The national Republican., 1867-09-03
Pen. Pencil. and scissors.

A CHILDREN's playhouse is soon TO be
erected In Central Park, New York.
THERE were seven fires in Chicago on
Friday night last, and the los, thereby va,
$1os, 900.
The people Of the interior Of Maine are
now revelling in green peas and string beans
About time, We should think.
A MUSCULAR clergyman was arrested at
Shropshire, England, the other day, for assault
and battery upon one Of his parishionsrs.
THERE is movement on foot in Fred
sreksburg, Va, TO start line Of sailing vss,sl'
between that place and New York.
HUNDREDS OF letters addressed to Amer
leans in Paris this season, have failed to reach
| their destination.
THEY have real French Duke at Sara
tosa and all goldfish and shoddydOm are half
erazod bk the circumstance.
Cyrus HANLiS, son Of the ex-Vice Presi-
dent, died in New Orleans on the 2sth Of yellow
fever.
The United States steam frigatc Col
orado, Rear Admiral Goldsborough, has arrived
at New York
TnE Fenian prisoners, Colonels Warren
and Nsgis, 1t is understood, have been released
BY the British Government.
A LADY witness before New York
cOroner's jury did not know Of any trouble the
deceased had except that she was a widow.
Doors are blackened by machinery in
n. Al
not only blackens the shoes, but the stocking and
trousers Of the wearer.
THE editor Of the Baton Rouge Advo-
cate says be prints his paper only for those who
pay for it. Outside of that charmed circle he
cares not 6g for popular opinion.
LoYDoSERs are distressed to know what
to do with the stray dogs, whom nobody owns"
in that city. Mince pies and sausage' are sug.
gested.
A SMALL vessel, with negro captain and
4 negro crew, has arrived at Pensacola from
Ruatan, on her way to Mobile with load Of
fruit, parrots and monkeys.
The Pawnees are the most prepossess-
ing and intellectual tribe of Indians on the
plains, and have always been amicable to the
whites since the original treaty many years ago.
THE story that Walter Brown, the rover,
had sprained his ankle was false. He was never
in better condition, and is quite ready for bis
forthcoming match.
The last morning in summer had q
touch Of autumn in the quality Of its atmosphere.
They had sharp frost about New York on Sat-
urday morning.
IT would take q train nearly seven days
to run from New York to San Francisco, by
way of Chicago, going at the rate Of 20 miles
per hour and making the usual express stops
A coLoRED PREACHER at the South re-
Gently said in q prayer: 10 Lord, be pleased to
shake your great tablecioth over your hungry
children. dat dsy may be fed wid do crumbs Of
your love"
THE new flag Of Nicaragua is thus de-
scribed It has a blue stripe above and below,
on which is represented a volcano surrounded by
smaller mountains, the sunburst appearing over
the tallest summit.
G. WALL, compositor in the Leayen-
worth Kansas Commercial office, on Wednesday
last "sot," on a wager, over two thousand ems
burgeois typo. half loaded, half solid, manu-.
script copy, within one hour
A SENSITIVE lady from the country,
looking for a coach; "Pray, sir, are you en-
gagged" Cabman: "0ch, bless your purity
soul, ma am, have been married these seven
years, and have nine children.
FIVE PERSONS, one of whom is q woman,
arc in custody on suspicion Of being concerned
in the robbie. of the Queen of sweden's pearls,
which lately disappeared from their place in the
Paris Exhibition.
CROWDED HORSE CAR: First passenger Ito
sturdy laborer standing in front Of him)-"I
say, there! I've got toos!" Second passenger
"Y-es,C CLEAN Of intelligence lightons his face,
l felt 'em"
The exhibition palace at Paris is to be
torn down and sold to tho highest bidder The
French Minister of War demands that every
vestige of it be removed by the first Of January
next.
| Tue unreconstructed Of New Orleans
were on Saturday treated to another Of Gen.
sheridan's surprises. The city collector was
| temVNOu ASi iSaeOho elulhal " tuueo COuthlubu
in the order appointing new city council.
| TIE old elephant Tippo Saib, belonging
to Van lAmburgh recently refused to cross
bridge at Burlington, Iowa, which he had fallen
through ten years ago. Good recollection has
that old fellow.
| TnE Philadelphia ladies, accompanied
by their beaux and brothers, are in the habit Of
going about nights and serenading their friends.
It Is understood that the practice is to be intro.
duced here. Glad it.
Four boys, the youngest only fifteen
years old, swan the Niagara river at Square Is,
land recently, at point where the current is full
Of eddles and whirlpoOls, and goes toward the
Falls at the rate of seven miles per hour.
The King Of Sweden, who is an old
genius, lately set out on trip alone and incog.
mitO, had his pocket picked, could not pay biz
hotel bill, and was threatened by the suspicious
landlord with arrest.