New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-21
PERSONAL.

DR.. Close, the venerable Dean Of Carlisle whom
now in his eighty-fourth year, is about to marry
widow
NJ. Gerome has completed his picture Of Tia
Serpent Charmer," which is shortly coming to is
New-York owner. 1t represents a nude youth en-.
veoped in the folds OF a huge snake.
The marriage of Stephanie of Belgium and IA.
dolph of Austria is to be. far other courts are
concerned strictly private. Only Prince William
of Prussia. W no is bound TO the Crown Prince by
deep friendship. will attend as an outsider.
Queen Victoria is having a lonely visit at Bal.
moral whence cold weather has driven all but Der
household. She enjoys the quiet however, and con.
tents herself in the way of amusement with LONG
sedge-drlves and a round of benevolent calls upon
the villagers.
NJ. Renan has just written a letter expressing
great admiration for Garibadi. The men of ac
ton who made Italy," be says, are Victor Eman.
uel and Garibaldi, and their names will always 10
coupled in history with n common glory" This let
ter having been communicated to Garbaldi, he has
shown great graIhcatIon.
Mr.. Hayes is quoted by Welshman who recently
visited this country expressing high appreciation
of the Welsh character. Radnor, Ohio. was, the
President stated, thIcky people BY em,grant Welsh.
men and descendants OF the emlgrant Welsh.
men. and that part OF the state vas notable for the
eminent men to whom IL had gwen birth. Ameuea
was proud OF It's Welsh citizens.
granddaughter of the Charlotte Buff who was
the heroine OF The Sorrows OF Werther,' has Just
died in Germany. Another person. who also was
associated with Goethe departed This life the other
day. This was Niebling, the barber, who attended
the poet during the last years Of his life and whose
pride IN this fact the subject of much CONVEX
satiOn over The beer-mug o'nlghts. here are
now LETT in Weimar very few people who knew the
great German.
Miss Mar Addin yton. daughter of the Right Hon
John Hey Arlington and niece OF Yscount SD
mouth has just died in England at the age of ninety
one. Miss AddinstOn was sevente years old when
Mr.. Pitt died, and having regard to the intimacy
which subssted between that statesman and ha
family. must have remembered him we'll Her
grandfather. Dr. Anthony AddingtOn. was born IN
1913 lin the reign of Queen AnneD aud Was the
medical attendant OF the great Earl Of Chatham
Richard Wagner has written curious treatise,
suggested by the experience OF the hungry multi.
tude at Bayrcuth four years ago. Two out of every
three of the pilgrims complained that they cOuld NOT
get enough to eat in the little town. and Wagner.
after much pondering over this phenomenon. came
TO the conclusion that the majority of human beings
eat great deal too much He announces that his
Parsifal" will be executed at the Bayreuth Thea
tire in the summer of 1882 ard hopes that the mu-s
titudes who flock to i. will not sensualze their az
tisc perceptveness and receptlvity by greedy care
about meat and drink. Humanity requires the
poet-muslcian contends, grander and simpler food.
He appeals 10 his disciples renounce me
enjoyment of demoralizing es-meals, and 10 strive
In future 10 content themselves with the hgbef
food" that Is, with vegetables only.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Nov. 20.-Controler Knox
has accepted invitation to address the Boston
Merchants Association at dinner next SATURDAY
evening, on the subject of National Banking Oh
the Gold Basis"
BoSToN Nov. 20.-General Grant was elected
this afternoon as an honorary member of the MID
dleseX Club.
LONDON, Nov. 20.-The Queen OF Denmark Is ~
With fever.