Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-19


Laura Keene is iecturlng at the west
-ConOrals Sherman and sheridan ate In st.
Louis.
- Punea's Idea Of supplemental troaty-"I
shall smoke, dear, now I'm married"
- waohtol is coming back, and will bring
with him the great soprano, Madame NAL
- yIscount de saInte Romans Is the namo Of
the Frenohman who Is to marry John SudolIs
other daughter.
william Cullen Bryant and his son.ln.law,
Park0 HOdwln, have made AiOOOOO or tJOO,OOO
each out VI the New York Erentng Post.
Anna Dickinson, in her now lecture, wants
to know "what Hinders2" Some say II IL her
advanced youthfulncss.
Absorbing to Herald reporter, Horace will
depend on addresses at agricultural fairs for a
living.
- Anton RublnsteIn, tho great pianist, was
Of one time so poor In Vienna that he had to
give music lessons at half hOrin each.
- Miss Amy Stanley, late Of the Royalty and
Alfred theatres, will shortly visit America with
a buriesque troupe.
- Plantamour, tho comet man, Is IN Paris,
He now thinks that the people Of this world will
be all frozen TO death about Oll.
go BrIgnoll IL Visiting Italy after an absence
Of twenty years Ills voice has greatly improved
since he let America, but his temper IL pretty
much the same
- Henri Rochofort ls again said to DO danger.
ously ILL., Ono foreign letter writer says that
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hard work" Blanqu Is also very H..
MIR. Robert Dale owen has contracted with
| tho Atlantic Monthly TO publish his nutOhlogra.
ply, In monthly chapters, beginning with the
| number Tor January.
| 80 Captain Burton has returned to England
| from his IcclandIc explorations, and will soon
| give an account Of his adventures and discoy.
| cries In the unknown" interior Of Iceland
during the past three months.
: Henry W: Sage, esq, Of Brooklyn, has
| Odd To q nrtNNalv oil nF A1E0
q university chapel at Ithlca. II Is to DO located
| Just south Of the campus aud to DO built oil
| stone. Architects are engaged on the plans.
H. The celebrated Roman astronomer, Father
/ ScCchi, who has been staying at Milan for a few
/ days, has len for Paris TO take part In the In
tefnatiOnai congress for the utilization Of
| weights and measures.
- Vienna gossip states that tho Emperor
| Francis Joseph was only Induced 70 attend tho
| meeting Of the EmperOrs at Berlin by the re-
| peAted prayers and solicitations Of his wife, the
Empress Elizabeth, who asked him to 20 to that
| city and shake hands with his lnveterate enemy
the CEar Of Russia.
Some one was talking TO Thackoray Of q
| certain gentleman's addiction to beer "lts q
| great pity said he, "that he does not keep q
| check rein on himself, tor no lisa maryelOu,
fellow otherwise mean for talent, | hardly
| know his equal" yea" rctOrted Thackery,
| che Is remarkable man. Take him Tor halt
and.half We ne'er shall look upon his like
again"
- The Boston Journal says! "ProL stowe
| HUSBAND OF Mrs. Harriet Beecher stowe, Wai
stricken with paralysis last sunday at tho house
| Of bis daughter, Mrs. Allen, at Amherst, Mas4a
| chusetts He was on Monday conveyed to tho
| Orient Springs Health Institute, near by, and
| placed under the treatment OF Dr.G. W. Rhodes
| We understand that yesterday there were KOOt
prospects Of his recovery.
- Among the heavy taxpayers In Providence
the following show that Dame Fortune has no
overlooked them Alex. Duncan, vile and chill
dren, Al gu, 900; Robert H. Ives, 81, O33O0; Ear
| Z. Mason, 1870 900; Joseph J. Cooke, t6l7 900
Amos q. Barstow, $4,000: FULLY ID. Bowen
heirs, $4,000; Truman Beckwth and wife
sjga, 900; John Carter Brown, $3.50, 100; Julli
Bullock, $4,000; Cyrus A. Manchester, $50,
900; Amos u. Smith, tIj0,OOO.
- The Paris Figaro says that Nine. Adellni
Patti is worth 100000 francs, and that Chris
tine Nilsson is still richer, while Pauline LUCE
has lost her whole fortune In consequence Of tn
| extravaganza OF her husband, Baron Won Ria
den, an Ofiicer in one Of the regiments Of tn
by wound received In the late Franco. Prussia
war, and saved by the heToism and careful
nursing Of his brave and devoted little baroness
A meeting OF citizens was held In Bait
more yesterday for the purpose Of lnauguratln
a movement looking 10 the erection OF sultabl
monument &c the memory Of the late Willlat
| Prescott Smith. A committee Of seven was az
pointed 10 collect funds, choose tho style OF mon
ument, and select site. A subscription boo
was opened, when Mr.. W. S. wilkinson state
that he was authorized by "a friend" Of d'
ceased 10 subscribe Al, 900. In addition 10 thi
amount, nearly 900 more was subscribed, whe
the meeting was adjourned, subject to the ca
Of the chair.