Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-12-12
''wondrous kind' toward the brazen image
that stands so near his window
THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD.

famous as one of the members of the old
Louisiana Returning Board of 1876 led me to
inquire of some of the Congressman from
that State what had become of the three 9th
ers. J. Madison Wells was an old man then
and is very old now. He is infrm in body,
poor in purse, and totally blind He lives in
Rapides Parish, on the Red River, some 300
miles above New Orleans Tom Anderson, the
other white man of the Board, is employed in
the New Orleans custom house, a position he
has held ever since the contamination of the in
famous fraud Louis F. Kenner, mulatto,
was paid for his part in the conspiracy in the
same way, and his name is still on the pay
roll of the custom-house If there are in the
service of the United States, from Dan to
Beersheba, two men who ought to ''go'' sooner
than the rest, they are Anderson and Kenner.
They should head the procession to the rear at
a very early hour in the Democratic admins
tration To keep such knaves in Office as q
reward for their political villainy, is re-
proach upon the honest people of the coun-
try Casanave was colored creole, having a
mixture of French and Negro blood. He was
an undertaken by occupation, and years ago
did prosperous business. He made the fatal
blunder of binding himself to the conspira-
tors, and paid the penalty for it by becoming
almost social outlaw, and spending the last
few years of his life in comparative poverty.
These men will always be remembered for
their part in that most exciting, as it was the
darkest, chapter in our political history.
ABOUT BEN BUTLER.
General Butler has just sold his big stone
house, or rather block of three houses on
Capitol Hill, for 1915, 900. He has no use now
for residence in Washington, and no imme-
date prospect that he will need one. The
building stands just at the top of the hill
: south of the Capitol, and facing the grounds.
Butler bought the ground on which it stands ten
or twelve years ago from the old Bank of Wash
ington. 1t is singular fact that he paid for
it exactly the same price that the bank paid
eighty gers ago! At that time it was believed
that the city would be built to the southwark
and eastward of the Capitol, and there was a
great boom in real estate in that quarter In
fact the land was held so high that it drove the
city in exactly the opposite direction. The
modern Washington, with its well-paved
streets and avenues, lined with costly resi-
dences of red pressed brick, all lies to the north
and west of the Capitol. The bank was forced
to buy the Butler lot about the year 1900 at
an inflated price. 1t went away down in value
and finally came up again to the old figure and
the bank was glad enough to sell it. The Gen
erals wife, who died three years ago, drafted
the plans for this house, and superintended
its erection. 1t was the family residence during
the remainder of his cratic career in Congress,
Of late one part has been occupied by Senator
Jones of Nevada, another by the United States
Coast Survey, and the other by the Senate, for
committee rooms. Jones sold his household
stuff at auction a few days ago and is boarding
at the Arlington. The Butler house will now
be rented entirely for government use. Gen.
Butler has one daughter, the wife of Ames, the
carpet-bag Governor of Mississippi, and after
ward Senator from that State. Benjamin f.
Butler, Junior, graduated some years ago from
the Military Academy at West Point. He was
assigned to negro regiment. In view of his
luGlloI I6COIu UulS SG0Lu0u 10 D6 III ACCORDANCE
with ''the eternal fitness of things, " but the
young man was so incensed that he declined
to serve and threw up his commission. He
died in 1882. Buffers other son, Paul. is en-
gagged in manufacturing in Lowell, Mass His
mind is of mechanical turn and he has quite
a record as an inventor. He is making per-
cussion caps.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs. Speaker Carlisle has the same apart
ments at the Riggs that she occupied last
social circles, will not begin till after the
holidays.
Mrs. McElroy, sister of President Ar
thur, and the pleasant GLADLY of the White
House." will not come to Washington till ter
New Years. The first public reception will
be given by the President on New Years day,
and season of gayety will follow.
At ST. Johns church, in this city, last Sat-
urday afternoon occurred the nuptials of Rev.
David May Of Goshen, Va, and Miss Kate
daughter of the late Judge Humphreys, of
Washington. After the wedding, the bride
Colonel c. T. O'Ferrall and his estimable
wife are pleasantly domiciled for the winter at
222 Third street, N. W., convenient to the
Capitol
Miss Elita Montgomery, of Louisiana,
sister of Mrs. Senator Gibson, was married to-
day to Mr. Linden Kent, of Alexandria, Va.
The ceremony took place in New York.
Mrs. Greene, widow of the late James
Green, of Culpeper, has. bought residence at
the corner of 18th and N. streets, in this city,
and will reside here during the winter
Hon. j. c. S. Blackburn, of Kentucky, has
just lost by death a favorite sister, Mrs. Nor
ris. Three weeks ago his brother, DR.. Henry
B. Blackburn, died quite suddenly in Arkan-
sas. Senator Blackburn is just now engaged
as arbitrator in an important railroad case in
Cincinnati.
The other day, Senator Salisbury, of Della
ware, said to party of friends that twenty
years ago he vowed that he would not get mar
! ried until Democratic President should be
elected. He has kept his VOW, and people are
| wondering what he is going to do about it now.
ARGUS.
A Card from an Unchanged and Un-
changeable Democrat.
MoUNTsv1LLE, LoUDoUN Co., VA, ]
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