National Republican., 1878-09-03

brated the one hundrcdtli anniversary of her
birthday.
JIM. s. WILLIAMS. NJ. d., Of Falls Church,
Va, Is at the Ebbitt lI,usc.
GENERAL MARsroN, Of Massachusetts,, Is
stopping at the Riggs House.
SENATOR W. p. KELLOGG, of Louisiana, Is
stopping at the Riggs House.
W. II. WANAMAKeR, Eso., of Philadelphia, Is
stopping at the Ebbitt House.
ALICE OATES spent 81 600 for new manu-.
script and music while In Europe.
GOVERNOR SMITH, of Wisconsin, joins the
procession Of uotables to Minnesota.
Mr.. BEEcHER drew $1,000 house at each of
his first two lectures in San Francisco.
Mrs. +. W. HALBRooKE and daughter, of
New York, are guests at the Arlington.
J. q. BURSARD U. s. A.. and T. c. Fcrrell,
U. $. n, are anchored at the Ebbitt House.
j. W. DouGHTY, +. L. Martin, and II. r.
Churchill, of New York, are at the Imperial.
MICHAEL B.. FoLLISAY aud A. Mauiualo,
OF Palermo, arc sojourning ut the Riggs
House.
Ex.vicE.PREstDENT CoLrAx will speak at
the Onondaga County Fair on the 10Th of next
month.
COUNT G. LEwESHAuPT. Swedish Minister
at Washington, is with the President on his
trip to Minnesota.
SUPREME MECoURT.JusTTCEs MILLER and Har-
Ian are the guests Of Chief-Justicc Gray, Of
Massachusetts,, at Boston.
CARDINAL McCLosKEY Is at Troy, N. Y,
where the Catholic clergyincn are holding
their annual retreat at tho Troy Provincial
Seminary.
WILLIAM wISASs, brother Of the late
Thomas Winans, Of Baltimore, pays 5000 u
year rent for one of the deer preserves in the
Highlands Of Scotland.
MANY funny fancies have come from Dan.
bury, Conn. At least ono funny fact comes
from the same town. A Danbury man hired
his divorced wife to attend to his present
wifc's child.
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY. a son Of the hero
Of Lake Erie, died at Andover, Mass, on the
Both ult., aged seventy.six. He was for some
years in tho navy, but left the service to on.
gage In manufacturing.
Mrs. EUGESA MORGAN, daughter of Pro.
fcssor Morgan. of Obcrlin Ohio. has resigned
her professorship of Latin aud Greek In Vissar
College TO tako that of mental aud moral phil
osophy in Wellesley College, Mass.
DIR. J. FRESCH HARrIGAN will leave on
Thursday next ior three months trip TO Eu-
rope. While abroad he will visit the promi-
nent hospitals aud become acquainted with the
advancemonts made in surgical sciouce.
The Boston Transcript tells Of young man
who modestly applied Tor vacation and made
a remark to the effect that he was engaged to
be married, aud that if nobody objected he
would like to be there when the clergyman
began.
ULYSSES s. GRANT, JR., was sojourning at
the Nervosink Highlands the other day, and
al interviewer tried to hurl him down the
o:aggy side OF u thri-term talk, but he said,
Take a cigar, my dear SIR and forthwith
lapsed.
JENNIE JACKSON, an actress, left In New
Orleans without friends or money, WAS smtten
by the yellow fever. Her brother, John Jack.
son, All opulent resident Of Melvin, Ill., was
telegIaphed to for aid No reply camo till
after another dispatch had been sent au-
nouncing her death, whom he inquired what
would be the cost Of her funeral. A reply was
sent to say $50 whereupon ho wrote to the
mayor asking whether this was q fair charge
and whether he ought to send on the money.
His sister, whom he had refused $50 she wished
to borrow SO as to leave the city at the outbreak
of the pestilence, was buried in u paupers
grave.