The Washington critic., 1886-02-10
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

~ Dlll mas Doen introduced IN Jne
House by Mr.. Matson of Indiana to ap.
propriate $50, 600 for the erection of "a
suitable monument to the memory of
General James Shields, who was not
only soldier Of great renown, but also
a.Senator of the United States from the
States of Illinois, Minnesota and
Missouri" cat the turn of the west
staircase leading to the Senate galleries" /"
says Stevens of the Globe Democrat in
referring to this bill, "therc is a large
historical neutrality-suspicious.. In
the foreground of this battle scene Is n
small man in shirt sleeves, one arm in
a sling, white slouch hat shading his
good humored countenance. The fight
is going on furiously all about him, but
the small man stands in an attitude
of entire composure, surveying the
field and apparently well.satsfed
with the way the day is going.
This is all that grateful Republic has
done to preserve the memory of the
hero of two wars and the Senator from
three States. If Congress has been re.
miss those who knew General Shields
personally have been equally forgetful
of his memory. In the shock which
followed his death there was organized
Shields Monument Association and
some hundreds of dollars were collect
ed. After few months the movement
came to a standstill. 1t has never start
cd since. The bones of the old soldier
and statesman are crumbling in ne.
elected burying ground ON the out.
skirts of Carrollton, Mo-, and there
isn't so much as q slab to mark the
spot.
~
"You know, Of course" said gen
tleman the other day to a representa-.
tive of the Elmira IN. W 7Slcgram,
"that Miss Rose Cleveland, the Presi-
dents sister, was a teacher at the
Muncy Seminary about ten years ago
Miss Cleveland was not over twenty.
| five years old when she came to Muncy,
and during her stay there she became
| quite popular. To give you an idea of
her disposition: One prominent lady of
Muncy conceived strong aversion to
Miss Cleveland upon first meeting her.
The latter thcreupOn determined TO
make this particular lady the very best
friend she had in Muncy. Not only
did she make this determination, but
she accomplished it, and before she left
Muncy the lady in question held her
in very high regard and had be-
| come her warm and devoted friend
| Among her other close friends were Mrs
| Patton and daughter of our township,
where she often visited. She also Wis
tied the family of Colonel Lilley, who
| is II son-in-law of Mrs. Patton. She
enjoyed her visits to these farm houses
exceedingly and made herself entirely
at home. She was very practical and
sensible and adapted herself perfectly
to the situation wherever she went. At
| Mrs. Patton's she was in the habit of
climbing large apple tree that stood
in the yard and seating herself in the
fork of n tree. There she would re-
main for hours, reading some favorite
book. At this time she was familiarly
called Johnny" Cleveland. She did
not forget her friends after leaving
here, either but she has kept up cor
respondencc ever since. Letters have
been received from her by these
families since she has been living in the
| White House, She has also sent them
her pictures and invitations TO visit her
at the Capital,
NJ.
Some gentlemen were talking at the
Riggs House the other night, says W.
w. A. in the Cleveland Plaiadealoy',
about corruption in politics; about
rumors of how much this man and that
had made out of dark and shady pollt-
ical methods, when one man said he
believed every man had his price, and
TO illustrate his theory told the story Of
union general who was stationed In
command In Louisiana at one of tho
| posts near the rebel lines. He came to
] New Orleans and sought the headquar-