New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-02
PERSONAL.

Gov. Rice Of Massachusetts, is visiting Wash
ingtOn.
Col Ingcrsol is featuring about "The Lib
crty OF Man Woman and Child"
Mr.. TpnnysOn suggested the name of the new
English review, The Gu,eecnh Century.
The new Senator, Judge David Davis, Is, 1t
is reported. worth the pleasant little sum of $1,000 900
in Illinois county alone he owns III improved iauS
Monsieur WaddingtOn, the French Minister OF
Fine Arts, direct himself performance at the Con-
servaore Of one OF the works of the late Alfred Holmes
an Tn glishman. and IA Partisan by residence
Sir Edward Thornton sent to the pound
palty" given in Washington the other night pound OF
silver quarter-doars Quantities of useful things were
contributed and all are To be given to destitute ianies
The Hon. John Wiley Edmands, who died
at Newton Mass Wednesday morning, was the ell iei
promoter OF the Free Library in that town. His first
ifr was $4,000, and for five years he gave $1,000
year for the purchase % BOOKS.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is lecturing on the
question: is Polite Society Polite % She has been
preaching in Nj nesota. and is described a. speaking
very earnestly. and seeming to feel herself devoted
bat humble cNpUunder or great truths
"Toddie,r one Of the originals of "Helens
Babies died suddenly of membranOus Group on Tuesday
evening IN Brooklyn. lie the youngest son OF John
Habberton, the author of the book named, aud was
child VI unusual fuaintneSs ana promise.
Col. Joshua Frye WAS the officer commits
stoned Ivy tue English Government who commanded the
virginia regiment of which George Washington
major. Col Frye died IN May. l754. aud an ancient
document recently discovered relates that Washington
and soldiers attended the funeral. and that Wash
ineton cut upon an oak which stood bis tomb tie
following inscription Under hs oak tree Hes the body
of the good, the noble. ana JUS; Frye"
Bismarck's maiden speech in the Prussan
Diet was. like Disraefs in Parliament, received with
shouts of laughter and Indignation. The obstinate young
maa calmly drew a newspaper from his pocket and be-
gan perusng It's contents in the mos: uncOncerned man
nsr until tho President had restored order One OF the
stories told of his mad youth OF the letting loose
number OF young foxes in the drawDg-roOm 10 rghton
his female cousins One of the Princes pecniaiitles Is
once said, how one can live away from the sea-
!, When Gen. Ignatieff left his embassadorial
post Picking in 1861 he presented case OF champagne
to Prince su Shun, fayorte Of the Emperor But he
sent no eorkscrew with the wine. and when Su Shun
amiably forwarded bottle two 10 the Emperor the
Imperial butcr who had seen bottles so fastened
down, at loss as 10 tho manner OF opening them
At ,ast he set bottle a Stove-apd that Celestial
household dispersed directly around That Celestial
kitchen agony of fear TO the tune OF tremendous
explosion
Col. Plumb, who has just been elected
United States Senator from Kansas began lie ss coun
try rriuer AT the age OF 10 no publisher and
oiate editor Of The Xtnia (O) Netcs From xenia he
emigrated to Kansas, settled ct Emporia, and mmedi
aely began the publication OF another newspaper also
called The Gscs Ho has remained st Emporia ever
since and has always been prominent IN local politics
He Is AN ad uable type OF the energetic, plucRy and
capable Western printer-able to take hand At almost
any thing and generally likely to succeed in whatever he
dOes take . hand In.
Among Prof. LOngfellow's treasures are
ColerdgeS nkstand and early volume of Coleridges
poems annotated In hts own "scraegy" handwriting.
And tho poets study is bookcase filled with his own
works In the original Mss.all beautifully bound aud In
the slearest writing Lie has portrait Of. List dressed