The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-11-30
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worm in the bud to prey upon ner uaihask
cheek. Her round of social duties is still
observed. On Tuesday she called upon
Mrs. Lamont to see the eight pound girl
baby that arrived on Saturday. On Wed
nesday and Friday evenings she occupied
Secretary Whitney's box at the perform
ance of the French comedians. The Pres
ident was not present, having announced
his intention to take no relaxation until he
shall have finished his message to Con-
gress.
Mr.. Levi p. Morton was in town this
week to look after his nearly completed
apartment building. No man ever looked
happier. He chatted with old friends and
was delighted to find any associates of his
former Washington life. His handsome
wife accompanied him. The Mortons have
not vet decided as to their residence in
Washington. Mr.. Morton will only be
here a few days in March and will not
bring his family before the opening of the
Fifty-first Congress.
Z. w. Halford, of the Indianapolis
| JDNIHNt, VINO Will SuCCted bdhiCi tiioh
as the private secretary to the President,
seems a wise selection. He is a man OF
wider experience than most private secre-
taries, and yields no slight personal inilu-
ence in politics. So far as the salary Is
concerned, the position is ungrateful. The
private secretary receives only s3,250 per
wear. President Cleveland, it is said,
paws Lamont an additional 81, 900 out of
his own salary. OF course the position is
coveted mainly on account of the patron
age. With departmental and bureau Of
fcers the private secretary is often as
powerful as the President, and the per-
sonal friends of Editor Halford will be
tenderly cared for in the political nursery.
Senator Quay seems very little concern
ed about the sensation created by his an
nouncement that the Republicans would
hold " 18th "a mailed hand the results of
the November election. He says that his
party is entitled to a working majority in
the next House, and no one appearing to
earnestly contradict him, his decision will
probably be sustained. Matt. Quay is a
very heavy man, weighed in the scales of
the present.
Dom Piatt, author, ~savant, journalist,
gentleman, is at Chamberlain's and APP
pears in a card in the Post as to his opinion
of the Rucker-B Blackburn duel. He holds
that while Rucker is probably mistaken
with reference to what the President told
him, the condition of all the participants
when they visited Mr.. Cleveland was such
that Judge Rucker would be unable to re-
call the episode, with certainty as to its
details. Dom revengefully concludes by
attacking Barnum for his inadequate con-
duct of the New York campaign, though
what connection there is between the two
subjects doth not appear.
The inaugural Committee held a secret
session OIL Saturday, and the chairman of
finance reported subscriptions received to
the amount of $36, 900. The number of
persons who expect to make a fortune by
supplying the thousands who will be pres
ent on March 4th with food and drink is
on the increase. They seem to spring
from the ground.
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain and his bride,
nee Endicott, and Lord Sackville and his
two daughters, started for home on the
Bourgogne on Saturday. Society will not
be comforted for such a loss. No sooner
did the excitement over the auction sale of
the British Minister'S effects subside than
society wept for the loss of his Lord
ships daughters. Strange to say, the at
mosphere, together with the direction and
velocity of the wind, remain the same as
if Miss Victoria and Miss Amalie and the
erstwhile Miss Mary were still with US.
The success of the Republican party at
the polls has stimulated the faithful in the
District of Columbia. The National Re
publican, for some time suffering a partial
eclipse, being only permitted to appear as
a weekly, will be rejuvenated as a daily.
The capital has been fully subscribed. E.
w. Fox will be editor. Whether or not
the paper will be successful remains to be
seen. If it does succeed its triumph will
be entirely due to Republican Government
employees. The geographical position of
Washington makes the city Democratic,
and SO far as advertising and suburban
circulation go, a Republican daily will al
ways have a poor field to plough.
The bill to place a bust Of Chief Justice
Waite in the row of marble busts of de-
ceased Chief Justices in the Supreme Court
room passed the Senate but was hung up
in the House. An appropriation of $4,000
was allowed by the last Congress for an
oil portrait of Mr.. Waite, to be hung in
the robing room. 1t is vaguely hoped that
the artist will be more successful than the
majority of those who have painted por-
traits for the Government. WESTON.
The Agricultural Department reports
that the corn crop this year promises an
aggregate yield of 1000, 900, 900 bushels,
which is equivalent to about 80 bushels per
capita. Mr.. Dodge says of this years
crop: SIN view of the impairment of
quality, from the large proportion of in
jured and unmatured ears, it must yield in
intrinsic value to the crop of three years
ago, while the bushels per capita will also
be less. 1t is not probable, therefore, in