The National tribune., 1881-10-29

my latner was plaSterer, and thySeif smear
man.
Jones is said to be from the Hebrew and te
signify gracious
The name of the chairman Of the National Re
publican Committee who conducted the Garfield
and Arthur campaign has this meaning:
Jewell-Joy, mirth, precious; a jewel; pre-
cious stone; name expressive of fondness
Malone in Celtic or Gaelic is bear.
Logan Gaelic is an Enclosed plain or low
living place If the residence of a Britain was
on a plain it was called Laun, from Lagen OF
Logon; if on an eminence it was termed dun"
Lincoln is from Lincoln in England. The
name is derived from Lin in the Gaelic, Welsh
and Cornish British, which signifies pool, pond
or lake, and coin, the ridge or neck of hill, so
called from it's situation as it occupies the top
and side of steep hill on the river Witham,
which here divides into three streams"
| "French-orignalyc coming from or belonging
/ to France"
/ Acton is from the Saxon. "The oak town or
oak hill-the name of town in Middlesex, Eng
land, whence the name is derived"
! Stoughton.-" This family derives its name from
StOche or Stoke, place i'll Surrey, England, and
t tun word sgnifying an enclosure"
| Alvord.-"F From Afford, town in Lincoln
shire, England. signifying the old ford or way,
! from aid, Old and ford, ford, way or pass"
Bliss.-"In English very happy name, i'm
posed by others on the individual. Blys, in the
Welsh, signifies deriving, longing"
"Butler.-This family derive their origin from
the old Counts of Briony, or Biony, in Norman
dy, descendant of whom. Hervius Fitz Walter
accompanied the Conqueror into England His
son, Theobold, went with Henry II into Ireland
where having assisted in the reduction of the
kingdom, he was rewarded with large posses
sons there, and made it the place of his resi-
dence. The King afterward conferred on him
the office of Chief Butler of Ireland, whence his
descendants the Earls of Ormond and Others
took the surname of De Boteler or Butler"
Chandler-"A name of trade: maker and
seller of various wares, originally of candles
The Christian and surnames of the President
are thus spoken of:
arthur (Britishl-A strong man: from Ar
Lat. viz, man, and thor, strong. In the
Gaelic, Air is the same as Fear, a man. and the
Ancient Scythians called man Aior Thor was
the Jupiter of the Teutonic races, their god of
thunder. In Welsh, Arth is a bear, an emblem
of strength and courage, and ur a noun termina-
tion man. Arthur, bear-man, hero man
of strength, the name of British Prince.
"Chester.-Local-From the city of Chester.
the capital of Cheshire, England, founded by the
Romans The name is derived from the Latin
Castrum; Saxon, coaster, fortified place, a city,
a castle, or camp, it being Roman station where
the Twentieth Legion was quartered The Ro-
man stations in England were generally so called,
being sometimes varied in dialect to Chester.
Chaster, or Caster, the termination of many Eng
llsh towns, as Colchester, the camp on the River
Coin: Doncaster, on the Don Lancaster on the
Lon or Lune," &c.
ALAN, OF Allan-derived, according to Julius
Scaliger, from the Sclavonic Aland, wolfdog
a hound, and Chaucer uses Aland in the same
sense. Bailey derives it as the same from the
British. Camden thinks it a corruption of Eli
anus, which signifies sun-bright. From the same
we have Allen, Allin, Alleyne In the Gaelic,
Aluinn signifies exceedingly fair, handsome ele-
CANT. lovely. Irish, Alum, fair, beautiful"
Of the members of the present United States
Senate whose family names appear in the COM
pilation of the Rev. Mr.. Arthur and his son.
President Arthur, with the derivatons of the
names, the list is as follows:
Senator Anthony's is from the Greek word sig
nifying flower "fiourishing, beautiful, graceful"
That of Senator Morgan of Alabama, is from
Nor, the sea, and gan, born; the same as PeIa-
gius-born on the sea- from the Greek the sea,
Nor, the sea, and gan, by or near the sea, is
locality"
That Of Senator Pugh, of Alabama is "a con-
traction of APP Hugh, the son of Hugh the u
having the Welsh sound of y"
That of Senator Walker, of Arkansas is thus
described: In the north of England and south
of Scotland fulling mill is still called walk
mill. This name may signify either fuller or
an officer whose duty consisted in walking or
inspecting certain space of forest ground"
The name borne by Senators Miller, of New |
York, and Miller, of California, means zone who |
attends grist mill. Meillear, Gaelic, having |
large lips; Malar, Gaelic merchant; Maillor |
Gaelic, from maille, armor and fear, mana |
man in armor, having coat of mail, a soldier" |
That of Senator Hawley of Connecticut, is |
" from haw, a hedge, Saxon, haeg, a small piece |
Of ground near house, q close, place where .
hawthorn grows, and leg, field OF meadow"
That of Senator Hampton, of South Carolina, I
means the town on the hill"
That of Senator Call, Of Florida, is prudent.
discerning, cunning, trickish Call and Gull, t
Gaelic, are the same"
That of Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, is thus
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