The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-14

SPECIAL AND Personal.
Mr.. Henry Irving and Miss Terry will
return to America next year.
The President having called his place
coax View" should, out of respect for
distinguished ex-New York Democrat,
call the house "Oaky Hall. Critic.
We regret to say that the new magazine
guns are not for the purpose OF shooting
writers of war reminiscences.-Cotu
(Ga.) ERqpir6r.
Colonel Lamont, the Presidents pri-
vate secretary, was suddenly summoned
to Albany yesterday by telegram an
nouncing the serious illness Of his father,
who resides in that city.
That is curious story from London of
how Mr.. Selright forced a young lady to
marry him. 1t looks as if the lady only
changed her mind, and then fancied that
she had been forced instead Of persuaded.
To THE EDITOR OF The HERALD
Sir President Cleveland at breakfast at
the Hotel Vendome remarked there was
no sense in calling that Commonwealth
avenue, when anybody could see that only
theuncOmmon wealthy could afford TO live
there. JAMES BLAKE "a Waiter).
1t is strange, but there is craze in Paris
on living thirty days without food.
Dr. Tanner worked that humbug dry
long ago in New York. .
Let us have somebody who will propose
the feat Of the Indian dervishes, and be
buried alive Tor thirty days and come 10
life afterwards.
1t is thought that ex-senator Stewart
will be returned again to the Senate. Mr..
Stewart owns the stewart Castle on
Dupont Circle, in Washington, one OF tie
most elegant private residences IN TINS
country. Mrs. Stewart is the daughterO of
Senator Foote, and has made her house
the citadel Of typicalSouthen hospitality
for many years.
Secretary Lamar and Charles Francis
Adams, Jr, president Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, held a final interview
YESTERDAY concerning the disputed ac-
counts. involving a large sum, between
the Government and the railroad com
pany. A conclusion was reached entirely
satisfactory to both parties, and the
amount determined upon is 60 be imme-
diately liquidated by Mr.. Adams.
Manager Duff, of New York, relates
the final brief paragraph of the Violet
Cameron-Lonsdale theatrical venture:
Lord LOnsdale must have had some
trouble in raising the money, for l read
in a newspaper day or two afterward
that he had been obliged to cable to friends
in London for a temporary loan to help
him out of his financial embarrassments.
As | said before, believe | am the only
person who has made any money out Of
the Cameron American tour, and that
without doing anything for it"
The New York Ifibune has discovered
that ex-Major CORTLAND Smith is dis
tinguished Virginian, and quotes that
statesman as follows
Dissatisfaction with President Cleye-
land and the political assassination Of
John S. Barbour created the apathy that
brought about Democratic defeat. Mr.
Barbour was away from the State. When
ever he takes the helm the State is surely
Democratic. We have the votes. 1t
would be disastrous to the Democrats in
Virginia in 1888 if Cleveland is renomi-
mated and the Republicans should put up
man like Allison ! regard it as prob
able that we would lose New York on
Cleveland"
This, of course, settles Clevelands hash
but why has the distinguished ex-Major
Smith, of the militia, forgotten that he
tried to get the Virginia delegation at
the Chicago Convention to go for Cleve-
land until the delegation arose unani-
mously and asked, Who the devil is
Smith," and we are creditably informed
that Cleveland repeated the question.
The Burmese rebellion has grown to