The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-18

The Drven welsh paper has been purchased BY
T. J. Grifaths, OF Utica.
Captain Randle Jackson. Of tho British Army u
registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The German universities had in 1874 1,7o0 pro.
lessons and teachers and 16, 900 students.
Commodore Edward W. Carpenter, United
States Navy, IS quarrered at Barnum's Hotel.
Mr.. John T. Raymond. the actor. returned to
THIS city yesterday and Is at the New York Hotel.
Major V. Sanchez and Captain L. Moraguez. mill
tary agents of the Spanish government, are stay.
ing at the Hoffman House.
Mr.. H. 3. James, Chief OF the Customs Bureau
OF the Treasury Department., is residing tempo.
rarily at the st. James HOTEL
CY Wheeler mas sold his half interest in tho
Burlington Qowa) Ha,oEeye to Frank Patton, who
now becomes sole proprietor.
western editor asserts that 1t is mo use try
ing to publish nonpareil newspaper In a long
primer community" which Will be readily under.
stood by the Initiated.
Miss Thackerays new story, "Miss Angel" IL
commenced in the February Harper. In the EASY
Chair'' Mr.. Curtis dscourses delightfully."- on some
of the CLUB houses OF this city.
Two additional "Morgues" have been con.
structcd at Paris, as the establishment behind
Notre Dame y as insufficient to accommodate the
people 'iound in the river"
Hugh Nsbeth editor OF the San Francisco Scan.
dindutan, expects to accompany the Swedish Arc.
tic expedition and get back from the North Pole
in time to represent Sweden at the Philadelphia
Centennial.
Nathan p. Johnson, OF La Grange, Ohio, whose
dea IN recently occurred in the seventy fourth
year Of his age, had been a subscriber OF the Al
bany Journal from the date OF its first issue. more
than forty five years.
lie FrdncdfS says that several journals have
stated that the celebrated ''violin Player" by
Raphael, has been lost, but the fact is that it has
never left Rome, though the public are not allowed
to see 1t. 1t is reported that IL will ere long be
sold along with a few paintings forming the collec.
ton OF the Scarra Palace.
Lady Dudley, whose jewels, estimated at $3.50, 900
in value, were recently stolen at railway sta.
ton, is q sister OF Lady Mordaupt defendant in a
famous divorce case. Lord Dudley was made an
earl by the wings for satisfactory votes HIS In.
come averages s1,5oo,ooo; but last year. owing to
the great increase in the price OF coal, was
S., OOO,O 600.
And now "LucreZa Borgta" must be recon.
structed Herr Gregorovius has written her life
learnedly in two volumes alter laborous invests.
cation. He finds that she was an estimable per.
son, who would not have been known from other
women II she had not been the Pope's daughter.
But her history and her Spanish blood coincide
wonderfully.
Mr. 1almage mas Collected his sermons on
theatres, bad books, strong drink, &C., which
Harper & Brothers will soon issue in book form.
sermon on the "Socal Evil" IN Brooklyn, includ
ing review OF the Tton case, will be
added to the volume. and will be delivered from
the text, "A lock OF Deilah's hair" "Sports That
Kill" Is the title OF the volume.
Jobbery In China, with bad result. In q recent
number OF the Pektng Gazette Is a minute OF the
trial OF Ii Kwang-Chao. The culprt endeavored
TO secure oflcial favor and big "joD" by making
some generous proposals relative to the supply CT
timber to be employed in rebuilding the Summer
Palace, which proposals he subsequently was un.
able to carry out He played high game and
lost, and now awaits execution alter term OF ins
prisonment. If we could only deal thus with job
beers here But then what should we do with tha
heads
The tradition runs that Brougham once asked
JefIrey for 81, 900 upon promise to work or the
debt In year, and did 10, writing the whole Of one
number OF the Ed,nbu''yh Revtec. That may, OF
course, be table, Tor this story OF Brougham's
wr ting the whole OF an Edfnbuygh Reuteao IL told
OF several writer's. SHIRLEY Brooks IL Is said wrote
the whole OF one weeks Punch, Christopher North
wrote the whole OF one Blacs1ood, Gilbert /
Beckett wrote all the articles in one days Tines
but Brougnam's capacity for work was equal -
An Edtn0ur0h ReuteD.