New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-07
PERSONAL.

Tho Duchess Of Edinburgh has been suffering from
the infantile disease of measles.
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson's rugged face and
stopped figure is often seen at the meeting of the
Concord "School." They are always the morning
meetings that he attends; his health will not per-
NIT him (, appear regularly, nor can he enter the
discussions.
Tho Austrian Emperors silver wedding is to be
COMMUNICATED By tho Austrian Alpine Club in
strange fashion. They propose to erect on the sum-
mn Of the Gross G)ckner cross more than eleven
feet high. On each side of the PEDESTAL are to be
sody gilt rchec:ors which Will reflect the suns
rays to a great distance
Tho King of Bavaria has just narrowly escaped
death. He was ascending mountain side in
carriage drawn by fonr horses ridden by positions
when the animals, while going at sharp pace. fell.
and the carriage was overturned. One of tho riders
was killed, footman was seriously hurt and the
King himself received bruises.
Mr. Ashmcad Bartlett's relatives in Philadelphia
have received no announcement of his engagement
70 Miss Burdett-Coutts. Such announcement,
they say. would probably be first given to an aunt
Of SIR Bartlett VINO lives in Brooklyn, and is in
constant correspondence with his mother Mr.:
Bartlett and his brother own ana euiV paper calcd
England.
Justice Dlard of the Supreme Court or North
Carolina may serve rs an example of Democratic
habits and personal independence. 1t is related
that the late Judge Kerr saw Judge billiard in
q sccond-class car. Hip said Kerr, how comes
il . man of your cloth il caught in second-class
ear 4, Because there is no third-cass." quietly
replied Judge D., and asked for match to light his
pipe.
A statue of Rabelais has Just been inaugurated
with much ceremony at Tours. The great satlrist
IL represented standing upright. with pen in one
hand paper in the other the pedestal bearing the
following quotation from the introduction to Gar
oontuaD: Meux want dc rs que dc larmp 81 escrire
nnonr CO oue rre est le propre de phomme." Facing
the statue Of Rabelais Is that of Descartes. also
native of Tourane erected in the days OF the Empire
Leopold H., the present King of Belgium, is
almost as popular with his people as was his wise
and lust father. The only word to be heard APP
proachng censure is about his excessive fondness Of
everything military, his invariable appearance be-
fore the public in full uniform and sur
rounded by ades-dc-camp a matter IN
which his habits are IN perfect opposIt'oh
TO those Of his father, who seemed to have under
stood that the Begans wished Tor pourgeois Mug.
and who never put on martii alro eA0cP' !" S"'cS
of absolute necessity.
suleyman Efendi of Bagdad. is mentioned as
ono Of the principal advisers of the Sultan. and the
chief of those personages entitled to wear the green
turban "a descendants Of the Prophet He is one Of
tho family of Abd-el- Kader, Sheik who century
400 acquired great influence by the loss of wooden
shoe. This gentleman was once concludi the abb
Intions which precede prayer and looked round Tor
his nanes or shoes. One only was visible. Inc l
Mecca where il is still behed with reverence by
| the faithful This remarkable circumstance mado
| the fortune of the family.
| WAsuINGroN Aug Cat the Cabinet meeting
| TODAY President Hayes announced his intention OF
leaving Washington or Tuesday next, in company
| With (ieneraI sherman and others, to attend the
| soldiers reunion at Columbus, Ohio. next week.