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

LIEUTENANT HAMILTON, OF
Illinois, is in the city.
EX-SENATOR POWELL CLAYTON, of Ar
kansas, is at the Ebbitt House.
A sTALwART Republican, living in Har-
lem n. Y, has christened his newborn son
Arthur Malone"
GOVERNOR SHELBY NJ. CULLoM, of Illi-
nois arrived in the city last evening He is stop
ping at the Ebbitt House.
Miss SENARI, one of the victims of the
opera house fire at Nice the fiancee ofHerbert
Reeves, son of Sims Reeves, the well-know
tenor.
ADAM ExToN has been nominated by
the Republican city convention for mayor OF
Trenton, n. j., and William Hancock for school
superintendent.
IT is officially announced that the
marriage of the Crown Prince Rudolph, of Austria.
and the Princess Stephanie, of Belgium, is fixed
for the 10th of May.
THE man who seems to have profited
most by the extra session of the Senate is Mr. Kel
logg, of Louisiana. He has shown himself very
able to take care of himself.
MAYOR GRACE has served charges
against the street commissioners of New York for
failure to have the streets cleaned and mafeasance
They are TO answer on the 10Th.
MARY CLEMMER threatens to give up
newspaper correspondence and devote herself to
general literature. Thank heaven, there viii now
be let-up on the gush about Blaine's magnetism
Boston EueniRg Star.
AT meeting of the directors of the
Western Union Telegraph Company Cornelius
Vanderbilt resigned a director, and General
Eckel was made member of the executive board
in place Of F. Barger.
HoN. ALVIN Bronson died at his resi-
dcnce in Oswego, \. Y, Saturday morning. Mr..
Bronson was born at Waterbury, Conn, May 10.
17SS and was nearly ninety eight years of age He
went to Oswego in 1910.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MACVEAGH is work.
ing openly and earnestly to defeat the confirmation
of William E. Chandler for Solicitor Genelal which
shows that there is perfect harmony in the Cabi-
Indianapolis Journal.
EX-ATToRNEY-GENE DEvENs was in
consultation with Governor Long Saturday morn
ing in Boston, it is understood with reference to
the resumption of his previous dnties on the su-
preme Judicial bench of Massachusetts
MARY SENEFF was drowned at Black
Band, Ohio, year ago. Every night her form
rises slowly out of the water, clad in white, and
floats upward out of sight Several persons having
a reputation for veracity say so, and the commu-
nifty is frightened.
MACVEAGH says he is in no hurry to
leave the Cabinet, but if Mr.. Chandler is con-
1rned, he says, it may be he will go. His disin-
clination not strange for it would be rather hard
work for him to get into another Cabinet-Net0
York Commercial Advertiser.
TIE Philadelphia gas-trlst invest;ga-
ti0n .aSn1utiOnS which had naSSad rho InTUar
branch, were killed in councils Saturday. A
public dinner was given Saturday night to Joseph
L. Caven, for eight years president of the :om-
mon council, on the occasion of his retirement.
Miss HATTIE BEULL has begun the for
tieth day of her voluntary starvation in Iowa City
She is no longer able to move, hut her physicians
say she is much better than they expected. she
sleeps more, and drank about an ounce of waterin
the past twenty four hours. She is liable to die at
any moment
SIXTEEN years ago Saturday jefferson
Davis, while seated in st. Paurs Churcn, Rich
mond, was handed a Telegram from General Lee
stating that he could no longer hold his POSITION at
Petersburg and Mr.. Davis immediately left for his
Office, and the city was evacuated. For many years
the negroes celebrated Evacuation Day, but no
programme is announced Ior this year.
The one hundred and thirty-eighth
anniversary of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson
was celebrated Saturday night in Tsmmany Hall
by the members of Tam many general committee
and admirers of Jefferson and Democratic princi-
pies as expounded by him. Augustus Scheli pre-
ex-Judge A. ]. Regnier, and Hon. Joseph c. Flan-
ders, Register Docharty, Surrogate Calvin, Police
Commissioner Nichols, Recorder smyth, and ex-
Judge Spencer