Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-03


health Of his family. His friends
expect that he will get some other
position abroad.
A. Haller Gross, of Philadelphia,
who receives the Athens mission, is
a son Of tho late eminent surgeon
of Philadelphia. He is strong
Randall man, and has been a mem
Der Of the Philadelphia city council.
Thomas NJ. Waller, ex-governor
OF Connecticut, is the new consul
general at London. lie was nom
mated for second term as govern
or last fall, and carried the state
by plurality, but under the con-
stitution a majority vote was nee
essary, and the election was thrown
into the Legislature, which resulted
in the choice Of his opponent, Gov.
Harrison
Alexander r. Lawton, nominal
ed for the Russian mission, is a
prominent lawyer Of Savannah. Ga.
| He is a native of South Carolina.
served in the army a number Of
years, and resigned. He studied
law at Savannah, and engaged in
the practice of his profession there.
He entered the confederate service
at the beginning Of the late war as
brigadier general, subsequently be-
coming Quartermaster.general of
the confederacy. He returned to
his practice at Savannah at the
close of the war, and was soon ap-
pointed attorney for the Central
Railroad and Banking Company,
of Georgia. He is described as a
gentleman of quiet, aifablc manners,
lawyer of distinction, and the pos
SCISSOR of a considerable fortune
He is about GO years of age.
Ex.Gov. Jarvis, who was sketch
ed in The Republican of yesterday,
is the son of Methodist minister,
and married Miss Woodson, of Vir-
ginia.
Frederick Raine, Of Maryland,
consul general at Berlin, is editor
of the Baltimore Correspondent, a
German Democratic paper.
Rufus Magee, nominated minis
ter to Sweden and Norway, is a
resident of LOgansport, Ind, and is
a member of the Indiana state sen
ate. He is staunch supporter OF
ex-senator Mcdonald, whom he ac-
cOmpanied to this city few days
ago, and to whose influence, it is
said, he owes his appointment. Mr..
Magec is a lawyer and a active
politician.
Edward Parke Curtis Lewis, of
Hoboken, n. j., minister to Portu-
gal, is a member of the state com
mittee of New jersey, was a presi.
Dental elector last fall, and has
been in the legislature. He is an
ex.confederate soldier, and is said
to be a relative of Secretary Bay
ard, and is connected with the Cur
It's family, of Virginia, where he was
born. lie has been prominent in
politics Tor many years. He IS a
son-in-law of Edwin Stevens, Of
Stevens battery.
Isaac Bell, jr., nominated to be
minister to the Netherlands, Is a
wealthy citizen Of Newport, Il. L.;
a prominent Democrat, and has
several times been the Democratic
candidate for governor. lie is a
brother.in-law of James Gordon
Bennett. He was the Democratic
candidate for the United States
Senate at the last senatorial cleo
ton. lie owns a line Of steamers
running from Newport to New
York. lie is credited with having
done as much as any other man to-
ward keeping the Rhode Island
Democracy in trim for a political
battle each year in spite of defeat.
Rasmus b. Anderson, of Wiscon-
sin, nominated to be minister resi-
dent and consul general to Den
mark, is an eminent scandinavian
scholar, and is the author of a num-
Der of books upon scandinavian
folk lore and mythology. lie is a
professor in a Wisconsin university,
and is we'll known among literary
men for his scholarship.
George w. Merrill, of Nevada,
nominated to be minister resident
at the Hawaiian Islands, is law
yer by profession. lie is now con-
fidential attorney and business
manager of Senator Fair. He was
graduated at Bowdoin College in
1859, emigrating to Indiana and
thence TO Nevada about twenty
years ago. lie was speaker of the
house of assembly in the latter state.
Edmund Jussen, of Illinois, nom
mated to be consul general to Vi
emma, is the leading member of a
prominent law firm of German
Americans in Chicago. He has
been somewhat prominent in poll
tics in his state.
Capt. Evan p. Howell, the sue
cessor of Consul Shaw, at Manches-
ter, is managing editor and prlncl'
pal owner of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. He is a nephew of the late
Howell Cobb, Of Georgia, and is
one of the best known men in the
state; his Democracy is of the lib
eral order, and he has had much to