, 1877-06-14
PERSONAL.

Thoro Is no foundation for the r,,mors thas
Of Wa!os.
The Now York Tribune notices tho or.
rival In Now York Of Nr Alfred cos1c., Of Tina
CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
Tho Russian painter Verostchaguino has
been sont officially to tho 1luasian asmy Ia Asia
Minor to paint the principal erents OF tho cam.
pa1gn.
Bon Butler ia to lecture at tho New York
Academy OF Music on the 10th inst, and thc 1too
Charles 4. Damn will preside. Sweet 10 the
twente!
Gon. Grnnt md Mr. Gladstone have b.
como corlai friends during tho formers visit tn
EHg]snd, and Grant mny yet visit Harwnsdeu
Cattle.
Philadelphia boasts two muaic masters
Mcssrs Mark and Simon 1lossler-cithcr Of whom
Ia considered superior to Theodore Thomas ~
leader.
Charles Rcade's Womau-I Inter" sooms
10 b thp nore OF tho pcftod It has Just appeared
In book form, after running through Dlaek4eox's
and udrpsr's In sottal form.
Prof. ". q. Summers lectures on "Tho
History Of Protection In tho United States" have
boen prIntcd In thin octave volume BY @. r. Put
nam's Sons, OF New York.
Ohief-Justico Brigham declines to oct rs
referee Ia tho grcat Nicc- Coolidge scandal case at
lIoston, and tho prospect Of settlement Otherwise
than In opon court aecusa very small.
II IL reported that Sir Wi1liam Vernon
Isstourt, after the close OF the sessIon Of ravs~
cns, will proceed to shc uaEte! States 10 prepare
tho biography OF hls fashcs.in'law. tho laso John
Lothrop Motley.
David 4. Wells has boon elected foreign
aasoelata.memhcr Of tic Royal Academy Of 1talJ.
The othcs Amctican mcmboa are Prof. iIenry, OF
Wa4hlnx.on. Prof Danc, Of New Ilaven, and
ueorga i. Masatl. Our Minister 10 Italy,
Thcro are indications Of opening hosAli-
tics between Theodore Thonaas and Dr. Damroseh.
tho two musical celebrities Of Now York, the dl1-
Guilty arising from tho acceptance BY Thomas Of
the leadership Of the Philharmonic Society.
Gen. Comfy, who is soon going TO tho
Sandwich Islands as Min!eter, IL said to bc cssin-
ming Mark Twaia's cssay on tho lalabttants Of
that Kingdom sast ~ he eau. We feaF this road
Ing may prove too strong for him, hs h an nYslid.
they say.
Tho Japanese are alwnys ready to drop
their natlonA! language and habts, and the homo
officials arc beginning 10 question tho expodiency
Of sending thett children abroad to 10 educated.
There Ia . Japanese young lady In tho unsed
States who was sent hero whom yot little gtsl and
words Of her native tongue. II IL y question bow
abe will manage when She gets home. An intel.
}tecnt naval officer just back from dive ycass
service Ut Japan said ho could ncyeE forSiFs tae
japaucso their Ecadnosa to slough their national
dress, msuncrs, and themselves into ready tnaoo
Europeans. =.
Two young mon Of Hartford, engaged IN
tho insurance business. sro making an Impression
By their poetteal writings. Ono Of them, ". VI
haa 1fF DO nJCt&t IN
Seytbnsr's AoatA@y, sud may be considered 1esa-
lar contributor to that magazine lie II not Jet -
yeara Of ago, bu. IL faithful and hbosious WoES
o., all Of hIs poems showing thorough slad! sha
culturs. G. 8. Langaon, tho other pcssoo Fefsfsea
Ia, II perhaps ann OF greater poetic power ana
facility In writing than Mr. Ellsworth. ana s - .as
saals Tins Il deeper studont Of men aud lhlhss
For tho last six months ho has been 1t wofk o.
society poem Of aoue length
Edwin White, tho artist who died On
Thursday At sa.siogs sutLngs, waa' natl7o .,
South uadlcy, Mass, His fashcE w4s noIea
musc. teacher, and died only few ycasa ago a.
serena old sge. III. Whts wsa born In 15l!. lac
early developed = taate tor drawing. and bessn
psintlnR It homs. He studied In New York IN!
abroad, and made reputation In bath hlstofleA'
aud gsaso painting, becoming member OF sae
National Academy many years ago. ~ seent
much OF hts llfa Iu Europe, residing Ut flofenee'
where he was . valued member Of ths American
sEt etrcie. aud an especial friend OF MT. 4llfs"
Powers. In the winter OF 1915 As. Whlsa ~
iurued to Amesies and opened = a:udlo 10 Nes
York. His works afo owned all oxeE tts connts,
In public and private collections, hr. White W.
accomplished iu other directions, speaking ss'efs'
languages, end beln& IN amateur IN muslc* ~
leaves no children. 4 nieeo who wss for soas
yeas ta bis household wAs married to Henry y.
Raymond, = son Of III. Raymond Of tha New sesA
zl1afs.