San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-07
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent
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WASHINGTON, May 2S, 1888.
The association of patriotic ladies known
as tho Mount Vernon Board, met last We'd
nesday at the home of Washington, to hold
their annual council. They organized for
the purpose of restoring and caring for the
Washington homestead. Each state, through
its representative lady, having an especial
part of the work under its charge All the
rooms have now been repaired and furnish
ed in style as nearly contemporaneous with
Washingtons timo as possible, except the
private dining-room, which is the trust OF
South Carolina. In many cases the original
furniture has been secured, and replaced.
The bed on which Washington died has been
restored TO the chamber by Col. Lee, son of
General r. E. Lee. This room is in charge
of Virginia ladies, while the room in which
Martha Washington died is Wisconsin's trust.
Mrs. Washington's sitting room has been re-
stored and furnished by Georgia. Alabama
selected the hall for.her work. Pennsylva-
MIA has the ''river roomn in which the board
convenes. New York the banquet-room,
and Massachusetts, the library. The latter
state was represented by Miss Longfelow,
who was much in demand by visitors to
Mount Vernon during the session of the
board. The young lady bears strong re-
semblance to the poet father. The associ-
alton has an endowment fund which has
grown from $1,000 to $2S,OO within the
past ten years. The place is well kept, and
Improvements are constantly being med,,
such as drives fences, flower beds, and a
new lunch-room has lately been added, A
trip to Mount Vernon affords pleasant lit.
tie exhursion from the city, and few visitors
are willing to leave the National Capital
without seeing the home and tomb of George
Washington.
Since work recommended on the Wash
ington Monument this season, ten feet OF
marble have been added to it, and ON We'd
nesday it reached heighth of three hun
dred and forty feet.
Among prominent and wealthy men who
are securing homes in this city, are the Hon,
S. 8. Cox, of New York. He has just paid
$50, 900 for a green stone front facing on
Dupont Circle, which he will occupy i'll the
fall. In its exterior and interior appoint
ments it is one of the most unique and ele-
CANT houses in the city.
The residences recently built by wealthy
public men here have been much overrated
as to cost. The houses of Ex Senator Win
dom, Commodore Robson, Senator Pendle-
ton, of Ohio, and Justice Matthews, are
among the handsomest and their properties
range from $4,000 to $4,000 Hon.
James G.. Blaine's house cost not less than
$50, 600, and Don Camerons about $40. 1000.
Senator Sherman's house is plain, and would
bring about S1S,O00 Secretary Chandler is
the only Cabinet officer who owns the house
in which he lives, and his domicile is valued
at $25, 900. The costliest home in Wash
ington, if the value of the ground is con-
sidered, is that of w. w. Corcoran. It's
interior ornamentation is very expensive,
and the enclosure embraces an entire square
of ground which, from its location, is the
most valuable ground In the city.
The real estate market is active now, and
there is a steady demand for houses of all
sizes and prices.