New-York tribune., 1875-09-01
PERSONAL.

Miss Martineau has nearly completed her
memoirs.
The late Judge Grover was found by post
mortem examination to have died Of cancer OF the
stomach.
President Grant and Collector Casey of New
Orleans called upon Collector Arthur yesterday but Mn
Arthur was absent.
The Hon. Wayne McVeagh Of Pennsylvania
has been invited to deliver the annual address at the
washington County (Md.) Fair to be held next week.
Mr. Samuel HOustOn's memory is to be fifty
honored by his numberess admirers in Texas The
manager Of tie Houston Land Association informs the
public that enterprise is meeting with great success
and that handsome sum Is now assured for the ionu
mental Fund.
Prof. w. d. Whitney of Yale College re-
ceives this compliment from rhe London Examiner "As
comparative phologist Prof whitney has many peers
and some superiors the general application of The
suits OF comparative philoOgy tie solution OF slicn
problems as have beon enumerated he is as YET un'
equaled."
A correspondent OF The augusta Chronicle
and Sentinel visited Mr.. A. H. Stephens recently. and
gave this report of his health "Mr Stephens Is in bet
ter health than he has been for ten years, His voice
become and penetrating and his Keen eyes, once
weakened by intense suffering, have recovered en-
wonted luster. The body Is stu feeble, Dut tue hgh
within burns as brightly AS ever"
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher attended the
annual meeting of the United States Hay Fever Assocs
ton on Tuesday II was held ut Bethlehem n H. about
eight miles distant from Twin Mountain House. DIT
Beecher spoke at considerable length the subject
the hay fever related many facts OF his expert
ence in connection with this disease. He gave IL ~ h
opinion that the hay fever disease OF depressed ner
vous action that whatever raised persons nervous
raised him above the assault OF this disease 30 ra
a remedy for it, aside from the atmospheric .renedts
ia concerned the only inference that can be fay drawn
the accumulated experience or persons aHlcttu
with this mdlady seems to he that IL assumes hinnltS
FORMS and that remedy for II has been discovered
Mrs. Elizabeth Pope of Clay County, Mis-
souri, was 100 years old the 18th OF March last but judg
ing from letter she has written to tie Secretary of a
OLD Settlers Reunion at st. Joseph. she Is good deal
more bright and active than many persons who were
father was one OF the cOonSts who went into Kentucky
with Daniel Boone and that her nearest neighbOr
the father OF President Lincoln She adds - have
been in his house very many times and was Io or IS
oenties nursed the dead President which In Itself was
not then is it anything extraordinary, lor ha
was simply baby and a terrible ugly one at that
Mr. William II. McCarde, who is editor OF
Tie vicksburg Herald and prominent candidate for U.
S. Senator Tennessee. makes this suggestion for the
securing OF home for Mr. Jefferson Davis II hays
authentic information that there 675 subordinate
Oranges in the State. with average membership of
trie over So and aggregate membership Of 35OOO'
II cacn these 675 subordinate Oranges will contribute
six bales OF coton-whch is less than bale 10 eight
me mbers-we shall have an aggregate or over 9,VOu
bales which, at present prices, VIII realize the sum OF
grand old patriot and ais family and leave Tor invest,
men q suu the interest which will DO ample for
tho future support of Mr. Davis aud his family. and tho
proper educatOnO Of his children"
QUEBEC, Aug. 31.-The Hon. Mr. Mckenzie,
. Premier OF Canada, has arrived from England.