National Republican., 1881-12-17
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

President Grevy makes his own coffee.
The new Chinese Minister'S name is Ju without
| the &.
Emma Abbott sued a man who said sho was .
female singer"
Paul II. Hayne was wealthy before the war, but
now he Is very poor and too III to work.
tt Is announced that Colonel Albert Lamar is to be
edtorn chief Of the Macon Tblegrdph under Its new
| auspices.
John w. Torney, IT,. the youngest son Of the late
Colonel Forney, has med the editorial charge Of
Progress
In the wife OF the new Speaker Washington finds
another lady of sweet and noble character and win
ming presence.
NJ shipior 10 ror'-'"r"f Mt one Of the st. Louis
hotels. Can this possibly be the old woman 9-He,O
York CODo",, ,,,ut.
Minister Hamlin has arrived at Madrid and was
received with honors The Spaniards will find that
he is as wise as he looks.
Mrs Page, of California, and Mrs Hazleton, of Wis
consn, are two strkngly handsome women aud init
mate friends OF many sessions.
one Of Colonel r. O. Ingersoll's daughters Is said to
have become member of the Presbyterian Church.
Exchange, There is no truth In this paragraph which
has been floating around the country.
Mrs. Burrows, q Michigan brunette, besides being
woman OF fashion and society, Ia an artist Of no In
considerable talents, and takes time, even In the
whrl of winter lite to accomplish exquisite things
with the brush.
The eldest daughter of Mr. Frclinghuysen is one Of
the most refined and charming of women. She has
been an invalid since her early grlhood and cannot
endure the fatigue OF society 80 that she rarely ap
| pears In public
The news of the death OF General Fitzpatrick was
received with great sorrow here, where he was 80
well known and to his beautiful little Gillian wife
| innumerable letters Of coincidence and sympathy
have been sent
Victoria woodruff, who came over In the GallIa, Is
now In Philadelphia She intends to lecture this
season, and Is Just interested In securing ap
pcaranco upon the stage for her daughter who s said
to display decided dramatic talent
Frank Hatton Is doing good work in wedding out
OF the postal service the rock-rooed Bourbons who
were appointed to office In the South under President
| Hayes fallacious " reconciliation" movement and
| President Arthur heartily sustalns his course.
| Fay" ofthe Louisville Journal, clork In
one OF the Departments, in letter to that paper
speaks dsparngngly OF the Russian Minister and his
WIFE, and calls the late General Morgan L. Smith and
his wife adventurers and. In the same letter, she
| tails malicious scandal against Senator Conkng.
Senator Charles w. Jones, of Florida, goes to Mas
sachusetts for bride, and takes her from of the
old and wealthy families OF Newburyport This stall
| wart Democrat, and staunch friend OF his native
Erin has the widower Grape for the Just PERIOD
and Is OF the most radiant bride elect
In the city. The young lady who visited here last
season as Miss Mosely will be one Of the most at
ractive OF the senatorial ladies of this season. and
there will be great festivities In that Northern sea-
board town to celebrate the union OF the palmetto
and the pine, and the ofgood will between the two
sections
Attorney-General Brewster's wife, after many
| strange vlc,ssitudes again becomes q member OF n
Cabinet household. She is the daughter of the late
Robert j. Walker, who during her childhood. was
Secretary of the Treasury When Buchanan was
President she used to ride down the Avenue horse
back with u handsome young man from New Or.
leans named De Leon. Ho was u brother of Mrs
Slidel whose husband was ut that time Sena-
tor from Louisiana. She married Mr.. DE Leon, and
went with the Slldells TO France. when the Senator
appointed Minister by the Southern con Gcderacy
The marriage was unhappy. and few years after the
war was over Mrs. DeLeon returned to this city and
lived with her widowed mother The family had lost
fortune and poston the still youthful and handsome
Mrs. DeLeon, through the influence Of old friends,
obtained cer<ship In the Internal Revenue. United
States Treasury Department While there, Mr.. Brew
sters law business brought him to the Treasury. aud
| he saw Mrs DeLeon Not long afterward there was
change Of administration and she lost her place. A
few months afterward she married Mr.. Brewster.