New-York tribune., 1878-05-10
PERSONAL.

GathOrne Hardy takes his new title of Lord
Cranbrook from the name OF the town near which he
| lives.
| DR.. Putnam was fOrty-eigbt years minister
at Roxbury Mass. during that time be 1910
sermons.
Dom Pedro has given to Mr.. James R. Part.
ridge lately Minister Brazil, the grand aud Or
| der of the Rose.
General Fitzhugh Lee will be the orator at
| Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, on the 23d inst
when the Confederate Memorial services Will be held
Governor Wade Hampton and Senator YOOr-
hces are expected to attend the annual reunion Of
Hoods Texas Brigade at Houston the 10th Of July
Professor Swing is about to retire from the
editorshp of The Alliance, but will occasionally con
tribute articles to the paper The Rev. Dr. swazey Will
| succeed hin.
| Mr.. Cassius NJ Clay has been requested by
the citizens OF St. Louis to lecture to them on The Com.
merrinl Destiny of the Western Hemisphere" and VIII
! do on May %.
Mr.. Moody praised the other day fine farm
near New-Haven, and gentleman named Trowbridge
offered to buy it for him II he would live there The
| evangelist did not accept the offer.
The managers of the Manhattan Club at
their meeting yesterday filed the vacancy in their
Board by the election OF MI Hugh Cole in accordance
with the request Of majority Of the members of the
club, which presented 20 the managers in writing
Professor Max Miller is exceedingly popular
In England The applications for admission to the Hib
bert lectures to be delivered by him in the Chapter
House. Westminster. have been numerous that the
trustees have decided have the lectures delivered
twice over, in the morning and the afternoon. which
will not be quite comfortable for the good Professors
throat
Mrs Pfeiffer the authOress, has Just given
Greek costume soir6e at her home London She
was herself atired as lady OF Athens, Of the time Of
Percles Many OF the costumes were e6armingly exc.
cuted aud becOmingly worn the anticipated drawback
OF the ehausse being obviaed by the wOOlen sandals
crossing the iustep The object OF the solee was
TO endeayor TO create taste for more simple and
classical style OF dress than that worn now. About
hundred and twenty guests were present
Great hostility is manifes ted in Russia to-
ward General Ignaef says a correspondent OF The LOn
don Times lie adds "The friend who told me this said
he had heard last week in OF the most brilliant
drawingrooms in ST. Petersburg conversation in
which a young Russian proposed to wager
large sum that General Ignatieff could not speak
for three minutes without OF the following phrases
Il never tell falsehOods.' You may believe what
say tell you IT, so II IL true 1 am like my
father always speak the TRUTH my word OF honor.
and you know seldom give it, Believe what tell
YOU What interest have In conceang the truth
from your People wrong not to believe me-
FalsehoOds are useless when one has good Intentions
have done everything, and am the most attacked
"Holtumr is Dane, an extraordinary man,
who has been exhibiting in England marvellous feats
of strength. He placidly throws ABOUT pals weighing
%, SO, and "a pounds, and holds, with arms out
stretched on either side, horse pulling at each side
Another thing for which he is remarkable trial OF
strength with two horses. He stretches himself along
ladder on his face his feet against the rungs
aud his hands holding another Round his wrists
are bands fastened the ladder to assist his grip
over his shoulders and around hs waist Is we padded
harness. to which goodsZed horses att ached by
traces and hook and strap. These horses rive their
utmost him, but In vain. He lef, his native
great part of the world He gets salary OF from 800
to 500 week.
Senator Jones is in Galveston attending 10
his large ice factory there The local reporter has
vcrsed with him, and the Senator is quoted saying
he is opposed 70 National banks because they are
the first fruits of class legislation, and such, tend
more to feed the sentiments OF communism IN America
than they do toward expanding the growth OF its Ie
sources or the development o. its diversified interests
He doesn't think that technical rights and equitable
rights are thing and willing toretan the great
wealth which he enjoys by the consent OF the people
who constitute the power upon which the perpetuity
of the General Government is predcated He does not
recognize the right who invests his capital
in Government securities TO Issue money on BIS own
capital lands and the usual concomitants that make
it the source OF wealth and profit.
PARIS, May 9.-General Grant has arrived IN
this city.
PARIS, May 9.-The professors of the Col
lege OF France have recommended Dr. Brown-sequard
for the Chair OF Physiology, made vacant by the death
OF NJ Claude Bernard. Dr. Brown-Sequard. beng an
English subject ineligible unless he becomes natural