National Republican., 1880-09-21
PERSONAL.

Mr., W. w. CoEcoRAN has returned to WASH
ington.
COLONEL NICHOLAS SMITH is 10 lecture.
He travels on his shape.
THE acknowledgement will return from
Tennessee on Saturday
MICHAEL DAvITT, the Irish agitator, is
having big ovation in California
MINISTER ANGEL arrived in Pckin and as
sumcd charge Of the legation August 10.
Hon. !. y. HARTRANFT of Pennsylvania
paid flying visit to the city yesterday.
RAuoN BLANC the italian minister, arrived
in New York ycsterda on the steamer Baltic
from Liverpool.
Bon TooMns says Of Alex. Stephens that ho
has 80 increased in weight that he is no longer
afraid to buy a toy balloon and carry it homo
himself
HoN. w. S. sHALLENBERGER Of the twenty.
fourth Pennsylvania district Is In town. He
speaks confidently Of the republican canyassin
Pennsylvania
Hon ECGENE HALE has greatly impaired
his health by the atduous work of the cam
paign in Maine, and can do no more political
work this fall.
RIGHT Hon. Henry FAwcErT, the British
postmastcr general, will shortly visit tho
United States for the purpose of studying tho
American postal system.
PRESIDENT HAYES yesterday drove through
Golden Gate park, visited the couservatories
and inspected the San Francisco rostufilce.
At night lie inaugurated the authors carnival.
TIE two French cavalry officers, Licuten-
ant.COlonol Faverat dc Kcrbrech and Captain
de Ia Chcrc, who wero appointed TO study the
organization Of American cavalry regiments,
will soon arrive in Washington.
GENERAL Mcdowell says If he can get q
leave he will come back home TO New York
and vote for Garfield. Why don't he do rs
some of the other army officers stationed in
San Francisco. have done-i. c. register in that
city?
TIE death Of Phnoas Buntnal of Buffalo,
in his eiphty.cighth year, closes long aud
eventlul life in the local history Of Buffalo.
Mr.. Bunnall was noted for his size and
strength lie was IL soldier Of the war Of 1872,
and has lived in Buffalo since it was but viii
lage, in 1919.
MAJOR JAMES GILLETTE formerly Fif-
tcouth infantry, U. S. A., was nominated for
congress by the republican convcnton-hrst
district Alabama-at Mobile on the lith in-
sant. Major Gillette will he remembered by
| WashingtOnians as the son OF Rev. Dr. Gillette,
formerly pastor of the Thirtocnth.street Bap-
list church in this city.
MAJOR NELSON, the defaulting paymaster
of the army, seems not to have tried to get
away. lie went from Fort LeGvenworth
to Kansas City, only thirty.Gve miles and
remained there until arrested. He has been
sent to New York where lie will he tried by
court-martial Tho dciacation is reported at
ten or twelve thousand dollars.
A VERY romantic engagement is reported to
! have been made on one of the Cunard steam
ers between an dttdche of one of the foreign
| legations at Washington and widow OF con-
siderable prominence both in New York aud
London 1t appears that the ailache in some
way or another saved the lady from injury,
aud her gratitude induced her TO become his
fdncee.
Mrs. DIR. ]. P NEWMAN has presented to
the wOmen's foreign missionary society OF
the methodist episcopal church II check for
$500, the proceeds from the sale of the
"Flowery Orient" II series of little books de-
scriptive of what she bad seen in her travels
round the world. This gift OF Mrs. Newman
is to be used in building II home for the outcast
women OF India.
MR. FRANK JoNEs, the democratic caudi.
date for governor in New Hampshire, is forty
eight years Old. lie begm lille ut seventeen
as II tin-peddlGr, an occupation which led him
naturally into the hardware trade. lie early
arrived at the conclusion, however, that fluids
rather than solids were his true ayOcation.
After making himself the uUSscssor of u brew
cry aud two millions Of the profits OF the ale
business, he, as naturally as in the first in
stance into hardware, g1vitatcd into tho
ruling councils Of the democratic party.
REV. CHARLES ROGERS LII. D., secretary
of the Royal Ii listoricNl society of London, has
been spending Il few days in the city. Tho
chief purpose OF his visit here is to 0rquaint
himself with the administration of historical
societies in the United States. lie brings
warm letter Of introduction from DR.. Hsrth,
+. Il. :. aud lecturer On art 1T the South Ken
siugtun school of art, to Mr.. Wiley Brtton Of
this city, who has been writing on art and
aesthetics for several years. DIR. Rogers WIS
presented to the heads of some the depart
meu,s and other officials by Judge Richardson
Of the United States court Of claims