The Washington critic., 1888-03-31

N,FMI IN h,WaE OF the rebellion,
H., A.x4Ali W. doing valuable serv-
M. LXI<t. n, .f fiCe IN the Union
n tZ&{Hlk,A ,ssH ranks.
49, Colonel Charles De
X. aSk Arnaud the Russian
49, f4f<T IA whose. features are
z es3f N /ttl mniliar 10 many
Al1|A ADkgMI,prominont Ameri-
~ n #,I,Tff - cars, is now porma-
VH ncnt resident of
~ Wash ington. lie
married this winter
the widow OF the late William Fisher,
esq, ofNew York. They lmve purchased
the handsome house 1923 Fifteenth street
northwest, and'will make that their home.
Colonel DE Arnaud is of y noble Russian
family and was decorated by the Gar for
services rendered in the Engineer Corps
on the Battle in the Crimcan war. He
repaired bridges at night under fire from
the British fleet, and wds severely
wounded, UpOnOne occasion he lost all
the detachment he had with him.
lie was on General Fremonts staff Mt
the beginning of the struggle between the
States, and furnished maps and inforna-
ton Of fincalculablo value Of the euemys
strategic points and movements, IL was
he that, after several days spent within
General PolRs lines, rode oil day and
night under whip and spur, TO General
once on Paducah--a move that check
mated the Coniedcracy completely.
All that Colonel De Arnaud did IN our
war would fiji thrilling volume. He was
wounded several times and performed
m0ny daring ieats.
A bill TO vote him gold watch for his
conspicuous services has been reported
iavorably from the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs, and when it passes both
houses, as il will and should have done
long since. honor to whom honor j. due
will have been rendered.
| A profile view of Colonel William
| Cabell Preston Breckenridge, the eloquent
tariff reform Kentucky Congressman, is
wonderfully like that Of Gamhetta, who
was likewise gifted with jcweled speech.
II was not the German professor but
| Colonel Mark land himself, who resembles
| Prince Bismarck remarkably. 1t was Il
| German gentleman of this city who dis
| covered the likeness, which is now adj
mitted on all sides.
Thomas O'Counor Power tho Irish ex-
| Member of Parliament, is not the gentle
| man who married Miss Bessie Paschal.
| II is Thomas Power O'Connor who mar
| ried the Washington lady, and he il q
| Member of Parliament at this time, and
| one of Mr. Parnell's trusted licutenants
| in the home rule movement He re-
| tenllY StHTltu Iilt NiOIs ~ l4OlUOn tllFT-
| noon paper, which is u success. Thomas
| O'Conn0r Power was left out of this Par.
| lament, the Home Rulers claiming that
| he bad deserted, them. lie is now in
| Louisville, KY, enjoying himself among
| the ladies, and will wend his way to
| Washington in a few days. He has rent
the Bronson Club of that city in twain
| mot Mark Twainj Some of the mem
bers invited him to lecture and the re-
1 al Ini :
would never listen 10 u traitor to the
| cause Of Erin.
| The frOntispiece of the March num-
| ber oi the Century is fine picture OF
! Prince Bismarck, strOlling through his
| grounds and accompanied, as is his wont,
| by TWO great CANNES. Who would sup
| pose that one of those magnificent beasts
! oDrc belonged to q young American
| now a resident of Washington? Such is
! the fact The dog at the right hand OF
! the Piince was once the property OF Mr.
Benjamin b. Bradford, the architect
| whose office is on i street in this city
| Mr.. Bradford was n student in Germany
for ten years apd bought the dog, which
was of the famous Ulmer breed, when q
puppy.
Bismarck, who is a wonderful lover o
dogs, saw this animal first at grca
| military review in the south of Germany
where Mr.. Bradford had gone rs a locker
| on. This was in 1874. The Prince sem
Idogianclerto Mr. Bradford to negotiate
| purchase. but without success.
Some time afterward Mr.. Bradford
made arrangements TO return to thi'
country, and as the ship company wanted
TO charge him full passenger rates 70
The dog be concluded TO sell him, and die
80, To q iancier for $50 thaers. Bismarol
| is snld 10 have paid something like $ij'
for the bargain. Mr.. Bradford says tn,
| animal hide wopld have brought almOs
the sum he realized. This dog is n beau
| tiful yellow, striped with black-quitt
loopard-like in his points, as are most Oi
the Timer breed. He is very large and
will measure three feet from the grounC
10 the top of his shoulders. He is par
bloodhound, but gentle enough if no
atoused. He is terrible fighter, how
| ever, when he starts in. Mr.. BradforC
says he saw him clinch and hold one gril
| two or three hours one day. The UlmerS
are considered the most valuable speci,
in Europe Bismarck has large kennel
1 at his Berlin suburban place.
Mr., viii Harper of the Chicago later
ocean staff and son Of Mrs. Judge PasGha
of this city, was marrled to the beautifu
Miss Cook of Brooklyn few days since
II has been published that ex-GOvernol
Palmer of Illinois is to marry Mrs. II, L.
\
| but this is a mistake. The Mrs. Kimbal
| the War Governor is TO wed is the Stat,
| Librarian of Illinois and not related tC
the Washington lady
This reminds me of hon mt the esti
| mable Librarian of the Treasury once per
petrated She was returning to Wash
ington OH night train and was greatly
\ disturbed. rs were other passengers by
theseries of pain andth calls Tor brandy
from fellow passenger.
| The, e,neXt day'sile inquired who the dis
tressed man was and being told that i
was Mr.. Poe of Baltimore, remarked
Then that accounts for the raving.'
Speaker and Mrs. Carlses new grand
son in Wichita, Kan, has been named
John 6riffin, after his distinguished
grandpa. They call him John o."
Mrs. George Alfred Townsend, wht
has been visiting here, has returned u
New York. Shells getting ready to go Il
the Whimsical summer home her nus
hand has built on the crown of Soutl
Mountain, hity,eight miles from Wash
lngtoD. Gath has expended over $50
600 on his lofty lodge, and expects Il
spend much Of his old age there.
Mrs Mullett Mrs. Captain Gross, Mrs
Moulton, Senator Sherman's sister, Mrs
| James and aDumber of other Washing
tonsnBd New y ork friends of Mrs. Town
send, enioy the elegant eyre in The
season.
Said Dir. George Harrison day or tw,
agos.,J am not a lawyer, but tolne Judg'
i William N. MeIiick OF the District COur
is an ideal juIist. have never seen !
man preside with more cOurtliness anC
mrnrlality and he is admittedly an abl,
exrounderH
| Pensions Here, and Elsewhere.