National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-14
PERSONALITIES

Air. j. E, CHADBUCK, of Boston, is stop
ping at the Imperial. =
GARFIELD's boys are the liveliest boys
who ever had home in the White House
ADAM ought to have said Hardly, Eva"
when he was tempted to bite the apple-Keokk
Constitution.
Mr.. J. W. HARPER, of Harper Brothers
Publishing Company, of New York, is stopping at
the Arlington.
SENATOR RoBERTsoN's father died at
Bedford, Westchester County, New York on Sun
day. aged ninety.
OLIVER e. SaDI,=,= Of Illinois, returned
home last evening to remove his family to Wash
ington, where he will reside for the next four
years.
Mrs. AMELIA LEWIS asserts in Food and
Health that nearly 100000 is invested in oleo-
margarine factories and that they have added
nearly 81 to the value of every OK killed.
WILLIAM FL. EDWARDS, United States
Consul General at st. Petersburg has just returned
here from his home in Ohio, where he recuperated
his health, and he is again hearty and vigorous.
EIGHT of the United States Senators are
newspaper proprietors Among them are Senator
Fair who owns part of the Virginia City Enterprise
and Senator Hill, who has an interest in the Den
yer Tribune.
Mrs. GARFIELD is said to have decided
upon change of premier in her Kitchen" cab
met and the coming chief cook of the White House
is reputed to be Philadelphian. The position is
worth 81 800 Philadelphia Record.
HORACE EVERETT, ESQ.,, and family, of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, who have passed the winter
in this city, left yesterday for their home. Mr.. Ey-
erett, who has no political aspirations, is well
pleased with Washington as a residence that he
will probably make it his permanent home
RICHARD WAGNER, the composer, loves
cats and has owned more than hundred during
the last forty years. Now we know whence he
draws his ideas and inspiration for his Emusic of
the future" Some persons, however, declare that
he has not improved upon the duets warbled by
cats.
REPORTS from Captain Lull, of the
United States navy, in command of the steam
frigate Wachusett, at Panama declare that De Les
seps has several small surveying parties composed
of French engineers with native laborers, at work
on different points of the route. So far no con-
struction work has been commenced.
Miss JENNIE BRONSON, the fearless
nurse, who exposed herselfin Grenada at the bed
side of the dying inhabitants, and then in Mem
phis and New Orleans, has just been left fortune
by the death of her father, an eccentric old man,
kind of habitation except an old canal boat.
RossINI III 1868, a few months before
his death, received visit from Adelina Patti,
whose approaching marriage was then the talk of
society. as it true" he inquired, with a grin,
"that you are going to marry marquis?' "Yes,
maestro" replied the great singer. "My daughter,
you are going to commit great piece of folly. A
woman such as you are should only marry a king
or public singer"
MELVILLE GRIFFIN deserted his wife at
indianapolis and eloped with her cousin Mrs Grif-
fin followed the couple and, at the conclusion of
an interview, said to her rival: My husband evil
IDENTIFY loves you better than me. 1 will get a di-
vorce and God will provide some way for support
ing myself and children" The words had pow
erful effect on the mans new partner, and that
night she committed suicide.
Hon. BEN LIE FEyRE, member from the
Fifth Ohio District left for his home last night.
The General has spent most Of his time since ad-
journment looking after the interests of his Buck
eye friends in the Departments and in other good
works. As to Ben, whatever else may be said
against him, he cannot be accused of unfaithful-
ness to friends or inattenton TO duty. Perhaps no
man in the Forty Congress can show better
record of attendance or a greater number of re-
sponses to roll call than the farmer statesman from
Shelby County. Ben's politics is the only thing
against him.