National Republican., 1878-07-11
Personal.

JuDGE X. c. WILLS, of Indiana, Is at the
Ebbitt.
HoTrER NELL appears to be the girl of the
period.
Hon. J. s. TuITLE, of New York, is stopping
at tho Ebbitt House.
Hon. JOHN s. BRAxroN, of Norfolk, Va, is
q guest at the Ebbitt.
4. J. WEsrLAKE, of New York, is sojourn-
ing at the Imperial
Hon. II. T. wIcKAM, of Virginia, registered
at the Ebbitt yesterday.
FRANK McMANus and family, of Chicago,
arc guests at the Imperial.
MASTER JOHN PELHAM left yesterday for q
short visit TO friends In New York.
A NEW volume of poems may be expected
from John q. Whittier in the fall
HoS. J. V. DODGE, wife, and daughter, Of
Evansville, Ind, arc at the Ebbtt
+. V. CocKRELL and family, of Harper's
Ferry, are registered at the Imperial.
THE Spanish Minister and his beautiful wife
will visit Saratoga some time this month.
CAPTAIN FIG. McKEAS, William Harkness,
and J. S. Coles, U. S. NJ are at the Ebbitt.
w. W. CoRcoRAN, Of Washington, has just
reached the old White Sulphur Springs In Vir-
ginia.
THE Republicans in Greenville County, n.
C., have nominated three colored men for the
Legislature.
Mr.. JOE JEFFERSON has been delightiug
the Californians. Harrigan and Hart are also
in San Francisco.
Mr.. JAMES GoRDoN BENNETT, familiarly
known as "Jim James," will arrive In this
country next week.
SECRETARY McCRARY's mother, Mrs Ma
tilda McCary died at Vernon. Iowa. last week
at very advanced age.
THE University Of Oxford has conferred its
highest honorary degrce-that Of ID. c. L.
upon ex-Minister Pierrepont.
GEORGE F. AVERY, the pedestrian has mar.
ried Miss BERTHE lie Franc, also a pedestrian,
and they expect to walk through life together
THE health Of Miss Julia Smith (Abby's sis
teri is now improving, and the indications are
that she may yet live to ascert her rights at
the ballot box
Mr.. A. II. ABBEY. of the Park Theatre, will
have charge Of LOtta's starring engagements
next season, and has requested Mr.. James
Lewis to support her in her favorite plays.
PROFESSOR HUGO Won EIsSER, father of
Marie Won Elsner, an American prima donna.
bette known Ms Mile. Litta, has just died in the
hospital at Springfield, ILL.,, of consumption.
REV. JAMES HARKNEss, for many years
pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church,
Jersey City, died on Saturday. He was a
writer and physician rs we'll us a preacher.
SENATOR CoSovER, who left Washington on
Wednesday Of last week for his home In Flor
ida, was overtaken by telegram, and has re-
turned to Washington to transact some i'm.
portant business.
Mr.. AND Mrs, ROBINSON, Of Mountain City,
Texas, are probably the Oldest married people
In the country, the former being lO3 and the
latter l02 years old, and they have lived to-
gether eighty-two years.
IT having been decided that Adelina Patti
was not the wife but the mistress of the Mar
quis de Caux, we suppose that the lady will
now be happy. She has lost more or loss hon
or, but she has gained a good deal of money.
MINISTER NoYEs says General Grant Is look
ing much better for his tour. lie has lost
thirty pounds Of flesh, and the losG Is becom-
ing to him. Mrs. Grant now weighs six pounds
more than he, the respective figures being l6s
pounds aud ia.
LoTTA-Miss Crabtrce-the favorite little
actress who has been visiting Miss Rapley at
the country residence Of her father. W. W.
Rapley, esq, near Washington, was called to
New York very suddenly last week and thence
to California. A very pleasant visit was thus
terminated