New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-05
PERSONAL.

Pere Hyacinthe will leave town tomorrow for
Boston, where he will lecture in several churches
The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott has already been
chosen to deliver the Commencement address at
Lasell Seminary next June.
Mr.. Matthew Arnold will spend Christmas in
New-England returning Immediately after to New
York, where he will deliver his lecture on Emer-
son, ere his departure for England.
Anna de la Grange, the Countess de Stankowitch
once famous prma donna, is now living in Paris in
easy retirement, teaching music diversion. She
does not lock to be more than half her real age
which is now fifty five years.
Richard B. Irwin, long known as the efficient
agent Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in
San Francisco and elsewhere, and conspicuous in
the storm raised about the Pacific Mail subsidy, has
been for some years settled in London engaged in
the purchase and charerng of vessels for American
merchants and In similar work. Mr.. Twins Lon
don career has been cOnspicuousy successful.
Senior Don Villena, the newly appointed Peruvian
Minister to the United States arrived by the steamer
Colon, yesterday and will stay a week IN this city
before going to Washington. He was an attach6 Of
tho Peruvian Legation at Washington when young,
aud was its secretary for many years under Colonel
trcyTe He was partisan of Pierola In the recent
Peruvian war.
When the Hon. William D. Kelley was young
man, he and Representative Randalis father were
one day taking together with an eminent doctor IN
Paris. Health was the topic of conversation, and
Young man." said the doctor to Mr. Kelley, il
you will make It rule never to get exhausted so
long as part of the day remains in which you have
anything TO do, you will live to be old as | am"
followed the advice" said Judge Kelley to
CtrelGRd Leader correspondent, rs far as | could
md have already lived to be older than either the
gray haired doctor or Sam Raudalps father."
Aftor his decision against the new " STANDARD"
time. Attorney General Brewster the first man
to " gee left" by railroad train in Washington,
and the railroad men were delighted thereat "0n
the day in question:" says Globe Democrat writer
" he glanced at his watch told time), and seeing
that he had eight minutes to spare, started toward
tho platform in his most leisurely and impressive
manner. He reached the gate just as the rear car
disappeared around q corner four blocks away.
AhrOnted, he drew his watch upon the gate-keeper
and found that, although illegal and unsancti0ned
by his department, the standard time waited for
man. Tho next victim OF the new time was Dir.
Snowden, recently of The National Republican, aud
who was then Oh his way to New-lOrk to assume q
position IN the management of The World. For o
fortnight before the change the industrious editor
had had article each morning praising the innO-
advantages to the obstinate; yet like the Brewster
chTonOmetcr his watch left him eight minutes be-
hind schedule time; and an incOnsderate public
laughed ut both Of them"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-RepreSentatiye Haskell
of Kansas has been seriously i'll since his
turn to Washington last month, and has been most
of the time confined to his bed. His friends who
feel some anxiety. say that he has not been well
since last summer and attribute his illness chiefly
to Overwork during the consideration of tariff legis
lation at the lust session of Congress.