National Republican., 1878-05-02
PERSONAL.

COLONEL A. D. HoLcoMBE of New York
city, is at Wllards.
EX-SENATOR Wright, Of. Iowa, was with his
old associates in the Senate yesterday.
DEMAs BARNES and wife, Of Brooklyn, N.
Y, are sojourning at the Riggs House.
Ex. SENATOR Simon Cameron Is in the city
and was on the floor Of the Senate yesterday.
The President will go to Gettysburg and
participate In tho ceremonies on Decoration
Day.
You can tell by tho way lady brushes off
her husband s coat collar whether she loves him
or not.
Miss SHERMANs marriage to Senator Came
ron will be witnessed only by close friends of
the family. Miss Cameron will not not attend
it.
The Psi Ypsilon Society give o grand din
ner at the Maison d'Oreo next Friday. The
gathering on this occasion promises to DO nu-
merous and distinguished.
A MAN found full of beer In New Orleans
showed evidence Of having been malt-treated
| by some person or persons unknown 10 the
intimate friends who were summoned on the
jury.
Rev. JOHN JASPER sticks to 10 that "the sun
moves" We believe him. We have seen 1t
move corner loafer over to the shady side of
the street, when no other power could 80 have
moved him.-HaTkeye.
GENERAL A. b. HAzEv, Third Assistant
Postmaster General, returned TO the city last
evening from tour to Hartford, Springfield,
and other points in the Eastern States where
| paper manufacturers abound.
Ten officers of the Austrian corvette Dan.
dolo, lying at Philadelphia, are in the city and
yesterday called upon the President, subse.
quently driving around the city. They leave
for the Quaker City to-day.
PROFESSOR HENRY, who is now eighty years
old, ID in somewhat feeble health. His two
daughters are described as so learned US to be
perfect encyclopedias" of knowledge. Small
talk ourls up in their presence like caterpillar
on hot shovel.
AMONG those who called upon the President
yesterday were the Postmaster. General and
Secretary Of the Interior, Senators Booth
Bruce, and Johnston, Representatives, Nc.
Kinley, Phelps, Lapham, Eickhoff, Dwight
Banks LOring, Upton, and Baker, New York
The Hon. Frank Hurd, of Ohio Is in town.
In company with Sergeant-at-Arms Thomp-
son. who is recovering from serious illness, he
rode to the Capitol yesterday. This juxtapo-
sitious ride, as 1t were, set the Quid nuncs TO
gOssiping.
LOOK not upon tho ice-cooler when It sweat.
eth, nor drink thou of ice-w when 1t wax,
eth frigid for unto him that partaketh shall
be given sorrow to gnaw upon his vitals and
the pain which preyeth upon the pit of hi:
stOmach.-St Louis Journal.
A CHANGE has been made in the New Yorh
Evening Post, whereby that ehiineutly re-
spectacle sheet returns TO the control of Will.
lam Cullen Bryant and Parks Goodwin, Mr.
Henderson, the late manager. being bounced ;
Both Mr. Bryant and his son-in-law, Mr.. God
win, are said to be warm Tilden men, Will,
Mr.. Henderson did not greatly admire tn,
great refOrmer. The Significance of the chang,
is therefore very apparent.
|
f the generosity Of his nature, willed away NOR,
than he was really worth, and now there la,
been friendly suit among the legatees to di
} vide what there is. Barney was shrewt
{ follow in life, and 1t may bo just possible tina
he supposed the will, according to custom
, would be contested anyhow, and 1t did MOI
make any material difference how it wa.
framed.