National Republican., 1880-11-27
FIFTY CENTS PER MONTH.
Personal,

r. J. HiErov. esq, OF New York Is at the Ebbitt.
Hos. J. c. BurEows OF Michigan Is az the Ebbitt.
Hon. JouN RTucNEn Of Virginia is at the Sc.
| James hotel
RlcuARp SMITH, csq, ofthc Cincinnati Ga.dte is
| at the Ebbitt
| II. G. URSEB and C.. L. Kruhbcl OF Cincnrau
| arc At the Ebbitt.
MnytY NJ wATrEnsoS and wife Of Louisville
| are at the Ebbllt.
Hon JoifS WHrEAKEG Of Oregon has arrived in
| this city aud IS stopping NJ the st. james,
| S. II. GLADrOSE of London. Eng a nephew OF
the great Eug.sh promisr. Is at The Riggs house
HorACF WHITE, cs1, formerly Of the Chicago
N1uBs, is At the Riggs. lie received number NJ
distinguished visitors among others Secretary
schurz.
REPRESENTATIVE PouSp OF Wisconsin will leave
The city tu-doy for New York city, whore his wife
| Us ut present soiDutuiug aud return with her to
| this place about the middle Of thu coming week.
| n Is said Pay Director George L.. Davis, U. 5 N,
haylng passed. lie examining board for promotion,
will relieve paymasler Stevenson Nt tie navy pay
ollcc, - broadway, New York, on ia 9th proximo.
GENERAL GARFIELD aud his wife visited the bu-
| reHu o IGnSmyng and printing Yesterday and wero
shuWu through the various rooms by colonel o. H.
! Irish who explained the operations Of the several
| divisions Of tha, bureau.
| tREDErtcG NJ. HOLLOWAY, democratic candidate
| for governor Of Michigan, received 60 more votes
than General Ilancoceiuud Edmund q. Ross, dem;
cratic candidate for governor VI Kansas, ran 37io
| ahead Of the electoral ticket.
| Hon ALEX. MITCHELL who has Just returned 10
| Milwaukee from New York confirms me state
bankers has boon formed To- furnish Sl0OUO 100 10
| complete the Northern Pacific railway
President PoRrER Of Yale colleIe has an
nOunoed that by vote Of the corporation sunday
morning prayers had been abolished, and he lace
tousy added that tho step was taken out ofrcspect
| for the health and happiness Of the students.
DuMSd his year In Office the late lord mayor OF
| London, Sir Francis wyatt 1ruscott, entertained
no lcS than l7OoJ people. mostly persons, OF dis
tinctun, at the various public bluquets dcicuners
and reunions at which 1t Is his duty to preside.
TIE earl of Aberdeen has been made lord lieu.
| tenant OF The county OF MS name. lie Is younger
brother Ol the young earl who was drowned While
working rs u mate on an American vessel under
the name of Osborne, on voyage to Melbourne.
1t Is expected in London that important results
world OF Mr. Cyrus W. Field of New York, not
Iwithstundug the urgent declarations Of Mr.. Field
that hc Is only travelling for his own amusemenL
Az enloyOb le day was passed yesterday at In.
glosde," tho residence vi District-AuUrey Cork
hill, by party of Invited guests The hosle5s was
never more entertaining. aud the lovely daughters,
Fanuio, Lucy and Jennie, added to tho many pleas
urcs OF the visitors.
| the carl Of Roscbcry is considering plans in
vOlving tho expenditure Of Gl0JUOJ Tor tie cont
structiUn Of a new and magnificent residence iu
London. since his marriage he has resided, when
Ia town. IN piCcudilly, IN the house formerly OcCu-
pied by Baron Meyer dc ROthschtld.
| GENERAL SIR FREDERIC RoBERrs the hero OF
Candahar, has accepted invitations to attend no
less than eleven complimentary banquets, to be
given in due time. The general will bS present at
one in Dublin on the l6th of Dercmbcr. lie Is now
visiting the queen at Windsor castle.
Mr. G. W. Foster, father Of Governor Foster OF
Ohio, celebrated his eightcth hiay ON tho 2lSt
instant. lie Is said 10 be the ivclicst old gentle
man In The state OF Ohio, and one OF his JoculOr re-
marks Is that "ho has lived hls allotted three score
years aud ten, aud irs al clear gain with him
nOw'
A DISPATCH to tie Times from Paris says the body
OF Mr. Pascal Smith, u millionaire merchant Of st.
Paul, Minn. has been found on the MGIseilies
coast lie lcrt a lunutic asylum in May and ar
rived at Marscillcs with his wife ana son on the
10Th instant. The next evening he was missed and
is supposed to have drowned himself
CoLoSEL GEORGE W. HOOKER. the representative
from BrattlGboro, VT, ON Friday returned To the
state treasurer his pay Tor twcnty six days, during
which he was absent IN New York Us Il member OF
the republican national committee Colonel
Hooker suvS that masmuch Us ne was not In tho
service Vt the state he did not feel like taking pay
, for that time.
ton at Paris, has been named minister plcuipOten-
tiary 10 Stockholm III place Of Mr, Erskinc, aud
Mr.. Sheffield, senior OF the second secretaries az
Paris, who has been lor the last seventeen years
first secretary They are pll three well known in
Washington, where they have served Tor AOme
years on the British legation
+, IL Dr. Johnson was fortunate IN his Boswell,
Garfield Is equally lucky in his Swain, who Is q
. ttuG and tried friend, whose devotion has taken
practical shapes more than once. As Il Is mOre
than likely that Major Swain Will be tho private
secretary of the next president, pen photograph
of him may be OF interest lie Is stout, chunky
mum about five feet six inches high, and Is about
tity years old Ills halr Is now little more than
, iron gray and ii and his military moustache arc
rapidly silvcring. His shoulders are square, his
chest deep and he has just the suggestion OF an al
dcrmaniC paunCh, Al fist lie appears trill3
brusquc and Crusty, but this soon disappears upon
0 acquaintance, and lie can be very COmp0nlo onablo
IL lie desires native OtOhio, he has seen con.
OF men. Garfield relies greatly upon his Judgment
I aud cOnSultS him in all important matters.