New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-29
PERSONAL.

Tie City Of San Francisco is soon to erect monu-
ment to the memory OF President Garfield
Upon Mrs Nellie Grant Saroris rests I be response
bility of having made brIck-lcd kid gloves popular
IN Washington
1t Is rumored in London that Mr.. John Morley
Will retire from the editorship of The fOrtnghy Re
rieU in November next.
Bricks from the late residence of Wendell Phillips
in Essex-st., Boston, are in great demand among
rellc-hunters OF that CITY,
The bronze statue of the elder Dumas, by Dore,
soon to be erected in Paris represents the great
story-teler at the age of riy-ve in the prime of
life and genius.
Won Szillagyi. the leader of the Hungarian Radl-
Gals is brilliant and powerful orator. his style be-
ing based upon that of John Bright, whose speeches
are his favOnte reading.
Governor Long. of Massachusetts, is the first man
who, while holding that Office ever consented TO de-
liver the Fourth Of July Grafton before the munich
pal authorities of Boston.
Natalie the young Queen Of Servia, is a beautiful
brunette of stately figure above middle height,
graceful in bearing and winning in manner She is
extremely fond Of croquet, and was the ntroducer
OF that game into Seryla.
The speakers at the Congregational Club festival
Faneu Hall, Boston, Wednesday evening, will be
Governor Long, and the Rev. Me,srs. Phillips
Brooks, o. =. Clifford, Lyman Abbott, II. A. Slim
sou, and o. A. Brown
Under-Secretary Burke Lord Frederick Caven-
dsh's companion in the PhGnx Park tragedy, was
a scholar of high rank in literature, science and
political economy Some valuable TRANSACTIONS
from the French and German were made by him III
early life.
The Prince of Wales has been elected. unani-
mously and by reclamation, Commodore of the
Royal Yacht Squadron, in place of the late Earl of
Wilton The position, the most distinguished in
the yachting world, is one long coveted by his
Royal HIghness.
Mr. Keller yields, in the Speakers chair Of the
Hou-e of Representatives, a big, ugly gavel, made
especially for his use. Its head shapeess chunk
OF ivory, and its handle a straight hickory stick
lie expects to break 1t, however before his term of
Office expires his predecessors have frequently
done.
NJ Makart recently withdrew, without giving
notice, his picture of Sarah Bernhardt from the
Vienna salon. and in its place hung the portrait of
Vennese belle Nine DE Teschenbcrg. Visitors I'M
familiar with the actre SIS face knowing of the
change pictures, thereafter frequently heard
to exclam: "Ach, Gott! How fat Sarah is grow
ingw
Returning from visit to the Princess Louise at
KensDgton Palace recently. Queen Victoria drove
down the middle of Rotten Row, thus exercising a
prcrogatve belonging exclusively to the Sovereign,
and one of which she has very rarely awaited her
self. From this ancient privilege of royalty came
the name Route III Rol ~; whence, by corruption,
" Rotten Row.
Count Albert AppOnyi, the leader Of the Catholic
National party in Austria. il in age a mere youth
but possesses a dignifcd and commanding presence
high culture and the ability to address his hearers
equally well in German. Hungarian English.
French or Latin. He is an eloquent and convincing
orator. ana has an intimate and extended acquant-
ance with the nistory politics and sociology OF all
the European nations.
Not long before his death Charles Robert Darwin
wrote tina he drank, under medical advice as cure
for gidd mess one glass of wine per diem. but be-
lieyed he would be better off without it, For years
he had taken snuff-a habit he much regretted and
had often tried, though vainy, to abandon. lie
smoked each day two small cigarettes of Turkish
tobacco, which afforded him res, of mind he could
not otherwise gain
The amenity that surround some landlords in Ire
land may be appreciated from the following lines
from letter written by gentleman in that hap
less island, and forwarded to Mr. Gladstone:
Clifford Lloyd, the most hated man in Ireland
dined with me last night. They have sworn TO kill
him. and on Monday May - we are going to
lonely place together rookshootng. without police;
but both hare trfe Of comforts pr0rded for risi-
tors besides r0Ok-lfes. Lloyd has had rather polite
letter from America stating that they had been COM
peIied To start three men to assassinate him.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh
are both great lovers of music, and, withal, per
formers OF no mean ability. But their ideas differ
widely regarding tho music of the future" The
heir-apparent attended with marked interest every
session OF the recent Wagner festival in London
and at its close sent his compliments and congratu
lations to the great maestro with the assurance
that since his boyhood he had been one of his most
ted of
sat out the first nights rendering OF 1.-The Ring
of the Nibelungn with listless aud bored express
sion Of countenance. departed hastily at the close.