National Republican., 1877-12-05
ssement In "virsi.ius, ,">tsA crowded hos,

agcment in "Nirginius, "te , crowded hose
In Newark. 81 J @ FF
MR. wHIrrLAw 1Erps contract With tho
Tribune closes with the current year. III
Mrs. GRANTS tsilets b PAzis afs said TO
have been marked By exsslleut lasts. "a
Miss KATE FIEtps Is lccturing vory sue
cessfully in London on Charles Dickens.
SENATOR RANSOM has taken possession Of the
scat formerly occupied by Senator Morton.
Mr. JEFvBnsoN opened Monday night In
Harrisburg under Mr.. Daly's manAsement
ToMAssI, . distinguished composer, has just
died at Venice, at tho age Of ssycnty-seven.
THE Hon. J. +. Speed, once Lincoln's Attor-
ey-General, Is lecturing on Abraham Lin
An English Countess, while on her wedding
tour, was robbed Of wedding presents worth
Sa5, 900. -
JAMES CARROLL has sold his farm Of 1913
acres, in Carroll County, to M. l.. voorhees,,
for 50 $40.
RAW SILK furniture Is very abundant just
now.-RaraI erohange. On the contrary, 1t Is
quite rare.
NEAL Dow denies that tho increase Of opium
eating in Maine Is owing to the stringenoy OF
the liquor law.
Hon. JAMES NJ. CALHOUN, of Alabama, a
nephew of John G. Calhoun, of South Carolina,
died last week.
HELLER, the magician, IL Is said has netted
10000, the result of seventy-throe perform
ances In Boston.
MARY MONICA MAXWELL ScoTr, great
granddaughter of Sir Walter, Is u convert to
tho Roman Catholic faith.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN VANCE, who is lying III
at the National Hotel, was reported as having
much improved yesterday. ....F
JOHN BROWN was hung eighteen years ago.
The world had moved good deal since that
time up 10 the ith Of last March.
NINE. MARIK RozE sails for tho United
States on the goth instant, In the Adtiatic, the
steamer In which Mile Titiens crossed.
JEPFERsoS DkvIs' great law suit about his
brothers 10 Davis estate Is now being heard
before the Supreme Court OF Mississippi.
SOMEBODY will have to invent a revolver
with more barrels for tho use Of tho Cleve-
land man when ho wants to shoot his girl.
THE King of Wirtcmberg has authorized the
gift to tho Cincinnati Geological Gardens OF
three young deer Of the very rare Axis species
THE Rev. l. $. Shipman, for the past sixteen
years rector Of Christ Church, Lexington, KY,
has become rector of Christ Church, New
York.
IT Is rumorcd that Mr.. Colvillo will organ
ize u new burlesque party from Lydia Thomp-
sons company, with Eliza Weathersby at their
head.
MINISTER SrouGHToS aud his wife sail In
the Scythia to-day. On their journey to st..
Petersburg they will make n brief visit TO
London.
FARJEoN, tho author of the Blade O. Grass" |"
"Grif" and other novels, will commence n
series of lectures in New York on the 18th Of
| December.
THE Marquis of Lorne Is only marquis by
courtesy. Legally ho Is simply u Knight OF
=. L.. a.
the royal family.
apolis JoHrIidl, and woli known In Washington,
is engaged in writing tho biography of the late
Senator Morton.
GEN. HARLAN win arrive here on Saturday
next aud take his seat on Monday morning as
an Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court OF
the United States.
1T gives man pleasure to sec on o window
pane that solitary fly which was at him all
summer, now coldly dragging itself along like
the old line whig.
THE Secretary Of State will preside this even.
ing at Lincoln Hall. and introduce Mr.. Story
to the audience prehRcing the introduction
with some appropriate remarks.
NINE. HELENA MopJEsKA, the Countess Do.
zenta, whose acting has aroused such extraor
dinary enthusiasm In San Francisco, IL to ap-
pear In New York, at the Fifth Avenue Thea
tro. the Saturday before Christmas.
Miss MARY ANDERSON Is expert In sword
practice, sports with dumb.bells and Indiar
clubs, and could break Eben P1ympton II
twain by tho mere contraction of her fingers
Gov. VAN ZANT, of Rhode Island, sent on,
Of the famous Narragansett turkeys with hi
compliments to President Hayes for tn,
Thanksgiving dinner at the Executive Man
sion. 1t weighed, when dressed, eighteei
pounds
, EX-GOVERNOR HAiGHT has written lette
, to decline entering the field for the Senator
, ship In Caliiornis. He sees that II will be
struggle in which many disgraoeful element
will enter. and he takes occasion In advance b
say that he doesn't want to participate.
THE First National Bank of Mauch Chunk
, Pa, having obtained judgment against JOIN
4 W. Young, at Salt Lake, for Sl0,l74, Marsha
Nelson has seized the Salt lake Museum, an,
tho horses, carriage and household effects Q
the late Prophets son to satisfy the decree.
THE Prefect, the President of the Municpa
Council, the American residents, and severn
silk merchants of Lyons visited Gen. Gran
. on Sunday and accompanied him on tour 0
inspection Of the quays Tho General an,
!, party went to Marsoilles on Monday.
. CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD, the scout, impro
a visator and actor, received benefit recent
at Baldwin's Opera House, San Francisco
u which was very successful. He appeared a
n Roaring Jack stackpole." He will com
:. East during the winter as the latest delegat
: from the frontier.
4 Mrs. FRANCES GALLATIN STEVENS,
n daughter of Albert Gallatin, the famous fnar
: cier aud Secretary of the Treasury unde
Presidents Jefferson and Madison, died on Sur
Q day last in New York. Her death was due I
t softening of the brain and accelerated by fal
' received on the 10th ult., while she was goin
down stairs at her residence in that city.
Mn. WHITTIER's SEVENTEEN birthday occur
: on the 18th Of this month, and tho Lt1a,
@ World pays unique and worthy tribute to th
n venerable poet. In the current number ther
are poems In honor Of the event from Longfe
u low, Holmes, Bayard Taylor, stedman and
i dozen other notable poets, and prose tribute
+. from such men as Richard II. Dana, Bryan
/. Bancroft, Parkman and others.
= SENATOR SHARON says that he has sent onl
q a simple dispatch, saying that he will be
. Washington during the latter part of Dccen
o Der. The real reason for his remaining |
l. California is that lawyer from the East,
70 Mr.. AmA, is investigating the Ralston al
"a fairs, on authority from Mrs. 'Ralst0n, an
. Mr.. Sharon who shouldered great responsible