National Republican., 1880-11-19
PIERS ONAL.

GENERAL HARRY WHITE IS said to be candidate
for clerk OF the house.
TIE Official canvas, elects Hazellln c, republican,
In the sixth Missouri district by l07 majority
CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY is reported to be in the
field for United states senate from ew York.
CoNGREssMAN O'NEtLL Of Pennsylvania, who has
been making short visit TO this city left for Phila
delphiH yesterday
MISUNDERSTANDING JACOB ZEILiN United
States marine corps died in this city yesterday Ito
VIII be buried tomorrow.
MRs. JOSHUA Hoda Of Norfolk county, Va fcH
down stairs last Monday and received such a
shock that che died within an hour.
WILLIAM VI. PRICE OF Cumberland writes to tho
New York World that 'be Is profoundly ignorant
Of the authorship Of the Lindsay letter"
EN.MAYoR JoHN LEE CHAPMAN Of Baltimore
died suddenly yesterday morning aged seventy. lie
was strong union man during tho war aud an up
right man.
REV. A. f. Dickinson was married to Miss NJ
Lula Craddock oEtialiiax Courthousc, Yo., on Mon.
day last Tho couple left Immediately for Il trip to
tho northern cities.
GovEnNor blue JEANS WILLIAMS OF Indiana
Is suffering severely from an attack Of malnral
fever. but no serious effects are feared, notwith-
standing his age, which Is over seveuty.two years.
Mn. CHARLES y. HICKS, tho press agent OF Ilay-
erlyS genuine coored Ministries, is in the city max.
iug the necessary arrangements for the comfort OF
the troupe which Is TO appear at Fords next
week.
Mr.. BRET HAnrR is lying seriously III al New.
stead abbey. 1t Will be remembered that ho was
detained there by indi-positou from Joining In the
recent meeting at Edinburgh, at which Mr.. Lowell
made speech,
sESAroR GROVER, who IS at u medical home near
Wilmington Del, suffers from spinal irritation.
lie WIN he hero next week II well enough but II Is
MT likely that he viii be able to attend regularly
on the meetings Of the senate.
GENERAL MILES promotion makes Lieutenant.
Colonel A, D. llcCoUE colonel Of the Fifth Infantry
MAJOR II. X Miner VIII be Lieutenant colonel of
tho Tenth infantry; Captain W. NJ Sanders, major
of the Eighth, aud Lieutenant j. +. MuusOu. cap
tain in the SIXTH
E IN 1, Lat Z,
vOcating tho appointment of General Grant to be
general oithe army lie points out thnt the strong
est friends of General Grant opposed the bill in tile
senate IN 1873 TO put General Grant ON the retired
list Of the army with pay Of $1,000 per 0nnum.
THE appointment Of Mr.. Manning by Governor
Wiltz Of Louisiana 10 take up the contest for Kel
logg's place In tle senate Is generally considered
70 mean that there must be somebody to collect
the allowance which the senate Will make 70 tho
contestant J here is large number Of persons
Interested In the expected allowance.
A VERY remarkable incident occurred at Tarry-
| town, n. ". last Sunday. The Rev Or. PharceluS
OF tho presbyterian church celebrated the seventy.
| fifth anniversary Of his pGsturate. and occupied
the pulpit which tor slxty.ihreo years he filed
consecutively. Then au assistant was selected for
| him, and the venerable and rcVered clergyman
! has since preached only upon special occasions.
lie Is ninety seven years OF age and in good health.
A SPECIAL to the Philadelphia Plcss says Gen.
eral Garfield Is expected to arrive here next Tues
day night and win remain quietly at his home on
| Thirteenth and streets IL is generally believed
that upon this visit he will see seoretary sherman
and the two viii come TO frank understanding
about the treasury portfolio. The belief here ia
that Garfield will tender sherman the secretary
| ship and that Sherman VIII accept. or this, how.
ever, Of course nothing positive is known"
| DoSS PIATr presumiug upon an acquaintance
with General Garfield, which he alleges was formed
| when they both occupied cheap boarding
| house. has the audacily TO attempt to advise Gar
field respecting his conduct of the presidency. No
doubt when Garileld's honest poverty forced him
/ to live in cheap boardiug-hOusCs he was not abSO
| lu!cy free to choose his company; but II really
does seem little hard that his misfortune in THIS
| respect should iulCt u burden upon him during
| Btuicfin.