New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-28
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Henry c. Murphy president the East River
Bridge Trustees, Is seriously Ill with pneumonia.
The Rev. Albert Zabrieskie Gray will be installed
as Warden Of Racine College Tuesday. Decem-
Der ..
Wendell Phillips has recently made to the Boston
Public Library gft of 1908 bound volumes and
1852 pamphlets.
DR.. Francis Seymour Haden. the eminent Eng
lish etcher. was the guest of the ST. Botoph's
Club. in Boston, last Saturday evening.
x-Postmaster-General Marshall Jewell has just
returned from deer and elk hunting excursion in
the far Northwest.
Senator NJ. C. Butler will deliver the Grafton at
the unvoiling of the Confederate monument in
Charleston, ). O., on Thanksgiving Day.
The Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks is now almost
convalescent aud hopes to resume his professional
duties in n couple OF weeks.
Congressman Iazeltne, of Missouri, is the owner
of an enormous orchard, from which he this year
has shipped $4,000 barrels OF apples.
There has been much talk of late in England of
Mr. Ru SKINS again filling the chair of Fine Arts at
Oxford.
Mr. Tennyson Mr.. Gladstone and other dstin-
guished intend to be present at the performance
in Greek of the Ajax" OF nophoces at Cambridge
University, tomorrow evening.
President Arthur has approved the application of
Rear Admiral J. BlaLeley Creighton to be placed
on the retired list Oh account of Mrs. CIeightons
failing health.
Miss Anna L. Dickinson is said TO have resolved
never again to appear the lecture platform, nor
on the dramatic stage. She is now living quietly
at HOnesdae. Penn. with her mother-a venerable
Quaker lady OF elghty-seven-and younger sister.
Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxies favorite pets are six
ring doves, which are allowed the freedom Of Der
W. no
grandchildren of pair of doves given her by Gen
eral Albert Pike, many years ago
A little romance of the kind you read about is
connected with he marriage, just reported, of
Count Carl Esterhazy, of Presburg, Hungary, and
Miss Mary Charters, of Ipswich, England. Last
sun mer Mr. and Mrs. Charters, with their daugh
ter. Wore cruising on the Nile, when their boat
was UPSET. Count Estorhazy, who was near by in
his yacht TO their relief and just succe eded In
saving the young lady from drowning, " nile his
companions rescued her parents. This was the
first meeting of the young couple. Within three
months their engagement Was announced.
According to The Hartford Post Mr.. Waller Is not
exactly the " boy Governor" of Connecticut, after
all. He is forty three years old. But Tom cey
mouI was only forty-One when he was elected in
1880. Before him was c. F. Cleveland, elected at
thirt, five, the youngest Governor the State ever
had On the Republican side. General Hawley was
elected ut thirty nine. and Mr.. Jewell was candi-
daGe at iOrty-One aud was elected at forty-thTee
Connecticut 5 oldest Governor was Charles Ii. Pond
who nj he age of seventy filled out the uneX pred
tenn of Mr. Seymour when the latter went to
Russia.
Mrs. Annie Louise Cary Raymond, seeing a news
paper announcement the other day to the effect
that she was soon to reappear in concerts. said to
friend: 81 shall never sing again before an
audiences have retired from the stage definitely"
At the same time scarcely day passes on which
she does not receive letters asking her to slngfOr
the benefit of young lady Who wants TO raise
money TO study for the opera in Italy; Tor q
Sundav-schOO aud, worst Of all, to 20 away out to
Denver and sing Tor charity.
Not many diplouatsts havo had longer or more
useful careers. in a quiet way, than the late Sir
Andrew Buchanan. He received his first appoint
ment-that of attach6 at Constantnople-fro from
Canning Since then he was in the public service
more THAI ffty-two years being employed By the
British Government at half the capitals of tue civ
ilized wOrld-W ashingtOn, st. Petersburg. Flor
ence. Berne. Copenhagen, Madrid The Hague,
Berlin and Nenn4. HIS worth was appreciated by
Ministers of all pdltles. for Lord Malmesbury sent
him to Madrid and Lord Granville made ham Am
bassador at Vienna, Lord Russell gave him the
Grand Cross of the Order OF the Bath, und Lord
Beaconsiied made him barOnet
OF DIR George W. Wiener the Baltimore oculist
who died some days ago in Denver, co., it is
related that he once treated in Europe % wealthy
gentleman. with such success that the patient at
once wllled all his property to the doctor ears
afterward the man died. his own daughter dis
inherited, and the fortune came to DIR. Wiener.
The girl left pauper. wrote to DR.. Wiener APP.
pealing for aid. lie ut once went 10 the consul of
the country in which she lived (he was then in
America intending to transfer the fortune to heG.
but was told that the transfer could be legally
effected only in that country. ThereupOn no imme-
dately took passage for Europe, and placed the
entire fortune ia hel hands
LONDON Nov. 27.-SeJeant Ballantine. the well
known English lawyer is a passenger on the
steamer Servia which sailed from Queenstown yes
terday for New-York. The Hon. Hannibal lIamlin.
United States Minister to Spain: and wife are also
passeners on the Srrvla. Mr. Hamlin is returning
Lnma on a furlOugh.