National Republican., 1881-07-30
PERSONALITIES.

DIR. ID. WEBSTER PRENTlss is still in
Washington, and not in London, as stated.
Mr.. II. c. COCHRAN, editor of the San
Juan Propoctor (Del Norte, Col.,), is in town.
SENATOR LOGAN has sold fourteen lots
in Cairo to Judge Mulkey, of the Supreme Court.
Mr.. GEORGE NJ. OYSTER, ir., has returned
to the city from a ten days visit to Chicago and tho
Northwest.
Mr.. MADISON DAVIS, chief clerk Of the
Third Assistant Postmaster. General, went North
yesterday on ten days leave Of absence.
THE death ut Waupaca, Wis, of Captain
Thomas Spencer, veteran Of the war Of 1912, is
announced. The deceased was native Of New
York.
Mrs. WILLIAM II. WATSON, wife of Sur
gcon General Watson, OF Governor Cornells staff
died suddenly OF heart disease at Utica, n. Y, ON
Wednesday.
Hon. A. WApHAM, of the Great East
ern Railway Company, of England, accompanied
by Sir Arthur aud Miss Mcnamara, are registered
at the Riggs.
WHEN Brutus and Cassius were boys
the girls used 10 soy that Brute was such nice fell
low, but they preferred CASH The girls haven't
changed one Bit
THE Poore family are to have reunion
Mt Newburyport in September. As the family Is
largely made up of newspaper men, the gathering
is likely to be very select
granddaughter ofMr. William II. Sew
ard was baptized last week at Auburn with water
which was brought from the River Jordan by Sec
rotary Seward many years ago.
BLIND ToM when at his home in Geor-
gla, remains alone with his piano day and night,
| playing most of the time That must be nice
ncighborhood to move away from.
FROM biographical sketch of Prcsi-
dent Garfield in the Wecomc, a London serial, we
learn that his wife died in ls55 and that he at
one time president of Williams College.
THE Boston Post says that ex-Prcsident
Hayes passes most of his days swinging in a ham.
mock and wondering why no one shot him. This
is hanmocking way Of speaking Of our temper.
| ancc brother.
"KrNGs I Have Met" is the title Of Mr..
Arch bad Forbes lecture. Some day Mr.. Forbes
will come across three kings and pair of seyens.
Then ne will learn something about the resources
of this ccuntry.-Frogramme
CHARLES READE was the first to bring
the word crank into popular use, In his novel
of "Never Too Late TO Mend.' When man was
refractory at the prison .herein described the
keeper called him CRANK
| OOLONEL IOBERT ". INGERSOLL SUNS llul
Mexico looks rs If the devil purchased It at tax
sale and the Almighty had used 1t as a back yard
OF his workshops TO throw the shOyings and refuse
into after He got through with the rest Of the
| world"
HENRY WARD BEECnER will, it is said
| probably in the next number of the North 1meri.
can Rerfolc- sum up the points made by Ingersoll
and Black In the last number, and make general
criticism on the views of each OF the distinguished
| dcbaters.
MARTIN VAN BUREN made his first sum-
ming-up in law case before he was eighteen, and
received half dollar for It, When paid he tossed
up the coin and said: 81 shall yet be lawyer
The story comes from Rev. DR.. Il. s. Porter and he
credits II to Rev. John Vandoe
Mr.. j. q. WHITTIER now carries a worn
four bladed pocket-knifc with which Mr. Thack-
cray sharpened his pencils, and was given to
Whittier since the death Of J. I. Fields who car
ried 1t for some time. Apropos of relics, we have
| in our possession razor which belonged to Simon
| Bolivar, the great patriot and hberator. II has
become somewhat nicked in connection with tho
cutting Of plug cayendish, but may be had at O
sacrifice.
AT a meeting held in Carlsbad upon the
Fourth of July 1884, 1t resolved to abandon the
idea of celebrating the Fourth (for which arrange.
ments had previously been made) by dinner
speeches, and reading Of the Declaration of Inde.
pendencc, owing to the dastnrdly attempt upon the
life of the President of the United States ana tn,
| precarious condition in which he was lying
meeting was held, and Colonel f. r. c. Lewis, o
| Hoboken, being called to the chair, and Mr. ]. G
Taylor Of Baltimore, as vice; chairman, with Mr.
A. Strauss, OF Missouri as secretary, appropriate
resolunJns were adopted.