New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-24
PERSON IL.

Ex-epoaker Galusha A. Grow. OF Pennsylvania. is
conspicuous al Saratoga for his massive frame and
gray beard.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes is frequently seen
driving az by-the-Sea. which Is half way
between Gloucester and SwamDScott and 1t Is filI-
ner noticed Jaat ne Is partial 10 the ioaeer roads.
Captain Eads, week ago, was making tour of
inspection through the valley OF the Upper Sacra-
ucnto and its trbltar.el. 50 As t. be able to give
TIE authorities OF sac ameniO the D'nct Ol us au-
wee Oh the subject # od water debris and levees
The wife of Governor George B. Mcclellan had
with her at Saratoga a small Skye torrer whose
tnll name j, declared to be Samuel Jones Tden Nc
Clellan. That terrier would lead a blind man to the
White House, and il Is popularity supposed that the
family be belongs To WOnd uci pull very heavily on
the string when ne was pointing ia J'ao uiISctIou'
The new Postmaster-Genera Horace Maynard,
who arrived in Boston on Sunday direct from his
recent post rs Minister to Turkey says the Black
Sea country and Austria will yield bountfnl grain
crop this season. He was struck by the clumsy and
primitive character Of tde agricultural implements
used IN Europe, ard forwarded TO me proper depart
ment az Washington very complete set OF the
farming tools ordinarily in Use IN the Black Sea re-
HIOu.
The SISTER of Miss Anna Dickinson writes of the
latters new tragedy, Esther Arnim " " | de-
Size to state distinctly that Miss Fanny Davenport
has not declined any play which Miss Anna Dickin-
s,l wrote for her. Ms, Davenport wisl ed to play
Esther Arnn,' the motive and plot of which Miss
Dickinson submitted 10 her. Mss Dickinson
thought that the part of the heroine not suited
20 Miss DlyenpOrCS genius, ana sad so, DuJ IL was
not until the y ay was nearly completed that Miss
Davenport became convinced that VI 81 Dickinson
was correct Ia her views and decided 10 have NJ SO
Dickinson wTIte for her the Anericln comedy
which, tne latter had originally proposed tor her,"
Professor ". ID. Whitney, the SaDskrit scholar. is
spending the summer at Bethlehem. New-liamp-
shire correspondent of The Indianapolis journal
describes him thus: " He is of the German blonde
type of Yankee with light sandy hair-especlaliy
light on top of his head--a full beard of golden
white, pink cheeks. merry twihkling eye, and
great deal OF vivacity IN his conversation. His in
disputable learning does not lie p0nderOusly upon
him. but he is very fond of joke, and take as
well as make one. He getting rotund, and looks
like happy Teuton, but he never drinks beer. He
and his two bright-eyed and ght-foOted daughters
admirable specimens OF rosy health-llke to lake
long walks over tho mountains. They walk OFT ten
or twelve miles any time, and are planning al eX-
cursiOn over Mount Washington afoOt. be tries to
shlrk work, but the other day roll of manuscript
caIne tor revision, which was found to be trausla
ton OF a new book OF the Brahgayagta or some of
those vast and p0nderous bibles of the East. And
some such thing happens every day OF two"
DENVER Col, Aug. 23.-General Grant and party,
after visiting the principal cities and points of IN
terest in tins State left for the East to-day tho
Denver Pacific. He will proceed direct TO Galeua.