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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24

GROUND PLAN OF CLEvELANDS HOUSE
extended view than that from the veranda.
Back of the house there is small barn and
a few outbuidings, and it seems to me that
the whole of the buildings on the estate could
he erected to-day for less than IS coo. Pres
ident Cleveland paid S21, 500 for the property,
and it is of such nature that it will be
much more valuable than this at the close of
his administration The country home of
Secretary Whitney, which is not far off. is
now worth $50, 000 and he bought it for S30.-
000 The locality is fashionable one, and
the drive past these houses is nightly filled
with the carriages Of statesmen, mllionaires
and other people of Washington society.
The president is to have possession of the
house, understand, about the 18th Of June,
but it will be some time after this before he
will be able to get into it, When he has i'm
proved it, it will compare favorably with the
homes of the presidents of the past
Washington got Mount Vernon by inherit
ance, and 1t was a common cha ge of his
enemies, when he was president, that he was
anxious to have the national capital located
at Washington that it might j. crease the
value of his property. Mount Vernon lies
six cen miles below Washington city, and
Washing on's wife owned, at this same time,
the Arlington estate. which is just across
the river. Washington came to Mount
Vernon shortly after he was married and
his house then consisted of but eight rooms.
He improved the house greatly after he be-
came noted, and at his death it was in the
condition in which It exists to-day 1t is
situated on a little hill on the banks of the
Potomac and the porch gives a fine
view Of the river. When Washington
was an old man he used to walk
up and down this porch to ex So for
hours at a time, and he entertained here in
grand style The rooms of the interior are
rectangular in shape, and one or two of them
contain fine marble mantels. They are plain,
however, in comparison with our modern
houses, and the Mount Vernon mansion will
not compare with some of the country resi-.
dences of to-day. The house is kept now in
the same condition it was in when Washing.
ton lived, and it is visited by thousands
every year Washington's estate at Mount
Vernon comprised s, 900 acres, and it had ten
miles of river front When he die he left
a fortune Of 100000, and owned western
lands and bank stocks to large amount in
different places His live stock at Mount
Vernon was valued at S35,0O0 without in
GLIDING the slaves, and he had no debts to
speak Of
John Adams lived at Quincy, not far
away from Boston. He was rather eco
nomical in hi, habits. and be owned
pleasant little house there. He was a poor
lawyer when he was married, and such
property as he owned was the fr1lit OF his
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24

The house is an old-fashioned square, two
story affair, with ridge roof of very
gradual slope. 1t has large rooms and a
wide porch running across the front. The
stones of which it is built are put together
in all sort of shapes and the white plaster
glares out between the cracks. The windows
are large and are covered with green shut
tiers, and those at the front open out upon
the veranda. A wide hall runs through
the center, and the chambers of the second
story are large and roomy. The house con-
tains about thirteen rooms, and it is of such
a nature that it can be easily improved. AS
it is now, it needs paint badly, and the pres
ident will not be able to live in it without
materially increasing its size. l understand
that he intends to add Mansard to it, and
to erect tower which will give even more
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24
THE WORKING
HOW SHE APPEARS AND HOW S,a,
LIVES IN NEW YORK.

Going to Work and Coming Home-Her
Poor Food and Poorer Wages-The
Summit of Her Ambition-How She
Spends Her Sundays.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24

OPIUM I. l;' 4 e
"HUUUmM its cured at home With
UmEU out pain. Book OF par
O5X whitehall Street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24
Hol eAYS IN NEW YORK.
How and Where the Working People
Spend Them.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
New YORK, June Holidays in this city
are not su III boons as they might be. The
trouble is that every interesting place closes
I'D at once, leaving the great army of work
ers who own themselves and their time on
off DAYS no place to go to- Such days are
even less interesting to the toiers than Sun
day. They are divided in mind between
"going somewhere" and resting. The ma
iority decide in favor of "going some where"
and make the attempt, which ends in very
hard work, much expense and utter weari-
ness. The few places that are open to the
public are overthronged; all the cars and
boats and platforms are runnin over.
Children are dragged around till their bodies
and tempers both give out, and they fill the
cars and the streets with their wailing.
The business streets are lonely and de-
serted. The people who are busy ten
hours of every day can't even do
their buying. Tney are restless and
long to get out, and do get out
and wander "they know not where" like
people who are beaten about by the winds
of hard fate There are street corner
groups of men who talk and lean against
posts and call it enjoying themselves. Others
are drawn by an irresistible impulse to the
doors of their shops, factories and printing
hous es and there stand or sit, and chew,
talk, expectorate and argue. In this sort Of
recreation their holiday goes by. They have
seen nothing new, enjoyed no change, had
no real recreation. They have simply idled,
and that in the least luxurious way. The
routine of their lives has so engrossed them
that when the opportunity comes to break
away they can't do it. even for day. The
trouble is, we, as pc 1ple, have never
learned TO enjoy ourselves We are not used
to recreation. Holidays are not utilized as
they should be- We need to cultivate the
spirit of recreation. We ,long for it, but we
don't know how to make use of it when IT
does come. L. n K
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24

hep him After he left the presidency shs
died, and he married a wo nan of Buffalo,
who brought him in dot which ran up in
the hundreds of thousands. He then lived
well and died leaving her fortune which was
quarreled over in the courts upon her death
some years ago
Frank Pierce was another self-made man.
He made a good deal at the law, and was
noted for his fondness for his wife, who was
a preachers daughter. He lived very
plainly at Concord, N. H., in big square
house which came out even with the road
way.
Wheatlands James Buchanan's residence
was offered for sale about year ago. He
owned it while he was president and spent
his summer vacations there. When he died
he left it, think, to Harriet Lane; at least
the property was owned by her until lately,
If it is not now. 1t is an estate of twenty
two acres, lying milo west of Lancaster,
and giving broad view of the surrounding
country. The house is an old-fashioned,
wide front, two-story brick building. 1t has
library on the east wing and kitchen and
laundry on the west. A wide hall runs
through the center, and off of this are the
parlors. Buchanan bought the house of
William M. Meridith, who was Zach Tay-
lor's secretary of the treasury, and he paid
Meredith che same price for it that it had
cost him. Buchanan died a bachelor, and
he story is that his beloved quarreled with
him and died before the fuss was made up.
President Lincoln's home was at Spring
field, and he occupied the Soldiers Home
cottage as his summer residence while he
was president. He had not very fine man.
sion, and there is nothing especially noted
about his association with it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24

FOLK PLACE, KEsIUENUL UF JAMES :. PUIlh
President Folks widow occupies the man
sion which he built in the heart of Nashville
during the days of his prominence. 1t is a
fine old house surrounded by a whole square
of ground, filled with beautiful trees and
flowers 1t is known as Polk Place, and
am told that Mrs. Polk keeps President
Folks room in the same condition as when
he lived in it.
Zach Taylor owned cottage on the Mis-
sissippi near New Orleans at the time he was
elected president His wife did not like the
White House, and she was more noted as a
fine cook of plain food than as social
queen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES
PAST AND PRESENT - PRESIDENT
Cl-EVELAND'S COUNTRY SEAT.
: Look at Mount Vernon, Monticello,
Oak Hill and the Hermitage Zach
Taylor's Cottage and Homes of Presi-
Especial correspondence

lsnecal Correspondence
WASHINGTON, June IL visited the presi-
dents new country home to-day. 1t lies on
the hills three miles west of the White
House, and there is probably not a finer
piece of scenery in tho United States than
that which will be spread out before the
presidents eyes as he chats with his new
bride on its front veranda. To the right
the plain white shaft Of the Washing; on
monument, with its aluminium top blazing
like great white diamond under the last
rays of the sun, peeps out above the green
trees, and directly in front rises the great
Capitol building, its dazzling white dome
rot larger than country bake oven in the
distance, and the giant statue of liberty
on its top, which is really almost as
tall as a two story cottage appearing
no bigger than a twelve-inch pigmy. A
good gl,ss would bring out the statue of
Gen. Scott which stands upon its granite
pedestal at the Soldiers Home, and it is easy
to point out the various objects of Washing
ton city. The city itself makes beautiful
sight. 1t shines out living map dotted with
$4,000 trees, poem of brick and mortar in
Pompeiian red, with here and there verse
of dazzling white in the classic architecture
of the marble buildings of the government
The back ground of this scene is the wooded
hills of Virginia with Alexandria and the
Potomac in its front and Mount Vernon al
most visible in the distance.
The president has here twenty-eight acres
of lawn AMI trees. A grove of oaks and
chestnuts st nds at the entrance to the estate
and there are fruit and grapes about the
house. A wire fence, with green wooden
posts, surrounds the property and its grounds
are rolling
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-24

Fillmore spent his honeymoon in house
which he built himself He was young
lawyer with very small practice, and his
wife had nothing in the way of property to
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
The Political Problem.

ut makes us tired" to hear men for.
ever prefer ding that farmers are impos.
ed upon in the administration Of laws
We hear men continually talking abou,
those who are opposed to farmers. We
do not believe there is an intelligen,
man lin Laurens county Iwho really
would, if he had tho power, do aught to
injure this class Of our citizens. Is il
the lawyer, doctor, merchant, teacher.
carpenter: r,:blacksmith Who is it!
No: you may look in vain for those
who seek to injure farmers. Men diff
fer as to what political measures are for
the good Of thei country, but the real
question after all is to place men in Of
flee who have good sense and sound
Judgment to decide these questions in.
diligently. We are opposed to any
class OF citizens making political nomi.
nations. The Democratic party has
adopted the primary election system Of
making these nominations, and any con.
vention "suggestees" in the field will
necessarily defeat the spirit of the pri.
mary. The Democratic party as an or.
ganizstion, allows farmers and every
other class voice, and we believe this
organization is amply sufficient to meet
the demands of the times. This being
tho case, we do most heartily oppose
any political organization that seeks to
supp'ant democracy, whether it be far.
mers or republicans. II the Democratic
party has failed to redeem pledges if i
cannot make nominations by the mode
adopted, then we might join some other
political organization. When farmers,
clubs assemble they should discuss no.
riculture. and when they discuss poli.
tics, it should be done in a Democratic
club. Farmers can discuss politics md
should do so !; not AZ farmers, but AZ cir.
izens--as Democrats. S. Ldurens <ld,.r.
siysr.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

Not long ago, as if prescient of his ap-
preaching end, Paul Hayne. though
grateful to Georgia for cordial hospi-
taiity and ample recognition of his merit
cried out to his South Carolina mother.
never forgotten in another State
70 receive him when, to quote the love-
~ thought Of Tennyson, Gods finger
touched him and he aslept." Georgia
would be proud to have him in death as
in life, but how can she resist the poets
last pathetic cry for the embrace of
South Carolina ? Surely that impe-
rial mother will claim her glorious
son and consecrate his last abode.
And when he shall sleep beside the
twin rivers and within sound of the
historic sen, while men Of all nations
shall seek his grave as pilgrims visit
sacred shrines. no tears will fall upon
the sod more affectionately than those
shed by Georgians, who surrender him
only at his own bidding and in response
to summons that even Love cannot de-
ny.--1ugusta Chronicle.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
TINS evil can be easily removed, and it
~ 20 DC hoped that our next Legislature
Will see to it that it is done.
1'Ro1,pp
Necessity Of Grasse,,

There is no good reason whu
lsrmer shoald not raise grass enough for
"'s own use. We cannot excuse orr
serves for neglecting the grasses bec,us.
We cannot raise blue grass, for thu.
arc grasses adapted to the soil and eli.
mate OF South Csrolin. just as valuable
as blue grass. "''e
Inc misfortune is that we look uno,
oor grasses as nuisances. Bermuda. one
:" tue most valuable grAssea We h.v.
~ most OF US considered good enough
~ no'o the levees of the Missis,;nn;
p,'ce' but not good enough for our
ne'us ana pastures. Its great ten.citv
OF lite which should recommend Il !.
made a serious objection. It is nersn
MAJ, nutrltive, relished by all kinds Of
s'oek' and everything feeding upon It
!a'tens rapidly. 1t makes good p.atur.
~ tue extreme South every month IN
'ne year: When cut and dried it make,
most excellent hay and is more nroa..
""'e n. tnan crop Of cotton. But m tho.
moods cannot kill it, nor the hdx. d.
summers of the South, nor ,r.nn;ns :
10. In all cases plowing, We are wsrneI
20 keep 1t at distance. It's merit. az.
considered faults. For the same re.,on
we could find fault with blue grass In
mAny instances it has been turned over
IN the spring, the land cultivated IN oo.,
without killing it.
But ] must confess that TALKING dos.
not always effect revolutions. howev.,
wisely 1t may be done.
Example is sometimes, if not .,~.v.
better than preccpt. When . problem
!s demonstrated before ones ewes there
Is no d'sputing it. Every man want, 70
90 the best he can and when hs :.
SHOWN new way, that ia decidedly :,
Improvement over the old one. O, VII,
ne has been used to. b. will .doD, !,
"en lst some one tske the lead .,,a
saept new ways, make use Of tho ,....
es' and stop the leak tl,a. is ruin,ns a..
land. o"'
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
John Raskin on Pious ~Bsxrars

'ohn Ruskin being asked the otha-
day for aid in paying off = church debt
replied by letter thus IT am sorrow.
fully amused by your appeal to me- Of
all people in the world, the preciselv
least likely to give you far,hine. NV
hrst word to all men and boys who care
10 hear me is. Don't go in debt. st.rvo
and 80 to heaven but don't borrow
Try hrst begging. Idon't mind II ;t.s
really "eedful, stealing. But don't buv
things you can't pay for And Of Al,
manner of debtors, pious people build.
ing churches they can. pay ror are the
most detestable nonsense to INC. Cam
you preach and pray behind the hedges
or IN asandpit, or in coal hole first ?
And Of all manner Of churches thus i'd
iot'cally built, iron churches are ,ho
dnmna"lest to me. And Of all the sects
anu believers in any ruling spirit, Hin
ooos, Turks. Feather Idolators. and
ID umbo Jumbo Log, and Fire Worship
pers. who want churches. your modern
English Evangelical sect is the most .b.
surd and ersirely Objectionable and IN.
endurable to me. All Of which YOU
might very easily have found out from
my books. Any other sect would, be.
tore bothering me to write i, to them. %
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
The Salary Of Teachers.
Greenwood Tribune

Greenwood Tribune.l
Surely the common school system is
sufficiently fsrcical rs it is. but whs.
must it become when placed under tho
instruction Of teachers worth the whole
Of $1,000 per month I? When one un.
dertakes to ride hobby he is very ap.
to ride it to death and it Is not unfre..
quently an appropriate thing for : man
to pray that God would deliver him
from his friends.
A FRIEND OF EDUCATION.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

seen nor heard denial Of the facts a.
reported until Mr.. Steedly's card ap
peared in the Nesos and Courier yester
day. 1t was far from the intention o.
your correspondent to do Mr.. Steedly
an injustice, and it is hoped that he may
by able to clear up the matter salts facto.
rily.
The Augusta Chronicle gives the fol.
lowing additional details:
"Quite number were at the depot as
the morning train stopped at Midway to
see the fair slayer leave for Barnwell,
where she has gone to give herself up to
the County authorities to await a trial.
Miss Connolly was accompanied by her
attorney, Mr.. Williams, Of the firm OF
Skinner & Williams, her father, her
brother and several friends (Mr. Connel-
ly, her brother, is in charge of the Gen.
trail Hotel bar here, and the reporter
not wishing to be too bold, obtained an
interview with Miss Connolly through
her brother.
"Miss Connolly is q well-formed
young lady Of medium height, with
brown eyes deep set, high cheek bones
and sweet interesting face, and one to
see her seated by her father would not
believe that 1t had been but twelve hours
since she had taken the life Of the man
whom she thought had injured her.
1.-THE reporter, on taking his seat by
Miss Connolly, said {: do not wish to
be impertinent, but do you obj ect to
talking on the subject of yesterdays
tragedy
Il do not she quietly replied. Il
have nothing to regret about it, She
had simply punished an injury that a
cowardly man had placed on her. She
spoke we'll Of Ms. Steedly, with whom
she said had been on the best of terms.
The two families are on intimate terms.
Miss Connolly said: killed him be-
cause 1 felt it my duty, and l did not
want to put my father or brother in the
position | am now in. My name, and
that's all woman has, has been villi6.
cd, snd Rave wiped out The stain with
the blood of my 'traducer.'
"She said that Mrs Steedly, who is al
brunette, weighing about 200 pounds
and rather good looking, bore good
character in the neighborhood. She
said she would not care if the trial was
to come off Immediately; she was ready.
Miss Connolly did not display the
least emotion. The Chronicle repor-
tcr's pleasant interview was cut short by
the arrival Of the train at Banrwell.
"Miss Connolly and Mr.. Steedly are
second cousins. Robert. Aldrich has
also been retained to defend Miss Con-
nelly. The Chronicle babe farewell to
Miss Connolly, promising to be present
at the trial."
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

When tho liver and kidneys are disorder.d
the bowels become inactive retain the badly
digested food from the stomach, and absorb
bolod gives rise to other serious deran smsnts.s
Use DR.. J. h. AcLean,s Liver and Kidusv
Balm.
BHcklen's Arnica Salye.
The beat saive In tho world for Cnt.. R..;..
%, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheu,n. Fever Snr.s.
letter, !Qhapped Hands, Chilbains. Corn.
tnd all sklu Eruptions, aud positively c,,res.
Piles, OF no pay required. Il d auarsstsed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund
sP. Price - cents pes boz. For aals py
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Backlen's Arnica Salye.

Sickness comss uninvited, bat TIT Anaa =.
With healthy and active hver and kidnsys.
attack. The best invieofant m Dr. 81. n.
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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
Prohibition Boom in the
keystone State.

The grandest Prohibition Con-
vention ever held in the country,
is now in session at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. Although the FREE
MAN is little late this week, We
have no news as yet, except the
rushing sounds of the gathering
cyclone, as in such kilograms as
this:
HARRISBURG, August 23.-The
Prohibitionists will take this city
by storm on Wednesday. Between
400 and 600 delegates to their State
Convention have engaged rooms at
the Bolton, Jones, United States,
and other Harrisburg hotels, and
several hundred more will be pro-
vided for by the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union of this city,
and at least 1900 delegates and
other friends of the cold water
cause will be at the State Capital
on Convention day.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
BOGGS & BUHL,
LIS and liz Federal Street,
ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.
Commissioners Summons.
William c. Stiles, Jr., Plaintiff.

William c. Stiles, Jr., Plaintiff.
VS.,
E. W. Staples & Co., Staples, Shultz & Co.,
and others, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Wood County, West
Virginla-IN CHANCERY.
To the above named Parties, Plaintiff and
Defendants:
You will take notice that the above enti-
tied cause was referred to me, one of the
Commissioners of said Court, at the July
Term, 1886, for the purpose of taking proof,
and reporting to the Court the facts partic-
ularly required by said decree of reference,
to which you are referred for particular
statement of everything to be examined in
to and reported by the Commissioner. In
accordance with the order of reference afore-
said, l have fixed upon the 10Th day of Sep
TENDER, 1886, between the hours of 8 O'Clock,
A. NJ, and p. NJ, of said day, at my office,
on Third Street, in the city of Parkersburg,
in the County of Wood State of West Virgin
la, to take the testimony of both parties to
said action, If desired and deemed necessary
and will continue the same from day to day
and time to time, if necessary, until all the
testimony and the report of the undersigned
is completed as required by said order.
You are commanded in the name of the
State of West Virginia, to be and appear be-
fore me, in obedience to this notice, and
to protect your Interests in relation to the
matters before me.
Given under my hand, at my office, this
18th day of August, 1885.
BARNA POWELL, Commissioner.
j. A Hutchinson, Esq, Plaintiffs Counsel.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
WEST VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

Mrs. DR.. T. H. Logan of Wheel
ing. died at Mt. Lake Park, on Mon
day, after lingering Illness.
The Knights of Honor have a
Pic Mic at Mt. Lake Park to-day,
with Judge R. H. Cochran and
Judge Okey johnson as orators of
the day.
The Prohibition Congressional
Convention for the Fourth District
will be held at Parkersburg to-
morrow, and for the Third District,
al Charleston, Saturday, Aug. %.
Ohio County's Democratic candi
6sst.es f. For the Legislature are J. !.
Woods, A. D. Garden, Chas. J. Gba-
son and T. S, Riley.
The West Virginia Press Assooi-
alton, at the close Of its annual ses-
sion, next week, will 60 on an ex.
ouraion to Luray.
Sam Jones disclaims all respon-
sibilitv for the sale of his books on
Sunday at the Moundsville Camp
Meeting.
According to late reports to the
Department of Agriculture, corn in
Mcdowell, Webster, Clay, Mercer,
Fayette, Putnam, Raleigh, Sum
mers, Wood and Brooke counties
has been damaged by unfavorable
weather.
Frank Hoffman, Charleston
policeman, while trying to arrest q
drunken man, fell on the pavement
in such manner as to discharge
his pistol, instantly killing him
self.
Col. Alex Campbell, of Louisiana
is spending few weeks with rela'
tives at his old home in Brooke
county.
The Industrial World, successor
to the Coal Journal and Fayette En-
terprise, makes very neat appear
ance.