New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-10
PERSONAL.


Captain James b. Eads will soon make q
trip OF a few months to Europe
President Andrew ID. White, of Cornell Uni
yersity sails from southampton Cor home today.
Governor Hartranft has returned to Harris
burg from his New England tour bronzed Ike sailor.
The Hon. John NJ. Francis, Of Troy, will
start for Europe shortly with the intention Of spending
the Winter abroad.
Senator Blaine and Governor Rice are to DO
at the Fair OF Plymouth County Society. at Bridge
water, Mass, next week.
Miss Stuart, daughter of Gilbert Stuart, the
painter has never visited Washington City. She VIII
probably be there time during the coming Winter
DR.. j. G. Holland is back from his Summer
home among the Thousand Islands, and is making
brief stay ia New-Hayen. He has son IN the entering
class at Yale.
Lucretia Mott is enjoying excellent health,
aud journeys every Wednesday from her home in Shoe
mak6rtown to Philadelphia to attend Friends meet
ing She now eighyhye years Of age and weighs less
than that number of pounds
Sarah Bernhardt passes several hours each
day in making asoensiOns in the captive balloon In the
Tueries garden ut Paris and thinks that she hnds IL
beneficial for her shattered health aud delicate lungs,
we'll general renvIgOrator tue higher sne rlses
Some OF Lieutenant Governor DOrshelmers
friends are urging him enter the lecture hed One OF
bis admirers SAYS "a of superior culture, Of extern
size travel and study and witha rsclass orator. be
would undoubtedly achieve brilliant success IN me
lecture field, were he 20 tell the public something OF MS
observations Ia Europe"
Ex-Seeretary of the Treasury Bristow, who
ia now IN this city, viii seek. IN New.York, broader
field than Louisville affords for the practice Of his pro-
fesslon--the law-and will remove here at once.
General ristow accepted Office under President Grants
5e ia and now o. announces us
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, who
accompanied the President n his Northwestern tour,
was an object OF eager curiosity in Minnesota local
paper describes him about fortyhvo years Of age.
elk feet IN height hair slightly svered, and clean-cut
classical features with eyes and voice expressing dig
Bty, hunOr and kindly feeling. He s not the sye OF
man many expected tO and 80 they were agreeaDy
disappointed"
When Mr.. Beecher preached in the Grand
Opera House at San Francisco week ego last Sunday
the Rev. Dr. Cox who had charge Of the services mace
earnest appeals for liberal contributions while the col
lection was being taken up After the plates came back
Mr. Beecher quietly took Of them and presented e IN
his most serious the front Of the stage to the
gentleman who 80 interested himself in the money-get-
ting. DIR. Cox responded smld the applause OF me
Beecher who gave MS mlte' ADouI 4'VVO peoPio "eio
present
Crank Mllet, who, from being a drum
mer-boy IN the late American war. became an earnest
art student at Antwerp and at Rome, has charming
little chalet neeE HonHeur. from whose summer-house
in the garden he gather figs and cast their rinds
into the sea- Mlet had enough interest in the battle
field left to lay down his pencil for time and 90 on as
war correspondent 10 the East with poor Maodahan,
and he has brought back captive fine specimen OF that
reuon-a certain Greek Turk, Que Paulo, who' having
been his guide out there for time refused to leave him.
and follows him wherever he goes. Pauo is match
Lass servant s able 70 do anything ct all already since
be mas been in France he has mastered us best culinary
ART. and the way makes up seaside deieacles tOr
NIets table might inspire even trench COOKS
with envy" so writes Mr. Conway from france 70 Ihe
Cincinnati Commercial
Mr.. William Winter has added seventh
pretty and precious little volume to his Prompt Book"
series OF acting playa This s Otheo" the text and
rubrics following the arrangement OF Edwin Booth, in
which such excsions are made as the impatient and
deeorous stage Of to-day demands but nothing Is added
10 the poets thought and language. 1t gives us the
genuine drama Of Shakespeare as we see 1t in actual
representation on worhest theatres adorned more
over with all the beauty Of type and page that the most
aectouate and intelligent Of editor and printer
can give it, and Illuminated with judicious selected
notes and few pages OF Mr. Winters own hne. keen'
elegant and thoroughly appreciative comment We may
congratulate ourselves that the manufacture OF these
delicate books been iDtrused to firm IKE that OF
Francis Hart CO-printers who take an honest PRIDE
in their calling and who treat II as branch OF the me