National Republican., 1881-11-22
PERSONALITIES.
REPRESENTATIVE HEWITT arrived in New
York from Europe Sunday

REPRESENTATIVE HEWITT arrived in New
York from Europe Sunday.
RI. STEPHENS, clerk Of the House Com
mitteo on Appropriations, has returned home.
REV. FATHER SHERIDAN is slowly inn
proving but still lies in very critical condition.
SENATOR CAMDEN and United States
Judge Prince, Of New Mexico, are at the Arling-
ton.
REV. DIR. Wills, of this city, was q pas
senger by the overland train TO arrive in San Fran
cisco last Tuesday.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL Drum and Colonel
Barr have returned to the War Department from
their Western inspection tour.
DR.. Billings, who was one of the lead
ing members of tho late medical congress in Lon
don returned from Europe last Saturday
COLONEL THOMAS MURruY, ex-collector
Of New York, Is In the city, and intends TO reside
here with his family during the coming winter
Mr.. AnRAM S. Hewitt, Mr.. w. II. As
pinwall and Mr. and Mrs whitelaw Reid arrived
from Europe Sunday on the steamship Germanic.
MAJOR ]. w. POWELL, who for several
weeks has been confined TO his room under an
oculists care called at the Interior Departmentyes
terday morning
Hon. ALEXANDER RANDALL, a promi-
ncnt lawyer and former member Of Congress from
Maryland, died at his residence, in Annapolis,
Sunday, ngcd sevonty.three years.
JANAuscHER has in advance taken Nor
wich by storm. Three hundred reserved seats for
tonight were sold last week, and Saturday a tele.
graphic order was sent asking for two hundred
more.
NJ PAsTEUR, the great scientist, has re-
solved 10 visit the Bordeaux lazaretto TO study
yellow fever and ascertain whether II is due TO n
parasite aud can be guarded against by inocu.
lation.
as. J. TmDEN."-We cannot use your
Joke about the mayor Of Brooklyn being elected by
Il 600 majority, and wanting to know chow Is that
for Iow2' The manuscript will be returned, how
ever ifyou desire.
GOVERNOR HAWKINS, of Tennessee, has
called special session of the Legislature Of that
state TO meet Wednesday, December 7, to consider
nine subjects for legislation the most important
being the redistricting of the state,
THE Tribune, of Texas, remarks: Hon.
John Hancock is being mentioned for our next
Governor He II our choice above any man in the
State but II is thought the prejudces created by
his loyalty" record will intervene. They beat
him for Congress.
| bONERNOR hINRAH, OF ttall, SenI bOV-
ernor Critcndcn. his half.brother of Missouri. as
| silver wedding present silver brick weighing
eight and one half ounces, and Inscribed, " 1856.
| C.J. monogram 1881. AiIectionate congratua.
tions of Eli aud Evelyn Utah Missouri"
CHIEF BusnYnEAD's annual message to
| the Cherokee National Council Is regarded by
some of the Western journals as more sensible
state paper than ever sent out from Washington.
| The public debt, which amounted tn slO7 900 two
years ago, is almost cxtinguishcd. The affairs Of
| the nation are very prosperous.
The Hon. James B. Angel, United
States minister to China. left Shanghai with his
family on board the steamship Irrawaddy Octo.
bcr 49, They are going first to Naples by way Of
Hong Kong Singapore, and Suez, and after n
! short European tour will sail for New York, OK
pecting to arrive here early in February In let.
tiers 10 friends in America they express themselves
| as fcgretting their departure from China, where
| they have made many friends.
|
| 4 doublc-shcet REPUBLICAN, Of Wy-sr columns tuii
nc issued 10. mOrror morning. Advertisers icoud dC
ice 10 send IN their HDtioss At once as THE REPuBLI
CAN reaches idrgT number Of readers than any otle
| journal IN The District,