National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-12


THEODORE TILroH Is in Dakota tempting
stray Indians with his flowing locks.
Bishop FUTILE Of the Episcopal Diocese Of
Utah, was last week at Hagerstown, Md.
GENERAL GARIBALDI has been seriously III,
but his condition Is said TO be improving.
Mr.. JOHN Boaas Is said to own 100000 acres
Of land In California, and 10000 In Oregon.
In 81. Louis Wednesday Is the fashionable
night for the opera, and Friday for the theatre.
Mrs. BARNEY WILLIAMS Is still in Paris,
experimenting the education of her daughter.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM McLARES, principal
Of the Glen's Falls Academy, died suddenly
from heart disease, at his residence In Sandy
Hill, on Saturday.
s. f. WHITMAN, jr., one Of the best three
ball billiard-players in Philadelphia, died re-
Gently.
Ex-QUEEN CHRISTINE, the mother Of ex-
Queen Isabella, Of Spain, Is now seventy-two
years old.
Miss MAMIE HART, Of Cleveland, has
made an engagement to sing in Norma in
Chicago.
Hon. ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS celebrated
the sixty sixth anniversary of his birth on the
18th instant.
LAWRENCE BARRETT, tho actor, wants
American literary men to turn their attention
to the drama
A soN-IN-LAw Of Mr.. W. W. Story, Cava-
liere Sunone Peruzzi, Is FIRST gentleman ut
the italian court.
The Confederate cavalry General Lomax Is
one Of the committee clerks Of the House Of
Representatives.
GEORGE ELIoT's new novel Is called Tho
Veil Lifted" 1t sounds like something In the
nature Of . revelation.
MAJOR W. Z. PENN, the evangelist, has
been conducting special meetings In Mobile
for the past two months.
BRET HARrE Is writing Young America
condensed novel, In burlesque, Of the cheap
boy Literature, for Temple Bar.
Mr.. W. D. Aston, Of tho New York Yacht
Club will 20 to Europe in the spring In his
new yatcht Ambassadress.
RuBESsTEIS Is about to produce . new
opera, Mscchabees, aud he is now at Vienna
experimenting the rehearsals.
| The name of George Dawson, the veteran
Albany journalist, is proposed in connection
with the mayoralty of that city.
| BISHOP BECK, of the Methodist Church, has
been very iii, but is recovering with the loss
Of very little Of his $50 pounds Of flesh.
| GoUNoD has sought asylum in Italy from
| the scandals and contentious Of Partisan life,
and the Italians are paying him all honor.
Mr.. JOHN BRIGHT. the orator, has Hebrew
| blood in his veins. One of his ancestors, q
l
| DE-. A. VI. METxsEL, the celebrated magnetic
healer and trance medium, has rooms at the
southwest corner Of q and Eleventh streets.
| NAssAR College girl objects to continuing
the present fashions because they interfere
with the exercise Of sliding down the banisters.
GENERAL STEWART l.. WoopFoRp is to de-
liver the address before the Social Union of
Amherst College at the coming commencement.
THE Athensum thinks that the most true and
vivid picture Of Queen Anne's reign Is to be
found in Thackeray's romance Of Edmond
FRANK BEARD, the artist, is amusing tho
IDetroiters with entertainments which he calls
Chalk Talks" They have proved a success
WILLIAM MILLER has deposited 500 with
the Now York Clipper vs. a forfeit to accept
Captain Bogardus' challenge in feats Of
strength.
GIRARDIN, the French editor, Is lodged lik,
a king. His drawing-room Is built on the CO
lossal scale Of Versailles. 1t would hold pub
lie meeting.
WHEN q man wants to call q puppy he
whistles, but girl just walks along with hei
handkerchief floating across her shoulders
Rome Sentinel
LOUIS HENDERSON, jealous young man, OF
: Pottsville, Pa, threw vitriol over his sweet.
! heart because she went to tho theatre with
another party.
Colonies LABRASCHE aud Bond, OF Mon
, treal have offered to raise two regiments In
Canada for service in the East, in case England
should go to war.
, JUDGE RASNEY, of Cleveland, Is now In
Washington for the first time in his life, and
Is to argue case before the Supreme Court o.
, the United States.
No RoMANoFF has lived beyond sixty years
/ and the Emperor Alexander is depressed will
+ presentiment of approaching death, as he viii
be sixty in.April.
GusTAvE RoHM, Of New York, accidental
swallowed u silver dollar. Thus adds tn,
Q Worcester Press, did the dollar of our father
Q make Rohm howl.
GEORGE BADGER, residing In Cornish, abou
twenty-six years of age, died quito suddenl,
. of lock jOw recently from neglecting to tax
care OF frozen foot.
Mr.. .JDHN G. HARPER, late of Pittsburg, la
recently assumed editorial control of the Phil
adelphia Sunday Transcript and is making hi
l. mark in Its columns
o Mr.. BENJAMIN EMERSON, of Pittsfeld, n
l. H., died there last Wednesday. For some tim
Q before his death he had been the Oldest Twin
,. graduate Of Dartmouth College.
# THAT woman is better than man is now
=, established fact, as DuChailu found that tn
. African cannibals never ate man when the
e could get plump young wench.
IL REV. NJ. NJ. q. DANA, ID. d., pastor of til
10 Park Congregational Church, Norwich, Conn
h has resigned his present charge to accept ca
:. to Plymouth Church, st. Paul, MINI.
v The death is announced of Edward Sci,
ligeti, the chief Hungarian dramatic authC
and director Of the Pcsth National Thcatr
% He had reached his sixty fourth year.
a PROF. JOHN Is. DE Motto, of Indiana A
Y, bury University, was married in Boston r.
n, Gently to Miss Selis s. Washburn, daughter
m the late General Henry d. Washburn.
Ia DIR. LISDERMAN, Director Of the Min
ia leaves this Tuesday morning for Philade
W phia, to attend the meeting of the coinage cou
IS mission, which assemblies there Tomorrow.
ID MAJOR J. A. BYRNE, Of Wilmington, n. {
Vi at one time Quartermuster-G General of the Coz
/. federato army, shot himself accidentally wit
n, iowling piece last week, and is not expects
. to live.
\. FRANZ JOSEPH, IIumbert, Alfonso, and Lu
~ OF Portugal have already announced their il
o. tention Of visiting Paris during the Expos
es ton. Their Queens say they are going vii
H. their lords.
or THE Governor of Kentucky sets FIR
an lunch daily while the Legislature Is in sessio
hs and yet people wonder ut the delightful ha
mony that exists between himself and t
" members.
u! CHIEF-JusTICE WAITE has y nephew,in L
'u- New York State Reformat0ry at Elmira IN
to. as he is implicated in plot with other boar
m ers to escape, he is likely to reside there 1
-, some time.