National Republican., 1883-12-07

And ere to pursue was able,
She had gone with her strapping big brother.
--Chico0o sun.
FREDERICK BILLINGS has increased his gift
for the new library building Of the University of
Vermont from $4,000 to 100000
THE drill for the artesian we'll ut the shops
of the Winchester Arms company In New
Haven, Conn, has stuck fast at the depth of 1000
feet.
HAROLD BATES, tho eldest son of the Rev.
J. Lockington Bates railway millionaire, of Lon
don England, is dying in the Charity hospital at
Cleveland.
MRS. BURNS MACDONALD, of Glencoe, q
direct descendant of tho chief of the clan who
fell in 1892 has just erected Celtic TO mark
the spot at Glencoe where the Macdonalds were
slaughtered 1t has hitherto been unmarked.
ADMIRAL SANTo, the new Italian minister
Of marine, Is 53 years old, and son of general.
He is reputed very able officer In the battle of
Lissa in 1866, he sank with his ship, the Italia,
but on rising caught spar, He was six hours in
the water.
HENRY M. STANLEY. tho explorer, writes
from the jungles of Africa to acknowledge the
receipt of gold medal awarded him by the
Swedish Geographical society as token of Its ap-
probation of his services to the world as tray
eler and explorer.
ONE of the treasures of "Joe" JefTerson's
studio is the palette Of Corot, set as the great
Prenchman left 1t when death drew nigh, and
presented to its present possessor by the family of
Corot. Jefferson also owns the last palette used
by Jean Francois Millet
THE centrifugal process of making butter
is becoming quite popular. A machine now in
use in Chester county, Pennsylvania, has a ca
paciy of about 1000 pounds of milk per hour, and
is run by water power, at speed of nearly 1000
revolutions per minute.
MR.. PAUL TULANE's most recent gift to
Tulane university. Of New Orleaus, is stocks and
bonds of face value of s269,OO0 but whose mar
ket value is much greater They will yield an
income of $4,000 year. His total gifts to Louis
lana are worth more than 81 100000.
THE treasurer of Connecticut has just placed
100000 of the 3S per cent bonds of tho state in
one of the savings banks at a premium of 6s5 per
cent. This is the best showing ever made for the
credit Of the state on low-rate bonds, and shows
firm faith in the solldity of Connecticut bonds.
LITTLE Phil, Con. Buffers war horse has
lived the idle life Of pet in Lowell, Mass, since
the end of the war. He is quite active, though
more than 30 years old. Gen. Butler goes to see
Phil whenever he happens to be in Lowell. 1t is
said that horse and man actually wink at each
other.
THE Kennebec river was closed by ice on
Sunday night last, Bath being the only port on tho
river remaining open. The Androscoggin is closed
below Lewiston, and the Penobscot was skinned
over Sunday morning, and on Monday the fee was
two inches thick at Bangor. Many ponds and
lakes in Maine are frozen hard, and there is good
sleighing in the northern aud eastern parts Of the
state.
GEN. =" Bon" TooMBs. of Georgia. lives in
a big two-story frame house, into the hall of
which wagon load ofhay could almost be driven.
He is rich, having received for years n handsome
income from his law practice. When he was
young he bought large tracts ofland In Texas, and
1t is said that he has cleared 100000 portions
thereof that he has sold while he still owns
enough to turn him two or three times as much
more.
JUSTICE STANLEY MATTHEWS once turned
somersault at Adelina PATHS wedding. 1t was
over twenty-five years ago. and, in select and
witty company, at the end of evening Of
mutual entertainment, ho promised to do any
thing she desired If she would sing Home, Sweet
Home" once moro before being taken of TO her
bed by her mother. She sang, and then, turning
! to Mr.. Matthews, said, "Now, sir, turn somer-
sault." And he did.-Mail and Express.
THE past seasons business on the lakes has
been very disastrous one to the insurance com.
panies their aggregate losses being over $500 900.
published table of the losses shows tn at $40
totally destroyed, being nearly per cent. of the
| whole numbsr of registered vessels on the lakes.
The approximate valuation of the vessels lost and
their cargoes s 81 823l60. Besides the vessels lost
| there were numerous lesser accidents, of which
| no complete record has been made.
| DURING some excavations not far from
| Verona recently the workmen found, at u depth
of more than fifteen feet, upward of 200 skeletons
| of extraordinary Size, many being above six feet
| 4 liz Ill 49, ls.
tance of about fifteen inches from each other, aud
| beside them were weapons. brooches, and ear
rings in bronze. Many horns and bones of ami
| mails were also found, one being that OF n mann
moth, while others were similar to those found
under the ancient lake dwellings,
Two Frenchmen, Baron Mechin and the
Comte de Mailly, arrived a few weeks ago in st.
| Petersburg, and q Paris newspaper reports them
| as having just completed journey across the con-
| tinent of Asia. Three years ago they set out from
Pekih, and went across Manehurla to Vladivo-
stock, the Russian Pacific port, from whence they
turned westward and journed to Irkutsk, and
| thence through Semepaatlrsk TO Tarhkend. From
| this point they proceeded to Merv aud then to
Teheran, going thence, either by the Caspian or
the Caucasus, to Moscow and ST. Petersburg.
FIVE Of the handsomest buffet sleeping
cars ever built arrived at Jersey City few days
| ago. and are to be run on tho Pennsylvania rail-
road from New York to Montgomery, Ala. The
cars sixty-four feet long and mounted on
twelve paper wheels and steel axles. The inte-
riors finished throughout in mahogany inlaid
with beautiful designs in marquetry. A luxuriant
drawing room is fitted up at one end, aud at the
other end is buffet inclosed with a plate. glass
front and elegant draperles, aud adjoining tho
buffet is large room furnished In the richest
Turkish style for the use of smokers.
AN organization Of grocers' clerks has been
formed in New York city called the A d union.
The object Of the members is TO systematically rob