National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-26
PERSONALITIES.

THE President has been invited TO attend the
California state fair in September
Hon. ROSWELL p. FLOWER, of New York, has
been appointed electrical survey commissioner
for that city.
GOOD Mistress Mary Bencman, who was born
In Sussex county, Del, on April ~, 1869, still
enjoys life at Russiaville, Ind, at the age OF
III years.
DAVID DAVIS, the Illinois statesman, has re-
covered his health sufficiently to answer n
vast number Of kilograms and letters from
anxious friends.
Mrs MARY F. KTMBALL, wife of DR.. Kimblll.
the director OF the United States mint, died
here yesterday afternoon, after painful illness
of several weeks.
THE members OF the House committee on
appropriations have purchased n handsome
pair of silver candalebra as present to ex.
Gov. Long and his bride.
COUNT TELEKY, of Austria, Is organizing an
exploring expedition to Central Africa Tho
party will consist of 100 wellarmed men, and
its rendezvous will be Zanzibar.
Mrs, CATHArNE GABLE, OF Gablesville, Pa,
who celebrated the l0lst anniversary of her
birthday last December, died yesterday. She
was widow for sixty'hve years.
Mrs. MAGEE, wife of the Hon. Rufus Magee,
our minister to Norway and Sweden, died ut
Godesburg, Germany, but the remains were
taken TO Stockholm for iuterment.
TYrE WRITER'S are now made for the French,
| German, Spanish, Bohemian, Russian, Danish
| Swedish, Portuguese, and Italian languages.
No Chinese type writer has yet been Invented.
THE manager OF Coney Island museum
| has offered Most, the anarchist, $500 week
and all the clans and chowder he can eat, II
| be will join the show and sit all day in an
iron cage.
MGR. RENIER, prelGte OF the pope's house.
hold, and an eminent writer ana preacher has
renOunced Catholicism and joined the English
Episcopal Church at Rome. Mgr. Renler is 90
| years old.
Al a meeting OF the Royal Geographical So
ciety last Monday evening, the Marquis of
| LONE, who presided, handed to United states
Minister Phelps the Founders medal pre-.
sented by the society to Lieut.. Greedy.
MRS DEXTER PLUMsEY, sister of Warren T..
Bissen, died Sunday evening. 1t is believed
| by many that this bereavement in the family
Of the Presidents intimate friend may lead to
n still further postponement of Mr. CleYs-
lands marriage,
A CAR LOAD of floral contributions from Cali.
lblillb lul wv VI hGlls uTuul lDluD
on Memorial Day gathered through the eff
forts Of the G. A. Il. Posts OF Oakland, has
been shipped Among the flowers arc 5000
Gala lilies, quantities Of orange blossoms, tea
and camphor plants, cameliasj also, a llfesize
| floral equestrian statue Of Con. Grant.
MARIE COLoNBlEn the Paris actress, who
won some notoriety by her reputed authorship
Of Sarah Barnum," and who was horse
| whipped for It by Sarah Bernhardt, has pub
| lishCd new work entitled "On en- Meyrt"
| The book SO impressed Arsene Houssaye that
| he wruie to the author, Hasten here that |
may embrace you for your work 1t is tine
novel"
AMONG the Presidents callers yesterday
were Rev, Henry Ward Beeohor, Senators
Coke, Mcmillan Blair and MaXoy, Repre-
septatiycs Cox, Campbell, OF Ohio; Adams,
King, Grout, Murphy, McAdoo, Morrow, with
Mr. and Mrs, Whitney, of San Francisco; Mar.
IN, Taylor spriggs, Lowry with Mr. owen
Black, Of Indiana, and McMlllin, J. NJ. WeS-
ton and Millard Kingsley, of Michgau Chas.
A. soteldo, of the Venezuelan legation; A. X
Van Bokkelcn, of Wilmington, n. C.; Rev
Tennis $, ilamlin, and Judge strong. ..