National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-04-26
PERSONALITIES.


SENATOR JONES believes ia strikes. He is
dying to be tied up.
BARTLEY CAMPBELL is at work on o new
drama, the scene q which is to be laid In New
York city.
NJ. DE LEssEPs lives in magnificent house
on the Avenue Montaigne bought with money
made by his wife in suez .canal Investments.
Mrs. TRIPHESIA BEvANs, of Danbury, Conn,
las just celebrated her Tooth birthday in the
house where she was born and has always
lived.
ARcHDUKE CHARLES OF Bavaria, brother of
the empress Of Austria. has developed dam
gcrous procliyity TO practice medicine as an
amusement.
Mrs. JONES, wife OF Gen. Jones, late consul
TO Japan, will leave In few days for Berkeley
Springs. Mrs. Jones will not return here again
this season.
Ex.Gov. c. W. STONE and ex.Representatiye
l.. f. Watson, Of Pennsylvania, arrived at the
Riggs House yesterday and will remain In the
city few days.
+. d. POND, who was willing, yes anxious, to
become Mr.. Cleyeiand's Secretary Of the
Treasury, has been elected justice of the peace
at Ann Arbor, Mich.
IsN-hElhEStNTAJlNE M. j. SOUTHAHD, Oh
New York; Mark W. Stevens, of Flint, Mich,
and T. Brigham Bishop, the broker of New
York, are at the Ebbitt House.
A CONGRESS OF skat players (''skat" Ia game
Of cards which has supplanted all other scien-
tific card games in Germany will bo held at
Mtenburg, from Aug. IA to Aug. Is next
AFTER attending the morning service at the
First Presbyterian Church yesterday the Pres.
ident remained at the white house during the
rest of the day and evening, not receiving
| callers.
OVER 1000 women are compositors In Paris,
and are giving the male printers good deal OF
trouble because Of low-priced labor. Book
work Is going to Paris from the provinces on
this account.
MAURICE PEcHN lecturei before the Ethical
Society yesterday afternoon at the G. A. II.
Hall, corner OF Seventh and l. streets, on
i'Eyolution,' the principles OF which he re-
viewed and indorsel.
NINE. ALBANI will sing rennyson's ode a.
the opening OF the Indian and Colonial Exhl-
bition on May 4. Fabulous prices are being
paid for seats, the applications for which have
reached an Unprecedented number.
TnE wedding OF william A. FURNACE aud
| Miss Clara Sullivan, daughter OF william d.
Sullivan, takes place this evening at the rosi
dence of the bride parents at 1880 p. IN. After
reception the bridal party will start north Ia
spend their honeymoon.
THEGridiron Club of Washington correspond.
ents gave dinner Saturday night at Chamber
Inns to the Glover Club, OF Philadelphia, to-
| gether with Senators Allison and Beck, Repre-
sentatiyes Reed Bragg, and Butterworth, and
| Col. Ludlow, OF the District commissioner
Among the speakers, besides the gentlemen
above named, were Col. Mcclure, Mr.. Handy
and Charles Emory Smith, of Philadelphia.
A NEW kind OF beggar is loose on the streets
OF New YORK. He sat on dirt pile and re-
peated with great unctlon: "sirius. Orion,
Jupiter, the Great Bear, Venus Mars, Gemini
&C., until he had gone through the list OF
stars, planets, and consultations Then he
began in Scripture and ran along; "Moses,
| Ezekiel, Solomon, Benjamin, Peter, Elijah
Noah, Aaron" and SO Oh indefinitely.
THE ages OF some OF the leading English
statesmen arc as follows Oh the liberal side
Goschen Is 30, Lord Harrington So, Dixie 40,
Joseph Cowan 52 Sir John Lubbock 50. John
Morley ls, and George Otto Trevelyan 4s. on
the conservative side Of the house Lord Sails
bury Is 30. Knatcbbull Hugessep As, w, Low
ther AZ, Sir Michael HicksBeach 49, and
NoItheole now Lord Iddoseigh, 5s.