National Republican., 1878-09-27
PERSONAL

V. HOWARD, N. D., u. 8. A., Is at the Ebbiu
House.
9. IAnrsEr and wife, of Havana, arc at tho
Riggs House,
{. DE Bupr, Swedish legation, and wife arc
guests at WUrmlCys.
j. f. J. AuGt.R and T. L. Camus, L. S. ", are an.
Chorel al the Ebh. House.
MAURICE BARRYMORE the well-known actor, Is
seriously Ill with diphtheria In Brooklyn.
JoHN VAS NE,r. Of New York and II ram Tucker
of Boston, are stopping at the RiglS House.
DR. LIZ MoYSE has promised Miss DE Voc, Of
S.supenvIlic that he will crenatc the remains OF
her father.
SENATOR sArGESr and Congressman Page have
renewed their suits for libel against the san Fran
cisco ChiyHCis.
NGR NgUESDoRFP has been elected conductor Of
the New York philharmonic in the place of MI.
Theodore Thomas.
JANE, Il. fIOsuER the oldest citizen Of Hartford.
Conn. died on Wednesday. He would have been
ninety "even years old to-day.
MR. II. NJ. LEEp., Acting Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. is suffering from severe indispOSllOn but
managed to DC ut his desk II few hours yesterday.
MEs. ". s. DENruS, Of AvOca, Iowa, Is highly
respected wdywOi aCVCnty-eight years. During
the past year she has cut two full-srOwn front teeth.
Ms, ELIZA MAURY daughter of the late Com
modOre Matthew T. Maury, has married Mr.
Wither' native of Virginia, now residing In Den.
rcr CITY. Colorado, where lie is an engineer of re-
pute
Mrs. JUDGE jackson who has led the Virginia
reel with Henry Clay and every other eminent
b,au pi the older and better times stll dances at
'tN W inspiring sAiAill VI Sslp
Coon"
| A LoursvILLB wonan's husband has been sued
| by u druggist for the price OF morphine furnished
her. He testified that at one time he sold her $50
grains enough to kill 2JO men, and at another
| 20 grains"
a LADY purchased box of fruit from China.
| mau aud, finding that the quality at the bottom
was very inferior, caid John. you cheat me"
| Yes replied John; white man cheatee me, Inc
cheaiee Lady,"
| Mis- ROuspY, the handsome English actress Is
] 4 fpw IN hp rtFl1Nv
| abluCting her own child, and now she has been
fined in /" London police court for keeping man
servant anl dog without Il license.
SENATOR BAyARp has other claims to the "Che.
! vrlicr' title which is occasionally bestowed upon
him than his lineage cpurtIy bearing and knightly
lives gallant stecd better Than the Presidency.
| Mis-, FANNIE H. LEVY, daughter Of Captain c. NJ.
| Levy, Of tie West End who has been confined to
her bed for the r4tt two weeks, dangerously IL
is hoped will soon DO aJo 10 receive visits from her
many friends.
uuXyra G. T. MAGHrnER. L. :. n, of Washing.
| ton who hns been IN the city for the last four or
| five months on wuillng Orders, left this city on
Tuesday morning iqr philadelphia, To join his ship
the i4hNcDlugh, tAat Is ~ sul shortly to Join the
| European squadron.
Eo,Y.ciEEKEp, fnir-faccd boy, dressed in girls
clothing, has .ur the last siX mouths been running
| u lura in the OswesO Falls factory and living in
| the pirs boarding house. lie had made him
self such a IHvore th' half the girls IN the factory
w,'pt when he was led away to Jail
! .
the city Of Louisville, Ny. there is now in that
| city a remarkable prodigy. Alice Coating. coll
| Urci iii, who lectures to COlUTed brethren Uul
! si-ilr' there, can Vn accurately almost any pas
! sH-v IN tlC Bible She docs not know her u C'S
Du. has been rom hur infancy a conner and ex.
y under Of scrtpturtl texts.
! SESATuE GILES. Of Nirgiuia, aud Judge DuvNl of
Maryland, brnrlcd In Washington during Wash
Wg.,hIs administration NJ the house of Mrs. G.b.
not Young. Srrie years after they met at the Capt.
al and, while chatting over old times the senator
.sE,d the Judge. hcn Comptroller Of the Treasury
ID he knew wh.l hNl hccuur Of that cacking old
mnIl. Jrruy GDDOn;' she is Mr.. Duval, sir"
w@s the rc.!y.
RENn-A,2iIkAl woRLrN, of monitor Mcrrlmac
fame h., been sued for libel by former professor
IN the Naval academy. Bernard Maurice. The libel
CU!sl,l1 vi charge " Indecent assault upon Il
y.Ins CIR! Of Annapolis, and the damages were
All eXL'Dv"rnor Of Maryland, aud the case attracts
much attention on Gccp punt Of the high social posi-.
Lion OF the parties. one Of tie professors counsel
Is J. c. DynapaTte.
CoS$HE>.MAS A"KLIS who Is not only the hand
sDMc,t member Of the llDu,e, but the finest pistol
-hO, In tie SOUTH i In trouble again II. l.. Smith,
| OF New Orleans, charges mat A"Kliu selucel
dGuvhlcr Of eX.ttOvenor Baker, who gave birth to
l ch.ll nul then compelled her 10 marry one Of
political strikers who received $50 for his share
! ia the tragedy. Smith claims that the woman was
uu Inmate Of hi, house until q few weeks ago when
she diul If yellow fever. smith Is now down with
the lii, .re himself uul further Investigation Is
p,.IpNi"i lrmlns his ijlug's, This exceeds the
WeeE'r restaurant. ,s"anInl oven as the calcium
TH Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Int, D' i tcicETap pl!ul 10 that Journal the I'D
iGsi. '!Il' Lt.irIt.pn had been received from At
unuC C.y H,kiug that surgeon Norris, of the army
sWjIDnCl IN Nd>hington, bc sent at once To that
place, as Mrs. sherman was very i'll, The dispatch
gave M details .! her illness. Colonel Audrnried,
Of ShcnnaI's st0T immc liRtcly tclcgruphed to
know ii ne could be OF any service, aud Miss Sher-
man answered in the negative saying however,
that they were anxious ~ SEQ Dr. Norris as soon as
possible. The correspondent adds that since the
Unfortunate action Ul Thomas Ewing Sherman, the
General, son, in entering the Society Of Jesuits
against his fathers protest, but with his mothers
cnCuuragcmcnt General and Mrs sherman have
not met. lie Is at Fort Yuma New Mexico, and Is
not cgpcctc home before the last Of October. lie
would require at least fifteen days to return even
shuuIi his presence be necessary. When General
Sherman showed much feeling over the action
of hi, son, aud rcpr0aChed his wife and her CathO,
lie friends So bitterly for rohbig him of his layoyIe
son, Mrs. sherman was much Affected and haa
changed her plans, and has determined to live
with er husband hereafter and give up her Teli.
guus iHl IFS. she has rented her house In Il Louis
AMI up "a the Generals return will take up her res
ldr.cy IA Washington.