Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-08
Personal.

Garibaldi has accepted the Presi-
dency of the Phil. Hellenic Committee.
Rutgers College has given Mr.. Edi.
son, the great inventor, the honorary
title of Phi. D. He is o graduate OF Q
baggage car and telegram Office.
1t is proposed to celebrate General
Grants return to this country by q
great review of those far Western
veterans who served under him, to:tbe
held on the Pacific Coast.
General Sherman will make q tour
Of the Great Lakes and then 20 to
Canada, and will pay his respects to the
Marquis of Lorne and his wife. His
daughter, Rachel, accompanies,him. ~
Rev. W. H. H. Murray is at the Van
Ness House, Burlington, Vermont. He
is about to launch his fine yacht in the
waters of Lake Champlain, and with q
party of intimate friends he will spend
the summer in fishing and hunting
along the Vermont shore of the lake.
ASyracuse paper of recent date says:
- DIR. Mary w. Noxon, the well-known
homeopathic physician of New York
city, occupies palatial residence on
Fifth Avenue, drives stylish turnout,
and is in the enjoyment of the snug
little income OF twenty to thirty thou
sand dollars a year."
A beautiful tribute was rendered to
the memory of the poet, Fitz. Greene
Halleck, over whose grave at Guilford,
Conn.,, was planted by his biographer,
General Wilson, q cactus brought from
Virgil's tomb, and some Abbotsford
ivy. A number of ladies and gentle
men were present at the planting.
The Emperor William was very
happy and amiable upon the occasion
of his golden wedding. His venerable
face beamed, he had a kind word for
everybody, and as the ladies and chill
dren among his royal relatives stopped
to kiss his hand he insisted upon a
more natural and affectionate salute.
The three children of Senator Hill,
OF Colorado, are young persons gifted
with great health and strength. II
ascribe their fine development to their
being allowed plenty of sleep in their
childhood, and never being allowed to
keep late hours" said the Senator to
some one remarking upon their beauty.
Theirs was man of enormous ambi-
ton. His mother, who early discov.
cred this characteristic in her son, once
said to friend: "Adolpe will never
go afoot. He will catch on behind the
wagon, then he will work forward on
to the seat, throw out the driver and
seize the reins himself" The states
man had, however, high sense of per-
sonal dignity-so high that he attached
little importance to mere titles. He
said once II cannot understand how,
when one has the good fortune to be
named Benjamin Disraeli, he can be
possessed with the desire to be called
Lord Beaconsfeld.
Geo. w. De Long, the commander Of
the Jeanette, Mr.. Benefits yacht that
has recently sailed for the North Pole,
is man of little above the medium
height, we'll built, active in his move
ments, and thirty-ive years of age. He
was born in New York city and grad
uated at the Naval Academy in 1865.
He is married, his wife being a daugh.
ter of Captain James A. Wotten, an old
steamship commander and formerly
Superintendent and part owner of the
famous New York and Havre line of
steamships. Mrs. De Long accom-
panied her husband in the Jeanette
from Havre to San Francisco, a voy-
age which lasted 165 days. She has
taken as much interest in the expedi.
ton as her husband, and, although
the parting could not be but painful to
her, she has never faltered, but, like a
a brave woman, has hidden him "God.
speed on his departure.