The Washington critic., 1885-09-24
rnorLE N anNmnAL.

Iwr1rSaNT RHODES, tho hero Of the
Cay Head dlsas,ar. IS ON duty yat Port Town
tnd, NU.h T.
Mn. BoscoE CoNNIya declines to cx-
press any opinion ON the New York Rcpub.
iiDu nominations.
Ttm street cars should have placards t5
thi- effect: "Tms ear can't wait for ladies
TO Kiss goud-by Altoona Tribune.
Mn. JoarIu JErrursoS will begin his
regular season ON the 2eth instant in
Columbus, o., opening with rip Van
Nmklc.n
Mn. lIcvrLts receives high praises from
The FH UoN Go.,Vc for his last great
character study, "Thc Rise Of Sllas
LgphDm.'
TrSSYsoN's volume, now In press will
contain 10 long poems, but will include
several short ones which have not prcyi-
ously appeared.
\ MAS In New Yorl, calls his dog Ars-
tides Lavender Hendricks Nerditcs Clcve-
land. BY the time he has pronounced the
uumc the dog is hall % mile away following
the man who just whisiicd.-L lnter-Occan.
CArrNN OELANpo b. HALL and wife of
Bridgeport, Conn, have celebrated their
golden wedding by setting on, with a horse
and phUtOn, to drive over the route they
followed on their bridal tour fifty years
ago.
COUNT CAsNuB voN LEYpES of the Ger
man Legation; Count dc Gyldenstolpe,
Secretary Of the Legation Of sweden and
Norway, ana Captain dc La Chcrc, Of the
French Legation IN Washington, have ar
iiycd at the Berkeley, Newport.
Hos. GEoRGE w. JOINS Of Baslrop, Tex,
Is about 20 establish himself permanently
at Copperas Cove, in Coryoll.Co., at which
place hc has fine farm and stock ranch.
II Is said that he viii be an independent
candidate for Congress IN Lanham's dis
trict.
Mns. KATE UrsoN CLARK, the editor Of
Gooi th,0, is said to be the first lady
who walked from the Crawford House to
The summit Of Mount Washington over the
hidlc-pUth, distance OF nine miles
She performed the perilous feat Il few
days ago.
AMONG THE prominent hotel arrivals in
New York last evening we're Attorney-Gen-
cral Stockton of New Jersey, Woodbury.
Blair OF Maryland, ex-Congressmen Pare
Of California and lla2lcton of Wisconsin,
Governor Wetmoro Of Rhode Island and
CN-GoyernOr Fairbanks of Vermont.
The GODDESS or LIBERTY, who looked
like a country schoolmarm on the old pos
tai cards, has been replaced by the cheerful
countcnance Of jefferson, with a lurking
smile IN the corners Of his mouth and his
hair parted I'm the middle. If there are any
young Democratic dudes the Jefferson pos
tGl card will be hailed with delight Phil
adclphia News.
THE Hos. IRA DAVENPORT, the Repub-
lican nominee for Governor Of New York,
was born in that State in 1sil. lie was
elected State Senator in 1878, and reelected
in 1850, and was elected State Comptroller
in lssl. At the last election Mr. Davenport
was elected to Congress from the twenty
ninth district. lie is a man Of wealth, and
has established an orphan asylum and a
soldiers home in Bath, Steuben County,
where he resides. General Joseph b. Carr,
| the nominee for Lieutenant-Gover Is the
| present Secretary Of State, and was the only
| candidate on the Republican State ticket
| elected in 1858. Hon. james w. Wads-
worth, the nominee for comptroller, is q
native Of Philadelphia, and has represented
| the twenty-seyenth district Of New York in
Congress several times.