National Republican., 1877-12-29
.ov.uty-..veu, ono oish,y.four. and ono ninety.

seyenty-ssven, ono cighty.four, and ono ninety
nine. ta III
coMMASpER n. L. JOHNSON, United States
navy, Is At the Hoffman House, New York
city. @ ha .L NE
WHY'S amused Emerson has way Of puck
ering up his lips, which instantly suggests per-
simmons.
IT Is predicted that Fettor 8. Hoblitzell will
be elected Speaker Of the Maryland House Of
Delegates "s-|.
SENATOR CoNKLISo has left his Utica home
for this city, but will tarry few days In New
York city.
REAR ApMrRAL Il. q. PAaRor, United
States navy, is at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel,
New York.
LIEUT.. II. o. FILTER, the colored graduate
Of West Point, has been ordered to Fort Con-
cho, Texas.
GOVERNOR elect Holiday, Of Virginia, will
DO inaugurated at Richmond, Va, on New
Years Day. ..
MANAGER MATT CANNING has MI engage.
mcnt for four months trip rs agent for
| Jaunauschck.
Mn. ID. K. Locks, Petroleum v. Nasby,"
recently sold his interest in the Toledo weekly
Blade for S82, 900.
Don LUIS Polo DE BERSABE, third sccre-
tary Of the Spanish Legation, is at tho Everett
House, New York.
| IT Is reported that DR.. Schliemann is en-
gagged In translating Gen. Di Cecsols's "Cy-
prus' into German.
GEN. GEORGE A. FORSYTH, United States
army, Is in New York city, stopping at the
Fifth-Avenus Hotel.
| PRESIDENT HAYES has agreed to hear Jvdge
Slo'e at the National next week on the y. ). ID.
old silver dollar. ~ ..U
/ I,ux, -, ,h,roos lap,pol 4 TyIdep and
Mayor Ely with an attempt to form q now
anti-Tammany party. s
Mrs. BARNEY WILLIAMS and Miss Marie,
her daughter, have been living for the past
two months in Florence.
| A LARGE photograph Of Judge Taft, late
Attorney General, has been received at tho
Department Of Justice.
| THE Rev. Samuel Longfellow, brother Of the
poet, has accepted call to the Unitarian
Church at Germantown, Pa
FRANK S. HISKLE, of Missouri, sentenced in
November TO three months imprisonment, has
been pardoned by President Hayes.
Mr.. GILBERT, of Grcenville, Tenn, offers
five cents for the return Of his clipping wife.
He would not give sixpence for her.
Mrs. LAvINA G. DuSDoRE will make ap-
plication to the Court In General Term, De-
cember 20, to be admitted TO the bar.
4 WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT and his son Cor
knelius have given $4,000 to free st. Bartholo-
\ NEWS Church in New York from debt.
.k\THE will of Coolbaugh, the suicide banker
of Chicago, has mystoriousiy disappeared. His
estate is estimated TO be worth 100000.
MARY oLrvER's bright eyes still haunt
Simon Cameron Exchange. No they don't
81 900 cash in hand has closed them up.
:. FASHIONABLE ladies dress largely In wine
color. Why2 So that the young men will be
more certain to drink In their loveliness.
NEW YEARS cards are more beautiful this
| year than ever. Envelopes with appropriate
notices accompany the fine English cards.
Hon. HILARY A. HERBERT, of Alabama, lef,
lfor Montgomery last evening for the purpose
III Of attending to some legal business. lie will
u return before the reconvening of Congress.
GEN. I. s. CATLIS, district attorney elect o.
Kings County, N. Y, is lying dangerously i'll
, of diphtheria at his residence in Brooklyn.
MRs. BOWLER, sister of George II. Pendle
ton, was formally received into the Roman
.s,s.olic Church ut London on the 18th of De
| cember.
The kingdom of Portugal has already in
formed the Vatican Of its indisposition to re
, nounce its right of veto in the next papa
) election.
r EDGAR A. PoE was not expelled from tn,
University at Charlotte, Va. The president
, Of that institution was too scnsitively tender
hearted.
A FASHIONABLE London dressmaker re
Gently kept her eight girls at work from eigh
o'clock one morning until five the next. Sh,
was fined &c for each employee.
REV. EDWARD ABBorr, whose withdrawal
: from his editorial position on tho Congregd
I fioadlist has been announced, is to unite with
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
al Gov.-ELEcT MCCLELLAN. of New Jersey
a and wife, are making short visit to Mrs. Gen
!, Marcy, ut Baltimore, who met with the mis-
fortune to break one of her limbs.
DIR. STAMATKI has discovered another toni
e in the acropolis Of Mycene, making the sixtl
c now found. This does not look altogethe
:. well for DIR. Schliemann's theory Of the iv
. tombs.
THE young ladies at Vassar feel quite a
'' home in studying chemistry. They are q
5, once on friendly terms with Mollie Bendum
It Polly Hebron, Sal Ammoniac, Mag Nesiuu
/, and Silly Kate.
g CONGRESSMAN TUCKER, of Virginia, will
# soon receive from Congressman Keifcr, o
Ohio, the sword which, In 1865, Gen. Tucke
. surrendered to Gen. Keifer. The whirligig Q
brings reconciliation Us well as revenge
Hon FRANK ARNIM, of Hamburg, y. c.,
T, Republican of standing and character, VIII
, has been visiting England and France on pr
r vate business, has returned to Washington !
"A improved health, and has been the recipien
=. OF Joyous weiCOne from MS iricnus.
LADY ALEXANDER recently unveiled nor
u ument to King Robert Bruce at Stirling. III
'e monument occupies q commanding position
Or front of Stirling Castle, being placed on spt
Iy whence may be seen portion Of the battl,
:R fields of Stirling Bridge aud Bannockburn.
as Mr.. c. Z. A. McGEAcHY. ("Mac,~ of tt
4. Dunellen Roch says: ave are indebted to NJ
Brooks for hitting George Alfred Townsend O
OF the nose for calling him liar, or Sunda
ii night. The nearest we could get at George
r. nose when he called us the same thing at Sa
d. atoga in 1875 was his vest, which we pulle
% down for him with vigor."
q. AN Irish jury has had the audaoity to asse
q woman for damages done to mans he9I
"a Mr.. Egan, a linendraper's assistant, Of Rosefe
&c was Tilted by winsome young lady Of thirt.
I'd Ave and, after hearing the sad story of 10
es ers woes from his own lips, the generous jul
10 awarded him 81 $50 as damages, 80 that Il
consolation afforded him is of very solid kin
An Tho lady cody admitted a promise to mar
ng the plaintiff, but pleaded that she was not vel
d. much In love, and that she declined to be di
(ltated to" during the courtship
n POLAND has los. her most brilliant poet an
historian, Lucen Siemenski. He died
Cracow, where he conducted the Polish jou