The New York herald., 1872-12-28

Grant win commence January 15 and continue
January 20 and February IL.
Simon Thomas. a bootblack In Toledo, Ohio, has
purchased the Lutheran church in Perrysburg and
presented 1t to his colored brethren.
Alexander OF Russia recently toasted his knsman
Kaiser wilhelm at banquet Of the Knights OF St.
George as the oldest member OF that order.
Olin0rd g. Sims, United States Consul at Prescott
Canada, has arrived at the st. Nicholas Hotel the
weather being too cool in the New Dominion.
Thomas A. Scott and George b. Roberts. Presi-
dent and Vice President ofthe Pennsylvania Central
Railroad Company, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
Alexander II. Stephens, Ben. Hill, General Cor
don and Herschel " Johnson all want to occupy
the vacant seat in the United States Senate which
belongs to Georgia.
A Davenport. Iowa, jury have given Mrs. Mallory
$4,000 damages which Is to be taken from the pri-
vate fortune OF man who enjoyed the luxury OF
numbering her husband.
Lady Doughty. in her recent ante-mortem exam
tnation, repeated her former testimony that In her
opinion the Tichborne claimant is not her nephew.
Roger Charles Tichborne.
Mr.. I. c. Callicott, formerly OF Brooklyn. once
Speaker of the Assembly OF this State, has pur-
chased an interest in the Albany Everiag Times,
and Will, 1t is said. become its editor.
John Bright it is feared, will not be able to ad-
proxlmo, when the other members of Parliament
from that city will speak to the people.
Mr.. Whiting lately rode bicycle ilty miles at
West Br0mpton, England, In three hours and
thirty-fve minutes II he did 1t at Reading,
poem by Browning might not be lacking.
In obedience to an order OF Queen Victoria, His
Highness the Begun OF Bhopal has been invested
as q Knight Grand Commander OF the Most Exalted
Star OF India. Tie gems should Bh-opa Ganges
see it
Queen Victoria has presented f5 to young man
named Hughes, who was recently tossed by her
bull, Prince Leopold, at Windsor Park. 1t makes
all the difference whose bull did the mischief Was
the bull put In ''p0und" to0s
After she had been dead four or fve days q fe-
male street match pedler was found in Cincinnati.
Her effects amounted to 1000 in real estate and
nearly that amount in money. She died from old
age. exposure and starvation all fatal diseases.
new endeav0r to make martyrdOm popular Is
going on in England. Enthusiastic Catholics now
wear hair shirts, and when habit shall deprive
these of their discomforting potency something
more disagreeabe win be invented. A shirt made
from curry combs. with the scrapers inside, might
answer.
The Earl OF Aylesford in 1870 when he came OF
age, owed 60, 800. He borrowed of usurers, agree
ing to pay sixty per cent per annum interest Hav-
ing now cohie ihto MI estate VI tzo,VUO year, he
resists payment, and the English Chancery has de-
cided in his favor. Risky lending money at such
high rates.
Samuel Hoy, aged twelve, has been committed
for trial at Clerkenwel England for an attempt to
poison his step other with arsenic which he gave
her in a cup OF tea Her stomach rejected the
overdose. few days later he prepared second
cup for her, in which chemist found enough Of the
drug to kill ten persons.
William Webb, foreman OF the railway works at
st. Anstell, England, has broken the webb of life,
a martyr to chemical science. He undertook the
delicate experiment Of drying twelve cartridges
OF dynamite on the family cook stove. His wife,
two children and father were with him In the
house. The fields were Uttered with the frag