The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-23
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

STt0neT'Sn or all inc magazines IN tnlS country
or other countries the best printed.
Mr.. Amasa sprague. OF Providence, is among the
late arrivals at the Everett House.
Ex-senator John B. Henderson, OF Missouri, u
staying at the Metropolitan Hotel.
In France they say That .'5ir Thomas Carlyle"
will be the next English Poet Laureate.
Ex-Governor II. n. Wells, OF Virginia, arrived
from washington last evening at the HOFFMAN
House.
Now that an oyster famine Is upon Us how will
Theodore get 1.-The food he wants to nourish his
brainsp"
colored woman named Lucy Hawkins died In
Washington yesterday at the advanced age OF lis
years.
There is a man in Paris hospital in the drst
stage OF Rip Van winkleism. He has been asleep
103 days.
That writ OF error in the case OF the Claimant u
said to be based on startling new evidence OBJ
tanned IN Australia.
Assemblymen Thomas G. Alvord. OF Syracuse.
and James Faulkner, IT.. OF Dansvllle, n Y, are
residing at the Metropolitan HOTEL
Nine. Rlssori arrived at Havana from vers
Cruz on the 21st instant. and sailed yesterday or
the steamer Crescent Cisy for New York.
Punch pictures all the liberal leaders who are
proposed to succeed Gladstone. as engaged like
the famous suitors in the effort to have the DOW
OF Ulysses.
All the Pope's old clothes are burned. and there
is a race of men who regard this regulation as
aimed especially at them, like certain words In
the dictionary.
Berlin physicians are all Of opinion that Bis.
marck has overworked MS brain, and must give
up. He is now Incapable OF continued thought on
any single topic
All the deposed Bourbon princes in Austria and
elsewhere seemed perennial source OF supply for
Carlos cash box, but the accession OF Alfonso mas
changed all that
Tie United States Pension Agent In Washington
has received information Of the death OF a pen.
sioner IN Georgia, aged nnety-nine years, who
left o son sixteen years Of age.
An English physician. during q lecture TO Q
female audience on the use OF alcoholic bev.
erages, asserted that the "babies OF London are
never sober from their birth until they are
weaned.n
The Marquis OF Harrington, the new liberal
leader, made his DEBUT in criticism OF the refer
ence in the royal address to Alfonso, and Disraen
called the leaders, speech a string OF "grotesque
"reminiscences"
MIR. RaintCairioony Is about to visit London from
Madagascar, In which country he is prime minis
ter and commander OF the forces. or course he Is
Tippersry man and will be sorry not to SEQ
Mitchell there.
way to ne reduced in the common mind to story
of a Ratchet, as Tells was to a story Of AN apple;
and there was no apple, and It is pretty clear
there was no Ratchet.
In the suit against the London World for libel in
some sharp articles against money lenders the
Court dismissed the complaint holding that malice
was not made out and that "a strong case OF pub
lie benefit was shown"
1t IS said that the proposed compliment to
Carlyle was joke OF Disraels; and 1t Is probable
that the crusty Scot will come out on the Premier
with some OF the worst English ever seen In the
pages OF a magazine.
His Excellency the President has Riven Miss
Kate Forsyth, of Philadelphia, bouquet with hu
autograph, which will DC raffied tonight at the
Academy OF Music In that city at the tea party fos
the benefit of the Centennial.
senator Fenton lett Washington late on Satur-
day night lfor his home in this city. He is sum-
moncd here on account OF the death OF his aged
mother. It Is expected that the senator will re-
sumo his seat IN Congress on Thursday morning.
As Parliament has declined to admit Mitchell
and he is to be reelected they will decline again.
and no " long Will they keep on that way2 Per
haps until the government feels Itself provoked
into arrcsting him on the old score as an escaped
convict.
The London Journals OF the sth OF February, re-
mort as follows Amid every manifestation OF re-
spect, as well from the general pubic as from the
profession OF which he was so distinguished an or
nament the remains OF the late Sir W. sterndale
Bennett were on saturday deposited in Westmin.
stcr Abbey. In the long line OF carriages which
made up the hneral procession were those OF the
Queen, the Prince OF Wales and the Duke of Ediup
burgh.