National Republican., 1877-10-01
PERSONAL.

| HON SAMUEL >. RANDALL Is expected here
| to-day to remain for ''the season."
| GEN. SPINNER has declined the Greenback
nomination for Secretary Of State In New York.
THE Pope has been contemporary with all
Presidents, being seven years old when Washing.
| ton died.
THE priest who ofIiciated at the funeral of
N. Thiers also married him. He isnow over eighty
years OF age.
CoToPAxI has broken out again In an erup-
ton that fairly rivals the talk torrents Of the Presi
| dental career.
| THERE Is point in the Chicago Journals
observation that "Ceopatra's Needle Is threading
Mrs. HARRIET PREscoTr sroFFonp, II Is
noted by writer in Hide Itrake relcntlcssly re-
| fuses TO be photographed.
THE new novel in the "No Name series,r
| from the pen OFF. q. lIamcrton.
REV. Z. C. MCCARTHY, Of New York, up.
holds the stage as great public educator, second
| only In enterprise to the Church.
THE specials have returned to their
duties here, and the Row" now resounds with
the busy hum OF their literary voices.
Hon. JOHN ELLIS and Hon. Milton Sayler
will reach Washington the latter part Of this week
| and commence the campaign for the Speakership.
HoSoR to whom honor is due. The tele.
phone was first invented by the ParsgraphcrS'
ASSOCIATION, the original spelling being 'Tellof
hin."
MILE. ALEXANDRA HILMAN, soprano for the
Vienna Imperial Opcra, who Is To sing at the Acad.
on Tuesday.
Miss UNA HAWTHORNE was afianced to Mr..
Albert Webster since whose death she has slowly
lost strength aud gradually faded out OF life with
out any specific disease
NINE DE PoNPADoUR kept q printing press
IN her apartments at Versailles where she assisted
In the production Of Cornelle's verses with etch-
ings from her own hand.
LORD DuFrERIS is to be publicly enter
tanned by the citizens Of wlnnepeg with whom he
Is very popular They say there Is nothing Of the
"Duifer' In Lord Dufierin.
Mr.. W. W. STORY, the American sculptor
is complaeently described by the London Academy
Of the 10Th Of September Is one Of "our well.
known European artists"
MIss MARIE WAISwRIoHT, who will sur.
port Mr.. George Rignold In Baltimore next week Is
said to be daughter OF the Right Rev. Bishop
Wainwright, aud charming actress.
"BRIGHT yellow, red and orange,
The leaves come down in hosts;
The trees are Indian princes
But soon they'll turn to ghosts"
THE London World says that the climax Of
egotism was reached when war correspondent
eyacuatiny the Dobrndja. shall remain"
THE Easton Free Press thinks that II every
body attended to his own business strictly as the
mosquito docs the world would he better for H.
Bnt then, afer all, the mosquito is most inCorr-
giblc bore.
IT Is limited that many girls under age voted
in the late Wyoming election and no challenger
was 80 nngallant Ms to check the fair sinners In
their fraud. On th1cOntrary the men rather ad.
mired their check.
TIM population Of the United States being
10000 OJl the accented average Of death rates will
give about 80 100 deaths annually. Estimating the
average cost Of n funeral at siOO the mortality
tax foos up l2JOOnG0. or over 50 head for every
man, woman ahd child
DR. SAMUEL A. MuDD, the physician who
attended wilkes Booth and set his leg afler Lincnlns
assassination and RfterwaTd wnS sentenced IN the
Dry Torti'gas and rnrdnned by President Johnson
has been nominated to the Legislature by the
Democrats OF Charles county, Nd
AUGUST BRENTASo, the famous newsdealer
of New York, has retired from active hnsncsS with
| a competency, lie reached New York twenty. fur
years ago, and began business IN a mN,lest way as
the keeper of u newsstand In front of the old New
York Hotel, having capital ofS.
THE employees of ths NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN onire under the late management desire to ex
press their appreciation Of the unifprmly cotrtc-
Gus and kindly treatment which they have re.
ceived at the hands Of Mr. Jos. y. Swords the late
business manager, since he assumed charge OF aE
fairs
THE widowed wife of Captain Logan, killed
In Gibbons fight with 1--we little children were the
recipients OF kind attention from the people of
Helena, Montana, and the Helena Hs7fIh urges
Deleyatc Maginis Ia cndeavor to procure n specal
pension for her, with the aid Of the military
| authorities.