National Republican., 1878-04-04
PERSONAL.
VICTORIA Woodruff has married London

VICTORIA Woodruff has married London
merchant.
ACCORDING to the Augusta Constitutional,
Jacob Whitcaw Reid amended his name by
COnsigning Jake to the waste basket.
Bessie TURNER'S stage name Is Beta Avery.
They say 1t would be hard to Beta. A very
bad pun but then Bessie Is not q very good
girl
PorEssoR RILEY. of Missouri has been ten
dered the position of entomoogist to the
Agricultural Department, vice Glover, to be
removed.
IT SEEMS to be now generally understood
among the paragraphers that Colonel Mcclure,
Of the Philadelphia Times, is tho handsomest
and witticst editor in America.
NORMAN WARD, esq, the ordnance in
vcntor, who has been absent in China and
Japan for the past two year,, arrived at San
Francisco, March %, from Yokohama.
A REMARKABLE case is reported from Iowa.
Two years ago little child drank quantity
of concentrated I've water, and has never since
been able to digest a partical Of solid food but
It has lived, and is now thriving on diet
of milk, tea and coffee.
CHARLES f. ADDICKE, ESQ.,, Of Philadelphia
is at Willard's. Mr.. Addcks is one of the
prominent young journalists Of the Quaker
City. and is greeted In Washington by numer.
mirers.
THE Hon. William Fl. English, ex-membe,
Of Congress from Indiana, is in town. and yes
terday called upon the President. Mr.. English
was member of the Thirty-third Congress
being reelected SUCCESSFULLY and serving until
the Thirty-seventh. He was the father of the
English bill"
THE Baptist Church at Middletown, by
unanimous vote, decided to withdraw the
hand of fellowship from Miss Mamie Dickey
who lately obtained q verdict against J. b
Tytus for seduction. Miss Dickey admmitted
to the church her sin and prayed for forgive
ness, but the Middletown Baptists were con
siderably more pious than Christ was, and
threw the first stone at the unfortunate yOunl
| woman.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER is finishing forty
roomed house on his place at Peekskill, ricf
in Eastlake adornments, carved woods, gold
silver, crimson and velvet-yhich looks a
though that distinguished divine intends /,
retire from the activities of life to pass hi
declining years in the Sybartic luxury Of man
sion capable of entertaing all his friends II
| turn, and which will certainly be one of tn,
finest shOw-places on the Hudson.
The Postmaster-General and party got OF
at six o'clock p. IN. yesterday on their trip t
Havana, via Cedar Keys, leaving the Baltimor
and Potomac depot at that hour for the South
via the Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway
Two palace cars were provided to accomOdat,
the tourists, embracing officials of the Post
Office Department, Senators and Representa-
tiyes and several journalists. Several ladie
were also of the party, and they are all OK
pected to return within two weeks.
GENERAL GEORGE A. SHERIDAN, of Lon
isiana, whose reputation for eloquence on tn
stump is wide-spred, and at the same time onl
equalled by his popularity on the platform, ha
consented to deliver his lecture on Goyerno
Morton before Washington audience undo
| the auspices OF the Indiana State Association
Its delivery in the West and during Genera
Sheridan's recent Northern tour, attracted tn
most favorable comment from the press an
the deserved commeudation OF Governor Mo
tons intimate friends, political associates an
relatives. Due notice will be given of til
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