National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-08
ABOUT PEOPLE.

THE late Henry NJ Phillips LEFT an estate
valued at 100000.
THE engagement is just announced Of Miss
Garrison daughter of the late W. Il. Garrison,
to Count de Chandon.
Hon. BEN BuTTERwoRTu IL at Cincinnati
looking uftcr the interior department exhibits,
of which he has charge
THE arrival OF Mrs. Senator Mahone Miss
Malone, and Miss Wright at Baden Baden is
chronicled in the local paper.
LIEUT. JAMES ALLEN, Sd cavalry, of tho sig
nal Office will leave hero this evening for n
visit to Philadelphia aud the New Jersey coast.
GEORGE S. CATIIN, United States consul at
Zurich, and Einstcin Charles, consul at Stutt-
gart at their own request, have been trans
ferred.
REAR ADMIRAL NICHOLS, chief of the bureau
ofyNrds and docks of the navy, will return to
his duties here Sept. 10. He Is now at his old
homo at Pomiret, Conn.
JoHS s. MILLIGAN has been appointed del
cgate on behalf of the United States to attend
the International Prison congress to be held at
Rome in october next.
GES. WILLIAM S. HARNEY, U. S. A., returned
to the Ebbitt house yesterday morning from
Cyr, his adopted daughter.
COMMODORE MONTGOMERY SrcARD, chief Of
the bureau Of ordnance of the navy, has gone
to New York and Sandy Hook for few days
ON official business of this bureau.
WILLIAM MORAN, who was widely known as
a republican politician and publisher of news
papers in Philadelphia, died of consumption
Saturday in the Jefferson hospital.
Col. WILLIAM j. REMEY, Judge advocate
general of the navy, is expected here to-day,
on account of the return of Secretary Chandler,
although his leave is not UP for ten days.
SAMUEL PLDisoLL, ex-member of parliament
foI Derby England, and well known as the
sea mans friend, has arrived at Montreal.
.II have saved one cat from misery" and
the princess of Wales at Il meeting of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
II shall feel that have done something"
NJ. DE LESsEPs declares that the real reason
for excluding George Sand from the Academy
was that If a woman once got in, in ten years
there would be none but women in the Acad-
cmy,
Coy. CLEVELAND will visit the state fair at
Elmira to-day. Tomorrow he will attend the
funeral of Secretary Folgcr. He will be ac-
companied by his private secretary, Col. La.
mont.
PROF. A. S. HARDY of yarmouth college, is
hack from his European vacation, and the
success of his last years novel, "But Yet a
Waman," makes him hardy enough to venture
another one.
GAIT. Rooney NJ. TAYLOR, Goth infantry,
will be placed on the retired list Sept. 10, on
reaching the age of 81 years, and will be fol.
lowed oct. 13 by First Lieut.. Phineas P. Bar
nard 9TH cavalry.
BURRiTT SHEPARD, of New York city, who
was an officer in the navy from 1920 until no
resigned as n lieutenant in 1919, died Wednes.
day morning at his home at Yonkers in the
slst year of his age.
SECRETARY CHANDLER and Postmaster Gen.
eral Gresham will leave here this afternoon in
special car for Geneva, n, Y, to attend the
funeral on Tuesday of the late Judge Folger
secretary Of the treasury.
Mr. FARGUs sold his story, "Called Back, y
outright TO its publisher for 800. Anerward
the publisher agreed to pay the author $40 fol
every 900 copies sold, and since then Fargus
income has been about $3.50 week.
MAJ. THOMAS WARD assistant adjutant gen
cral OF the army, who reported at the war de
partment last Thursday for duty, has been as
signed temporarily to Col. Benjamin's worl
during the absence of that officer on leave.
REAR ADMIRAL EDWARD SIMPSON, U. s. n.
president OF the advisory board for the buildin.
of the new steel cruisers, has rented the elegan
house of Commodore Philip G. Johnson, 17O
NJ street, and will be joined here by his sister
SURGEON GENERAL FRANCIS NJ. GuNNELL, @
the navy, has returned to the city from hi
tour of inspection of hospitals at the naval eta
tions and yards, and resumed his duties las
Friday as chief OF the bureau of medicine ant
surgery.
LIEUT.. GIN. SHERIDAN will go to Fort LeaN
enworth toward the last of the month, to b
present at the army rifle competition betwee
the teams OF the several military divisions
He will also attend the division of the Atlanti
competition next week at Creedmoor.
CHIEF ENGINEER Henry LEE SNYDER, u. +
N, has taken the handsome house No 49,
Nineteenth street, just back of the BIRTHS
legation residence and will remove there yer
soon from Enginecrin.C n.Chicf Lorings hous,
where he and Mrs. Snyder have been locate
temporarily.
TEMPLE Houston, the youngest son OF III
famous Sam Houston, pioneer, patriot, an
| Cnlel ueml-kOu OF lut great region OF tue ~
Grande, is said 10 be a chip Of the old blocl
lie Is the recognized leader Of the free.pai
men In Texas and q man Of considerable prom
nence.
PAYMAsTER THEODORE s. THOMPSON U. $. N
is at the Ebhitt for day or two from Ne
York. He belongs TO the navy list of Arcti
travellers, having been attached to tho Juniat
in 1878 In the search for the Polaris survivor
when he was shipinate Of Lieut.. Command
De Long and Lieut.. Chipp, Of Jeannette fam
THE wealth OF most OF the Newport nabo
goes to daughters, Mrs william Astor h
three daughters The bulk Of Mrs, Gammell
wealth, and she Is reputed the richest marie
, woman In the United States, goes TO h
daughters John w. Ellis has two daughter
. Mrs. Hartshornc has two daughters, John
Heckscher has u daughter and 30 the list so
on,
JAY GoULD's only brother Abraham, wi
has been for eight years past the Colorado age
I. at salt Lake City of the Union Pacihc railwa
}; while on his way east last week, said TO
: representative Of tho Kansas City star "Jl
n has been in many tight places since he begl
! life, and he generally pulls out all right
;, think you win find that he Is not and win n
g be cornered. lie has always held his own, NJ
\ every time he clinches that wan street gal
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