The New York herald., 1874-11-11
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


Professor W. B. Rogers, OF Boston. is stopping ~
the Westminster Hotel.
Mayor Henry NJ. Lewis, OF New Haven, Is soJourn
ing at the st. James HOTEL
District Attorney N. c. Moak, OF Albany. is resid-
ing at the ST. Nicholas Hotel.
General J. N. Knapp, OF Governor Dix's stan, To
registered at the WINDSOR Hotel.
The trial OF Clement Duvernols for swindln9
was commenced in Paris yesterday.
Commander Alfred T. Smell, United States Navy.
is quartered at the New York Hotel.
Congressman Thomas G. Platt, OF Owego. N. T.,
is Stopping at the st. Nicholas Hotel.
Mr.. Moss K. Piatt. Inspector OF New YORK STATE
Prisons, has arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Mr.. Fulton Paul, United States Consul at Trini.
dad has apartments at the Westminster Hotel.
Ex-Governor John I. Hoffman and daughter ar
rived from Albany yesterday at the Clarendon
hotel.
Judge Jackson, the American Consul at Toronto.
ONT left there yesterday morning on visit tO
Washington.
State senator John Il. selkreg and Assembly.
man w. L. Bostwlck, OF Ithaca. are at the Metro
politan norei.
Judge Douglass Boardman, OF the New York
Supreme Court for the Sixth district, Is at the
Grand Central Hotel.
Among the visitors to the President yesterday
were Governor Hendricks, OF Indiana, and Sens-
tors Lewis. OF Virginia. and Logan, OF Illinois.
Malicious people in England say that II the
students elect the Duke OF Edinburgh Lord Rector.
they must put up with SOLO on the violin In lieu
OF a rectorial address.
Mr.. w. f. Forster has declined the candidature
for the LORD Rectorsnp or the University O1 GIas-
VOW The liberal students will unite In support
ing Ralph Waldo Emerson
The municipal authorities OF Seville, Spain, have
offered reward Of $4,000 for the recovery OF
Murlllo's great painting, o st. Anthony, which
was stolen rom the cathedral 10 that city.
Mir. John Crossley, member OF the British Par.
lament, who mas been making an extended tour
IN the south West has turned to this city and
taken up ais residence at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Since the Chicago Tribune has been In the hands
OF the men who cut t loose from party trammels
the stock has risen in value from $500 to $1,000;
but there are people out West who say that plan
was failure
In Paris the police have orders to arrest all the
Ifan music boys tptgerdr0 found In the streets
and take them to the house OF the Italian Ambas-
sador, and the Ambassador sends to Italy all who
are under eighteen years OF age.
suggestion has been made In London TO tighten
the sunday abors oil the postmen. 1t Is for the
sender to make a large Oh the envelope, denot-
ing not necessary to deliver TIL Monday. Such Ice.
ters could easily be slipped aside by the sorters,
and would lessen the labor Of stampers and deliv.
erers TOO.
It's understood there Is q rich man whose &C.
centric charity consists IN paying the postage
on all letters that have been insaiciently prepaid
by the sendcrs. This keeps them ont OF the Dead
Letter ONCE. Now that this TACT Is known We
suppose there will be great increase In the num-
ber OF letters 'insuuiclently prepaid"
Berlin seems very deslrous to know to what ex.
tent Belgium and switzerland are capable OF de-
Tending respectively the neutrality OF their terr-
tory France can invade Germany through either
OF those countries she chooses TO disregard their
neutrality. Hence their neutrality Is Germany's
only guarantee on their frontiers and she wishes
to know the exact strength OF that guarantee
In the quarters OF Constanunople inhabited
now usage called the Baskine, a primitive piece
OF lynch law continued for the protection OF
morals In virtue OF this usage the people had
the right 10 break into any house TO suppress and
punish Immoral practices This custom became
4 cover for many abuses and aow the police are
directed 20 suppress 1t.
General 0ix's story about the influence OF cells
on politics mas very good double in q story now
current In the French papers. A journalist In
search OF information inquired OF q man working
In a vineyard which OF the candidates was likely
to be elected In that district .'Well," said tho
,aborer, "no one call tell. All that depends on
tive will be elected. But II people are dissatisnoo
with the harvest. the radical. who y aGaanst ne
goSarpmenk wiu ba ooQsen."