The New York herald., 1872-12-11
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
x congressman J. B. Alley, of Boston, is at the

Ex-Congressman j. B. Alley, of Boston, is ct the
Astor House.
Troy is to have an increased supply Of water
unmixed with malt and hops.
Ex-Governor J. b. Page of Vermont, yesterday
arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
Congressman Oakes Ames. OF Massachusetts,, Is
registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Captain Samuel Brooks, Of the steamship City OF
Brussels, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
Colonel Robert Lenox Banks OF Governor Hof-
mans stan, is at the Clarendon Hotel.
Charles H. F. Coils, City Solicitor OF Phiiadel.
phia, Is staying at the Holman House.
Secretary Fish gave grand dinner last evening
to the members Of the diplomatic corps.
We 60 West to learn that General Mcclellan ID
suggested as next Governor of New Jersey.
state Prison Inspectors Laf1in and Scheu are in
specting operations at Clinton State Prison.
Captain Digby Murray, OF the steamship Celtic,
that arrived yesterday, is at the Everett House.
Professor Benjamin Pierce, Chief Of the Coast
Survey yesterday arrived at the Brevoort House.
Rev. Robert Coliycr. or Chicago, Is at the st.
Nicholas Hotel. He hasn't got that horseshoe
with him.
weLinformed western paper says s.France is .
undertook and President Thiers IL sitting ON the
safety valve"
Since the adjournment last session of Congress
have died-one last night, Robert A. MCPHERSON, OF
Pennsylvania.
The editor Of the Louisville Courier. Journal says
he has always avoided the Presidency because the
salary was contemplate. This has 0 vulpino-uval
smack about it,
Portrait models of Mr.. Stanley and Kalulu, az
tired as they were when they met DR.. Livingstone,
have been added to Madame Tussaud's wax figures
exhibition, in London.
Mr.. Francis Herman, OF Utica is in town, at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel He came on from washing
ton, where he has been practcing in the Supreme
Court, yesterday morning.
The London Globe says, the oldest 'Gving~
baronet died on the 18th ut. The anomalous noble
meant was Sir Thomas Beckett-not TO be con-
founded with Henry Ills victim Of vague ex-
presst0ns.
London paper announces the recent arrest offs
number OF the poorer class Of gamblers on horse
races as q "Raid on Low Class Betters." Why can
not the yrtuous police make raid on their betters
who are betters also
They have o German servant girl In Brooklyn
who is 80 scrupuousy neat that after sweeping on
the sidewalk in front of the house she carefully
gathers the dirt into o dustpan and marches
through the hall to the back yard where she dumps
the pan into the ash barrel.
DR.. d. Ernest Melss, of this city, who Is wen
known as q mining engineer and geologist, sails
to-day on the steamship Henry Chauncey for AS
pnwall. He is going to Costa Rica, at the desire
OF several Central American capitalists, to ascer-
tain the practcabity of developing her mineral
wealth.
George NJ. Pullman, OF Chicago, and General
Horace Porter, the late Private Secretary OF Pres-
dent Grant, were at the Fifth Avenue Hotel when
the nre occurred there last night. The General Is
70 be attached to the palace cars OF the formers
company. Il will then be "Portcr pull mani" He
takes in fact, the great car mans place, while tho
car man goes abroad and will travel free every
,vbore-porter with dead-head.