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

Judge McCrary is now Doctor of Laws The de-
gree was given to him by Iowa College.
Miss Jennie Flood it Is reported from the West,
will be married to Mr.. Ulysses Grant, jr about the
10Th of November next
Mr. Horatio Seymour. jr., Is engaged to marry
Miss Abby johnson, daughter of the late Judge A.
5. johnson, formerly OF Albany.
NJ. Emile do Girardin who has just completed his
seventy-ffth year, was entertained at dinner upon
that occasion by the staff OF his Journal Le France
The Empress Eugene. who sailed on Tuesday for
England, intends TO land at St. Helena on the way
and visit Longwood. the home in exile Of Napoleon
!. She will reach England about the 2Jth.
Mile. Grevy the daughter Of the French Pres
dent, has received pretty gift from one of the
Samese Ambassadors in France. 1t is dress of
the peculiar material and pattern reserved for the
use of the Royalties OF SIAM
General Sherman said the other day at the st.
Anthony Falls celebration :" hope the boys of
Minnesota will never get the gold fever! There is
more gold In farms than in mines. The men in the
mountains carry pistol on one hip and knife on
the other; they make daily living, and when the
gold is exhausted they have nothing lett|
The bride of Congressman De La Matyr was
formerly, SAYS The Albany Erpross. Miss Wealthy
Capron, Of Allegany County. n. Y. While teaching
IN Illinois she married Professor James B. Syla,
who y.
now Mrs. De La Matyr, has been teaching in the
Brookport Normal School, and was known as
faithful and efficient instructor.
1t is rumOred from Berlin that the Grand Duke
of Hesse, the widower Of Princess Alice Of Great
Britain is to take for his second wife the Princess
Of the Asturias. King Alphonsos eldest sister. The
London Globe says: 1.-The Grand Duke made much
of during his recent visit to the Emperor of Austria
is asserted to have offered his hand to the Princess
at Weburg q small country place in the pic
turesque nelghborhood of Vienna. The Princess of
the Asturias, who previous to her brothers Access
sion was known rs Countess Girgent, is widow,
having lost her husband under most painful cir
cunstances. The Count, brother of the ex-King of
Naples, whose hopes Of restoration to the throne of
his ancestors were b1ghted, wantony destroyed his
own life In lit OF desperation"
The Emperor William is described as looking bet
ter than he has done for years. aud wearing a TO-
bust and hearty air. He regards himself at Ems as
a soldier on leave of absence He seldom wears his
customary uniform. but generally appears in plain
dress which is however, less becoming to him than
his well-known regimentals His mode of life
at Ems rather monotonous. He rises early, visits
the Brunnen.' takes his constitutional walk
the promenade, and then sets to official work Any
distinguished frequenters Of the famous Spa may be
sure of an invitation TO his MajestE's ever hbspt-
able board. The evenings are usually spent at the
Royal Theatre in the kurhaue, where he sits among
the audience without any particular box being set
apart for him. He delights in listening to come
dies and farces whose wit never fails to evoke
smile or arouse his laughter, which, ringing with
unaffected pleasure, is always treat for the hole
house.
LONDON, July THE steamer Trojan with the
ex-Empress Eugene on board left Cape Town yes
terday for England. The statement that Queen
Victoria would visit Ireland is unfouuded. The
Cars new steam yacht. the Llva6ia was launched
at Glasgow to-day. The Grand Duke Alexis was
present.