, 1876-02-27
GRANT to BABcoc1: ''CAss1o, I loTs tha
but nayex mora bo officer OF mine."


PERSONAL
Mr.. Iayard Taylor has become IN edto,i,,
writer for the New York Tribune.
sardou is SICK With the infuanza and tho fail.
ure OF his new piece, ''Ferraol," to run 100
nights
Gen. Sheridan is warmly congratulated b7kn
1,js friends, Il is girl. No 1ar for ths ne1t
generation.
The Mobile Register says the o6cs-sesker,
from the South At Warrington are fos tbs mos.
part vagabonds.
sothern once played ''Dnndreary" in Pars
and the Frcnchmen who followed him with
lbrettos thought he was raving lunatic.
A school-eirl in Lawrence, Maas fell On tts
ice while skating and forced sbarpl5-poin.ed
lead-pencil INTO her right leg to depth Of TIRES
inches.
The Prince of Wales is no1 Field Nsrlhl.
His companion in promotion, Sir John Fitsst-
| AID has seen seventy-four yoa1s of eerTlea. aad
Is 90 years old.
| Charlotte Cushman's gravo is in retired COZ.
| ner OF Mount Auburn, within full view OF thu
| CITY Of Boston, her birthplace, and The widest
part Of Charles River
| It costs % cents to get into : st. Lo1ia
"dlme lectuze.-Jour1aaL In Milvsukse ths
| charge for tho same kind Of entertainment ia Il
cents. The dlmeamite dends have fnl a1E
only in Chicago.
Nr. James Il. Dowlana, Of Chicago, dramatic
and humorous reader, has completed lecsots
| on Charles Dickens-His Mission aud ai
Works." copiously illustrated BY reaalngs Id
character sketches.
| The Rev. Mr. Hammond has formed I par<
uership with . singing pilgrim, and he proposal
to sec whether the Hammond Conoinanoa Oh
not rights that tho Moody and SankeJ coEno'as
| ton il bound to respect
The crew that is coming from England to eoa'
test the four-oared championship with Ameaa
seems to have no particular right to the hsla
self, though it is composed OF representaasf
oars1aen, with Robert Boyd at the head.
Five young women Of Hoboken ha's can
| pIained to q Justice OF that city that He1t
| known resident has seduced each under ptonA
| of marriage, Tie resident has fled the toaA
| and the Young women appeal in vain for puoa
sympathy.
The wifa nf Thomas. the Brene1havoa dr1a*
mite fiend, WAS entirely ignorant Of her husoanal
history before she married him, and Of his caa'
uection with the dynamite plot until 1t was n
vealed. She is now in New York, with her foat
children, in destitute circumstances
| solon Robinson, for many years. cattle-rnsrfd
reporter and agricultural writer IN tne sss
York Tribune is now At the point OF osato
Jacksonville, Fla. He was once famous Is so'
author Of the trashy book which worked On IL,
sympathies and purses OF the poor enause
Hot Corn" The book had q tremendous sa7'
There ia woman in Massachusetts rho hi
enent but a11 yearly in dress for several 5saf4
and another of thigh social position who n
earts TINT her annual expenses for clothing aoS
tor.s and dentists bills for the last elaTen 1ean
have averaged less than 81 per annuu. We VEIL
ture to assert tha. each Of these women Is o'a
30 wears of age or confnedi in lunat1c as5lu@
David 1. Wells declines to DO candidate 1a
Congress in the Third District Of Conoeeue1-
But he SAYS he is Democrat. If Democfas1
means hard money, taxation for revenue on1'.
. and such q restriction OF the powers OF toe 1os
ar,1 Government that it snail neither do M
propose to do anything for the people "ns4 ~
people are abba and willing to DO 1'' 'HS@'
| selves. -,
A complimentary benefit WAS rendered 70 ~ y.
" H. Crane in Sacramento, Cal.' Oh 'ue :. =
) inst. by the Governor OF the State ano eSl''
members OF the Legislature. The house ".
crowded and many we're turned away. lne ps''
| we're ..Pygnahon and Galatea" aoo 11'.s -,
! in both Of which the beneficiary AFFORDED -, -,
t | ereakest merriment BY bis iudic1ous maxerap@'
comicalities.
Itis known to come Of TIE T2nuSzs 1ssae.'
interested IL chess that Mr. AbeEon1' u ~.
. York, has lately been in the West, ana nAs ~.
play1ug series OF games with LIZ. aoa4.,' '.s
| member OF the Chicago Chess Club at Cnllls.
| I'LL. the home OF the Inter player Inc soo.s
the match was very creditable to the "es1 ps'ss
Hosmer, 5: AIberoni, o; drawn. 2 one ~ ~
of the games wiu probably be gwen -
TB1BuSE's chess column next Sunday.
Mr. Bliss Whitaker, the popular Tfessutas :; :;
I noo1ay's Theatre, waa not forgotten y =.
friends in the hour OF his rejoicing. 1ht A =.
usE told them not to forget him, and tn75 w. =.
$ Thew wouldn't, OF COURSE, II TIE IR1HosA =;
: said nothing about him. The receipts 1.o1 80 :.
benefit On Washington's birthday, ~n'sn !
= been about all collected, show net oa'e.. 49,
his fayo. Of over $500. Besides this. nalaDs ~,
his friends last night presented him -"
watch and chain, valued at 500.
Gen. Custer WAS interviewed by the su.vL nsr.s
Toledo Sunday paper recently ana 10f ch.
as saving, apropos OF the mention OF osD. s.t;on
It man for the Presidency :, "capital fuSgi .rr il
t He IS a trump any way you take him. s1 .aons
q telIieeut views OF men aud affairs, ano uIa1 y.
q tionably great General. He woo1o H.. H. Vi.
q steer" As for Sherman's Indian poa'1 Id,
elected .The1o would be one efano 1.d,,c
= war and then there would be no mose sa d
. It would settle the Indian question oe1o o.s II
} tomfoolery Of Quakers and sentmen'sn.
9 don't seem to know that every Indian ese1, ,od;,
r is simply q brute. you can't ci7lilze ~ - i
ia any more than you can teach roos''t
It goose-eggs.~ - hi
d Mr.. Coucber, Of London, Eng, has ,l:'a H..
teen months experience Of connnoal onss l;s II
came homo the other night and 1ouna
,r absent. The inner man being elapaoIs w.
- yenturod 10 brow for himself cup o. se
,e the midst Of his pioas labors, Nrs. oou a.s il
a turned home 'rather drunk" sne ~" ri
r. tated BY the interference OF her uua. ..., ~
"a the domestic economy, and, selnng nuu ~ !,
hair. abe struck him in the face Wild ne1 ~ r
then offered to cut OF bis head "'tn ~ ~.
! :.t,-torod and urayeuted tle GAA.1