National Republican., 1877-07-17
PERSONAL.

Prince George the second son of the Prince |
of Wales, is seriously i'll.
Sankcy will visit Altoona, Pa, in August |
and remain couple Of weeks.
Gen. Grant and party left Frak fort on the |
Main OH Sunday for LuLernc, switzerland.
Hon. Hester Clymer Is at Newport, and ex-
Senator boutwell, at Old Point Comfort tfortress
MOnruel Va.
Ex-Governor Tilden dncd at Freehold. n.
j.. with Ex-Governor Parker OH Saturday evening
and gave reception.
Governor Hartranft, of Pa and u party of
twelve friends, len for California yesterday after.
noon, to be absent month or six weeks.
J. Henri Burch, the Louisiana politician who
can't account for eighteen thousand dollars of
Titusvillc, rd.
The President talks Of trip to Fortress
Monroe during the session of the Postal Conven-
tiun, thence 10 Richmond up the James river and
back to Washington via the Fredericksburg rail
road.
Mary and Virginia. arrived in this city from Tcrre
IiautG few days ugU, and will remain with their
parents in the family residence OIL Lafayette
square.
Cathnrinc L. IAchcnmoycr, when worth
slD,UD, six years. ago, married her bOols.kcepcr.
| lie now lives with another woman In New IOik
on the proceeds Of her property, and she lives on
| charity.
James Rcnnc stepped into police station
In Boston, saying that he had run away from Edin.
burg. ScntlNmdwith q 900 OF his employers money,
kt
back there to Jail.
Professor John Thomc, superintendent of
the National oireryatlry ut Cordoba, Argentine
Consideration, south Amcrica has recently re-
| turned 10 his old home at Palmyra. Lebanon
county, Pennsylvania, on brief visit to his
parents.
Lieutenant W. s. Simmons, who since the
promotion Of Lieutenant shepard, has stood frst
on the list of licucnants of tho revenue marine
service has been appointed captain In that ser
vice, in place of Captain Cyrus W. Pease, re-
signed.
John Bigclow, of the United States Finan-
cial Agency IN London. Is coming home in disgrace
The prime cause Is snid to be the free importation
into New York Of nine large trunks. followed by u
banquet to some New York custom-house in
spectOrs.
Elizabeth j. Ellis, the young woman whose
ungnllaut treatment by the Wesleyan scuiurs pI
spring In making her clnss-day poet and then fore.
ing her To resign attracted wide attention, took the
slNo prize for excellence In English literature for
, which there was vigorous contest. and she has
been cng4sed as teacher ut Wellesley College NJ II
pushed her out, has not been heard from. lie will
probably he taken up by some good base ball club.
5 In 1864 Crook and Sigel moved simutane-
ously on the railroad connecting Richmond and
the southwest aud up tho Shenandoah, their Opcr-
atipnS being dcsgncdt0 help Grant by crlppling
and confusing the enemy. Crook was fairly sue:
by Early to retreat. Col Srother C'Porte Crayun
who was on Sigcls stan remarked that the ou,y
difference between the two commanders was thai,
| while Crook was tearing up the road Sigel was
, tearing down the pike
Owen Brown, one of the sons Of John
Brown, whose soul Is marching on" lives alone on
the Island Of Gibraltar, in Put.in-Bay. a visitor
A his retreat describes him rs man near the middle
height with q long, sandy beard s,reaked with
, threads OF silver hair dark for ono OF ffty-twu,
pleasant rs a woman's, with look all over him OF
old "OssawRttOmle," whom he, Of all the sons, Is
when il was suggested that he had remained single
because he had been too busy to marry, he II.
piled: Hardly there are men who fix their anec.
tons on one, and losing that one remain single
a ever ancr"
Referring to General Grants post-prandial
Q speeches. the London Mayfair says: 'Thcre Is
= nothing like English enthusiasm 10 bring man
y the contest thai resulted IN his election he was
" known az the Dumb Candidate and throughout
six lInss lie ,,s ipspgrTtoS ,hs hsge;, thing in
Yet he no sooner touches the free soil Of England
than his tongue s lOosed and he can make couple
uf smart speeches IN an eyenlng-one, II is true,
n twenty-five lines deep. oh that General Grant
. would return our kindness to him by teaching
y some Of our politicians how to stem the torrent o
e eft upon us.
OF Jack Russell" well known in the west
!. Of England as the sporting paison ne following t
i GhGrSGterIStS aneedS'e 4 tod when Gr the is'S
y visitation in North Devon he asked Jack Russell
, ifhe could have talk with him. and the answer
n referred 10 his friends celebrity as sportsman
and went on: OF course, hunting IA In Itself very
| innocent; but you are master Of hounds and ne
- doubt when you are put out you may he tempted
" t. use strong language, That would not be be
u coming man In your position, and your minis
d tratOns would not carry the same weight as the,
\, ought u do. II that Is ALL my Lord you need no
!, trouble yourself replied Jack, for my parish
!, toner's ride such bad cattle that / am always
Il couple Of fields ahead Of them, and they neye
p hear what say"