National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-04
PERSONALITIES.

ALEXANDER HAMILToN's death-wound
was much like Garfelds
ARCHIBALD FORBES, the great war cor
respondent is in New York.
Mr.. HAILET KILBoURN expects his wife
and daughters TO return from Europe about the
middle of next month
Mrs. GILFILLAN and the Misses Gilflan,
who have been spending the summer in New Eng
land, have returned to the city.
Mr. ii. w. BARRETT, of the District sink
ing fund office, has returned from visit to Frank
fort, Ky. He left his family out there.
TIE widow and daughter of Colonel
Audenreid have sailed for New York. and are ex-
pected here by the middle of the month,
Mrs. GARFIELD's mother Arabella Ma
son, was born in Vermont, in the town OF Hart
ford. She was a scion Of an old Connecticut family
A SON of General Poe, son of Judge
Ferris, and grandson (NIr. Dalton) of Admiral
Sands are among the cadets recently admitted to
the Naval Academy.
GENERAL VAN VLIET and his wife ex-
pect TO remain at their place at Shrewsbury, NJ j.,
until the middle of October, when they will re-
turn to their residence here
Mr.. ORANGE NOBLE, the head of the
Democratic ticket in Pennsylvania, has II furnace,
watch factory, an organ factory, an iron foun-
dry, aud several other virtues,
"KANsAs papers are telling about man
in that State who has two hearts There is moth.
ing strange about. this, knew man who had
four hearts. He played them pat and lost sl3."-
Carl ScItur=
Miss RACHEL SHERMAN, who has been
travelling with Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid in
Italy, will sail with them this month for New
York, and General Sherman expects her here by
the lst ofNovember.
THE great question now is whether the
liberties of the country would survive Mr.. James
G. Blaines retirement to prlyatelle. Although
somewhat in doubt, we are inclined TO answer in
the Affirmative Globe Democrat
COLONEL T. f. RoEssLE, the proprietor
Of the Arlington, returned TO the city yesterday,
looking hale and hearty, from Lake George, New
York, where he has Just closed his hotel, the Fort
william Henry, after one of the most successful
seasons which the hotel has had since its inaugu.
ration.
AMONG other persistent misrepresenta-
tlons is one TO the effect that President Arthur is
not scholarly man, and that he is only ordi-
narily well educated II is "A fact, however, that
he is a gentleman Of rare literary culture and in
respect to general scholarship is the peer Of any of
his predecessors.
GENERAL HAzEN's wife and little boy,
who have been on his farm at Hiram, Ohio, for a
month, will soon so to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Washington Mclean. in Cincinnati, and will
return here about the close Of tho month. Gen.
eral llnzen's new house will be completed about
that time, ana he and his family will occupy II In
November.
Il. b, CoNNERY has been retired on
pension from the editorial management of the
New York Herald, Ills successor is Frank Ian
ley, of the editorial stan of tile London TtlegrGph
Mr., Nordhon, the chief Washington correspondent,
has been appointed principal editorial writer, in
the place Of !, Chamberlain, deceased. John Rus
sell Young and Joseph Howard, Ir are tho assist.
ant editorial Yrllcrs
The young Duke of Morny has popu-
larzed a new form OF head gear for men, just rs
his sister has introduced fashion for ladies. The
Duke wears a fat cap of ignoblo aspect in which
Achilles himself would look like an abIect charity
sch0olboy, II Is impossible 10 conceive any head
covering for men more undigniied and more use,
less, since IL has no brlm that can keep of the
burning rays Of the sun