The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-02-24
WASHINGTON NOTES.

-Four Justices OF the Supreme Court
word. They are Justices Brown, Har.
Ian, White, and Brewer. In favorable
weather these four members Of the
highest legal tribunal In the United
States invariably walk to and from
their homes to the Capitol. II is II
good two miles from the home of eth
or Of the four named TO the big white
building on the hill, They 80 to the
court In the morning between 10 and
II, and when court adjourns for the
day they usually walk up as far as
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue together Sometimes Chief
Justice Fuller accompanies the JUS.
tees In their walks homeward. But
the Chief Justice is not to be Consd-
cred rs II walker. He has n very
handsome carriage, and generally
makes use of it going and coming
from the Supreme Court Justices
Brown, Harlan, Brewer and White are
all good sized men. and when they
| start on their way down Pennsylvania
avenue, four abreast, they take up Il
good part of the sidewalk.
Mr.. Cox, of Tennessee, recently of
fcred in the House of Representatives
II bin which recltes tho circumstances
OF Lees surrender Mt AppomattoX and
the written guarantee that the artillery
and cavalry officers OF the Confederacy
should be permitted to retain their
horses, side arms, and baggage After
the surrender the Federal soldiers
despoled the Confcderatcs of these eff
fects, and they We're never returned to
their original owners. His bill appr0-
PIRATES 100000 as Il compensation for
these losses upon satisfactory proof
being furnished 10 the Qunrtcrmasier-
General.
A Washington correspondent gives
these details of the delicacles that are
| required for the inaugural ball sup
per: About eighty thousand oysters
have been ordered from Baltimore and
New York. There are 266 barrels,
weighing 1S,620 pounds. or over nine
WIS IVY wiz NOoN HuN ~ ~ a. fhi
rel. There's nearly $500 for oysters.
There viii be 350 gallons of consomme,
10 make which two whole oxen weigh
ing. dressed. 400 pounds each, will
be required or ton and third OF
beef. at ten cents n pound, say S215
Nine thousand chicken outlets will be
served, requiring 2,70o chickens Of an
That makes nearly four ton of chick
ems, which will cost nj u low estimate
eight cents a pound, or S6IS The ca
terer Will need 800 gallons of dressed
terrnpin, and that amount will require
5000 tcrrapln. Diamond backs are
| So II dozen. Slders don't come so
| high by many dollars, but they are
costly, nevertheless. Put the terrapin
! bill ut 81, 800 and the figures will moi
be far wrong This caterer makes his
chicken salad out of turkey. So foi
the chicken salnd there will be 30,
turkeys slaughtered, that VIII COS
about $3.50 where the caterer get.
| them. Two thousand Holsters viii be
| lost in the lobster salad, and Ave
| tIOuNuIfl 'iHilS W III lpSf 'lltli ibhp w
make the crab salad. The bill FOR
these shell fish will reach $3.50. Two
| hundred and nifty Smlthticld hams
will be cut up and served to the hun
CRY right from the bone. They will
| cost seventy cents each There's Slf5
more. There viii be $50 big game
pates, which Will require 30 dozen
~. Il In, NJ,
number of grouse, There's easily 800
more at that time of year, There Will he
also $50 patcs de foics gras. needing the
llvers Of 1000 geese. Add 500 more.
Twelve thousand assorted sandwiches
Think of the loavcs Of bread 10 he
sliced and the tubs of butter TO be
used! They Will cost three cents
apiece or $500 In all. There will he
200 gallons of Roman punch, and II
win cost sevcnty-five cents n gallon,
even In that quantity-$150 more. And
/ 800 gallons OF vanilla and chocolate
Ice cream. Forty cents II gallon is the
estimate of It's cost, or "a simple matter
Of $720 for that item. The fruit VIII
comprise 80 boxes of oranges, ~
lunches of bananas, 500 pounds Of
Malaga grapes and % barrels of mp
pies. Say $50 for the fruit. The cakes
win be Of the assorted kind and num-
Der thousands, and $500 Will not GOV
or their cost Then there will be the
lemon ice-700 gallons nj thirty cents.
or $40 and 500 pounds of coffee
made into as many gallons Twenty
Ave cents pound Is n low estimate
| for the coffee. That Is 1925 more. The
estimates given Of the cost Of the sup
| per make the caterers expenditure
! S13,033. The Executive Committee I'm
charge OF the inaugural ceremonies
viii guarantee him $4,000. He VIII
get that. That leaves It necessary foI
1888 persons to buy supper tickets, al
81 each, In order for the first cost, ~
estimated. TO be met.
Every inaugural display costs Il
large sum Of money, ana If Tho
amounts spent came from the public
treasury, or had to be met by popular
subscription, the propriety Of obsery
Ing the most rigid simplicity and econ
omy might he readily acknowledged
But under the present system, the in
auguratlon ceremony IL made not only
to pay for itself, but also to yield a
certain sum beyond for purposes OF
public charity. Through the sale Of the
tickets TO the ball and the disposal OF
the various franchises at the big Pen
sion Building, enough money Is invar
iably secured to return TO the subscrib
ers here the full amount Of the guaTan
tee fund collected. and in 1893 be
tween $4,000 and 10000 was found tt
be left, after settling all accounts, tt
be turned over TO the charitable Inst
tutions of the District. No criticism
under these circumstances could wei
lie against the scale on which the bal
! Is planned or the disposition Of the
profit made from it. SENATOR.
LiverIIIS