The sun., 1897-01-18
so%1srs county, mot m.ny, mile. from tn. city.

Wuofc ne mas Nted All his life
Perhap. .you did not know that whiskey
saved save, Washington city from being captured by
gm. ygISsl Esrly e My, during the war ." he Inquired.
In my cellar at that time Early rebel soldiers
heard OF u and so many Of them stopped at my
Into MheS %o.t ina. ad
thought they bad a splendid chance TO capture
my charge because I was the United States
Marshal When Early's command left they
near mine. Blair WAS Postme.ter.G General
loss Of hi. residence: They didn't ia hurt Gton nins
of me why the rebels burnt his house and
spared % mine: ! told him It was because he did
up In Montgomery have always been much OPP
posed to having liquor sold in the county.
spite Of local option, as you can most anywhere
eiss ,, never got along very well With the Mont
Legislature of Mary land for a great many years,
opt they always fought me hard"
Mr. Bonifant is truck farmer now. and says
thing q man can raise who lives near q big city.
Eggs. chickens. turkeys butter. and milk do not
doesn't fool with the former. His horse-radish
crop during the past season realized, he says,
Trouble Of q serious nature may be IN store
for Col. Josiah Patterson when he opens up his
contest In the next Congress for the scat that
will be occupied by cx-Editor Carmack. For
sented In the House the Memphis district OF
Tennessee. He supported In the last campaign
the gold standard ticket. aud got most Of she
Republican votes 10 the district In addition
to the sound money strength. but Carmack
managed to run enough ahead on the face of
the returns to receive the certificate Of election
Col Patterson charged that the grossest frauds
were committed. and Carmack came back in
ststement that Patterson and his hackers had
have been having q hot war of words ever
since the election. and now the Colonel I: get
!. I the m next s RepuSean House % viii not give him
fair play. and rend Carmack back TO his free
hs s.n IN
the campaign Col Patterson viii not receive
the Populists In Congress-, no matter how clear
and will do ererything in their power it is said.
tSs, t many Of the Republicans have an old
Ting. 10 tho Fifty third Congress Col Pat,er-
son was member Of the Elections Committee:
in 1913 the hrst contest considered by the com
mittee was that Of o'Neiil against Joy from one
Sl .hg 81 cbsIrmnn Sps aS IN. comnt,.. bp, he
was running for Governor OF his state that
year. and did not have much time TO attend the
| meetings. lie was campaigning down In the
| State, and ran into Washington only every now
and then to see how things were getting on r. tho
| rail- thought O'Neill had no claim to the seat.
| Then. under the leadership OF Col. Patterson,
reslSned es @ Jones of Virginia was pu. on the com
| mittee, and the Democrats proceeded to unseat
| j. o'NeiII the seat Patterson was oartlsan and
| very bitter IN his methods. and 1t now harp.ns
10y is Ssia IN tho Se% s
| the case OF Patterson VS.. Catmsck. From the
way they talk It has got TO be very strong before
they will consent to say or do anything In favor
| OF n man who. they charge, robbed JOY OF MS
seat mere technicality and put In 0,Neill
| Kicked out. been twice elected by large majorl-
| ties from his district.
Parson Hopkins. from tho Tenth Kentucky
district, is on deck again this session with his
| contest against Representative Kendall. Last
session the committee secretly decided the case
in his favor. but before . report WAS made to
the House 1t was ordered that additional testl-
mony be taken; The parson Is the man wh9
| Is noted for the reason that when he left the
! mountain end or the district inllso4 and went
| down to Winchester, In the Blue Grass portion OF
IL. he tried 10 blow out an electric light in the
| hotel at which he stopped. II wasa new thing
manage after he got to his room. ii is said that
Parson HoI kins Is n man OF powerful lungs,
ssfi aon.e n s. seh Mr. Hopsn.
tons Tons Comnitte CONN No, last Thursday.
Four Justices OF the SupremeCourt are pedes-
trians in tho full sense OF the word. They are
Justices Brown. Harlan. White. and Brewer In
favorable weather these four members OF the
highest legal tribunal In the United States In
variably walk to and from their homes to ths
CAPITOL. II is a good two miles from the home
| Of either Of the four named TO the big W htts
building on the hill They go to the court in
the morning between 10 and IL. and when
court ad djourns for the day they usually walk
up as far as Fourteenth street and Pennsrlva-
MIA avenue together, Sometimes Chief Justice
Fuller accompanies the justices In their WALK
humeward. But the Chief Justice is not to 6s
considered as q walker. He has a very hand
some carriage. and generally makes use OF y
going and coming from the Supreme Court
Justices Brown, Harlan, Brewer, and White
are all good sized men. and when they start or
their way down Pennsyivania avenue. iou'
abreast, they take up a good part Of the side
walk.