New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-15
PERSONAL.

Mr. Franklin y. GOwcn, president of the Phila-
dephia and Reading Railroad is spending a short
vacation at Old Point Comfort, Va
"Two French journalists. NJ. Olivier Pain and NJ.
Rochefort. ir. leave Paris to-day announced the
Tenement recently in displayed type " for the
army of the Mahdi to follow the operations of the
false prophet who we sincerely hope, will march
from triumph TO triumph.
Robert Dixson, VI. p, of Australia, who Is at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel is the principal partner in the
largest tobacco house of that continent He is here
in that interest, and sem-olicially to forward the
interests of the Worlds Fair soon to be held in
Australia He VIII 90 to England in about week
for a fOrtnights stay.
Mr.. Gladstone doesn't object TO being carica
tured. Mr.. Bannister of the Edinburgh Theatre
Royal recently sent him his the actors) own pOr-
trait as the Grand Old man in the pantomime of
" Blue Beard" and received in return letter from
Mr.. GadstOne's secretary saying that the Premier
took great pleasure IN accepting the photograph,
which he thought testified to very clever imper-
sonatiOn.
One OF DR.. Stubbs's predecessors in the BishOpric
OF Chester, England, was Sir William Dawes, who
aftcrward became Archbishop Of York and who
was genial ioke-loving prelate. One day, ii is
said. praising his wife, Mary, who had been dead
some years, aud by whom he had been Sorely " hen
pecked he remarked that he could truly say of her
that she was Mare PlQcidm. " Yes, my lord"
n
ful for her first TO become u Mare HOUfuuB.' The
Bishop so enjoyed tms joke. though rude one and
at his own expense that 1e presently promoted the
pcTpetTatOr of II 10 a handsome living.
These are halcyon days for Miss Anthony" says
writer in The PhladelpLia Press. Her year
abroad has afforded her the opportunity of meeting
many women favorable TO the cause in high Eng
lish circles, aud she passed several weeks as the
guest of Mrs. Sargent, wife of the American Minis
ter at Berlin, who Is an active member of tue
Suffrage Association in this country. She has re-
turned with renewed faith and courage, and finds
herself the recipient of bequest Of $4,000 from
a friend and cO-laborer in New England. In
a dark ruby velvet dress, which she Is fond of
wearing relieved bv the point lace tichu and cuffs
presented her by several Ladies' of the association
Just rs she went abroad, her still abundant dark
hair, threaded with gray, cOmbed back III PLAIN
bands from her forehead, she is rs pleasant and
matrOnly lady to meet as you might find in many
"a day. and her conversation is rich in the expert
CLEANED from her long life of devotion TO the
cause aud in the resources OF her strong and Gull
tuTed WOmanhOOd"
The house of General Robert Toombs in Wash
ington, Ca says a correspondent Of The PhiI0dsl-
phia Times is a typical Southern home; beauti-
full flower garden of acre, Aanked by barley lots
fronts three-story wooden house with large cham
bers, wide halls and roOmy piazzas. The Generals
Office is in his dwelling, but he generally receives
his company in the cosy sittng-roOm of the second
story. lie is always cordial and gives all. friend
OF stranger, a kindly welcome. Sitting in large
armchair, with his books within easy reach and
the well-used Bible among them, he sat the last Of
the old line He is seventy-fouT, and he is broken
considerably since the death Of his wife, but is still
a vigorous old man. The General has long been
Methodist in conviction, but only recently has he
become COMMUNICATE of the church. His de-
termination to connect himself with the church
was expressed in his usual style Meeting his old
friend, Bishop Pierce one day, he Saidi George,
want YOU to baptizc me. have no religion, but |
am afraid some of these young fools who prate
about inhdelity will say when am dead | did not
believe in Jesus Christ and l wish 10 ayOw my
faith lie is much beloved by his neghbors, and
especially by the children, to whom he Is especially
tender lie saws life is too short for animoSities,
and thar he has no foes and chcrishes no resent
mcnts He has made all things ready for both
worlds, and it matters little with him how soon he
leaves this
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-THE University Of
Edinburgh, Scotland, has invited DR.. Samuel ID.
Gross. emeritus professor of surgery in Jefferson
College. to accept the honorary degree OF Doctor
of Laws ut the precautionary Of It's foundation On
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