Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-14
Personal.
The Marquis of Lorne and wife are at

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The Marquis Of Lorne and wife are at
Niagara Falls.
Rufus Choate, it is remembered,
once spoke of the late Caleb Cushing
as ga man of continental mind"
John A. Bingham, Minister to Japan,
who is now in Washington on leave Of
absence, will return to that country in
the spring.
Mr.. W. W. Corcoran, of Washington,
who has just passed his sighty-first
birthday, is exceedingly well, manages
his own business thoroughly, and en-
joys his evening whist as much as ever.
Governor Wade Hampton's daughter,
Miss Daisy Hampton, is soon to visit
Washington. She is described as be-
ing tall, slender and graceful, with
magnificent dark hair and remarkable
conversational powers.
Lord Beaconsfeld, it appears, has
kindred living nearer than nephew
brother, Ralph Disraeli, q subordi-
nate officer Of the House of Lords.
Lord B. is the eldest Of family of
four children. A brother and sister are
dead.
George Reynolds, the Itch polyga-
mist, whose case was recently decided
in the United States Supreme Court,
has filed petition for q rehearing on
the ground that his sentence in the
lower court to two years imprisonment,
with hard labor, was illegal.
Lord Beaconsfeld is occasionally
epigrammatic. He was asked, after the
recent division in the Lords, show
long he thought the Conservative Gov
ernment would last ?" He answered
quietly GAS long as it pleases Provi-
dence to spare Mr.. Gladstone to the
country"
Mr.. Blaine, in the debate on his
resolution last week, is described as
fighting with fierce energy. 1t was
grand to see him." says female cor
respondent, with tense muscles and
flashing eyes, spring to meet and ward
each fresh attack and strike his sonor-
GUS word -stabs home"
Professor David Swing is described
as looking haggard and overworked.
The professor is said to receive So, 900
q year as salary. No collection is taken
up in church. All the expenses OF the
current year are provided for and there
is $4,000 surplus in the treasury. A
large hall, to cost $3.50 900, is to be built
for Professor Swings use during the
coming year.
The Emperor William of Germany is
well, though still obliged to Gerry his
arm in a sling. He drives out daily
with the Crown Prince or with an
equery. The Emperor and Empress
have given notice that they do not de-
sire personal gifts at their golden we'd
ding, to be held ON June IL. They
would that the money instead be de-
voted to charity.
Mr.. Edward l.. Pierce, who has just
been appointed Assistant Treasurer OF
the United States at Boston, is the au-
thor of the "Life of Charles Sumner"
Mr.. Pierce studied law with Hon. Sal
mon P. Chase, at Cincinnati, where he
made the acquaintance of President
Hayes. As the literary executor OF
Sumner, Mr.. Pierce was associated
with Mr.. Longfellow.
ct am almost seventy-one," said
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines to Washing
ton correspondent the other day, :" and
expect to live till am q hundred and
fifty. leone Of long lived race. One
OF my aunts lived to 49," and seeing
the correspondent scrutinizing her
hair, "It isn't Dyed" she said, "and
it is very abundant, falling below my
waist"
Prince Bismarck, in addition to his
other peculiarities, is quite supersti-
tious. He will not sit down at dinner
in party of thirteen he will not al
low his hair to be cut when the moon is
on the wane he will not negotiate on
the anniversaries Of such disasters as
the battle of jena he will conclude no
treaty on Friday and his whole life
is solemnized by the fact that he knows
the year of his own death.
Ex-Governor Foote. Superintendent
OF the Mint, is annoyed because people
will insist that he is older than he real
ly is. o" Sir, he is quoted as saying the
other day, 81 was born in 1904. and
consequently am not 70 years of age.
Neither am / so infirm in body as some
people have represented. Why, sir, ]
am accustomed to walking every morn
ing from Alexandria to Washington.
about eight miles, before breakfast"