The Washington critic., 1885-09-29

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my suggestion about lunch yet" BY
| George" said Flynn, II forgot all
about platter of fried oysters that the
caterer brought out to me this morn
ing. "lGerc they are, " said Flynn, as
he lifted the big plate up on top of the
bar, help yourself" General Green
tackled" one, along with cracker,
while Flynn and his friend, the wag,
chatted about the weather. In few
seconds the General was splitting and
spluttering all over the bar-room. A
piece of the mat had lodged in his
throat, and the broker had to go to his
assistance and thump him in the back
to keep him from choking to death.
"What the devil is that, anyhow"
said Green, when he had recovered
consciousness and picked up piece of
the old mat. Green Is sharp fellow.
He dropped to the joke at once and be-
came very indignant, but cooled off on
n promise that nothing would be said
about II 1on the outside.
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The newspaper men of Washington,
says Carp" of the Cleveland Lodder,
are more accumulative than in any
other part of the country. 1t used to
be that journalists were looked upon
as Bohemians, and IL was rare indeed
to find men among them who owned
property. This was especially so with
the salaricd members of the profession,
and correspondent was deemed fortu-
nate If he kept himself out of debt.
This is changed now. Better wages
are paid, and the times demand sober
and constant work of u higher order
than ever before. There are better
men in the profession, and newspaper
corresponding Is becoming rs much of
n regular business as that of the law
or medicine. Many of the correspond
cnts here make higher salaries than
that of Congressman. Some IF them
live in as good houses as Cabinet
| Ministers, and q number of them own
their houses. Charley Murray of the
Philadelphia Times has a house which
will rent for $3.50 u month, and it was
published in Harpcr'S Mdgaziae
recently as one of the prettiest
houses in Washington. 1t is
located just off of Scott Circle,
and back of the big brick mansion of
Secor Robson. Mckee of the Asso-
ciated Press has big brick on the
most fashionable part of Connecticut
avenue. 1t lies between Farragut
Square and the British Legation. 1t is
one of the finest houses of the Capital,
| ings than Blaine's. On Mcpherson
Square, near the Arlington, where land
is worth about So a square foot, John
McCarty of the San Francisco ChrORi-
c'o and other papers, has built two little
houses of three stories each which are
little gems in their way, and which
will rent high, McCarty makes it u
rule TO save half his income, and he
has great faith in real estate invest
ment. General Boynton of the Cincin-
natl Commercial gazette owns n very
fine house on r street with large side
lot and velvety lawn. Robert Wynne
of the Commercial gazette is quite Il
speculator in real estate, and he has
made more by this way than by writ
ing. Uriah Painter, formerly of the
Philadelphia MqUirer, owns fine
house on Franklin Park, cat-a-cor-
ncred across the way from Senator
Sherman's house and that of Bob
lngersoll Mr.. Painter, however,
is more of a lobbyist than u newspaper
man, and it may be that his house came
from other sources. w. b. Shaw, an
other old stager, has property in differ
ent parts of the city, and w. G. Nc
Bride of the Cincinnati Enquirer owns Il
fine three-story brick on @ street, in
the best part of Washington. Mr..
Trucsdall of the Pioneer Press lately
bought tract of thirteen acres north
west of the city which will certainly be
a part OF Washington some day, and he
was negotiating for a part of the Blag-
den estate when Senator Sherman came
in, and the whole estate was sold to
him in preference. T. G. Crawford of
the New York World has just bought a
magnificent residence on the corner of
Sixteenth and p streets, just above the
houses of Window, Pcndleton and
Robson, and within three squares of
Blaine's house on Dupont Circle. 1t
cost him | think, about $4,000 and
will rent, should say, for n fair in
terest on that amount. W. Scott
Smith of the New York Commercial
1dcerttser owns a house in LIE Droit
Park, which Is worth about $lj, 1000.
James w. Young, another newspaper
man, owns fine house on @ street,
near McBride's residence, and Colonel
Stealey of the COuri6r-JOurRdL is look
ing about for suitable house to buy.
Mr.. Eddy, formerly Washington CORE.
spondent of the World, owns q house
here. Charley Ogden, of the Phila-
dclphia Press, owns house on q
street, Il. w. Lightner, of the Pitts
burg Dispatch, lives in his own house
near Dupont Circle, and A. w. Ly
man, of the New York sun, has fine
lot ON Q street upon which he will
build shortly. Charles Nordhoif, OF
the New York Hemld, has one of the
most beautiful houses on X street
which is u street of mansions, and Still
son Hutchins, of the Washington Post
has gem in red brick in the same
block with Window just Off Scott Cir
Gle, on Massachusetts, avenue. .Joa
quin Miller may be ranked rs II high
grade newspaper man, his house is
worth, perhaps $500--Qt is a log cabin
you kpow)--but the lot on which il
is situated overlooks Washington and
would be very cheap at $1,000. Mrs
Burnett shouse is near Garfield Wash
ington home and is probably worth
$4,000, but the historian Bancroft live
in house on street near the White
House which would sell for SO, 900, al
least, under the hammer.
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Some curious facts have come to thu
surface in connection with the GOSSIP
about changes in employees of the bu
rcau of statistics. 1t is stated on good
authority, says Austin of the Times
star, that an average of about one
clerk per year is driven to insanity by
the work of this bureau. 1t is only ,
little over dozen years since the bu
Ieau was organized, and there have