New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-21
PERSONAL.

Bulwer is very infrm. and is seldom seen in
the House Of Lords
The Rev. j. G. Fletcher, author of the stand
ard work on Brazil sails to-day for Portugal to enter
upon the duties of his Consulate at Oporto
Prof. J. D. Whitney of the Harvard Scientific
School has been visiting the Lake Superior mining region
with party Of fourteen Students and is now among the
mines Of Colorado.
Mrs NJ. E. JOslyn Gage, Secretary of the New
York State Suffrage Association purposes to can
vass the State and organize County Conventions during
the coming season.
One of the best mechanics in the rake factory
at Mount Holly Vermont, is blind man named Warren
He can adjust the complicated machinery and per
form any kind Of labor required in the establishment
Miss Kinch, daughter of the Governor of Nor
peth JAIL released interesting convict while her father
was awav carried him off IN cab, and married him IN
stantly Probably she had been reading " Foul Play
The German kapellmester Tschirsch, who
crossed the Atlantic for the purpose OF attending he
Baltimore sangerfest has been gorousy feted by MS
compatrots and has gone to the Rochester singing
festival
A son of the Rev. Edward Beecher, u. ~,
was recently ordained in Illinois, aud the officiating cer
gyman addressed him in the following impressive man
per charge you never forget that you are the son
Of your father the grandson OF your grandfather ana
he nephew Of your uncle"
An English clergyman recently tried to per-
suade one Of the black sheep Of his flock to come 10
church. on the plea that he had seen his wife there on
the previous Sunday. al hope you'll try To come now
James" "wel Sir, think I'll try, for our Mary says
you're hell OF preacher"
A French chemist named Fretreau has at last,
according to lie Gauois, discovered the philosophers
stone and succeeded by the combination OF nitric acid
in
tunately however the cost Of the process is many times
greater than the value Of the metal produced
Amber recently attended the funeral of
friend in Paris and was going away after the ceremonies
In church we're over when one asked, do you nor
accompany US the cemetery I" mo-, was the reply
20 no further this for other peoples funerals
will be time enough for the churehyard on my own ao
count"
The rumOred marriage OF Commodore Nutt
and Miss Minnie Warren. the sister OF Mrs Gen. ION
Thumb Is officially contradcted. II Mr.. Barnum Is TO
be trusted the Commodore when Miss Lavinia warren
was married devoted himself TO perpetual cellbacy'
Miss Minnie is at home with her parents In Mlddle
borough Massachusetts.
When the Princess of Metternich was about
leaving Paris the other day submitted to her husband
dressmaker's bill for 1900 francs He paid II. Iheh
abe brought out miner's bill for 2250 francs my
dear" said the Prince, as he opened ms purse again.
noticed that in proportion as your puhii''o N'
in size the price Of them increases One OF these mon
ipgs we shall have the mner bringing nothing Du' the
bill"
Jules Janin has grown enormously 1at OF IaVe
vears Dumas relates in his Memories that Mdlle Georges
tho actress had pet pig which also grew to be OF I'D
mepse sze and one night at supper after the perform
apce at the Odeon "a discussion whether NJ Jahh
or the mig weighed the Scales were procured ana
the question was settled the spot but We cahho' say
which proved the heavier.
Prof. Louis Agassiz has accepted the invita-
ton of the Boston Society OF Natural History to deliver
an address on the centennial anniversary OF the bth OF
Humboldt Sept 49, The Society promise TO make sueh
ARRANGEMENTS as Will prove lasting memorial OF the day
in securing fund which shall he the foundation OF
scholarship in the Museum Of Comparative Zoology 70
be termed the Humboldt Scholarship and to be forever
associated with the names Of Humboldt and Agassiz
A foreign paper announces that herman
surgeon has recently separated pair OF children VINO
we're united like the samese twins and that the opera
ton was very successful 1t IL added that one OF the
! twins died the same day. Rather good accident
brought into the casualty ward" said MI Jack Hopkins
Man fallen out Of four pair Of stairs window but
it's very fair case-very fair indeed" DO you
mean that the patient Is in fair way TO recover y In
ouired Mr. Plckwiek. mo-" replied Hopkins careessy'
No should rather say he would Mt There must he
| splendid operation, though, to-morroW-magnlnoehI
| sight II slashcr docs It,"
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