National Republican., 1880-08-10
FIFTY CENTS PER MONTH.
PERSONAL.

THE president leaves for Columbus, Ohio,
to-day Ho will return on Friday.
EX.GovERNoR B1GLER Of Pennsylvania died
at Clearfield in that state yesterday.
ARTHUR SULLIVAN has sent Canadian
national hymn TO the marquis Of Lorne
GENERAL ROBERT scHsNcK is reputed to be
gradually sinking under brighps disease. lie
is In Vermont.
MARSHAL MCMAHON ia now said to be sound
both In purse aud biain. The contrary stories
were coined by Paris gossips.
MR. BARToN GARRoTT, well.known citi-
Ecu of Burkittsvilie, Nd, died Saturday last
OF paralysis, aged seventy. eight years.
Miss MARY BGSNEY BANKS, daughter Of
General N. L. Banks, will be married in
Waltham, Mass, on the 10Th of August to Mr..
Paul Stirling
The London Truth praises as tho new Amer
lean beauty Miss Parsons who appeared at tho
recent bachelors ball in the Albert Grant
Kcnsingtou mansion.
EX.DIsTRIcT-ATToRNEY REED of Chicago Is
here endeavoring 10 procure pardon for Ex-
Postmaster Arthur, who has been convicted Of
embczalement but not yet sentenced.
Hon. GEORGE g. GoRHAM, after spending a
few days at Orkney Springs with his family,
will enter the CANVASS in Maine, whore he will
remain few weeks and then 60 to Indiana.
wife and daughter will pass week us tho
guest OF eN-Govornor Smyth at Manchester,
N. H., and will alterwsrd visit the noun
tains.
Ir tho expected royal baby of Spain is
boy his title will be "Prnco Of Asiurias" If a
girl. It will be "Inianta of Spain" The idea
is that this is notice that the salic law will
| continue to be set aside.
THE republican nominee for delegate in con-
i l..
Trauquelino Luna the tranquil moon. What
a olsnce he will give to the funny men of the
hOuse-SunSct Cox, for instance.
EX.CoNGRESsStAN ii. B. PAYNE Of Ohio,
who is travelling in tho northwest, says that
Dakota probably will bs divided during the
next two years, aud that within three years
two prosperous statos will be made out Of tho
territory.
AGNES ROBERTSON (Mrs Dion BouciCault)
has begun starring tour. She opaned with
Jessie Brown" in tho Siege Of Lucknow"
at the Walnut-slrect theatre, Philadelphia, on
Monday night We saw her play It twenty.
two years ago in the same theatre. Agnes
must be between forty-fvo aud fifty years Of
age.
The son of Prudhommo, just from college,
has aspirations for a literary carcor. lie has
written n novel, which ho read to his father.
| "Just think" said tho latter TO ono of his
friends, "that boy Of mino has written such
novel that, out Of regard for his youthful in
noceuce, have been obliged to forbid his
reading itw
DIR. W. r. C. DOUGLAS, u widoly.known aud
highly respected citizen OF Peninsula, Va,
died in Williamsburg, Thursday night, at 8
o'clock. The Diseased was brother the lato
Hon. b. u. Douglas. member of congress from
tho first district, and father of Colonel II. Il.
Douglas superintendent OF the Rchm ond,
York River * Chesapeake railroad.
GENERAL A. w. DoNIpuAS arrived in Santa
Fe on August in frst.class coach of tho
A., T. Il 5. +. railroad. Thirty .four years be.
fore he had commanded the 800 Missouri
volunteers who marched from Wcstport 1000
miles across the great American dcs rt," rs
IL was called thcn, TO conquer Now Mexico.
The general is 5eventy-two years old, but is
bale and hearty.