New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-26
PERSONAL,

Mr. T. B. Aldrich and family are at Glen Cove
Lynn, for the summer.
The Rev; Phillips Brooks expects to sail for home
on September II.
Mr.. Thomas Ball Is making a bust of P. T. Bar
mum for the Smithsonian Institution
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes is living at Beverly
Farms and has put himself upon a strict mental
diet OF prose.
Within the past week Mr.. A. Bronson Alcott APP
pears to have gained considerable nervous and IN
tellectual strength
Mayor Palmer, of Boston, has invited Alderman
S. G. Hadley and Mr.. G. w. Harmon, of London, to
accept the Inequalities of his city, where they
expected to arrive from New-YOrk to-day
Mr.. John b. Cough is suffering from humor
which has affected his hands so that he cannot use
apen. Otherwise his health Is good and ho expects
soon to be rid of the local ailment.
John Brigbts speeches are marked by two pleas
ant Observation-Disclosures illusions to children and
numerous quotations from English poets especially
Byron and Milton.
To-day the citizens of West Quincy. Mass, will
celebrate with proud display the centennial ami
versary of the birth of their townsman Solomon
Willard, the architect and builder of Bunker Hill
Monument and will place an inscription to his
memory upon the great granite column erected by
him IN Hall Cemetery, near the spot where his
ing pretty much everybody IN town, and an Grafton
will be delivered by Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, jr
Cardinal Jacobini, the present Papal Secretary Of
State, is thought to be ambitious to succeed TO the
Pontfcal Chair, when in the future death shall call
Leo Kill away, and accordingly it IS believed that
he will soon resign his Office, in order that nothing
IN his official life shall initiate against his chances
of election. The quidnunos Of Italy also connect
the name of Cardinal Czaoki, lately Eunco at
Paris, with the State Secretaryship as JacoblnPs
successor. Since his return from Paris he has led
an isolated life In Rome but has made his mark at
the Vatican as the abIest diplomat In the Sacred
College. OF course, ne is Pole by BIRTH and that
fact would be urged against him, vet many think
that Leo KILL would not let that circumstance pre-
vent him from securing the services OF the man
who Is admittedly supreme above his fellows in
human mathematics-the social science Of ccmbina-
tIons and the measurement of men.
gentleman who has recently been visiting at
Bangor. Ne. tells the following snecdots about
Hannibal Hamlin You can see Mr.. Hamlin
almost any day in Bangor" said he. "Hs wears
the style of old hat ard blne coat with brass
buttons that ne did twenty-five years ago. He is
very fond of the young boys and goes a-fshing
with them with all the ardor of twelve year old.
Mr. Hamlin usually spends some part of the evening
at of the stores, where crowd of his old
cronies' come IN to hear him talk. Among them is
an old fellow namsd Stearns who 10 immensely
wealthy, but very lonE-windsd, aud as a rule his
stories do not pan out very we'll. Some time ago
he came in and commenced one of his yarns and
after he had been talking about fteenor twenty min
utes and there did not seem to be any point In sight,
Hamlln, with perfectly sober face. reached down
into his pockets and drew out q pair of ear-laps |
which he put on, and cork stopper which he gave
TO Stearns The story-tellcr made dash for the |
door amid screams OF laughter from the crowd
The exiles in CeyOn beginning to feel the eff
fects of their long confinement. correspondent |
of The CeyOH Observer speaks thus of some of them:
" Toulba Pacha seems to be far from we'll As lie Is
suffering from pulmonary complaint, the present |
wet weather is tell on hrs weak constitution.
He believes that II he goes on as at present he will
not be long for this world Arab Pacha has |
taken Bellevue House, in Mutwal, for his residence
Ali Femy has gone TO Akbar House, in Slave Island |
a rather comfortable place, besides being retired
while Yakoob Pacha intends shifting to Wavertree
House. Toulba should take trip In the Serendlb |
TO Jafna or Trincomaee, where 1t will be dry aud |
warm enough for him probably. Arab is getting !
on in English the other day he was expatiating
on Ceylon being place with much rain, much
SUI, much trees. and two or three other muchees'
he quantity of rain must be especially astonishing
to Egyptians, who come from land where it sell
dom never rains"