National Republican., 1878-08-29
PERSONAL.
TILDES Is at Saratoga.

TILDES Is at Saratoga.
THE hamdsJmcst girl In Virginia Is blonde.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT is a great polit-
clan.
Mrs. LEONARD, niece of jefferson Davis, Is
at Newport.
EDISON, the inventor, Is home again at
McnlO Park, y. j.
PosrMAsrER.GI KEY Is the father Of
thirteen little Keys.
CAPrAIS J. c. WATSON, U. s. A., Is guest
at the Ebbitt House.
. SIXTEEN female minstrel troupcs arc warb-
ling In the oil region.
W.. CHINS and wife, of Frankfort, KY
are ut the Riggs House.
CAPTAIN W. A. SIMPSON, L. s. A., is sojourn-
ing NJ the Ebbitt House.
HENRY BALDWIN, JR, of Philadelphia, Is
stopping at the Riggs House.
Hos STEPHEN b. ELKISs, of New Mexico,
is guest at the Riggs House.
CLARA Louise KELLOGG expects to sail for
America about the 3lst instant.
MAJoR.GESERAL J. G.. BARNARD. L. 5. ~,
is stopping at the Ebbitt House.
Hos. J. A. BENTLy Commissioner of PEN
sions, is registered at the Ebbitt House.
LORD JoHN MANNERS is the Schuyler Col
! fax of England. His life Is one continual
smile.
GENERAL SHERMAN Is at Manito Springs,
| Col aud was shortly to leave for the Rio
GRudc
KING KALAKAUA, of the Sandwich Islands,
| Is treating himself to u new palace, which
will cost $4,000.
JUDGE DICKINSON of the Maine Supreme
Court, is very sick at his home in Belfast. His
recovery Is doubtful
THE president of tho Central Pacific Rail.
road, few months ago, purchased for his wife
II diamond necklace for $4,000.
THERE are seven four-in.hauds In Newport
belonging to New York gentlemen, and Que
sprinkling cart belonging to the town.
PAUL GUsTAvE DoRE intends coming to
this country to see the Yosemite, and he wants
to sketch scenes and people In Mexico.
JEFFREYs.LEwIs' married lifo has not begun
auspiciously. Her husband has been arrested
at san Rafael, CAL lor debt of $4,000.
MIIToS +. LANCASTER and Samuel d.
Fitchy of Nebraska, have been appointed
storekceperS in the internal.reyenue service.
DIR. DAVID MvRR,Y, the present superin
tcndrnt of education IN Japan, Is suggested
for the position of president of Nassar College
ENGLIsn servant girls receive on an Rverag,
$50 u week. ! head cook In the family OI
the Lord Chancellor received less than 81 Il
week.
| CHICAGO possesses u prcCOcious female ora
tor In Miss Rowe, aged thirteen, aud tn,
hardened sinner Of the Burlington Hn~LCy
speaks Of her Us another StssyRUwe.
Ar a church fair in Orange County the lndcs
alvrrtlrd Hayes ice cream, ten cents II
was very cool but very thin, and u local wit
remarked that IL didn't have enough bonct
in it.
TnE newspapers have it in their power t,
put an end 10 the whole race of scrub gen
erals "culuncls," "majors," aud captains,
with which the country Is now ailiictcd.--St
LUni3 GIUhr.D .DcmDrrd
TME Rev. J. d. Gillilamh, rector Of Trinit!
Episcopal Church. in Bristol, Conn, astomishet
his friends last sunday by announcing his res
igu,tion. lie has runuuncri tho EpisCopa
church aud gone over to Catholicism.
Miss FANNY WAsHSUrON FINCH, the great
grand niece Of Washington, and supposed t,
be his nearest living relative, Is keeping
: bOardng-hOuse in Washington, and has re
Gently had her furniture attached by u land
lord Tor rent. 40 the story Is told by gos5ipin
Washington lctter.writcr.