The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-30
CO1s:e-ISpD NDENEE.

To Tie Editor of tie Uerald:
WAsHINGToN, D. c.. Sept. 27;h. ISS6.-The
President arrived home on Wednesday
evening, looking wei! and hearty after his
sOjourn i'll the woods. With characteristic
baShGulEess the chief magistrate avoided
meeting al anticipated crowd by having his
private carriage driven to the rear of the
depot so that he escaped without passing
through the depot building. Postmaster
General aEd Mrs. Villas received his Excel
lency and wife at he While House, and for
q time all was animation, sbriIliaucy and
hustle. During the day the Mansion was
closed to the public and given a thorough
Gle aning-jnside with the broom and out
side with the hose. The next morning the
President was earIy ut his desk, as befofe
his vacation, and during the day be dis
pensed with the Cabinet III ,etlng and re.
ceived the many visitors that called. Mrs.
Clevela nd and her mother spent a good por-
ton of the day IN shopping, and her pre-
senec in front of the stores, seated in the
open carriage, attracted considerable alien
ton while her mother was inside making
purchases Before the hour for receiving
callers the President, his wife and mother
in-law took a drive to the new country
homo 10 see tae progress of improvements
there. The home is almost completed, and
when it is the PRESIDENT TAI family will take
up its quarters there for awhile.
The roofing of the west wing Of the State,
War and Navy building is progressing to-
wards couple ton, and when ii Is finished
the whole exterior will have been finished.
except possibly the steps and cspllnadCs of
the west front. In point of massive pr"por-
tionS aud Architectural beauty the building
has few equals IN the world. 1t stands di
rectIy west of the White House and occupies
two WhClc squares. 1t was begun in 1871 ,
and has cost Sl2,mN0 G0 IT was designed by
Mr. A. 3. Muliett, then supervising archl
tect of the Treasury, and is constructed in
the style OF the Italian renaissance, the ma
!eriai being Maine and Virginia granite
Over a sub-bascment ana basement are
four stores, SurmoGnted by a Mansard roof
of artistic design. From north to sorth, in
Guiding the projections. the building is $50
feet long. From east to west it is 3l3 feet
There are gra2d eSplanadeS or the no:th and
south sides. and entrance on all sides is had
through lofty paviltons, reached by broad
flights CT stone steps. Huge blocks OF gran
tie, each over IS tone in weight, form the
platforms to tue entrances. The greatest
possible care has b Ell taken in the con-
struction. and the building is entirely fire
proof. All the pats are in harmony. and
the rcsut is an almost perfect specimen of
| architecture, The interior Of The building
has been constructed ia > very magnificent
manner. The,e are wide staircases OF gran
tie with bronze balusters; long, spacious
corridors, and innumerable apartments
| richly frescoed and adorned, and furnished
with every convenience thai GOULD be sug-
gested for the traEsacting OF public business
| and personal comfort. The War Depart.
| ment occupies the whole of the northern
| and WESTERN portions. the Navy Department
| the eastern and tie State Department the
southern. 1t will be several years before the
| building is completed. II.