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SIR ". ". Corcoran, the Washington
M llionaire Was - years OF on The 18th.
Mr.. Scott Siddons. the dramatic reader
and most csimablc lady, is one Of the best
shots in the lalG-wiih 10Th rice aud pistol.
The Bernhardt was in Montreal, Canada,
last week ard the local Catholic and Epis-
copal clergy warned their hocks against
attending hcrplays.
The Chicago physicians are puzzled over
( the case of all yearold lad who, for years
past has been sweating blood, from different
points, at frequent intervals
Mr.. Flo. Stock. publisher ia London,
has issued two-ccnt Bible which is going
off Ike ho cakes the salcs rca hing into
the hundreds of Thousands.
1t il intended to unycil the Farragut sta
tue. in the square ofthat name in Washing
ton on Inauguration day, IL possible. The
ceremonies attending the event viii be- on a
big scale
\ bill j. pending before Congress to make
the 18th Of Oc.olcr legal holiday in n
District of Columbia IN commenoration Of
the discovery Of America by Christopher
CJ,u1bus, October 18th, 1872.
De lie seps, of Panama canal fame, thinks
he La. discovered The poirt IN the Req Sea-
whore Tie Israclitcs crossed and French
cccl,sastic * soliciting funds whcTewiih 10
drcdge it, bottom for possible remains Of
Pharaoh hosts.
Lieut.. Schwaika, commander Of the late
franklin search party, who successfully
Oyercamc the Giilculti,s ct ice and snow
navigation in ;he Arctic tor two winter, has
clne To grief upon IA icy pavement IN New
York city-brcakinghis ankle.
Two men who were sheltered over night
by Mr. Brown Riding, in Monroe county,
Mis-, robbed the premises, and fred them
aud left Tier victims whom they Lad
chloroformod persisted. 4 posse caught one
of The men and burned him 1t an IMPROVE
Cd stake
The Congressional library special COM
mittcc have voted TO locate the proposed
library building on the Judiciary Square
+ Ste in Wa.hingt0n. The ely ball finder
boxes occupy Part Of this ground. which
/ lies between Louisiana avenue, q, Third and
I Filth streets, northwest.
The only genuine Indian sailor in the
/ w0r '-as Ec claims for himself-is among
/ the r ol tie schr Centennial. Captain
Birdscil, which lay at Alexandra lat week.
Tn man was born in Little Arkansas Of
4 Paxnec parcnts-his mother being a sister
Of Red Cloud liz sea service l. ~ year.
4 Galveston gentleman was pricing an
Id sofa at an auction room This sofa
olcc belonged 10 Lalitte il j. fall 81 histo-
rical "reminiscences" There isOnenow, pa,
crawling right up the back" observed the
-cntlcman's little boy. That fact; its
dive with historical "reminiscences" said tie
gentleman, punching in the corner with his
cane. No sale
The indications are tiat the present Con
res will make the apportionment under
he new census. a. it j. stated that the cen
-us returns will positively be ready in time.
Cnder the Constitution the number Of Re
,resentativcs cannot exceed one for every
hiriy thousand Of ;.c population, but our
country has long since grown past that ratio.
The House j. now c,owded Ia a cOnfuslye
and annoying point and some think that
the ratio Of the population should therefore
be increased rather than the number Of re-
representatives..
Reader. Of books wherever the English
language j. :, oxen will hear with regret Of
he death Of Mr.. Gross i"GeOrgc Eil0' },
which occurred at or near London recently.
Mrs. CTO>s, whose maiden name was Marian
Evans. was mere gere-ally known by hcr
non d. Dlun- Of Gore Eliot For come
wears she bore the name Of Lewcs the Eng
lish author. with whom Size lived. She was
born in 1870. and was consequently about
! sixty years Old. her great reputation was
/ achieved as 2 writer Of fiction, but she had
no little ability in treating philosophical
, subjects. Her Pcu profits were 1866"