National Republican., 1877-07-13
PERSONAL.
Gen. Sir George Bell X. q. D., is dead.

Gen. Sir George Bell, X. G. D., is dead.
While Gen. Tom Thumb has beon tramping
ABOUT the country some tramps have occupied "
house at bridgeport, Conn, and robbed 1t oi nearly
all the lead pipe and fixtures.
Gen. Clusters remains, in accordance with
MS wishes. Will bc borne to West Point, while the
others who fell with hiIn will be buried IN the
national cemetery at Fort Lcavcnworth.
Art is loser by the recent death of the
sculptor Edpatdn FuutacchiOtu NJ Florence one
Of his bot known works Is the manunlent to
Chctubini IN the church Of santa CrOce.
A m1numcnt il to be erected in Edinburg to
the memory of Mr. Russell, late editor Of the SO.C
man newspaper, and the sum of 81 900 has aircad!
been promised toward the object
Nelson has sailed for Europe, where she
viii purchase new assortment Of sccOnu'h hand
hnir W be distributed among the linnttcs in thik
country who write 10 her for souvenir lock- next
winter.
Natchcz, son Of Winncmucca, and chief Of
the liilCS give his voice for pCnCo AMI il keeping
ha' tribe from nlly!ns With the Nc1 ferces; ne Is
u man Of unusual intelligence, hils trLYcled much,
hpcaks English ilucnIly and correctly culiiyHtel
imrm' and Is altogether an exceptionally good ln-
dian
There is talk of erecting monument to Lord
byron on the Venetian island of the ArmcnanA,
y LnzarO. II was AZ an Armenian convent on the
island TINT Byron spout some time. Mr. George
ErG hinckay has printed ut u Venetian pres In
~ Venice the profits OF which are TO be devoted
to the monument
Our cntcrprising townsman George W.
Driver. and wife expect, - leave IN few days for
,Arc May. Long Branch mud SnrnOlai, making
shOr stop Of three fur days Ony IN each pace,
then returning to RaNlcy SPRING, Va, where III,
George desires thcrc should be no political siynil-
cancc attached tn his visit To the springs,
Sam Krc was the first Celestial to settle IN
SUI, FmncscO. lie came u the coast in lslO, and
To Elrvap In lSbn. lie has followed all the eNcllc
mgnts III california, Oregon. British Columbia
Washington rrrrtory, Idaho aud Montana for
year. Tie Is not 50 rt9irer9n, now as ho Sd % 10 to
cleaned up here Sil.OO In the lRundfy business
IT, has made three !riIs to the fIowery kirgdon,
store, nn interest in u tan game and Two women.
The late Queen of the Netherlands who
from her liberal tendencies was nick named la
Refine Ruugc," was one of the most accomplished
v lmcn in Europe. she was an excellent imguSt
being abc H. speak with tolcrablc tlucncy almost
every European Language As IL well known shc
wa for many years separated from her royal nus
year In u rHuli'ltkc apartment IN the Royal raj
nee ut Amsterdam. Ii lasted only few minutes,
and was merely Of n formal character.
In one of tho terrible battles in Virginia q
Union officer fell wounded in front Of the Conied
cfatu hrCvStwOfk and while he was living on tho
ground anil crylag pitrOuSy for water, James
Moore, of Burke county, North Carolina, lcnpt over
tho iOrtihcntuns Cantccn IN hand, aud, crawling
up To the poor fellow, gave him a drink. The
wounded man took OUT his gold watch AMI offered
II u his bcucrctur but Il was refused. lie then
asked for tho Confederate soldiers name, and the
two incn parted Moore subsequently lost Il limb
in one of the Virginia battles, and rcturncda Grip
pie 20 his home. The Raleigh Nclcs now tells the
sequel to this strnngc adventure. A few days ago
Moore received from the Umion soldier to whom he
had given the cup Of water letter announcing
that the sum of ten thousand dollars would be
paid to him In four annual instnllmcnts.
The murder of W. B. Hickok, known ms
Wild Bill II frnntcrSman. whose fenricssness, skill
and manly beauty ten. Custer had praised IN mag
GZne Hrtclr, attracted wide attention about year
agn. Cheyenne correspondent gives this new
account Of the killing; "FGtc brought him 10 the
same card table with Jack Mccall, n gambler.
sharper. On the last hand Mccall bet $40 and lost
when he came t. settle lie found that he had only
$3.50. Bill rcmGrkiug You ouShtn'l TO Ovcrbct
your pile: that way to play cards handed him
back !. tr pay for his lodging and breakfast. Next
morning lIill was in 'alUnn when Mccall came
behind him uniNclcS>sly, placed the muzzc Of his
revolver to the huck ul his head and killed him"
The same vi iivr akctvhCs the widow of Wild BILL
She has had two husbands. both public characters,
and both doomed 10 n violent death In 1877, at
the age Of fifteen, she married William lake, n
clown, Of whose circus she became financial man
uger. In lS6g while the circus was Ht CRANKY Mo-.
II lOafrr named Jake kiilian slipped In without
paying. Lake elected the dcadhr6d who armed
htm,elt, returned To the tent, paid his way in.
her huslandS death Mrs Lake took the manage.
mcut Of the circus which she conducted for three
seasons, visiting oil parts Of the Union She then
sold OF her monaglrlc apparatus and stud, and In
ls7i went To- san francisco, There she remained
but few weeks, going 10 Cheyenne II year ago last
hlTil, where Il little while ailcrward >hc married
Wll mn