National Republican., 1886-08-19
PERSONALITIES.
THE bishop of Metz is dead.

THE bishop of Metz is dead.
SECRETARY LAMAR returned to the city yes
day.
EDMuND HUDSON, editor of the army and
Nary Register, sailed for Europe yesterday.
MIR. BLAINE and Mr.. Patrick Ford are said to
have formed an offensive and defensive ALI.
ance.
Pope LEO has bought the Palace Mignanelli
for 100000, and will fit it up as a printing
house.
THE elder Miss Villas is not strong and her
mother thinks of taking her abroad next
season.
GEO. A. HEssEH, the recently appointed coll
lector OF customs for the port of Memphis, has
resigned.
CHIEF CLERK NASH, OF the Postoflice Depart
ment, left yesterday for a visit TO his home In
Wisconsin.
Mr.. AND MRS. Jos. F. RULE are spending
August at the Cloudland Hotel, Roam noun,
tain, North Carolina.
DIR. DWIGHT, the newly chosen president of
Yale, is passing the summer at "Wadham
Lodge" Litch6ed, Conn.
HENRY o. REILLY, the first editor of the first
daily paper in Rochester, N. Y, died there last
Tuesday night aged so years.
EX-ATToRNEY GENERAL WAYNE MACVEAGH
was one of the winners in a lawn tennis tour.
| nament at Poland Springs, Me.
COUNT VoS MoLTKE is one OF the best anna
teur farmers In Germany and his country place
| at Creisau is his present chief delight.
ROBERT BROWNING, the poet, has been elected
| foreign secretary TO the British Royal Acad-
emy in the place of the late Lord Houghton.
GEN. W. T. SHERMAN has sailed out at the
| Golden Gate, not for China, but for Oregon,
whence he will return by the Northern Pacific.
QUEEN VICTORIA is in the market In the char
| acter OF n real estate seller, being anxious to
dispose of the Hohenlohe villa at Baden
Baden.
ANDREW MCLEAN, editor-in-chlef of the
Brooklyn Eagle, has resigned. st. Clair Nc
Kelway, formerly of the Albany Argus, sue
ceeds him.
Miss MARY CECIL HAY, the novelist, who
died a few weeks ago, left in manuscript a
novel. "a Wicked Girl" and 1t is to be pub
lished soon.
THE United States steamship Despatch left
New York for New London Conn, yesterday
morning. 1t is believed that Secretary Whit
ney is on board.
OLD Aunt Jane Brooks, OF Milledgeville, Ga,
is nearly 100 years of age. She knew George
well enough TO call him "doddy," and his ex-
cellency didn't mind 1t.
Ex.PREsIDKNT ARTHUR has gained consii-
erably in strength, and now walks It is said,
with firmer and more elastic tread. He is
still resting ut New London.
SENATOR EvARTs ventures the private opin.
ion that Editor Cutting, who has occasioned all
this row with the Mexicans, was indiscreet and
that his sentence was too long.
GEORGE W. CABLE. the novelist, taught the
Chautauqua Sunday school on Sunday morn
ing. Nearly 1000 people were present. The
topic was Jesus Teaching Humility"
MAJ. WELLS, chief of the finance division Of
the third assistant postmaster generals office,
left last evening for trip to Dakota and Wash
ington territories, to be gone about month
Miss VAN VECHTEN, who, rumor says, nearly
became mistress of the white house, will re-
turn from Europe on the LIST of September to be
married, rumor now says, to Mr.. Justice Gray.
Mrs. 8, J. PARISH, OF Capitol HILL Is spend
ing the summer at Bay Ridge, and Is enjoying
thesea breezes at that fayorite resort, Quite O
number OF washlngtonians are registered Al
the hotel
COL WILLIAM KENT, who died at Cromwell
Conn, few days ago, was personal friend o
Daniel Webster, and was brother OF ex.Gov
h-lbent."
ARMY officers are inquiring where 10 fine
any record which warrants the military title o
general" given TO Mr.. Sedgwck, who ha
been sent by the State Department on a specia
mission to Mexico.
THE Rev. DR.. John Hall, who for ten year
has dwelt under rented roof (though fortu
natey not under a root with rents), is TO hay,
better house-anew S75, 900 parsonage In Fiji
avenue. New York.
CHRISTINE NILSSON denies that she has beer
married to the Count De Casa Miranda, anC
says that the wedding will probably take plao
in September as she is only waiting for q dis
pensation from Rome.
A. @. STEPHENS. of Cape Town, Africa, ha
arrived In this city for the purpose of present
ing charges of Irregularities in connection with
the purchase of naval stores at that point upoI
which recent inquiry has been made.
Mrs. l.. p, MCDONALD, the widow of tn,
eldest son OF ex-senator Jos. Il, Mcdonald
died yesterday morning at her residence Ii
this city, Seventeenth and N streets northwest
For some years past Mrs. Mcdonald has taugh
private school in this city,
In letter from Bloomington ILL.,, to his con
identlal clerk, Mr.. Haney First Assistant Post
master General Stevenson says that his LITTLE
daughter, whose illness called him west, hal
somewhat improved, but not sufficiently t
warrant him in saying when he viii return t
Washington.