National Republican., 1880-08-20
Personal.

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THE young American soprano, Miss Marie
Van Zandt, is to make her debut iu Rome thii
autumn.
GENERAL JAMES WATSON WEnp Is in very
poor bodily health, but his mind remains clear
and active.
THE Princess "Dora d'Tstria" is visiting in
Swampscott and receiving many visitors. She
is collecting material for book.
DIR. ARCHIBALD GRAHAM died Mt his resi-.
dencc at Fancy Hill, Va, on the 10th instant,
10 the seventy sixth year of his age.
Hon. j. a. BENTLEY, commissioner Of pen.
sions, who has been passing his summer yaca-
tion in Wisconsin, has returned TO his desk.
THE president yesterday commissioned
William Bridge, postmaster at Long Island
City, y. Y, In place Of Lewis Graves, deceased.
ATTORNEY. GENERAL DEvENs accepted an
invitation to go to Minnesota next month to
speak for Garfield and Arthur. The dates
are not yet fixed.
GENERAL albert ]. MEYER, chief signal
officer Of the United States signal service, il
lying very III Of heart-disease at the Palace
hotel ia Buffalo, n. Y.
Pore LEO XIII. has been slightly III, owing
to the unusual heat OF the Roman summer
and over-appication in preparing the encycli-
cal Oh the Belgian troubles.
PosTMAsrER.GENERAL KEY has returned
to this city to await the arrival of his sue
10th inst. and is now about due here.
Mr.. ]. w. MURRAY, chief of the provincial
detective force of Toronto, Ont, is in the city.
Detective McDcvitt has him In charge aud
is showing him the sights in Washington.
DIR. G. +. MCDONALD, chief of the money
order division Of the postOilice department.,
has returned from his trip to the coast of New
England aud was at his desk yesterday tho
picture of health.
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Hamilton, is in vigorous health despite his
eighty'siS years. He made visit recently to
Hartford to view the model Of n statue of his
father, which is being reproduced in granite.
DIR. ScHLIEMASN intends to dig at Orcho-
mcnos next winter, having received permis-
sion to do so from the Greek government.
His new book, 'Ilios," on which he has been
hard at work for fourmonths past, will be pro-
fuscly illustrated
OUR friend, Colonel l. S. Tichenor, is not
lonely during his visit to tho scenes OF other
days in California. recent sojourn in Au-
! burn, Placer county brought him all sorts of
attentions in the way of receptions, sere-
made, etc He is doing little political mis-.
sionary work in that region.
| Miss DICKINSON has written four.act
comedy entitled "An American Girl" and
Miss Fanny Davenport will personate tho
heroine. The play Miss Dickinson wrote spo-
cially for Miss Davenport was q tragedy called
Esther Aruim," but tho actress discovered
| that she was not suited to the leading part, nor
| IL 10 her.
| DEAN BUCHANAN's body has not been found,
although newspaper men, the police and those
birds OF prey" who hunt for the rivers dead
| have been most assiduOu' in their search of
| tho Delaware. Tugs aud rowboats layo
pushed down stream as far rs Wilmington
scrutinizng both banks of tho river, but the
labor has been in vain.
| DURING his recent stay in England General
Meredith Read had the honor of dining en-
fdmills ut Osborne with the queen, the priu.
cess of Wales, Princess Beatrice aud the duke
and duchess OF Connaught 1t is the first
| time such an attention has been shown 10 an
| American. The prince of Wales also gave q
dinner IN the generals honor.
Mr.. YosHIDA, the Japanese minister, is said
to have become quite successful in painting,
and has recently been skeLching tho scenery
Of tho Alleghanics and the Cheat River val
| ley. He was accompanied by his friend
| Charles Lanman, who with his wife aud two
| Japanese young ladies, has gone to Block ISL
and, while the minister, with his wife and
three children, has gone to the seashore near
Long Branch.
| THERE Is story that the duke of Argyll
and the duke of Sutherland were once travel
ing together by railway when u commercial
| traveller entered the carriage The new conner
| took his share in general conversation, ill
| one OF tho peers got out at an INTERN ediate
| station. The commercial traveller then asked
| his companion if lie knew who the party"
was, aud OH beiug enlightened exclaimed,
Dear me Was that really the duke of
Argyll? Just think Of his talking in that
there al,ble way to a couple Of little cIds like
you aud meW
Miss ANNIE LEWIS, Washington's flvorite
! little elocutionist, leaves this morning for
Watkins Glen and Niagara Falls at which
| places she will spend few weeks, acCompa-
uied by her father, Charles L. Lewis, esq, Of
| the treasury department. Little Annie has
been very busy this summer adding to her
| repertoire quito number of very choice
selections, many of which are from Shake
speare her favOrite author. II is stated that
she intends TO appear professionally during
the coming season, She has host OF friends
| in Washington who wish her pleasant time
on her excursion and a successful debut should
| sue appear on tho stage.
| THERE are many friends of the late Miss
| Adelaide Nelson in New York who are by no
means satisfied with the cable accounts of
! her sudden death. Their contradictory char
aGtCr cNctcs remark, At first it was stated
! that her death was sudden, but now, after q
! laIse of three days, it is announced that "she
was in mortal agony twelve hours" Above
all, they are shocked beyond expression at
the statement that "her body was taken TO
| the mOrgue," and that "it was only claimed
| there by an old naval officer" A great deal Is
| said on tho subject at tho Cub-roOms which
would be improper TO print. Persons who
| knew her intimately are persuaded that there
! is great deal more 10 como out respecting
| tho circumstances OF her death than the pub
lie have as yet been Informed of, but, whether
the persuasion rests upon positive information
OF sentiment only, is matter Of conjecture.
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