New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-15
.PERSONAL.

| Mr. Matthew Arnold will lecture in Richmond,
| Va next Tuesday evening.
Mr. Henry F. Gillig, the manager of the American
Exchange In London, has sailed for Liverpool, eX-
pecting to come back IN January.
Mrs. Ole Bull has had made fine bronze urn, to
be placed over her husbands grave 1t is about six
feet high plain, and bears the simple inscription
Ole Bull. 1S1O-1SSO"
The large framed photograph of himself, bearing
his autograph, presented by the Emperor of Ger
many last week to Miss Minnie Hank Wartegg as q
token of his special grace, is the first such distnc
ton ever conferred upon an artist.
Mr.. w. H. Gillette, of the Madison Square Theatre
company, is said to be the man who, at the Boston
Exposition, removed the sign, " Manufactured ex-
pressy for Governor B. T. Butler" from hand
some landau and placed 1t upon hearse.
Here is one of Senator Zeb " Vance's stories In
North Carolina a white man was arraigncd for steal
ing chickens from a negro. The jury was composed
of seven white men and five negroes, and Of the
latter was made foreman. They came into court
and the clerk demanded: Have yOu agreed upon
verdict I" "Yes sah." "What Is tp "De jury
am gOne Democrat sab, and de prisoner am not
guilty"
full-ength and rather larger than life-sized por
trait Of the Hon. John Wentworth, painted by Mr..
G.. P. A. Healey, is to be formally presented to the
Calumet Club of Chicago, on the evening of Deem
Der 81 on which occasion the club will tender Mr.;
Wentworth public reception. Larger than life"
means good deal when one Is speaking of the tall
ex-Mayor and ex-Representative, but the painted
figure measures six feet eight inches in height, and
oyertops its original by about three inches.
Oakley Hall was given complimentary
dinner on Thursday night, on the occasion
of his approaching departure to England, by
prominent members of the bench and bar,
Judge Brady, who sat in the trial of Mr. Hall
yUbi LAST nj he INa
given another dinner by thirty old men,
ers of the Lotos Club with Robert b.
Roosevelt the former president of the Arcadian,
presiding. Mr.. Hall sails this morning with the
purpose of entering upon the practice OF his pro-
fessOn in London.
The Rev. j. S. Kennard, leading Baptist minis
ter of Chicago has published open letter. warmly
supporting the Rev. DR.. Scudder In the fraternal at
titude assumed by him toward the Rev. Mr.. Mo-
zoomdar and the Brahmo Somaj of India. Its lit
erature and doctrines" he writes of the Brahmo
Somai, breathe spirit of reverence for God, and
affectlOn-aye, glowing enthusasm-fOr Jesus
Christ, which would not have dishOnOred the most
eminent of Christian missionaries. Its views OF re-
generation and sancttcation are identical with
those of orthodoxy except as the latter relate to
Yicarious atonement."
At the regular December meeting of the Maryland
Historical Society in Baltimore this week, the Hon.
j. l.. Thomas read paper on Margaret Brent: the
first woman In America to claim the right TO VOTE
She lived at ST. Mary's City, on the river of the
same name, two hundred and forty years ago. and
was related to Lord Baltimore She was the heir of
Leonard Calvert, Lord BaltimOres brother and
agent, and as such she claimed not only control of
all rents, etc. of Lord Baltimore but also the right
to two votes in the Assembly as the representative
of both Calvert and Baltimore The first claim the
courts upheld, but the second was rejected
A Washington correspondent of The Cleveland
Leader says that he saw John Mclean, owner of The
Cincinnati Enquirer and Joo" Hickey, n st. Louis
sporting man, in Wizards Hotel one evening before
the Speakershp election. Hickey wanted Mclean
to bet. Mclean refused, saying he knew nothing
about the contest and was not interested in it.
Hickey retorted that Mclean was afraid, and made
the assertion that The Enquirer was easily bluiled.
Mclean replied that he was never afraid to bet on
an even thing, and that if Hickey was really bound
to bet hc would give him chance. With that he
pulled out silver dollar laid it on the counter and
covered it with his hand. "Now, Joe Hickey" said
he, I'll match You for five hundred dollars. If you
anxious to bet, there is your chance" Hickey
looked little funny at this, but finally replied All
right, fshed quarter out of his pocket and laid 1T
on the counter, Mclean then asked Is the
money to be paid in cash or draftsp Drafts on
New-YOrk," said Hickey. Mclean continued, still
keeping his hand over his coin "Well, are you
matching me or am | matching .youP am
matching YOU" replied Hickey. "All right" said
Mclean. and he removed his hand. The tail of