The New York herald., 1875-12-12
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Jenny Lind Is IN falling health.

Jenny Lind Is In falling health.
Belle Boyd is lecturing in the South.
Senator Logan has looked at the face card of death,
but is getting well.
They are shipping apples direct from Grand Rapids,
Mich, TO Rotterdam, Holland.
The report has been started the rounds ofthe
press that ex-senator James W. Nye has been dis
charged from an insane asylum.
The French make out of chicken feathers a kind OF
down, which sells for So pound.
ExConfederate General Forrest, OF Fort Pillow fame
has joined the Presbyterian Church.
Bismarck in spite Of bis long parliamentary expert
ence is still by no a fluent speaker.
The Gar making a long visit to the Crimea and
his Ministers have seen him for two months.
Mr.. Corcoran of Washington, has decided to spend
the in the South for the benedt of his health
Count Won Arnim will pass the winter at San Remo
Italy. the watering place whore Rosss recently
died
Prince Alexander OF Holland, second son OF King
William ILL., has arrived at Brussels on his way to
Algeria
The Augusta ga, ConStituhonaiist thinks that
Southern farms better places of Investment than
Northern, saving tobacco.
Mr. spurgeon had symptoms of gout while at Mar
sees and could not move for some days, but is much
better and is able to proceed on his journey.
Many lives that are sacrificed railways might
be saved II railway officials possessed just sufficient
surgical knowledge to enable them to attend to the i'm
mediate wants of the sufferers
CASTELAR, is treated with great honor in Paris Grand
banquets TO him have been given by ex-President
Theirs and Victor Hugo at which all the local literary
ana political celebrities were present
II is stated that the French paying particular
attention to perfecting their troops in tho night
mannuvres in which the Germans successful
during the recent Franco-German
Colonel e. W. Rector, OF Hot Springs, Ark, who on
Joys the reputation OF being the handsomest man in
the State, has recently married Miss Rosebud Alcorn
daughter OF Senator Alcorn, OF Mississippi
William Lloyd Garrison on Friday observed his Gni-
eth anniversary Newburyport by taking his place as
a veteran volunteer compostor on the Herald OF that
city, on which he set type half century ago.
At Charnod young sculptor OF recognized merit has
been charged by the Ministry Of Fine Arts with the
care OF repairing the OF Napoleon L. overthrown
with the vendome Column, by order of the Commune
One of tho handiest of inventions is the rail.
way car lamp for tho OF passengers. Compact,
ceanly and quickly arranged, it win be a boon to
passengers who wish to read at night while jour
ncying.
The Marecha de Fabcr at a siege was pointing out
place with his finger. AS he spoke musket bali
carried OF the finger Instantly stretching out another
he continued bis DISCOURSE "Gentlemen as was say
tng''-
President Eliot OF Harvard says in recent letter,
'The great educational need of the West and OF tho
whole country, indeed good schools devoted exclu-
svey 10 fitting boys thoroughly for colleges OF high
standard"
A memorial in the form OF obeIisk OF Peterhead
granite, twenty feet high, was on Tuesday last
raised over the remains Knloch Rannoch, OF DugaId
Buchanan Gaelic poet OF some note among Gaelic
speaking people
Mr. Kerr's father was never rich man, but he had
very narrow escape from IT, He sold his farm near
Titusve Pa in 1854 for 50 500; the next year petro
leum was discovered IT, and not long after Il was
sold for over $3.50, ,000
Some mythical Texan, or some denscy ignorant resi-
dent OF that unenhghened district, has applied to
Mayor stoklcy, of Philadelphia. for permission to Ear
range bull nght during tho Centennial year on some
space ad accent to the Exhibition grounds.
Hon George williamson, OF Louisiana, Minister 10
Central America will we are informed, be nominated
on Monday for United States District Judge in the place
OF Duro and it is said no will be the nominee
OF the republican party for Governor Of Louisiana
Major Asa b. Gardner. United States Army, Judge
Advocate Of the Court OF Inquiry at Chicago which is
10 try General Babcock graduated a. the College Of the
Cy OF New York 1852 took the degree OF Bachelor
or Laws at the New York University two years later,
entered the volunteer army NJ tue oekhB out Oh the
war was promoted and transferred 70 the regular
service and is now Professor o Ii" ~ the "esl Fons
Military Academy.
Aner aUncle Daniel Drew had subscribed 5000, 900
toward founding new Methodist college he remarked
70 a friend one day y:-"wclL sir didn't know where
the money coming from. ! was worried over it.
and so made II subject OF prayer After fasting and
praying over the matter for day | went down on
/ Wall street, and in less than twenty.iou hours
skinned those fellows out Of $500 oOn n-u fo''..
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