National Republican., 1877-11-08
PERSONAL.

IT isn't so much of an ofi.year as Il was
THERE wasn't much of q tidal wave any
where.
IT was all because Simmons took the stump
in Massachusetts,.
MASSACHUSETTS appears to have elevated
her back slightly.
FLIES have gone and the mirror is covered
with an early frost.
No man goes home at two in the morning
through beerings straights.
CHEERFUL thatl A San Francisco dance
house is situated directly over Morguc.
Mr.. KEY informs the Senate that the wages
of postmasters are nearly 100000 in arrears.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CooKENDoRFER is
the full name of Pendleton County (Ky.)
bankrupt.
GEN. SIR WILLIAM OGRADY HALEY and
Capt. R. II. O'Grady Haley, of Halifax, are
in Baltimore.
SUBJECT for debating society: "Will the
last man bo talked to death by tho last woman,
or rice pcrsa "
WILLIAM WRIT HENRY, q grandson of "Give
Ne Liberty or Give Me Death" was elected to
the Virginia Legislature on Tuesday.
LCoI. T. W. HIGaISsoN, since the death of
his wife, has broken up his home In Newport,
and lives with his sister In Cambridge.
INSECTS are worshiped in tho interior OF
Here in America people worship in sects too.
Ex.PREsIDENr CUMMINGS, of Wesleyan
University, has resumed his old position US the
pastor of Methodist church in Maiden Mass
Hon JOSEPH II. RAINEy, NJ. c., who has
been confined to his bed fora day or two with
q Inalarial attack, was much better yesterday
| evening.
A SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION in Baltimore re-
Gently discussed the Origin and Growth of
| Sponge" 1t cannot be denied that the sub
ject is an absorbing one.
"JAKEy" TRIPLE Is the Oldest froman in
| Philadelphia He joined the Omitted States"
in 1912, and was reported up to 1871, when the
paid department came in.
GEN. EWING, the inhationist, is noted
as having remarkable resemblance to Mr.
Blaine He has large head aud q strong
voice, and is altogether u handsome man.
Tnr Boston Herald, that born hatcr of
shams, sees nothing to admire in an alderman
who will eat u So dinner ut a city's expense,
while his family is dining on liver at home.
| FATE has dealt her last unkindest blow at
the Adainses. Even John Quincy Adams has
been defeated in u district whero everybody
conceded his election. aud where he has had u
habit of being elected
| Mr. ALLEN G. LEWIS, Of Chicago, died last
Saturday, and left $3.50, 900 to three trustees,
TO be held until 1885 or until SSO0,000 has been
accumulated, when 1t is to be used in the ioun-
dation of n polytechnic institute.
IN a consistOry to be held about Christmas
tide the Pope will create five or six new Car
dnals to fll tho gap in tao Sacred College,
which, though full only II few months ago, has
now been reduced to sixty-thrcc members.
Mrs. HAYES has n genuine liking for the
White House, old-fashioned rs il Is. She took
au old friend through 1t the other day, showed
him the great rooms, and exclaimed: "No mat
ter what they build, they'll never build any
more rooms like these!"
SECRETARY EvARTs is delighted with tn,
education system of the University of Vir
ginia, which was founded by Thomas jefferson
He prOnounccs it the best school on tho fac,
of the earth" rcgrotting that he had not know
it better before he sent his sons to Cambridge
aud Yale.
In. PAUL +. Eve, professor of operative
surgery in tic Nashville, (renn) Medical Col
lcgc aud one OF the leading surgeons in th'
Southwest, died suddenly in that city on sat
urday, Of paralysis. He served Ms II surgeon II
the Polish revolution of lT3l and received tn,
golden cross of honor Of Poland that year. IL,
was president OF the American Medical AsSo
citation in 1851 DR.. Eve crossed the Atlantic
fourteen times in tho interest of his profession