National Republican., 1877-12-28

their golden wedding at their seat In Sussex,
England, last month, and received beautiful
salver from their servants and employees on
| the estate. -
Mr.. f. A. PRoToIs, of tho General Land
Office, has gono to Jacksonville. Fla, on husi-
ness connected with the prosecution Of the
timber depredators.
DR.. MARY d. JACKSON, . Boston homeo-
pathic female physician, has just begun the
seventy Ave years old.
Hon. W. W. HEAroN, of Dixon, H., and
Chief Justice Of the new Appellate Court for
the Chicago district, died very suddenly at
Chicago Of beart disease.
Mr.. OscANYAN, formerly Consul General Of
Turkey at New York, has lost his suit Of $780,
00O brought by him against tho Winchester
Repeating Arms Company.
Ex-Gov. JOHN NJ. PALMER and wife, Of ILL.,
nois, celebrated the thirty y-ffth anniversary
Of their marriage by family reunion at their
home In Springfield few days since.
| JOHN BEARER, cighty.one years old, died
last week In Carroll County, Nd. He was
ffcr in the war Of 1912, and was at tho battle
Of North Point In defense of Baltimore.
| A NEW organ Is to DO built for the Church
du Sacre CGur, In Paris, the cost of which Is
estimated at 100000 francs. 1t is said 1t will
be tho most costly instrument in Europe
| MN. bUNTpN, INC pOstu1ustcf ~ mOTFlsOn-
vile, ILL.,, has been arrested for OBTAINING and
destroying mail matter from ST. Louis, Chicago
and Decatur, and embezzling drafts found
therein.
Mr.. J. J. DAVIES has assumed the editorial
management Of the Manassas Gasette. He has
had charge Of the paper for some time
past, and under his management 1t has i'm
proved considerably.
MOODY has church In Chicago Of which he
Ia Ia
may, few years hence, entirely devote HIM
self. The house and ground COST SSi 600, and
are entirely paid for.
DR. DYcE DucKwoRrH the English sur
geon says that alcohol Is food, and that beer Is
good for almost everybody to drink but he
advises that alcoholic beverages be drank only
at meals, and never to excess.
The late Stephen Taylor, Of Philadelphia,
begueathed 81 900 TO tho Pennsylvania His
toricai Society, $1,000 to tho wisconsin His
torical Society, and $4,000 to the Masonic
Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania.
Ex-Gov. CHARLES CLARKE Of Mississippi,
died on the 18th inst, aged sixty-six years.
He was commander Of o regiment of Missis.
sippi volunteers in tho Mexican war, and q
Brigadier-General in the rebel army.
SroNoRA ADELAIDE TEssoRo GUIpoNE, niece
Of Ristori, will soon appear in Rome as c7copa-
ira in new play. In one Of the scenes she
will be costumed in yellow, that being the
mourning color among the Egyptians.
A YOUNG man in Saline County, No., play
fully attempted to kiss a pretty young widow
who was boarding in the same house with him.
In the scuffle the widow suddenly thrust q
finger into one Of the young mans eyes, total
ly destroying the sight.
THE Holmes materializng mediums are
holding nightly seances at their rooms, No. 707
l street northwest, with remarkable success.
John King, Bishop Polk, and several spirits of
the deceased friends Of some of those present
generally appear, SO as to be recognized.
THE Rev. William Glceson, in a recent lee
turc in San Francisco on Irolands indepen-
dence, said that there arc from lS,0OO,OOo to
10000 900 of Irishmen on the globe, and that
an army of 100000 could be easily raised to
remove British supremacy in Ireland
GEN. GRANT can now carry on o lively con-
versation in pigeon French. His six months
practice among the crowned heads has made
him so accomplished in this regard that he
can give the Hon. Index Noyes ninety mine
points out of one hundred and beat him.
IT is stated that Capt. J. II. Fogclsby, who
Is TO undertake the recovery Of the $1,000, 900
treasure supposed to have been sunk in the
frigato San Pedro Alcantara on the Spanish
main sixty years ago, has obtained subscrip-
tions enough to start upon his expedition.
DIR. J. HARRY THOMPSON, the well-kuown
surgeon of this city, who has boen in Europe
for some months, is now in Rome, and has Just
recovered from severe attack Of Bulgaria
Roman fever, which confined him to his bed
for several weeks. He has recently performed
some delicate operations with his usual sue
cess upon several celebrated ladies of the courts
in st. Petersburg and Rome, which were quito
novel to European surgeons, and have earned
for him encomiums Of the most nattering kind.
He expects to return to Washington early in
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