National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-19

To thy sobs and signs OF grief
And they bring thee swift relief
y. j. anderson dustin, Ttnds.
THE highest paid hotel clerk In New York
gets salary ofS3,ooo u year. in addition to his
board and washing.
THE Atlantic for March will contain an ar
ticle from the pen of Oliver T. Morton, son of the
late Senator Morton, entitled Presidential
Nominations" Mr.. Morton is % years old, and is
now law student at indianapolis.
CAPT. PAUL BoYToN, the IMAM fish, )" is to
be married Thursday night to Miss Maggie Con-
nally, Of Chicago. He will give up his recent
course and devote his time to submarine engineer
ing aud the manufacture Of diving apparatus.
THERE are about 300 births and about
1000 deaths per week in London. Here are
enough persons coming into the world and going
out oft to recruit an army or fill cemetery every
seven days. There is no denying the hugeness Of
London. |
THE Rev. Mr.. Taylor, of Richmond, Ind,
undertook to escort young lady from his church
to her home in order to protect her from the at
tsntions of a sultor who was dlsliked by her
parents, but the snitor waylald the clergyman,
whipped him savagely and eloped with the young
lady.
A NEW YORK merchant who has had some
experience in raising and trading horses, rode up
to a suburban railway station In a buggy drawn
by handsome steed. "a very decent beast" re-
marked one Of his friends, as the owner descended
from the vehicle. HE ought to be-" was the re-
ply, sit cost me $4,000 to learn how to buy that
horse,
A LETTER carrier, says the Rochester Post.
Dispatch, recently consulted physician in regard
to pain in his chest. On examination 1t was
found that one Of the patients shoulders was
three inehes lower tn nh the other ono and that
one lung was compressed. This was due to the
crushing weight Of the deli very pouch bearing
OIL the one shoulder for months
THE broken engagement of Lord Gormoyle
and Miss Fortescue will probably result in o
breach of promise suit. The newspapers are bit.
ter against Gormoyler and advise the lady to make
demand for 100000. Mr.. Gilbert who acts as
her friend, is advised TO make as hard bargain
for her he usually does for himself Miss
Fortescue will probably return to the stage.
THERE are 100000 canary birds owned by
families in Brooklyn, N. Y. II costs about seven
cents q week to feed each bird The capital in
vested in these birds in that city Is estimated at
100000. The average price is less than So for
each bird When we'll cared for the canary bird
lives about ten years, but some of them have been
known to live twice that length of time. The
Irish people, as o class, are partial to canary
birds.
ANDREW REESE, 80 years old, was chas-
tised by his 10 year-od father at Orangeburg, 8.
c., some weeks ago, when he rose from the floor
where he had been kneeling for the whipping,
cried out that he had enough, drew knife and
made a lunge at his father, but the old man
lodged and the knife went into the heart Of John
Green, an innocent bystander. The courts found
| Andrew guilty of murder and sentenced him to
| the penitentiary.
| A PARIS correspondent of the San Fran
| cisco Chronicle says: "At O grand dinner / at
| tended not long ago saw several ladies who In
| stead of taking of their mousquetaire gloves.
slipped the hand through the opening made for
the three buttons, rolled the glove, and stuck 1t
| in the lengthy part covering the arm. After the
dinner they slipped their gloves on again. A
young lady. who was aiterward asked to play on
the piano, did the same thing"
"LET me see," said young lady graduate
to highly intellectual friend. twas 1t Pope who
wrote the Had or was II the Had who wrote
| Pope% Neither" replied the intellectual friend,
| at was blind Homer who translated the Had"
"oh, yes now remember / would give any
thing for your cleverness but please tell me what
is the Had anyway" "Why, It Is poem telling
all about an old fellow who lived in tub OF
water" ~ don't believe that man could live in
atub of water do you?" "oh, no; but then we
must not question ancient mythology"
The recent great social event Of Paris was
the marriage of Dona Pepita Serrano, daughter Of
the famous Duke de la Torro To the young Prince
Vasill Kotschoubey. lieutenant in the Horse
Guards of the cKarina. The father OF the bride is
PROFESSIONALLY the greatest statesman OF Spain,
and his son-n-law one Of the wealthiest Russians
The young man is the head OF his house, the no.
bilty Of which dates from the time of Peter the
Great and Mazeppa. His ancestor was the man
who captu red the famous leader Of the Little Rus
STA reyolutlonsts and was the cause Of the now SO
well-known dangerous circus performance.
JOHN SwINToN, in recent article on the
"Traqedies of tho Sanctum," says that Spaulding.
the first editor of the New York World, was
wrecked In 1868 on a sand bank in the Mississippi
where he nearly starved TO death. The exposure
TO which he was subjected resulted In his death
The death of Henry j. Raymond, Of the New York
Times, was equally sad Raymond dined at home
one pleasant evening In June, 1859, then went to
political meeting, and was found dead at the
door of his house at midnight by his wife, who
came down stairs upon hearing noise. Horace
Greeley's death in madhouse, William Cullen
Bryants fatal sun stroke, and Frederick Hudson q
death In railway accident, figure prominently In
Mr.. swintons sanctum tragedies
LAST Thursday morning Jacob Worthing
ton, a wealthy farmer OF Madison, Fla awokC
and found that his two children, a team OF horses
and $500 in money had been stolen. Suspicion
pointed 10 Wnlle hpoterI VINO was ullbslhBI hnc
an armed band started In pursuit. The fugitive
, was oVertaken at Devils Glon, on the ChAtta
: hoochle river He sought shelter among the rocks
ana dehed his pursuers. Several shots were firet
' at him, WHOM he placed the children before hin
0 and threatened to kill them II he was molested,
0 One of the pusueS named oxendine, OF Thomas
n county, Georgia, an ex-coufederate sharpshooter
+. brought his rife quickly to his shoulder and sho
i the desperate dead, the ball passing between
tho two children, who were recovered unframed