The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
SOME VIRGINTANS,
Arlington Estate---The Lees and the
Wises.
The Ways of the Mighty Malone.

NEW YORK, Oct ga Washington dispatch
in The Sun says: A decision in the Arlington
will case is expected hourly. This interesting
suit is already well known to the public.
Arlington represents perhaps the last entailed
estate in this country; it was the maiden prop
erty of Mrs. Robert E. Lee, and entailed by her
father upon her eldest son, named for him,
George Washington Parke Gusts Lee. Gen.
GUSTS Lee, as he is called, is perhaps the most
gifted of Gen. Lees three sons They are all
men of naturally fine abilities, but Gen.
J5uatif5- Loo is als0ra Of Iitarary attain
ments and admirably fitted for his position
as president of great college He is har-
dened bachelor, and the bane of his life is the
fact that his home-Lexington-is summer
resort During the season he takes to the
woods. The tendency of the Lees is to grow
stout and fiorid, but in their childhood and
youth they are gifted with extraordinary
beauty. They are natural born farmers.
Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee is said to
be the best farmer in Virginia. the credit of
which is disputed by his brother Robert and
his cousin Fitz.
Virginia IL a queer place, and some of it's
oddities are now developing in Washington.
One of its idiosyncrasies is that the people who
monopolize public attention whenever they
feel like it. Now, whatever happens i'll Vir-
ginia is of immense importance here, and
everybody in Washington flies over to Alex
andria whenever a Lee or a Daniel or Wise is
advertised to make political speech. Alex
andria is actually nothing but an annex to
Washington, although if that remark were cir
culated the citizens of that village would rush
over and loot the capital
Senator Malone trotted out John s. Wise in
Alexandria last week, and the Democrats will
return the compliment by exhibiting his cous-
in George D. Wise, next week The dividing
of the Wise family against itself was one of
the sharpest tricks that Senator Malone ever
played. Mr.. John S. Wise's status may be in
ferred from the fact that he is universally
called Johnny. Senator Malone keeps him
running to and from Washington, and visions
of illimitable federal patronage dance before
his eyes, He is chiefly remarkable as being
the son of his father. His first cousin, George
D. Wise, on the contrary, is by no means the
nephew of his uncle He is his own ancestor.
Two years ago the two Wises were pitted
against each other, and George D. won. This
year the battle ground is somewhat changed,
John S. being Mahone's candidate for con-
gressman-at-large but troublesome George D.
is in his district
Senator Malone is now in his winter quar-
ters at the Portland flats, where he sits in his
drawmg-room IN solitary maSn1ncence, ana
when he wants to see Jay Hubbell he sends
for him, and Jay Hubben comes. 1t is per-
fectly beautiful to see how the Virginia sena-
tor runs things his own way. He has forced
social recognition from the society of Wash
ington. Some time ago his wife took party
of friends on tour of the departments
When they reached the first one it was after
2o'clock, when the public is rigidly excluded
"You can't be admitted" said the ianitor.
ct am Mrs Malone resnonded the lady
The doors did not come open-they flew