National Republican., 1876-12-13
Personal.
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General Q. A. Gilmore, U. 5. A, 10 at ths Eb-
Hon. D. N. Cooley, Iowa, has rooms at the ED-
bitt house. tNs ,
VIM. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, is registered at
the Arlington. ~
Mr.. O. B. Wright, Of Philadelphia. is now at
the Arlington. N.a kE -
VIM. Y. ohoate, of New York, is sojOutning At
the Arlington. ssEa
Mr., J. D. Hayes, of Michigan, has registered at
the Arlington.
Mr.. John B. Alley, of Boston, is stopping At
the Arlington.
WI. A. Fuller of New York, is sojourning at
the Arlington. 80 - ~
Hon. o. N. Cutler, New York, Is registered at
National hotel
Senator Barnum, of Connecticut, has arrived
1.-THE Arlington. -- ..- 2fssIN. =
Hon. ]. Sterling Morton, Nebraska, has rooms
at the National hotel. . --F .,r-.-s .-- r.
Mr.. Plat Z. Dickinson, OF New York, Is regis
tered at the Arlington. -
Mr. Preston Stevenson, OF New Jersey, is reg
istered at the Arlington.
Pm. spotfOrd and brother, of New York, have
arrived at the Arlington. 't7E
J. Langdon Ward, Of New York, is among the
arrivals at the Arlington. ggg-asjg
r. L. Bishop. of New Haven, Conn, is among
the arrivals at the Arlington. '.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T. Dwight, Of Detroit,
have apartments at the Arlington.
Rafafl Masenilli, Centennial commissioner for
Chill, has parlors at Wormley's hotel.
Col. Alexander Campbell. West Virginia, and
Col. JOS. Q. McKibbin, Philadelphia, are at the
National hotel. -,f .-....- ~. .s... r.
Hon. william Walsh, New York, arrived IN
in this city yyestsrday, and is stopping at 1872 q
street northwest -, .---..... . ...--. .-
@. q. Wiedemyer, va; T. W. Matthias, Balti-
more, and H. q. Wells, Mich, are stopping at
Wormley's hotel. y. '.'- j.
J. S. Solomon, N. Y; John williams, Provi-
% Psiiadeipkia, % are quarssred at the Riggs house.
Captain Howgate, of the Signal office, met with
q painful accident last evening while crossing
Mcpherson square near the I Arlington, @ 6y com: n
that border the walks. ga
Hon. Aaron F. Perry, of Cincinnati, ex.mem-
Der Of Congress, who, as the Republican elector,
late election in Ohio, arrived in this city yester-
day, and is stopping at the Ebbitt House.
Q. p. Huntington, N. Y; Geo. u. Rowe, Chas
sinfsRh g. eaSafgG aeS s@.s Enhs,f rsisdsPss sHG
Miles,, J. ScoviIle, Samuel C1nyer, ny; Samuel
W. Clarke, r I; M p Handy; Hnc, PhitladEsiphis., Ep
Otis Chicago and Clinton b. Smith, st. Louis
are stopping at Willard's hotel. I'D :. o.. ..
Among the late arrivals in Washington Is Miss
Hon. Harvey Jewell. Of the Court Of Aiabams
Claims and lady, she is at the Arlington. Miss
Jewell is fair type Of the high social culture q
know it, refined, graceful, Intelligent and kind
hearted, she wins without effort, and impresses
avorably all who meet her. .. ..
Elsewhere.
Ex-Secretary McCuIioch has returned to his
home at Fort Wayne, Ind. ,...
Sir John Esmonde. member of Parliament from
Waterford county. Ireland, is dead
Colonel J. Stoddart Johnston, Secretary Of State
of kentucky, is at the New York hotel. ~
Mayor Cobb OF Boston, alarmed by the Brook
lyn FIRE, has ordered that all places of amuse'
msnt in that city be inspected; likewise the su.
thorities of our city.
Society in London is sputtering over the an
by her early name of Miss Fitx Patrick, Is about
to become professional actress. r=-- .
Mr. s. F. Banks, son of General Banks, ap-
an immense Hy-wheel Of the Sutro tunnel, near
Virginia City, burst into small pieces. GO slT
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, Of Philadelphia, composed
national hymn and sent 4 e
the towns churches Thanksgiving Day. ~
IN Mexico, .. about fve feet ten inches In height.
Cruz, and is Q man Of brains, pluck and influence.
Captain Cook has statue at last. It is the
work Of the distinguished English sculptor,
viii Be seen By ali the ships which enter sydney
harbor. .E .ff T...-... - a
The wife Of ex-senator Henderson has written
book upon the art Of cooking, and dedicated Il
the comforts Of her household" This Is comfort.
able for the General. -rs-.. pr-. ---..s-v-F
Mr.. Vanderbilt was not so well on Sunday. but
he is growing weaker day by day there can be Be
no doubt, and his physicians feel the necessity Of
increased and continued watehfulnesa
Mr.. Robert Browning is deeply and uncompfo.
his vile,s earlier poems-those which she herself
excluded from her works as unworthy-but he can
do nothing under present English laws. r
other day for his clients dfiiatoriness, and the
attorney began his explanation: 81 believe, your
Honor, It is q notorious fact that there has been
months" 81 doubt 1t very much, retOrted Judge
Brady.
Q. NJ. Campbell. NJ. p, head of the famous
firm nc Of MintOn & Co., England, in late address
the kindness and attention he received from all
classes while on visit to the Centennial.
Col. Kane, of New York, who drove the Pelham
1876 on Saturday last. The receipts for the sea.
son were $5,472; expenses, Q, 25A EXCESS Of ex-
penses over receipts, s7s2-about Is q day.
Chicago recently, but didn't stay there, He said
he DIDN'T want anything to do with q city where
the ladies had stolen bis patent and handled their
skirts just as he does his coattais on the stage.
Salmon Skinner, o New York dentist who sued
Henry Ward Beecher q short time ago tor teeth
furnished his father was held in 500 bail on Mon
day week for being drunk and disorderly. The
loss Of that money evidently preyed on his mind.
Miss Susan B. Anthony has done noble thing,
which deserves to be widely known. she has lee
tured one hundred and twenty times during the
debt of $40 900 which she was compelled to assume
in the failure Of the Revolution.
From Punch: "Master-swish to go? What
for, pray?' Stud Groom-'Well, sir, you've been
and bought two new 'osses without my opinion,
and from party as has behaved very bad to me. ,
MaSteTSi ds suppose you % mean you haven't made
Bishop Haven is an ardent woman suffragist,
but.now that he has gone to Africa his son is one
OF the Wesleyan youths who compelled Miss Ellis
to resign her place as class poet. The son is evil
IDENTIFY wiser than his father; he ought to have
been ''bull-dozed" before being sent to college.
Weeping Tommy is still power in Plymouth
it reported that the receipts for the year were
N5,5iS T. G. Shearman was elected a member
Of the music committee and the chairman Of the
committee on church work, and Mrs. Shearman
was elected first deaconess.
Felix Belly, at one time connected with q
scheme Tor cutting canal across the Isthmus Of
The cause Of this action WAS thought to be De.
cuniary distress. He previously wrote note to
his landlady apologizing for the Inconvenience
his death would cause her, and giving directions
as to the disposition Of his effects.
Capt. VIM. H. Christopher, Of the Hudson River
Peoples Line, died at Orange Junction, N. J.,
many years the favorite captain of the New York
and Albany steamers. He was Democratic As
sembly man from Putnam county In 1875, having
been elected over Hamilton Fish, jr.
Governor Hayes is a regular attendant at
church on Sundays. believe he owns pew in
Wesley chapel, on North High street, although
not q memDer Oh Lne meInOQlst DENOMINATION.
He does not, however. confne himself to this
church. Last Sunday he attended one Of the
Presbyterian, and yesterday one of the Congrega-
tional churches. His appearance is always plain
and modest.
1t is said Of Lord Althorpe that he kept an &C.
count of every shot he fired in the course OF o
year whether he missed or killed, and made. up
the book periodically. He would not pass the
accounts OF the Agricultural Society without
hunting for missing threepence, and when
Chancellor of the Exchequer he made 1t q rule
to do all his calculations, however complicated,
alone in scloset and without external assistance
The great Fox's father gave his son rule OF
life which many people now are ready and will
ing to follow. He said: "Never do to-day what
you can possibly put of till tomorrow. nor ever
for you" Those who have read the life of the
lowed this maxim during bis earlier years, and
how much he regretted having done so in the lat
ter part of his brilliant career This is Of the
instances in which 1t is not safe to do as you are
told to.
The widow Of Daniel Webster, who Is now re-
ported as an octogenarian and living at New
York city, and, after ten years withdrawal from
outer Life, attending church regularly on Sundays
was Caroline Bayard Leroy, the daughter of an
eminent New York merchant Mr.. Webster g
first wife, the mother of his four children, was
Grace Fletcher, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire,
and died in 1925 and Mr.. webster married Miss
Leroy in 1879. -r ..- .
The Hon. Peleg Sprague, formerly for many
rs tat IN