National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-20
PERSONALITIES.

Carl. SCHURz is writing a novel called
Max Undersoul."
Ex-GovERNoR DAVIS, Of Maine, pines
| for the Boston collectorship.
JULIA WARD HOWE remembers Haw-
thorne very gracefully in this weeks Critic
Mr.. Fl. G. PEARSON, the postmaster of
New York CITY, is stopping at the Arlington.
HooP-sKIRTs are coming into fashion
again. This will be good news for JEFF Davis.
$50 IRooUoIs won the Prince of Wales
stakes, did he? WeI I am blowed Queen Vic
toria.
Miss MINNIE MoREAU, an Indianapolis
lady now in the Sixth Auditors Office, is danger
| ously i'll.
Ex- GOVERNOR DINGLEY was unan:-
mously nominated for Congress at Pennington
Me-, Saturday.
THE Boston TraUelLer thinks Sessions is
not man whose opinions of the revised New Tes-
lament are valuable.
THE five sons of Robert Bonner are
associated with him in the management and pub
lication of the Ledger.
MIR. FALLEN, Maud Changers husband,
is to take charge of Mrs Lesie's publishing bus-
ness. He is her nephew.
MARY CLEalMER will work all summer
at South Mountain making works for other people
to read, regardless of the Thermometer.
SoLoN CHASE hopes to get out his steers
again this fall, and has called for convention of
Greenbackers at Lewiston, Me-, August 8.
YESTERDAY the Democrats were criti-
cising General Grant. To-day he finds his chief
enemies in a faction of the Republican party.
Mr.. TILDEN, President, by courtesy, of
the United States, has bought Guernsey cow. He
proposes hereafter to grow his own milk punches.
Mr.. OSCAR WILDE, otherwise Ptnch'S
aesthetic Postlethwate is coming to America tolec-
ture on art; which is too utterly utter for any
thing.
NJ. GAMBETTA is said to have wonder
fully changed oflate becoming, in addition to the
shrewd politician, brilliant and witty man of the
world.
PROFESSOR SWING, of Chicago, thinks,
from DR.. Talmage's opinion respecting the new
version, that Talmage himself needs revision
pretty badly.
Mr.. KEENE's horse FoXhall is named
after Mr.. Keene's son, Foxhan Parker Keene, who
was named after his mothers uncle, Commodore
FOxhall Parker.
MINNIE 1ALMER, In6 ACTRESS, Is unuer
5000 bonds to her manager not TO marry for five
years. If Minnie and the manager should fall in
love with each other the situation would be a
terrible one.
GRIN death stands kissing in my ear
what shall 1 do?" remarks a young lady in Ohio,
who writes to know whether or not she had better
marry certain man. We don't know anything
about the young man, sis, but move your ear by
all means.
By carefully perusing the dispatches
sentfrom Washington during the past week the at
tentive reader has learned that Secretary Blaine
is suffering from Bright's disease, vertigo, rheu
matism, and dyspepsia. It's about time Mr.. Blaine
sent for the doctor.
IT is gratifying to learn that Mr.. John
w. Hamilton the theatrical agent and manager,
was not killed as reported, at PEORIA III. As the
matter stands so far explained, it appears that
the victim was some other man. He had Mr.. Ham
ilton's cards on his person.
LIEUTENANT SCHwATKA lectured before
the soldiers at Fort Russell, Wyoming, the other
day, upon his Arctic experiences. He said that his
sledge journey was the longest ever undertaken.
He was away from his base of supplies eleven
months and twenty days and travelled 3251 miles.
Mr.. WALTER STILsoN HUTCHINs, man.
aging editor of the Post, left for the North last
night, and will spend the summer at his fathers
residence at Lake Winnipiseogee. Mr.. Hutchins is
one of the ableSt as well as handsomest young
journalists of this era. During his absence Mr..
Richard Sylvester for the past year associate edi
tor will assume control of the journal-The CGpitdl