The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-30
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

Professor E. N. Horsford. OF Cambridge, Mass, ID
sojourning at the Albemarie Hotel.
Commander John Scnouler, United States Army,
Is quartered at the st. James Hotel.
Congressman John o. Whitehouse. Of POUCH.
keepsie, is staying at the Albemarle Hotel.
Captain Charles H. Baldwin, United States
Navy. Is registered at the Hoffman House.
Captain William wallace, of the United StateG
Marine Corps. is stopping at the ST. Denis Hotel.
General william ]. Palmer, Of Colorado, u
among the late arrivals at the ST. Nicholas Hotel.
Senator John A. Logan, OF Illinois, arrived from
Washington last evening at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
Mr. George S. Bangs, superintendent OF the
Railway Postal Service, is at the Fifth Avenue
dotel.
Rev. E. P. Roe has another OF his religious
romances on the anvil, entitled "From Jest 70
Earnest"
Congressman Alexander Mitchell, President Of
the Milwaukee and st. Faul Railway Company,
has arrived at the Hoffman House.
George Il. Tyson, formerly assistant navigator
on the steamer Polaris. has been appointed cap.
tain OF the watch at the Navy Depar tment, Wash.
ington,
Secretary Robson, who has been residing with
some friends on Long Island during the past week,
arrived in this city yesterday, and is at the Fiftr
Avenue Hotel
The new lie OF Isaac Casaubon has drawn atten.
ton 10 the character OF that name in George
Euots .'MiddIemarcnn The character OF dctlon
is sharp caricature OF the actual Casaubon.
Brigadier General christopher q. Augur, United
States Army, who Will assume command of the
Department OF the Gulf and Lieutenant Colon
Augur, Second cavalry, aid. de-camp, arrived IN
New Orleans last Thursday from Texas.
Poetic justice! Isabelle the mower girl of the
Paris Jockey Club, who was sued oy her mother
for support, has lost in consequence her lucrative
post at the club. whose nower girl must evidently
be above the suspicion OF want of filia affection.
Koya-Inmasamora. King OF the Caunibal
islands died IN Paris the other day. Some years
ago the English turned him out OF mis- Polynesan
monarchy, and ever since he has exhibited MIN.
self; but, unfortunately, became civilized in the
process
The unendlng criticism Of Shakespeare has pro
duced as It's latest DOCK Professor Edward Dow
denis "tshakespeare A Critical Stldy OF his Mind
and Art,u which the AcadeDoy prOnounces the best
WORK OF the kind that has been written in our
language.
The London Gazette contains the following pub.
LEGATION =" Grown ONCE. March Is. Member re.
turned to serve lii the present Parliament. County
OF Tipperary--lohn Mitchell, OF No. sos Clinton
avenue, Brooklyn, New YORK, U. 5. A., gentle.
man."
How heroes carry or heroines is mentioned by
the court journal with this note:-"As Vienna we
saw a little tenor struggling to carry of iat
soprano 10 the amusement OF the house, wncr
she made stcntorian mlrth by turning around
whipping up the tenor and making her exit with
him Kicking under her arm
me recent doubling OF the postage on books is
another proof OF the unwisdom OF Congress. SIX.
teen cents pound is an onerous postage, and
white it was wise to stop leading the mails With
all SORTS OF merchandise at eight cent, pound,
the diffusion OF intelligence (Which Is the primary
object OF postal system) should have kept up the
cheap postage on newspapers magazines and
books.
smurglcrs used to get into the train at Geneva
for Lyons with their valses full OF cigars and their
pockets full OF dirty linen. Generally they got
compartment where they alone. Before
they reached the frontier they opened the cushions
oil the railway Carriage, took out some OF the
curled hair, put IN their cigars and then filed
their vases with the dirty lnen ana In thar
shape passed the Custom House authorities; but
they were caught, and now the cars are recon
siructed.
me Pope's cncyclical letter OF February g. 1875
seems likely to divide the German Catholics, who
have hitherto supported the Pope IN his con,
flct with their government Ten Catholic Depu.
ties publish their protest against the assum ption
OF the Pope to declare invalid and nudity claws
constitutonally enacted" Indeed, this pre-
tence justifes the ground taken against the Pope
by the Berlin government, 1t Is likely to do the
Church great harm.
All the people In Paris house were startled
one night ny tremendous noise made In an uppct
apartment. Rushing to the doors tney saw q man
coming down four steps at time. lie was
arrested nall dead with fear. He was a tnicL
had made his way in with a false key aud recllpa
his way about the apartments from room to oom
10 find valuablcs. had come upon some strange.
soft, movable, upright thing Ia the middle of n
room. lie iet o 1t, passed hts hand higher and
higher ana felt face, cold IA Ice. Frightened
eager 10 escape, ne could not ind his way to tn,
door, aud In his flight upset every article OF furnl
ture IN the apartment. Then they all went IN
stairs and found the tenan. OF the fourth door
hanged IN his room.