National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-21
ABOUT PEOPLE.


THE condition of Mr.. John Ruskin continues
to improve.
DR.. DANIEL McFARLAN is making visit to
Deer Park.
Mr.. ]. c. ERGooD and family are at Rock
Enon Springs.
BARON VoS ALyENsLEBES, the German min.
lister, has sailed from New York for Europe.
SENIOR ROMERO, the Mexican minister, and
Edward b. Smith, of this city, are at Newport.
MRS CHAPMAN, the wife of Rev. ". II. Chap
man, who has been extremely i'll, is slightly
better.
LIEUT.. T. Z. d. w. VEEDER, of the Despatch,
has been detached and placed on waiting
orders.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
JENKs is expected to return to the city to-
morrow.
THE friends OF Gen. Horace Boughton will
regret to learn that he is lying seriously i'll at
his residence.
A cABLEGRAM from London announces that
Admiral Kennedy who served in the late civil
war, is dead
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOHN NJ. HARLAN, of the
United States Supreme Court, is visiting Rock
Enon Springs.
Ex.sECRETARY WINDOW and Count and
Countess d'Arschot, of the Belgian legation
are at Saratoga.
o. G. STAPLES, ESQ.,, proprietor of Willards
House. Chicago.
Mr.. MALcoa HAY late first assistant post
master general, is reported to be dying at Crcs-
son Springs, Pa.
+. w. AYREs, correspondent of the Kansas
Dc Govt . thn
of register of wills.
REV. DR.. RUSH b. SnIpPES, pastor of All
Souls Church, denies that he has accepted
call from Newport, II. I.
Mr.. AND Mrs. A. II. EVANS returned h,m,
yesterday, after an extended tour throu ;h New
Mexico, Colorado, and the lake states
Mr.. JOSEPH NIMNo, late chief of the burelu
of statistics, and w. W. Dedrlch, OF this city,
were registered in 81. Louis on Tuesday.
POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas has left Mil
waukcc for three weeks hunting AMI Ash
ing trip in the wilds of northern Wisconsin.
MAJ. c. 7. YoDER, of this city ha, rented
fine cottage at Mount Pleasant, where he and
his family will reside the balance of the sum
mer
MINISTER PHEPHs, of London, IL much bet
ter, and leaves to-day with his wife to 50 to
the country to take a short rest from his OF;
fetal duties
GEN. AND Mrs. LOGAN will leave this after
noon for the Thousand Islands, and will be
the guest OF Geo. b. Marsh, esq, of Chicago, at
lngleside island.
IT is rumored that the President intend. to
reorganize the soldiers home at II 2ton, Va. ;
Dayton, and Milwaukee because of mismanago-
fnnnt Con plnn anutnn Ia snnknn nf fnr nnun.
mandant at Hampton.
LIEUT., Coll WM. b. CRAIGHILL, corps of en-
gineers has been directed TO proceed to Cherry.
stone harbor, near Cherrystone llght.hous
Virginia. on public business, and Oh the clm.
pletion return to his station ut Baltimore, Nd.
FIRST LIEUT.. DOUGLAS A. HOWARD, ordnance
department, has been assign ID to foundry duty
at the West Point foundry, New York, with
station at Cold Spring, N. " to take effect on
being relieved from du'y at the Unlted States
military academy, Aug. 2S.
FIRST LIEUT., JAMES G. WARREN corps of en-
| gineers, has been relieved from duty as assist
ant to Mai. William r, King, corps of engI-
neers, and directed to report for duty Aug 2S
to the superintendent United States military
academy, West Point, N Y.
ABOUT fifty prominent gentlemen attended n
banquet at the Palmer House, Chicago, last
Wednesday night in honor of Judge Lambert
Tree, the newly appointed minister to Belgium.
Melville w. Fuller presided, and conspicuous
among those present was ex-senator Mcdonald,
| Of Indiana,
| by direction Of the Secretary of War, Second
Lieut.. Charles ], T. Clarke, 10th infantry, now
at Des Moines, Iowa, will visit the campsof tue
Iowa National Guard, for the purpose of IN
specting the troops taking part in the eneamp-
ments, under such instructions rs he may re-
teiyc from the adJutant general of the army.
AMONG tho passengers arriving from France
| by The steamer Amerquc yesterday morning
was Dr. Bcnjnmin B, II. Anger, II distinguished
surgeon of Paris and surgeon.in.chief Of the
Hospital LaribNiserc, of that city. The doctor
win spend some time in North America, after
which he will visit Japan, China, and the
East Indies. lie was accompanied by NJ.
Glaudert, the French consul to Galveston, T5x,