New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-31
PERSONAL.

Ex-senator Thurman is az Long Beach, visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Mccormick.
Judge Richardson formerly Secretary of the
Treasury under President Grant, SAILS for Europe
this week to JON his daughter, Mrs. Magruder IN
in Paris.
The King and Queen of Greece having gone to
Russia to attend tue christening of the infant child
of the Gar. will spend the remainder of the SUM-
mer travelling in Central Europe.
Miss Kate Pattison, who will accompany Mrs.
Laugtry to this country and be prominent actress
in her company, is beautiful and vivacious young
English lady, belonging to family OF excellent
social rank. She has already met with marked sue
cess IN her chosen profession
The Hon. and Rev. William Henry Freemantie
! who succeeds the Rev. James Craigie Robertson as
Canon of Canterbury. is the seconds Of Lord Cot
tesloe He Is fifty -One years of age and has long
been Fellow of All Souls, and more lately, Select
| Preacher and hampton Lecturer IN Oxford UnlVer-
sIty.
Senator Hill, of Georgia, is put to sleep ut
o'clock every evening by hypodermc injection OF
| morphine, and does not wake until IL O'CLOCK the
next morning The rest of the tire he spends, for
the most part sitting on the veranda, reading the
pagers and his letters, and writing IN ms diary nc
declares that, despite his suherngs lie Is now See
| ing the happiest days of all his life.
| The Hon. J. b. Grinnell, of Grinnell, Iowa, hav-
inc returned home writes to The IOtcd State Register
n martial summary of the results of his trip East IN
quest of aid for the storm-strcken town and college
| that bear his name. From the Hon. William f..
Dodge he received gift of $1,000 for rebuilding
tbe college while Mrs. Dodge gave 81 200 to found
scholarship for female student. Mes,Is. Russell
| sage and David DOws of thls city. gave pi;OVo
| each as also did Messrs. David Whtcomb, OF Nor-
! cester, Mass and John L. Slater, OF ,NOrwlcn,
| Conn Messrs. Washburn & Moen, Of barb-wlre
| fame. gave ~, 900.
| Senator Vance, of North Carolina, frequently IL
ustrates his speeches with anecdotes, or, rather
parallels, which he relates IN manner that seldom
fails to bring down the house, no matter bow much
| the majority may disagree with him politically.
speaking not long ago against bill which he con-
| sidered penny but pound foolish ne SAID IL
reminded him of a kind old man who lives at the
| top OF hill in North Carolina One day wagner
| came bv and unluckily got his team stalled" at
| the foot of the bill To the old mans house he
| went. asking the loan OF PAIR OF mules ana a
fifth chain," to help him up the hill. SAID the
! kind old man: My friend. have not got PAIR oil
mules a fifth cham To save your lie. Dut / am
always anxious 10 help man III distress; can ,ehd
| you the best fiddle you ever drew bow across
The mother of Leon Gambetta, whose death was
recently announced. has been described as q
| Cornelia. reduced TO the commonplace proportions
| of the nineteenth century To her the world owes
| not only the birth of the French statesman, but
also all his subsequent career. She was the flrst to
perceive in him the rudiments of greatness, and
| the most ready TO make every sacrifice that ms
bidding genius might have free scope to develop;
| and without her energy aud ambition, Leon proba-
| bly never would have risen above the rank OF "a
provincial tradesman. Mile Orosie Massable-such
,yos her maiden pamo-beonged to family Of
much higher social rank than that of Giuseppe
Gambctta. whom she mawed,and consequently She
asserted her right to rule the household with
| sovereign sway. When Giuseppe wanted to put
yonng Leon at work i'll his grocery store she deur-
| red and some lively domestic scenes ensuec, IN
| which she was ultimately victorious Leon Gam
beta has remembered this with gratitude ana anna
all the ups ami downs ol.hls stormy career has been
most careful to render his mother dtcinluS years
| bapny and free from anxiety. Until lately she
| lived at Nice with her husband, III house bought
tor them by Leon but early in the present month
| She insisted on going 10 Paris, to witness the ma
tionaI fetc The result of the journey was the H.
! ness which terminated IN her death.