The Washington critic., 1888-04-27
NOTES AND GOSSIP

dered Mr.. Parnell banquet, to take
place next month.
I'll EuMoEED that Rev. o. $. Barton,
rector of Christ Church, Norfolk, will be
offered the presidency of William and
Mary College, Virginia.
AND [STEpHENl SAID: Behold, see the
Heavens opened, and the Son of Man
standing on the right hand of God d.-TNew
York Mail and Express.
FATHER HYAcINTHE thinks that France
needs strong man at the head of the
Government, and that General Boulanger
is the strong man for the occasion.
ISAIAH WALTON, Il farmer living near
Byron, Ca, has five married daughters
whose aggregate weight is over 1000
nounds-what n printer would call fiat
takes"
EX-SENATOR PATTERSON of New Hamp-
shire viii deliver an Grafton June 2l at
Concord on the centennial anniversary of
the adoption Of the Federal Constitution
by that State.
Mrs. THOMAS, wife of Theodore Thomas,
takes as much interest in cookery as he
does in music She IS an enthusiastic
housekeeper, and boasts that her husband
has never had badly cooked meal since
they were married.
THERE WILL BE $50 delegates in the Re.
publican National Convention, classified
as follows: Delegates-at-large, 1852; dis
trict delegates, $50; territorial delegates
l6i District ofColumbia, p Necessary 70
nomination, All. ,,-rhsolu.
Born THE "CoNp1Ith and int""''""
lanEfbhs-sour law was yi"
,rif n WI nc nf IT, -SuVufy ana tne AT
ie Cic;io me edited by professional poets,
/ and il is funny to see Glider and Aldrich
| swopping around publishing each others
verse in their respective periodicals.
New York Graphic.
JAMES IT, MITCHELL of Philadelphia,
the Republican candidate for Supreme
| Judge Ill Pennsylvania is So years of
age. He studied law with George w.
Biddle and from 1862 to 1887 was editor
of the "American Law Register"
Hon. JOHN BIGELow's BOOK on France
and the Confederate Navy" will be out
this week, and is said to be of much his
torical interest. 1t contains some hitherto
| unpublished correspondence between
Benjamin, the Confederate Secretary of
State, and Mason and Slidell.
The UNION CATHOLIC Library Assooiar
|
leading Catholic literary society of that
city, is about to disband for the want of
! proper financial support and will dispose
its valuable library of over 5000 vol
umes by auction.
| EX-AssIsTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREAS
uRY CHARLES u. Coon resides at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, and is
member of the Union League. The
Nal and Express says that few men in
| the city read more newspapers than he
and of course few men are better posted
in politics, literature and current news.
CHAIRMAN KNAPP ofthe Hall Committee
of the st. Louis Convention has already
been compelled to refuse over 200 applica-
tions for seats in the press section. Only
| $50 seats are allowed TO newspaper Corre-
| spondents, who send out telegraphlc re-
ports, but members of the press generally
will be provided for in the public gal
| leries.
The ONLY MEXICAN resting under the
ban Of perpetual exile from his country
is General Leonardo Marques, who now
lives in Cuba. He was banished for
shooting in cold blood a NUMBER of med
ical students who had gone to attend the
wants of the wounded in battle between
the Republican and Imperialst forces at
Tucubaya on the 1lth of April, 1865.
Mrs. LILLIAN PAvY, wife of DR.. Octave
Pavy, who lost his life in the Greeley
Arctic Expedition, recently returned
from Europe and informed Cleveland
Leader reporter the other day that she
now represented IAN English capitalist
in literary venture. She is visiting this
country in the interest of her work, but
will sail for London in June, and here
afteBmake that city her business head
quarters.
CONGRESSMAN HOWARD of Indiana has
turned over all his property TO trustee
as security for whatever claims may bt
found against him on account of the
: Wathen estate, of which lie had the man
agement for number of years. The
property conveyed is worth between
100000 and $125, 900, and the Wathen In
debtedness is about $4,000. Mr. How
ards honest dealing in the matter is not
questioned. The trouble appears to have
arisen from investments in real estate on
which he was unable TO realize at once
when called upon for cash settlement