New-York tribune., 1879-12-10
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Laura Alma Tadema, the wife of the
ertist, is herself painter Of vigorous talent
The late Mrs. Dickens endured for the past
eighteen months cruel maady. from which her sueg.
| ings were AT tWes acute.
The Sultan ia described as looking bowed
and unhappy His face Ia OF wary pasncss, his beard
md eyes are Ietty black, his thin and aquine
! OF Mr.. ii. Sibley. the wealthy citizen Of
Rochester, 1t Is said tina; n he visit OF
farms every week 1t would require go around.
Governor Cornell has selected General Lloyd
Aspinwall his Engineer-in-Chief. This officer
OF the members OF the Governors sta with the rank oi
BrigadicT General.
Captain James B. Eads, of ST. Louis Bridge
ami Jetty fame, has recently been IN Jerusalem aud
through The Holy Land. He gave up. however, his pro-
posed journey TO Damascus. and went from JANA to
Mrs. Butler Miss Tbompson). who is still
engaged upon her picture OF t1c Defence Of Rorkos
DrlI," has Rorke's DRIFT from which 20
paint erected IN the garden OF the house where she Is
staying ~ Portsmouth.
General Grants tree planting in Chicago the
other day very quickly accomplished. He simply
the spade. made kindly .tle speech or one sem
fence threw three spadcfls OF dirt in the hole
around the roots tree and then surrendered the
Implement OF the gentlemen surrounding HIM.
The late Erastus b. BISelow. of Boston,
was fourteen years old the inventor Of machine for
making the dear the heart Of the seanstrcss,
and known as piping cord.' In 1899 he invented the
fret power-loom for weaving tw%py ingram carpets.
The CrOsseys purchased FOR 100000 hs patents Tor
Brussels carpet looms.
NJ. Cambetta is said TO look better than ever
this Winter He is thinner and his hair has Erown some
what white; but his face well "a his figure. all
the better for loss OF flesh and there at the
opening Of the Chambers the other day quiet selpos-
sesed dignity Of maunrr about him which impressed his
audience with singular sense of power
The late eccentric Brlton, Serieant Cox,
I -lral.fA Ind Ila
would buy various papC.s in the most mcri-
bund stages decrcptue and make them all succeed,
and by means always honorable. The Queen was hs.
and The Field and The Lac T,mes-ail purchased. it Is
said for few pounds, and all became, under his man
agenent. very considerable properties
Ef6e Gray Millais, the eldest daugher OF
the distinguished artist has just been married to Lieu
tenant ". C. James, only OF the Right Hon Lord
Justice James Tho bride. lady readers will bo glad to
know wore "a pfncesse gown of ivory duchcsse satin
trimmed with antique Venetian lace. t1o giif OF her
mother She likewise tiara OF three diamond
stars and unique diamond and sapphire pendant, the
gift OF the bridcgrOom's parents. Lieutenant AMI
Mr- James are spending their honey moon Ia inc Denn
tiful cOuntry-h0use OF Cyeden lent 10 them Dy the
Duke and Duchess OF Westminster
Professor NordensBj0ld was oddly compli-
mented at banquet recently given 10 him at Toxic
The bill Of had for foundation an ordinary fan on
which was printed map OF the North OF Europe, with
AN indicat OF the route from Sweden TO Japan fol-
dish WAS inscribed and the territories all along
the line were with the successive courses ter
nnaling with the dessert oil Toxic. The rivers Of Rus
s,a and Siberia we're renamed according 10 the wines
variously proydedSt Julien. Chateau Larose, Jonah
nsberger Rudeshenner, etc. flowing into the Arctic
seas wnie in the frigd region OF the Pole Cncquot
lrapp6 was stored.
Captain Bassett the assistant doorkecper OK
the United states Senate became a page IN that
chamber through the influence of Webster In 1881 II
remember" says the Captain, " one rainy day Webster
told me to go and get hack hunted for long time
and came back wet aud tired without Ending any.
Webster was always very friendly with me, aud 30
came 10 be quite familiar with hm On tins OCCASION
being rather cross, rushed up Webster and said
with boyish rIdeness, can't find any hack webster
inst looked ~ me- But what glance would rather
endure ANYTHING than another such glance lfct Ike
sinking through the 0Or. Thea Webster said. Go and
yet that hack IL needless 10 say, the carriage was
found"
HALIFAX, n. s., Dec. 9.-In acknowledging
nm address from ~; Johns Masonic Lodge OF this city,
consratulang Aim his success In zululand and re-
mining him Of his membership in the Lodge Lord
Chelmsford the address VIII De preserved ih MS
family with the greatest pride
PARIS. Dec. 9.-The ex-Emprcss Eugene
passed through Hendaye France yesterday on her way
from Spain to London.