The New York herald., 1874-07-20
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Selwyn. of the British Navy, is at the
Brevoort House.
Major q. W. schofeld, United States Army, IL
quartered at the Coleman house.
Judge John 8. McCalmont, of Pennsylvania. haa
apartments at the windsor Hotel.
Captain Hamilton Perry, OF the steamship Adrt.
attic, is registered at the st. Nicholas Hotel
General J. s. Fullerton, OF St. Louis, Is amOnG
the recent arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Captain James Kennedy, OF the steamship City
OF Chester, is stopping at the New York Hotel
Attorney General Walkem, OF British Coumbis,
has sailed for Europe on the steamer Poynesan.
The President Is expected at Washington to-day,
and the Cabinet will hold their meeting to-mOr.
row.
Major Cyrus B. Comstock, of the Engineer Corps,
United States Army has quarters at the MetropOit-
tan Hotel.
Captain Trigger, Of the Swedish Navy, arrived
here yesterday In the steamship Adratc, and is at
the Grand Central HOTEL
Plenty OF sympathy with the farmers because
the greens are all gone; but how about the poor
grasshOppers9 No one heeds their pangs OF hun
ger. Fine field for Bergh out there.
Pannontombl was forbidden to practice In the
Court at Pondicherry because he came into tho
presence Of the Judge with his shoes on; but tho
supreme Court in France has reversed the Oriental
judgment.
M. Fontaine, jcweller OF Havre, exhibits In his
window beautiful tobacco jar made OF polished
steel representing o capstan and other marine
apparatus. It was made for Mr.. Moses Grinnell for
yacht race prize.
At the ripe age OF sixty she stepped from ono
OF the towers OF Notre Dame to the pavement. and
the only thing about her that remained recognix.
able was the sum OF thirteen francs and ffty CEN
times. She got down to hardpan.
Captain Thomas, OF the Greece, has received .
gold medal from the Humane Society for the rescue
Of the passengers OF the Europe. Silver medals
have been given to the of1cers and bronze medals
and two pounds each to the men who went In the
boats.
Archibald Forbes has returned to London from
India, whittier he went to write up the famine lor
the Dduu Ne,os. BY this trip the Ne,cs loses him.
for he was offered In india lucrative position as
editor OF the En1ttshna0n, and he will 60 Uut to
accept It.
About tnis time look out for pretty little Jesuit
zeal fiction In Germany to the efect that the story
about conspiracy to shoot Bismarck is all moon.
shine and that the man who fired Is not Catholic,
but that the whole transaction Is put up" oy Bis.
marck himself to cast odium on the Catholics and
justify further steps against chem.
Baron Grant gave Leicester square to London.
and on the day Of the opening the "sandwich" men
walked the streets OF London placardea with the
names Of the "companies" the great nnancier has
brought out in MS time, one OF which was Little
Emma. Sum total OF paid up capital In all tho
companies, $l2o. 000 00O present value $4,000 900.
Pretty dinerence In favor OF the fnancier. since
then Grant has lost his seat In Parliament on ac-
count OF corrupt practices at the elections Money
Is good thing even In England, but the ways ~
which twas obtained must be covered up ny th0
forRetfuness Of two or three generations.