National Republican., 1877-09-15
PERSONAL.

Mr.. B. F. SPARROW, deputy clerk Of the
supreme Court Of the District, In charge OF the
Criminal Court records, who has be en- absent oil
his summer vacation, has returned TO his desk.
Catholic priest Of New York and former chaplain
Of the sixty.ninth regiment died on Thursday
from injuries received BY falling from his carriage
on the llth inst
TmE late Miss Una Hawthorne is said to
have been that one Of the noyelists children who
most strnngly rcscmbled him In personal appear
snce, Miss Hawthornes last years have been
of her that she often made her own purse very
slender In her generous efforts To help others.
THERE is report that Brigham Young's
mnthcr, now ninety eight years old. Is living at
Martinsvillc, Ind Her faculties are yet bright.
She II In very humble circumstances, and dwels
with some bitterness upon the fact that her son,
who SO greatly prospered in this, worlds gear,
should have forgotten her leaving her 10 an old
age OF penury and want
Scotch lady famous for her personatiOns of ancient
noble danes in Lord Jefreys tmc-and who de-
tailed he, pystacs,ions ina spsishtly little book
ant Of Clnyerhouse and possessed, among other In
teresting thing his marriage contract his commits
the forces Or in scotland his patent Of nobility 81 and nd
many other documents referring 10 the hero of
Killiecrankle.
WILHELM GRIMM, the writer of fascinating
fairy tales, once related small story which Illus
Gottingen" " he said, somebody spoke to my little
son about his fathers Mahrchen. lie came running
to me Az and said wi'h an offended air Eatcr man
wahr, do hast nieht soches Dummezeng gemachts'
Fathcr, people say that you have written the fairy
tales-surely you never invented such rubbish ~
lie though 1t below my dignity, said Grimm.
Somehow the child had never seen or attended to
the fact OF his fathers authorship"
THE Moffett registering machines have been
introduced into nearly all the bar.rooms In Rich
nFia NIL nhnli hap haa
advanced five cents, and new glasses holding ten
per cent les beer are used. The liquor dealers
ness only ona cash basis. A State Official who is
known throughout the Common wealth Of Virginia,
went into saloon last Monday and called for a
glass OF lager II was delightfully."- cool and he was
about three minutes In swallowing II, after which
| he wiped his lips with his handkerchief aud eyed
Rs crank said hs quite se Sso Tss but 70 'Spn TGn
have forgotten to pay me-" was the response A
ye-cent piece rang on tho counter, the bell sounded
the public debt Of Virginia had been reduced half
| q cent
| HAROrS ALRAscHID, with Chinese varia-
| tons Tang. the Governor OF Soochow Is perpct.
ualy going about In disguise and playing practical
Jokes upon the unsrspecting citizens An old fcl.
low complained late In July that his son, an able.
bodied lad OF thirteen. refused to support him.
Tang ordered father and son to be brought before
him. and after questioning them closely gave each
| dollar. Now go," said he, and get good meal
at the restaurant around the corner and them come
back 10 me, Hastily Disgusting himselfina coarse
| robe, he entered the cook-shop behind them and
noticed that while the boy contented himself with
| little rice and square OF beanCurd, the father
called for soup, pork and all the dellcAcies he
| fancied. In the end, the good boy who carried
cakes In his sleeve for his mother was pated on the
back, and the glultonous father was sOundly
| logged.
HOTEL PERSONALS.
Hon. ii. II. CAMP Of Milwaukee, is at the
| Ebblt.
| A: g, WINTERHALTER, U. S. A., Is at the
Ebbtt,
Col IRA AVER, jr., of Norfolk, Va, is regis.
| tered at the Ebbtt.
CAPT; c. s. SMITH, U. s. army, is among the
| guests of the Ebbitt.
Col. JOSEPH J. WALTON, of New York, has
! apartments at the Ebbitt.
Hon. W. b. MILLER and daugter, Of Mem.
| phis, Tenn, Rre located at the Ebbitt.
W. II. MINSOCK and wife and r. II. Black
Of Glasgow, scotland, are registered at the Ebbiu
HoN. JAMES n. TYSER and wife have re.
turned, and are occupying thor apartments at the
Ebbitt
The following officers of the navy are regis.
| tered at the Ebbiu P II. BIB, l. Billmore, I J
Rodgors, 4. n. Wood. N. Fisher Wright H. D. Ash,
more NJ Aver, Charles W. Kennedy, Charles W
Rae and Charles W. Tracy.