New-York tribune., 1882-03-04
PERSONAL.

Senior Romero arrived in New-Yor!l from Mexico
on Thursday. Yesterday he made report
agent of the Mexican Southern Railroad, to Cen
eral Grant, president of the company, and then
went to Washington. He has been reappolnted
Minister Of Mexico to the United States.
The Rev Dr. Joseph Parker who divides with
the Rev C. II. Spurgcon the distinction OF being
the most popular preacher in London, Is tfty-twO
years old. He is a man Of powerful physical struc-
ture and Is fond Of athletic sports. In social con-
yersation he c0ndcnses what he has to say into as
few words as possible. but in the pulpit he eX-
presses his thoughts more freely
State Senator Baucus of the XVIIIth District,
has been an extensive shipper of potatoes, and
might have been any winter for years past
stroling around the wharves in this city, superin
tending the sale Of his potatoes from canal boats
His popularity among farmers and dweliers along
the canal doubtless gave him more strength in the
late election than the most rancid brand Of Anti
Monopoly manufacture.
The Rev Henry Ward Beecher is now absent
from Brooklyn lecturing tour for three weeks
IN the West He is to speak in Chicago on Mon
day. His pulpit in Plymouth Church will be filled
on the two Sundays of his absence by two of his
brothers. the Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, Of Elmira,
and the Rev. James C. Beecher, of Brooklyn. Mr.
Beecher once said there were enough ministers III
the Becchcr family TO constitute whole Pres9y-
terry. Mrs Bcecher started yesterday for Florida,
where she will be the guest OF her slSter-ln-laW,
Mrs. Harriet Beechcr stowe.
In the celebration of LongfelOw's birthday at
Gorham one of the speakers gave the origin Of the
beautiful row of elm trees now standing on tho old
Longfellow homestead 1t appears that Stephen
Longfellow, the poets father. offered his hired
man two shilugs for each elm tree he would plant
and make live by the roadside of his farm. In ac-
knowledging an invitation to like celebration
Twenty-Five years ago, Mr. LOngfel0w said " 1t
will add one more to my pleasant rccollcctiOns of
Gorham the beautiful village the clmS, the farms.
of my boyhoOd that have 4 perfume sweeter than
field OF Hover
The inventory of the property of the late Joseph
+. Sheffield shows that he possessed S6lS,OOO III
Connecticut real estate and 81, ,52i 1867 80 in per-
sonal property total of $3 142, ,367 81. Mr.. Shelf
field also owned valuable real estate in Chicago and
the South The real estate is to he held a punc
pal from which certain annuities of $4,000 are to
be paid to certain persons, the largest annuity be-
ing to the widow. On the death of the annuitccS
all the real estate with the exception of the home
stead-wlich is inventoried at 100000 and will
revert to the Sheffield Scientific School after the
death OF the widow and George st. John Sheffield
will be divided the same as the personal
estate is to be distributed after the payment of
certain hcqueStS The principal bequest is 500 900
in bonds of the New Haven and Northampton Rail
road Company 70 the Berkeley Divinity School in
MiddletOWn. The other bcquests amount to about
$4,000 The personal estate to be distributed
evenly between the six children OF the deceased
and the Sheffield Scientific School IS thus reduced
TO - 374 900. Thus the Scientific School and the
children viii receive S339,0OO each