National Republican., 1878-07-10

to chloroform, the latter can be administered
without danger Of asphyxia.
CAPTAIN ISAAC BAsssrT, tho veteran assist.
ant doorkeeper Of the Senate, Is seriously Ill
at his residence on Capitol Hill.
SECRETARY ScHuRz left last evening 10 take
his family to Deer Park, whcro they will ro-
main during the warm weather.
The Princess Of Wales, tho Crown Prince Of
Denmark, her brother, and the heir 10 the Bel
gium throne, are all Of them deaf
GEORGE 8 APPLETON, business man and lin.
gust Of the publishing house Of d. Appleton
& Co., Of Now York, Is mortally III.
ANoSo the army officers who registered al
tho Ebbitt yesterday are D. d. johnson, q. N.
Carron, ID. II. Lyle, and John Coulinc.
A JUDGE in Henderson, Ky, sits on the
bench with his legs thrown over the desk In
front Of him and lighted cigar in his mouth.
BisnoP WnrTTLE, of Virginia, refuses to
administer the rite Of confirmation to any one
who persists In the practice Of round .dans-
ing.
GENERAL GRANT Is said to have improyed
In appearance during his journeyings Ho Is
much thinner, aud tho change Is becoming to
him.
The Emperor Of Brazil Is going to Paris for
the Exhibition, and has engaged for July the
rooms in the Grand Hotel now occupied by the
Shah.
COMMODORE ScHUFELDT, Chief of the Bu.
reau Of Equipment and Recruiting, has gone
to the Pacific coast on q months leave Of ab.
senco.
AN Iowa woman lost her clothes line. "Tha.
explains 1t, she exclaimed, when sho found
u In the stable with her husband dangling at
the end Of IT,
NJ. $. HESRrQuEs, chief clerk, will act as
Inft .T n.
isg during tho absence Of Commodore Schu-
feldt In California.
New HAMPSHIRE Is suffering from an inun.
dation Of visiting school teachers who pur.
pose holding n convention amid her noun
tains during the week.
REPRESENTATIVES, ACRLEN's mother in.
hcrited her wealth from her first husband,
Mr.. Franklin, who was negro dealer In
Washington, d. G., and built large slave.
pcn.
ALBERT MELLES, who recently died at Dal.
las. Texas, cut oil his left hand in 1864 while
prisoner Of the Union troops at vicksburg,
rather than work on the Notifications under q
negro guard.
SENATOR BooTH, Il Is said, Is trying to per.
suade President Hayes to make journey to
California In the autumn. Mr.. Hayes is ex-
pected to stay q short timo on Hayden's Island,
In the st. Lawrence River.
PROFESSOR SPENCER +. BAIRD, fthe United
States fishery commission, has established his
headquarters at Gloucester, and will mako q
speciality Of Matching young goldfish for distri.
button of the coast Of New England.
SEVEN or eight clerks in the Surgeon. Gen.
erals Office have been enyagod for several
years In compiling catalogue Of the National
Medical Library. When finished, there will
be seven or eight volumes, each as large as
Websters Unabridged Dictionary.
JANE GREY SwISHELM has been suspended
from the Sorosis for having rashly wished she
was man. But she was rcinstatcd on the
payment Of light fine, when she explained
that she uttered the wish while trying to climb
a high stool at q railroad lunch counter
Toledo Blade.
Miss MINNIE HAUcK, who Is now singing
with Mapleson's company in London, appears
to have won the cordial and unanimous favor
of the critics and tho enthusiastic applause OF
the public. Her voice is said to have gained
In volumne aad quality, her execution to have
been perfected, and her dramatic powers won.
lertully deyeloped