New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-16
PERSONAL.

Mrs. MIllar1 Fillmore gained little m0n
| strength during the past week, but her power OF
! speech has not returned.
recent visitor at Carlylc's house describes tie
venerable writer As lying calmly in the valley Of the
/ shadow of death.
The Hon. John Hay, misunderstanding of State,
has taken the mansion at me corner Of Nassacnn-
/ sets and NermOnt-aNCs., Washington, and $ now
! domiclled there with his family.
Queen Victoria with the desire TO specially sig
naze the marriage of her first grandson, Will, 1t is
rumored. % to Prince Wilholm's wedding at Berlin
/ on February 20
statue Of Alexandra Dumas, ptre, is to be erected
in Paris. Ii is to be executed by NJ. Chapu aud will
he put in the Place Maesherbcs very the
| dwelling of the dead noyelist's son.
Mr. Edward King writes to The Boston Journal that
| Nile Bcrnhardt is to wear in the Sphinx " a won
derlul gllttering dress" so coruScatng that 1t
seems to put out tn lights and 10 furnish the spen
! dor by winch one 3 : H."
The Rev W. II. II. MURRAY, who leciuled Free
Trade in Boston last week is said to have not
perccptby older since he left thai city last year.
His lecture Is described as able and without Orna-
ment. HIS audience was a small one.
Mr. Frye. OF Maine is short and some what stout,
and has q face expressive of strength of will and
pertinacty. lie has light hair and mnstache cold
blue eyes aud "A large nose. lie is sturdy believer
IN all New England ways and ideas.
Senator Bruce is in Memphis Tenn, where the
leading colored citizens gave him a banquet the
other evening lIe made speech wherein he
heartily praised the President ecto rs the Trend OF
all oppressed people.
The English think that Mr.. Joseph Cook has ono
fault which he would do well to correct: he reads
80 rapidly thatIt 10 difficult for an audience to fol-
low him. The Echo says: Mr.. Cook does not al
low his hearers the tenth part of second wei "A
the exact meaning of some unaccustomed word. As
the kugsn people are not All theoiOglans or meta
physicians, Mr.. Cook. "a a Lecturer, would do well
TO accommodate himself to our detciencles.'
The Baroness Burdett- COutts IN contributing
$500 to the Truro Cathedral fund mentions that
Truro was the first cathedral whose foundation
stone was LAID with full masonic honOrs and adds:
1" Let MS hope that this may be tyne that the
churches of Christend0m may become more united,
and convey more perfectly their Masters precepts
embodied in what the ignorant know of the
principles OF the craft"
Princess Frederick of Hanover is still unforgiyen
by her family for her marriage with mere baron
Their anger is still hot too. against Queen Victoria
for her hearty encouragement OF the Prlncess's
1aesdlianCe aud the Queens recent order To put on
King Georges monuml nj the words - The last King
OF Hanover" has made the dead soyereigns still
more angry.
The readers of those two clever novels in the
Leisure Hour Series The Pretty Miss Bellew y
1870 and Maid Ellce" uS7S) Will be interested
to know that the author, Thee. Gift, Is young
Engsa lady. who was recently married and Is now
living III "a cottage, IN fashionable London quarter,
Westbourne. Park Row. She Is an active. middle
sized lady. with dark, sparkling eyes and sym
mrfrcai features. expressive OF great decision Of