New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-28
PERSONAL.

Harbor Master " w. Burns has been laid mp with
a fever for several days at his home No. 81 Beach
ST., but Is recovering.
Colonel T. W. HgginSon Will address the fifteenth
annual meeting of the New England Woman
Suffrage Association. this evening In fremont Tenn
| ole. Boston.
The Rev. Brooke Hereford has invited the Boston
Association of Ministers and all brother ministers
IN that ctyto meet at his house this afternoon in
connection with the anniversary exercises Of the
| week
| The Rev. DR.. T. T. Everett Governor Pattsons
private secretary delivered the honorary Grafton M
the twenty-eighh anniversary of the Page Literary
Society of the Millersvie Penn. State Normal
| School on Friday evening last.
1t is nuthoritatvely stated. says The Galveston
News of Wednesday last. that General George b.
Mcclellan is on route to Texas under an important
commission to investigate either mining interests
land investments. OF railroad projects.
At the centennial commencement of Dickinson
College in Juno the Rev. Robert Collyer will de-
liver the Grafton before the literary societies. the
Rev. Dir. &. Crooks tho alumni Grafton and
Colonel llorati0 {. King the alumni poem
Miss Margaret Blame sailed from Liverpool
week ago. for this city. Immediately upon her ar
rival ex-Secretary Blaine and the remainder of his
family will return 10 their home IN Augusta Me
for the summer. Mr.. Blaine is in excellent health
and is making rapid progress with his history.
The Rev. Charles II. Eaton of the Church Of tbs
Divine Paternity in this city, will deliver an adj
dress tomorrow morning at the conservation of
Goddard Chapel Tufts College, Medford, Mass
President Capen will preach the sermon and re-.
marks Will he offered by the Rev. Drs Miner Saw
yer and Sweetser.
DR.. w. A. Conn, of McGaheysyille Va is the
possessor OF sword once worn by LAFAYETTE. The
monogram OF Lafayette is plainly visible under
the hllt but unfortunately the sword was hidden
away during the late war, and when Dr. Conn tried
to draw II from its scabbard, it was found 70 be
yiss to 80 @ II 9a' INV was necessary to place it in
liberated the monogram, and part of the Latin in
sscrPi1%n, which Was Tie virtue Of the sword is
he decphered The hilt is wrapped with silver
wire. and the guard Is of solid silver DIR Conn
wished to send 1t to lork town to Lafayettes de-
scendants, but could find 10 Trustworthy person
from his nclghborhoOd to take charge of t. and hc
would not trust 1t to any OF the railroads
young man IN Washington, who writes exuuisite
verses but is almost starving for lack of remunera
tive employment. and who for long time has been
trying in vain to get n place in a Governments
bureau the other day got friend to write to Gail
Hamilton invoking her supposed influence in his
Dehali' some OF the young mans verses were in
closed In the letter "a sample of his literary abil
ity. Miss Dodge, dscaiming the possession of any
influence replied in sero- comic VEIN. In part
as follows: 81 have ordered two departments to
Senu NE u EISt-oiass Office In fifteen IN uutes IL
both come shall be embarrassed If your Young
gentleman could only take care of a horse aud a
garden as well as he writes verses could employ
than n9etpr dqr me sumner and pay him better
corn and wilted lettuce all summer for want of a
gardener while your young man will have nothing
10 eat Tor waut of work"
oAidlnai Ns"man recently wrote as follows to