New-York tribune., 1884-01-05
PERSONAL.

Lamartine's old home IN Paris and the chalet pre-
sented to him by the city IN S48 are for sale.
The ninety-iirst anniversary of Lucretia Motifs
birthday vas celebrated in Philadelphia on Thurs
day by the Universal Peace Union and the Penn
sylvania Peace Society.
Ex-Rcpresentative Jay A. Hubbell, of Michigan,
now declares himself to be entirely out of politics.
He is devOting his attention principally to the in
terests of his big stock-farm in Nebraska.
Judge Ezra B. Taylor, who now represents Gar
fields old Congressional District, IS tall, slender
man. with a long. sandy beard cold gray eyes, and
intellectual features He has the reputation of
being good story teller.
When the late DR.. Z. s. Frazer of st. Louis, was
returning from the Black Hawk war; in which he
was a surgeon, he crossed a ferry and, having no
money got the feryman to trust him for the toll
cents. year later he rode sixty miles on horse
back to revisit the feTryman and pay the debt.
After his retirement from the stage, Mario found
his chief delight in the study of archaeology,
languages and painting and also amused himself at
carpentry at which he was very clever. But he
carefully Stunned all musical instruments, and
never sang single note.
MOnsgnor Savarcse, who recently received
into the Protestant communion by the Rev. Dr.
Neyin at ST. Paus (American) Church in Paris. be-
lOnged to the class of Roman prelates as Mon
signOr Cape and in influence and general esteem at
the Vatican stood almost at the head of the list.
He was one of the doctors commissioned by Plo
Mono to prepare his famous Syllabus.
Edmund C. Stedman after settling hOnorably
with every creditor is once more back on the floor
of the Stock Exchange. The best wishes of more
friends here and throughout the country, than al
most any other broker on the Street can reckon, at
tend this new start IN the old field in which this
business man Of letters has so long maintained a
spOtless record.
Last spring Justice Lawson committed Mr..
Dwyer Gray, Of the Dublin United Hishmdn. to
prison for contempt of court. When Gray got out
again, few weeks later he found LawsOn's country
villa at Bray to let for the summer "Just what
want for the season. he exclaimed, and rented it
forthwith. That evening LawsOn's agent said to
the Justice: I" / rented your house to-day, and to
whom do YOU suppose ?" u" I'm sure don't know"
"Dwyer Gray" %Well, that's better quarters than
| gave him before
Colonel A. S. NJ. Morgan, of Pittsburg, Penn, has
in his possession an autograph letter written to his
mother in 1922 by Thomas Jefferson. She had sent
him the prospectus of a society, Of which she was
founder, whose object was to encourage American
manufactures by pledgng ladies to wear only Ameri-
can-nadc dress goods, and he wrote: The effort
which is the subject Of your letter is truly audable
No one has been more sensible than myself
of the advantage of placing the consumer by the
side of the producer, nor disposed to encourage
it by example"
Mr. Ross Raymond, who represents The London
DaiIy NGcs at the seat of possible war in IOnqun
is a veteran correspondent. lie began his
journalistic career as a Parliamentary reporter foI
The Morning Adre'tiser. A few months later the
Franco German war broke out and he joined the
staff of NJ de Blowitz and represented The London
Times IN Paris during the siegeS. Then The DAILY
Ne,rs got him and sent him all through the Russo
| Turkish war and the British campaign in Afghanis
tan Returning to London he wrote leaders for Ibt
Nccs on military affairs until AIabi broke loose IN
Garnet Wulselcy's army, and was slightly wounded
at Tel-el-Kebr He has frequently visited this coun
try, and has written essays ON American poltic>
and society.