Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-31
MAH0NE'S DEATH KNELL
THE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS CON-
FIDENT OF VICTORY.

FIDENT OF VICTORY.
Returns from the Recent Election Ans.
picious to the Prediction of the State.
RedemptiOn-Rea1 Estate Booming in
Washington - Sundays in Summer
Time.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-The Virginia
Democrats are just too much elated over
the result of the recent county elections
IN that State for anything. The summary
OF the returns certainly does look as if
Mahoneism were on the down grade, and
gong at pretty good speed. The elec-
tl0nS were not of national Importance. and
would not have been of mulch interest had
1t not been that Malone made the fight on
the ground that the Readjusters so-called
must increase the votes, or at least hold
their own. He was backed, as he said.
"by the whole moral force of the
administration" The Democrats took I'M
! the gauntlet, and after a very hot fight the
sum total is twenty-three counties
snatched from MahOneism and a number
OF officers elected in other counties against
! Malone men, while but two or three
hitherto Democratic counties went to
Mahoneism. This result certainly gives
reason for joy. The prediction made after
! last falPS political storm that that biz
| zard would tend to the overthrow of Ma
| hone seems to have been pretty well sus
tanned. The Virginia Democrats sav con
hdently that they will after the next gem
eral election have the entire
State once more under their con-
troll. DezendOrf, Republican ex-Repre
sentative. says that Malone
will be swept from the field entirely newt
! time. The election just over has. he saws
broken Mahone's political backbone. and
he VIII, III the near future, lag supertlu-
Gus on the stage. The Malone people
continue to below that thev have lost
nothing. But the figures in the returns
are so much Democratic that their cries
of victory give even them no consolation.
While they make the other side laugh, The
defeated Malone faction differ in this from
John q. Thompson, the Democratic fac
tOtum of Ohio. Thompson claims every
thing until the votes are counted. and
then accepts what the figures say.
! AT last there is prospect of the COM
mencement OF work upon a new public
! building at Pensacola. Mr.. Hill, Super
Vlslng Architect of the Treasury Depart
ment, has received from theUnited States
District Attorney for Florida through
the Department of Justice a report as
to the validity of title to the small stripOf
land adjoining the site of the old public
building, which it is proposed to purchase
for use i'll constructing the new and larger
building. The report is in effect that the
title is perfectly valid and contains no
flaws. MIR. Hill to-day wrote a letter to
the owner of the property mentioned.
i'll which he offers to purchase the
strip which is needed and to pay 81. 900 for
1t. There is no doubt entertained but that
the offer will be accepted; then plans for
the new building will be commenced. and
actual work will no in
alter the plans are completed as possible.
Ihere are so many public buildings
throughout the country in process of
building, and so many new ones to be
commenced, that the supervising archi
tects office is pretty much behind hand in
the way OF completing buildings for which
money has been appropriated.
The real estate boom in Washington is
something remarkable. 1t has been get
ting bigger and bigger for the past three
years. Now it would seem to be at its height
did it not still get bigger and bigger every
day. Property is sold, bought and eX-
changed with rapidity only limited by
the time necessary to make out the neces-
sary papers and cOnveyances. The prices
realized are big, and they constantly vary.
the tendency of the property handled be-
ing upwards. The city is growing to the
southwest and north. The residences have
stretched themselves way beyond where
it was ever thought there would be streets.
Columbia Heights and Washington
Heights, to the north and northwest re-
spectively, are being cut up into lots;
residences are being built on them and
roads laid out and built. As a rule the
classes of buildings being erected are very
fine. Most of them are of highly Orna-
mental order of architecture. How long
this prosperity in real estate and the ac-
companying boom to buyers is to continue
no one can tell, of course, But the pres
ent boom seems to be of sub
stantiality. The people who are
buying are in most cases people
buy to hold, and not for speculation.
There are many spectators, of course,
but there is very heavy substratum of
buyers for holding. There is, therefore.
a very good foundation for a boom and ap-
parently not much danger of a dropping
bottom. 1t is noticeable fact that a
very large number of members of Con-
gress of that class which is pretty certain
to be returned nearly every time are buy
ing land in the north and northwest of the
city and building unto themselves nice
residences.
Very few people in Washington have
even commenced to think of getting away
for the summer, except the more fOrtu-
nate who can go to Europe. Even few of
this class have left us. They are preaprIno
think of going away. Usually at this
time of the year many folks have gone to
the seaside or mountains, MANY are
going, and many more are thinking of
going. But this year, barring a half dozen
hot days, we have had cool and charming
weather. Why even the excursion steam
ers have just commenced to run their trips
down the river. The people have been
satisfied so far with walks and drives in
the beautiful country which surrounds
them. Every evening the woods are dot
ted with walking parties, and the beauti-
full drives are filled with carriages. On
Sundays the woods swarm with pleasant
parties, ranging in number from two to a
dozen; There is a Sunday GUS
pie that l do not know to be in
vogue in any other city with which
/ am acquainted. There is a large num-
ber of people here who make living on
wheels. They huckster, peddle, hack
drive, grind cutlery, run express wagons
and do many other things on wheels.
On Sundays they put their families in
their vehicles, and taking dinner along,
drive out into the wOOds-generally going
to Rock Creek-and spend the day there
They have not far to drive, so their horses
really get heathful days rest as well
as they. AS far as church going is con-
cerned Washington is practically WIN
ter Guy. Inc cnufcneS 90 not get much
patronage during the summer,
The opening of the Brooklyn bridge,
which is suspension, has attracted atten-
tiOn to bridges generally. The Washing
ton newspapers with a local pride born in
that admirable piece of engineering, the
aqueduct bridge over Cabin Johns Creek
about eight miles from here, are correct
ing other newspapers in their statements
about the length Of bridges OF sisgle spans
over the world. They claim that Cabin
Johns bridge, which is a single span of
800 feet, is the largest bridge
of that character in the world.
A gentleman at my elboW-I am
way off in Statistics myself-tells me in
turn that the Washington papers are
wrong, He has table about bridges be-
fore him, and points out the bridge of
single span which is the largest in the
world. And, strange to say, it is not
Cabin Johns Bridge. 1t is the E0nte de
Rialto over the ggand canal at Venice.
Its span is three hundred feet in the clear.
and it has upon it two passage ways and
two rows of stores. 1t would appear from
this that there ia really something that
Washington has not got. POTOMAC.
Bat and Ball.
Games of base ball were played yester-