The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-09-19
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent.)

dc came back to ind tne vmee-ssekQI
mora SCARCE even thar when he Wen
sway. lfths were All old adninistratio
instead Of \ new one there would hardl
he q smulisr personal pressure ups'
the President aud heads os department
than there Is at this time.
The President has been out drivin.
sew. mi afternoons during tho week am
he has accomplished good deal Of
work. Yesterday he remained in his
Office during the afternoon while the
band played upon ths lawn. he saw
several persons during the day, inclu.
ding Senator Mcmillan, Of Minnesota.
Mr.. J. Ambrose Butler, young jour,
n"list Of Buffalo, connected with the
News Of that city, ~ss ~ith him. for Il
considerable part of the day.
Miss Cleveland has been visiting her
sister, Mr. Yeomans, At Welraouth, h.
Y, and is expected back NJ the Whit.
House III October. 1t is reported that
she lie writing novel, The report in
7ery likely true, for if she oaa make
&c5 600 ont of volume OF sketches
she can mske AZ muck more out Of >
novel, even though it he not yer,
sreSt litorSry achievement. She has a-
:s%dy received nearly 10000 OIL her
ir.s b'ok, which will furnish her pin
money for good while.
0. W. pussrs, Of Kalamazoo, Mich.
who WIN appointed n few months ass
to judsssnip in Utah by President
Cleveland, has been ia the sity this
week, and Oh Wednesday afternoon was
rlossted with Mr.. Cleveland for more
than tao hours. Tne way inSwhioh Mr..
Powers secured his appointment shows
now little attention Prssidcnti, Cls>c.
tank p~ys to pcrsonal.n,atters. ia poll
lies. P"wsrs va. delegate to the Chi.
cayo. Csnyention;i..st summer, and at y
:ritical point in the proceedings ss-
cured TIE floor several k.lmss and made
Al energetic attsmp. to nxins the
Michigsq delegation for Mr.. Hendricks.
1t Vas SAID atDthe time thA. ho nearly
succeeded. 1t has since hssn aaid, Of
csara-, that ac did net. At Any ra,o he
was obliged. to sit down. Very soon
niter Cleveland WAS iususuratca the
young and nsw democratic "bow" il.
Michigan came down hero, and after
securing the ear Of the President prs.
.ontgd the cxse Of Dir. q, ". Powers,
Hho waa Atronsly endorsed by the best
men III his Stats Tor judicial position.
He i. n good lawyer, win Considerable
pr.ct ice III the nited Staten Slpren.
Court, and is 4 democrat Of good stand
ing III his State. When satisfied of TINS
Sir, Cleveland appointed him, notvish-
tpe iac;, rhlcn VAS urvus hi
to hia attention, that Powers vss the
same m@n who eudeavored to no.nio. .
When Mr.. Brewster left the Depart
ment Of Ju.,ics he Sskcd only one favor
Vt his successor, and that Vas to retain
a certain lady clerk. lilo gays his reason,
why, and they svntnis material fer a
romance. When he va. ayoung-r man,
Ae said, he Was very mach in love with
Il girl vhe refused to marry him, pre-
sumably because Of the dlsfgursusn,
Of his face. Sbo gave no reason, but he
,lways supposed that MAS her objection
20 him. She married some one else aud
ne lost sight Of her until soon sftsr he
nccame Attorney GcusrMl, when he re-
csiyed letter from his cid love con
graduating him upon his appointment.
lie answered tbs letter with su inamir,
a. to her circumstances and condition
ia life. She replied that she was 3
widow with small income, but many
and pleasant friends. The next letter hc
wrote teudered hor position in the
Department Of Justice, which sl,e &c.
copied, aud which Attorney Genera
Garland has assured her she will retain
,s long as he is in authority.
Secretary Manning has finally leased
The house of Otis Bigelow, Eco, at tn.
erner of Eighteenth aud ? streets, anc
sill occupy i, as sson az Mrs. Msnnin;
,eturns to the city. Secretary Whitne,
mas not yet taken city house. He il
spending several thousand dollars /,
Gttins up the Means place, on tn,
renalIytown road, recently bought b,
him, aud will spend the autumn taer:
Mira. Whitney will probably be del e s,'
from po;us much into society by tn