The New York herald., 1874-12-04
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. !.

Congressman William p Frye. OF Maine, is stay.
ng at the Windsor Hotel
Congressman Il. b. starkweathsr, OF Connecti
cut, is sojourning at the Astor House.
Mr.. Delos De WolL OF Oswego is among the
latest arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Commissary General Gardiner. OF the British
Army. is registered at the New York Hotel
Commodore Edward ". Carpenter. United
states Navy, is quartered at Barnum's Hotel
Assembyman Harvey G.. Eastman, Of Pough.
keepsie, has arrived at the Filth Avenue HoteL
Mr.. Gostevick, OF London, win sooD publish .
work entitled "German Poets and Their Times"
Captain R. F. Ward, OF Governor General DufIer-
in's stan has apartments at the Brev0ort House.
Major v. sanchez and Captain L. Moragues, OF
the Spanish Army, have quarters at the Holman
House.
Judge John L. Talcott, Of the New York Supreme
Court Tor the Eighth Judicial District Ia at the Gil
sey House.
Congressman-elect Elias W. Leavenworth, Of
Syracuse, has taken up his residence at the
Windsor HOTEL
E. Parent, Under Secretary Of State Of the Do.
mnon government Is 80 seriously Ill that MS life
Is despared Of.
Mr.. d. G. Ellis, superintendent OF the Bank De.
partmenr, arrived from Albany yesterday at the
Metropolitan Hotel.
Rustem Enendi Jourdan, Secretary of the Turk
ish Legation At Washington, Is Reading at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
An elaborate "History OF Democracy BY Mr..
Nahum Capen, OF Boston, Will be published In
Hartford in three volumes.
congressman Robert s. Hale OF New York;
George W. Hencee, Of Vermont, and W. H. q.
Stowe OF Virginia. are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Allan Pinkerton's new story. "The Expressmsn
and the Detective" just out In Chicago. deals
with the mysteries OF the detective police busi-
ness.
Wilbur F. Storey, editor and proprietor OF tho
Chicago Times was married IN that city on
Wednesday evening to Mrs. Eureka @. Pearson.
The wedding was quite private, only q few friends
OF both parties being present.
Chatto Winders viii publish next month Q
book OF grotesque designs and historical notes
about the births, deaths and characteristics OF
some "kings, queens and other things. !" drawn
ana written by the Princess Hesse-Schwarzbourg.
The work Will be beautifully printed In gold and
many colors
The terribly accurate New York Times says that
the Paris butchers sold in three months .2s4,1
Kilometres OF meat" from horses, donkeys ana
mules. Each kiiometre is equal to about three
quarters OF a mile. SO that the total quantity 10
really upward OF 100000 miles. That Is q great
deal OF meat
s.The Grevile Memoirsn are pronounced by the
Spectator the most readable book OF the season.
Mr.. Greville was CLERK OF the Privy Council for
forty years and was an English aristocrat to the
bone. He thought George Nv. and william lv.
nearly mad and Lord Brougham quite mad. Mr..
Greville's opinions, however, are not very impor-
tant for their accuracy, and his book Is far more
curious than valuable.
Baron Salzpurg, Consul General Of Austria at
Copenhagen, ana the viscount Richemond Rich
ardson, OF the French Legation, Ut the same capt.
tai, went all the way from Copenhagen to Brussels
20 nght duel but could not agree on the weapons.
The yiscount's seconds proposed foils without
buttons, OF course, but the German had never
handled the sword. The Frenchman's friends
tnereupon proposed pistols, Of which one only
should be loaded and should be drawn BY lot, and
the parties to stand within the length OF hand.
kerchies. This WAS declined and all left tho
Oronnd.