National Republican., 1883-01-02

o'er the birth Of the New Year, fresh and young.
The thugs who have been terrorizing Chi
oago arc supposed 10 have established chapter
AT New York.
Phil Armour, the great Chicago meat packer,
employs $500 men, nnd during this year has killed
100000 hogs and 10000 cattle.
A passenger ON New York and New
Orleans steamship committed suicide ON the voy
age because the steamship of another line passed
them on the way.
Oscar Wilde says: 'T would like to so to
country where am not known. If there is such n
country" Doubtless he wants to find somebody
who will respect him.
Mr.. Gladstone has had o slight attack Of
lumbago owing to n chill consequent upon ex-
posure in felirg a tree Tuesday. lie was much
improved last evening.
The key of a safe in railroad Office at Joliet,
ILL.,, was lost, and there being no honest ocksmith
in town of sufficient skill, well-known bank
burglar was employed TO pick the lock-
Dr. W. w. Estil, prominent evangelist Of
the Cumberland lre-byterian church, died sud.
denly yesterday morning OF heart disease. lIe
was brother.inlaw Of Col. A. S. Colyar, of Nash
vle
Tom Thumb and his wife have grown so
much that tuey are no longer cuuusiues. They
have opened museum In Chicago and advertise
as attractions pair OF midgcts one-third Of tneir
own size.
Mrs Kate Chase Sprague is spending the
winter In New York, instead OF taking her i'm
tended trip abroad, and her daughters are dili-
gently putsuing their studies under the care Of
private teachers.
Newspaper enterprise has seldom gone
further than IN the alleged case Of II Reno re-
porter, who Is said TO have detained an overland
trlill for two hours in order to have an interview
with Nine. Nilsson.
Maj. Burke. of the New Orleans Tines
DemOci at, went to work in stone yard us a com
mon labOrer just after the war. lie is now sup
posed to be worth half milion and to be looking
toward tile United States senate.
Sir Charles Dixie, who enters the English
cabinet, has been in all the large cities of the
world, knows more prominent men personally
than any other Englshman living and speaks
several foreign languages auenuy.
Mile. Juch refused to sing at one Of Maple
sons operatic performances the other day. al
leging that she was i'll. The shy old impressario
got even with her by telling reporter that she
had "ingrowing nails ON her toes"
AT the funeral of a woman the other day in
st. Johns, N. b. the pail bearers were six women
wearing black dresses and white wells and gloves.
Tney carried the coffin from the house 10 the
hearse, into and out of the church, and lowered
IL Into the grave.
The directors OF the Chicago exposition are
seriously proposing TO tear down their building
and close up business, If the common council
insists upon compelling them to pay rental Of
$4,000 year for the use Of the ground upon which
the building stands.
A Pittsburg detective observes that there
are few fat men among the criminal classes. The
ns1l ID had
most desperate criminals" the detective remarks
to a reporter, "are mostly small sized meu with
light complexions."
Queen Victoria said to Sir Archibald Alli-
son 81 am more proud OF my Scotch descent
than of any other. When ! first came into Scot
land felt US i'll was going home. am thankful
that am descended from Mary. 1 have nothing
TO do with Elizabeth"
1t is understood that after visiting some
cities in the southern states the Princess Louise
will embark ut Richmond, Va. on u British man
OF war and proceed to Bermuda, where she will
remain during the most severe portion of the win
ter, as her health suffers from the intense cold.
Miss Pauline Moses was discharged from tho
employ of Peer oakes a candymaker ofSt. Louis.
Thereupon the Jct0sh Tribune declared Miss Moses
was discharged because she wns n Jewess. Oakes
now sues the paper for 5000, alleging that to bo
the loss of custom he has sustained because Of the
untrue statement.
"Are you the judge of reprobates?" said
Mrs. Partington, as she walked into an office ofa
judge Of probate, IL am n judge of probate" was
the reply. "Well, that's 1t, expect" quoth the
Old lady. "You see, my father died deested, and
he left me several little infdels, and want 10 DO
their execuuoner."
Nellie Hazeltine, the st. Louis beauty, who
became noted through n fight brought on by fir
IN Ia an nRtt p Inv n
report that she was engaged TO Samuel j. 1iden,
has goue on the stage. She is now Mrs. Pana-
more, having married the man who undertook TO
whip the actor She may yet be a rival of the
Jersey Lily"
John G.. Whittier writes the following char
aGterstic note in response to an inquiry as to the
truth of a published rumor that play from his
pen was shortly TO be produced "Thy time Will
be lost in going in search of the drama Of the
newspaper slip. / never knew Of 1t before 1t is
a very foolish lie. The idea of Quaker play
wright is unspeakably absurd"
Chicago entered upon tho holiday season
with an empty treasury, with creditors clamorous
! for their pay, and the municipal authorities at
their wits ends for eXpedienIs TO raise money.
The streets are filthy as to be almost impossible,
and what is worse, utterly unsafe at nights owing
TO the frequent highway robberies which diminj
| ished police force caunot prevent.
There is to be new theater erected on the
site of the Grand Central in Philadelphia. The
work is TO be commenced in May, and the house
Will be capable of seating 4.500 Gallagher and
Gilmore, tine present lessees of the Central, have
made an arrangement with Mr., Howard, the
| owner, aud when completed tue two former are
TO have fifteen years lease, with privilege of
| buying.
Charles Reade told a correspondent of the
! Philadelphia Tones that the iavorite character of
| all his novels was Margaret. In "Cloister and
Hearth" TO me my characters have an exls-
tence" he said, mot always pleasant, it is true,
! but always fully indivdualized, thoroughly hu-
man, and with possibilities Of an intimacy and an
acquaintance" lie thought that his weakest
story was "White Lies" which he described as
q splendid conception spoiled in the carrying
out.
A good deacon and his man was moving
one day. The deacon, following in the rear.
looked up % see his man leaving his soylhe aud
rum The good deacon called out THE wicked
fee when no man pursueth; but The righteous are
/ bold MS a lion," aud kept on moving and soon
came up 10 the mans scythe, and turned and fled
also, and was accosed by his man: "a prudent
man ioreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but
the simple poss on and are punished" And thus
did hornets nest recall to two men this sunday
school Lesson Of youth.
Simultaneously with the coming of the new
yenr Comes the announcement of philadelnhia