National Republican., 1878-10-04
tell wha. /. in Pile Of fo.chanscs by merely giving

them mild kick.
DuRrSo the absence Of Postmaster. General Key,
on the Pacific Coast. and Assistants Tyner and
brady In Indiana the duties Of Acting Postmaster
General will be performed by the third assistant,
Hon. A. ID. Halen.
IT Is Poppy" Heron now-boy at that Tho
equilibrium Of the book keeping department Of
TnE RErrnrAS runs. on as regularly as formerly.
Notwithstanding the increased responsibility that
has recently fallen upon It's presiding genius
ELbrH srEvENsoS, a Mormon missionary, lnci-
dentally proposed matriInpny to widow and her
two dGnFhtcrs in Hickman County, Tenn. They
said yes AMI are on their way to salt Lake city,
where the marriage ceremony Is TO be performed
u. n. EDGEGroS, Of s.. Louis; L. 4. silman, Of
New York; G. W. SehCll, Of pCnnsylvmln; :. J.
Gordon, OF New York Logan u Roof, Of Arkansas;
!. +. Rivers anl wife, Of North carolina; AlbCtt
Maverick, and u. +. rngc and wife, of Boston, are
guests al the Riggs House.
Mr.. JDsErM TAYLOR and his wife, tho father and
mother of Bnyarl Taylor, United States Minister to
Berlin, will celebrate their diamond wedding on
the 10Th Of October, at CclarcrOn. II Is not often
that venerable pair together the siXcth ami
Ncrsary of their marriage day.
1DN GREELEY, the daughter Of the lamented Hor-
| ace, has son. The fathers name is Smith-Sich-
olas smith. But the boy is not TO be called smith.
He has been Calied Horace Greeley lr and the
his head to be ruOwn as his fathers son.
| THE name Of John T. Bcctcn, who alone coillned
and buried tho first victim ofyelow fever at Water
| stricken and would not touch the body, and has
since died, should be enrolled among those Of the
| exceptionally brave men whose memory tho world
| hOnOrs.
WET VmGfStA swakng Up. Capitalists IN New
| York. Philadelphia and Baltimore are investing
| largely In mines and mining lands In that new
state. which the war umputatcd from the mother
Of States. The newly found mines OF iron. coal,
petroleum, salt and the caves Of satpcter are said
tobc rich beyond description.
HEaE L another society scandal. The name Of
Miss Jeffrey Lewis the actress appeDr, IN the pas
| scngCr list Of the steamship Greece which sailed
ON wednesday from New York for London. She
| was recently married to san Francisco broker,
and 1t was supposed that she intended TO remain In
that city and leave the stage. Her husband name
does not appear In the passenger list
"iSR can he preserved from mold by putting n
Glove In the bItc." when Mrs. Spriggins. wife Of
Sprigglns Of the MDrniHl Auuigner read the above.
/ shG cried GNcitc,lly, There! now | know what
Mr. :. always carries cloves IN his pocket fpr!
| And the gnnl old unSuspccting soul luOkcd as
pleased ~ II she had Just hcari OF new way Of
putting up hlAckberriG-.
TuErT Il q romance connected with the death Of
Zach oliver. Ten days ago, while on his way to
his lodgings, lie encountered, very III with the
f'vcr. q Young IcwcSs Miss rhube Neudlc,on who
hal como into the city to inquire for letters which
were CNpCctcd from her parents, who had lied to
some Northern city when the fever ir,t Appeared.
Seeing her condition. kind hearted Zach took her
Il 10 his room and went In huStc fOrA physician,
which he secured. AMI by his attention To- her. in
conjunction with the nurse furnished by the How
ards, tho young Jev1ass wns saved lrnh death.
Three days agp She hal 40 far COnYalCsccl a. To be
AMI, although feeble from her Illness she aided IN
the nursing Of her friend, who fingered until this
morning AMI die'l In .ho arms OF her he had
! saygu-.N.inIhis Sj.C,iH,