Miss Weller is the name of a plain
tiff iu a breach of promise case in
London, and Mr. Dickens is her
counsel.
Jefferson Davis has been formally
invited to address the Legislature of
Mississippi upon the liie of Sergeant
S. Prentiss.
When W, H. Vanderbilt is out
driving his full outfit, including
team, harness, cutler, and cloth
ing, is estimated to be worth $26.-
00U.
At the wedding of the Marquis of
Kildare with the Lady Hermioue
Duncotnbe he presented each of the
Oridemaids with a specially ordered
realch.
Almond trees at Shasta, Cal., are in
full bloom.
A steam whistle is used iu Grinuell,
la . as a tire alarm.
New York postmen carry alcohol
lamps to thaw out letter box locks.
Sixty-two new pupils for the Indian
training school have arrived at Car
lisle, Pa.
In Philadelphia “society”’is report
ed to be uncommonly gay and lively
this season.
Paganini’s successor is said to have
been found in a young German violin
ist named Oodrizek.
George W. Cable, the author, is ill
with intermittent fever at the resi
dence of Mark Twain, in Hartford,
Conn.
Rev. William T Chase, pastor of
the Central Square Br.ptist church at
Cambridge, Mass., has resigned to ac
cept a call to Minneapolis.
Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldridge, wife
of the author, is described as one of
the most picturesque women in Bos
ton, by one of the papers of that city.
Mrs. McElroy, President Arthur’s
sister, held a reception at the White
House Saturday afternoon, which was
attended by nearly 3,000 persons.
After an entertainment at Pana,
111,, for the benefit of Emma Bond,
unknown persons hung Judge Phil
lips, who presided at the trial of Mont
gomery el al., in etligy on the com
mon.
