The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-07-17


low degree availed themselves of the
invitation. Tue house and grounds
we're thrown open, and everything that
could have been desired was provided.
a generous lunch had been provided by
theSecretary and was served by Welckcr.
Congress is hard at work, and should
the present warm weather continue an
adjournment will be reached at a much
earlier day than had been expected,
though 1t is believed that it will require
until the first of August to complete the
vaiions appropriation bills. The vetoed
pension bills which originated in the
Senate will, with possibly one or two
exceptions, be reported from the COM
mittce on pensions, with recommends
tions that they do pass, the Presidents s
veto Notwithstanding.
When vote was taken in the House
upon the clause in the Sundry Civil bill,
which appropriates S103, COO for the
Bartholdi statue, the vote as announced
by the speaker was yeas 1O3, and NAYS
1O1. The names of several members
who were known to have been absent
from the city, were found to have been
recorded in the Affirmative. The Wash
ington Post created CONSERVATION by
charging in an editorial that the roll
call had been tampered with. The
Posts article was widely copied, and an
investigation demanded, which resulted
in an eXoncration of the reading clerk,
upon the ground that the mistake in
recording the vote was due to the con-
fusion which prevailed during the calling
of the roll.
Secretary Whitney announces that he
will be ready within two weeks to ad-
vertise for proposals for the construction
of the four naval vessels authorized by
the Act of March Sd, 1885. The largest
one of the vessels will probably be built
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The news of the sudden death of COL
George b. Corkhill, ,ex-District Attorney.
at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on Wednes-
day last. Col. Corkhill was one of the
best known and most popular men in the
District. The active part which he took
in the trial of the assassin Guiteau gave
him a national reputation.
It is announced as a settled fact that
Hon. S. S. Cox will shortly resign his
position as Minister to Turkey and seek
reelection to Congress, and gossips are
already naming his successor.
Although the President has received
some very beautiful invitations, the one
which was recently presented him by
senator Stanford, in behalf of the ct-
zens of California, to visit the Grand
Army Encampment in San Francisco.
in August eclipses them all. The text
OF the invitation is engraved upon a
gold plate six inches long by four inches
broad, and as thick as silver dollar.
At the left hand corner of the plate is
solid gold G. a. II. badge. The plate
rested upon an American flag worked
entirely in California silk, and the whole
was inclosed in blue velvet case.
Among the many odd trinkets pos
sessed by the White House bride, which
has attracted much attention, is a live
bug about an inch and half in length.
Around the insects body is tiny gold
harness to which is secured a fine chain.
The lady fastens the chain to her left
shoulder. and the bug wanders about as
far as the chain will allow. This species
of ornament is said to have been fashion,
able many years ago, and now that MIS-.
Cleveland wears one they will probably
again become popular.
II is quite the custom here to rent
furnished houses. Senators, members
and others who come to Washington
and purpose entertaining, very often are
not prepared to purchase establishments,
and it is the wants of such as these
which create demand for large houses
furnished throughout with everything
requisite for first class housekeeping.
Houses of this character rent all the
way from 5000 to $500 per month. The
return on the investment to the owners
is decidedly remunerative, although the
wear and tear is considerable, and there
is always more or less dispute and CON
troversy when the tenants are about to
vacate. A few days since a public man
rendered the keys at the expiration of
his lease of furnished house which he
had rented for the season. His enter
tainments during the winter were fire.
quent and on most lavish scale. II
was said that not only hundreds but
thousands had been present OH some of |
these occasions, and the jam and crush
was simply immense. Uhilc acclaims
and eclact enured to the furniture, car
pets and bric-a-brac suffered proportion.
ltely, and the wreck has snitten the
soul of the owner with abject despair.