New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-16
BTTs or GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL.

A house in the fashionable quarter OF town was
the scene of quite a sensation few days ago. "''
heroine OF which has not yet recovered from le OK
element of IT, The family OF one of President HART
sons appointees recently moved into very handsome
house in the West End They were delighted WIN
their new quarters. Everything was complete ana IN
good order. an unusual thing in rented house Inc
messenger CALI which had been left by the las, &C.
cupant was viewed with especial favor by The FAMILY
who, being from a small town. appreciated All ia.
convenienccs OF city life. But as there were plenty Oh
servants in the house, and they kept carriage the''
was no opportunity to use the CALI Al last CAT
tired Of this empty life, laid herself YEARLY down IN
the back yard and died. P0stals TO the Board Vi
Health asking that the body be removed brought no
response and II occurred daughter of the house 70
ring the messenger call for policeman. that he might
attend to the matter. The call was accordingly rung
tho policeman ordered, and the whole famiy a"s'eu
with interest to see how the little machine WORKED
They had not long TO walt for the street was soon ed
with hurrying feet din as II from the excited voices
Of crowd reached them, the doorbell was fur0usV
rung and galloping horses drawing wagon. stopped
In front of the door. Tho whole family rushei down
stairs 10 learn the cause OF the tImult On the steps
they mot a bury, red-faced policeman. with billy
raised for action Right behind him stood his pard-
ner' keeping guard at the front entrance and In the
patrol-wagon before the door sat another uniformed
officer The wagon was covered with dust the horses
with foam.
@where IS he. Mum ~ asked officer No. 1, in voice
filed with determinations and bis eyes in fine frenzy
rolling They had come TO arrest a murderer ana
carry Oft the corpse They were not disappointed In
tho co pse They carried off in state. the poor, little
gray kte's body I'm the bottom of the patrol-wagon.
Paer familias treated beer while the crowd de-
priycd OF their sensation, went In chagin to their
homes.
Probably no other public building has. within the
short period OF its existence, held so many diverse
national and foreign celebrities within It's walls as
the Pension Office. Its pillared court copied by us
architect General MelgS, not, tho wicked lhtina'c
after a Dutch Pennsylvania Barn." but-a very long
way after Michael Angeles PaazZo Farnnse III
Rome has since 1t was first begun In 1s52-leo3'
donned more motley wear" than any other that !
know OF. In March, 1885, its uncompieted orcn
pers It's terra Gotta and red from pillars were drapeu
for Grover Cevelands Inauguration. Next both brcK
and terra-cotta took on white plaster raimeht' whc
tbe hand OF the cunning workmen transmitted base
iron into clttcrlng bronze when, I'm September, 1851,
tho distinguished physicians OF all nations dined' "cu
and danced within its decorated and arcaded corlle'
Finally in March last tho columns at the iour corhos
OF the upper loggia frowncd out under Democra'c
auspices, in bizarre and starting imi'ae"h Va
Frvptian marble 10 emphasize the decorations Tor
president Uarrison's Inauguration. Now I see that
Commissioner of Pensions Raum has had the bases OF
tbe nIllars painted a brilliant rod, hence fully eS
pected TO SEQ some of them painted blue-Pompeian
style-but distinguished Democratic "hoid-oVer
Examiner who Is gifted with a somewhat amusing
stammer, sagely remarks thereat:
ITS right g-s-gOod th-th-thing. you Know 'on-
cral RT-Rarm is b-bbound to g-g-get cleanliness II
first even II he has TO lllet G-GGodlincss gg-so
| aItocethcr-or b-b-bust! You ss-ee those fffeHows
that BIB Black bounced for offensive pppartSanship
are always a-l-lloafn round hyar, m-m-makin &C
clspldors of the p-ppllars, while they're w-w-watn
tn git back 10 the p-p-places GGGrover pre-empted
ff-for wc-uns by means of the C-C-CivH sSservnc
&C Commission; : but they c-c-cawnt dddo III you
lnowr"
Probably public officer with such brilliant ex'
ecutive record as General Raum made while Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue will not, for any very
long period make clean the dish and platter and neg
lect the weghtier matters Of the law"