Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-03

if no one of them is promoted to the
Speakership and neither of the first two
to the Senate, be the triumvirate OF Re-
publican leaders, and on the floor OF the
next House Randall will be back in the
ranks as Democratic leader. Mr.. Conger
knows how to say provoking, cutting
things In a concise way, that 'stIrs up the
animals" on the other side to anger. while
he remains uhperturbed. There VIII be
Emusic" in plenty in the debates of the
next Congress.
The changes in the Supreme Court,
present and impending, have occupied at
tention here of late, almost to the exclu-
sion of Cabinet making for President Gar
field but of these the telegraph keeps you
advised. Tonight Associate Justice Field
gave an elaborate dinner-party to the re-
firing Justice, Strong, at which, beside the
remaining Justices, Il ere were several Sen
ators and other dignitaries present. Din
ner giving is the first form of social festiv-
tiles noticed as the gay season draws near.
The honors to General Grant while here
took chiefly the form of dinners. He and
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Jesse Grant, their
daughter.in. law, were guests OF General
Bsale. on Lafayette square, the house
cornering on II street, known rs the Old
Decatur house. 1t was built by Commo-
dore Decatur with prize money received
from captures, and it was here ne
died the evening following his duel with
Commodore Barron. Gen. Beale one evening
last week invited dinner guests TO meet the
Grant party. Next day Senator Burnside
was the host, and the party was exclusively
masculine. On Wednesday the President
and Mrs. Hayes gave a particularly hand
some dinner to them, at which the most
marked contrast was between Senator Lo-
gan and little Mrs. jesse Grant, who We're
partners at dinner, the latter a very young
blonde lady, while the General, with HI
heavy black hair, fierce mustache, swarthy
face and commanding figure, looked NOR
than ever like a corsair. This Mrs. Grant
was formerly Miss Chapman of San Fran
cisco. Mrs. General Grant wore claret-
colored velvet, trimmed with point lace,
and elegant diamonds Her bracelets were
several in number and unique one of them
q gold band four inches In width, without
any stones in it. In her hair sparkled a
rosette and butterfly of diamonds, and
in her ears long earrings set with dia-
monds. Mrs. Hayes wore a combination
suit of white satin and Grape, richly en-
broidered in white Mrs. Jesse Grant
wore a lilac satin embroidered in pearls
and trimmed with rare lace, an elegant but
almost too heavy and mature costume for
so Young q lady. OF the other ladies, Mrs.
Senator Hill, of Colorado, was particularly
elegant in a pale.blue satin de Lyon, COW
cred with Breton lace ornaments, dia-
monds. She wore at her corsage crushed
roses of pink.
SOCIAL NOTES.
Thursday evening of last week, Exon
gresham John B. Alley, Of Massachusetts,
a contemporary of President Hayes in Con-
gress, entertained General Grant and eleven
other gentlemen at dinner, viz. the Presi-
dent, Vice President, Attorney General,
Senators Edmunds, Hoar, Dawes, and Hill
of Colorado; Representatives Wash.
burne, Loring and Clafin, and Mr.. William
Ii. Alley, his son. This entertainment took
place at his handsome residence, 926 Nc
Pherson square, known as the Jetries
House. Lord Lymington, OF the British
peerage, quiet, slender, aristocratic look
ing young man, is guest at the Arlington
Hotel Archibald Forbes, the noted Lon
don war correspondent, Is at the Ebbitt
and Edward Everett Hale and daughter
are visiting Paymaster General Cutter and
| family, of the navy.
General o. o. Howard, the newly ap-
pointed commandant at West Point, and
General Nelson A. Miles, are here, and
converse as excellently well as they fight
Mrs Miles, who is with her husband, is
very charming. She is a sister of Mrs j.
Donald Cameron, wife of the Pennsylvania
Senator, and both are nieces of Secretary
and General Sherman. EMMA JAMES.