National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-15
PERSONALITIES.


BrsHoP SIMPSON, of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. has arrived from Europe.
SPURoEoN's health is still very delicate,
and he will spend most Of the winter at Mentone.
IF Bob Ingersoll has any conscience at
all he will divide his fee with MacVeagh.-Er-
change
TENNYsoN has been the guest of his son
at Mansfield. His exploration of Sherwood forest
was thorough.
GENERAL THOMAS ]. BRADY and Mr..
IIallet Kilbourn, of Washington, are at the Glsey
House, New York.
ALGERNoN SARToRts has gone to Green
Bay, .wis., to look afer large landed
property belonging to his family.
GENERAL BUELL's arrest was ordered
by General Mackenzie because Of an alleged
breach Of military etiquette He is prisoner at
Fort Lewis, Colorado.
AN exchange says that Professor King
is building a balloon "that will exceed in light.
ness anything known" We are still buying pools
on Attorney General Macveagh however, Chicago
Tribune.
EX-MAYoR WILLIAM II. SHELTON, of New
Haven, was on Saturday bound over TO the Supe-
rlor Court, charged with advising malpractice on
Mary Hastenseln, who worked in the factory OF
which shelton was manager
GENERAL W. S. HARNEY, who is on the
retired list, is now living ut Pass Christian, Miss
He will have n family reunion on Thanksgiving
Day. lie is entertaining some officers of the
French navy, with their wives
In anticipation of General Sherman's
visit to the exposition the Atlanta (Ga) Consdu-
lion suggests at will he In proper order to build
him suit Of clothes from cotton grown on the
fields over which he rode his war.hose"
GENERAL GRANT having occasion to write
Judge Rowcy, OF Gnlcna, for some Of his presents,
including Cloisonne plaques, said It this way
" You will find in the paror two Closini plaques,
! If you know what that means-I don't; send them
with the balance"
PATTI has grown stout, and looks thirty
years older than when last here. What she sees In
Nlcolni to admire is beyond comprehension.
There is no furore about her concerts but when
she gives opcra-as Parepa and Nilsson did aftcr
their concert game was playcd-shc will get what
she came for bags ofgold.
COUNT WILHELM BISMARCK, who offered
himselfas candidate for the Reichstag principally
on the ground Of being his fathers son, has been
rejected by an overwhelming majority, while
Count Arnim. Schlagcnthin, son and heir of the
| late unfortunate Ambassador so hated by the
Chancellor, has been elected.
THE suggestion that the Won Steubens
| be invited to take part In the Yorktown cecbra-
| tion was made by n hundred newspapers in the
| country before Secretary Blaine or any other
official thought oft. This is to correct an errone
Gus paragraph floating through the press giving
Secretary Blaine credit for the idea.
THE widow of Senator Matt. ii. Car
| penter has presented TO the Milwaukee public
! library 2lS volumes of IInnsards Parliamentary
debates, running from 1872 to 1928, which formed
an important the private library of the late
Senator. The Milwaukee library now contains
nearly 10000 wcll-sccCtcd volumes
Mr.. II. w. MCFARLAND writes to the
| Columbus Ohio journal concerning the Novem.
Der meteoric stream: 4" In 1888 IL occurred I'm the
morning of the 18th in 1866 It was In the morn
| lug OF the nth, and 1t will occur again in the
morning of November 10, 1899, and ut no other
time this century. If Professor Kirkwood has fixed
any other day, then old age has told on his men,
! Ory."