory-1frn. Hayes It'll New York.
| Reception Mt thu yTfitn Iaoukc-Nn-
tlohHl hfbrMry LobbyinE-Gol. Tom
WOrfEtMEtoN-Vctcrn Of Mexico
Order oftlle Corne .Hl-SonN of Malta
Noted ErcclnMxotsn-%En{lkcr Picture
Art Exlafbltfoh-11entlt's DotnEs-A
Wedding on.
Special Correspondence o} The Chicago Trio,.ne.
WAsltESGToS, d. c., Fcl,. 13.~-A few years
encc. When lluss sIicphcrl hnd flushed spending
AbHut $t.00O0C0 I'll KrntliNg, pnvtnB, ecwcrinK,
mid othorwlso ndornIng this metropolis, Il
fnnKcc journalist proposed that Us nfc, moro
money bo expended III ,nGk!b9 Washington III
American Fc,lcu. To to this 1t would hnvo
been necessary to oxcnyhte tho ru,,dwnys Of tho
Mvenucs and streets somo eight or tcn feet. ni,d
With tho carth removed 10 hav.. dnn,ncd tho
lutntlinc ut tho Observatory, thus turning lilo
river through tho network OF cannls. lidicl1.
ln'ls as wns tho fdeu It was partially rcalizcd
yesterday. whrn Pennsylvania avenue WIS sf1b-
merged for Hcvornt blocks, md people were fer
rlcd nbnnt III bnats. Tho water cu,no into tho
liotse-c,rs. forcing tho passengers to twist On
their scats. mud empty boxes, barrels, nnd bns-
kots wcrc floatfng nbunt with tho Ice and drift
wood. Tho ccilars n1d basem1nls were tloofed,
mud business IN tho Inundated qltnrtcrs was
necessarily suspended. In tho Market tho wntcr
"as "et's tout 1cet "eep' o"t TUG Dltelefs nilti
httekstcrs took possession Of n Erand stand
erected lii trout OF II for tho Inauguration, md
sold suutlny dinners ut II slghtldvnnce In prlcp.
TIFF MALI.
which Ia n reservation reaching from Cuptol
lin 10 the Iototnnc LII tho ie,lr Of tho White
1lpnsc. wns completely inundated. Tho sewer
which llns taken tho plnec Of wIlnt WIS called
VIII, ~, 1 " r, OF to %ater
lfph follr to six tcet leel' Scolt's Of houses
the Iotp!c Garden was cnnvt.r,e ts, tnts,, a.,, IN
i"sn ,ant,,s. , liairu ~ pfGehMnE cNfll
~" hhns, M .uu ~ ~ .i Wnsne oA!i nho
Tgtls0u md tic census oiices hmyc haI thair
fires put ont. Tho most InlpOsjnx scpnu how
ever, Is put
THE LITTLE rAtts
or tbo po,omnr ~" ,,,,;ns n,u,,.,, III, ate, ,,,,
;hH gSett rScr fc.cSs Is ,way through SPUR ot tto
rat"Sf trty m,us NJ n,'r u ses 6 ,h ow @r ~ ne
Il t. 5; ~ 7; q; & ~ St %%rsnss: $ie e. i
M.3 H. ~ M anE ssna , fns III iGw es mbnsu
presentaa ,;o,t xtraordnnfynppearun thu;
th,s ~" ~, nsS NJ M tao inpnIses OF
pors Of te @ % ' ns eorxs.ow its st,Ws
jumtme,t u;a!.ist tiem,s IIt tho wsctien nnrtIs,a
Of the Long llrl.l4o which connects Washington
with the virRlnn shire went by tho buurtl. Un-
Gfn S Gw s Sny t tne 4sH wss re- re-
cretons are forming tiutR from which tho high
WATER forccs foul Euscs III, through the spwcEB,
r,1l co,:yr,Sf ~
of ft,are,1 md Arthur bas i,crp ,to aren't ., I'm
vs.. nHu @ ~ nr.no 's0sn ircsiy now TINT It. y
;p ccfcn.pV. and tos VIM ~ terGo wrr mt NJ whsa nit" ~
s.sts n III H. HIn,,. t"ey nnffenoroa e. t9otr
1eeN as cr"d TO .a.e ta1 nin, MI " usGTy r. IT, n
,sI1 psrlG1i c' c"kng while tug a''scGt sna,sn;
Exst o IssS ISsSy, y,"wo1 M xe ,ns tn n
n H. Viii, ~ t .sIi s Tx amu I'LL sWMrtms. eau!o
.ucs. OF Scy,Itlu Will. iinn III" all nl,,r,sus
l,nkeA aa.l, Tor thu md of their long CouHrcs.
| s!onal careers ,iraws nigh.
,.o. ,o,n,ao,, !. m,A1St., :; ,I. or NAME,
was ae,f ~ Ss y ra's a no @ y m t.Mck Of eGt
SssMiSG srSs, %stS t;,, ~tGnn ot
!t . s' Mu Ms' M1s. ,asss, ssSs Satfi. Sf iiii
"ss,,p!;r;' seas I" t,o gallery hcti!u hsr t.
] nun khn II; "l,ilD Sclintnr aluDoIhlu ana hls
Mn'ah!sed. tl'ss'nly nrc vt lovnXy to.
!htlirG! ~ they inilyhtl ut tho bln,itlcrs Of
tafn'lh af'u Ia"r'n"'i "Ia tho'r c'leok-lists
,xas given y, Mr: M K.os: tho ceutro,'cr OF tho
EMIr.'ics, 'ail'l lts wife, M Mnu1ny pEen!ng,
rni wns' yas a. ,y ts,, ,x. , e tsr .F
Il hIrHt prDl%rt} III Il hAttGr III tho tlMya wttGtl
| every Congressman A1lnrtetl II heNycr hut, Tile
prrforncrs were Mrs: K,,,f. whn y iii excellent
porfDrlnrr IN thu pINnN; Mrs. Eat,,E, " pra-
ftssIonal church vt,cnlist; Hr. TM!tit, u tun0r
frHh Sow York: nni! tho tll,ghttrs nf lutlgu
at.i,'s; n.no NHltet'lN NNp lhlftlKeso Nlnistrr],
sn",.r nrtniTni.. n;th,r, ,t t!cn. ~ ~ ~ GWutse;
f.,r n t'.i '"t,i mn ,iS,t rsa @ i! iG M!h'n4.t ~
im,sc VAN inc III, nj lin s,inr XIV y a,,,o Mo
fns IiI,i wn,n ,vt,ttn ~ sit,, ;r t & ou.'l
t"n smtt,, s.I,t,at ,,l !. .,,,rt t", t uHGr
Mrs iIuyis ~ tniIu1.i1t, wr .u"I. aM,iI, ..t
t,n., an., tt, s.I" ny: MNlu T. et!! oEtttat
if snfi., lin :irss wi - thsars tnn Wnso
.1,s,..,". .', -. ~" o'et"9css'
HEC'l"T.AEf sltEitMASS NEW HOUSE
was tllr1wn npcn OF! tho enr,c uvpnlnu for tho
tlrst 1T four receptions which nrn to DO niu,n
there. 1t IL r0tlEiy, Hu admirably lltlut,tc1 fur
@ @ehtotsatlnN Wnl'o no 20" i!!tttt'Fu ulil ur-
iany. Mrs, shnrnmt, W,,ro ~ "sss .iscsa ~ y @ 1t!-
ina NH" mr ,s,na Man vi IVY s"s,t unu polht
s"vi wi,I M,r WIZ, " ,y1,i,n ,t, eT ' Muo r.
H. ,nn,"! "n ~ nes h,,n Mu'" % W'e aA aless Win
Ir1s;nt ,Ia,"u ~ mu .sns 'u!vt ,! sttei Wa Hn!
III mntnto,S ";n "YInr "sH a,'1 NO % EGs'n W. ~
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