The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-02-24
Washington Letter.

| centric people 10 the square 1nch than any
other city in the land. Since the close of
the war we have had DIR. Mary Walker in
our midst. She served as nurse in the Fed
eral army during the rebellion. Her health
having been impaired thereby Congress has
voted her pension which, together with the
amount she gets out of her practice, keeps
her quite comfortably. DR.. Mory's peculi-
arity as nearly every one knows, is her weak
ness for mans attire. She wears Il plug hat,
'stand up" collar, frock coat, pants and
boots, and sometimes she sports frail cane.
Her practice of medicine is principally among
our Italian and colored population. 1 don't
think she has ever induced over two or three
of her sex to follow her example, and they
finally grew ashamed of their appearance
and the attention they attracted, and aban-
doned the costume. We have another cele-
brated female character here who has gained
national notoriety by her peculiarities. II is
Miss Belva A. Lockwood Attorney at-law.
She figures extensively in divorce cases and
has quite lucrative general practice. She
recently purchased a triccle which She rides
about the city. apparently Indifferent to the
curious gaze of thousands. Our streets and
avenues are alive day and night with bycicles
ridden of course by men. But the infu-
sion In their midst of female rider il Il
novel feature of the performance. Miss
Lockwoods' triccle consists of two large
wheels zone on each side of the rider, which
she operates by means of cranks worked by
her feet. There is small third wheel be-
hind the two large ones used to guide the
machine. If Miss Belva is seeking notriety
she certainly attains it by riding her tricicle.
The painting of Mrs. X. Il. Hayes, pre-
scented to the president by the temperance
ladies of United States. has been returned to
the White House from Paris. where it was
sent to be engraved. An elegant oak frame,
carved i'll emblematic designs by the Gin
cinnati School of Design. has also arrived at
in the Green Parlor.
The celebrated Whitaker case is still i'll
the hands Of the Secretary of War The
voluminous record of the court-martial is
boxed up in his office, where it has been
since the Judge Advocate General made his
decision that the court-martial which tried
the case was illegally constituted. The case
will eventually 60 to the President and then
be referred 10 the Attorney General for an
opinion on this question. 1t is generally
believed that Whitaker will die before the
case is settled.
1t has been rumored that Pennsylvania
Central Railroad intended TO present some
fabulous bills to the government for furnish
ing special trains, building tracks, etc. III
the case of the late president. The follow
ms disproves the rumor:
Senator Allison chairman of the Senate
committee on appropriations, has received a
letter from the President of the Pennsylvania
railroad company, in which, responding to
the inquiry on the subject, he says: "Our
company had not at the time, nor have they
now, any intention to make claim for COM
pensation for courtesies extended to the late
President and his family or to the Govern
ment. We believe it to be not only duty
but pleasure to do what we could 10 in
crease the comfort and aid in restoring the
health of President Garfield"
Dir. John y. Gould of New York, is here
with memorial more than five thousand
feet long and signed by merchants, mechan-
les, farmers, tax payers, and others residing
i'll nearly every State in the Union, which
will be presented to the Ways and Means
committee. 1t asks that the tax on bank
deposits and the two cent stamps on checks
and drafts may he abolished.
The house committee on elections are
holding daily and nightly sessions. From
| present indications it would seem that before
a great while the grand bouncing act will te
read to n number of members who now hold
seats to which they have no legal right.
Mr.. Conkling bas entered upon very
profitable law practice and expects to ac-
cumuate fortune within the next five
years. He is said to have been in debt when
lie left the Senate, and desires to be perfectly
independent before entering political life
again.
The portrait of ex-Secretary OF the Navy
Thompson. has been received at the Navy
department. and was hung in the Secretary's
room. It is very good likeness.
The recent request of Secretary Folger
for the resignation of certain employees Of
the Treasury department, had for its basis,
"cause." The cause in some cases was care
lessness and negligence. In the case of
Cobaugh, captain of the Treasury watch, il
was "unworthiness."
The President has made change i'll the
official routine of his Office He has hereto
fore taken Saturday as his off day, when no
visitors are received. The day has been de-
voted to his correspondence and general
executive business. As both houses of Con-