The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-06
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LUKE = Twin mas Arrts su sl IN III SailiVInla
congressman Gilbert q. yalker, OF Vir
ginia, u In New York city.
Mr. Esau Pickrell a spromin, mt ans
wealthy citizen 9of Georgetown, diea sud
denly on sunday last. 81
The eminent historical painter JOSEPH,
Frankl has just died in England, only thir-
ty-eight years old.
Fiszhugh. late doorkeeper OF the House
Of Representatives, has become claim
agent in Washington. 4 5 s, #. E..1: 81 S.,
General Gordon has postponed his visit to
South Carolina until he has regained his
strength. ea@t.5.a ~ re- ~ i.s,ag
Deputy Controller William Hemphill
Jones on Monday relinquished the duties Of
an office he has held for twenty-eight years.
It isn't settled but that Mullett may vet
be Supervising Architect Of the Treasury
Department.. His friends say that Hilps an
pointment is only temporary.
Hon. George Fl. Pendleton Is speedily re-
covering his health at Newport, and on his
return to- Ohio will take the stump for the
Democratic ticket. ,s.;s..i H.
Mr.. Lamar has declined the invitation of
Leland Stanford and friends to visit thesPa:
cidc coast. Messrs. Gordon, Ransom, and
Reagan will probably go. ,... ;. ..s..5 r.
Senator Robertson, OF South Carolina,
bought the first bond issued Of the new
ur.and-a-half per cents. 1t was Of the
denomination OF $4,000, and he paid for it
S5,037.50 in gold.
The death is announced Of General Valde-
mar Tully, of OxhoIm, Grand Marshal OF
Denmark, who, during diplomatic career
extending from 1918 to 1866, held several
important positions, including the Russian
and English missions.
Mr.. Albert Query, South Carolina art
ist, now living in Richmond, who has a
good portrait OF General Lee at the EXhibi-
ton, has been commissioned by q few citi-
zens OF Philadelphia to paint portrait Of
Governor Hartranft. s,l..'
Mrs. Wilhelmina Giles, one of the few
women who were present at Waterloo, has
just died in England; aged eighty-tWo. She
was there with her husband, quartermaster,
and had been through the siege OF Dantzic
when the French bombarded it in 1907.
The many friends OF Mr.. John Morgan,
ST., will be panied to read the news Of his
death in this mornings paper. He was one
OF our oldest and most respected citizens,
and had been conspicuously identified with
the banking interests OF Wheeling for some
forty years. Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelligent
Ger, 4th.
OF all the humorous humbuss now
affecting the reading public with their
miserable trash, Petroleum V. Nasty is the
most consummate and intolerable. How
any decent newspaper can discover suff-
cient merit in his insuflerable nonsense to
give it the benefit OF their circulation, is q
mystery to u.s. Charleston Nv. Va.) Cou-
rier.
Philadelphia may shortly expect visit
from the following party OF distinguished
foreigners, who are now on their way down
the Mississippi to New Orleans, whence
they will post back to the Exhibition: Count
Adam Steenbock, lieutenant of the Zerse
Guards to his Majesty the Emperor of Rus
STA; Professor Paul Oeker, OF Berlin, cor
respondent OF the Vossische .Zeitung Che
Waller Ernst de Hesse Wartegg, Vienna,
special correspondent Illustrated Ne,rS Leo
Won Elliott, Brussels, special artist Illus-
trated NeUs; S. N. Townsend, correspond
ent London Field; F. w. Bornemann,
de Lamothe, Paris, correspondent Lie Temps.
Mr.. Paul Liptay, the Centennial Exhibi-
ton correspondent Of six Of the leading
newspapers Of Hungary, is doing an excel
lent work IN acqualnting the people OF his
country with the best features Of the Fair
that are distinctively American. Our art,
educational systems, art industries, journal
ism, inventions, labor-saving machinery,
&C., have found in him an intelligent OBJ
server and faithful reporter. He is also
giving his countrymen glimpse at Ameri-
can literature through series OF Geographic
cal sketches of eminent authors, accompa-
MED by portraits and translations of selec-
tions from their works, now appearing in a
handsome illustrated weekly published at
Buda, Pesth. The first article is devoted to
William Cullen Bryant, and the second to
Bayard Taylor. Mr.. Liptay remains in
Philadelphia until October, and then re-
turns to Hungary.