The Washington critic., 1886-07-03

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home. Mrs. Cleveland feels thu sle
Is doing the honorS Of the White
House and that she has right to. Sh1
acts ns Il lady wonll act who was pre-.
siGirg over her own home, anil shr is
apparently as cordial in her gestures"
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The same correspondent, speaking Of
the marriage Of the Hon. David Davis,
says; Ills bride was q Miss Burr,
Massachusetts, girl who had moved to
Illinois. She had been an intimate
friend Of his first wife, and the en-.
gagpmcut was made while she was
visiting here at Washington. She was
only about half as old as the Judge,
and was btighteyed blonde Of thirty.
four or thirty five. The marriage took
place at Fayetteville, N. G., at the resi-.
dcncc OF Congressman Green. Sgna-
tor Davis was supposed to be about to
marry nt this time, and there was con.
siderable interest in the newspapers
over the event. Judge Davis was
stopping Mt the National Hotel, and
the correspondents watched him almost
as closely as they did President Clcvc.
land three weeks ago. Judge Davis
escaped them, however, In getting out
Of the city. but he found them present
on the grounds before the marriage
took place. The Judges marriage
was, understand, happy one, and as
hc Is three or four times millionaire,
IL will leave his wife still under
forty. one of the richest widows In the
country. A story of Judge Davis and
President Arthur was told here few
days before the engagement of the
Judge 10 Miss Burr was announced. 1t
was known In social circles that the
Judge intended to marry again, but the
nnme of his aillanccd had not been set.
tied upon. Miss Burr and Miss Greeu.
the daughter of Congressman Green, at
whose house the wedding took place.
were here in Washington together
One day Judge Davis took Miss Green
out sight seeing. aud IN time called at
he White House. President Arthur
Hent about the building with them
and ms he noted the fine qualities of
Miss Green, he jumped 10 the concu.
s!on that she was TO be the Judge $
lew wife. Shortly after this there
was q Supreme Court dinner at
the White House, and after the
Goth had been removed and the
company of old justices and the
resident had grown somewhat mel.
ow, President Arthur twitted Judge
Davis upon his approaching marriage
and told him he knew who his bride
vas to be and applauded his choice.
The Judge protested against receiving
congratulations, and during the con.
rersation 1t slipped out that President
Arthur thought Miss Green was the
coming Mrs. Davis. Judge Davis
hlushed like beet under the banter.
ngs of the crowd, but he stoutly de.
MED that he was going to marry Miss
Green, and upon President Arthur
daring him to sign a quit claim deed
to her in his favor, he took out his
pencil and on the back of au envelope
wrote a legal relinquishment of all
rights to her hand present and future.
This he signed and gave to the Presi.
dent. Not long after this it was an.
nounced that Judge Davis was to
marry Miss Green's friend, Miss Burr.
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Says Carp of the Cleveland Leddo,
in his letter of June 90; / dropped
into the cash room of the Treasury
this morning, and from the gallery
watched the officers pay out money to
the several hundred school teachers OF
Washington. Men and women, black
and white, passed through in single
file and received their monthly wages,
Nothing but new greenbacks were paid
out, and saw that each got number OF
bills and some fractions of dollar in
| silver. II is in this cash room that all
of the money of the Government is
| paid out, and 1t is, perhaps, the finest
| finished room in Washington. 1t Is an
oblong room with a very high ceiling
and its walls are made of the choicest
specimens of colored marbles. There
are seven different varieties OF marble
and they are so harmonlously ar
ranged that they look like grea
mosaic made in panels, each big
enough to cover a good sized dining
| table. -Four men, each six feet tall
could stand on the head of each other
on the floor of this cash room, and the
| crown of the topmost man would still
be three feet six inches from the cell
ing. 1t is nearly as high as it is
wide and its length is seventy three
feet. The wall is divided into two
stories by gallery, and below and
above this are square columes of iluted
white marble with Corinthian capitals
The gallery Is of bronze with an iron
flooring, and the whole of this place |.
fre.proof. The floor of the room is di
vided into three parts. The marble
counter with u glass railing separate;
the outside aisle from the business dc
partmcnt, and back of this counter
there are little sheep penlille places
made of iron lattice work, In which
the tellers stand and count out
the money through litts sort
holes like those in the counter,
of bank. Back Of the lat
tice work is line of desks, and at
one end OF the long room Is dooi
which leads down into the vault
where the gold and silver of the Gov
ernment is stored. The cash room Il
one Of the busiest rooms In the Treas
ury, and perhaps the most interesting
TO visitors 1t must have cost smal
fortune to finish 1t as it is, for its mar
blcs are taken from every part Of the
world. This Treasury building has
cost altogether over $1,000, 900, and 1
is considered by the artists as one o
the finest buildings of Washington Il
is the largest department under tn,
Government, and its total salary lis
amounts to about 80, 000, 900 year A
it employs about 5000 hands, It will b.
seen that the average salary of u Treas
ury clerk is s goo,