Morris tribune., 1881-10-06
Personalities.

The nomination of General Hancock By
General Grant to be president of the Aztec
club is interpreted by the New York Ecen-
ing Post to be Grants rough way of ex-
pressing his sorrow and making amends
for the personal detraction of Hancock dur
ing the presidential campaign attributed to
Grant by forgotten Western interviewer
bearing the prefix of Rev" General
Grant has made no other apology.
The late George Cummings of Medfeld,
Mass, bequeathed 50 900 to the first Bao-
tist church of that town; 1000 to the
Union Church, of Westford, Mass. IN token
of respect for his mother; 81 900 each to
the public library of Westford, the society
for the aid of destitute widows of Baptist
ministers, the society for the aid of poor
Baptist ministers, and to the convention
for the support of poor Baptist churches.
DR.. George P. Williams, venerable
Michigan University professor, has just
died at Ann Arbor, aged seventy nine. He
was born in Woodstock, VT, and graduated
from the University Of Vermont and An
dover Theological Seminary. Before be-
coming professor of mathematics and nat
ural sciences at the university he was con-
nected with Kenyon college in Ohio and the
Western University of Pittsburg, Pa.
Mr.. Samuel Morley M. P, who has just
arrived in New York, has benevolent face
crowned by mass of snowy hair. He is
one of the kindest and most philanthropic
of men. He is the head of the firm of
j. & r. Morley, London, one of the largest
houses in the dry goods trade. Their an
nual returns are $7.000,000. Mr.. Morley
has practically ceased from the actual man
agement Of the house for some years. In
l,o bo, o1r,o Ioo n l1,
and supporter of Mr.. Gladstone.
1t is not generally known that Cardinal
Newman early in life had some thoughts of
deyoting himself to journalistic career.
When he was a young man at Oxford, in
anything but afauent circumstances, he
made such an impression upon The director
of the Times by some letters on education
which he contributed to that journal under
the nom de plume "Cathoicus,' that he
was offered an engagement on their staff at
very handsome salary; 81, 800 per annum
is the figure that report says was mentioned
Shall be free," asked the young man, to
whom this tempting offer was made, "to say
what think?" The reply was in the neg
tive.
A private letter received at Washington
recently from Senator Plat, of Connecticut,
dated near Long Lake, Adirondacks, says:
My health continues good. My abscess is
entirely healed, and there is now no dis
charge whatever from it. l have taken no
medicine for it for about two months. l
take long tramps in the woods, often wad-
ing down the cold brooks for q whole day,
and sleeping out in the woods with little
protection and only the ground for a bed,
and the most encouraging thing is that do
not fell soreness in a single muscle as the
result of such exertion. To put it in a
word, think have not been stronger in
fifteen years.
The war-horse Major, belonging to Gen.
eral Burnside. having reached the age Of
twenty nine years. was killed on the ter
mination of his career of usefulness. 4 few
days before his death, Gen. Burnside in
conversation with his friend, Mr.. Alexan-
der Perry, referred to the adyisability of
killing the animal, but wished it done dur
ing his absence as he did not wish to know
anything about it. He pointed out the spot
where he wished the grave to be dug; and
1t was decided by Mr.. Perry to have the
matter attended to during Gen. Burnside's
gave orders for the killing and interment
after the body of the deceased knight had
been taken to Providence.
Ex-President Hayes is quoted by the
Cleveland Herald as saying that he has al
ways had a prssentiment that Garfield
would live. He added: MY life was
threatened many times. I have large
package of letters labled Threats of Assas-
sination,' but I frequently walked alone,
for exercise, around several squares in
Washington, and faced boldly, on all occa-
sions, where danger was suspected, against
the advice OF others. The ushers would
generally detect crazy persons, and turn
them away, but one morning man came
TO me and demanded deed for the land of
the Pacific railway, and had to be put out |"