Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Unique Letter Received by Secretary
Lamar from GottIisb WoIfangel,
Citizen q Deming, N. M.
MRS. Reagsn's First Reception rs 4
senator's Wheeler Fair Assist.
ants On New Years Day.
oonsreseman Allen of Mississippi is in
hker OK Losing ais seat-How Tim
Campbell Gained Els Point
Correspondence of the Gazette

correspondence of the Gazette
WASHINGTON, Jan. Secretary Ls
mar received the following UNIQUE letse
from Deming, n. M but is unable to Sc,
no" he can do anything for Mr.. Wolf
angel. somebody else may possibl,
want the case, and the letter is therefor,
made public:
hr Lamar, Secretary of Interior:
DEAR SIR-In the first place | went e
me chief OF police to ask his assistance
Ia regard TO assist me in getting patent
which would enable me to hide m,
thoughts, which could not procure out.
side OF officials OF the county. The CLERK
OF the aforementioned sent me to the
county commissioners Office, from
whence WAS sent to the county physi-
clan and thence 10 Co. Jail where / re
manned three weeks before I knew fol
wat L was imprisoned; when the deputy
sheriff came to me with au indic.men,
stating / Was detained by the Co. Com
missioner G. c. Guilz for insanity. They
kept me in Co. Jail from 1st Of June to
6th OF July and then committed me tc
foeola Insane Asylum, where remained
TWO months. My idea in addressing you
is to procure my rights as citizen If the
Y. D. Asking your assistance in q sui,
for 800, 900. Having addressed several
lawyers on the subject Of taking the case
OF false imprisonment for half and being
refused | appeal 10 you as one of the
Chief Public Officials Of the u. S. My
case occurred az Denver, Colorado, dur.
ing the present year, 80.
z. S. Please address to American Hotel,
Deming, New Mexico.
The only ladies of the Texas delegation
who formally received on New Years day
were Mrs. Reagan and Mrs. L.nharn,
both of whom had q large number OF
callers. Mrs. Reagsn's reception began
at O'Clock. She wore q violet plush
dress with court train, pettico.t OF
maiden's cheek satin covered with
Duchess lace. The nec6 was V-shaped,
with sleeves to the elbows. She wore
slippers, with gloves to match. Her
ornaments were diamonds. She was as
sisted by Mrs Blanchard OF Louisiana,
Miss Estis. Mrs. Mohl Of Texas, Miss
Ayres OF Virginia, the Misses Hood,
daughters of General john B. Hood, and
Miss Reagan. Mrs. Blanchard was at
tired in 8 decollete costume of pink
brocade and pink pearl spangled tuIle
and carried bouquet of iscqueminot
roses. Miss Estis wore he iotrope satin,
draped over embroidered silk
t0lle, ornamented with diamonds.
The crowds continued to pour in upon
Mrs. Z eagsn and her charming guests IN
TIL a late hour, this being her first official
reception as Senator's wife. Mrs. r "a
gan is demure little woman, and at
once attracts you by her simplicity OF
manner. Sne makes striking contrast
when walking with her large husband,
VINO smiles upon her apprOviDgly from
towering heights, which strain her little
brown eyes as she looks upward. Their
family is most interesting one, and they
z:e nicely settled for the winter
IN large and fzmily-like board
Jag house within q stones throw
from the capitol. The Senator passes
most of his evenings "at home" sur
rounded by his Lsres and fenates, and is
always glad to have his friends drop il
or him. To newspaper men, who are ur-
bane TO him, he is equally polite, and
readily imparts such information on cur
rent topics az he is willing the public
should kaow. His first year in the Sem
ate will not be marked by any special
work, thus following the custom OF rev
Senator'S who donot push themselves for
ward or originate measures OF public i'm
portance until their Swings are clipped"
The original survey and map of the city
Of Washington made by Peter Charles
L'Enfant in 1890 under the direction of
President Wasnicg ON, and which was in
dsnger Of complete obliteration from old
eye and decay, has been repaired and
most carefully reproduced oy the Unite d
States Coast Survey. The reproduction,
which is nearly perfect in every detail,
has been so skillfully performed that it
can be certified TO as an exact copy. Apart
from the interest which this old map will
have for the public in general, the imme-
diste purpose Of its reproduction has
been for use In important suits as
10 locating riparion rights along the
PotCmac river end eastern branch, and al
so in the disputed title TO the kldwell
fats, which has been question OF legal
contention for many years past. Inc
manuscript when received by the coast
survey WAS in dilapidsted state; 1t had
been mounted on cotton cloth cnd warm
ished evidently m.ny years ago. ZOE
preservation, by which II had been rem
dered quite opaque. 1t was cracked IN
some places and otherwise defaced, end
It's faded condition required the work OF
reproduction, revision, comparison, ana
t. lal veriticatieR to be done under spe cial
conditions OF solar light. re f7cted by mir
rors, and with the aid Of msgnitying
glasses and colored screens In the trac'
ing nothing has been reproduced wnlcn
was not distineuishsble on the orlglnai,
and this will account for breaks IN some OF
the lines shown on the tracing where doubt
less completed lines were shown on the
original, before it became affected by age:
II wIIl also account for the absence OF
plats of p.rklng on the tracing which ere
referred to IN the marginal notes on the
original. An attempt was made to marx
or the tracing with steel point some OF
these plsts, but they were found to be too
indistincs and ipdefoite to warrant the
of an linked line. The work upon the
tracing was done by Mr.. William ID. Ben
tom and Mr.. Howard j. Schneider,
under the immediate super
v;sjon of Mr. Edwin Hergesheimer, AS
sjstsnt United States Coast and Geodetlc
kad xau Inn