National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-08-02
PERSONAL.

Hon JosEPn JoEJENsEN Of virginia Is Al
the Riggs house.
DR. PARSONS, an English missionary. has
been murdoiod in Asia Minor
SENAToB.ELECT MAHoNB is suffering froru
congestion OF the lungs His condition is stili
critical. 20 '''A
SENATOR BLAINE and family arc oxpeeted
IN Saratoga Immediately. Senator Cameron
Is already there
The greenbackers Of the twelfth PennsyI.
vania district have nominated Mr. d. w. Con.
nelly for congress.
SENATOR CoNKLISG, who has been fishing in
canada reached his home Saturday much im-
proved in health.
JAY GOULD has given 100000 for the relief
OF sufferers by drought on tho line of tho Kan.
sas Pacific railway.
SECRETARY RAMSEY, ,Adiutant.G General D,um
and Colonel T. F. Barr reached st. Johns, New
Brunswlck, from Boston on Saturday
MRS. ZELDA SEGuiN, the opera singer, was
married IN Baltimore on Saturday TO Mr..
David Wallace Of indianapolis.
MRS. w. II. CLARKE, wife of Colonel Clarke
OF the National Associated Press, and her two
handsome daughters, Misses Sallie and Agnes.
are summoring at tho Bedford alum springs,
Virginia.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER Jouy A.
q
company owning the Soawanhaka rnder tho
limited liability act. Claims for damages will
ban krupt the company.
The Prince of Wales rode all though 70.
view at Windsor the other day in q heavy uni.
form, under a hot July sun got back to Lon-
don to dino with Lord Rosslyn a 945 n M,
aud then danced at Mrs. Palmcrs ball till
$50 4. m.
g. d. sTRAusE clerk in one Of tho dernrt-
M Ia fa IL !
Boonsboro, Nd last Monday. Daring the war
no was an orderly scrgean; in ono OF the Mary
land regiments In the federal army.
Hon. JONI A. McMAnoN Of the fourth Ohio
district was renominatod By tho democratic
convention on Saturday. lie made u speech
positively declining the nomination. where
upon tho convention renominated him and
adjourned sine die.
GENERAL JoHN W. PHELPS of Battleboro,
W., has accepted the nomination of tho Ma
tionnl Anti.Masonic society for president of
the United States. His lettor of acceptance
has not been tecgraphcd in full. but it is said
to assert that the country is being raincd by
tho arts Of mystic brotherhood
THE mother of United States Senator Grover
| OF Oregon, who dcd at Bethel, Me-, last week,
had peculiar traits Of character. She was
eighty nine years old, yet insisted upon living
alone. Her nugbors, however, kept a close
people. Despite their watchfuluess, however,
tho poor old lady died alone being found dead
on her bod with her clothing on, aud on the
stove evidences of preparation for . frugal
meal.
SPECIAL correspondent of the Chicago
Times informs lis paper that Ulysses Grant,
Jr., row twenty.eight years Old has by series
OF lucky specnlations rollizod the com Portable
sum Of 100000. This successful young man
is said TO havG taken his brother Jesse into
partnership, aud has even turned over to his
father profit Of $4,000 made upon u deposit
Of his father only few months ago. II all
these statements are true tine general is lucky
in his sons.
Miss FANNIE CHESTER, daughter OF Rev.
DIR. Chester Of the Metropolitan Presbyterian
society, returns 10 her alma mater, the Bing-
ham,on, n. Y, ladies' college, as teacher Of
rhetoric and English literature. Slyeral
Washington young ladies accompany her.
Joseph Cook during his lectures there last
spring. paid Binghamton college tho highest
possible compliment for the thcrou; hmtss of
its discipline and the completeness OF its cur
rculuin.