Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-08-05
Washington Letter.
FROM OUR REGULAR CoRREsroNDENT.)

From OUR REGULAR CORREsroNDENT.)
Washington, August 2, 1886.
With the close of the present session
of Congress in sight, the President and
his cabinet are making plans for their,
annual vacations. The President will
60 to the Adirondacks this year, taking
very much the same route he did last.
Mrs. Cleveland will 60 with him, and
take the trip much rs her husband
does, excepting, perhaps, the rongher
parts. Mr.. Bayard will remain here
several weeks after the adjournment Of
Congress, and then will take his family
TO quiet place on the coast of Della
ware, not far from Wilmington. Mr..
Manning has gone to Watch Hill, r. /,
to stay all summer. The family of
Secretary Endicctt IS away, and the
Secretary will join them at his summer
cottage on the Massachusetts sci shore
in about a fortnight. Mr.. Whitney has
m .de no positive plans as yet. The
Postmaster General will 90 home to
Madison to repair some political fences,
and perhaps build new ones. He
would like to succeed old Philetus
Sawyer as United States Senator from
Wisconsin. Mr.. Lunar will put in
some hard work in what is suppos' Il to
be Lys vacation. lie Intends making Il
tous along the Southern border of In
dian reservations, and thence will 60 to
the Northwest. He ants to see some
things for himself and IS taking this
trip to do So. Mr.. Garland says the
deer are getting ripe ont in Arkansas,
and he proposes 20 Investigate the fact
from his country seat, Hominy Tall,
twenty miles from a>Ftte Rock. Col.
LamosL Aas patAred % dseisive move,
but will visit his former A.spae in New
York. He may put in a week or two
at some quiet watering place. He has
AN invitation to White SULPHUR be
would like to accept, and may g tsaefe
Sou week visit.
Immediately after the departure Of
the President and Mrs. Cleveland for
their de1p, the Executive Mansion will
be overloaded aud a much-necdcd Sc
ries Of repairs mads. The exterior will
receive fresh coat Of white paint, the
necessity fer whica has song been ap-
pareM IT, tue mast casual Observer
Therc is solAe <alk Of restoring the
ceiling Of the maiR entrance corridor
but this has not get been DEF aitely de-
.clded upon owing TO she s4aal, appro-
prlatioa granted by Congress Cor allvh
purposes. La the East Roem the wood
work will be re-painted white and the
gliding. which ROW presents quite &
dlngy appearance. will be retsuesled
An additional coat Of paint is to be Civ
en- tils Blue and Green Roouas, as we'll
as the state dining room. IN the pn-
yate dining rooms Il new carpet will be
laid, as the one now in use is in state
of actual diIapidation. The old cur
tans on The lower floor have been re
moved and an entire new set OF lace
ones order from abroad, it having been
found less expensive to order them
from Europe than to patronize home
lnanufacturc,
The question of adjournment hangs
now upon the sundry civil bill. There
is at present dead lock on this bill
out in conference. With this and tie
deficiency bill ogt Of the way, there is
no other measure either house would
STAY for. The river and harbor bill,
which is up today, the inter state com
nlerCe bill and the ivrtiGeltion bill,