, 1877-07-21
PERSONAL.

bfr. George Dawson, Of tie Albany Jour
nal. now and then nlls tho pulpit Of some Baptist
church around Albany Of Sunday evening.
Mr. Doynton sends word from Washing
ton thst Dlslns has been lstslJ thess. collecting
ammunition and shipping II IN Cal! Hamilton.
Mr. Horatio 8eymonr's aon Is not, NJ ro-
ported, In New ostcaus on netnrniuS- -Boas4 enat-
ness. Desiaes, M7. lofa.!o seymour haa no son,
An insano mau In brooklyn has written
letter 10 Secretary scharz, urging him to i.sa
during tho summer on dlot Of seaI-oli, and Goa.
tcut hituaelf In winter With Clipped potatoes.
5lr. 8malley says thst Gsn. aud Mu.
Grant wsre treated With every eoartcsy 1t Wlnd.
1or castle BY Quesn Victoria. This Queen per-
sonaffy received sasm, and highly enjoyed thsis
ststt.
Benator 0ragta lately saw, a. tho Hot
Springs In Arkansas, a number Of representative
Deaauesat!c polltic!aas Of tia South, and fouad
ths TIT aoeo friendly 70 Tho Psesadeut thaa sbe!r
Nottaesn friends AFe.
4 magnxine-wrlter has discovered TINT the
word ''skcdadale" " il not derived, ~ supposed,
from tho dfeak "skedannum!, ITO scattef Or d.s-
porss. but from Al old English provincial word,
s)gaifY!ux 10 sePa.nts by dropping.
The death Is reported Of "Uapt. jack,
Chief of Tho Ao3ocs," - somewhat famous whtts
aaeccssor Of tho o1igtnsl ehfcftaln. He Has shot
and killed. by his companion tn = rule hut on tha
Snake River, Southern Idaho, during dsunkon
quarrel.
Ms. David Dudley Field said recently that
the Presidential Qusstiun should be reopeusa, md
Ia the E&tad lteath t<m&eksd that hd had not tuab
to read tho uawspApsrs. Ths Herald observes that
II would b good thing tor him to a&eestaln tho
feelings OF Lbs psopls On this ques.Ion.
The stories of Secretary Bhertnsn's wealth
ats sa,d 10 b. gfaay sxa a53sratcl. His estata Ia
Asasde1d O.. which h5a been eat!aated 10 be
worth ftam $500. 600 to Il, 0oo do0 would not ss1
toE -, 9oo. In tho opinion Of somc Of hla most
ultimate friends, he II worth lcss than s2o0, coo.
The Dsnghamtan Repu6l1an asserts that
.'sake nola," Il thu vito Of III. q. Wataoa Glider,
shs 4aaIstant editor of l8eFt6asr*. There IL snoth-
Ct claimant" who declares lint shs Y rote the
earlier stories. and xaya them ia manuscript 10 4
m1a who was needy 10 selt, promising usvss to
dfspata ILL claim to tho authorship.
Lieut. Coz. Wiltx, OF L7aisiaua. Ia trsyei-
lug In New kazlsnd> and says his principal objset
TO thAak thu peopse OF Boaton for shsf libssaty
u the peopls of Louislsna during shs Overflow Of
lBTh lta't 10 rather late in tho dsy1 Senator
coakltax, who h&a eoas to Kurops to thank ths
Euzllsh psopls Tor their kladess to 0en. Grant, u
promptsF.
Albert Granta costly mansion WA put up
for auction txo weeks ago. Ths hIKhsat Bill Of
fsssd Wa &lAa, 000. which was considered lnsuf.
1cicut, sui the property Wa withdraw. The
aacljoneEr Atated that ihs eoat af the houAe and
Ks0aulA waA either f3U0s 600 Or EaaQ, 600, both
amounts pcing mentioned II dlhsrsat pasts Of h!a
address,
4 charge OF a1,1s9 against Gen. Scott for
contingent sxpensss u h!s headquarters In New
iutk has hesa regularly brought down On The
books Of tue Auditor tsan 1910 until tbs present
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