National Republican., 1878-01-28
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CITY NOTES.

-Roosc sends New York papers In advance.
Life is full Of ups and downs" is what the ele.
vator boy says.
The noon.day Murphy meetings will lie held
frOm twelve to one O'Clock, closing promptly at
enc.
The police mad, forty arrests during Saturday
snd Saturday, night sixteen persons were regt'.
tered drunk"
Murphy thinks that Il the ladies Of the country
who offer wine to gentlemen at their homes would
give up the competition with the Professional bar.
Keeper the cause would he hclpcl.
There We're just ono hundred tramps lodged In
the statlon-hOuscS Saturday night Twvny-t.rce
Of these were accommodated at the Fihh Precinct
Station, and twenty-five at the seventh.
The alarm Of fire from box Il, about one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, was caused by some burning
paper In house No jlG second street southwest,
into service. as the fire was extugushed by the po-
lice and citizens. Damage triiimg.
The death Of Mr.. Arthur A. Fendall a well.
Known member OF the Washington bar and soil of
he late =. K. Femdal, which occurred Saturday
lDrning will be sincerely regretted by Ull who
acre associated with him. lie had been sick with
PLEASE bear in mind hat Durang's Rheumatic
Remedy cures rhcunIatrm pcTmRlc emily, a. d at
tie same time tone. up the whole system and Pu
niles the complexion
The Rev. Stephen II. Tying will retire from
the rectorship Of 81. Georges Episcopal
Church. in New York, on tho lst of sIay next.
thirty three years.
WOMAN in West Winstcd, Ct, has lost two
brothers by murder and one by drowning, u
brothcr.in.aw by wounds in battle, a husband
by a stroke Of npoplezy, and a son in the re-
ant railroad disaster at Tarinville.
-oM FAT japanese valet tn Lord Charles
IcsiOrd, has been committed for forging
,rd C.'s name to 4 check for ESQ The Japs
be such skilllul imitators that, II they 90 into
bis limo in Europe and America, furccrs on
!hose continents must look to their laurels.
CHARLES n. ELLIS, one of the early Aboli.
Aonists of Boston, died ut his Brookline house
Oh Wednesday. He was one Of the counsel fol
thc fugitive slave, Anthony Burns, and was
one of the few prominent lawyers of that day
who manifested open opposition to slavery.
Mrs. LOUISE c. MCGAvACK, n daughter o.
Felix Grundy, senator from Tennessee and
Van Barcus Attorney General, died In Nash
willie last Saturday, an old lady of eighty
years To speak Of Felix Grundy is to recall
The politics Of a day now rarely remembered
ADIRoSpACE MURRAY breaches in Musi,
Hall, Boston, aud has over 5000 hearers every
Sunday. The income Of the church is SEQ, ,OOt
yeuT Of which he gets 5000. Tho mOneN
is raised by the annual auction sale Of son
seats, and of single admission tickets at fift!
sents each.
!
consulting Commissioner Williamson, Of III,
General Land Office, in order to ascertain t,
whom the patents were issued for upwards o
1900 arpcns of land granted and confirmed t.
her father, Daniel Clark, in 1901 and 1904. The
land lies iu Missouri, within seventy -thre
miles OF st. Louis.
COMMISSIONER MCCoRaICK has appointed
the following gentlemen as q committee to tax
charge Of the representation Of American ar
II the Paris Exhibition Messrs +. d. Morgan
J. Taylor Johnston, Parke Goodwin John II
eherwOod \. NJ. Beckwith J. W. PinchOt
Robert Gordon, Charles :. Smith, II. q. Mar
Quand, and Robert G. Dun.
DoI PEDRO, while returning to Brazil fl
the autumn, wrote On the steamer letter Il
an American friend, which letter coutainct
thiS passage: ln fUw days ! will see NJ,
native land, which God has 80 wonderfully On
dowcd; and ! hope that that which | hav
learned during my absence from her will cr
sble me to be urcful to her. Ono thing ca
truly say Is that | return with earnest Ion.
ings and with passion stronger than over f.
progress"
THE oldest Duke In Britain is His Grace
Portland, aged Sevouty-right; the youngest
the Duke Of NOntrOsG, who Is twCHty-six, III
Oldest Earl is the Irish Earl VI Kilmoiey, age
ninety; tho youngest is the Earl Of Hopetow
aged eighteen. Tho Oldest Marquis Is Il
Marquis Of Donegal, aged cighty-one Il
Youngest is Marquis Camden aged sig. N
Oldest BaroDst is sir BichRrd John Griftit
Who is ninety -four; and the youngest Is S
Thomas Lewis Hughes Eeave, who is four.