The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-10
FROM WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 3. 's5.
The dissipation of the day is the set
ting of ofnew-comers and transients under
suitable roof protection. The matter ia
Of exciting interest to everybody here,
and each item of progress Is eagerly
sought and Immediately chronicled.
The house business is secondary only to
government affairs, arising, as 1t does,
out Of national necessities; and it Is al.
ways matter of general rejoicing when
anybody permanently commits himself
to our staple population by purchasing q
house.
AT the cabinet meeting yesterday the
question whether the President and his
Cabinet should attend the Virginia State
Fair, to be held at Richmond on the
22nd of October, was, 1t is understood,
decided in the negative. The subject OF
the vacancies in the Civil Service Com.
mission also came up for consideration,
but no decision was arrived at, and II
is probable that the gentlemen now
holding those positions will be allowed
to conduct the business of the office UNI
til the President has time to appoint
their successors. The vacancy at the
head of the Coast Survey was also con-
sidered, but no conclusion reached.
The coming season In Washington
promises to be one of the liveliest in our
history, and every indication points to
an immense throng here for the winter.
Real estate men say there has never
been such a demand for houses and
rooms, and the few Republican families
who will not come back on account of
the change in the Administration will
be counterbalanccd by the thousands of
Democratic families from the South and
West. At the time Cleveland was
elected it was thought that the change
of Administration would make great
reduction in the prices of real estate in
Washington. On the contrary, prices
have gone up, there is as much building
now as ever and the city is growing in
all directions.
The White House remains undis-
turbed as to preparations for the arrival
of its mistress. The President has at
tended to much business of importance
during the week, keeping his secretaries
fully occupied. Assistant Secretary
Pruden, who was with Mr.. Arthur, says
he never was so busy in his life as he is
at present. But with all his industry
in purely business details. the President
does not forget to please the people from
all over the country, visitors at the
Capital, and to that end he holds an in
formal ievee twice week, to which all
may come and shake hands with the
President and retire with their souls
satisfied.
Vice-P President and Mrs. Hendricks
arrival at Wizards Hotel, from Indian
apolis, the first of the week, and Mr..
Hendricks paid his respects to the
President early on Monday morning.
The Vice-Presidential couple have been
remarkably benefited by their summer
vacation. The unstinted adulations OF
the rural populations at wayside railroad
stations in Wisconsin and Indiana have
proved marvellous tonic to Mr.. Hen
bricks. He seems to have gained in
width of shoulders about one-third, and
his smoothly shaven face is as round a.
button, and he's got new hat, too
a silk one.
The special delivery went into opera.
ton yesterday. During the day between
ninety and one hundred letters passed
through the messengers hands, so that
the earnings were less than SS for TWEEN.
ty-six boys and six bicycles. The first
trip that one lad made was to Howard
University. Not having bicycle he
had to walk, and when he returned he
remarked that he thought he had earned
his eight cents. There were few ot
the letters from outside, but most Of
them were from people in the District
to be delivered within the city.