National Republican., 1877-09-26
PERSONAL.

CAPTAIN BoyroN is giving exhibitions in
Brussels
RoyER.CoLLARp said of Thicrs: 81 have
seen better men; | have seen worse; but never any
one like him"
4, Mn. T. LoRrLLARD Is reported TO be building
II Newport one Of the largest houses In the country
1t Is Of wood aud brick and will have frontage OF
nearly III feet.
PAUL DE CA~AaSAc was charged with
dancing on Thicr' grave. lie denied the son I'M
parchment by eontending that he was not dancing
on the grave, but only by Its side.
THE youngest tourists-so II Is said-to
ascend Mount Blanc are the sons OF Aldermal
Stanley, aged respectively nineteen and sixteon.
FRANKLIN SIMMONS, tho Maine sculptor,
after three years absence In Italy Is visiting ms
former home in lewiston lie & MI n shortly E g.
but thirty'eight
THE German Minister at Paris, when
Thlcrs' funeral was given over by the Government
and taken In hand by the Republicans. tclegraphed
to ask II he should attend II. and received the re-
ply: 60. more than ever"
ouR GENIAL and popular friend, Mr.. Ed. $.
Iarkin, of Wheeling. VIVA, len last evening for
New York. amer few days sojourn In THIS CITY,
Min M sS ar SS SuS % nrSsy Si 1enrased n
business in Wheeling. and Is ono of the most
promising young men OF that place.
THE King Of Sweden is reported to nave
made the very best speech at the official dinner
Upsaia, il was spirited and eloquent, and was
given in voice filling the whole room. Nearly
all the great universities sent delegates to the fcs
tivities. Yale sent NJ Hlalmar Edgren.
A HorEL-KEEPER at Carlsbad has a consum-
Ing desire to accumulate autographs and his head
waiter asks every guest to favor the house with q
signature. Recently Rnron de Rothschlld modcstly
inscribed himself "R, de Paris" Baron Open.
helm happened to follow him. and finding the alb
hrcvaton to his taste wrote himself down, o., dc
Cologne"
AND thus q correspondent Of tho Madison
Wis, Sdts you,m expresses II M ~ le,,ef aa,so ,eo
personal supervision Of Major French, the popular
Seryeant.at' Arms, who Is omniprcsent HIS keen,
the aloft to detect any failure to carry out the de.
signs inaugurated with his usual good taste and
thOroughncss."
THE famous French surgeon, Yelpeau, like
Louis XVI, was an amateur locksmith. and took
an infinite pride In his work. One day AFTER per
forming an exquistcly delicate operation, as he
and Mngne. the no less famous oculist, were leav-
said: Here are Ave doors opening Into this room
Which Of them leads OUT Upon my word
don't know" said Magnc. This one, OF course;
ocau and strutted forth, proudcr ofh display OF
knowledge than he had been OF tho success OF his
operation
A CORRESPONDENT of tho Boston Globe Ind
talk with Thicrs last March. The ex;president
| 10 the cause he espoused and would never had
been heard Of hut for his American episode; that
Talleyrand was the ugie-t man that he had ever
| seen. and that Iongfcllow was splendid horse,
| and 1t was pity he broke down so early. The
correspondent adds that NJ; Thiers said he had a
"twO.y .ycar,Old grandson OF Lexington that he
thought Of entering for the Grand PriS which Is a
little singular. horses arc entered for that race
when yearlings
SIR JOHN BENNETT. the great London watch
and clockmakcr l. engaged In u lively Squabble
with the Court of Aldermen. The electors OF the
ward Of Cheap have twice elected him alderman,
and the aldermen, by an almost unanimous vote,
have refused To admit him lilo Is personally un-
popular and when he sheriff II was cause for
complaint that he kept his state coach waiting out
side his shop; hence. say the aldermen the dignity
| OF the ofice OF Lord Mayor. to which Sir John
would succeed In due course, might suffer In like
manner Precisely why matchmaker Is tn be
voted low" when wine merchant IL now mayor
tallow merchants a law stationer and tea dealer
is not cnsy to decide.
@M THEIRS entire fortune Is valued at
slSOOOo. He made siOoOO0 by his History" lie
len nearly everything tohis widow, for whose De
voted affection he expressed himself profoundly
! grateful. He wishes, should she die before Mile
DOsne that that lady should inherit all that may
belong to her sister at the time Of her decease. II
| is reported that he has bequeathed some books
pictures and objects Of yirtu To the State. Tht
Thiers sudden death with various persons around
him, said: 1T Is nssuredly nn event OF great I'm
portancc for France, and which may have seriou
consequences, but ! do not share the opininn o
those who rejoice at that loss, II Il would be ai
embarrassment the less for The men In power
That idea Is In my opinion, an error. ] do not DC
sire to specify the qualities and the defects Of MI
Thiers. but say that his presence might have beei
more useful than injurious to the cause Of order
What will happen? Parties will be more arden
than ever, and should not be surprised II that un
fortunate country should vet have to pass througl
some terrible trials. May God grant that my pre-
visions are crroneoutH