New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-28
PERSONAL.

Hon. John II. Bookwalter, of Springfield, ONO,
who is at the Brunswick Hotel, will sail for Europe
early in December.
The engagement Of Congressman Perry Belmont
70 Miss LangGon has been terminated by the young
lady.
Major J. NJ. Bundy. Editor of The Erepng Mail
and Erpress started for Chicago yesterday, toe&t
Thanksgiving dinner with his mother and Sisters
Mr.. Matthew Arnold's lecture engagements are
sufficiently pressing to keep him away from New
York continuously till after the middle OF
December.
"Thcy say" that the Dean of Bangor, preaching
recently before Sir Stafford NOrthcOte IN the Cathe-
drll. took for his text: Remember me, when Thou
CONTEST into Thy kingdom"
Mr. Kirkpatrick, the Speaker Of the Canadian
House of Commons, is in town for day or two,
ON his way home from a brief bridal tour IN the
old country Mr.. kirkpatrick married, TWO mouths months
ago the beautiful daughter of the presiding oihcer
in the upper house of the Canadian Parliament
Lord Lytton in his autobiography refused to re-
veal tie date of his birth But his son and editor,
the present Earl Lytton, las discovered Oh the
register of st. Marycbone record to the effect
tbot Edward George Earle LyttOn Bulwer was
born ON MAY %, 1903. His birthplace was No. 81
BakeT-st., now a mlllners shOp, anu lie was NOT
christened until his seventh year.
Miss Anderson's studies in the British Museum
Romeo and Juliet" but also of Greek statues, for
poses in "Pygmalion and Calatea" She is thus
making good her claim, rs faras study will assist"
r,u,urks The court JOWHdi To be the most grace
fnl mcress on the stage 1t is pleasantcr to think
of tins than of Sarah Bernhardt watching death
beds ia the Paris hospitals"
The late Joseph H. Blackfan Superintendent Of
Foreign Mails in the Post Office Department ut
Washington is said to have been the best writer of
L. IN ho ri
consent was always chosen TO draft resolutions nd
dresses etc. adopted by the officers and employees.
Still he WAS not exactly one o them litcry
fellers" aud it is related that when his attention
was called to the complimentary mention made OF
him in Anthony TTOllOpe's autobiography, he was
surprised to learn that Mr.. IroOpe whom lac had
known only as a postal officer, was also dlstln-
gushed novelist.
AT West Point once, General Sherman, accOmpan-
led by the Commandant of Cadets, was making an
inspection tour of the barracks. He wasn't looking
for contraband goods but while in one OF the rooms
he got talking about his cadet days, and When
was cadet" ne said to the Commandment, "wo hid
things in the chimneys during the summer months
wonder if the boys do so STILL" 1T was then in
,Juncl So saying, he stepped to the fireplace and
reached up the chimney. Rafting down at his
touch came Il board, followed by a trylnG-pan,
bottle (emptyl and suit of citizens clothes. The
faces OF the cadets who occupied the room were
study But the General only laughed, and turning
10 tLe Commandment said This is IN exceptional
case Colonel. No need of reporting these young
men"
SoJourncr Truth lived in the outskirts of Battle
Creek Mich. in plain stOry-and-a-hau house, set
well back from the street. Two wel-w0rn hitch
ing-pOSts and numerous Uheel-tracks ut the side OF
the uupayed street showed that she had many visit
ors She was cared for in her helpless age by her
two daughters, Elizabeth and Diana. The house
- nNCu bpr ~ as
derived from the sale of her books and pictures.
visitor IA few weeks ago found her bolStered up in
bed her head covered with a cap and so fallen upon
her breast that her face not visible, But When
made aware of the visitors presence she quickly
raised her head, displaying Wrlnkled and elna-
ciuted face but eyes of wonderful brightness. Her
mind seemed clear ever, but her speech was feeble
and lhdlstlnot
"The traveller along the highway a mile or SO
above the village of North Haverhill, n. H. finds, y
says The Boston Journal. q small graveyard which
contains the remains Of brave Mcintosh the leader
of tho Boston Tea Party. For seventy years spring
| flowers have blossomcd and winter winds have
! blown over grave unmarked by stone and known
| to but u few aged people now living who remem-
Der his burial. lilo fills pauper's grave, having
died in the vicinity of 1910 OF IL, at the house OF
q Mr.. Hurlburt who resided at what is now known
IA the Poor farm, and to whose care he had beer
bid oil as public pauper by public auction as the
lowest bidder according to yc ancient custom, and
| as recorded upon the town records. That no wa
the leader without doubt there is abundant proof
| and that to his memory should be erected SUIT
able monument commemorative of the man ant
deed would DO simple justice"
~ was q member of delegation of colored men,
said Frederick Douglass the other day to C'erelda
Leader correspondent, talking about the Ciyi
Rights BILL "who called upon President Andrew
johnson In the spring Of 1885, and mentioned tn
idea Of universal suffrage and perfect equality unde
the law. He answered IN in IA cut-and-dred speech
In which he sCornfuly declared that what he ha'