National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-14
PERSONALITIES.

JESSE GRANT, of New York, is at Will
lard's.
GENERAL FITz LEE was in the city yes
torday.
GOVERNOR PLAisTED, of Maine, was in
Montreal this week. .---''
CHARLEY FOSTER is still :. pretty big
maii-in Ohio at least.
BEN: PERLEY PooRE is to write life of
the late General Burnside.
ADJUTANT-G GENERAL Drum was regis
tered In ST. Louis on Tuesday.
COLONEL JEROME BoNApARTE and family
sailed for France on Saturday.
GENERAL GRANT has asked the retention
Of Major Pruden. oneo clerks at the executive
office.
Hon. JOHN CEssNAs friends are making
very lively fight for him in the Bedford judicial
district
GENERAL AND MRs. CAPRoN and Mr..
and Mrs. S. X. Hannegan are now living ut the
Portland.
TIE wife and children Of Assistant
Secretary Hit are visiting the mother OF Mrs II. at
Lafayette, Ind.
RI. STEPHENS, of Washington, was q pas
sengcr by the overland train to arrive in San Fran
cisco last Thursday.
Ex-senator SPENCER is in the city. It
IL claimed that he will have a good billet in this
city under the new regime.
Mn. HENRY GARFIELD, oldest son of the
late President has been chosen vice. president Of
the freshman class at Williams College.
EDWIN BooTn's mother lives at Long
Branch with her son Joseph. Notwithstanding
her fourscore years she is extremely bright
Mr.. PULLMAN, of palace-car fame, is at
present entertaining Mr. Walter, proprietor of the
London Times. at his palace home in Chicago.
Mr.. ADAM OsTRELA, formerly ticket
agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad here,
and now In charge Of Its New York ticket Office,
is In town.
REPRESENTATIVE HIscocK, aleading can
dldate for the House Speakership, is at the Riggs
He predicts a Republican success In New York
| next month.
THE late ex-senator George Gilman
Fogg, Of Concord N. H.. left $500 for charitable
and religious purposes, besides the 5000 he be-
queathed to Dartmouth College.
MRs. JouN ScorT LAUGHToN, who has
not lived In Washington for four years. purposes
this autumn to occupy her own house. in which
Secretary schurz lived while in the Cabinet
REV. DIR. GEORGE b. RUSSELL formerly
pastor of the Washington Mission OF the Reformed
Church In the United States has accepted the call
to the presidency Of Paatlnate College, MyeBtown,
| Pa.
JUDGE ScoFIELD, ofthe Court of Claims,
has returned to the city His wife and daughter
Mary will come In a few weeks to spend tho
winter. Miss Ella Scoield and her brother have
gone to Europe and will not be here during the
winter.
THE gossip say that General Grant has
recommended eN Governor Routt, of Colorado to
be Postmaster General. The Governor was chair
man of the Colorado delegation at the Chicago
convention. The delegates voted for Grant all the
way through.
Mr.. AND Mrs. FERDINAND JONES, of Chi.
cago, who have resided the past four years in
Europe, win spend the coming winter in Washing
ton, to the society of which they will prove d
very attractive acquisition. For the present they
are at the Riggs
Mss CATHERINE l.. WOLFE, of New York
who Is taxed for ten millions in that city, and who
owns q summer residence at Newport, has just
purchased building site at Ochre Point for si2
900. the land being portion of the William Beact
Lawrence estate.