New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-25
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The MARQUIS of LOrne and tho Princess Louise
will spend Christmas at Santa Barbara, California.
Governor-e eot Butler, of Massachusetts, will, it
is said appear IN full military uniform at his inau-
guratlon.
A public subscription Is being taken III LeIing-
ton, KY, fer the benefit Of the Rev. George o.
Barnes The mountain evangelist who is now
in this city.
DR.. Atwater of Princeton College, is still in very
poor health and his four prOfessorships-of Logic,
Moral Philosophy, International Law and Political
Sciencc--are filled by substitutes.
The Rev. DR.. Rankin, the well-known Congrega-
tional pastor in Washington, has received call to
the Euclid-ave Church in Cleveland Ohio. and It
is feared by his present congregation that lie VIII
accept
Mrs. L. A. Z. Messenger. of Akron, Ohio, has sup
plemeuted by S25, 900 Mr.. BuchtePs endowment of
Buchtel College, and it is said that other large gifts
are 10 he maze that will swell the total 10 about a
quarter Of million.
The Hon. Lot Morrill,, Collector at Portland, Me,
ia surprising his doctors by showing marked i'm
proyement IN health lie has been able to eat with
relish and digest some solid food and has regained
a little strength HIS friends are much encouraged,
and look for his complete restoration.
The Right Rev Edward w. Benson, Bishop of
Truro and Prlmate-elect of England, is a man of
medium height, robust, fair, with a strongined
face, large chin thin lips and an of mingled
firmness, endurance and mildness. In preaching be
is forclble and earnest. but makes no attempt al
snowy elUquenCe. In conversation be IS fluent and
most cordial.
Alfred Escher, just dead in Geneva at the age of
sixty-fOur was from 1916 10 1880 one of the most
influential statesmen In Switzerland, and during
much of that tune was the acknowledged head Of
the Liberal party. To hip. more tnan to any other
man travellers owe the st. Gotharu Railway. He
was the author Of the schelae in 1860 and 1t was
only his enthusiasm and perseverance that carried
it through.
Although the Duke of Hamilton is premier duke
of Scotland ana is, in fact, Scotch Ibis patronymio
bong Douglas and he only Hamilton IN the female
linel, the Hamilton family entirely identified
with Scotland, is not of Scotch origin. Burton. in
his Description of LeIcostershire, 1922. of the
oldest of complete county histories, says: Hamil-
ton is i'm the parish Of BaTkby, in the hundred OF
Goscote aud mad q chappell thin II. In this town
WAS the seat OF the ancient family OF Hamilton"
Remains of the Old hall may yet be traced. The
Duke of Abercorn is head OF the nous. the Duke of
Hamilton re- escnting the elder, female line. Few
families have increased and multiplied more.
Fx-Uovernor Horatio Seymour has la,ely given
TO the Clinton Collection of NJ :. in the State Lii
brary a ApanuscrIDt decd of land from George
Washington and George Clinton of the City of
New-York, Esqures,n to Nathaniel Griffin of
Whltcstown. Montgomery County. 1t bears date
If .July %. 1890. The land consisted OF
3l6 acres, and was sold for 1851. II is now
worth probably nearly $4,000, being situated
near the city of Utica Not only is the deed
signed by the first President of the United States
and the first Governor of this state but II bears The
signatures as witnesses OF their private secretaries
TOBIAS Lear and DE WIZ Clinton mus clustering
together four autographs OF unusual interest On
angle sheet.