National Republican., 1880-09-10
PERSONAL.
BISHOP DoeoErr of Virginia is recovering,

BISHOP DoedErT of Virginia is recovering,
M. EMILE BERGERAT succeeds Emile ZOla
as dramatic critic Of the Voldre.
| Mr.. THEODORE THOMAS has deci dcd 10 7,
main permanently IN New York.
BISHOP DoANE's health has greatly i'm.
/ proved, and he has resumed work.
SENATOR HERMAN called for the first time
on General Hancock on Monday.
JoHS Roach, the Chester, Pa, ship.buildcr,
arrived in Washington and registered at the
Arlington.
THERE is an actress travelling In the Eng
| lsh provinces who claims to bo n daughter Of
| Edwin Forrest.
! SARA BERNHARDT has bought 300 pairs Of
| gloves for her American tour She will also
bring along a pair other own kids.
! THE letters Of NJ. dc Bemusat the husband
| Of Nine. dc Reinusat, whose memoirs mado
such sensation, are being collected for pub
| liCaton.
FANNY DAVENPORT paid Miss Dickinson
$4,000 Tor AN American Girl" with roy
ally after the first three weeks Of $50 per-
formance.
JusrIcE HARLAN of the United States su-
preme court is FAT, tall aud Jolly, likes to tell
stories and eau kick football further than
most men can.
MARIE ROSE, who has been engaged as
buying toilets for her American tour. Sho
sails for New York on the 23d instant
TIE Newark Daily Adrc'ti,cr announces the
approaching marriage OF Mr.. William II. Brad
ley of that city, son of Justice Bradley Of tho
United States supreme court, TO Miss Ida
Cameron, the eldest daughter Of Senator Don
Cameron.
Mr.. BURNAND, the new editor of Punch, Is
q Roman catholic, u fact which causes much
Il inIt Il, "a, rf,rp
phrase. His appointment is considered by
many TO be a deep-laid jesuit plot, but the
evidence of the conspiracy is doubtful.
SPEAKING Of the origin Of Mr.. Weeds ill-
ness, the New York Times says; Some weeks
ago, being out in the evening he rode homo
in a crowded street car, and it was some timo
before he could obtain seat. The result was
u severe cold, q decided but not very severe
dianh pa and some kidney disturbance" A
| full list of the young aud ablo.bodied persons
| who were in that car would be interesting
THE walls of Madame PATHS drawing. room
at Crlig-y.uas castle, her Welsh home, havo
been decorated by Madame Lemair one OF
| the greatest Freuch artists The room,
which is more than fifty feet long, has tho
/ walls divided into panels in each Of which Is
| painted Madame Patti in the dress Of Que Of
the characters the representation of which
made her fame. She is In Diva, Eivira Ju-
let Dinorah. Marguerite, etc. Tho conser.
| yatOry is l2l feet In length, and the whole
| fittings of the house are on y scale of great
luxury and costliness
| THE death Is sannouncCd, at the age of sixty
two years, of Herr Albert Hoffman, proprietor,
| founder and publisher OF kldddcrdditsol, the
leading comic journal of Berlin, II not OF Ger
msny, which first saw the light in 1913. Horr
| Hoffman, who started in life as a booksellers
assistant possessed no incOnsderable fund OF
| humor with daring spirit Of enterprise.
Assisted by the literary and artistic talents
OF men like DOhm Kalisch and LOwonstein,
| he managed TO create and populari2c Ger
man Punch, which has made for its owner
princely fortune, If it has not succeeded in
rivaling the merits of its English cotcmpoiGry.
THE Pdrisidn says that Miss Nelson, "he'
| fore her appearance on tho stage, served rs
barmaid at the Cafe dc Ia Regenco, which ex-
istcd until within a few years in Windmill
street Haymarkct, London. II was there
! that Miss Lillian first learned French, and sho
| left behind such Il reputation for beauty aud
charms that all tho barmaids of the cafe over
aftcrward called themselves Lillian" 1t was
at the Blue.POst inn, in the Haymarket, that
Miss Nelson dispensed beer and chops, as stated
in the New York Erp,ess the morning after
her death. The stories of the New York press
| about her birth at Slrugossa hor education in
! Paris, etc, were all fictitious.
MIR. MARSHALL o. ROBERTS still lies uucon-
! sci0us in his cottage on the grounds Of tho
| United States hotel at Saratoga. Iio is at
| tended by DIR. Fordycc Barker who is report
| ed us saying that there is q small clot on Mr..
Roberts brain which, through his great
vitality he hopes may be absorbed. 1t is re-
lated as curious incident that ON Saturday
afternoon last Mr.. Roberts drove to Moons,
when his party were delighted to meet their
old family physician, Dr. Foidycc Barker,
who happened to be in Saratoga fora few days
as the guest Of Joseph W. DrcXcl. Joking over
Moons julcps, Mr.. Roberts merrily remarked
that if he was going to choose Il good time to
be sick it would be then, while DIR, Barker
was there, DR.. Barker teegrophcd for Dir,
James r. Wood rs consulting surgeon TO New
York.