New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-08
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on Englishwoman with sweet face and sweet
voice.
Princess Augusta Victoria. tho bride Of Prince
William OF Prussia. Is TO bayc in her rev household
as n married woman two especially distilg,i shed
attendants. One in the Countess Won Brockdorff
a granddanR' ter Of Humboldt. and the other Ffcu.
lem Won Moltke a relative of the great soldier
Poor Brcssant. the once famous actor Of the Com
edo Franchise 10 now poor n man that he Is
forced to sell all his pictures brc-a-brac etc. and
90 into the country to live The old man rs SAID 10
be utterly broken down n whitc-haiTcd sunken-
owed wreck whose intellect has gone with his for
tune.
Louise Michel. ex-Communist. lately appeared nc
a large Socialist meeting in Paris. and took tho
chair. She seemed TO be wrapped up in few fixed
ideas and though not eloquent. spoke with the air
of pythoness and affected her hearers though
she inspired. Tbey became 80 enthusiastic
that they made rush for the platform and covered
her glOyed hands with Kisses.
The Grand Duke Constantine has shown the
French that they need not laugh only at Americans
because Of rapdIty of travelling. He arrived in
Paris early in the morning the other day, break
tasted at the Russian Embassy, paid q few visits
and started back to 81. Petersburg by the evening
train.
The Baroness de Seharneu. poor old woman VINO
since her husbands death had lost all her fortune,
mas JUST uleu III TOT u great many bSho Blu
went by the name of Old Mother Cashmere" She
had small pension to draw which she emerged
regularly from one Of the poorest quarters of the
city, hiding her miserable rags under superb cAsu-
mere shawl. embroidered with Rold-the one re-
naming relic of her past prosperity.
General Grants success as an aftcr-dinner speaker
leads The Pal Mall Gazette to say: " The circum-
stances in which he thus showed forth as speaker
might well induce HIM to say his say. The Repub-
af,It tla ho wi
ever his shortcomings IS a strategist. never de-
SPARED Of success in the time Of trial and to do
General Grant Justice, he threw personal pque
aside. and worked for his party during the late
election witt a loyalty that shaned some oi MS
own supporters
William II. Stiwell, who acted as private secre-
tary to Collector Merritt when the latter was hrss
amounted has received from President Hayes his
confirmation as Associate Justice for the Territory
of Arizona Mr. Stwell resides IN Albany. where,
in 1871 he began the study Of law; being admitted
to the Bur in 1873. This appointment is heartily
Endorsed by the large circle Of friends won by the
integrity and steadfas good purposes OF the Young
lawyer. Mr. Stllweil Will assume the duties Oh Ills
new position IN the early part OF January.
Mr.. Ruskin Gays that he was sorry to dsclaim the
Chesterfield letter =" it was such tasty dlsh OF
mnce" he adds. " from things had. to my own no.
ton said in a useful way enough, 50 that It was no
wonder that It succeeded generally. or course
saw at once how It was patched mp. but there was
no use in teegraphng to you the exact sources OH
'ghredS and patchcs' II only the good British puD.
lie would take half the interest in any alipage OF
my real writings-spme thirty volumes % whlch
now lie open to the-which they have done ~ these
suuibs up0n them, should ne eyernOrc grateful 10
the composer OF the famous las am pFOuu 10 Seo
il STYLED Chesterfield letter."
LoNDoN. Dec. 7.-Lord Dnllern British Amb1s-
sador TO Russia left London to-day for st. Peters
burg.