The New York herald., 1874-09-08
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

M. COlleau, French Consul at Y0K0nama, Is az tno
Windsor hotel.
General Fitz Henry Warren, Of Iowa, Is staying
az the Holman House.
Captain Kennedy, Of the British Army, 10 quar-
tered at the Windsor Hotel
Ex-COngressman John NJ Crebs, OF Illinois, u
stopping at the AstOr House.
Attorney General A. P. Field, OF Louisiana, has
arrived at the st. Nicholas Hotel
Mr. Stephen Preston, Haytlan Minister at Wash
ington, is residing at the Union Square Hotel.
Inspector General d. B. sacket, United States
Army, Is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Professor T. r. Lounsbury, Of Yale College, has
taken up his residence at the Sturtevant House.
The Marquis de Clermont Tonnerre, OF the French
Legation, has apartments at the Brevoort House.
Captain Kennedy. OF the steamship Baltic. 10
among the recent arrivals at the winchester
House.
General A. A. Humphreys. OF the Engineer Corps.
United states Army, has quarters al the Hoffman
House.
Colonel John f. Tourtellotte, OF General Sher-
mans stafY, arrived last evening at the St. Nicho-
las Hotel.
Captain Gore Jones, OF the British Legation.
and CAPTAIN Won Nsendecher, OF the German LIE.
CATION are at the Clarendon Hotel.
Sir Charles Douglas and Edward jenkins, author
of .'Ginx's Baby" and emigration agent Tor the
Dominion, have arrived in Quebec from London
Lord Ciaud Hamilton Of England, who mas been
spending few days at Saratoga and Newport, re-
turned to this city yesterday and is at the Bre-
voor. House.
AtLenuoxtown, Scotland, a lady has died from
lead poisoning. She used, by medical advice, the
ordinary Sc tier water in slphon bottles, and the
water had taken from the sipnOn such quantity
of lead that IL Is supposed she received for many
DAYS at least grain day.
The youth who will one Of these days be Grand
Duke Of Oldenburg and is now student al Leip-
sic was in the railway station at Dresden. he
preferred 10 SIT the retreshment table, and as
saulted mine host for demonstrating whereupon
the crowd tumbled the embryo Grand Duke over
and used him roughly.
In a great city like London there are always
houses which from some accidental cause pass
awaysirom any responsible ownership. Some
times they are occupied by tenants, who In the
nrst instance pay no rent. and then gradually as
sume the rights OF landlords 1t Is said there ID
company in London organized solely 10 make
prodt by taking possession OF such properly ana
either holding 1t or finding owners.
At the University OF Cambridge worthy ana
wealthy man. and one likely TO be peneiactor to
his college IN the way OF bequests, iaiied On MIS-
examination seventeen times. The examiners at
,ost made M their mind to pass him If he an
swered single question correctly. "Who was the
erat x,no Of the Jews r' was the question, for
which ne was quite prepared. ''Saul," was the
oodv resnonse every good, sr; we are quite
sot,seed with your knowledge OF Scripture his
,orv-vou may CO." Proud OF his success the cam
didate walked away with great swagger. When
ne cot TO the door OF the Senate House he thought
no had not told all he knew, and, popping his nose
IN shouted, Eyes, sir Saul-afterward called
Paul."
| Cluseret and the S,ctss Times have been at law.
He was engaged to write his souvenirs In the hope
of giving that dull paper little life; but the pro-
prietors, finding their paper likely to be shut out
OF France, got frightened; SO they stopped short
| the publication Of the Cluseret notions, He sued
them for 1921 for copy already furnished and for
| 10. OO0f, damages for the loss OF the monsy he
might have made on copy to come. There was .
contract and the Court held that the editors had
fair opportunity to know what sort Of literary
material Cuseret would furnish; that they had
stopped him and he was ready to go on. SO he
was judged right in his demand and received q
| verdlct but not Tor 10000f., as the Court did not
take him at his own valuation, put cut the dam
ages down to 800f.