National Republican., 1883-09-15
OLD Red Cloud has had his hair cut.

SENATOR VEST says he will interview no
more Flathead Indians lie prizes his scalp too
highly st,i .tt d. HHfs sgH 3t
The Dakota constitutional convention pro-
poses TO give women the right TO vote at school
elections.
Al Beechers recent lecture in Portland,
Greg, woman presided aud introduced him to
the audience.
GEORGE II. BANGS, noted detective, and
for many years chief of Pinkerton's agency in
Philadelphia, died Thursday morning athis homo
in Roselle, N. j., from heart disease.
II kind of breaks up the girl at the summer
resort to have him naively ask her: "Whats going
to be your little dodge to avoid recognizing me
when we meet In the clty?'-Boston Post.
SMOKING may be q bad habit" he said, as
he rode beside pretty Philadelphia girl "but
that habit OF yours Is perfectly killing" The mar
ringe took place the next Philadelphia Nous
MRS. SToNEwALL JACKSON aud daughter,
Mrs. Jarvis of North Carolina, escorted by several
of the distinguished visitors to the city, occupied
private boxes in tho Boston theater q few even
ings since.
THE elder Coquelin, the great French
actor, will pay visit to THIS country next season
with o carefully selected company. He will make
a tour of the principal cities, but will only play
during six weeks.
This is the way Dakota paper gives taffy
to q rival contemporary There may, possibly, in
some remote period, have existed less interest
ing sheet, but maguanimous history has forborne
to record its name"
"PLUNGER" Walton was among the Eng
lish division at the Baden Baden on the first day
of the recent race meeting He says "the Germans
don't know how to bet" but then 1t cost him
81 900 to find out that fact.
A. al
sells readily for $3.50; three small apples, twenty
five cents lager beer, twenty-five cents glass,
and all other things in proportion. Nothing is sold
for less than quarter of dollar.
NEARLY everybody who lives at Ncwburg,
N Y, is moro or less bowlegged from walking up
and down the hill on which the city is built. The
same peculiarly is familiar in Poughkeepsie, an
other city OH the Hudson river bank.
GEN. SHERMAN is disappointed in his Pa
cihc coast trip because of the hazy condition of
the atmosphere, that condition having lasted
throughout tho excursion. lie expects to return
| TO Washington about the twelfth of October,
G. r. HUNTINGTON. tho railroad magnate,
| was a poor boy and hard working young man.
He did not begin to accumulate his immense for
time until he was past 40, when he siaked oil his
| savings OIL the scheme of the Pacific railway.
=MR. CHARLES DELMoNIco, the celebrated
men,ia, and has for some time been undergoing a
course of treatment in one of Mr.. Hoes cottages
at Long Branch. 1t Is thought he will recover.
| HERR WACHTEL, the tenor, has two sons
who are adopting their fathers profession as vo-
caists The elder, August, has just made his de.
but at Krolls theater, Berlin. while Ferdinand
the younger son, has been for some months before
the public.
THE Thames river in England is said to be
in deplorable state. correspondent writes:
"At the lower states of the tide it is literally flow
of nothing but clouds of mud, and the fuotid odor
arising therefrom clearly indicates that it arises
from sewer deposits"
THERE is an old lady named Brown living
in Hinton, Mich, whose hair is turning from gray
to its original color, and :she is now cutting her
third set of teeth. For several years she has had
her second eyesight, and can see 10 do fine work
as well as anybody,
COURTNEY is going to beat Hanlan's time.
He is going to do 1t all by himself so there will be
| no danger from saws, sand bags, or poisoned tea.
| As he will be his own starter, umpire, referee,
timekeeper, stake holder, and judges boat there
is a chance for him to win.
| A NORTH CAROLINA woman, who formerly
dug genseng in order TO secure money with which
to supply her husband with tobacco, has just dis
| covered mica mine in tho mountains which
|
too lazy to work it and it will be sold.
"PLL tell you," observed an "old clio man."
"what / once found in rich mans pocket
] blank check, broken comb a SIS bill, a nickel,
| n street car ticket and card. i gave him back
| the S. BILL and sure as stand here he had me
| arrested and accused me of stealing the money
| from the kitchen"
A MINNESOTA man returned after years of
absence TO find his wife married to another. As
the present owner declined to yield his claims, and
| the douby welded woman showed no desire TO
| return to her first love, he promptly called
| lawyer and asked him to draw up quit claim
deed in favor Of his successor.
A MICHIGAN cyclone swept through
streak of timber, gathered up several cords of
! wood, carried 1t six miles across prairie, and
| deposited 1t on the premises of poor widow who
was too poor to buy stick and unable to carry Il
| from the timber. There were at least ten cords
deposited within easy reach of her home.
THE comparative values in England Of
two panes Of glass and one baby are illustrated
| by two recent trials. In one q young man was
sentenced to six weeks imprisonment at hard
labor for breaking two window panes in police
| station; in the other drunken father kicked his
baby twice. The baby was fatally injured and
the father was sentenced to one months impris.
onment at hard labor.
HENRY WILLARD newspaper career Is Jnu8
referred TO by the Chicago Tribune: He was a
first rate correspondent accurate, industrious, and
quick TO appreciate the value Of beat on the
other papers, Once, after battle in Virginia, he
rode at break.neck speed to the nearest railway
station arriving just in time to see the train NOV.
ing OIL. lie leaped from his horse, turned the
animal loose, and climbed on to the rear platform
of the train. The Chicago Tribune lost horse
but got the news of the battle ahead Of its com
petltors.
THE remains of Chief Keokuk, of the Sac
and Fox Indians are to be moved and reinterred
near the Iowa city that bears his name. He died
at an advanced age few years after the Black
Hawk war. Opposed to the war, he told the
Black Hawk faction that they would perish II
they should go to war with the United States, but
that IL they would kill all their women and
children beforehand he would lead them into
battle. They reflected aud desisted But subse-
quent events precipltated the war In spite Of his
counses.
Ara conference of Winconsin democrats
held yesterday in the interest Of Col Villas, who
Is AN aspiran for the nomination OF vice president
toward the close of the conference 1t was unani.
Inously agreed that If the Norwegian vote could
only be reached Wisconsin was good for a demo-
cratic victory next year The primary object of
the gathering appears 10 have been strengthens
ing Of the villas boom for the vice presidency with
either Tilden or Mcdonald to lead, the majority
Of the conference fayoring the former Itis conf
aanflv ernectsh that The Wisconsin delp0ation a,