The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-28

General L. I. Smith. OF Kansas, Ia In quarters al
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Ex-Governor John B. Page, Of Vermont. Is staying
at the Ut. Nicholas Hotel.
Ex-Governor Ooburn, OF Maine. VINO has beeA
dangerously Iii, Ia convalescent.
General A. Won Steinwehr, of the United States
Army Is at the Grand Central Hotel.
Ex-State Senator James N. Marvin, OF SARATOGA.
is stopping at the New York Hotel.
State Auditor Henry Musgrove OF Mississippi
yesterday arrived at the Grand Central Hotel.
United States Senator A. q. Cattell, OF New
Jersey is stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Madame la Comtesse dc Houzhoevden OF Bot-
dentOwn, N. j., sailed for Hamburg yesterday 10
the H0lsatia.
Dangerously Mr.. John Davidson, prominent
candidate Tor the republican nomination for Cow
ern0r of New Jersey. ta
The greatest man on the stump" not excepting
Greeley is stated by Boston paper to be the cels.
brated dentist, DR.. JerkemOut.
Willis B. Machen, of Lyon county, has been apA
pointed United States Senator from Kentucky ~
place of Garrett Davis, deceased
fash In the pan-The recent attempt OF q
couple of hot boods to transfer the theatre OF the
war in Cuba to the city Of New York.
Attorney General Schaleh, of Jamaica. w. L.. yes
terday resumed his tour Of this country. He will
return to the Brevoort House early next MONTH
Professor Francis Bowen, Of Harvard College, ar.
rived recently from Germany and is staying at the
Hotel du Palais Royal Professor Bowen spends al
his Summer vacations In Europe.
Miss Lottie Grant, who weighs 4S2 pounds, Ia On
exhibition at Western fair and an envious para
graphist says that, though she doesn't hold ONCE
her situation is q fat one.
The Commercial Is informed that since the report
that Brigham Young was dying OF heart disease b.
came current company Of New Workers have COM
cuded to start Grape foundry In Salt Lake CITY.
The pewholders Of the Old South Church, Boston.
have voted $1,000 per annum to Rev. DIR. Blagden
during his life. His age Is seventy. He will preach
his farewell sermon to the Old South S0ciHj neXs
Sunday.
David A. Wells OF Connecticut, formerly the Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue, Is at the Astor
House. He Is a free trader and 6ercely attacks
Greeley, though he has no great liking for Presi-
dent Grant.
The President, Mrs. Grant and General Porter re-
turned to Washington yesterday evening from Long
Branch. During the Summer the Executive Man.
sion has been thoroughly renovated and the roof
copperfastened
Twenty years ago, man who wanted to buy q
farm arrived at Shelby Church, Ind, but disap-
peared almost Immediately. few days ago q
skeleton with fractured skull was accidentally
exhumed at that place.
Colonel Jerome N. B0naparte, of Baltimore, is at
the New York HOTEL Colonel Bonaparte Is the
grandson of Jerome, the brother of the first Napo.
leon, and Miss Patterson-B Onaparte of Baltimore.
He was an onlcer In the French Army during tho
late war.
Lyman Tremain, OF Albany, the republican candt-
date for Congressman at large, is at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel. He hopes to be elected; but there are
those who say he will shortly the ''sunset" OF
his hopes. At all events the democratic Cox will
fight hard for the victory
musical German has made a will and set 1t to
music. There is frequently good deal of music
about last wills and tcstaments, especially II the
testator leaves his property to charitable nstitu-
tions and beggars his own family.
The Chairman Of the Pennsylvania Democratic
state Committee announces the substitution of A.
G. Curtin for Ex-Governor Bgler as the liberal and
democratic candidate at large for the C0nstitu-
tional Convention. A sop for the liberals.
E. p. Kimball late democratic candidate for Gov.
ern0r OF Maine has declined On invitation to pre-
side at q temperance reform convention, and ext
presses the earnest hope that the temperance ques
ton may be entirely separated from party politics.
New Jersey paper thinks the following notice
OF a death In the columns OF contemporary Is sus-
ceptible of two meanings :-"M Maria B.. wife OF
Henry b., Esq., aged 80 years. She lived with her
husband nifty years, anu uied III Tie cohuoent nopa
of q better life."
The new colored cadet at Annapolis, James
Henry Conyers, was free born. He was educated
at the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, and
was afterwards employed in Columbia as mes
senger in the Office Of the Secretary OF State. He 10
O member Of the Baptist Church. No wonder, then,
he should take to water as procession.
Michael Butn and Alexis de LomonOsson, before
mentioned as Russian tourists OF st. Louis, are
members Of the Imperial Society Of Mineralogy Of
Russia, and here for the purpose Of gaining in
formation about the resources and development OF
rho iron and commercial interests of the West.