The New York herald., 1874-07-23
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Eating clans with the fingers is "the thing" on
Ma raEansett shore.
Count Bellegarde of AUSTRIA has apartments al
the BrevoOrt House.
Count lie Paris has at last published bis history
of the american war.
Captain Hams, OF the steamship AbyssIna, Is
registered at the New York Hotel
EX-congressman William H. Upson Of Ohio, Is
staying at the ST. Nicholas Hotel.
Lieutenant Governor John c. Robinson is 70
siding at the Metropolitan Hotel
Mayor james Lewis Of the United States Marine
Corps, is quartered at the Hoffman House.
Mr. j. NJ. Kinds, United States Consul General a,
Rio Janeiro Is soournng at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
U. s. Grant is colored Virginia constable, ou,
he never writes financial memoranda to the col.
ored Joneses.
Mr.. J. H. Devereux, President oil the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Company, is at the st.
Nicholas HOTEL
Mr. Dewitt c. Ellis, Superintendent Of the BANK
Department, arrived from Albany last evening al
the Metropolitan Hotel.
The Secretary OF War will leave Washington on
Saturday for New London, Conn.,, where his family
are spending the summer.
1t is said the new converts at Bald Mountain
have gone back 20 card playing since the volcano
proved a failure.
Two actors in this city went out to fight duel
the other day, but they got sober before reaching
the duelling ground.
On Friday several gentlemen, offenders againss
society, Will be presented 10 rope. The Sherlna
will conduct tue ceremony.
When Agnes Strickland died the other day tile
only thing said about her was that she was "well
known as the writer OF numer rous works"
DR.. Rust is President and A. G. steal professor
o; a Kentucky female college, but Rus: doth not
corrupt nor steal break through and thieve.
The question in Chicago IS whether the last Are
was caused by the calf OF Mrs. 0Leary's COW or
the stupidity Of Bcnner, OF the Fire department;
The widow OF congressman Mellish has been
appointed a counter in the Currency Division OF
the Treasury Department, at salary OF 5000 q
year.
The editor OF the Arizona Miner is foreman OF q
hand engine Justice Of the Peace, Register OF
Deeds, City Clerk and the best Indian fighter IN
the county.
An English tourist, who was present at the Sara.
toga regatta says that rowing in this country is
getting along swimmingly. He doubtless re.
ierred to our American water ''fouls."
A paper out West thinks there are ''some men
in Congress fully as smart as Henry Clay" the
only trouble is that those who are not smart have
a better way or showing 1t tnan those who are.
The hotel keepers and sojourners at Atlantic
City arc expecting the arrival OF the PRESIDENT on
saturday, to remain with them several days.
Blessed are they for they expect but little, and IL
snail be Granted.
Hdrper's Weekly has a picture or the boat race
showing the position of each crew when the
Columbia touched the finishing line, and showing
the HERALD news boat in advance o! all the con.
testants. There could be no filter illustration Of
the HERALDs news facilities, which always keepa
little ahead OF all competitors.
Two years ago the Turkish government wanted
to economize in its salary list ana not reduce the
salaries: 80 1t declared, with pleasant innocence
of the result, that a year should consist of fifteen
months, and the pay for year he Tor that period;
and so is would have paid or five years with four
years salary Now 1t Is discovered That this I'm
was invented by Louis XIV, who paid his pensions
that way. Logan and our other great unaucors
might get hint out OF this.
paragraph mas been IN circula tIon TO the eiYcc,
that Miss Anna T.. Dickinson has given up her plan
at SwampsCott; that size II wiring hs'ory q
her life and experiences ior publication. We have
authority for the statement that Miss Dickinson
has not given up her intention Of gong abroad
but is delayed by the necessity Of finishing a boos
for which she Is under u contract. This book ~ II
no sense "a story OF her lie" but a chronicle o
certain experiences and adventures in her leclu,
ing tours, amusing and otherwise, with n recors
OF one summer spent in California and another u
Colorado.