National Republican., 1879-03-06
PERSONAL.

SIMON CAMERON Twin be eighty years old next
Saturday.
Hon. EDWARD S. BRAGG, of Wisconsin, is guest
at the Arlington.
GENERAL A. b. NORTON, of New York, is quar-
tered nj the Arlington.
MARY ANDERSON is physically much thinner
than she was year ago.
W ii. HURLBERT editor of the New York World,
Is registered at Wormley's.
COLONEL WILLIAM HALLowAY of Kentucky, is
booked at the Riggs House.
GENERAL PHILIP II. SHERIDAN is described as
having grown extremely stout
JOSIE BAKER, girl of sixteen, is tutor in Greek
in Simpson College at IndianOla. Ill.
1T means Bill Jones-the Wilhelm for william,
the j for Jones.-iNdRtd Constitution.
CONGRESSMAN CABEIL's daughter ran off from
Danville, Va, and married L. IL. Lewis.
SENATOR ROLLINS, of New Hampshire, has bought
Fort George Island, Off the coast Of Florida.
Miss SUSAN b. ASTnoNY proposes to deliver lee
lures in the principal cities of Texas this spring
THE Marquis de NOailcs, formerly French Minis
ter at Washington, Is expected TO be the new French
Ambassador ut London.
WILLIAM KIDD, of New York; Charles Selden, of
Ohio; j. G. Burret, Philadelphia, ANA 4. ID. Jessup
Rhode Island, are stopping at wormley's
JP. LEE Bridgeport; L. b. Walcott Wisconsin /,
George A. Daniels, New YORK; t. W. klee, Iowa.
and j. II. Gilbert Kentucky, are posted at Wizards
RICHARD NJ. MCSHERRY, of Baltimore, has been
made one of the order of the Royal Crown by the
King Of Italy, for breaking up the pardrone system
| in that city.
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| such slckler for judicial dignity that he once
| fined his brother $50 for contempt when he came
| into court and called him John"
THE venerable Mrs Sarah Josepha Hale, OF Phil
| adclphia long the editor of G0dey's Lddys Book,
and now in her nineyhr year. is In very feeble
bodily health though her mind is as clear as ever.
| DURING the visit of the Marquis OF Lorne and the
| Princess Louise TO New York IN May they will re-
| side at the WinsOr Hotel where suite of twelve
rooms will be specially decorated and prepared for
| them.
| An unknown correspondent Is responsible for the
| story that Mrs Hayes told lady, who threatened
| to attend Presidential reception in low neck
| dress, that shawl would be thrown over her
| shoulders.
| wHITELAw REID, editor OF the Tribune will be the
orator and George Alfred Townsend the poet at the
| twenty.third annual convention OF the New York
| Press Association which Will be held In Rochester
| during the third week OF june
| Mrs. RHoDA BorroRF, OF New Washington, Clark
| County, Ind, always told her children that she
! would live TO be hundred years old and then die.
| And she kept her word Last Friday, having run
| twenty days beyond her one hundredth hday,
| she gave up the ghost.
| FUNERAL reform Is desirable In some parts Of New
| York paper Of that city states that the remains
of child five years old were followed 10 the grave
| by forty. eight carriages, and poor Irish woman
spent $50 OF the $500 which her husband left her Ia
| give him "a dicent buTiel."
THE chief of police in Harrisburg PENN. has re.
ceyCd a request from an Illinois man for the name
of the cOlOred resident OF Harrisburg "who Offered
his daughters weight in gold 70 any respectable
| white man who would marry her. The chief Is
very sorry he never heard OF hin before.
THE Rev. @. II. HoughtOn. rector of the Church
of the Tanshgnratlon, New York, Tho little
5000 under the Will of Mrs Emma Steeker one Ol
his parishoners who has Just died IN that city TC
the church Itself Mrs, steckef bequeathed $4,000