The New York herald., 1872-11-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Ex-Congressman j. v. L. Pruyn, OF Albany, is at
the Brevoort House.
General l. W. Bell, Of Texas Is stopping at the
Grand Central Hotel.
General Lew Wallace, of Indiana, has quarters at
the ST. Nicholas Hotel.
Mayor Charles NJ Reed, of Erie, Pa, has arrived
at the St. Nicholas HOTEL
Senator Blair is confined to his house by sickness.
He has been ailing Tor several days.
Professor Theodore ID. Woolsey OF Yale College.
yesterday came to the city, and is at the Brevoort
House.
John W. Van vakenburg. OF Albany, has been
nominated for the Assembly by the democrats and
liberals Of the Third district.
Mr.. W. X. Muir, General superintendent OF the
Great Western Railroad OF Canada, Is among the late
arrivals at the St. Nicholas Hotel
Colonel George N. Lester Is q candidate for United
States Senator from Georgia. There are several
other aspirants for the same honor.
sister Of Fanny Fern died recently in Colum
bus, Ohio. "Leaves have their time to fall"
"Fern leaves" as well as all the rest.
The Abilene (Kansas) Chronicle says Governor
Harvey Is the choice Of the Twenty seventh Sena-
torial district for United States Senator.
The Jefferson Texas) Times and Galveston Cip1-
ian repudiate Greeley and go for OConor and
Adams. Out OF the frying pan into the fire.
General Banks has been addressing his fellow
citizens at Medford, Mass. A meeting in "Old
Mcdford" must have been a very spirited affair.
wedding Is to take place in Philadelphia in
December, the brides dress-Worth's Partisan
make-costing $4,000, gold. Pope says "Worth
makes the man, In the present instance it seems
that he also makes the BRIDE
Mr.. De D. Randolph Keim arrived on the steam
ship Atlantic on Tuesday night. Mr.. Keim has
been officially investigating the affairs OF the
United States Consuates in Europe. lie has gone
to Washington to make his report.
An exchange thinks that the Russian Princess
Alexandr0wa Troubeschcneff instead OF joining the
Oneida Community ought to get married If only to
obtain change of name. Suppose she should wed
Mr.. schffzkwtz, Of ofNebraskas Would that be con-
sonant enoussaaf <
They have man in Kentucky seventy eight
years of age who never had the backache or pain,
never swore an oath, never took but one chew Of
tobacco In his life gets into connipton fits at the
bare smell Of Bourbon whiskey and "has been
a farmer and bric.Slayer all his lfe." lie must
have commenced the farl}lng business IN the dairy
line. ,:.t-'so--.o 80
Where are the dummy enginess where are the
viaduct railroads?-the one-legged railroad, the
underground steam railroad and all the other pro-
posed methods Of transit between one section OF
the city and another? Has the day OF horse loco
motion gone byf The cry now is In the words OF
the "cro0ked back tyrant," slightly amended
A horse a horse my kingdom for horse
If you can't give me a horse give a-dummy engine.
The st. Louis Democrat has queer way OF dress.
ing up news item. For example:-"Daniel
Thatcher OF Paoli, Kas, loved Miss Ellen Pine, and
SO did I. M. Purcell Daniel collided with Purcell
and gave him tremendous threshing Somebody
laid' for Thatcher and blew OF the top OF his
head When the fair Ellen wac taken IN tho houao
where the CORY remnants OF her dead lover were
laid out her first remark was affecting. She
said, Mrs. Shipman, have you put up any apple
butter yets'n