National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-22
PERSONALITIES.

AUGUST BELMONT has twenty-five racers
to come on the turfthis year.
THE Hon. David Davis is being sur
yeyed for a spring suit of clothes.
Mr.. E. n. CARPENTER, of Ford's Opera
Company, is stopping at the Imperial.
CARL SCHURz has returned to his abuse
of the Republican party in the Westliche Post
Mr.. LAYALL FARRAGUT, the son of the
late Admiral Farragut, and wife, are stopping at
Willard's.
CHAUNCEY I. FILLEY expected to be
made Second Assistant Postmaster General, says a
dispatch to the Graphic.
"FRoM what see in the papers Cap
tain Kidd would have been a better man in my
place e."-StaaLey Matthews.
Mrs. SCoTT SIDDoNs' stage gasp is Gre
ating much comment. There is money in it, but
the Bernhardt shrek is still ahead.
MALIBRAN, the great singer (says the
New York Commercial AdUertiseT), was an Ohio
woman, and her name was Mollie Brown.
A. w. ToURGEE and wife are at the Riggs
House, to remain for a week or two. Not being in
search of Office, the Judge is not on "a FOOLS Err
rand"
Miss KATE CLAYTON, the actress, is still
pursued by the fire fend. 1t occurred at Denver
hotel this time-"fu fully insured; supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary."
Cora PEARL has been figuring before
the Paris eourts-being sued for mlliners bill of
small amount some of the items beingS15 alpaca
dresses, whence it is inferred that she has come
down in the world.
UNCLE BENJAMIN BUTLER has toned up
his body by his cruise to the West Indies but the
same old wormholes are to be seen in his mind
through which the gubernatorial maggot has
crawled for years.-BoSton Herald.
IT Is STATED that Senator Harrison, of
Indiana, will soon be compelled to absent himself
from the Senate for short time, in order to look
after an important law case which he was en-
ployed in before he was elected to the Senate.
SECRETARY BLAINE is in poor health,
suffering from inflammatory rheumatism and
nervous exhaustion. He looks badly-Yery badly
and heard Senator say to-day he did not be-
IieYe he would live iong.-CoSonel Clarke to st. Al
bans Messenger.
MIR. JOHN G. CARLISLE, representative
in Congress from Kentucky, and Mrs. Carlisle
sailed for Europe yesterday in the steamer Parthia
and Mr. Randall L. Gibson, representative from
Louisiana, and Mrs. Gibson and their family were
passengers by the steamer Labrador for Havre.
JANAUsCHEK," in the native language
of the great actress who bears that name, means
johnson. This language is Bohemian-not that
which is spoken among the gay sons of art, but a
Slavonic tongue otherwise called Check because
those who take it up are soon stopped by its diff
culties.
THE Earl of Dysart has become Jour
nalist-he has been for year the responsible edi-
tor of Vanity Fair. He is about to be married to
Miss Bischofsheim. the daughter of the Hebrew
finaneier The young lady is to receive dowry
of SIPS 900, and as much more at the death of her
father.
LORD LoRNE has $4,000 year and a
furnished house as Governor General Of Canada.
His wife has $4,000 a year from Parliament and
also had a dot of Sl5O,0OO, which may be presumed
to add 1000 year more to their income, so that
fthe Duke of Argyle adds Sl4 900 year they have
100000.