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NATIONAL NOTES.
WAsuINersN. Noy. 30. Sc.

WAsHINGTcs, Nov. 80, 1874.
The local press is greatly exercised over the
Threatened IS 10 Columbian University Of
$3.50 600 cit. through the apathy Of our ciu-
reus. The facts are these: Sir. " W. CJrcO-
r.n. Millionaire, Phihnlhroplst, &c, has cner-
ca 1tho Uaiversity the ab0ye-uamei sum as
a .it. ~ ts fiieuls viii raise an aliluouNl
SlCO GOO by New Year. OF THIS last sum
$40 600 has been subscribed but here, the
friends uf education seem % stick, not
f B. liar more uf the required sum being collected.
Tue STR uinks thar, with no trade worth
,ncutioning. and our commerce going rapidly
.o-thc dogs, the least we can DO Is - eu-
coarsce our institutions Of learning, ani not
I,t such ceterous offer as is made by Nc.
CTcorau, slip away unnotlced.
Miss Carrie, the beautiful daughter Of Hon.
Freeman Clarke, NJ G., was married at Roch-
ester. yCcctt'y 70 Mr.. Frederick Allen. Miss
C9nkhue daughter of tue Senator, acted as
+ bridesmaid GA TIE 25th the unptials OF Miss
Mctcalle and Hon. Lyman n. Bass, Congress
mau from Buffalo District, took place IN that
CITY. The new couple will have rooms tins
uiutcr at the Arlington Hotel.
Mr. Jacob Hines, almost cen,enaTan, dIed
I here on The Goth, aged uineiy-Seveu years
TIE deceased. since 1887, had lived in the
District. aud was one Of the fathers Of The
Foundry " r. Church 10 this city.
The New York Herald is authority for the
rumor that Grant intends inyiun, Mr.. Blame,
after the lat,ers retirement from the Speaker
ship. O, "a seat IN his cabinet, giving hm the
Post Office Department % control Kerr OF
Indiana. made a speech at Nashville, few
DAYS since. in which he denounced. IN very
strong terms, the Congressional Hobbies.
The Metropolitan Club is the name Of new
democratic organization In this city. It's OH
GERS are all comparatively young men, aud ci
f high standing.
/ Last Friday morning tie Aqua Creek steam
er brought mp from Richmond q runaway cou-
/ tiie. M. VIM. C. Rhodes aud Miss Margaret
jackson, who. after some trouble, were accom-
mo3ated with q license, after which Rev. DR..
Sunderland who, by the way, seems % ENJOY
+ the entire monopoly OF this sort ct onSlneSNl
/ united their loving hearts. Almos, all our
I " Gr-tna Green affairs come from Virginia.
Speaking If ma,rimony. may notice The
much-married individual residing on Sewell S
Point. Virginia This gentleman has already
made seven wives happy and now seeks to
marry an eighth. lie IS the doting father Oh
/ twenty-seveu children.
/ Geueul ". H. F. Lee. Of the White House
farm ou tbe PamuXey River, Virginia, has re-
moved. permanently, tO R1yensworth, IL FAIR
TAX County.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad is considering
the Feasibility of leasing the Frederick Md
nd Pennsylvania roAl and extending u TO TINS
city. thereby securiusa better route from New
York o. Washington.
some mantle gentleman no Gotham has
iast died aud let $40 600 % Young lady OF
sweet sixteen who, It Is stated, WAS no relation
O. him. 40 her death, 1t unmarriel, she IS to
De laii 20 bis side Ia Greenwood Cemetery.
Brigham Young IS daily expecting 10 pass IN
Dis checks. iuje,j. ere this reaches YOU, he
may have already done So. An iucurabie and
very painful aiueut renders life, for tbe great
apostle. surrounded even by his beautiful ha-
rem. an, thing but comfortable.
/ Washington Monument Fund Is increas-
ing daily Since last Wednesday, $3.50 have
+ been contributed
h In the Louisville Courier. under its Wash
iuetou Correspondence, find long account
\ n the luiugs uf some Unknown nlScTeant,
seemingly resident here, who married q very
+ beautiful and attractive aly while yet he
was not free 10 DO SO. OF course bis wife on
the discovery Of the imp'stuTe leit her late
,orl wl,e De returned again 90 the object OF
bis first affections The wife Is living, but bis
first Dame del only few days since from a
broken heart Who can this Scouudrel be
Lotta,' die spri-htly dt,lc actress, begins
a weeks engagement at Fords tomorrow
night, presenting her new play Museiie or
Bright Eyes At the auoual tie dashlns
. lirslrlslro announced CT brief season. On
M,ojsy next, the 7lh proximo, kelloess En-
glish Opera opeus weeks engagement at The
. National.
There was q sparse iustalmeut Of snow
. youch>lt.j Us tbs morning. The ground WAS
very wet. Sd that even This small Spuukhug
l.l aat remain long O. De seen.
I sall, close this letter with . very mourn
iul paragraph. Here 70 is: Seven gentlemen
.f Cincinnati formed themselves into the Last
Man Society OBJ the 9Th Of October, 1892
aal vowed % meet annuity until death claim
Cd them a'l A bottle Of wine was sealed, and
was mutually agreed that the last man
should lruk TO- They met four years togeth-
or rac FIRST death occurred in 1887, and IN
October. 1856. tie last man sat alone. The
wine bottle was opened, and in silence the last
of the seven friends drank 90 the memory OF
DIS departed companions. Every year. on tie
6,h oi October, the last man holds the ann'ver-
slry alone Tie Is Sc. alive.
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