New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-13
PERSONAL.
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| been elected president of the Lincoln National
Bank in that city, is a typical sef-made man. lie
began the shoe business without dollar and has
worked his way up to wealth. lie IS now one
| of the most prominent men OF his district.
| Paul Feval, tho brilliant French romance and
play writer has been stricken with paralysis and Is
| in financial Distress and his friends are taking up
a subscription for his benefit He began his career
as free.thnker free-lover aud free-liver, but was
| converted by his pious wife and became devout
| Catholic. His old comrades ridiculed him Tor the
change but he held to the faith and devoted all the
profits reaped fIom his plays to religious and char-
liable works.
| Mr. Z. Aubrey Hunt, the well-Rnown Boston
artist, who was one of the lucky passengers of the
ucKless City of Brussels originally sailed from this
| port on the City of Berlin. When she disabled
in mid ocean and forced to return. most of the pas
sengers were transferred to the City of Chester.
| But Mr. Hunt decided to spend Christmas at no ne
and sail again the City OF Brussels. BY so doing
lie has lost all his baggage and the result OF his
yelr's work III sketches and finished pictures IN
| tended for exhibition and sale IN London.
Edwin Belcher, who died on Sunday last ut Au-
eusta Gu. had for many years been one of the most
prominent leaders of the negro race in that State.
| He was a strong debater and eloquent stump
| speaker, aud never spoke to empty seats. He was
educated In Philadelphia and Washington. and
went through the war in command OF company OF
white soldiers from Pennsylvania Several times
| he was taken prisoner and exchanged lie held
! many political offices i'll Georgia and was dele
gate to every National Republican Convention since
| the war.
| The learned pundits of Boston Mortified that
| Governor Butler should have stated few evenings
! ago that Andrew Jackson born in Ireland.
| Commenting on this statement, The Boston Journal
SAYS: "There used to be some such talk rs this on
the stump many years ago. but all authentic biog-
raphies agree in the statement that Jackson a
natve-born American. The place Of his birth was
| the Waxhaw Settlement. South Carolina, March
| J5 1897 His parents. who were ScOtch-Ir
came from Carrie kfergus. Ireland and settled on
Tv elye Mile Creek, branch of the Catawba River,
N c.. in the year f765, two years before their dis
tingushed son saw the light"
A mighty hunter is Rudolph, Crown Prince of Aus
tria, and a universal one. too All is game that
comes within range If his gun. During fur years,
In which time he visited Spain. Egypt and Syria,
he bagged 1sO5O head. The list thereof includes
5,775 hares 7GS deer, 391 wild boars 1855 part
ridges, and Ais pheasants. Then there were
some odd customers. such as a marmot, a badger.
an ichneumOn SIX pole-cats, tarom lizard four
owls, q Gteppe eagle two busards. two ktipphahn.
| and u pelican. The Prince is more than a mere
slaIght OF beasts and birds. He is an enthus-
asic student of natural history, and preserves and
mounts carefully all rare or especially fine spcc-
mems that come within his reach.
which Miss Bertha Won Hillern came to make her
recent purchase Of land ia the Shenandoah Valley
She and Der friend Miss Beckett have spent several
summers there, sketching and painting forest
sceDes. Often they have been disturbed by wood
men, whom, however they usually persuaded to
spare that tree Tin fact. 60 spare all the potur-
esque trees and groves to which they had taken an
artistic fancy. But on the day OF their departure
for tho Moth last fall just they were waiting at
the depot for the train, they learned that their ia
vorite forest was about 10 be sold TO man with no
art in his soul who would at once cut down every
tree. ParayZed for u moment. Miss Won HilleIn
quickly rose to meet the emergency and before the
tagging train arrived she herself became the owner
of the forest which will henceforth be sacred to
art aud secure tiOm the ruthless invasion Of tho
swinging axe.
Concerning NJ. Albert who Immediately upon
Louis Blancs death aspired to succeed him IN the
French Chamber of Deputies, many readers will
ask, with Larnartine in 1S4S Who Is VI. Albert T.
This is his history. Just after Louis Philippe had
taken the "cab of exile" near the spot where his
ancestor was beheaded. Arago Ian artine, Du-
mont and Others met at the Hotel de Vile as
Provisional Government. To them came rushing
from the office of lie National Louis Blanc. with
supplementary list of members of the Government
1t headed with his own NAME and the second
name was that OF Albert, an honest but wildly the
oretc woIkingman, friend and fellow -agitator
of Blanc. When Lamartine head the name he
cried: AN Albert Who is NJ. AlbertT "A
workingmanw "The very thing! BY all means
let us have him for colleague~ So Albert va,
ptchforked into tho Government There his pet
hobby was the suppression of the amy. When the
Assembly was elected. each member of the Provis-
ional Government read report OF his stewardship
except Albert. He had nothing to say and read no
report But Lamartino made up tor him by read
log two.
SYRACUSE Jan. 12.-The Rev. Dr. Augustus F.
pair Of la
has accepted pastOrsbip Of the Chapel Of the Amer
lean Church in Paris, France, and the secretary
ship of the American Foreign Christian Union in
connection with the work of French evangezation.