The evening times., 1895-08-30
Gossip of fh0 Day.


| fighting officer, the hobo camp. in other
words. ON the flats back of the Monument.
is being prepared for the fall and winter
season. This camp was the hanging -out
place of SO many crooks, thugs, and desper-
ate chara acters that Judge KimhaIi sent a
squad of policemen over there to raid the
joint. and destroy it root and branch.
The blue-coated guardians of the peace
were not slow in carrying out the order and
one winters evening the hobo camp was
blotted from the face of the earth and the
flats have, since that time. known it no
longer.
The camp originally consisted of cave
of small dimensions. The first tramps to
use it as a place of Information were con-
tent to remain in the cramped qua and
to toast their feet by the fire made from
driftwood and marsh vegetation. Every
addition to the ranks was compelled to dig
further into the ga rth and to make repairs.
Finally the cave grew to be a large excava
ton. The rock and earth roof gave place
to one composed OF pieces of tin obtained
by uDroIling tin cans and sheet-iron pans
and stoves. The whole was covered with
earth and an entrance fixed SO that
but oss person could come in at a time.
The sheet-iron roof is already on sa Us the
sergeant, and is being sodded. The place
is now under surveillance, and whenever
any unusually large number of suspicious
characters collect there the '.hobo camp"
will experience another raid and the work
house and jail receive more guests.
IAN this talk about District real estate
M bot inoc ct, 10 II.
misleading" said a wcltknuwn dealer.
"Of course, real estate in Washington has
been very much depressed for the past two
years, and very little business has been done
in that line. but it is now showing greater
activity than 1t has at any time since the
monetary panic set in, and you Will only
have to convince yourself by a drive over
the city, which will enable you to notice
the many buildings in course of construc-
ton. II
Building does not seem to be confined to
any one section, but in all parts of the city
new houses are in course of construction"
because Of the interest that has been
aroused in the Holt Will" said an assistant
at the registers office yesterday, Il am
going to recommend to Col. Wright that
there be number of miniature photographs
Of the will made and distributed as SOU
venirs to the visitors at City Hall. The mys-
terious will has made this office an inter-
esting place for the last few days, and ach
day brings numbers of people anxious to
examine the precious paper. The idea OF
striking the mementos would not be at all
absurd. 1t is said that the bullet shot
by Guard Mason through the coat of 9uiteau
flattened against the wall into a perfect
profile of the murderer. This was cast
into leaden facsimiles that were once dis
tribated TO visitors at the jail"
''If a person were to accept I'm good faith
the sign that appears on each beer wagon
that passes along the street as an exponent
of truthfulness.' said an observing citi-
zen, 1.-THE fact would be admittedly estab-
lished that every brand of beer in the United
States had received the highest award at
the recently held Worlds Fair.
1.-The fact is, of course, in each instance
set forth, but, like the roads
to Rome, all arrive at the same conclusion,
that no other make of beer was able to hold
a candle to the one whose merits are ex-
tolled upon the cauvas-covered wagon.
Some assert that they received the highest
award, medals for superiority, diplomas
for excellence, or honorable mention for
certain Inherent qualities that were self
evident to the examiners"
A dealer yesterday called attention
TO the great quantities of vegetables that.
are going to waste for want OF purchasers,
and said to Tin,ea reporter:
s"Cabbages, for an example. are n drug
In the markets. Farmers often bring in
but a few heads, porsibiy dozen. and are
unable to cell thoFe.
"A man was IN my ftore yesterday who