New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-05
PERSONAL.

Owing to an accident at the foundry the Bach
statue to be erected AZ Eisenaoh will not be ready
foT dedication until next year.
Mr.. William Fl. Vanderbilt sails next Saturday
on the Germanic, of the White Star Line, for his
usual four weeks summer voyage out and back.
The Rev. DIR. r. Heber Newton's general health is
greatly improved, but he cannot his eyes at all
except at the cost of intense pain HIS volume Of
lectures on the Books Of the Old Testament will
appear tins week.
Misses Agathe and Marianne and Masters Carl
and Herbert Schurz, children of Carl Schurz, sailed
IN the Bremen steamer Rhein on Saturday for a
short pleasure tour in Europe, and for the purpose
Of visiting relatives in Germany.
The Rev. DR.. Boardman, of the First Baptist
Church, Philadelphia, who went to Florida, about
six weeks ago, writes that MS health, which had
quite broken down, i now nearly restored, and he
expects to return 10 his pastoral work this week.
General Swain, the Judge Acknowledgement of
tho Army and former close friend of Garfield, is
pictured as a short. stout man, with rustic air.
He has dark hair and whiSkers ford face is
careless in his dress, usually has cigar III his
mouth, and Is quiet and rel firing IN his manner
The Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby, shortly after the
evening.seIvce at MS church on Sunday, April 81,
was attacked by pneumonia, and for three days
his recovery was doubtful. Professor }. q. Muir
ray ID. D., of Princeton, who filled his pulpit
Yesterday, announced lldL Ut. CrOSOy was better.
Dr. john Hall preached for him Ia the evening.
Broken by Act OF Legislature" Is the epitaph
Senator Hawley will place oyer his engagement to
deliver tho commencement address at Smith Col
lege. The lawmakers Of Connecticut have en-
acted that on the very day appointed for that event
be shall deliver the dedcatory Grafton at the III
yelling OF the Buckingham monument.
The late Henry J. Byron managed theatre in
Liverpool at the time when it was the custom Id
charge a shilling for securing reserved seat or
booking stall In advance" One day he stood
watching q number of persons buying tickets In
that manner. and then. going mp TO the box-ofice,
he wrote COuspicuOusly above the window the para
phrase of Richard Illd's exclamation; "OG with
his bob. SO much for booking emp The Obnox-
ious custom did not long survive this HIT"
Referring to the discrelited rimor that NJ Henry
Irving was about to seek election TO Parliament
Mr.. Labouchere, says In ruth london Once.
however. Mr. Irving did appear on the hu,tings,
and 1t was in this wise. | was the defeated can
ddate at MddIcsex election. Those were tho
days of hastings and display and it was the fashion
tor each candidate to go down to Brentlord in a
carriage and four 10 thank his supporters. On the
morning of the day when had to perform this
func sion Irving called upon me- and IN vted him
to accompany me- Down We droveI | made an
iuaudbe speech to amob and we roeutered our car
rago to return to London. In "a large constituency
like Mddlescx few know tho candidates by sight
Irving felt II his duty to assume mine 10 cirCOH-
stance lie folded his arms, pressed his hat his
bIOws. aud every inch the 6atlied politician -
defeated, sad but yet sterny resigned 10 his late.
crowd came to the conclusion that ho was the de-
feated candidate. so woehegOne aud 30 solemnly
dignihod did he look that they overcome with
emotion, aud, ~ show their sympathy, thcy took