Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-13

friends early i'm the season. made the Tuesday
visiting very animated yesterday. The house
OF General Sherman was pleasant center OF
attraction. and among the naval ladies' who had
Bany calls was Mrs. Commodore Howell. The
family OF the Admiral Of the navy are not yet
receiving. Tuesday. more than any ether day
OF the week being the reception day OF the
wives of Representatives. there was much inter-
change of calls among these newly returned
ladies'. Mrs dwight, at the Arlington. is ac-
cGnpauied by Miss Della Dwight and one or
both of the remaining daughters will arrive
after the holidays. The wife Of Representative
Grape is with him at Wormleys Other Repre-
scntatyes soioUrning there are Mcssrs. Hewitt
Worse. Leieyre and kasson.
Gen. Basil Duke. who married the sister Of
the wife of another noted Confederate general
John Morgan. arrived last night at the Ebb:tt
House. Hon. Harvey WatteTsOn and wife will
reach there for the winter on the 23h. There
are several very handsome brides at the Ebbtt
Tomorrow evening Major 7. Fl. Norton. Of the
banking firm of Norton Il Co. wheeling. will
be married. and the following day will be there
wiki his bride. Mr.. Jewel killum. of Brooklyn
bridegroom OF to-day. will reach the same
hotel on his bridal trip tomorrow
When Commodore Davis and Lieut.. Berry
arrived Mt Columbia. S. c., on their recent de-
tail from the Navy department. to escort the
remains of Rear Admiral Strong to Washington
Tor interireut, they were surprised and gratified
al the tender attentions shown to the dead hero
by the state officers of South Carolina as such
State Treasurer Richardson assumed charge Of
the necessary details OF the OCCASION and the
casket was borne down the winding stairway of
the hotel and afterward deposited in the hearse
by gray-hca,ied men of distinction. among whom
were Gov. Haggard Gov.-eiect Thompson, eX-
Gov. Barbour. Secretary OF state Simms and
Col. Haskell. Col. Pierce. DR.. Bates. DR.. Taylor.
and Rev. Judd. members of the legislature. 1t
was Il touching sight, and the more remarkable
nf
birth. and had won the greatest laurels of his
life in his service during the rebellion. Mrs.
Strong was upheld and conforted in the ter
rible solitude of her sudden bereavement by
these attentions. and Commodore Davis has
made graceful ausOn to them in his report to
the department. Mrs. Strong. after the deposit
Of her husbands remains in Oak Hill cemetery,
went Immediately to the residence of her sister,
Miss Won koVenhOyen. on 5th avenue, New
York city. and is about to go from there 10 rela-
tiyes i'll Westchester county, n. Y.
Seaman Nindcrman is one of the most inter-
esting figures in the Ebbitt dining-room and by
chance his seat is at the same table where his
lamented commander sat during the last month
before he started on his fatal voyage, with his
fair young wife and little Sylvia. his daughter
at his side. To one who sat near them at the
table and said. 81 think it is all wrong for you
to tear yourself away from this lovely family for
such venture; let some unmarried man go and
risk his life in your place. he answered brightly:
Would you. then. let the old bachelors have
all the 9lOry OF research?'
The National Rifles will give the first of their
full-dress uniform receptions and sOirees for
this season, at Marini's assembly rooms this
evening. beginning at 9 o'clock Mrs. Senator
Logan. assisted by Mrs. Clifford, Miss Wiltshire
and Miss Burnside will receive the invited
guests.
The Chinese legation is the largest in Wash
ington. and those members of it who speak Eng
lish do SO with unusal purity, and write it lit
orally without fault. Indeed it might well be
said of them that they are as willy as serpents
and gentle as doves. for they are so clever and
yet SO apparently artless. The minister's wife
makes rapid progress in the study of our Ian
guage.
There will be german at the navy yard to-
morrow evening. given by Chief Engineer Hen
dersOn and his wife to their daughter, IN cele-
braton of her birthday. Miss Henderson is a
debutante and member Of the "Ad Interim"
club.
Messrs- selden & Robbins, proprietors of the
metropolitan. have issued cards for sOiree dam
Sd,tte next Friday evening.
Admiral and Mrs. Selfridge and their daugh-
ter Mrs. Johnson have issued cards for tea at
five q clock tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Judge Key and her daughters, who have
been abroad for some time. have returned
These young ladies produced an impression
everywhere, being lovely in appearance and in
disposition, and according to report, have left
some aching hearts behind.
The many friends here of Mrs. Wallis. wife of
DIR. George B. Wallis, of the New York Herald
will lie grieved to learn that she is lying danger
ously ill of pneumonia at her residence in New
York city
Miss Margaret Edes is again occupying her
house here. which was rented to the Attorney
General during her trip to California and is dis
pensin@ her usual whole-sOul hospitality. 1t is
said she cOntempates building stately mansion
on the vacant lot next to Col. Bonaparte's which
she owns.
Mr.. James Lowndes, Of South Carolina, who.
for several years has chosen Washington as his
residence. and who is arbitrator on the part of
the United States of the American and Spanish
Claims commission, is bachelor and very &C
compshed gentleman, possessing unusual pres
tige from his birth and education.
The Countess de Chambrun has written
comedy bearing the title ''YOu Ought Not to
Chase Two Hares at a Time," adding her name
to the successful amateur dramatic authors. 1t
is pquant and has fine movement.
Senator Hampton is much sought in society.
of which he is fond. and it is disappointment
here that he will not take his seat in the Senate
until after the holidays.
Mrs. Ramsdell is just now enjoying a visit
rom her younger sister, Miss Stella GarretsOn.
lwho has been residing in Washington territory
for several years past
Miss Anna Maria Rush. Of Philadelphia, is
here, at 1913 II street. for the winter. She is
the daughter of the distinguished Richard Rush.
and England and Secretary of the Treasury.
Her nephew and his wife are with her.
Mr. Cuthbert Jones, who was many years con-
sui at TripOli, and who is such an accomplished
linguist, has returned here from New York Tor
the season, and society welcomes him as one of
its favOrites.
The many admirers and friends of Miss Dodge,
the cousin of Mrs. Blaine. will be glad to learn
that on their establishment in their new house
she will again be with them.
acknowledgements Hubben arrived in
town yesterday. and Is ct the Riggs.-Mr. and
Mrs. Ulysses Grant, j., and M Algernon Sartoris
sailed for Europe from New York, yesterday
Senator-eect Wilson OF Iowa, is at the Riggs
Mr., Frank w. Rollins, New Hampshire, and his
bride are guests OF his father, Senator Rollins at
the Hamilton,-Senator Call and Mr.. Charlton,
OF the British legation here, were registered i'm
New York last NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Henry re-
turned TO the city OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES At
wood, editor OF the Wisconsin State Journal is at
the Ebbttt, accompanied Dy his wife.-MrS
Fannie b. Ward, formerly OF thu Chronicle, has
returned to Washington after four months
western tour, and resumed her journalistic work.
GEN. G. B. RAUM, Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, left here this morning for a visit to his
home In Illinois. He is not expected back till
after the Senatorial election In January next In
the meantime, Mr.. Rogers is acting as commits
siOner.