National Republican., 1886-08-18


GEN. c. G. AuGuR's condition continues to
improve.
Mr.. ROBERT PURvIs OF Philadelphia. is
visiting the city.
Col FRED GRANT has written his reminis-
cenceS OF the siege of Vicksburg.
PETE DoNoHuE, sporting editor OF the New
York World, is In town on business.
SENATORS VEST. Pugh. and Ter arc among
belated summer tourists In Europe
RECORDER MATTHEWS has gone TO Albany to
settle up some private business matters.
JUSTICE AND MRS. MILLER are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Willard at Nantucket.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY sailed yesterday on a va
cation to be spent at sea and here In America.
REPRESENTATIVE WIN. d. KELLEY, of Pa, Is
recreating at Congress Hall, Avon Springs,
MY.
C.N. FuLCHER, staunton, Va, OF the famous
Fulcher family OF Augusta county is at the
National.
DR.. D. W. PRENTIss has gone to Buffalo to
attend the meeting Of the American Science
Association.
EX-SENATOR BRUCE left the city to-day for
Muncie, Ind, to deliver a series OF lectures be-
fore the Knights Of Labor.
er, the London Truth says the beerage is as
glorious an institution as the peerage.
MARIE VAN ZANDT's present condition, the
result Of paralytic stroke, IN described as
hopeless in private letter from abroad.
DIR. D. II. WILLIAMS, OF Chicago, Ill, is in
the city on his way to Saratoga, N. Y. He is
one OF the most successful surgeons of the west.
THE PRINCE OF WALES has declined to ac-
cept testimonial OF plate, valued at sl2,5OO.
from the commission OF the Colonial Exhlbi-
tion.
EX.PosTMAsTER GENERAL JAMES says mo" to
those of his friends who insist on nominating
him for mayor of New YORK on the Prohibition
ticket.
CHARLES L. DAVIS, chief clerk OF the Boston
hoard OF health, commenced riding a tricycle.
March "a, this year, and up to Friday had a
record Of 2,650 miles.
w. G. DUCKETT has returned TO the city after
having spent a week at Ocean Grove. Mrs
Duckett and their sons Willie and Eddie, will
remain at the grove about two weeks.
A LARGE number OF ladies and gentlemen
from Pennsylvania, principally from Plttsburg
were registered yesterday at the st. James, on
their way to Norfolk, Va, and Virginia Beach
LuTHER's home as child at Mansfield, IN
saxony. has been restored to its original condi
tion and will be inhabited by a body of dea
conesses, who will care for the sick and poor
of the town.
SENATOR BLAIR's friends have felt compelled
to deny his alleged fondness for expensive
| cigars, and to assert that he does not smoke
drink, nor chew, but that doesn't make him q
statesman yet.
GABRIEL DUMoNT, the fighting lieutenant Of
Louis Riel, was presented by 500 French Cana
dians assembled at WOodcrest, s. l., on Sunday
with handsome gold watch In commemora
tion Of his bravery during that rebellion.
| AssEMBLYMAE JACOB A. CANTOR, of New
York, who is making tour of Europe, writes
to his friends that the first persons he me
when he arrived in Paris were the Doodle ex-
iles-De Lacey, Keenan,, and Billy Moloney.
GEN. RosEcRANs len yesterday morning fol
Fort Wayne, Ind, to attend the meeting to-
morrow of the veterans Of the late war with
the militia Of Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana
The general will be absent for about ten days
NINA BAToHELoR, of Frankfort, KY, whose
| picture. "Alas2 Poor Yorick," was recently
much noticed in the salon, has Just been mar.
rled to the Yicomte Adrien ATnaud de Foiard,
who is heir to sugar plantation IN Mauritus,
which is said to bring in $4,000 year.