National Republican., 1877-12-11

extraordinary lady-Mrs. Carlyle '(neo weIsh.)
of whom the world Will some day know much
that Is ofimportanoe.p LF MI k7
Mr.. TILDEN, Of San Frandisco, I'D HE baby
on farina and strychnine that his wifs had
mixed for rats. 81 Y
EtaHT clergymen in Chattanooga have de-
nounced the custom of obtaining money for
churches by means of lotteries. s--...
YESTERDAY, at Norristown. Moses Sutton,
tho colored lad was placed on trial for the muir
der of Mrs. RAIDER, at Blue Bell.
Miss MAMIE HAROLD was married in
Philadelphia lately to William II, Morgan, jr.,
orchestra leader Of the Museum.
c. L. WILLIAMS, of Amherst County, Va,
has killed ais psrtridgos so far this season,
two Of which were perfectly white
MRS. MARY ELDER mother Of John A. e.
der, the Virginia artist died at her residence,
in Fredericksburg, last Tuesday night. ...
Mrs. CooPKn, who lives at Tula Station, near
Richmond, Va, Is railroad agent, express
agent telegraph operator and postmistrcss.
JOHN RIEHM, seventy-two years old, was
thrown from his carriage near Mount Zion,
Lebanon County, Pa, on Friday night, and
killed. -
WE arc sorry to observe that the President
Is not yet as willing to compromise with the
Republicans as with the Democrats. Boston
1rdreiler, (Rep.)
EDWARD MoCABE, Philadelphia lawyer,
had defective eyesight, and being further
blinded by storm a few nights ago, he walked
of an embankment and was killed.
Mr.. LYMAN, geologist to the Japanese gov
ernment reports that the island of Yesso prob
ably, contains . hundred and fifty thousand
million tons Of coal not yet explored
Mrs, ISAAC MASON, daughter Of Major.Gen-
eral Richard Butler, one Of washingtons
truEtHd raUtfuapdara ts Hvtn0 st Wi trxx
Pa, at the advanced age Of ofninety-fiye. ..r
DR.. JOHN HALL says thnt the box made by
order Of King Joash to keep the money in
which the Jews contributed in the Temple
was great chest with hole in the lid.
PRoP. q. W. GREENE, of Rhode Island, has
been invited to give the memorial address at
the unwilling, in this city. of the national
statue Of his kinsman, Gen. Nathaniel Greene.
FROM the Graphic:
When Ger the desert one.legged obellsk,
Tall and tough,
Bets out to walk 70 me ocean Its hobble SO
Uecr enough.
THE Marquis Of Butte IL generous man.
He has offered to build at his own expense and
present to Glasgow University, the grand
hall, according to designs prepared by Sir
Gilbert Scott.
AooLoREp preacher, named Kenendy, had .
fight with one Of his congregation in Har-
risonburR, Va, last week, during which he
struck his opponent on the head with an axe,
and cut him severely.
DIR. J. G. HOLLAND, IL is said, will not write
another novel ut present, but will devote his
best hours to tho writing Of poems, with the
intention to soon publish n volume. lie has
just finished long pagm in rhymins stanzas
| called "The Puritan's Guest" II Is reported
to be "a work Of singular imag power" /"
RoBERr J. BURDKrTE, of tho Burlington
Harkeyc, aud the renowned funny paragra-
pher, Is going through New York and Pennsyl-
vania lccturing. His subject Is "The Rise and
| Fall of the Moustache," and Is said to be ir.
resistibly funny. Mr.. Burdette Is young
journalist, but for oil that Is in the front rank.
He will lecture in Washington this winter.
ON Saturday next, 10Th instant, Lydia
Thompson will sail for England, bringing her
American tour to an abrupt termination at the
| end of seventeen weeks, instead of continuing
it for the thirty weeks contemplated at the
outset Circumstances, the chief Of which has
been Miss Thompson's i'll health, have made
the present season Of her troupe a disastrous
| one.
JAMES WATT, famous English engineer,
directed by his will that his workshop and its
contents, in an old mansion in the suburbs Of
Birmingham, England, should not be dis
| turbed and the room remains rs he left 1t.
| This requirement is vexatious from the fact
| that in the apartment are cabinets and draw
ers filled not only with the finest examples Of
Wedgwood's plaques but with priceless designs
and moulds, many Of which are by Flaxman,
who was one of Wedgwood's friends and helped
essentially In the models from which Wedg-
wood worked.
Mr.. ELIHu wAsHBURNE's abundant hair
has turned gray, and he has grown stouter,
but otherwise his appearance has not chan ged
since he first went to France as Minister. In
his interesting lecture on tho Siege aud Com
mune Of Paris" he says that he first made the
acquaintance Of Gambetta while tho French
man was . member Of the Government Of
National Defense an acquaintance which
afterward ripened into firm friendship. He
was struck by the quickness of Gambettas 8
perception, his extraordinary executive ability,
his promptncss decision, energy, patriotism,
and supreme love Of country.