National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-21
ABOUT PEOPLE.

SECRETARY LINCOLN has gone to Illinois.
HON. SIMON CAMERON has been visiting Hon
Charles A. Dana at Glen Island, Long Island
ASSISTANT SECRETARY Coon is acting secre.
tary of the treasury in the absence of Secretary
Gresham.
Miss MAUD HOWE, daughter of Julia Ward
Howe, will spend most Of the coming winter
in this city.
JUDGE FRENCH, assistant secretary OF the
treasury, has returned to Washington from
short visit to Boston.
Miss MAGGIE TEALL a granddaughter OF the
late Gen. Sumner, U. S. A. is to be married
next month to Mr.. Nesbitt, an English gentle.
man.
EX-SENATOR p. S. b. PIECHBACK, surveyor of
the port of New orleans, has returned home
from the north, where he spent the past sum
mer.
GEN. FREDERICK A., STARRING, ex.consul
general to Paris, and Mrs. Starring arrived ut
the Arlington yesterday from Baltimore to re-
main for n few days.
SENATOR JAMES G. FAIR, OF Nevada, arrived
in New York last Saturday from Europe where
he has been since last spring He will remain
In New York several days yet.
GEN. WILLIAM $. HARNEY, who Is the Oldest
officer in the army in years and length OF
service is said to be also the richest His es-
tabishment at st. Louis is said TO be prnccly
MAJ. WILLIAM MCKEE DUNN, JR., U. S. A.,
aide.de-camp TO Mai. Gen, Pope, is now in
Chicago, and is expected here in day or two.
He is the son Of Gen. Dunn, U. S. A., Of this
city,
CAPT. GEORGE NJ. WHEELER, OF the corps of
engineers, the well.known explorer, returned
to his home here last week with Mrs. Wheeler,
and Is much improved in health, though not
yet we'll
RUsKIN hates moving and other agricultural
machines, and In Difference to this dislike q
neighbor named GoOdison, in the Lake coun-
| try, had field next Ruskiu's home moved
with scythes,
A BUST Of Mark Twain, by Karl GerhArdt,
| who has been located in Paris for number of
| years, has Just been put In bronze at Philadel-
phia. II is said to DO u speaking likeness, but
does not stammer.
LIEUT. ROGERS II. GAIT, U. s. N. who Is now
with his wife visiting relatives at Norfolk, will
be ordered soOn to duty at the Midyale iron
works, near Philadelphia to inspect the steel
manufactured for the new cruisers.
W. f. Alsl4ENt VI NtN ibIht lllc Wtll-huOWu
scientist and mathematician who devised the
new system of time on which all railway
trains in the United States arc now rum ar.
rived at the Ebbiu house yesterday.
GEN JoHN NEWTON chief of engineers, u.
| S. A., and Mrs, Newton arrived at san Fran.
cisco last Tuesday from Washington, Gen.
Newton is making an official inspection Of the
engineering operations in progress on the Pa
| Citic coast.
BRIG. GEN, OLIVER o, HOWARD, U. S, A., Rr.
rived at Now York Sunday from Europe,
where he has been for the past six months,
Ills station Is at Omaha, where, during his
absence, the department of the Platte has
been temporarily commanded by Gen. John
| GibbOn,
GEN. EDWARD i. BROWN, of Dayton, Ohio
member Of the board OF commissioners Of the
volunteer soldiers homes, arrived At the Riggs
house last night, He was for a number OF
years the governor Of tho home Mt Dayton, and
is now en- route TO Hampton to take part IN the
Investigation Of affairs at the home there.