National Republican., 1882-12-11
GENERALLY Personal.

were buried Saturday in Kensal Green cemetery.
Marian Elmore the actress, is under en-
gagement to her manager, William Hayden not
TO marry for five years.
The astronomer at the station in New
Mexico telegraphs that the limbs of Venus were
remarkably well defined.
Only about one out of every ten negro
cabins in the south has windows When the oc.
cupants want any daylight they walk out Of
doors.
Miss Folger, daughter of the secretary of
the treasury, will not go to Washington this sea-
son. Her delicate health may compel her to visit
Florida.
Somebody said it was the absent minded
man who came home mad one evening, scolded
the cook, coaxed his wife into the dark hall, and
kissed her.
They say that Prince Bismarck is the pos
SCISSOR of forty-three decorations When he puts
them all on at once he must look like dollar
store window.
Representative Atkins, of Tennessee, says:
"senator Harris will be his own successor There
is no earthly doubt Of II. He will have no oppo-
sition worth speaking of.
An old maids union has been formed in st.
Louis. There are old maids in u good many
ci les who would like 10 form a union of some
knd-SprfnGfed Union.
Returns Of four days shooting over Capt.
Rayners estate at Langsfui, Anglcsea, show that
S,l00 head of game fell in that time to seven guns
of This total 1000 were pheasants
How can l tell whether the unknown au-
thor of a novel is q man or woman ?-Edih Read
the novel. II every five papes the hero "lit
cigar" Its woman.-P Philadelphia NctCs
Miss Jennie Chamberlain, who is making
Q sensation in London as "the beautiful Amer.
| is "a n6-do III tor & I tbn 1cfo II
URited States circuit judge of Cleveland.
Mr.. w. Clark Russell, an English author,
sayN 1T was Charles Mackay who wrote of
America as the land of the free. He mistook. 1t
is the land of those who make free-the land of
the free and easy.'
Senatorlslect Colquitt, of Georgia. is
smooth faced man, whose hair is brushed behind
his ears while His head is held back something in
the manner of Sankey's when the latter is giving
out the number ofthe hymn.
Govcrnor-elect Hsle, of New Hampshire
said to a reporter in New York yesterday, "ourN New
England manufacturers anG tradespeope are far
more interested in tariff refornithan in the ques-
ton as to the next president"
1t is said that the late Congressman, ,Upde-
graf, of Ohio, nearer 70 than co years oi6l aI
the time of his death. He was the only man in :
congress who would never give his ngo for pub
lication in the Congressional Directory"
Six policemen have been killed in Chicago
within the last eighteen months. Fatalities
among the people who pile lumber and unload
freight for living not nearly so numerous,
yet position on the force is considered the
" softer job.
The comet may now be seen shortly after
midnight If the sky be clear In this relation
It is to be remarked that scientific observers still
insist there Is something wrong with the comets
head. Gentlemen who stay up nights late enough
to see it ought to be able to tell what that some-
thing is.
At the reception rendered him Friday night
in Philadelphia, Gov.-elect Pattison paid, in his
brief address, a touching tribute to his parents
"Whatever successes ! may have been able to
achieve in this life," he said " or whatever posi-
tions have attained, or may attain, / owe to the
best of fathers and the purest and most noble of
mothers"
Apostle John F. Smith, son of the first Nor
mon prophet, lectured the faithful at Salt Lake
City the other day, and in the of his exhor.
tation informed them that he had received tho
gilt of tongues direct from heaven when he was
in She Sandwich islands. He did not explain why
the gift came to him by that route.
The Rev. Mr.. Van Meter has sailed for italy
by the way of Liverpool. His departure gives
reason for the belief that he has realized by the
the churches q sufficient sum to enable him to
carry on his work in Rome. Mr.. Van Meter is a
most indeiatigRble collector, and succeeds in mag
netizing the benevoence of a congregation where
many other men would fail.
DIR. Virgins, who predicts a great storm
disaster on the 9th of March next lives in thu prov
ince of New Brunswick. His previous prophecies
have all been fulfilled. People south of the forty
! fifth parallel may wish that the doctors idea is
incorrect, but we are assured that his neighbors
} regard him us a level-headed man and anything
} but crank He is the author of a work on as
! tronomy and of one on grammar.
jerome b. Chatfce, of Colorado, has pur-
chased the residence of Ulysses S. Grant jr and
his wife, Fannie C. Grant, at 26 West Fifty-eighth
street. New York. for $4,000. The deed was re-
corded Saturday. They contracted last month 10
ssll the property to d. G. Amber for S52 500
in money, and $4,000 in Florida land Mr.
; Chaffee owned the properly in 1879 when he con-
veyed it 10 Fannie Chaifee. now Mrs. Grant.
Mr.. c. l.. Henderson, assistant superintend-
ent of the Yellowstone national park, made a
brief visit to Bozeman this week. He informs us
, that quite settlement is sprnging up at and in
!, the vicinity of Mammoth Springs. large steam
saw mill for the use of the Park Improvement
: company has already reached there, and the
, work of manufacturing lumber and erecting no oil
/ buildings will be begun without delay. The COM
plny Will employ from 20 10 1OO laDorers and me-
chaniGs.-BO-emdp Courier
I Mrs. Langtry says of the recent reports
"There is no breach whatever between Mrs. La
bouchere and myself nor is there the slightest
l trouble between u.s. all rumors to the contrary
l Notwithstanding. We are the very best of friends
and there is no reason why we should be any,
thing else. Mrs Labouchere bade me goodbye
when | left New York for Boston, Sunday morn
D ing She has gone south on strictly private busi-
ness, and will meet me again in Philadelphia.
That is all there is to the matter aud all reports
10 the contrary are entirely without foundation"
= Louise Michel, the French revolutionist,
n was in early life school. mistress. At that time
G she was devoted Roman Catholic, with Il lean
9 ing toward mysticism, and she wrote several re-
ligious poems and hymns. The doctrine of eer-
\ nal punishment first turned her toward skept-
cism, and the support given by the clergy to Ma
poleon III completed the work aud drove her intl
downright hostility to all religion She now ad-
T mits having planned the assassination of both
S Napoleon and Thiers and says the former was
# only saved by Sedan while the latter escaped be-
a cause she feared that his murder would react
: against the commune.
v Some time ago the Rev. Dr. Samson took
charge of the third street Peoples church. in
a New York city. He has now resigned it, having
e found the work of pastor, teacher, and collecting
n agent more than enough for one man. Dr. Samson
a who is one of the most scholarly of Baptist min
listers, undertook to carry this church on somewhat