Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-04
PUBLIC PEOPLE.

Robert Louis Stevenson, the author, was last
heard from at Tahiti, on his way to San
Francisco from his south sea voyage in the
yacht Casco.
Carl Schurz has accepted the agency Of the
Hamburg-American Steamship Navigation
company, London dispatch says.
Du Maurier, the famous English caricaturist,
is grandfather, and is said to have the hand
soonest grandson in the three kingdoms.
Col John s. Mosby announces through San
Francisco paper that he will come to Washington
| this month and remain till after the inaugural
ton.
Judge Thomas Settle, United States district
judge for the northern district of Florida who
died at Greensboro, in that state Saturday,
was chairman of the national republican con-
| vention that nominated Gen. Grant for the
presidency for the second term.
Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain has earned the
| sympathy Of Americans by displaying deep
devotion to the game of poker, to which she
invites very select parties at her house in Paris
On his recent tour to the Midlands Mr.. Glad
stone stopped for three minutes at Wellington,
and in that time. it is gravely recorded. he re-
ceived two addresses, made speech, ate lunch
and was "busily occupied during the remainder
of his stay" in handwriting.
Marshal MacMahon, just entered upon his
eighty-frst year, has been residing at the
time between shooting and working upon his
memoirs, which are not to be published until
after his death. 1t is said that they begin: Il
AM accused of having served several govern
ments. 1t is quite true. / served them all
Loyalty, and may add that regretted them
all. except my own"
DR.. Nansen, who has just crossed Greenland
in snow-shoes, is about twenty-seven years of
age and considerably over feet in height He
Is hardy Norseman," every inch Of him. He
has magnificent breadth Of chest and we'll
proportioned figure. which shows to advantage
in his tight-ftting blue wooden suit.
Speaking of the recent parliamentary election
at Holborn in which Gainsford Bruce. con-
sentative, was victorious, Mr.. G. W. Smalley,
correspondent Of the New York Tribune says:
Lord Compton, who is beaten, was an ideal
candidate. son of peer, rich. married to a
Barring, both himself and his wife popular, and
both interested in social reforms, he was per-
fectly adapted for contesting Holborn, which
abounds in slums and in middle-class voters
who love lord"
Howell Osborne, the New York dude who
went abroad couple of years ago with Fay
Templeton, the actress, has been winning large
sums of money on the French turf lately. It is
$4,000 He has now gone to Monte Carlo to
get rid of it.
The Irish clergy in Rome will give Chas. A.
Dana handsome reception when he gets
there.
Geo. Law, the eccentric New York million
aire, has been distributing diamonds among
his sporting chums again. He did it at the
Hoffman house. New York, a few days ago. His
latest former distribution took place, it will be
remembered, at Saratoga in the summer.
Count Taafe, the Austrian premier, is mid
dle-aged man who was in his childhood play
mate of the Emperor Francis Joseph, and has
been for many years past his only intimate
friend, the only subjectin fact to whom he says
thou" Taafe is an Irish peer who has never
seen Ireland, being descended from q cadet of
that ancient Irish family who migrated to
Vienna in the middle of the last century, took
service against the Turks, and remained in
Austria.