The Morning herald., 1877-04-26
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Here and There.
A teleeram from Nice states Mat th
ronnt Amin has lost his sight thro,'gl
erysipelas, and that he is not likely y
long survive.
Joseph Dion has accepted the challeng
,f VIM. Sextsn to play match game TO
the championship, the possession OF tn
nolanev emblem and stake Of $500 I
a;Je' The game, 800 points up, will b
shaved about the 1st Of June.
A man who claims to own the grounc
,non which Cleopatra's Needle, recently
nre.eoted n to Great Britain blythe Khedivt
has fenced it around, and demands. seve-
raj thousands Of pounds compensation be-
fore m he allows the monument to be re-
moved. 49,.
Prof. Taylor Of the University of Chi
caoo sailed from Portland, Oregon, tol
& S;tka on the 9th, under instructions to
make a survey Of Mt. st. Elias, and as
certain the height Of the mountain. The
neak is situated $50 miles from Sitka, and
has never been ascended.
The Emperor Of Russia has, by re-
cent decree, greatly ameliorated the con-
dition of the non. commissioned officers Of
the Russian army, in which, as in all
Continental armies, that Of Germany not
excepted, the want Of good commits
stoned officers is very great.
A Hartford man, in 1868, made will
leaving $4,000 to ex.Govs. Hawley and
Buckingham 'for the dissemination Of
sound political views and principles" but
recently he annulled the bequest, prob
ablv convinced by the muddle in politics
that his design would be difficult Of execu-
tion.
Ruben's house at Antwerp is to be
opened to the public during the approach-.
ing fetes in his memory. The painters
studio is still intact, and the house is
adorned with numerous pictures by Van
Dyck, Teuiers, Rembrandt, and Rubens,
which have never been moved since they
were first hung by the artist.
E. L. Davenport says, incidentally, in a
letter to the Dramatic News Il have i've
daughters, all in splendid condition, and
Ills said, more than good looking, and
neither Mrs. D. nor myself, nor any Of
our family or friends have yet seen the
slightest sign Of fading quickly; on the con-
trary, every year seems to add to their
beauty"
DR.. John McKelway died at his resi-
dence in Trenton, N. ]. Monday night,
hged ninety years. He graduated from the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1915, and in 1917
pailed for America. He had lived in
Trenton since 1918 and was well known
throughout New Jersey.
In the case of Henry BischoT, Of New.
York, charged with issuing certificates
designed to be used as passports, Commits
bioner Osborn rendered an opinion, in
which he held that there is no similarity
between passports and the certificates issued
by BischoH, and the complaint was accord
ngIy dismissed and the accused dis
charged.
The uncertainty arising out Of Conti-
pentah politics is being seriously felt in the
porth Of England. At this time Of the
year, when the Baltic begins to open,
orders 10 large amount are usually re.
Peived in this country from Russian mer.
chants. They are not coming in just now,
Ind the result is very serious diminuticn
pf business, more particularly in the coal
rade.
From statistics just published, It would
lppear that the number OF vehicles en-
Ployed in the transport of passengers in
Paris is 10000. Under Louis XIV, the
humber was com, utad at $4,000. In 1jt8
here were but 80 or 800 carriages in the
capital Of France. Under Francis II there
we're but two, one Of which belonged to the
Queen, the other TO Diana, the natural
laughter Of Henry II.
The will Of the late Robert De Witt
he publisher, Of New York, was filed in
he Surrogate's Office. The testator be-
ueathed to his mother, Caroline K. De
WITT during her life time, one tenth Of the
ncome Of his estate, and to his widow,
Anna 1. b. De Witt, the remainder of the
ncome 50 long as she remains unmarried.
the widow remarries she is 10 receive one
hlrd Of tho estate, and the son the re-
painder.