National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-08
PERSONALITIES.

Hon. DAVID DAVIS was better yesterday.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR's condition was COM
siderably improved yesterday.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS, of tho general land
Office at Washington, len yesterday for ten
days visit to his home in Carlisle, Ill.
Col. JOHN C. New, OF Indianapolis, is now
journeying in Mexico where the newspapers
personal him as Senior Don Juan y Nuevo.
LORD RoTHscHILD and Mr.. Leopold de Roths-
child have each given a handsome cup for tho
fist meeting of the new Household Brigade
Racing Club.
G. ]. CREssEY,. the California millionaire,
began life ON the slope rs a woodchopper. Get
ting few dollars ahead he hired men 10 help
him, and thus began to rise.
Mr.. GLADsToNE's mail has so greatly in
creased the duties OF Mrs. Robinson, the post
mistress OF the village of Hawarden, that he
has raised her salary 500 year.
The Rev. Theodore Agate Leete died re-
Gently In Longmeadow Mass. lie was tho
direct descendant of the seventh generation OF
William Leete, the founder of the town or
Guilford, Conn, and colonial governor OF
Connecticut
FERDINAND WARD attempted to smuggle let
tiers out OF Sing Sing through the assistance OF
fellow-convict, but when betrayed by his ac-
complice he made an abject apology to tho
warden, excusing himself on the ground that
c did not know 1t was wrong" THIS is not
tie first time Ward has made lame excuse.
THE funeral Of Gen. Gabriel Rene Paul, U.
s. A.. will take place at 10 a. m. to-day from
his late residence, COL Eighteenth street. The
following retired officers ofthe army will act as
pallbearers; Gems G. O. Ausur, L. p. Graham,
Innii N. Palmer, N. w. Brown, Thomas Dun
can, and Joseph Conrad. The interment will
be at Arlington. n
JUDGE BAsKIS, OF Utah, Is authority for the
assertion that George q. Cannon has skipped
the country, and has left his friends to pay his
bail bonds. Cannon was thought to be worth
about 81 100000. but Judge Baskin says he Is
not worth $4,000, though he has charge, to
some extert, OF the church revenue amount
ing TO 100000 year.
"SAID PAsHAs toothbrush stand" SAYS tho
| Paris Nelos, twas made oftwo oblong emoralds
Of the largest known TO tho Rue de la Paix
| jewelers. They were arranged to form an X,
and at the point Of intersection were fastened
with brilliGnt-studded twist Of gold. Tho
toothbrush handle was so bcjeweled and
carved that 1t cost 10000 francs"
METROPOLITAN newspapers arc Just now 70.
hashing various statements, published about q
| year ago In the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, In re-
| lation TO certain tastes and habits OF dislin-
guished people at Washington one OF these
ia the fact that Senator Kenna is an amateur
F, photographer as well az an expert hunter, and
he amuses himself during summer vacations
by hunting, and fishing, and photographlng In
the mountains of West Virginia.
GEN. SIMON CAMERON, who is SO years old
yesterday entertained the following gentlemen
at a dinner party at his home, Donegal" Lam
caster county, Pa: Senators Beck, Edmunds.
Butler, Morrill,, Blackburn, Hale, Kenna, Logan,
Hearst, Aldrich, Don Cameron, Representatives
Samuel j. Randall and John Arnot, Col Jerome
NJ Bonaparte, and Sir Knight of Labor Hon.
Larry r. Jerome, ex-senator Eaton, Secretary
McCook, Of the Senate, and Messrs. Richard
Murphy and Alfred Johnson, clerks TO Senator
Cameron's committee.
AMONG the Presidents callers yesterday
were Senators Teller, Kenna, Henderson, Vest,
with Representative Reed, son, and daughter,
David schenck, G, s, Winstead, and ]. i.
Terry, of North Carolina Speaker Carlisle,
Representatives Taulbee, Boyle, Gilhllan, with
Miss Young and Miss Calklns Of Minneapolis;
Breckenridge, of Arkansas, with Carroll Arm
| strong, OF Arkansas; Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky; Rockwell, Hill, Barbour Allen, lrion,
and MeAdoo, Fred. Il, Clapp, Of Dedham,
Mass George II, Cleveland, of Hayerhiil,
Mass, and benz. T. Smith, OF Weymouth, Mass.