The New York herald., 1874-12-26
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

In London seventeen infants are accidentally
sunocated" In Q week.
Senator Lewis v. Bogy OF Missouri, has apart
ments at the Windsor hotel.
MIR. George O. Cannon. Delegate to Congress
from Utah. Is soJournng at the St. Nicholas Hotel
Assistant Adutant General !. B. Stonehouse ar
rived from Albany last evening at the Hotel Bruns-
wick.
Congressman Dewitt G. Giddings aud Asa q.
Willie, Of Texas are residing at the Metropolitan
Hotel.
Congressman Frederick G. Bromberg, OF Ais.
bama, and Delegate stephen B. ElKins, Of New
Mexico, arrived at the Filth Avenue Hotel yester.
day from Washington.
The ''convalescent" dress OF the Duchess of Ed
inburgh is OF gray velvet trimmed with white lsco
and opening over blue satin skirt.
In England two postmen, who were bitten while
delivering letters at houses where dogs were kept,
have recovered damages from the owners.
1t Ia the thing now to take your sherry from
wood, and carved cups are to push the sherry
glasses from their place ON the sideboard.
kicking Tor the month" is now a regular re-.
port in the English papers, and one begins lM
chronicle with 1.-The women have suffered very
Heavily during the past MONTH"
At the present time the Paris Mint is engaged IN
striking gold coln OF which so, 600, 900 francs, o
$40, ,OO0, oOO are to be made. Forty millions will be
In pieces OF twenty francs ana ten mlll0n6 In
pieces OF ten francs.
Antiquity produced the man who organized the
Pyramids ana modern times produce man who
wants to walk from the apex or one to another Of
these structures on tight rope. At this rate forty
centuries may well L OK down on US.
Mr.. Bailey Blanchard. representative OF the
New Orleans Chamber OF Commerce, has arrived
IN Mexico city. A commission from the American
Chamber is expected by the next steamer in 70
sponse to an invitation OF the Bourse OF the Mext
can capital.
The disbarment OF DR.. Kenealy by the benchers
OF one OF the London Inns OF Court Is to be dis
cussed, not out OF regard to Kenealy, but to prin
ciple. as 1t is claimed they have overstepped thel
authority. We hope they Will restore him. a.
otherwise he threatens to come to this country.
One OF the dressmaker's children had scarlet
fever, and when she sent home the dress she was
mendng two children in the family OF the owner
OF the dress were taken and both died and snaI 10
one OF the thousand ways in which scarlet fever,
measles, smallpox, DC, are constantly kept going.
The New Zealand Cabinet has decided to ap-
point commission to nave New Zealand repre-
sented at the Philadelphia Exhibition In honor o.
the centenary anniversary OF the declaration o.
American Independence. The exhibits Will not b
numerous but Will give fair indication OF the
staple products or the country.
The captains OF large number OF steamships
and sailing vessels at Havre have sent protest Il
the Minister OF Marine at Paris, protesting against
the command ofthc French transatlantic s'eamers
being given TO naval oficers AM prccudlna
thereby the ofIicers OF the TRANSATLANTIC Company
attaining the position OF commander.
Prussia has clearly obtained port on the north
ern coast OF Africa but apparently not, as hither.
to reported, by treaty with Morocco. The Echo of
Oran, an Algerian journal. reports that the Ger
man foothold Is not on the mainland, but on tho
Zafarine Islands. These, though the Morocco
coast are Spanish possessions, 50 that Prussia
dd alter all, as we argued some months since,
trade with Spain for a port.
Here is a specimen OF the queries that the edit.
ors OF ladies' journals have TO answer ct. v.
would be 80 thankful Tor MS good advice. Her
dear father Is lying at the point OF DEATH What
would M. recommend for mourning? 4. V. thought
q sleeveless Grape tune would look well for best
dress but does not know wnat material to have
for dress; would she recommend jams cord2 she
is AFRAID paramatta Is too expensive. And what
can she have ior her second best dress, and how
can she have IT made and trimmed? And what
can she have for her shoulders that would do
through the winter T. v. has three little girls;
what can she have for them for their grandpa
dresses ana mantles and hatsf'