National Republican., 1877-08-04
PERSONAL.
The Pope continues his audiences.

ter aud Scnors l.. Polo 10 Dcrnabc and 4. Comey.
Secretaries of the Legation, ore at Wormleys
$ W. Jacobs, Iowa's greatest short-horn
breeder has gone intp bankruptcy. He has owned |
the largest herd Of Shorthorn cattle in the West.
Isaac Butt, LII, d., member of Parliament |
for LmcrCk city, will resign the Leadership OF the
home rulers at the meeting to be held on Monday
next.
Hon VIM u. Ogden who was the frst presi- |
dent OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company. died |
At Its residence In Now York, yesterday. aged "
yearS. |
General Hazrn, Of the regular army, who
has been detailed to observe the military move |
ment' Of the Russian army will sail for Europe |
to-day. |
Cathariuc street, Newport, hrs been rcnted tn Nj
II. J.. Dousmous. Of st. Louis for the remainder Of
the season. |
The season at Newport du.ing August aud |
September Is cSHcrtcl 10 he very gay. large |
number Of entcrts.'.mcnt and other festivities are
booked for thcse months.
The Sultan Of Turkey is said to show uncx-
pcc,cd energy. Every day he attends the councils
Of his Ministry, and hnscS himself closely with |
military works and the docks
Mount Washington. Tuckcrmnns Ravinc-
Snow nrch fell last Monday. Thermometer ON
Tuesday stood at ~ decgreeS at seven Ia the morn
ing. and ut Il at seven In the evening.
Mcissonier has fearful jealousy Of Gustavc
Courbct aud has opposed hnIly In the Commission
dcs Bclux Arts fnr the Paris Exposition next year
any exhibition Of the Communist artists pictures.
Ex-Gov Tildon. who since his arrival in
London has bcen resting from the iatigu,s OF his
Sea voyage will breakfast to-day with Lord Hangh-
ton aud later In the day will dine with Mr.. W. T.
Foster,
Miss Minnie Palmer, at tho hall given at the
Ocean hotel Long Branch, saturday night, looked
bcwitchingly charming and succeeded In capti-
waiting the hearts OF the ladies aS well as the gen
tlemcn.
Josh Billings is usually "high line" in trout
fishing In the ycitiny OF the Glcn House. aud this
| season Is no exception. NJ far nS number is con.
ccrncd, but T. D. Crockcr, of Portland. has caught
| the largest trout.
Chief Justice Waite and family arrived ut
Newport, Il. L. yesterday morning from New York.
and during their stay viii be the guests OF the Hon
| George Bancroft the historian at his summer resi-.
| dcncc on the cliffs.
The remains Of Captains Yates and Custer
| and Lieutenants Smith, Mcintosh and Calhoun,
who were killed in the Custer massacre arrived at
Fort LcavcnwOrth on Thursday, ana were buried
| yesterday afternoon
John Francis Murphy. a well-known sport
ing and turfman, committed suicide yesterday
morning in a gambling house at u West Twenty
eighth street, New York, by blowing his brains out
with pistol. The cause is unknown.
Andy (iarvey, the Tammany ring plnstercr,
| is described as only shadow OF his former self.
He goes at night wandering through the city like a
eyes arc downcast, and he looks as apprchensive
as prisoner who has Just broken jail.
Tho house where William II. Seward was
born Is still standing in Florida Orange county,
and Is occupied by a fashionable dressinakcr, 1t Is
antique In appearance, though in n good state OF
The hrst settlement of the county stands q few
yards from the front steps.
Mr.. GoSgrovc, who some months ago was
imprisoned for All attempt to assault and threaten
ing Vice Chancellor MslnS; IN london: has been
ordered to be delivered To the captain Of an Amer
; angoing steamship. Ills brother, residing IN
D Arkansas, has agreed to take charge OF him, he
r being pronounced Insane.
a "Esquimau Joe" has not had enough Arctic
/ finn In la has. writ In AM
IIUwgate asking for pOsltlH On the Florence, M,
!, good man." said JOc's letter: mo good man like
me. Catch seal, dog, everything for ship. Me wan
SO month and come back when FOronce do
Joes terms being exOrbitant, Capt HowIate de
4 clined To employ him.
Ahmed Muhktar Pasha IL idolized by hi
troops, according to correspondent OF thu
n London STadIri because he wears soldier
n cont OF the cOarscSt material and without ornamcn
plign and never touches a glass of wine or an,
other alcoholic drink he even denies himself IN,
: luxury Of smoking, aud lives worse than the com
6 mon soldiers, whose hardships and fatigucs he al
j. ways shares.
Reouf Pasha who has taken command o
the Turkish army Of the Balkans, was In Englan'
5 with the late Sultan Abdul Aziz; and speak
, Of Turks in Ills habits, being an enthusiast
sportsman fond Of walking all lay amer birds, am
being the husband of one wife only, to WHOM
he Is said to he very faithful Il any Turk cal
o save the nation by energy and soldier Ike quulitic
It Rrouf is thought to be the man To do It,
u IL Ia runlOreu that N1r, W, X. lrnyerS, oil NeN
York, has purchased the yacht Rcs''U,s, owned b
Mr. A. =. Hatch, Of New York. She Is now bcin
N fitted up for Mr., Travers use and will he ready fo
y sea In about week How things change about I
x his world The old horse men are turning hors
,r marines. and the old tars arc turning fast rider
,r Bennett Lorrard Hatch, and others are abandon
o. ing nst yachts for fast horses and the gay old spo
i. TraverS Is going to make his home on the bOunt
- ing deep.
The late English writer, Mortimer Collin
V was fond of animals, and bad faithful friend
, In many Of them. The birds that hew wild In h
garden knew HIM he was permitted 10 stroke tn
blackbird while she was sitting on her nest; an
as lie was S0metlmcs Curiously unconventional A
Il formal municipal banquet To literature In LOnd0
i; he has been seen arrnyed IN velvet shooting Goa
" y white waistcOat and light trousers His shi
ot was open at the neck, and a handkerchief W,
III lightly tied round his throat.
h. Col Thomas Pollock, who died the 9th,
10 day In Denver Is said to have heen the only ma
10 who owned buggy IN Denver during tho who
an year Of 1859. Al the outbreak Of the war he 70
~ gnmzrl local company Of home guards called II
Platte Rangers, whose uniform was buCkskin pan
. and red flannel shirts both notably patched az
"a tagged" and during that troubled time he perSo
I'd ally engaged the leader ofa desperate mob whic
H. out to plage Of the local newspaper office
in shooting him dead In his tracks. He was gOC
~ greatly missed In this community"
o' A ludiCrous incident occurred on the Dul
H. Of Conuaughts arrival at MaybOrough station,
es Ireland After his luggage had been put on a c
Ak an elderly lady, who did not recognize His Roy
y
n excited state, and told him she had lost her ban
~ lGG Her tone and manner suggested that
rs knew something about Il. Receiving no rapl
she TansaCked the Dukes luggage, and, not int
ing the object of her search, returned TO His Roy
se lIighnesS and, with gestures which implied sll
IS pcion said Mind It was white one! His Roy
Of ilghness was much amused and the spectato
" " also enjoyed the scene
II The Countess of Cardigan, who, as Miss
If IioTsey, scRndalized London twenty years ago
W clipping with the black bottle" Earl Of Balakla
ts tame and who married him after his wiivs deaf
"a has Just got into u queer mess with her SecoI
s. s., use Lord Cardigan died some years ago. Al
of his dashinR widow married nephew Of the Port
+; gueSt Duke de Su!danha the Count do IanCastI
10 Ste has now announced IN the papers that she W
bc pay 10 debts Of his contracting" But for all III
lip the noble pair seem u 10 on the best Of TERMS
the C0grt ifrc,lldT, Of July a. records them as e
teTlaring al dinner large and distinguished O.
M Gle, including Maria, Marchioness Of AilesbuI
III Viscount NewIy Lady Sebright and other leadil
re members OF what may he called the socially II
es eTal" section of the British Aristocracy.