, 1877-12-13

PERSONAL.
A daughter Of John ". Tornoy is writing
faahion articles for the phtladclphta Ffxu,
Extrncts from a youthful opera called
!" Faust. By Richard Wagner arc soon 10 bs pub.
Ilphed.
u. L. Farieon is 10 givs readings from ono
OF hls novels before 4 Nav York audlcncs on thu
18th Inst
Tho Marquis Of Dute has offered to build
Al his own expense and present 10 Glasgow Unt.
veraity tho grand aall designed By Hlr G,lbert
Scott.
The health Of Elihu Durritt, Of New Brit
ain, Conn.,, tho ''lessned blacksmith" il aelts
precafious, and he has had yeyeeal hemonhapes
within few days past.
It In rulnored that Alexander HlcQuro Of
tho Phtlnde1phla Timer, 10 to leave that paper and
become chief Of tho New York 7rLuns, yles m
Wh!to1aw Reid removed.
Prof. G. W. Greene, Of Rhode Island, tho
btoRsaphsr Of hls klnsuan, Gen. Nathaniel Greene,
Il 10 deliver ths memorial addssss It tho unvs,l.ns
OF tho equestrian Atstus Of tho General In Washing.
ton.
President Porter aud tho Rev. Dr., Bacop
afc 10 hare chairs made ous Of tho largust elm ia
New Haven. which has Just tsen cut down. It wsa
nearly 182 ycass old. and WAS planted by the noy,
Joseph Noyes.
New Orleans man nnmed Burgess has
dec(nred that hc himself pulled down the Dag from
the New Orleans Mint during tho War, and that
Numford. tho man whom 0en. Butler hanged for
doing It, was Innocent.
Edwin Booth Ia to mnko his Remittance on
tho New YORK. atago on tho 7lh Of January. at
Booths Theatre. He will be his own manager,
and hopes TO nse the splendid scenery prepared by
hin during hts ownership.
Tho appearance Of review Of Piorce'a
''Ltfe Of Summer" from tho pea Of 8. 4. Crocks.
In the Literary lporad does not Indicate that gon-
t'eaan's recovery from bis mental ynalady, ~ many
newspapers saaume that II docs.
Mr. buckingham, the Omaha lawyer who
was reported 10 hare died Of hcart.dssaas result
ing from violent boating exeeclao whom 1t Yale
collegs several years ago, Is raid nsrsr to hare
Fowsd In race at Yals, nor to hare taken part IN
sny athletic exercises.
This st. Paul Press says: HPxasideut
Hayes addressed his messags to his fellow. .c,t.
xeua Of the Senate and House Of RspressptatIyea'
which IL unusual. II not without precedent"
To which tho ciucnnaa 9ass.ft aads; "Hs u.
tAbllshsd precedent 'sst October"
Hrs. Timothy French, Of Pittsdeld, Mass,,
whose husband had placed all hts properly Ia hss
name, dted recently. aud wiled the snifo estate,
amounting to SO, 900. 10 hsr rstativss, giving
nothing to hsr husband Or his brother. They con.
tested, but tho vii! Will be admitted to pFobata.
Compte read no newspapers during tho last
nlnetsen yasrs Of bis life. "Lising 1t Paris"
said he 10 friend, "aud seolng 10 many peopls
~ Do. hear Of everything that occurs." Jour.
uatams he added would some day BE- driven out of
the 6s1d by placaeds posted on tho wall n argued
that reading lntertesed with thinking.
Jefferson Davis said recently; ~ think
Andrew Jackson had tho greatest tnhusncs on hIs
country Of any American, aud In that respect was
the greatest man VIC have produced Ila left I
strong and romantic mark upon ha tinus aud aue.
cscdIng tines, I know Calhoun. and wa patron.
txsd BY him when l sntessd the %8enats. Bat ali
the boys sud urchtns. from genes9slon 70 ssusra.
tion. !esI Jaekson's example,"
Mr.. Edmund Yates riasa at 9. aud after =
light bFeakfast dictates to short, hand secretary
Tor two OF ta.so hours, when hs goes ont los raj.
lop. lie comes back 10 lunch, S1dsa or dEtv4s
again, and returns 10 shut himself up with tbs sea-
setlrT till dInnsr.t!ce. In this way hs both sess
fun md gsA through Al enormous amount II
work. for everything signed With hls MANS, nots,
nossl. or assteis. ia taken down Il sssnoQEsphts
speed.
Tbs Rsv. ". H. II. Murray has Invented =
sehsuse for tle psrpstuatloo Of NJ. Noody's lnas.
enca in thu various elt.as Of the land 1t u 10
tahlisa and maintain 10 sach tabernacle church It
miscellaneous material. 'shartsssd by tbs libsrty
OF shs Spirit and held togstaes by the bond y
peace" Of which congregations HI, Moody shall
BE- spiritual bishop. ''m4ds 20 By tbs osdAtnment
of nature snd OF grace" Ths present Moody eapB.
patgps, Hi. Murray ieass give Too llsts psrmau4st
Tstufu for 10 much cost and effort.
Jamea Watt, the famous English eniguser,
directed hy bis will that his workshop and it, coN.
England, should not b disturbed, and
ths room samAtns ~ he lsft II. This rsquirsmsnt
IL vsx1ous from the fact that In tbs apartment m
cshlnsts and drawers Allsd not oQly With thu hass
examples OF Wsdgwood's pIa9uss but With pHcs'
less dssigps sud uaolds, many OF which sss eT
Flaxuaa, who VIA one of Wsdgwoods friends.
aud hslped essentially In ths modeis from whlsA
WsdxNooa worked.
Tho New York Tinass han this item It
fashionable intelligence" ''It Il announced b
England that Mia ct2EA jerome, 4 daughter It
Nj. LsonArd W. jerome. OF this city, and atstss
Of Lady Randolph Churchill, IL sbout 10 b. maj.
gtsd 70 tbs Earl OF Wicklow. Tho Eat Of W!dk.
low, who Wa formerly ~ oi1css In the Ninth Lam
essp os tho British AEnJ. II about 81 years Of sxs
and sueessded bis uncle. William Forward lIewssa.
- hfth Ear. .pS Wicklow, Viseount Wicklow, ~
Baron Conuaofs In tas psssaxs Of 1Eel&nd In 1850.
Hs represents q remote branch Of ths Ducsl hoass
Of Norfolk. which settled ia ireland In ths ssssn.
-shslton Abtey 10 Wicklow and csals Foswssl
In Donexal.-And hs u ons Of shs representative
pesFs Of Ireland In tbs Brtstsh Parlisusrt Nsa-
Jerome aud her yo1ugsat dauxhtsf recently r.
turned to New York from : protEaetsd sSkE
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