National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-18
Personal.


soTHERN, the actor, has started ON q South
ern tour.
A DETROIT divorce lawyer has sent his card
to Alfonso.
A CANADIAN clergyman has been convicted
and fined for skating on Sunday.
JAMES @. BLAINE, Ex-Governor of Georgia."
is the way Canada paper puts it.
THE Lotos Club of New York gave a ban
quet to John Mccullough, the actor.
GENERAL WILLIAM W. BELKNAP, Of Iowa,
is ut the Buckingham Hotel, New York.
Mrs. A. T. STEWART owns the most valu.
able diamond in America also Cathedral
THE mother Of Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson,
the author Of "St. Elmo" died at Mobile last
week.
DR.. REYNOLDS, the red-ribbon temperance
rcformer Of the West, calls cider "the DEVILS
kindling-wood."
A DARK damscl was in book store ycster-
day inquiring for valentines suitable for
colored people.
A MASSACHUSETTS woman reports that she
has been badly poisoned by the coloring mat
ter in calico dress
WENDELL PHILLIPS, of Boston, Is regis
tered at the Riggs House. He will rcsurrect
the Lost Arts" tonight.
PRINCE ARTHUR, the duke of Connaught,
has been installed, with Masonic ceremonies,
as great prior of Ireland.
SIR PETER COATS the great spool-cotton
manufacturer, is visiting New Orleans in
company with his daughter.
Ex-MrNrsTER WAsHBuRNE says that he is
| not in the field as candidate for the United
states Senate from Illinois,
GENERAL THOMAS b. VAN buren,, United
states Consu-Gcneral for Japan, is at the Me-
tropolitan Hotel, New York
SENATOR MoRRIsEY writes that with the ex-
ceptiOn of lack of strength his health has
not been better In three years
THEODORE THOMAS has run foul of Mr..
Hassard, the critic, who does not agree with
his Interpretation Of Beethoven.
STANLEY has been invited by the King of
the Belgians to visit Brussuls, and he will 60
there after his visit to England.
Miss VAN Corr says that the hard times
have affected evangeists as well as other. poo.
pie, as they don't get any salary.
MINISTER KAssoS resides at Vienna in the
| Putzcn palace, which is sumptuously fur
nishcd and adorned with many rare works of
art.
MADAME MoDJEsKA is said to have learned
| the English language in less than year. She
is an ardent patriot, and is eloquent ON the
subject of Polands wrongs.
LOUIS GRINNEL, n leader of the Sacramento
| rioters, who believes only in white mems
rights, has been arrested for cruelty beating
his wife.
BESJAMIN HATHAWAY, of Little Prairie
Ronde, Mich, is engaged on a 300 page volume
| OF poetry, to be entitled Songs from the ln-
dian Muse"
REV. GEORGE WooDRRTDGE d. D., for nearly
half century rector of Monumental Church,
RichmUnd, Va died suddenly of heart disease
on Thurday afternoon.
| 'rup lotn Sn,rn,u,,, WILL,
Miss Mary J Hale, of Lewiston, Pa, who
with his three SONS, Edgar T., Thomas c. and
John A., survives hm.
| TIE Jacksonville fla SUn aud Press has
| been presented with ripe peach, "onc of the
| thirty that are OF the tree which has been in
bloom the entire season.
Miss LOTTiE BLART, OF Monmouth, ILL.,. has
obtained verdict of 5000 damages against
James Feather, wealthy farmer for breach
| of promise and seduction.
TIE evangelist Pontccost has taken up the
work at Hartford, Conn, just resigned by Mr..
Moody, and the great public interest in the re-
vival continues undated.
RosrNA NoKEs has married and spoiled the
Nokes family fun by her detection. Frcd's
wife takes her place, but she is extremely
beautiful and not very funny.
| VICTOR HUGO is rewriting several of the
scenes of his dramatic version of Les Miser-
blcs,' and the piece is to be played in Paris in
honor Of the coming exhibition.
IT is said that Patti was offered an engage.
mcnt for six nights at the Madrid Opera- House
at the rate of $1,000 crnight, hut was obliged
to decline, owing to other arrangements.
J. THE many friends of Mrs. p r. Undcrhils
who has so recently recovered from II severe
aud protTacted illness, will be panied to hear
that she is now seriously i'll of pneumonia.
An American resident of Constantinople
who attended n dinner of Amherst College
Alumni in Boston, u few days ago, commended
the course Of Minister Maynard very highly
VIRGINIA once had n native African for
Governor. Alexander SpottswOod, who filled
the chair in 1850, was born in Tangier while
his father, a British officer, was there on duty
} A NORTHERN lady visiting in Florida writes
enthusiastically home that they are living on
peas, cabbage, lettuce and ssothcr green veget
ablcs and that flowers of many varieties are in
full bloom
REV. J. p NEWMAN, of this city, preached
last Thursday night at Hill street Bethel NJ
L. Church, Baltimore, Nd, on the origin and
} downfall of the Turkish Empire, as forcshaG
owed in prophecy.
THE REV. NJ. NJ. G. DANA, D. D., pastor OF
the Park Congregational Church, Norwich
Conn.,, leading New England divine, has re
signed his present charge to accept q call t.
| huiCH, o. Mill
IT is told Of Theirs that when as young
man he was studying law at AK, he wa
heard to say more than once, This, that ant
thus, and so shall do when | am Minister O.
France" Aye. but did he do as he said?
Four great ncphews or George Washington
have asked Congress to purchase from them
, for the Government, n large number Of relic
of our first President. They ask $4,000
Professor Henry recommends the purchase.
WILLIAM TRAINOR, a sixteen-year ole
school-bOy in Bcrks County, Pa, buttcd hi
head so violently against the head of one of hi
school fellows, 10 see which could stand tn,
? hardest knocks, that he ruptured Il blood-ves
, sci and died.
| HUGH l.. BoSD, United States Circuit Judge
of Baltimore Judge Robert w. Hughes, Unitct
States District Judge, of Virginia, and Jame'
Il. Mcdonald, United States vce-cOnsul a
Hamburg, are stopping at tho Fifth Avenu,
Hotel, New York.
The Religious Views of It.
; There never was such religious mOvemcn
los TINT Upin0 uhnnt la