National Republican., 1877-12-24

local notoriety from the net that they will
each be 81 Year, old on the 2fst inst, each
weighs 1856 pounds, and are each 9 feet Inch
in height
IT is stated that Mr.. Charles Wentworth, of
Newport, Ohio, has been engaged to take the
place Of Henri Laurent In the Oates Comic
Opera Company, and has already Joined them.
Mr.. J. w. Moss, q prominent citizen and
lawyer, and one Of the editors Of the Adreriiser,
died In Montgomery, Ala, recently. He was
once secretary Of the gold board In New
York.
FIFTY-THREE times was Mrs George Rhodes
Of Virginia, bitten by dogs warranted mad,
every one Of them, and she never folt better
In her life, after all. How true II Is that use
Is second nature.
DEAR ME, how iuidly he talks" said Mrs.
Darlington, recently, nt temperance meeting.
always am rejoiced when he mounts the
nostril, for his eloquence warns In every car
fridge Of my body" .....
W. I. EHDIcoTr, the president of the sus-
pended Central National Bank Of Chicago, who
II Is reported, has been found 10 be defhulter,
Is said to be a grandson Of Ex-Governor Endi-
colt, Of Massachusetts.
MRS SARAH ]. HALE's retirement from the
editorship Of Godey's Mdgasine has not been
followed by an entire cessation from work.
Though Mrs. Hale Is still in good health, she
Is In her nintieth year. =
MISS ANNIE E. WALLLNaroRD, who figured
somewhat conspicuously at Cape May, N. j.,
In the summer Of 1876, and is known in this
city, has been held In s, 900 bail In Philadel-
phia for uttering libel.
MICHAEL DAvITT, q Fenian who was sem
fenced by the British government to fifteen
years penal sertitude, has been released from
Dartmore on ticket-ofleave, after serving half
the term Of his sentence.
HEREAFTER the Governor Of New York will
be furnished with house by the people. The
mansion at present occupied by the Governor,
for which Mr.. Tilden paid q rent Of SO, 900,
has been bought for $4,000 by the State.
WITHIN two hours after the recent receipt
Of the news Of the death of Captain Guthrie,
Of the Lifc-saving Service, at the scene of the
Huron wreck, half dozen applications for his
position were received at the Treasury Depart
ment.
FoREIaNERs like their raw oysters In the
deep shell. the idea being that the juice
trickles down and Is caught. It Is worthy of
remark that usually the men who know how
to cook an oyster were born either in Ireland
or America.
Mr.. JOHN T. BArEMAN, prominent mem-
Der Of the Society Of Friends in Cincinnati,
died on Tuesday morning from rheumatism Of
the heart. He was i'll but ten minutes, and
Wv p"yoiSioh WhS Wuo ooho AOf W hhu
him corpse.
HARD money comes hard, all admit; but
money that comes In any other way Is delu-
sion. The Administration is dead against de-
lusions; and Its success In clearing away this
fantasy that paper Is money deserves the high
est praise Columbus tOhio) Journal.
The Crown Prince Rudolph Of Autria will
accompany the Empress on the 2sth inst. to
| England, and will travel In strict incoqnito
ttuh nd n
then through Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
returning to Vienna in March, 1873.
| NJ. p. WOODWARD and M. r. DorinS editors
| of the Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sunday Ners, who
| were convicted Of libel upon George b. Kulp
| and Sheriff Kirkendel, were sentenced to ten
months imprisonmnt and fine of 500 each.
| Their application for new trial was denied
MRs. ANNA A. PRESTON writes from North.
field, Mass, that Moody's revivals have made
(his home), and that people talk more about
Moody's new residence, servants, carriage, din.
ners and toilets, than they do about Moody's
religion.
| THE chief difference between Bob Ingersoll
and the orthodox people Is that what he calls
force they call personal triune God. There
is no question about the great creative power
The dispute Is about tho intelligence, the i'm.
mortality, the trinity, and tho personality ol
that power.
| Mr.. LAWRENCE BARRETT says, in the
Gaiary, concerning Charlotte Chushman thai
to those who were permitted to know her well
| there was sweetness, o gentleness, soft wo
manliness about her which the world never
suspected which judged her only by her pub.
/ lie performances.
| THE Archbishop of York has declared pub.
licly that he Is in favor of opening the Eng
| lish churchyards to the Mont -ConfOrmists and
| tbeir relipiOua garyiraa II In repartad thai
Lord Beaconsfeld and others of the Cabinet
making majority of the whole, are willins
to concedo the Nom -Conformist claims.
QUEEN VIcToRIA's wedding gift to tn,
Duchess of Norfolk was, as usual, an Indiar
shawl. Some people may have wondered how
L Is the Queen las so many Of these shawls
and 1t Is explained that they form part Of
the tribute which the Maharajah of Cashmers
has to pay yearly to tho Empress Of India.
The Duchess of Hamilton, daughter of tn,
Princess Marie of Baden, is in Rome asking
the Pope to declare her marriage with tn,
Prince of Monaco null and void, on tn,
ground that 1t was contracted by fear ant
force. The fact that there is q seven-year-olt
son of the matrimony renders decision b,
the Pope the more difficult
FRED Frost, of Mortified. Me-, while hunt
ing recently, tried a favorite trick with hi
loaded gun while sitting on a rail fence, which
was to cock the weapon and let the hamme
down, full tilt, without exploding the cap. II
make the trick more effective he placed tn
muzzle In his mouth. The full charge wen
through his head and he fell backward from
the fence, breaking his neck.
Hon. A. G. WAKEFIELD, formerly mayor O
I Bangor, Me-, has done liberal thing and a
the same time secured snug income for hi
wife by presenting to that city the sum @
$4,000, with the provision that per cent. in
, terest be paid to Mrs. Wakefield during he
lifetime and after her death the income Of tn
funds to DO devoted to the relief of the dc
: serving poor in thecity.
Mr.. McCULLoUGH recently played Virgini,
in Macon, Ga. The play over the audience re
mained In their seats expecting some more
1t became necessary for the stage manager t
go before the curtain and explain that w
, giaius being dead, Virginia dead and the Decen
pir dead, nothing moro could be done tina
evening. The audience grumbled q good dea
: and went away. Where's Wash Nailor2 ii
was found after the play was over saturda,
night waiting to SEQ Texas Jack kill som,
more Indians.
Mr.. PIERREPoNT attended the anniversar
, meeting of the Royal Society of London, an
listened to the brilliant address by its pres
. dent, Sir Joseph Hooker. In the ovenin
, there was the usual annual dinner, at whic