The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-05-16
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(From a regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 18th, 'S5.
Your correspondent did not have
his usoal six hour confidential inter
view with the President OF the Uui
ted States this week, and is conse
queutIy not able to. give sou q news
report hot aud steatning from the
lips Of the administration. Maybe
the reason why l did not call on the
President was because my TREND
did. l have y wild Western friend
who found himself III Washington
last week with two whole hours at
his disposal. He decided that the
time was not quite sufficient tor
h,m 70 see and talk to everybody
in Washington Though he could
come as near doing it rs any living
man Or woman) AMI inasmuch AS he
had to draw u hue somewhere, he
called only on the President, Secre
tary Lamar aud your correspondent.
l will not attempt to tell all he told
me, for he talked without punctua
ton. But to the President he made
the original remark that he had 10
friends TO reward, no enemies to
punish, aud 10 favors to ask. The
mo favOrs to ask, clause seemed
to please the President, aud he re
piled II AIN nearly worried to death
By those who have nothing but ia
vors to ask" My friend then called
at the Interior Department upon
Secretary Lamar aud told him that
he wished to see his bath tub Sat
urine secretary at once set down
my wild Westerner for a crank,
but u glauce at his nicc clothes
and his face painted Ted
with intelligence and humor con
viucednhim that he had struck y
character rare. So he showed him
the little ziuc bath tub aud the two
four dollar rugs, to buy which, he
had sold the ten thousand dollars
worth of government carriages aid
horses.
The President aud members OF
his Cabinet have gone to Gettys
burg to celebrate the anniversary
OF the battle. This is the first res
pite that Mr.. Cleveland has taken
since the 9th. OF March. Miss
Cleveland is away III New York.
Col. Lamont aud his family, consist
ing of his wife aud two little daugh
ters, have, at the urgent request Of
Mr.. Cleveland, moved into the
White House aud they will soon ac
company the president to his coun
nv residence at Soldiers Home
The Presidents cottage at the
Home is about three miles from the
White House aud about u mile
, and q half from the northern. bonn
dairy of the city. It is situated OF
a commanding elevation with a fint
view of the city and the Potomac
river, Surrounded by trees AM
acres of green sward it will have al
the advantages OF a summer resor
3 with the additional advantage o
complete retirement from societ.
u and fashion that cannot be Obtain
u ed at Long Branch, Saratoga Q
!. Newport.
+ The illness of the Presidents pl
t vate secretary has revived the oil
talk about the peculiar Washingto
d malaria. Every i'll that flesh j
q heir to in this city is attributed b
5 the non professional writer's for th
D. press to malaria. A Senator Ca
Il not eat or drink too much but tia
u his indisposition is malaria, an
d one of them went SO lar as to att
p butte the acc0uchment of a pr0u
Is nent woman to the same profit
6, cause. Washington, as the stat
6, tics show, il q universally health
Id cs<v.ora ;ts death rata showa