New-York tribune., 1883-10-26
PERSONAL.

Concerts are being held in various parts OF lli'
nois to raise funds for monument to Litta
General James B. Steedmans body was the first
TO be placed in the vault of the new chapel in
WOOdlawn Cemetery, Toledo, ONO.
The Hon. Alexander Fraser, Deputy Receiver
General of Canada, whose death at Cobourg has
been announced, was brother of the Rev. Dr.
Donald Fraser of London, England, and the Rev.
William Fraser of Edinburgh, both prominent Pres
byteran theOl0gians.
Isabella became Queen Of Span on September 29,
1888 She fed from that throne and took refuge
in France on September 20, 1858 And her son, King
Alfonso, was hOoted at by mob In the streets OK
Paris on September 20, 1888. Ihores encourage,
ment for people who believe In omens and fatal
days
Now that William Tells Creedmoor performance.
and Pocohontas's skull-saving act and the Iron
Dukes "Up guards, and at emp have been rele-
gated to the limbo of exploded bubbles the Presi-
dentia- Y elbow stone Park-picnic romances must
co. and The Washington Post sends some OF the fair,
est Of them scurrying by announcing that General
Sheridan never plays poker, nor any card game ex-
cept euchre.
Sarah Bernhardt's husband has at last made
genuine hit on the Paris stage in Feuillets Par
isaD Romance" He will soon. however run foul
of romance of another kind in real life, for NJ.
Mayer is going to bring suit against him and Sarah
for $25, ,000 for breach Of contract, with q good
won't be able to pay the damages. and Sarah says
that rather than pay them she will go to prison
with her husband, even at the risk Of there effect
ing reconciliation with him the last thing
In the world, presumably, she cares To do.
owns the operahouse in Bloomington, ILL.,, in which
nearly all the travelling shows" appear On ar
irving in Bloomington the other day he learned
that the lessees of the house had rented it TO tho
" Jesse James Bandit King Combination" which
was announced to appear this friday evening:
Mr. Davis says that the combination shall not
appear If he can help it, and is trying TO prevail
upon the city council to prohibit the entertain
ment. A few yearsago Mr.. Davis refused to ALLOW
Victoria Woodruff to lecture III his halI, although
she had engaged IL from his agent.
The contest now waging in Buffalo in regard to
the will of Mrs. Millard Fillmore recalls an anec-
dote of the ex-Prcsident which has probably never
before found its way into print. Some years since
party of politicians were cOnversing about the pub
lie men Of New-York One of them took occasion
to speak of Mr.. Fillmore, alluding particularly to
the benevolent cast of his cOuntenance Where
upon another member of the group remarked:
" Well, he had right to benevolent cast of coun-
tenance. imagine that Mard Fillmore was as
fine gentleman as ever trod shoe-eather. | never
knew him, but I'll tell you what makes mo think So
In 1913 he was Controller of the State. was then
attending the Albany Academy, which stands in q
park Just opposite tho State House. where the
Controller had his office. Well. day lot of us
school boys were playing ball in the park and an
unlucky hit sent the ba II the railing through
one of the windows of Mr. Controller ElllmOros
office. We were well frightened bnt we didn't run
away. Pretty soon who should appear on the steps
of the State House but Mr.. Fillmore himself. lie
held the guilty ball in his hand and we expected
that we were in for an awful sCOldlng, even II he
didn't cross over to the Academy and report But
to our delight and admiration he did nothing Of tho
kind He simply tossed the ball back into the park
he tossed it gently-and then he remarked with
beaming smile Boys. please try to knock IN some
other direction after this Then he turned and
walked back 10 his office. That's what call fine
gentleman. Millard Fillmore may have had his
faults, but he entitled to benevolent cast OF
cOuntenanCe.'
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.-AssistantA Adjutant-Gener-
al Ruggles left Washington to-day for short visit
to Wisconsin.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Lieutenant- General Sheri-
dan will arrive in Washington next Wednesday
evening and will formally relieve General Sherman
of the command of the Army on the following day.