New-York tribune., 1883-06-20
PERSONAL.

Mr.. George W. Cbids, of The Philadelphia Pubic
Ledger, has purchased The Germantown telegraph
from its veteran editor and owner. Major Philip K.
Freas.
Mr.J. Q. Award, the sculptor, and Generals Bar
nett. DlcCook and Cish will visit Washington next
week to select site for the Army of the Cumber-
lands statue of Garfield Mr.. Ward wants to know
what sort OF a place the monument Will stand Ill De-
fore he designs 1t.
Albert Galatn Bradstreet who died last Satur-
day at Melrose Highlands. Mass, age seventy
nine was q lineal descendant of Governor Simon
Bradstrect lie was for number Of years Door
keeper of the House OF Representatives,, HashlhS-
ton.
Ex-senator David Davis Is now at his home IN
Bloomington, Ill., looking exceedingly well, and de-
voting seven hours work day to his law business
and his real estate interests. He will deliver
Fourth of July address at Pekin, Ill, where he
lived many years ago.
NJ Georges Rochegosse. to whom has been
awarded the Prix dn Salon in Paris is only twenty
two. and last year, before he had attained his ma
iority he painted that powerful picture OF
a yitell,us Hunted Through tho Streets of Rome"
which received a medal OF the third class in the
Salon of 1882 He was born at Versailles, and was
a pupil first Of Jules Lefevbre and afterward of
BouIanger This horrible and powerful picture OF
" Andromache." which has received the FIX dn
Salon had alreody been voted medal OF the second
class by the jury of exhibitors
Launt Thompson, of this city has been chosen as
the sculptor OF the statue Of General Burnside that
is to be erected in Providence, r. l. Mr.. Thompson
who Is of Irish nativity was pupil of the sculptor
Palmer, IN whose studio he worked nine years
Among tho full-longth statues he has already exc
cntsd are those of General Scott ut the Soldiers
Home. Washington; General Sedgwick, at West
Point: President Pierson, at Yale College, and the
Color Bearer at Pittsfed, Mass. and he is now
at work on one Of Admiral Dupont, TO be set mp In
Washington. The Bryant bust In Central fark IS
also one of his works. The equestrian statue OF
Rnrnside is TO be of bronze granite pedestal and
il is TO be finished time to be unveiled on Dee0ra-
ton Day three years hence.
At Washington Park, Cincinnati, will be laid this
afternoon with imposing ceremonies the corner
stone of monument TO the memory Of Frederick
Recker. who was born in Baden in 1911 and died In
this country in 1881. Be was one OF the leaders OF
| the political agitation in Baden which eliminated
in the disastrous uprising OF 1Sls when being pro-
nounced guilty of treason, he TO this county.
In the following year there was another revolt, and
he was called upon to return and assume the Pres
dency of the Republic of Baden" He went back.
but only to see his friends dispersed and be obliged
himself TO flee TO America again. Then he settled in
Illinois and became farmer. taking much interest,
however, in public affairs. In 1876 he headed,
with Lincoln, the Fremont electoral ticket. and he
fought through the war IN the Union Army. In
1873 he revisited Germany for a short time and
was received with great popular honors. The Gin
cinnatI monument the work of Leopold Fettweiss,
will be of marble, of heroic sze ana will represent
Hocker plainly clad in ordinary citizens clothes.
OTTAWA June 10.-The Governor General and
the Princess Louise and party will be absent from
the capital two months. They intend to spend q
few weeks at the Government House before taking
final farewell either in the latter part OF Septen-
Der or the first week 10 October.
WASHINGTON. Juno 10.-W. N. Thomas the
newly appointed Minister to Sweden aud Norway,
arrived in Washington few days ago, and is now
receiving his instructions from the Department of
State preparatory to starting at early date for
his post OF duty. He took official leave of the
President to-day.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The Postmaster-General
returned to the city last night and was at his desk
this morning