St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-15
BADGER COLONY IN WASHINGTON.
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who for several years was county clerk
of Rock county, living at GAINESVILLE.
lie is graduate of Belolt college, and
has achieved prominence in literature,
his poems having appeared for twenty
Scribntr'S and the Century. Of late
wears he has taken to writing prose arti-
cles and stories, with marked success.
Capt Edward NJ. Trueil has for q
good many years been an 81, 500 clerk in
tie internal revenue bureau OF the
treasury department. He is one of the
best known Grand Army men i'll the
state, and an active and energetic or
ganiZer in any work he undertakes. His
old home is in LindOn, Juneau county,
and he has always made 1t point 10
keep his hand in politics and go home at
election time. For several years he has
correspondent for the Milwaukee Tele
graph over the signature of Mortimer >
Mrs. Truell is popular in Washington
society. and their home OH Massachus-
etts avenue is fayorte visiting place
for Wisconsin people in particular, and
everybody in general.
Old residents OF WaukeSha county
would recognize at least one face IN the
pension office. Standing watch from
dav to day ON the balcony Of the third
floor. lust at the door of the elevator, is
Uncle Tommy RoWlands, of GeneSee.
Uncle Tommy is q character. He is a
PRESBYTERIAN, and prays in Welsh. Next
to his belief in the hereafter IS his 10y
atty to the Republican party. He came
into office with the Harrison admins
Jration. and is not particularly anxious
to know when he is going out. Uncle
Tommy, 10y the way, is a kinSman Of
Henry NJ. Stanley. and was born in
Denbigh, the birthplace Of the renowned
explorer.
Among the lady clerks in the patent
Office is Miss Julia p. Hudd, daughter
of ex-COngressman Hudd, of Green
Bay. She has been clerk in that office
for the past five years. and has made an
excellent record for diligence and capa-
bility.
Mrs. Ada Cover. of Lancaster. Grant
county, is a clerk in the land office. Her
husband, John Cover. was for number
of years one of the most capable clerks
in the pOstoffice department.
Prof. Aaron Skinner has for twenty
three years been attached to the naval
observatory in Washington. He came
here from Beloit, where be was one of
the best high school pupils of Prof.
Kerr. now and for twenty years past a
member of the faculty of the state uni
YerSity. Prof. Skinner is a charming
fellow. and to-day is as young and
genial as ever. He has pleasant home
and a charming family, and is one of
the pillars of the First Congregational
church.
J. Boyd Jones. who used to edit the
Evansville Review, is $1,000 clerk in
same division.
A veteran clerk and one of the best
N % nf ha Of l,ao
Tency is Miss Clara Willard, Of Beloit.
She has been in the treasury depart
ment for ten years, and her father was
for mOny years a prominent official i'll
the same department.
Capt. Bella W. BeeDee. of BrOdhead. a
well-knOwn soldier in the Iron brigade,
is IN the census office. He was for sew
eTal years postmaster at BrOdhead, and
is a famously good singer.
Down in the agricultural department
is the shining face of Aleck Brooks.
once of GAINESVILLE. He was for many
years Matt Carpenters valet, and to
him, if much was known that isn't,
were due in some degree the brlliance
and spirit of some of MATHS best
speeches. 1t was AIeck who alone
knew how to brew some of those won
derful concOctiOnS that Matt was wont
TO be continually drinking when he vas
preparing an argument. The favorite
one was chicken broth, which Matt
used to say Aleck knew how to make
better than any living mortal. Besides
making Mats brOthS, Aleck was also
his barber and man of general personal
utility. If he chose to he could add a
very interesting appendix to Frank
Flowers red-headed biography of Matt.
ID. j. Waters, of Lacrosse. is an old
clerk in the pension Office
w. G.. Fitch. who used to edit a paper
In Racine. has lived for a number of
years i'll Washington, some of the time
acting as newspaper correspondent. but
most of the time as one of Senator
Sawyer'S clerks.
Mr.. FItch's sou, Lewis. is a clerk in
the census Office.
AT the north door of the treasury de-
partment Oh Fifteenth street, standing
day after day, is swarthy, sturdy Rock
county man-JameS Nj. Baldwin. who.
although Democrat. continues in his
place because he understands his duties
and performs them satisfactorily to his
Superi0rS. His home is at Clinton, He
is an old soldier, and takes great pleas
uTe in Grand Army gatherings While
i'll the service he fell in love with Vir-
gina girl. whom he married soon after
The war.
Another Rock county man is Felix
Berriere. of GAINESVILLE, who has been in
the internal revenue bureau many
years.
When visitors to Washington are
shown through the vaults of the treas
airy their convoy is trim, sodierIy
looking man, Mai. William II. Plunketf.
of Madison, who is well known to all
Wisconsin people. He was an old sol
der in Judge George E. Bryant's com
pany. and the Wisconsin visitors who
come TO Washington never fail to hunt
him up. His father was a commits
stoned officer in the English infantry. to
which he doubtless owes his military
bearing and habit.
One Of the best clerks in the Office of
the second assistant postmaster general
j. Edward l.. Richmond, formerly ed
ftOr of the KenOsha Telegraph. lie was
for some time in the office of the chief
clerk of the government printing office,
but was to his Own great satisfaction
transferred to the poSroffice depart
ment.
If there is anybody in Wisconsin who
has not heard of Hugh Lewis. that indi.
vidual has small fortune before him as
dime-muSeum curiosity. Although