National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-17
PERSONALITIES.

HoN w. A. MOORE, of North Carolina,
is in the city.
THE French Vice-Admiral, Baron
Clement de Ia Romciere de Noury, is dead
IT stated that Prince Leopold, the
Queens youngest son, will be created Duke OF
Albany on his next birthday.
Mr.. WILLIAM G. BISHOP, ex-city clerk
of Brooklyn, and Official stenographerof the Kings
County Supreme Court, died at his residence yes
terday morning.
THE negotiations for the appearance OF
Edwin Booth at Berlin are not likely to have any
present result. Mr.. Booth will probably return to
the United States i'll July on account of the health
of his wife.
Mr.. LABOUCHERE is said to be contem-
plating lecturing tour in the United States next
fall, the proposed plan being one lecture in each
city. Mr.. Charles Mapleson is named Mr..
Laboucherc's right hand man.
SECRETARY LINCOLN will review the
parading column in New York on Decoration
Day. Washington Post. No. 1O3 of New York, will
go to Mount Vernon to conduct the memorial ser
vices at the tomb of George Washington.
GEORGE BRINE. known as King of the
Migrants, who boastcd that he had been in every
Jail and workhouse i'll England, died lately at u
workhouse after ten years residence He had
never been convicted of felony or larceny.
CAPTAIN EDWARD FITCH, formerly edi-
tor of the ManOning County (Ohio) Herald, and
who has been employed in the Office of the Wash
ington UOld the past year. has recently fallen heir
to 1000 bequeathed to him in a will by deceased
relative.
COLONEL INGERSOLL'S new lecture is
entitled Some Reasons Why" We haven't heard
the lecture but its object is to explain why Ben
Hill acts like an ass, the reasons" need not be
put i'll the plural 1t is because he was born that
way.-Bu,IingiOn HdCkeye.
THE " "Edgewood property, which ex-
Governor c. c. Washburn has given to the Sisters
of the Order of St Dominica for educational pur-
poses contains thirty four acres with fine dwell
ing house and other buildings upon it, and is
situated near Madison, Wis.
LORD BEACONSFIELD did not place on
the statute e-books single measure of relief to the
labOring classes. The most useful act which he in
troduced was that by which electoral disputes are
tried by judge of the Supreme Court, instead of
by committee of the Legislature.
HoN. r. W. TEACHER, who. rumor saws,
will be the next mayor of Albany, n. y was a
cOllege-mate at Williams " of President Garfield
Mr.. Thacher, accompanied by his wife, has been
s0jOurning at 1920 Vermont avenue, the residence
of Mr.. d. c. Morrison class mate and room mate
of his at Old Hamilton.
Mrs. CARLYLE was an heiresS When
she married Carlyle she had about 600 per annum,
and on the death of her mother this became g 900
per annum. She had sincere affection for her
husband, and she knew how to get on with him.
She was bright and witty, and with those whom
she liked she was exceedingly popular.
A DISPATCH from Paris says: "a pain
ful impression has been caused among the Ameri-
can colony in Paris by an attempted suicide by
George BouIend. a young painter, who having
been low-spirited for some months, on Thursday
cut glshes in his throat and left wrist with razor
while waiting at the rooms of friend named
Woodward Boulend is in precariouS state
AMONG the summer residents of New
port are General G. K. Warren, Rear Admiral Bor-
den. who has leased Fincks cottage in High
street; Commodore c. H. Baldwin, General George
". Cullum, Captain NJ. C. Marin, of the navy;
Commander A. u. Brown, who will occupy the
Potter cottage, Mill street. and DR.. W. J. Simon the
Francis cottage, Francis street. Rear-Admiral
Cases cottage is leased this season by Mr. Edward
Gray, of Boston.
OlRARDIN, VINO was. one OF the most
fervent admirers of Rachel's genius, rated Sara
Bernhardt equally high, and the full-length por-
traits of the two actresses formed pendants at
end of his noble drawing room. With the excep-
ton of picture of Descartes over the fireplace
these were the only paintings in the room. He
made it point 10 be present at every first night,
and was at that at the Gymnase on the Saturday
before he died.
MAYOR SHAKsPEARE, of New Orleans,
La has ordered the chiefof police to close all gam
bling-places in the city not within certain pre-
soriipeu limits, and to forbid the opening of any
new ones within those limits. He also calls for an
early report of any gambling house where minors
are permitted to enter, where disorder occurs. or
from which complaints come of unfair dealing,
and says that it is his intention being satisfied
of the truth of any such chargeto cause such house
to be Immediately and irrevocably closed.