The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-15
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Smith M. Weed, Of Plattsburg, is at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel.
Colonel J. E. Baeza, of Barbados Is at the Grand
Central Hotel. .
General John Love, Of Indianapolis, is at the St.
Nicholas Hotel.
Ex-senator Corbett, Of oregon, is in town at the
Brevoort House.
General James McQuade, of Utica, has quarters
at the Gsey House.
General B. Bruzwal. of Venezuela, has arrived at
the Grand Central Hotel.
"Impeachm mt Jim" Ashley, Of Ohio, is regis
tered at the Aston House.
Judge E. H. Rosekrans OF Glen's Falls, Is staying
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Ex-State Comptroller Lucius Robinson, OF Elmira,
Is staying at the Hoffman House.
The President will leave Washington for his
homestead in Missouri some time in April.
General ]. G. Foster OF the United States Army,
has temporary quarters at the Hoffman House.
Gambetta, who Is about to make tour OF the
North OF France. says he will use very plain Ian
guage to the people.
Senator H. Hamlin, OF Maine, was at the Aston
House for short time yesterday, while on his way
home from washington.
professor Max Muller has declined the chair OF
Sanskrit offered him in the new University OF
Strasburg. He will stay at Oxford.
DR.. Thomas Barclay Principal of Glasgow Uni
versity, recently deceased, began life as Parlia.
mentary reporter for the London Times.
Nine. Ldia Roderenna has given the ST. Peters
burg Academy OF Medicine $4,000 to endow an In
stitution for medical instruction for women.
A party of gentlemen Japs from Jeddo are at
Annapolis Md, on q visit to the Japanese cadets
that are in the Naval Academy at that place.
General Uhlrich. who commanded at Strasburg
during the Franco-Gcrman war, has retired from
the French army after nfty three years. service.
1t is claimed that "honest Joe Hawley, OF Con-
necticut,n was born in half q dozen different
States, as once was written OF an ancient classical
buffer
The friends OF Hon. John Lynch, who repre-
sented the First district OF Maine i'm the last
Congress, will give him a complimentary dinner in
Portland.
General W. II. Norris Inspector General of New
York. Is on a tour through the State looking at the
troops armories, arsenals and records Of the
National Guard.
Mr.. z. Richmond, who died In Providence, r. l.,
on Saturday last, was the editor OF United States
Senator Anthony's (Providence) Journal when 1t
started, a half century ago.
Governor Warmoth has appeared In the streets
OF New Orleans Cooking cheerful" the papers say
His normal condition Is said to be both dazzling
and dangerous-among ladies'.
David J. williamson, Consul at Callae. seeks o
transfer to the Hong Kong Consulate, because the
climate of Callao is uniavorable to his health. HIS
request is likely to be granted.
General T. b. Van Buren,, United States Commits
sioner to the Vienna Exhibition, arrived ut the
Brevoort House, from Washington, last evening.
He will sail In the steamship Adrauc to-day ana
will be accompanied by his family
Mr.. John Livingstone, the brother OF the African
explorer has met with heavy disaster, In the de-
s.ruction by fire of his business establishment in
Iistowen, Canada, recently. The same fire de-
stroyed great part Of the business section of the
town.
| A deputation Of the Toledo tOhio) City Council,
| composed OF Messrs. J. 5. Norton, j. T. Maher, H.
| A. BOYD, G. w. Merrill and j. d. Cook, is at the
Hoffman House. Its object Is to inspect the water
works of the various cities in this section OF the
country. 1t visited Peughkecpsc yesterday and
| returned to the hotel last evening.
Bendet, the aeronautic trapeze performer mar
rowly escaped a horrible death during the vice
regal marriage fcasts at Cairo, Egypt. His balloon
| became torn when about four hundred yards IRON
the earth, and the wind entering the rent, turned
the vessel inside ont. BeDGet held on 10 the tr9
Pare bar until within twenty yards OF the earth, an
then falling upon soft ground was only stunned AN
bruised slightly.