National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-30
THE DAILY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, MONDAY

uses in sacramental service a wlne-cup which
once belonged to George Washington.
The st. Louis Dsmocrat remarks that Minis
ter Bancroft and the sultan are thicker than four
In bed.
Its proposed In Brighton, England 10 erect
a memorial chapel ~ the late Rev. j. Purchas, OF
ritualistc renown.
49, wagner and his bride, the former Madame
Won BulOw, and daughter Of LisHt, are passing
their honeymoon In tour through Germany.
- Colonel l.. u. Ingersoll, ot the Chicago
Fronting Mad, arrived IN the city Yesterday, and
is stopping at the residence Of Mr.. J. =. Evans,
corner Second and streets,
- General George W. Clarke and General J. A.
Williamson, u Iowa, left for New York on
Saturday evening, en- route for tour through
Europe.
- 4 great New Orleans chap In his time was
Paul Morphy, the chess player. He Is now a
lawyer, with very moderate success, but very
exquisite costume.
- The Duke Of Edinburgh Ia president Of an
amateur orchestral society In London, aud at a
recent rehearsal took his place and sawed away
among a. flrst ylOllns.
- The Prince Of wales has harvested most Of
his cat crop, and Is now model husband. He
gave his wife bouquet the other day, one that
cost not less than GO.
- Mr.. 7. G. Callicott, formerly Of brooklyn,
once Speaker Of the Assembly OF New YORK, has
purchased an interest In the Albany ErenfIg
Times, and will, It Is said, become It's editor.
A Davenport, Iowa, Jury have given Mrs.
Mallory $1,000 damages, which Ia 10 be taken
from the private fortune Of man who enjoyed
the luxury Of numbering her husband.
Ahcr lifo Of peculiar vlcissitudes, com.
mCnced IA circus rider and eliminating as a
| princess, the Princess salm-sam closes her ro-
mantle career ns u nun In convent OF bleak
/ Innsbruck, In the Tyrol.
60 The Youthful Emperor Of China, who has
| recently been married, Is to assume imperial
/ power some time In February, and the court
| astTOlngcrs have been called upon to choose an
suspicious day for the great event.
Miss Clara Remington, Of st, Louis, has
come into possession Of q Cuban estate worth
more than half a million, recently left TO her BY
| q Spanish Ofilcer, Colonel MuncOs, to whom she
had been engaged for some time.
- Since his return to Vienna Herr strauss has
become an inyeterAte chewer Of tobacco. lie
! excuses himself by saying that the habit was
| recommended to him In America as being excel
| lent for the constitution.
The latest feminine justification for homicide
! Il from New Orleans, where Mrs, and Miss In
graham are excused for shooting at one John
| Kaiser In the open street, on the ground that he
had COmmtteda "breach Of etiquette"
- Fifty years ago NJ. THEIRS was engaged OF
the COnsttuiioHHcl as an art critic, at the rate oil
ten dollars an article. Ills first critique was on
! the acting Of Mrs. Belamy, then playing at the
! Porte st. Martin theatre with an English troupe
- Ned Buntline, Buffalo Bill, aud Texas Jack
| who have been playing In q sensational drama al
the Opera House, st. Louis, were arrested re
Gently for alleged completely In the riots which
occurred In the southern part OF that city IL
| 1859.
-Signor q. Turlnl, an eminent Italian sculp
tor, has arrived In Washington. lie Is one Of thu
. competitors Of the Fartagut memorial, and has
! deposited with Mr.. CLARK, the architect Of thu
Capitol, q splendid statue Of the deceased
| Admiral.
- The Earl Of Aylesford In 1870, when he can't
Of age, owed 50, 500. lie borrowed Of usurers
agreeing to pay sixty per cent per annum In
terest. Having now come into an estate u c20,
900 a year, he ressts payment, and the Engsl
ChanCery has decided In his favor. Risky lending
money at such high rates.
- A spectacle play, based on one Of Washing
ton Iryings stories, Is In preparation at thu
olympic theatre, In New York, to succeed tn
Opera BOune. II will include numerous bale
and the LAur pantUmme troupe. Miss PAULINE
Markham Will appear In II. Mr.. Leon and Mr
Kelly, rcllnqushlng the cork, will act two OF ii
parts.
- Mrs. Van Colt, the noted Methodist revival
ist, who Is al present pursuing her lAbOrs at Eas
Cambridge, has lately received a very handsome
proposal from wealthy lady admreT. This lady
who resides at Evanston, Ill.,, offers 10 take Mrs
Van Colt on journey through Europe and tn
Holy Land, TO occupy several years, and after
ward furnish her with pleasant home thrOugl
life. Mrs. Van Colt has declined the offer, wifi
the characteristic reply that "she must he abou
her Masters business"