National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-23
ABOUT PEOPLE.

FIPsT ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL HAT
l,r-ar8snl j lpgl NrsIGrdny rom payton, QAiQ.
day.
ENGINEER COMMISSIONER LYDECKER has re-
,u.ugd u the city, after u two weeks yaca-
tim.
LlEuC. Col. DUNCAN STEWART, of the British
army, arrived in New York Sunday from IIy-
v.guul.
ArHE LIszT has promised the musical world
u now work from his pen next year. He is not
blind, rs was reported.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT THOMPSON, of
the railway mail service, has returned from Il
tour Of inspection in the west.
GAIT JAMES b. EADs of st. Louis, the Msss.
sippi jcttcs engineer, has returned from
Europe, and is now in New York.
Mus. MAcKEY is commonly called the
Duchess OF Colorado by the other visitors ut
Trouvllle, the French watering place.
CAPT. GEORGE NJ. WHEELER, corps of ongl.
ncers, U, S, A., Is In New York, and will re.
turn to his home here some time this week
Mr.. GEORGE W. CHrLDs intends placing a
memorial window in memory of Dlsphop Simp-
son in the Asbury NJ. L, church, of Phila-
dclpha.
GEN RosEcRASs has recovered from his re-
cent illness, and expects within few days to
leave for Ohio to participate in the democratic
canvass Of that state.
MANAGER S. S, MERRILL, of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company,
is pronounced very poorly, but there are no
fears of his immediate death.
ROBERT 4. BALL liz D., +. r. S., the astron-
omcr royal from Dublin university, will arrive
in boston about the last of this month. He
will be the first royal astronomer TO visit this
country.
The daughters of the poet Longfcllow, who
havo been making an extended visit in Eng.
land, have now gone to Bergen, the great mill.
tary seaport of Norway, TO visit the widow of
Ole Bull.
Mr. DAVID c. ANDERSON, the veteran actor,
who has been on the stage for fifty years and
whose impcrsonation as Quilp will be long re.
membered by the present generation, is dan
gorously ILL., He is ~ years OF age
GEN, NOAH J., JEFFRIEs ex.reglstor OF the
treasury arrived here yesterday from his home
at Ridley Park, Pa accompanied by Mrs
Jciirics and their daughter, Mrs. w. II. Browne
and her children, and all are at their old quar-
ters at Wizards hotel,
Col. CLEMENT L. BEST, fourth U. g. artillery,
who is commanding Fort Adams ut Newport
is announced to be engaged to Miss Mary
IookeT Of New York. The announcement
states that the wedding will take place before
the end Of this season.
LIEUT., FREDERICK SCHwATKA, who recently
resigned from the Sd United States cavalry,
has arrived in New York from the Pacific
coast lie proposes to devote himself to
literary pursuits and is anxious to make
another gNuplitiDn IN the Ar1tin
Mr. ROBERT BONNER says: II do not think
Mr. Bcrgh understands what he is talking
about when he states that clipping horses isa
cruel aud senseless praetice-thc device Of
lazy gruOms. There is not q horsehan who
does not know directly to the contrary"
MAJ. joins $. BILmNGs, surgeon, U. 8. A.,
who has been abroad for several months as
delegate 10 the International medical Cogress
ana ON other special army duty arrived in
New York Sunday, with Mrs Billings on tho
Seryia, Tom Liverpool, and will DO here to.
day
REAR ADMIRAL STEPHEN d. LUCE, who
turned over the command of the North At.
lantic squadron last saturday to Commodore
James 4. Jewett gave grand farewell reecp.
tion the day before on board tho flagship
at Newport to number OF dis,
tingulshed officials Among the guests were
Gov, Bourne, of Rhode Island, and his staR,
and Attorney General and Mrs, Brewster
JAMES GORDON Bennett accompanied by
Charles NordhOh Of the New York Herald, ar.
rived in san Francisco yesterday. He was met 4
by John w, Mackoy, who later In the day
pointed out TO him the prominent features Of
the city The train on which Mr.. Bennett ar.
rived narrowly escaped serious disaster As
It pulled out Of the Port Costa station Il ran
Into train of wheat cars, MessTs, Mackcy
and Dey who were in Mr.. Bennetts private
ear, were thrown TO the floor, and Mr. Bennett
himself was badly shaken, but managed to
keep his scat, |