National Republican., 1878-10-16
PERSONAL.
BANCROFT Is n tcctotalcr.


bANtWDIT Is u ltCNONiltts
JERE BLACK Is In New York.
FIGHTER, the actor is quite a sportsman.
HENRY De VILE Of Paris Is at the Arlington.
A. MACDOSELL, Of ireland, Is at the Ebbiu House. |
FERNANDO wooD is said to be embarrassed finNn- |
Cially. |
W L. DUFF, of Memphis, is guest at the I'm.
pcrial.
B. JACKSON, of Chicago, is stopping ut the I'm
pcrial.
II. CHnDs, of London, Canada, is at the RIGGS
House.
L. q. Bush, U. s. A., is quarercd at the EbbIt
House.
J. c. WALKER, I. s. ", is anchored ut the Ebbtt
House.
CHARLES W. GOULD of New York, is stopping at
b. b. IIorcnKr.s, of Paris is soJourning ut the
Ebbitt House.
Enlsox exhibited the telephone before the royal
family of Vienna
DICKESs' nephew, Rev. II. Dickens, Is Mctho-
dist preacher at Freeport, Ill.
J. e. DUSCAS has written u book on /" How to be
Plump lie lives In Chicago.
Ex-STCRETARY BRIsTow has taken q house at
Cornwall. Oh the Hudson River.
MIS- SARA JEwErr's new book Il called "Play
Days and is intended for young girls
Mn. LpNIFELLOw has presented Bible to the
new Unitarian church in Brunswick Me.
IoRD EXETER. Is trying to natura,ize American
black bass In some OF the waters OF his estate.
GANBErrA, 1t Is now declared, Is about to marry
widow Mime. ArnaudD with iI,UJJOJJ francs.
JAMES H. RASDALL author OF the song MY Mary.
land has taken editorial charge Of the Augusta
Gal S,iiutk.
MAGGIE MITCHELL. lost brother, sis,cr.in.law,
and niece through the yellow fever ravaGes In
Memphis, Tenn.
MILES O'REILLEY's" brother, the Rev. Professor
!Ialp,nc late classical master OF Huron College,
London, Ont, Is dead.
CoMNunoGE FoXmALL y. PARKER, United States
Naval ACn'lcmy, and Medical Inspector A. J..
Liib5n, are Il, wormleys.
THE Rev. Dr. Ingram, Of the Free Church. Cnst,
Scotland. now In his l13d year, Is probably the old
est Clergyman In the world
| A DECREE has been signed prohibiting the manu-.
llCturc In Paris Of any Kind Of Illuminating device
intended as toy for children.
OwING to his engagements Mr.. George W. Colby
was not able To accompany the lROZc Map!Gson Con.
cert Company on It's Western tour.
Miss LISNA CORsE, Of Newport Centre, VT Is
charged with giving Perry Spalding. scholar, 100
blows on the hands with hardwood ruler
| SENATOR BLAINE, Senator Dayard, and Governor
Carroll will be at the Washington County (Md.) fair
this week, according to the Hasentown Nal.
MICHIGAN University has 800 students this year
| of whom 80 are studying law, 30 medicine and
are trying to master the mystery of pulling teeth
| MR FREDERICK T.. CHURCH has on his easel at his
home. on the Hudson, large tropical landscape
which he Is said to be painting for Mr.. fendleton,
| Of Ohio.
IT is announced that the first number OF Progress,
| Colonel FOrnCys new paper, VIII begin u story,
Donna Quxoie," written especially for Il by Jus
tin MCCarty.
An anonymous admirer of Miss Clara Louise
Kellogg after OF her recent concerts In Chicago
sent her u costly diamond. she passed II over 10
the yellow ic7cr sufferers
THE action Of Mr.. Talmages flock In increasing
his salary so as TO Keep him from lecturng outside
Of BTooklyn Is likely TO be hailed with Joy through.
A TEXAS reyiyalist (colored) Is preaching the
doctrine Of frgid hell, with immense success 10
congregations that were not at all impressed by the
prospect of orthodox tOrments.
PATIESCE ALBRo is u lady living in Foster, r. J..
nt the comfortable age Of lnl She Is said TO re.
member well Monsieur the Marquis dc La Fayetc
marching through the village with his regiment.
| THE Rev. 4. 5. Seward, a nephew of William II
Seward and brother OF the Minister to China has
been called to the swedenbJTglan church IN New
: York, Of which the Rev. Chauncey Giles was for
merly pastor.
: TIE Milford (Mass.) Reform Club voted to give
the women members leave 10 Withdraw from
meeting, and the indignant women have retaliatcd
, by taking away the clubs furniture, which they
| collected the money to buy
SIR GARNET woLsELEY Is only forty-hve. 1t wal
he who visited the Confederate army during the
rebellion and formed the opinion that Lee was thC
. greatest military genius since Napoleon, and tha
D he was greater than the German generals OF tht
, generation.
MIR. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON saw on Monday
: the siXticth anniversary of his apprenticeship e
the trade Of printing. lie celebrated the day b!
setting in type from memory one of his own poems
lie was entertained at dinner by the New England
, franklin Club.
- PRuFTsSoR WATSON will not leave Michigan Uni
yersty The authorities have added 500 70 his sal
ary and have given him an assistant. They vii
also allow him $3.50 for incidental expenses--ex
penses which have hitherto been borne out Of th
~ Professors very moderate salary.
I THE fair at Cupeper opens this week, and prom
ises to he q great success The Hon W. ID. Kelley
a OF Philadelphia, has accepted an invitation TO al
t dress the society, and win do on Thursday, tn
b. 18th; his theme: The Effects Of National Legisla
4 tiOn on the Interests Of Agriculture"
;. DEAN STANLEY has been Ill IN Albany ffom ncry
, Gus prOstrtion induced by oyeT.cxertiOn durnl
y his recent visit to West Point some hours of abse
lutte quiet served us u restorative. The Dean VII
return 10 New York about the 18Th and VIII sail 10
q England In the Bothnla early In November.
: JOHS MALoSEy isR poor old shoemaker sellin
. | slippers about London streets, who says that h
+, saved Queen NictOrla's life when she was a chill
= Of three. lie declares that she was thrown out
Il u pony carriage In Kensington Gardens, and woul
have bcen killed or seriously injured ifhe had ne
Y caught her suddenly.
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