The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-02
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From our regular Correspondent


From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sept. 80 SO
The President and Mrs. Cleveland,
having returned from their vacation in
the Adirondacks, are again quietly es-
tablished at the White House. Their
life here at present is uneventful, as
there will be no entertainments until
the opening of the regular season, when
the usual quota Of public receptions
and state dinners will be given. The
season, which will this year lie very
short one, promises, i'll consequence, to
be unusually brilliant, and Mrs. Cleve-
lands FIRST winter in the Executive
Mansion will be long remembered by
the social world.
When President and Mrs. Cleveland
and Mrs. Folsom returned to the Ex
ecutive Mansion on Wednesday, they
found the house in tip-top order, and it
is told that Mrs. Cleveland held up her
hands on her arrival and exclaimed,
"They have painted it white" The
President has resumed his official du-
ties. The President drives ont every
day, aud Mrs. Cleveland aud Mrs. Fol
som are deeply interested in the pro-
gress of improvements ut Pleasant Pros
poet. Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs Folsom and
maid drove down the Avenue in the
Presidents victoria On Thursday ON a
shopping expedition, and from the
number of parcels they took home it
was evident that it was IL most succ ,ss.
full one. Evidently Mrs. Cleveland has
been benefited by her sJ 'ura in the
Alrondacks, FIR, altl,o ,gh she is II
tribe sanorowned, her figure is more
rounded than When she left here few
weeks ago. The improvements upon
the White House were critically exaln-
ined Nv the ladies since their return,
aud concentrations w,r lavishly be-
slowed upon those VIII, m;..le such COM
plete arrangements for their comfort
this winter.
Agood deal ofsurprise is expressed
that ship builders and contractors are
81 dilatory in responding to tho advcr
tisements for constructing tho new ma
val vessels, which were published tw,
weeks ago. AS yet but one firm has ap
piled at the Navy Department. for thu
specific information necessary to max,
the proposals -the Union Iron Work,
of San Francisco. While some peopl,
believe that the more prominent shil
builders Of the country have taken war
ming 10y the experience Of John Roach
aud will not care to contract for the con
struction Of the vessels, the officials q
the department attribute the apparen
indifference to the fact that nearly al
the leading ship builders had frvqnen
conferences with the Secretary Of tn
Navy before the advertisements wer
published, and are well informed as t
the requirements. 1t is said, however
that it is necessary to obtain detaile
information, which can only be give
at the Navy Department, in relation t
these vessels, before complete bids Gil
be made. At any rate, there seems to b
no anxiety to examine the plans as b.
been the case heretofore when Ne
ships we're to be built
One Of the good effects of tho civ
service system is that the clerical p'
sitions ia the departments are grad
ally being filled by young, energet
aud intelligent persons. Within I'll
past year large proportion of the ne
appointments through the civil servit
commission have been persons Of mo-
than ordinary intelligence, as compare
With those who cnter the service throus
political influence aloue Many you,
collcgiahs are ambitious to study the
professions in this city where the
cliti,s are uncqualed. They 90 befu
the civil service commission, and ait
passing satisfactory examinations.
GIVE departmental appointments, tn