New-York tribune., 1876-09-01
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Senator Gordon of Georgia is ill at his home
in that State.
1t is announced with great solem&ty that
Mr. Disracl's new title Is pronounced Bcck6hsheld"
The daughter of "Oliver Optic" (AIr. Wm
T. Adams is about to be married 10 Mr. sol Smith
Russell, the actor.
The Rev. Henry NJ. Field of The Evangelist
il engaged marry Miss Fanny Dwight, member OF an
old Massachusetts family.
Secretary Cameron and Gen. Sherman are
going soon to the West to inspect Fort Leavenworth
prison and various other military posts.
Mukhtar Pasha, the General in Chief of the
Turkish Army in Herzegovina, Is 40 years old, has
kiJdly expression and large, dark Oriental eyes
Mr.. A. II. Stevens has so far recovered that
he ia abba 10 walk about outside world is possible
that he Will make a political speech next month
The Rev. Robert COlyer announced in Mil
waukee last Sunday his belief in Prodestinaon, and The
Ee,cs of city is almost crazy abont it, calling It
moss-backed, thesis, mental an
esthesa, paralysis vaccine"
President Grants income as a farmer is
nothing wonderful IL is reported that his farm has
reaured yearly outgo Of $4,000 beyond receipts IL
ia now rented to different persons for $500 year
The net income, however, is only SloOo, Tor the taxes
amount to $500
Herr Won der Seeden, once a Prussian official,
has received the first formal permission for fire burial
The bodies Of his two children TO be subjected to in
cremation and the ashes sent to their parents Ihe
qes ion OF cremation Il said TO have made decided pro-
gress among the educated Glasses ot Gerlnahy'
Edmund About naturally enough has no pro-
found affection for Herr Wagner He amiably says /:
lone Richard Wagner, q German rcvolutionist, ptifu
and obyous refugee ungrateul guest of the Partisan
pavement guttcrhaunter OF the pureus Of the OPERA
cacophonOus and cOnccited iavorito OF oyerlong
cared melOanac has for the last three days been per-
forming premedtaed upro4r on fair booth trestles
gided hoe the little BaYarian town or Bayreuth
This Herve, devoid OF his spirit. gayety, and melody
this stunning aud icy ear-sitcr, has, without saying
why become the rampant enemy of'Franee."
The eccentric old scholar, DR.. James Henry
of Dublin, has just died DR. Henry had been physi-
clan In his native city, and never liked by his
brother practitioners, owing TO his skeptical views.
which dislike finally eliminated in intense horror when
the cynical declared that the opinion Of no phys
elan in the world worth gunea and actually gave
force 10 these heretca sentiments by refusing to take
moro than five shlllDgs for his advice. Soon after
ward he Inherited a fortune and henceforth devoted
hin self aided by his wife and daughter, 10 an immense
commentary on Virgil. For many years they wandered
over the continent OF Europe foot and without lug
gage ncnt comparison OF the text of Virgil in
the Mss and old editions found In ancient Libraries and
ou,Ofhe-way places Ia few years the triad was les
sened by death OF Mrs Henry, but still the old
scholar and mis- devoted daughter continued their un-
weared search. They To know all the mon learned
In iayOrite subject, and ali the librarians OF the
great libraries. Seventeen times they ciOesed the Alps
foot, sometimes in deep and more than once
they Obliged 10 show the money they carried IN
abundance before they received IN the inn where
they sought shelter IRON night ana rain Dr. Henry was
u quaint looking pcTsOnnge clad III Robinson CrsOe-
Ike fur dress HIS great commentary on virgil is still
IN Ms, with the exception Of few fragments winch he
gave the world Its extent be Imagined frOm the
TACT that the remarks the first 26 nes of the Kneid
I'LL l70 pages.
MONTREAL, Aug. 31.-Admiral Sir Cooper
Key and seven officers OF Her MaJestys ship Beerophon
bayo arrived in this city.