The New York herald., 1879-07-29
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


Ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward. of New Jersey. is
at Saratoga.
Countess Won Linden. of Germany, is at the Buck
ingham Hotel.
Secretary Thompson has determined not to mako
any campaign speeches this fall
Mr.. John A. Kasson. United States Minister to
Austria. is at the Brevoort House,
Mr.. Walter Blaine. the eldest son of Senator
Blaine, is law student in St. Paul. MINI.
Secretary Schurz is at Deer Park, Nd He will re-
turn to Washington on Wednesday or Thursday
next
The best temperance movement the Buffalo E.
press thinks, would be reduction Of the price of
temperance drinks to u reasonable figure.
Seior Don J. A. dc Lavalle, Peruvian Minister to
Brazil and sefor Don ]. M. Ceros. Secretary of the
Peruvian Legation. are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
An invitation has been extended to the President
and Mrs. Hayes, says the Asbury Park Journal to be
at Ocean Grove the 30h inst, but definite answer
has yet been received.
First Assistant Postmaster General Tyner and
Third Assistant Postmaster General Hazen returned
to Washington yesterday from their tour or inspec-
ton of the post offices along the Pacific Coast.
At the distribution by the Duke OF Connaught on
Saturday Of the prizes at Wimbledon Mr.. Mil
ton Farrow, the American sharpshooter, much
cheered his appearing to receive those awarded to
him.
Sir Stafford Ncrthcote, the British Chancellor Of
the Exchequer. was thrown from his carriage by
collision at Fulham. London. Saturday, and
much shaken. He had a narrow escape. 1t Is hoped
he will be perfectly recovered in few days.
In the opinion OF the Cincinnati Commercial the red
bandanna of Senator Thurman may be the battle flag
Of tho democracy. and the one they crowd around
but If Ewing is elected the bandanna will trail
in the dust and the democratic hosts will be found
gathered around Thomas Ewings straw hat.
When Mr.. Alexander II. Stephens appeared on the
Aoor of the Georgia Senate Chamber last week the
members all rose and the galleries cheered. In
turning thanks for the honor Mr.. stephens said, "If
there is anything that is nearer and dearer to my
heart than anything else it is the honor the pride.
the glory and the prosperity of Georgia."
II Senator Voorhees, says the indianapolis Journal
would take Secretary Shermans speech and go OF
beside the warbing Wabash, and beneath the shade
OF tall sycamore study long and earnestly tho
figures it contains, he might afterward be able to
conceive how ridiculous he has appeared in all his
imitation harangues for the last two years.
Boston Heydld:-"The Southern man woman.
not being given over to newspapers. magazines and
books. has retained what is. in many OF our COM
munities, lost art-that of conversation. One Of
the marks of good breeding in the South is the
ability to we'll. Conversation is cultivated
fine art Almost everybody talks. and talks
we'll. The conversational vocabulary of Southcrn-
ers is we'll stored with good ENGLISH words There
is q certain old-fashoned way of pronouncinR many
words due to tho fact that conversation. and not
books gives the law to pronunciation. Here at the
North have been imposed upon by a succession
Of dictionary Makers whose theories have been
cepted as binding laws