The Washington critic., 1886-01-28

All they would raise was about 5000,
leaving Mr.. Fitch about 1928 900 ont of .
pocket AS he was making great !
deal of money Mt the time he did not |
mind this much, but General Shcrmans |
opinion of the business men of the |
place changed very much on account |
of IT, Nearly two years ago, through |
depression in the iron market, Fitch |
failed i'm business. Now he has made |
mp his mind to 30 10 some other city to |
begin again. 50 of course General Shcr-
man would not care TO remain there
after him. sherman Is very fond of
society and at first in st. Louis he went
out great deal, but this winter he has
been u stay.at-home.
#.#
"What sort of campaigncr was
Cleveland ?" asked the Minneapolis
7iijUao man of n BuiIalonian the other
day. "Wcll, he was one of the quccrcst
fellows in that respect you ever saw.
We never could get him out to the
ward meetings, and, although he was
willing to shoulder torch and take his
place in procession whenever it was
necessary to outnumber Republican
demonstration which had taken place
the night before, he preferred to sit
down with social party and spend the
evening enjoying himself TO position
in the front row on the platform while
the speeches were going on On sew
eral occasions we had tried to get him
down 10 political meetings in the Ger
man wards, in order that he might win
the support of the Tcutonic voters, of
whom there are large sprinkling.
We never could do it, although he
would start from his office, on the
corner of Main and Swami streets, with
Shan Bissell and George Talbot,
or some other crony, and they would
get up as far as Blume's. Blumcs
Is celebrated resort for the
boys who like good lager, about four
squares north of Clcvcland's office.
They three would sit there and order
three 'schupers. " Hold on there,
what are schupcrs ?" inquired the cor
respondent. The Buffalo man looked
Disguised rs he replied; They are
boot.lcgs of beer. But, as / was say
ing, they would sit down, order three
schupeis of beer, and shan Bissel
would start up in deep bass voice:
There was q hole in the bottom of the sea :
when Cleveland and Talbot would Join
in the chorus of
Pour It down, pour II down, pour It down
And they would proceed TO pour it
down. Then they would order three
more sChupers, Shan" would sing his
little song over again, Talbot and Grove
would join in the chorus and they
would keep it up until midnight. In
fact il was pretty difficult for Bumc
to get them out of there sometimes be-
fore the police came around and ratified
at the door TO notify him that his lights
must be put out.
~"
During the recent cold wave, says
the Savannah Ncws correspondent,
three OF the members of the Supreme
Court Of the United States found it
necessary to don skull caps to keep off
the draft, following the example of Mr..
Justice Bradley, of Electoral Commits.
sion fame. Judge Bradley wears a
close fitting silk head covering, al.
though probably possessed of the best
and thickest suit of hair on the Su-
premc Court Bench. He is, however,
very sensitive to cool air. Thinking
that such n hcadgcar would improve
his appearance and protect his health
at the same time, Mr.. Justice Gray OF
Massachusetts, the tall, big headed
member of the Court, decided to secure
skull cap also. Unfortunately his
head was too large for anything Of the
sort to be found in this section, and he
has been compelled to put up with
small pattern which barely covers the
top of his Uranium, and which he pei
sists in wearing cooked to one side, Civ.
ing the gay judicial bachelor quite
jaunty air. At social and public
gatherings held in this city Justice
Gray towers head and shoulders above
everyone else, and the same thing is
noticeable on the bench so that his
skull cap gave him somewhat comcal
appearance. The makeup of Mr..
Justice Miller, the third skull,
covered iurist of the highest judi
cial tribunal in the land, is by long
odds the most striking and original.
Justice Miller enjoys the reputation of
being able to derive more service out of
a suit of clothes than any public man
in Washington. When he found it
necessary to wear Il skull cap to keep
his head warm, he did not 20 down on
the Avenue and invest one dollar in a
travelling cap, but he had his wife
make him one, apparently out Of an old
| black velvet skirt or cloak. 1t hangs
down over his ears and rests on his
shoulders, thus giving him the appear
ancc of hooded monk. 1t is as much
| too large for him as Judge Gray's is
too small. These three justices alone
seem to be affected by the cold weather,
although Justices Frier and Harlan
have a very scant supply on their
heads.
w.
American diplomats meet encourage
ment now and then that must cheer
them on an otherwise thorny path. \
| Newport belle was asked the other day
If she knew a certain American vice
consul, and she replied with various in
Elections, that, "Ah, no! / do not know
him; ah, he is self-made person, don't
you see? Not but that ] think it is
commcndablc, really commcndable,
you know, to be self-made; but, ah,
his father was in trade, and, well, ah,
of course, we don't know him, you
see, but | am sure he deserves encour-
agemcnt, so commcndablc, you know,
TO be self-made person" ="
Gold in Alaska.
Governor Swineford reports that miners
are making from $50 to $50 day on the
Yukon, Stewart, Copper, Tannannah and
other rivers, of course by placer mining. OF
permanent mining plants established there
Is but one, that of Douglas Island, which is
turning out gold bullion at the rate Of $780,
| coo Dpr month EOvprnOr Syinpforl states