New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-21
PERSONAL.

General Neal Dow is talking prohibition il
Illinois.
Professor c. +. Dunbar of Harvard College. is
spoken of likely to become the new Editor of I'll,
Boston advertiser.
Goyemor-clect Robinson, of Massachusetts, will
he entertained at dinner tomorrow evening by his
classmates of Haryard's class of 1886.
The Rev Father Havcmau, of St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church, Troy, on Sunday last celebrated
the iiltythlrd anniversary Of his ordination.
John NJ. Hewcs, the wcll-known Boston printer
whose death was announced on Saturday, was n
llneai descendant Of a prominent member Of the
famous Boston tca-party."
Miss Rcbccca Boone who died last week in Nor
ristown, Penn aged cigl.ty-eght was cousin Of
Abraham Lincoln and the daughter of a cousin Of
the famous Daniel Boone, OF Kentucky.
Mr. John Roger, has completed his model for the
bronze equestrian statue of General John +. Rcy-
nolds which is to be set NJ at the west side OF the
northern entrance of the new public buildings in
Philadelphia.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale the Rev Minot j.
Savage, the Rev. Brooke HerCord and the Rev.
James Freeman Clarke of Boston. will be among
the lecturers in the course given this winter IN All
souls Church, Washington.
Mrs, ;. 7. Wagner, who died last week in New
Orleans one of the girls that strcwcd flowers in
the pathway of Old Hickory" Jackson on his IT,
turn from the battlefield of Chalmette and she
danced with Lafayette when he visited this country
in $50.
According to The Boston Post when Mr. James I
Field, invented the name OF Manchester by lhe-Sea
and wrote a note to DR.. o. W. Holmes, dated from
that place, DR.. Holmes replied in note dated
Beverly -by-theD Depot And they say Whittier
wrote one dated Danvcrs-among-th e-llOly hOcks.'
81. r l., NJ. NJ
Pitman {" Margcry Dcane"t will soon san for
Europe and spend the winter IN Southern France
and Italy. She will do no literary work, but will
lead rs quiet and rcstlul life as possible, hoping
thus to recover entirely from the distressing alice
ton of her eyes.
Mr.. George w. Cable will stick to the chronology
cal order of his works in reading from them la Bos-
ton. He will begin next Monday with "Old Creole
Days" and Madame Dcphine; - on Wednesday he
will read from The GrandiSsmcs; - and on
December I his audience Will listen to unpublished
chapters of " DIR. SEWER
The other day a large hogshead, sent from North
Carolina by express and addressed 10 the President,
was delivered ut the White House A cOlorcd
domestic who took 1t in charge explained that Dat
dar bar'l is full, sab, oh lightnn wood as yer
ght say, split ptchpnc kindlins fur do maxim ov
fires. Sence Mr.. Arthur hch been PrCsdnt, We hey
bin a-gttm' on EN- chbcry mUuf. dooru dc fall an
winter. Mister Arthur nebber goes 10 bed in cold
wcddcr wdout big blalin' fire i'll his room, wcddcr
here or out to Soldiers Home. aud as has tor
clean up and look arter do fires hcz ter take up
bundle Oh dds hyar lIghtnin' wood cbbcry night Oas
he kin rrow it in de lire an make or blaze an sit
dar an tiuk while a-watChn' oh de shadows on tie
wall. When he uses dc llghtnin' wood he ncbber
USES or light an when hc gets tired hc jumps IN de-
bed an watches de flames flicker till lac goes ter
sleep. He's mighty pcrtckcrlcr about dis lIghtnln
wood an if tie supply gins out dan IS some lun TIL
dar'o more put in dc bm.'