New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-20
PERSONAL.

A handsome Edinburgh edition OF Edgar A.
Poes works. recently issued. was printed rom type sci
I'D by two young who learned tho trade aiter the
recent strike of the Edinburgh printers.
The late Henry W. Dutton of The Bosto"
To,serip, had been identified with tho art of printing
longer than any man in Boston. He foreman OF q
pring office Boston in which James Gordon Bennett
was copy-holdcr.
The plaster model of the statue OF Senator
Sumner which ia to be placed upon the monument IN
the Boston City Hail. has arrived from Rome, but has
been 40 badly broken In the passage OWING 10 caieeNs
packing that It is doubtful 1t be put together for
the bronze cost.
Mr. Henry d. Hyde of Boston is likely to be
prcsented by the Amherst alumni his city their
dIse for trustee OF the college place Of the late Sam
ucl wliston. Mr.. Hyde established fund IN tue cor.
ese for an annual prize FOR excellence III oa"y Snoi
time ago.
The Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon of New Haven
Ia, been elected President OF the Connecticut Constit
tlona Reform Association. At the meeting which chose
him the position, Dr. Racon declared In nm earnest
speech that the people OF COhhecucut hao ioo' "e ~
OF local selfgovernhent
Mr. Theodore Thomas was presented with
81 900 by the directors of the Brooklyn philharmonic
Society on Saturday evening. The presentation was
concert and was entirely informal. tho money being
handed TO Mr.. Thomas in sealed envelope ana no
speeches being made on either side.
There seems to have been predecessor TO
the Pomeroy nend 10 Boston. Drake, the historian OF
that city, says there was there in 1925 hoy II yesrs OF
age with all the traits OF Jesse P0mcrOy who enlioed
three little children into byplarcs aud tortured them
The penalty inflicted upon him 80 ashea Mt the GarFs
tail IL ut the xalOws ID at two other places anu hari
labor in the Btidewell for q months.
The librarian OF Princeton College has adj
dressed circular to Southern alumni Of the Institution
asking them send any lit nature Ut the ato war ~Inco
tey may possess. The College has already received
large collection OF pamphlets, papers. and books eianx
to the war history OF the North and the nope Il tos
valuable collection from each section may be got to
gethcr.
Cardinal Manning held reception on the
evening Of the 9th ns the day after his reiurn RON
Rome to London and the attendance was so great ~ 10
crowd his spacious to excess. The CARDINAL wore
the scarlet robe and skullcap The principal room IN
which the large company assembled Is described as oeing
the pa!nness OF its furniture aud the eo
sence all adOrnments pictures or the SAINTS ana
few ecclesiastical objects OF art carved IA IVORY aun
wrought in metal. Among these. under purple Vc!Fet
canopy was The silver carried bcrOre cardinal man
Mug during his Archiepiscoacy Most or the paintings
and notably by very early Iialan artist repre-
srntng saint sebastian and two Othct saints. were te
riffs or requests Of Cardinal Wseman. The attention of
The guests also attracted tn the plans Of the prOoyd
metropolitan cathedral The principal elevation shows
Gothic church OF tho Anxious type intended 10 De rs large
as that model Of theenthcentuIy architecture even 10
the hight of it's stepe, 2l3 feet above the pavement Az
present the funds subscribed for the work would Is
said hardly suffice build Of thr side cbapes hidy
noticeable in tho brdseye view OF the C'thedrN 40
drawn by the architect.