New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-21
PERSONAL.
Blanchard Jerrold is writing life of Gustave

Blanchard Jerrod is writing life of Gustavt
Dore.
The Earl ofSlayo left the Fifth Avenue Hote
last evening for Wyoming. by the way Of the Baltl
more aud Ohio Railroad.
Nine. Carla Serena, the explorer and writer. has
been made an honorary corresponding member Of
the Geographical Society of Marseilles. She Is the
first woman ever thus distinguished.
Mr.. Frank 4. Beach. who was formerly city ed
itor OF The Waterbury american. has Just entered
upon his duties as the associate editcr of The Nor
,caik Gazette new semi-weekly paper published IN
Norwalk, Conn.
Archibald Forbes. the well-known war CORE
sDondent of The London Necs, made flying trip
through the United States on his way home FROM a
lecturing tour in notwithstanding at San Fran
CISCO on the 9Th of August and sailing from New
York for Liverpool on Saturday last only ten days
later Mr. Forbes is ia greatly better health than
when he left the United States but is Disappointing
his friends here by talking now OF an ultima te
settlement not in this country but in Australia,
where he thinks the Inducements greater.
Mr.. William NJ. SINCERELY, proprietor and editor
of The Philadelphia Record, comes of one of that
citys Oldest families of his ancestors having
settled there a whole generation before tho landing
of Penn He is a farmer-editor, owning 600 acre 8
of fertile land few miles from the city, where lie
lives IN the summer. and to the cultivation Of
which he pays considerable personal attention.
HIS office in the handsome new Record building IL
luxurously furnished. particularly with easy-
chairs. which are so much Mr.. Singerley's hobby
that he reported TO have said that he could
see a new style without buying it.
"The stout, not very tall nor yet very short man.
with d heavy black mustaohe. close-cut black
hair deep-set and quick brown eyes, wearing sack
coat and walking very fast, almost nervously,
about the streets of Boston," says writer in The
Boston Herald, us Francis A. Walker. No one
woald think of stopping him unless he had some
thing of moment to say. The first impression that
one gets of him is that he has something to do and
that he thinking about it with the earnestness that
marks all his motions. lbe president OF the
Institute of Technology gives en- Impulse TO one
that is as tonic as the salt air OF Beverley, whore
he is living this samaer. When one sits with bin
the red rocks oil the north shore, in che midst OF
the quick moving waters, one hardly knows whether
the stimulus that 10 felt comes from the sea OF from
the vigorous talk OF the man."
Colonel Frank A. Burr, the wel-known news
paper correspondent, relates that he visited Judge
Black at his home only two days before the be-
ginning of his fatal illness. II had driven upn he
says, carrying MIN Jefferson Dayiss ili-tempered
reply to arti 1e which he had given to The Press
(Philadelpha) nearly two years ago. He took
seat in great armchair upon the porch. and
handed him the article. He read it ovsr carefully,
then looked of upon the fields for moment, wrapt
in deep thought. He then turned, and with that
peculiar look upon his face which was so notice
able when he was pleased. said: / fear jeff has
lost his temper AS he shook mo heartily
by the hand he said, good. naturedly: I've been
taking it very easy The truth is, am healthier
ana lazior than at any time during the past
twenty years. l get up III the morning and think
will work; but / walk out and look at the fruit
and crops and come In and sit on the porch awhile,
and then go and look at them again. Ireay believe
/ need little spurring up these doys.' A
week later the great man was dead"
WASHINGTON, Aug 2O.-Assistant Secretary New
of the Treasury, has returned to Washington from
q short visit to bis home in Indianapolis.
BAY HEAD. N. j., Aug 20--General Winfield s.