Richland beacon., 1885-08-29
WASHINGTON ltITER

i'TS ol HIS t'l''ti'' "i' '''7' az i''''
the city, there i, 10 hitch and very
little friction il the work If the De
rartmcn;s iGoyeInmelt, The ~
,is;ant Secretary uf state EN-Gov.
Porter is III chalgo of the State De
pgtmcn;. while Mr. Bayar,i 'sspcnl-
inr 4 week at his Delaware home.
The Secretary OF Treasury has left
the Department for Il few days IN the
hands Of Assistant Secretaries FAIR
child and Coon. The able First As
sistant +. NJ. General Mr. Stevenson
has charge Of the Post Office Depart
ment during the temporary absence
of Mr.. Villas. The War and Navy
Departments are in charge OF their
respective Chief CLERKS While Score
tari,s WhitHcy and Euiiratt are
taking a lIicfrcst. Secretary Lamar
of the interior Dep >rtment aud Al
torncy General Garland are the only
members # the Cabinet vino remain
at llsir posts Stepped in the suns
of Arkansas and Mississippi the dog
days heat Of Washington has no
terrors for theI2.
The hotel keepers Of summer re
sorts are much given 10 advertising
the fact tia. Cabinet ministers and
prominent officials Of ail sorts are
stopping at their health-Givlng inns
where the scenery is grand and the
Thermometer at - degrees. Attor-
ncy General Garland las been much
annoyed ut advertising of this seI;,
ana when il WIS announced hast week
that he was ut Rock Enon Springs he
got mad and gave notice that he had
rot been away and did not intend TO
20. lie tramps down to his o!!i.e a
early Us seven IN the morning an.
seldom leaves until &. "ncn he goo,
out he rides III a street rlr and Nv 5
as plainly as the lowest ga lie clerk
III his office.
Secretary Lamar also lives very
plainly. He is occupying for thc
summer the house Of Senator Ne
Phcrsun OF New Jersey and lie takes
daily exercise III the saddle.
There are three members Of Con
gress who have houses IN Washing
ton and at present are residing here
and making this city their regular
home, Notwithstanding their legal
residences are many miles away.
Mr.. c. r. Breckenridge, member,
from Arkansas whose home is at Pine
Bluff, has house upon Capital Hill,
and with his family has beer, there
all TIE summer and intends to le-
main. Hon. JOHN :. Barbour OF
Virginia, lives in Washington also,
although Alexandria is his legal resi-
dencc. Mr.. Barbour also resides on
on Capitol Till. Nj. B,n. aman But
terworth, who. while Commissioner
Of Patents, took, ii house out at lie
Droit Park. has had his itmilv there
ever since, aud has paid little atten-
ton TO his home III Cincinnati.
! Mr.. W. VI. King, the new chief o.
the Seed Division at the Agricultural
Department, seems to be taking hold
of his work with real vigor. Mr.
King was well known by Commission
er Coleman before the appointmcn
was made, and it is said that he /:
peculiarly well posted on the various
soils of the country and the seed'
that will thrive therein. The Difficult
ty with this Department i'll the past
and the reason it has been brought
INTO d;sfavor is because seeds were
not judiciously distributed. The
Department is now sending out whea
and rye. A new kind ofwheat, which
Mr.. King calls the Houghton farm
variety, he expects a great deal from
He thinks it is one the best ever dis
tributed. He is sending out n new
variety of turnip seed into the Soutl
also Four varieties of Italian whea