The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-15
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ex-Congressman J. M. Warren, OF Troy, is at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Surgeon G. W. Wood, United States Navy n
registered at the HOFFMAN House.
State Senator D. P. Wood, OF Syracuse, has
arrived a. the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
President Andrew d. White, Of Cornell UNI
versty, has apartments at the Hoffman House.
SOthern sent ten barrels Of hour to as many
Chicago widows, and 1t wasn't Dundreariy either.
One Gail has asked the Mississippi Legislature to
change his name as he married q Miss Breeze and
Is afraid Of squalls.
And now it Is discovered that Buffers Collector
(Simmons) won his title Of "The Poor Soldier BOy'
behind suffers counter.
Mary Kane, OF New Haven, before clipping with
a married man, showed her flial devotion to her
mother by getting her into the almshouse.
There are four ex-Lord Chancellors in England
Lords st. Leonards, Chelmsford. Hatherley and
Selborne. Each draws pension of $4,000.
Miss Nellie Grants Sart0rous owns farm in
Wisconsin, which he titled until the death Of his
brother made him heir to an English estate.
At Lawrenceburg. Ind, on the 10th, little Flora
BOothold skipped rope 35l times, fell to the
ground, and the angels skipped away with her.
Miss Belle Murray, deputy clerk OF Mclean county
(nlinois) Circuit Court, is being tried for embes
Element. Bad news Tor the women's rights party.
trulyl
The Earl OF Dunraven, Viscount Parker and DR..
Kingsley of England, who have been on an ex-
cursion to Florida, are staying at the Brevoort
House.
Baron de Bussiere. of France was passenger
on the steamship Baltic, which sailed yesterday.
He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, Ben
Holiday, Jr., son of the Pacific coast millionaire.
CAPTAIN Nolan was a candidate for the repre-.
sentation Of Galway. Ireland, in Parliament at the
recent election. He said he was a home ruler,
and was accepted as such on all hands; but the
county newspapers soon found that his election
address was not printed in Galway and denounced
him as sham. one editor declared that the
Captain had attempted Ito prop up the metropolis
OF England at the expense of the printers of Gal
way" Declaring that Irish type had done hts
printing, Captain Nolan stood up against the
entire Galway press and fought his way to Par
lament.
man who Is said to be neither an adventurer
nor lunatic, and who lives in small town Of
Tuscany, Italy, declares that he is the Duke do
Reichstadt the son Of Napoleon /. He is said to
resemble the Emperor as he was late In life. He
says that in 1914 the child, who was afterward
known as the Duke de Reichstadt, was substituted
for him, aud that he was 1rst connded to
Dominican and afterward to Knight OF Malta.
For sixty years this claimant has lived In Tuscany
on o modest income provided mysteriously, ana
although he has always declared himself the Duke
de Reichstadt he has never attempted to have M
claim authorized.
When he was fat he was very very fat, and
when he was lean, skeleton. In these TWO alter
Mating conditions Of being william Dubury lived
for long time in London England. once when
he was lean, he exhibited himself as curiosity.
But success strange as 1t may SEEM spoiled his
business. He got money enough to procure food
with which to gorge himself, and soon he rounded
with nesh the bones that had been curlously OBJ
trusiye. Having spent all his money, Dubury had
no resource but to again become skeleton. Ma.
,nre Ind made too many changes, however, and
vhen he reached the only state in which he could
i've by the monetary contrib ltions OF sght.seers
no died from exhaustion.