National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-16
PERSONAL.

JAY GOULD returned 10 New York yester-
day.
Mr.. ERAsTus CORNING, of Albany has re-
turned from Europe.
GENEREL GARFIELD made a flying trip to
New York this week.
MoDJEsKA's husband, Count Bozenta, Joined
her In Boston the other dav.
Mrs. CRoLY, of the Graphic, has for the
third time been elected president Of Sorosis.
Ex-MrNIsTER PIERREPoNT will soon return
to London and accompany his wife to Paris.
ONE of the curiosities of New York is man
who has never made loan to young Cor
nelius Vanderbilt.
HENRY WATTERsoN talks Of buying the
Indianapolis Sentinel and running it in connec-
ton with the Courier Journal.
JAMES SPENCE of Pennsylvania, married
his step-mOther the other day because his
brothers and sisters needed father.
THE telephone between the House and Sem
ate wings of the Capitol is out of order. Sam.
Cox tried to telephone story through 1t.
MAJOR DAN s MALvEN, of Galveston,
Texas, agent of the Milburn Wagon Co., and
well known as a sweet singer Of Israel, is in
the city.
JAY GOULD, Sidney Dillon, and C. p. Hunt
ingtOn, Pacific Railroad magnates, have re-
served seats in the galleries Of both houses on
occasion, as 1t were.
SENATOR LAMAR is picturcsquely described
as looking like sick lion. His tawny yell
low hair is long and thick, and grows shay.
gily about his large head.
"MILT." SAYLERs Southern claims letter
would make good reading matter just now
printed in parallel columns with pertinent or
impertinent extracts from the rebel archives.
Hon. X. C. MCCORMICK and wife, left for
New York on Thursday night, and are now
located at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in that
city, from whence they will sail on the Goth
for Europe.
SENATOR BLAINE Is going to Minneapolis,
where he will attend the exhibition. arranged
| by the Minnesota agricultural and mechanical
| association, and will give an address to the
| assemblage.
THE next marriage In European high life, II
| Is said, will be between the Duke of Genoa
King Humberts cousin, and Princess Chris
tine, daughter Of the Due de MOntpensier, and
one of tho eldest sisters of the Queen of Spain
GEORGE II. ROBINSON, ESQ., president Of the
| Delamatc Iron Works, is ut the Arlington
also Charles Martin, of New York. The latter
| Is interested indirectly in the Morant, Keys
sparrow question. He wants to know il he
can do something for ex-Aiarshal Lamou now?
| Mrs. President HAYES, accompanied by
Miss Plat, Miss Mcfarland, Miss Scott, Miss
Andrews, and her two sous. Webb and Burch-
ard, left yesterday morning at eight o'clock,
for Chillcothe, Ohio. The Misses Scott aud
Mcfarland going from thepce to their own
homes " Lexington, Ky.
| MAJOR A, L. STUDER, United States Consul
at ~gapore, India left last night on his re-
turn TO that city, via Switzerland, it being
his first leave Of absence since entering upon
his Consular duties IN 1873. lie carries with
| him the best wishes Of his many friend,
throughout the United States, in his long aud
tedious journey.
| ISABELLA STONE, tho pretty Boston soprano
seems to have had a rather inharnlOn ious
time, matrmonially In 1872 she was pri
vatcly married to one of the employees OF the
Stoniugton Line Of steamboats,, and was mar,
ried publicly to him in tho following gear
Three years later she discovered that her
husband bad another wife living, and with
the determination of Isabella with the ging,
ham umbrella" of historic memory, she went
for his scalp and Il divorce. She has then
and is happy, for no one can throw Stone al
] Isabella now.