The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-04-18

c. Department of West Virginia, all OF Wheel
ing, w. Va. Comrade Senseney is strong can
didate for Postmaster of Wheeling. and the
other comrades were here to assist his candi-
dacy.
j. 81. Eadie, Co. B, 10th n. Y, Commander
of r. G. Shaw Post, No 112, Brighton, Staten
Island, n Y. Comrade Eadie has splendid
war record of three years and half at the
front, and is at present il the city pushing his
candidacy for the postmastership at Brighton,
which he thinks should be given him. He
also believes that he will be the successful man
in the race for the position he seeks.
Capt. Henry Booth, 18th Kan, Larned, Kan.
Capt Booth was fighting man in fighting
regiment. and staid with its colors until the
last rebel had surrendered. He is Commander
of the Department of Kansas, GAR, and
Speaker of the Kansas House of Represent
atiyes.
Capt. Johnson L. DePeyster, 18th N. Y. Art,
Tivoli, n. Y. Capt. DePeyster will be re-
membered as the enthusiastic young Lieuten-
ant on Gen. Weitzell's staff who carried into
Richmond aud hoisted on the rebel Capitol the
first flag that foated over it. He is now a
member of the New York Assembly.
Comrade ]. B. Mawby, 9th Ohio Cav, YOungs-
town, O. Comrade Mawby served through the
entire war, and was present with his command
all the time, except the nine months that he
was prisoner of war. He is now conducting
an oyster house and milk depot and IS a
strong candidate for Postmaster at Youngstown.
Capt. Jos. Murray, esd N. Y, Fort Collins,
Colo. Capt. Murray began his military career
at the age of Is as a soldier in the French
army in Italy. He came to this country at the
outbreak of our war and enlisted in Meaghers
Brigade, and was promoted to a commission.
lie is distinguished as temperance organizer
and labor orator.
Gen. NJ. D. Leggett was in the city last week.
He is in excellent spirits He has, in fact, re-
markabIe health. and says he has not even had
a cold for 90 years. His luxuriant curling
black hair, which all who knew him in the old
war days will remember as distinguished
feature, has turned snow white.
CHAT ABOUT PEOPLE.
Senator HawIey's wife and little daughter
will sail fer England early in May. Senator
Hawley viii go over later and visit the Paris
Exposition with his family
1t is not believed that Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the new British Minister, will be very popular
in Washington. lie is an aristocrat of the arts
tocrats, having been sort of high funkey
at the Court of ST. james. He naturally thinks
Republicanism "beastly rot you know" which
is a mental cast hardly conducive to his fitting
readily into his new position. He did not
want to come here at all, but another man
wanted the place he held, and as he had the
most "inh00ence," Sir Julian had to accept
honorable exile TO Washington.
AVERAGE CIRCULATION"
The last issue Of Printers Ink, bright little
periodical devoted to advertisers and publish
ers, states that there are six daily papers, one
tri-weekly, 20 weeklies, one bi-weekly, two
mi-monthlies. Is mouthlies and two quarter
les making go III all. 1t places the average
circulation of the publications in the District
at 1887. 1t obtains this result by taking the
entire circulation-3 20, 220-of all the papers,
and dividing il by go. AS the average eireGla-
ton of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE last year was
143, 900 week. this would leave but 167, 220
for the 80 other papers-or an average OF but
1881 each.