The New York herald., 1879-09-05


the tenor Mierswinski boxed on the ears on one oc
casion. tl
Attorney General Charles Devens left the city last
evening for Washington
Ex-senarors Reuben Fenton and Stanley Matthews
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Secretary Thompson VIII 10 i've Washington to-day
for Indiana q visit to his home
The Duke of Beaufort was one Of the passengers
of the Adriatic for Europe yesterday.
Cardinal Newman is in very i'll health; but he will
visit London in October and deliver what will proha
ably be his last great public sermon.
The President and his family will leave next Mon
day for the West. General sherman will accompany
the President to Cincinnati to attend the expostio
there. ML. M E
Secretary Evarts will not return to Washington
for time but will join the President on hia
visit to Kansas and remain with Kim until hs res
turn early in October. ~
Sir John Macdonald is to leave London tomorrow
to visit Lord DufIcrin. at Clandeboye. Next Friday
tho Canadian Premier and Sir Alexander T. Calf viii
sail for home from Moville.
When Postmaster General Key returns from Ten,
nessee he viii visit the factory in New York where
postal cards are manufactured Upon his return
General Tyner will start for Indiana.
Secretary McCrary will leave Washington on tho
Goth inst for Iowa, and will be gone month. Hd
will combine business with pleasure. inspecting
certain Western posts. including Fort Leavenr
worth.
Ex-Minister Welsh arrived in Washington from
Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon. and in the evenr
ing drove to the Soldiers Home to pay his respects
to the President Yesterday he called at the Depart
ment of State to close up his accounts. Mr. Hoppin
remains in charge Of the Legation at London and s
said by Mr. Welsh to be d very competent Rentle-
man. ,
\
or two ago. and fell into conversation with the
operator. Times. he said. ARE very bad; we have
four young men less our establishment than lass
year and our customers economize on everything.
They even buy fewer shirts Last year used to
be sent for sometimes twice day to brush and curl
the hair Of stockbrokers this year there is hardly
. stockbroker who has his head Washed"
lady who was shopping on Broadway. betweea
Fourteenth and Twenty-third streets. became an-
noyed by pretty fellow. usually called "masher"
Unwilling to make scene. she deliberately walked
up to him and said. 'You may either go away or +
shall hand you to policeman" This was
shrewd enough SO far as she concerned. but she
did not dream that policeman would probably ar
rest her and let the insulter go.
Eoening Tele0ram:-'1t seems that there is to be .
professor Of Chinese at Harvard College named Ko-
kun-hua. who is to receive $500 per month for in-
structing students in the pronunciation OF the
purest mandarin. Mr.. Ko-kun-hua arrived day or
two ago, paid his respects to Mayor Cooper showed
that dignitary his credentials. heartily welcomed
and hidden Godspeed He has by this time reached
Cambridge with his wife, two children and servants
and has been installed in the PROFESSIONAL chair. II
is natural to conceive him still wearing the pic
turesque and to the American eyes, bizarre costume
which he when visiting the Mayor and Il u
difficult to think Of him without the pigtail and silk
skullcap which dear to every Chinese hearts
or rather head"