The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-03

Frsror Annrrs w. WILSON of the VI.
y. church South is in North Carolina, anl
improving IN health.
SrcrtrRi MNNSING was In New York
last evening, nud went TO see "Thc MiknlD"
at the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
TIM statue Of Commodore Perry NJ Now
Ioit was plyccd in position yesterday, aud
will remain ycilcd until September 10.
GENERAL JosEru H. CNRu Secretary Of
state of New York, was the guest Of the
Grand Amy at Brooklyn last evening.
rtrruo is to have a crcmltory and the
society has made u contract with Giuseppe
Neuiu Of Milan, Italy, to build the
furnace.
VI, PArL LrrNIvRE, secretary of the
French legation here, sailed from New
York for France yesterday by the steamer
81. Gcimain.
TRiNCE llENEY or BArTENBERG, husband
Of Princess Beatrice, has, 10y the Queens
oder been appointed a commundnnt in the
British amy.
JcnN II. PARNEtL, the Georgia brother Of
the agitatur, says that the secret of the
lattcr's success is "a silent tongue and a
watchful cycn
TnE CENSUS takcr in Dakota has been
around until he makes the population Of
that Territory 10000. 1t is not known
how many times lac went around Man
chester Union,
GEORGE NJ. STEARNs, who Is again said to
lie booked for the Boston collcctorship, has
the reputation of being the best story teller
In New England.
ON JANUARY . next, Kaiser Wilhelm will
have been King OF Prussia Just twenty
FIVE years, and preparations for celebrating
the anniversary have already begun.
Ir Is whispered by the New York Trij,mc
that the "Norratiyc Of Military Service"
which General IlaZcn has sent to the press
Of 1iclnor N Co., will rouse a good deal Of
discussion in military circles
GENERAL LEE spoke yesterday afternoon
at Belle Haven on the border OF Accomlc
and northampton counties Va. and speaks
to-day at Eastyillc. lie will then leave the
Eastern shore for the valley of Virginia
MARY lagcd Z, but dignihed) )-"Johnny.
| am surprised that you should say too
previous It's naughty" Johnny (aged
G, tut precocious) )-"What should | say?n
Mary uoftily)-"say take time by the
hargs.'h
PRESIDENT DTAZ of Mexico lives in good
style, but without luxury, and is as simple
man in his habits as General Grant was.
lie may be frequently seen with his charm
ing wife strolling through the forest of
Chapultcpec.
Henry FLOOD sR., who dug during his
life more graves than any man in Phiadcl-
phia, was buried yesterday afternoon from
Si+ Adams street. He was 90 years old,
and had been gathering them in'' for over
half century.
THAT old story that "a ship recently
sailed from Boston 10 Western Africa, car
rying 1920 gallons Of rum and three mis-
sionNrcsn is now ON its rounds II was an
old joke In 1885, and as such appears in
collection Of Local Hits and Cuts pub
lished that year. Boston Record.
CHARLES J. ANDERSON has been elected
brigadiergcncral Of the First Virginia bri-
gGdc to succeed General Fitzhugh Lee, re-
signed. During the late war he served in
the corps of cadets Of the Virginia Military
Institute, and after the war took prOmi-
ncnt part In the reorganization of the First
Virginia Regiment, with which he has been
connected ever since as company and
field officer.