Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-11-17

WASHINGTON LETTER.
IRON Our Regular Correspondent.

In, and the town has for some days stood
up on edge, as II we're. Not much pablo
bnsinesa has been done in the departments
| for more than y week past, ne n large pre-
| portion of the clerks have been absent on
| voting leave, while those that remain have
been studying the situation. Taking the
country over, IL is pretty eafe TO say that
things poli ical we're never more thorough
| ly mixed than they are at this time. IL is
scarcely worth while 10 discuss the matter
in this letter, however. Ii is too late TO
speculate and rather 100 early TO mornlize
intellgently. We shall see what we shall
zee, aud probably all find out where we
stand later OH. Whatever happens, my
individual opinion is that the American
eagle will continue to soar and the old
nag-and an appropriation n--conlinue TO
wave over the land OF the Tree.
Preparations for the Garfield Monument
Fair, to be held in this city the latter part
of this month, are going forward on n large
scale. 1t gives promise of being grand
exposition second only to the Centennial.
So mucl, demand has been made by manu-
facturers Of fancy goods for room TO show
off their wares that the Capitol is not large
enough for all OF them, and the new build-
ing lately erected in the Smithsonian
grounds have been pressed into service.
There is to be an immense Knight Tenn
,lar parade one day, and grand bicycle
tournament the next, and this will be fol-
lowed by competitive military drill par
ticiinted in by crack organizations IRON
abroad, while on Sunday evening there is
to be u grand sacred concert in both the
tl,eaters and Lincoln Hall, the principal
artists appearing Mt each place successfully.
The ladies' Of various States will make
special displays of pretty things ut the Ia
bies allotted to them. The Arkansas la
dies will make specially OF flowers at
their table and cotton balls tied with rib
bon marked in memory Of the occasion to
be kept as souvenirs will be among their
wares. The Illinois ladies will make
fine display of perfn,nery, and the Penn
pylvanians have chosen confectionery for
their speciality.
Mrs. Garfield, they say. is employed in
a task which rarely combines the extremes
of pleasure aud sadness. In her new
Cleveland house II large room has been set
apart fur the reception of all the gifts of
love which came to her husband during
his long days of uncomplnining suffering,
and the tokens of sympathy which rained
in upon the stricken wife after those sui.
ferimgs had ceased. Hearts were touched
in every part OF this broad land as hear
had never been touched before, and offer.
iDgs OF love and sorrow were sent by Ma.
sonic brOtherhoods, State associations, Or
,lers of high and low degree, by men aud
women individually md by hosts of little
children. For, in the simplicity OF hi.
life, in the pathetic endurance and heroic
courage displayed by that man, wounded
(. unto death, WAS touched that chord in na
thre which makes the whole world kin
The several valuable Libraries which Mr.
Garfield gathered about him nj his various
e places of residence are TO lie placed in thi,
l. room.
e The President went over to New Yorl
again Saturday to vote and look after til,
election returns, in which he was person
l. nally good deal interested, and has no
10 returned yet. In fact he has Leen II
/, Washington so little during the last six o
eight weeks hat there has been no oppor
l. tunity to start II new matrimonial rumo
E about him. There are people ;n tins tow
o mean enough 10 say that the President ha
Il had no less than three roaring, howlin
hirtations since he came TO the Whit
u House, aud is good for one or two more
~ An old lady. who speaks her mind when
y ever sle feels like il, says it is not surprs
ID ing that when lie was II poor and unknow
'e young lawyer in New York all the wome
Ii were in love with him. There isl doul
about his fondness for the ladies or that h
is prime favorile among them. When
ever this elderly Prince Charming doe
however, indicate his choice there will
e. three or four sudden deaths in Washing
=. ton, according 10 all accounts. Secretar
Lincoln went to New York with the Pres
oi ldent and then on TO Chic. go-to attend tb
,e election, leaving the War Department I
shift Tor itself,as the departments are in Il.
ir habit of doing. But whenever Gener;
Sherman is in Washington the War DE-
y partment gels on quite MS well without il
m chief, and better, perhaps. General Shei
g. man has comfortable room in the mag
niicent new War, State and Navy build
y ing, where the old fellow sits in II revolvin
e desk chair and talks-when he can ge
n anybody TO listen to him. His office
- hung with pictures of life on the plain
especially buffalo pictures, and nothin
can he more dramatic than to hear hin
describe n buffalo hunt. He leans forwar
In his chair, his keen eyes snap fire, an
with the must perfect unconsciousness h
,f goes through with II fine piece of realisti
ii acting. But there is not that man aliv
- who would venture to tell Tecumseh tina
- it was acting. Speaking OF acting: N
= man living has greater fondness fo
II plays and players than General Shernai
a lie makes the acquaintance of all tn
!. slnrs who come here and frequently dine
u them at the hotel. His weakness for ac
I, tors and actresses- especially pretty &c
lresses--is generally known, and lie
n never happier than when he has one nea
at hard.
:. Our local authorities are making lit
o lie stir among the faro banks and Othe
I.ls III.
a them, rs il were--a process they 60 throng
with about once year. 1t don't amoui
10 much more than that, for The evil ha
e never been suppressed, ns II should he, her
IN this beautiful capital of the nntioi
u After Congress convenes il is rather dan
= gero,is nader to raid these establishment
Q ns Congressman are frequently 10 he foun
in them, and the congressman object I
o being raided, for fear their constituent
will hear of their presence there. Son
Congressman who have been caught dui
ing raids on gambling establishments seei
= never to forget il, and endeavor TO get eve
by opposing bills making appropriation
u for the pay of the police when they CON
IL up for consideration. The raids, therefor
!. have to be made before Congrcss-m els
at all. The proprietor Of one Of the pri
cipal faro banks has been indicted by II
u grand jury, and others are likely to b
~ nut have never yet known anything ser
v olis to come Of these prosecutions beyon'
:, a fine, which the gamblers can we'll afioi
y 10 pny.
II On Thursday last the freight paSsii
, south on the d. & NJ. Road ran into
~ train of ten freight cars that were
Il charge of Mr.. Virgins Of the B. q. Ron
= bndly demornlizing the ten freight ca
and the engine of the through freigll
n The engineer and fireman jumped in tin
+ TO save their lives. 1t Ia reported thai II
v ID. & NJ. Co. have prohibited the Is. q. CA