National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-08
PERSONALITIES.

Mr.. DEB. IL. kEIM, oil Reading, Pn,, is
in the city.
VICroR BECKER and Norman Patton, of
Washington, were registered in Paris Thursday.
Mrs. GENERAL BINGHAM, of Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan, is visiting General Pauls family.
SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, is expected
to-day. He will be the guest of the President, on
Capitol Hill.
JUSTICE AND Mrs. HARLAN are enjoying
visit from her brother, Mr.. shankland, of Ind.
ana and his wife.
LIEUTENANT FREDERIcK G. ScHwATKA is
lecturing upon Arctic matters at various points
along Puget Sound.
Ex-SEcRETARy RoBEsoN has visited the
city this week. His wifc and the children are at
Delaware Water Gap.
JUSTICE AND Mrs. FIELD are still in
Europe, and probably will not return until after
tho LIST Of next month.
PROFESSOR BELLS induction balance lied
so like bazes that the gas companies propose TO
have him invent u now meter for them.-Bosion
Post.
VERY few of the Senators (f any, will
bring their families here during the extra session.
Those who have houses will not open them before
next month.
THE announcement Of the death of Miss
Olive Clapp, youngest daughter OF Mr.. II. II. Clnpp
and granddaughter OF Hon. A. NJ. Clapp, causes
pain TO q large circle of friends
STEELE MAcKAyE and his company have
been rehearsing "The Fools Errand" at Saratoga
under the supervision OF Judge A. W. Tourgee, the
author of the novel by that name
FRANKLIN SIMMONS, the sculptor, is at
the Ebbitt. Among the important orders he has
Ia tat,, Of n1otn
ton, to be placed In the city of indianapolis.
Ex-PAYMAsTER-GENER CUTTER of the
navy, will take his wife and daughter to Europe
the lst OF November Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shcr-
rill have leased their handsome residence OH Mas
sachusets avenue, and will move into 1t when they
return to Washington.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has asserted that the
whole years salary OF the Presidents office shall
go TO Mrs. Garfield. He will thus serve the Gov
ernment for six months without pay, His gin is
the largest and nobest that has yet been con-
trbuted to the fund.-Rinason (N. " Freeman.
MRs. OGLE TAYLoE's house, on Lafayette
Square, is being put in order for her return. She
is improving in health, and hopes tobe able TO re-
turn this month. She has not been here for over
u year. but has greatly regretted that she was not
brought to her home year ago, when removed
from Newport to Troy.
THE Figaro, of Paris, announces that
yesterday, when receiving dcputation of Roman
| sympathiSers, the Pope informed them that the
time might not be far distant when, TO protect the
dignity aud independence of the Pontifcate and
to save himself from the party of revolution, he
| should have to quit the Eternal City.
MISS PATTY KYLE STUART, the youngest
daughter Of George II. Stuart. president Of the
Merchants National Bank. of Philadelphia, apd
William Kennor Jewett, son OF Hugh J. JGwett,
president of the New York, Lake Eric and Western
Railroad Company, were married Thursday In the
First Reformed Presbyterian Church Of Philadol-
phia. Although no cards were issued the church
was filled in every part with representatives of
| Philadelphia's best society,
PAUL II. HAYNE, the poet of the South,
lives OH tree.clad hillside sixteen miles from
Augusta, Ga. His sitting. room is papered with
| pictures from the illustrated journals. He Is OF
| medium height and round bodied, with an olive
complexion and dark brown eyes under project
| ing brow. He Is nlty-onc years old. Longfelow
| and Whittier are his favoritc American poets, al
though he thinks that Holmes has the greatest
| genius The North bought more of Haynes books
that the South did.
One of the saddest of the deaths which
has shocked our community was that Of General
Hatch's wife, who arrived at the residence of her
sister, Mrs. Boyd In this city, only the goth, and
on Saturday was carried To her grave, She had
| contracted varoloid on her way hither, which
developed rapidly after her arrival, and soor
ended her life. She was still young. and had
much to live for. Her husband Is stationed In
New Mexico, and It has been found diiicult To
send him Information OF her sudden death, so he
| has not yet learned his loss.