, 1870-03-18

Notlesa than thirty J-six l1wycra ,a1u engaged In
= suit before the Supreme Court involving the
charitable bequesta ar DE. Simeon Abrahams,
deceased Hebrew physician In New York
A New York church contemplate engaging MIS-
Howard Psu1 IA tenor singer In their choir.
HCamilla Ursos npalcal festival In San Francisco
yielded 10 900 tor the Mercantile Library.
An Imperial French decree nonlnatts Balfc, the
composer Of "Thc Bohemian 0lri, cA<salitF d. II
Legion d Honn<ur,
NJ. Lawrence ollphant, formerly member Of
Parliament, and more recently member OF q
New York "co1nmunlty," has book Just ont in
London. The title, "P1ccad!lly, Fragment Of
Contemporary Biography" suEgcs1 vetJ little:
but the chapter heads suggest ali sorts Of things
They arc: az Love; Il Madness; III sulcida;
~ The World; '. The Flesh; VI The '--:'
Conclus1on-Aoral" Mr.. Richard DoIia has
drawn eight pictures for the volume.
The late Thomas Z. B.tce, Of Hartford, had q
liking for the na,ne Of -Etua- He WIS \ director
Of the 4s1oA Flu Insurance, .Etux Bank, And
lEtna Life Insurance Company Of thAt city.
The private fortune Of the King Of Prussia Is
estimated Al SIS ooo, 900; that Of the Queen Dow
aser It 81, 900, md TINT Of the Crown Prince,
Frederick William. 1t s, ,5oo, 300
D. B. A. Gould, Of Cambridge, has accepted m
invitation and appointment from the Argentine
Republic, to establish and organize Astronpr1iea
Observatory a corlosa, the second city In uaagni-
ude In that Republic. He Is making his RzrAnge-
uents to 80 oct upon that enterprise In the tou1se
Of the spring. The initial work undertaken at the
Observatory viii be the completion Of the GAIA
loguc Of the Southern Heavens, which Tiu prob
ably consume about three years
Ba1bara UbzJkt Shc nun Of the CarMctlte Con-
vent II Czaeow, whose case created such sensa-
ton Last t1meF dted IN the a{th ult. In the Hos
pttM Of the Holy Ghoet, In the ADORE city. She
vas buried privately, IN order to prevent hostile
demonstrations on the part OF the people
tits reported that Jef. Davis Is writing novel,
which he Will complete before the ycar Is out I,
relates TO the Mexican WIT, Is not to toach on re-
cent politics, and rtlt be puhltned first n Eng.
| land.
n-Go.ernor Mccormick, Of Arizona, the pres,
cut Delegate Ii Congress- has decided to aproln,
an Indian boy Of his Territory 70 = cadet1hlp u
West rptnt
Captain Aayne Reid has taten to lectaring OF
Uyrnn's poetry.
Madame de Chambun, wife Of member Of the
French legation n " sshinStou, Is grand l1u9n
| ter lafayette
LorI Napier leaves England immsdlaiely FOL
AArsellles, where he win embark for IndlA t
aksulne the command in CHIEF
Miss Pauline Granville has received II, orde1
from the King OF Prussia for nurx,ng wounded
/ soldiers 1t KlE3ln9en.
| Tho Louisville Cbtsrifv sara: " Iost-cuks Pol
lard il explaining who Filled the confedcrzcy
Just as II everybody didn't know It was want o
such ablc-oodled fellows II the historian In rAn1z
who shl1ked out, prefeutns to w11te rather tha1
light"
Fifty youne Radicals in r1rts have sworn t
avcngr the death OF Victor Eor, unless the gov
| c,pment puni1ncs Prince BouAparte for h4s mtl
der, They horc to duel him to death, and, tbs
falls, will lie in wait for him In the highways an
1 hyEhvA
W1ific Collins aNAo and wits " Is called ssus
sad rubbish By critic In England
wIlusm h, Appleton, OF the book poblishin,
house, haa e.rca So, 600 toward IN orphan as51uu
at Macon, Georgia
Mrs Lille Derercux Bake, who s pEominen
leader in the Woman Suffrage Association Of Ncv
York cit, u iAdy Of Southern hlzth, and = n1ec
ty marriages of the 11te Right Re7. Leon!dAa Pom
1 Of LoulaAox.
nh sid that Francis Joscph u the most pro
f1nA monarch Of Europe
An unrnonshed manuscript volume OF Na11rn
do stael which the suppressed II tie request 0