National Republican., 1877-10-25
Personal.

Mr.. WILLIAM EVERETT rejects the title OF
professor.
An INDIAN one hundred and fifteen years
old lives In Ia Crosse,
LADY THORNTON does not intend to return
to this country at present
EDWARD W. DICKINSON, Of New York, Is
paying Washington visit
RoDERT BUCHANAN, the poet receives GlOO
per annum from the Queens bounty.
DEsPisE the custom certain men have of
raising their hats to ladies.-Lucy SOne
REV. DIR. W. y. MussEy, an eminent divine
Of the Northern Methodist Church Is dead.
RoGrR WILLIAMS was an uneasy man, and
IN the new statue his jcrkn II made conspicuous.
BrsuoP LITTLEJoiiS is to preach the ami
vcrary sermon before the berkeley Association this
year.
JrDGE KELLEY will shortly contribute an
article ON the national finance 10 the NORTH imeron
RcrirT.
wrsroH, the pedestrian. IL lccturing to large
audiences In England on "Wiii rower ana "Iem-
pcrancc.
PRESIDENT HAYES will visit Richmond on
Tuesday, 3D;h inst, returning to Washington on
THURSDAY evening.
Hon. RICHARD FRoTHTNGuAM. of Boston,
ate Of Massachusetts.
REv. W. W. DUNCAN has declined the prcs-
dcncy Of Randolph Macon College, Virginia, to
which he wils rCCcntly elected.
lhlNNtE tpNISELis llVl lOpN'h wv
horn IN vain. It turS out that he Is elected tn the
Ohio Legislature by 1--WE majority.
The Rev. Russell Jennings. of Deep River,
Conn. hu., Within twelve years, given away more
tiau s%nHb for charitable purposes.
GENERNIs KILrATRIUX and Averill, who
gained their laurrls during the war Ia the cavalry
arm OI the service, arc dbmiCilcd ut the Ebbiit
MRS Louise CHASDLER MorLToS indig'
nanty dcnic, the late reports of her alarming
| Illness. She has huh clii!lS but h all right ngnn
4 1. Al
| lltc John ClrN rNcland, and niece of Mr. Greeley
hh> the post Of honor in the last number OF ~
| Nicb"iE
TnE rslal blc.sSing has been forwarded in
| advance In the King OF Spain upon his ap'
prnachiug marriage with duke Montpcmsicr'
| daughter
FELIrE IrrRDIDE, a grandson Of the En-
! pcrnr Of McKee,, was married recently ~ Mexico
| tn Miss Elena ldnrVn, strpIaughtvr TO MurunSa
| spanish Minister.
GREEN CLAY SMITH, OF Kentucky, will b,
| the orator At the Convention nl the National tS'e
citation Of Mexican Veterans, to bc held In Balti
| more In February.
| SECRETARY TuoMpsoS's speech ut the Nir
ginia state Fair prove, thrt the hardy old mariner
| knows even wore Abn'tt pi"wing good arabic LAND
| Than blowing the deep
BLoNpiN made Il great fortune by his rope
Walking. \ FEW years agu hc went into the win,
| trade aud lu.t all his money. Now he returns u
his old business anal ,EyS hc has IA prcscntmen
Ihat he will loec his life Dy a fall.
4 BnsrOS schoUl-teachcr ran 80 eagerly aite
| street ear uu Friday morning on her way I,
,,IlnIl, that she burst - hptlvrSsvl, and lied in
| few hours. She was thirty four years Of age.
Mr.. 4. VI. METCAFF. Minncsota's Commits
soncr uf statistic, estimates that the wheat crop u
that state this year VIII ici" the enormous ariOuU
ot iINkLyl bn.hrls, Notwithstanding the ravngrs 0
the grassliopper.
DIR. BRUsH, of Fairfax, VT, went in th
might aud threw rultrn eggs at the house In wbicl
Miss Coffee lived. They mad been luvcls and hnt
uunrrrlrl The Cg. ..ihrUwing was an expression
OF his anger She hrrl several pistol shots at hin
Rs reply.
Mr.. BAYARp TAYLOR is giving his series q
lectures un ,,rrmnn literature twice a week ut I'll
Lowell Institute. The tickets Issued by the Inst
tutg-lAD In HumbcT-wCTu ali iHkCu uNcnt
minute, after the distribution began, and yer
large number Of applicants were unable To Obtui
any.