New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-26
PERSONAL.

Sir T. Erskinc May has promised to write the
article on Parliament for "Ihe Encyclopedia
Britannica
The Hon. George Bancroft is to deliver an Grafton
at the centennial anniversary celebration OF PM
lips Exeter Academy OF when he Is an aIuuilus
WiIhe!mj the celebrated vionst, recently IN
iured his right hand by fall so severely that he
will for some time be unable to play lie Is now
having built n large concert hail on his NlesOadeh
estate.
Upon the heels of the gift of $4,000 to Williams
College from Mr. James Is. Jermain, of Albany comes
another from the venerable John z. Goodrich. OF
Stockbridgc Mass. in the form of New-JerSey
cranberry plantation worth S2o,OOO.
Concerning her fathers health, Miss Louisa AL
colt writes: Six months have about spent his
yigor. great as it was for his age, and any change
may be expected now the doctor says: lie does not
suffer except from WEAKNESS, ana often says
am old, 50 tired; let me co."
The front of Turner's old house Queen Anne
A.. London. has been rebuilt and decorated with
what is regarded by many as the best cOmmemora-
tive tablet vet designed in that city. The memorial
stone varies from the usual style in presenting
portrait of Turner, aud the dates Of his 0Hth ana
death.
Sir Arthur Sullivan will not let the brand-new
SPURS of his knlghthOod rust in idleness. lie hard
| az work with Mr.. Gilbert preparing another opera
not of the Piuafore pattern. 1t is to be some
thing Grand and h therto unheard-of prima donna
from the United states preferred-ls TO be found
| TO bring II out next tall
The late Professor James Young Of Glasgow, IN
1917 learned from Dr. PayGair of the existence Of
| a petroleum spring in Dcrbyshre coal mine. lie
| nerlected a method by which the petroleum could
he converted into oil for lubrcatlDg purposes ana
| for burning In lamps but as soon rs he had sue
cecdcd in this the spring ceased TO now. iheh IL
was that ne discovered the hidden secret of the coal
| beds which was the source OF his fortune.
| John W. Garrett. president of the Baltimore and
| Ohio Railroad Company, accompanied by his wife
and daughter will sail for Europe on the steamship
Germanic to-day. He expects to be absent two or
| three months, which will be spent mostly in Lon
dom II is understood that the object of the trip Is
| recreation merely, although Mr.. Garrett VIII not
| neg lect the interests Of the Baltimore ana ONO
Railroad IN any direction.
| Miss Carrie Corwin Sage, only daughter of the
! Hon. George Il. Sage, of Ohio recently appointed
Judge of the United States District Court and
| granddaughter of the famous Governor Tom"
| Corwin. was married on Tuesday to Lieutenant
! lanes Madison Burns. L. :. A. The ceremony took
! place at Lebanon. Ohio, in the old home of Gov
| ernor Corwin and III the very room where. Just
twentyeight years efOre. the brides parents, o. k.
| Sage and Eveline Corwln, were married.
Nine Drouhets funeral was attended by hun
dreds of moumers, including many of the most emf
nent politicians, authors, journalists and artists OF
| France Young George Hugo his cousin NJ. Koch.
and NJ Vacquere. of the Rdppel, were the chief
mourners Victor Hugo did not appear--he was
completely Frustrated by her death-undl the hearsc
was Just disappearing from the view of the olterers
| near the house. shutter of one of the upper win
| dows was then seen to open few inches. and the
mourner could just be perceived strainmg his eyes
| for a few nstauts after the funeral car NJ. Vac
uuerie delivered the Grafton at the grave he day
| which she died company Invited by her was
expected TO dine at Victor HugOS He gave orders
that thr dinner was not To be Countcrmanded since
il was her wish that il should take place. An hour
before she died sho expressed concern at the settled
| bad weather. the friends who might attend her
| funeral would have a long distance to walk from
| the mortuary house to the saint Mande Cemetery.
Enthusiastic seneaOgists in Germany have been
making researches into the history OF the Bismarck
| family. They have found that the Bsmarcks long
| ago belonged to the nobility of the Altmark, Bran
denburg whesc they possessed more than castle
| but that they were originally descended from an
untitled bourgeois family The Bismarck whose
name is first chrOncled belongs to the date 1870.
| He was named HcrbOrd or Herbert and was an
| Alderman of the Guild OF Master TallOrs of the
town of Stendal. The same dignity was attained
by his grandson Rudolph IN 1909. Klaus Bismare k,
| a son of the latter, was faithful statesman, es-
| pacially as a fnancier. and he may be regarded as
| the real founder of the noble family of Won Bis
marck He owned several castles, and left an enor-
| NOUS cAlouSiNc totdltS.
in the of time, the family lost these large
POSSESSIONS with the exception of the SchOnhausen
estate, and it here that the Chancellor was born
oil the 1st of April. 1915.
Mr.. James Mon. Whistler appears to be the lion
of the Paris Salon His panel of nocturhos and har-
monies and arrangements in blue and gold. black
and gold. and gray and brown. completely over
whemed NJ. Jules Ferry, who, after tho first shock
of surprise. cried out, with shOckngly unparll-
smentary familiarity: "Cristi Mais Cost tres
tort Ga! How deeferent from car impressonisteS
| Monsieur WheeslaIr evidently knows what he
wants to do and no does 1t. He do IS MOI shrk the
! difficulty. . tTes-fortp MIR. Whistler him