National Republican., 1878-07-16
Rhine, on their return from their Europsan

tour.
Mr.. RODGERS, private secretary to ths Pres
ideut, returned yesterday from his trip TO the
lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, with his
health much improved.
PRINCE BISMARCK Is said To be proud Of his
well-stocked cellar aud tho products Of his
kitchen, to which he devotes much care. He
gives very delightful dinners.
THERE was long discussion under gallows
In Gonzales, Texas, between the man to be
hanged aud 9 brother Of the man who had
been murdered, as to the guilt Of the criminal.
FATHER HYAcINTHE In recent lecture ad-
vocated reform Of Catholicism, founded on the
abolition OF papal supremacy, popular election
Of priests, vernacular liturgies and liberty Of
marriage for priests.
MAYOR BEAuDRY, within the bounds Of
whose:magistncy the battle Of the Boyne was
to have been rcfought, Is described as q fdgety
little French Catholic, popular enough In Mon
treal, except at this time Of year.
THE Republicans Of Indiana have declined
to return any salary .grabber to Congress Of the
Republican faith. II remains to be seen II the
Democrats will reward q salary -grabbor by
electing him United States Senator.
DAVID DUDLEY, the surviving executor Of
the Singer estate, has distributed over 50 ,300,-
900 among twenty-five people In two years.
He has gone TO Europe to finish his work. The
The Hebrews In Berlin expressed desire
to give commemorative dinner to Earl Bea-
consfeld and Herr Won Bleichroedcr, but they
have been informed that under present circum-
stances the festival would be undesirable.
The late James Fisk's father Is still living
at Brattleboro, Vt, and In temperance ad-
dress ut Concord recently spoke Of the mur.
der Of his son by "a drunken assassin, who es-
capped the gallows through drunken jury"
DICK LAMBERT, Washington correspondent
OF the Frisco Post, has arrived at home, and
is cordially greeted In complimentary cdi-
tsrisl paragraph by that journal. Dick de-
serves the good will and confidence Of his cm-
ployers.
Mr.. MAcKAY, the bonanza King Is at
present spending his time and portion Of his
millions In Paris, and the Parisians arc In
raptmre over the man and his wealth. The
Figaro publishes long story Of his life aud
| fortunes.
EARL BEAcoSsFIELpis Is In his seventy fourth
year, Mr.. Gladstone Is seventy, John Bright Is
siSty-scven, Earl Granville sixty three, Bis
marck Is siIty.three, Gortschakoff eighty, Won
Moltke seventy eight MacMahon seventy-two,
and Dufaure seventy.six.
PROFESSOR WILCOX, Immediately on con-
verting the coal and oil Of the House of Repre-
sentstives into greenbacks, packed his grip.
sack" aud is mcandering after employment as
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ington of his friend Glover.
CONGRESSMAN ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS
has never married. No relatives live with
him at Liberty Hall. His body.servant is
black his secretary Is white. He hates pork
and likes baked coon. lie Is hot-tcmpered.
Ills nature is good and generous. lie was liked
by Greeley and detcsted by Sumner.
REPORT is going tho rounds of the press
to the effect that two of Twced's daughters are
living in straitcned circumstances In New Or
leans The fact Is they arc the wives of John
and A. A. Msginnis, wealthy proprietors of an
immense cotton-seed oil manufhctory.
THE Louisville C0Wrier-Journai says: "Miss
Mary Anderson, In u letter to a personal friend
in this city, gushes claborately over her Eu-
ropean trip and the pleasures Of the ocean
voyage. She confesses to q little home.
sickness, but does not refer to her alleged mar
riage; and as she signs her maiden name to
the missiye. it Is prcsumable that the happy
man has not us yet been selected"
"a DOZEN of New Londons faircst and most
intelligent girls have leased farm house at
Great Neck, Waterford, for the summer, and
will rusticate by themselves" Per contra
Several young men, late graduates Of the
Kingston academy, having heard a great deal
about the glorios Of camping out, took ham
mOcks and plenty Of weapons in case tramp'
( put In an appearance, aud went TO small
grove about half Il mile above the city"
A LADY living in England has made appli
cation for three valuable swords, formerly til,
property of General Twiggs, but which wer,
captured by General Butler when he enteret
New Orleans during the war. These sword
were sent by General Butler to President Lin
coin and deposited by his successor Dresden
, Johnson) In the vaults of the Treasury Depai /
ment for safe.keeping. They are valued a
49, 900. When General Twiggs left New Or
leans at the approach Of the Union troops h
/ left these swords behind, but sent letter to
, young lady friend, saying that he had decide,
to give them to her, and asking her to Obtain
them. The lady Is the present applicant.