National Republican., 1880-09-04
PERSONA

sT. LOUIS girls noses are as auburn as their
hair.
The correct and cleanly way to cat melons
Is with spoon.
THE aged Lucretla Mott Is reported In fail
| lug health. She Is eighty.seven years old.
Hon c. X. BUcKALEw. e1.United States
senator, has turned poet, aud euloqigcs Mosby
in verse.
ROBERT LINCOLN has gone to Colorado
Springs TO join his wife, who is with her
father. Senator Harlan.
MIR. THOMAS HUGHES will shortly visit Mr..
| q. W. Childs iu Philadelphia, aud will give a
ecturc at the academy in that city.
| DR. Won MosCHzisKER has gone on soma
proiesJlonal business TO Pbiad"'-' -. ,,,f
MOI "'hnS'oh oy 'he i"'' ua'n y"
--~sy.
TnE queen Of Italy has made q gift 10 a
catholic church in Boston of bronze statue Of
Augustus Caesar, an antique Of exquisite work.
| manship.
APATR were married at Newport, r. l., re.
Gently after an unbrokcn Courship OF thirty
| five years. That is what may bo called @
slow match
COLONEL II. STUART WoRrLEY, the director
OF tho patent museum Of Great Britain, ac-
companied by Mrs. Nortley, is registered st
| tue Arlington.
IT is said that Hamilton Fish spent more
money in Washington while he was living
here than is spent by all the members Of the
present cabinet.
AMoYG the passengers Of the Vera Cruz was
| MaJor-General Alfred +. A. TOrbert, who dis
tinguished himself greatly duringthe.rebellion
| as q cavalry commander.
The Princess Zorka of Montenegro is sew.
enteen years old and Is well educated and
beautiful girl She Is to become the wife Of
| the new ruler of Bulgaria
THIRTEEN bishops of the methodist episco-
pal church unite IN an appeal to the denom-
nation TO clear or tho indebtedness Of the
| Metropolitan church of this city.
TuE portrait of Lafayette that was hun. 60
| long above the speakers seat in tbs house has
been taken down, and after being retouchcd
has been hung IN place again, much improved.
The engagement is announced Of Miss
Shields, daughter of Professor Charles Shields
of Princeton college, TO Bsyard Stockton Of
Princeton, Nj, grandson Of the late Comno-
dore Stockton.
THE Rev. Dr. Campbell FAIR rector of As.
ccnsion p. Z. church, Baltimore, aud editor
OF tho Church Ne,0S sailed for New York last
Saturday and is expected IN Baltimore on
wednesday Or Thursday of next week.
| SUPERVISING ABcHITEcT Of the Treasury
Hill says that II any surplus is left after
building the new silver vaults at Philadel-
| phia aud San Francisco he will expend the
rest in vault at tho sub.treasury In Now
York.
Ex-MAyoR VAux OF Philadelphia tells how
he danced with the present Queen Victoria
when she was only girl aud he WAS visit
| ing England. In 1Sl2 Mr. Yaux was one of
the associate editors OF GrGhams llgdsine
with Poe.
Tue Horld Of yesterday says: Mr.. Thurlow
Weed was resting moro easiiy last night, but
was still very weak DR.. Anderson who is at
tending him. says that the weather ontnues
cooler he has no doubt that Mr. Weed will
recover. Nr. Weed is in his eighty.lourth
year.
REV. Dn. L. IT. CHAPLIN of New York, who
| lately returned from Europe has been failing
in health lately. His weight has been re.
dncad froul $50 to 1lO, aud yet his physicians
declare that there is NO organic disease. Over
intellectual work aud the warm weather arc
assigned as the cause OF his trouble.
Mr.. LAHKIN ]. MEAD is busy in his Floren-
tine studio modelling the colossal figure rep
resenliug the Mississippi river, which is to bo
| presented to New York Central park By Mr.
Elliott +. Shepard. The figure, which is a
reclining one surrounded by fruits aud AM.
mails, is TO be executed in white marble.
\ JOKE made by Dr.. A. W. Holmes is
recalled By the death Of DR.. Charles l.. Jackson.
| Holmes, speaking of the fierce controversy
waged between DR., Jackson aud rival
| physician Us 10 NnlCN WIS tle Nl3CDNCICr OF
| augsthetic5, said that the best way TO settle
matters would bc to erect monument with
| the diplomatic inscription, "here's 10 ether"
| FILLIPPO COsrGGING has completed a sample
cnrtOou in the rOtuuda Of the capitol. aud ii
| is pronounced battUr than the work Of Bru-
midi who died leaving the scheme for the
decoration IN an incomplete state. Mr.. Costi-
gini has returned to Now Yolk for his finn
! ily aud he Will BE- employed, 1t is understood,
TO finish the frescoing oi the rotuuda aud
dome.
| The Rev. J. w. Grubbs ofliclated Mt what was
| intended 10 be u mock marriage at SmiH gield,
| Mo, but altorward declared that the knot was
legal, and nude II formal record Of the ccrtii.
cate. The couple were indignant At this action
and had the clergyman prosecuted, He was
| fined S25 for making false rp,urn: but he hHs
appealed and for months Ih3 pair Will not
know whether or not they are husband and
| wife.
MILE, TUA, the young yiolnist now so
much talked Of in Paris, is tho daughter of u
Turin mason, who taught himself Tho violin,
| his wife tho guitar, and put an ms srument
| into the hand, of his little girl then six years
old. When they had mastered few luuts
they left Turin and visited, one after another.
| the winter cities Of the coast. At Nice lady
was so struck with the cAild's fUirut that size
gave the iathCr an introduction to NJ. Mlssrrt,
professor of the violin NJ tho cOu.cgyutoiIo,
and tho whole family came to Paris 10 iud q
! friend IN the professor, who, with q few OF
his acquaintance, raised "a iuud which m
aLlod them 20 live while Tho Gaug ter followed
| the classes Of tic couserya,oire, where she las
now gained the higAo3t reward at thirteen.
An American imprcssaIio has, it is reported,
offered to take tie young prodigy to America
| with her parents, pay al their expenses for
| hye years and givo them $4,000 ut The end Of
| that time. VI. Tua has refused; Go thinks his
daughter can do hotter IN Europe. Her frst
prz at the conssryatoirs gives her 500 aud
! a superb instrument.
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