New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20
PERSONAL

Dir. JOhn Is tough mas Iully recovered lrOiD MS
recent indispOsltOn.
Colonel Emil Fret, the new Swiss Minister to
Washington is wIdower. with five children. He
Will 1--we in the largo place known as The Naples"
on Capitol Hill.
The Rev. Dr. Robins, formerly President of
Colby University, has returned from Europe much
improved in health, ana has entered upon his
duties at Rochester University.
Sir Richard Temple, Bart. lately Governor of
Bon bay and Lucknow, is now in Washington. He
is about to return to England to enter into con-
test with Mr.. Herbert Gladstone for seat in the
House Of Commons for East Worcestershire.
The Indianapolis journal states by authority"
that the Hon. W. G. De Paw, of New-Albany,
Ind has yielded to the petitions of the trustees of
Asbury University. and WILL on certain conditions
not yet made public, literally endow that in
stltutloL.
Mrs. Hamilton Fish met with a painful accident
on Monday last while out riding in her carriage at
Garrison's. n. Y, her country home She
thrown out of her carriage near the village and had
two ribs broken. Mrs. Stuvyeslnt Fish said to a
TRIBUNE reporter last evening that Mrs. Fish had
sustained no injuries other than the fractures, and
that she was dong well.
Mr.. Robert Browning has returned home, having
been unable to get to Venice on account of the ruin
wrought by the floods in the Lombard country
Neither from Turin nor Bologna was he able to
make any prOgress. The misery existing among
the poor people was. he says, most sad to see. At
Verona Il number of persons remained for thirty
six hours a bridge. exposed 10 the weather ana
without food. no help being available from either
side
1t is related in London that when Nine. Modjeska
was last in that city she asked one evening, at
a fashionable party torecite piece in Polish.
She at first declined, on the ground that 1t would
not be understood by the company. But being fur
ther urged she yielded, and, with great vOlublity
and many dramatic gestures recited, IN Polish
the numerals from one To one hundred Three or four
of her Polish friends preCptately fled from the room
to hide their laughter at the joke, but the rest OF
the company delighted and professed to find
In the language grace and beauty never before
imagined.
The Duke de Santona, Spanish grandee of the
first class has just died at Madrid, leaving an enor-
nous fortune to his only daughter He was of OBJ
scure Cuban BIRTH and once followed the hatter's
trade Al this he acquired great wealth, and was
ever ready to spend large sums in behalf of the
Alphonsst party in all political contests, even
while AphonsO was yet a mere cadet at the mill
tary academy, with only the slimmest chances of
young prince did become King, he rememl cred
gratefully the devoted follower who had rendered
him such signal services. He gave him opportunl-
ties of largely increasing his fortune, made him
place among the chief mourners.
A celebrity of almost unique qualifications has
lust passed away in London In the person of Mr..
Chabot, the eminent expertsin calIgraphy, who for
a quarter of a century has been as well known in
the law courts as any leading Queens counsel. Mr.
Chabot attained position such had never been
enjoyed by anyone in his line before. The cogency
of his reasons for the opinions he formed was so re-
marlabe that it a. most at once arrested the atten
ton of eminent judges, and thus secured his Tcpna
ton. His services were sought to elucidate the
perennial VeXed question of the authorship of
JunuS and 10 throw light on the pretcnslons of
the Claimant" and the verdict OF the jury in
the Probate, Divorce and other courts has many
time been decided by the extraordinarily acute OBJ
servatiOn of this remarkable person.
Concerning an alleged extract from private
letter recently published in England. which at
tracted much attention by its bitter spirit ard
the Irish in America, DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes
writes AS do not remember to whom the letter
quoted was written and have copy OF It, will not
affirm that did not trace the words attributed to
me- If | did, all can say is, they express much
more than | felt OF intended. i probably
thinking Of the sympathizers with the assassns OF
Lord Frederick Cavendsh aud Mr.. Burke, and of
the threats or blowing up English steamers with all
they carried among whom v ere liable to be some
of my nearest and dearest relatives. | dld not
intend to apply any harsh term to the whole IRISH
population in America or to the main portion of IT,
for the simple reason that had no feeling toward
them that justified It. On the contrary. have the
greatest regard and esteem TOR many, and no per-
sOnal hostility to any among them