National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-20
ABOUT PEOPLE.

CYRUS " FIELD is said to hold 1900 shares
of Union Pacific stock.
Mn. A. II. EMMoNs, the artist, is dangerously
i'll at Hartford, and his recovery is despaired
Of. ...s
GERMAN female telegraphers receive $40 per
month from the government, and get no
vacation.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT has been killing bears
in the Yellowstone region in manner that
was approved by the frontier hunters
LIEUT.. HENRY II. c. DUNwooDy, 4th United
States artillery of the signal service, has taken
the house, No. 3OO2 Dumbarton avenue, George
town.
THE family of ex-Speaker Randall will ar
rive at their home here, on Capitol hill, about
the first of next mouth, to remain during the
winter.
GEN. Z. D. TOWNSEND, U. s. A., formerly ad-
jutant general, has returned with his family
to their home here. They spent the summer
on the Jersey coast.
COMMANDER RICHARD P. LEARY, commandi
ing the monitor Wyandotte here, left last Fvi-
day for the Virginia mountains on a two
weeks hunting trip.
| ADRIAN HIT is pushing wheelbarrow
within fixed time from New York to San
Francisco for bet of 5000. He arrived at
Reno, New, $40 miles ahead Of his schedule
| time.
| A TOURIST recently stated that he attended q
bull fight at Querataro and enjoyed 1t very
much. His friend was shocked, but he ex.
planned that the bull killed three Of the
''greasers."
JUDGE GRESHAM, secretary of the treasury,
left this city for New York last night to attend
the republican business mems meeting in that
city to-day.
LIEUT.. JAMES A. BUCHANAN, 18th United
States infantry OF the war records office, and
Lieut.. James Allen, Sd United States cavalry,
of the signal service, have taken quarters ut
No. 1888 l street.
LORD WoLsELEY had n growing colonel on
his staff, and shut him up by remarking that
Xenophon, Hannibal, and Napoleon had in
turn fought nature and added her scalp TO
their other trophies.
Mrs A. w. GREELY, wife of Lieut.. Greely, Il
feet S inches in height while he is over
feet but does not show how tall he ia owing
to stoop like that peculiar TO hard student
or professional man.
RT. REV. DIR. A. w. NoRoLD, lord bishop oi
Rochester, England, has passed his summer
vacation regularly in this country for the pas
eight years. lie was recently the guest OF Rev
DR.. Phillips Brooks of Boston.
Col. VALENTINE BAKER PAsHA was selected
to accompany Gen. Lord Wellesley to Egypt
but the queen heard of il and peremptOrlll
directed the revocation Of the order II l,
said that she took occasion to say to the Prime,
of Wales that the talk OF restoring Baker tC
the army must be dropped.
GEN. RANDOLPH b. MARCY, u. S. A., Gen
McClellan's tather-n.law, has returned from
his annual hunt in the Rocky mountains, anC
boasts of having killed eight grizzly bears las
month. The army officers at st. Paul sug
gested that he got them into traps and had hi
escort kill them by volleys of musketry.
; GAIT. ROBERT NJ. O'REMLY, U. S. A., VIII
succeeds Col, Basil Norris as attending surgeon
here, has taken Mrs. Harrison's house, Nc
1911 street. next door to where he has bcel
: living for the past year, and Lieut.. Greedy, O
Arctic fame, who will be here next month
has taken the house, No. 1909 ], just vaeate
be DR.. O'Reilly.
PATRICK s. GILMORE, the great orcheslr
director, was born Christmas day, 1880, Ii
County Galway, Ireland, and at 10 was lead
; ing teacher of music in Athlone He came +
this country in lSi9, organized his great BAN
at Boston in 1853, and with it joined the 2it
Massachusetts, volunteers in 1861, AID serve
in the southwest until the end of the wal
His first jubilee was given March 4, 1864, a
GOV. Hahn's Inauguration as the first loya
governor of Louisiana, with 10000 voices an
800 instruments gathered from the army an
local bands
WHEN Chanfrau returned from California h
. brought back $500 in clear cash. lie b'
came wealthy, bought an elegant country SCI
at Yonkcrs and then went TO the warehouse /
Peck slip where his father was porter. AZ
like you to stop out with me for while" h
: said. 81 can't" the old man replied, "it is NJ
: dinner hour; my employers won't like it..
, Chanirau said they were willing, and took h
father to Yonkers. He showed him throug
the house and then asked him how he liked
1T Is very beautiful place" said the ol
man, at Is yours" said ChanfraU, Tn
father and mother died there, and the plaC
was aiteTward sold to John A. Dun f
s2j, 900,