New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-01
PERSONAL.

John Greenleaf whittior will spend a portion Of the
summer at Hoiderness, n. ii.
Esee Reclus Ia the only eminent Anarchist leader in
France who Is liberty, but Prince Krapotkine and NJ.
Gauer will be released this month KrapOtkine's health
IL not believed to suffered permanent injury at
Clairvaux.
Colonel George Gordon Greene. the veteran Boston
journalist, has this week begun his eighty first year.
Murat Halstead, Editor OF The Cincnnat. Commercial
GAZETTE has taken cottage for the summer at Long
Branch and Is there with his wife aud ten children.
stillson Huchns Of IN, Washington Post, was in this
city Saturday completing arrangements 10 60 into the
manufacture OF printing machinery. II is understood
thai lie will retire from the newspaper business.
WarGovernOr Buckingham. OF Connecticut, whose
statue was the other day unveiled at Hartford, d.
roct OF the Rev. Thomas Buckingham, who
founder OF Yale College and was minister at say
brook In $40 His mother MatsOn, Of Lyme, and
grandma her OF Chei-JusLlc Morrison r. Waite.
Tie silver vase recently presented to Henry Irving by
Mr. Toole designed by Flsxman and originally pre-
scented by Lord Holland and others TO John kemble
his retirement from the stage III 1917
Representative Springer the Industrious "inyest
gator" is tall and thin with we-formed head
crowned with thin black and silver hair.
"For more than twenty-five years of my life," says
John Ruskn, al would not believe that women could
paint pictures But wrong In that established
vction. Women can paint. am quite subugated, con.
yerted, my ideas entirely overthrow by Mrs Buffers
Waterloo have found her to be great artist and
have the profoundes admiration FOX hor since she made
have had several women artists, all distn-
guished In thoir different ways-Nrs. Alugham, Miss
Crcenaway. Mas Alexander aud Miss rrottor"
Mr. william d. IIowos and family 90 to Vermont this
wock for the summer.
General Butler will not, probably, go yachting this
summer He has placed bis America NJ his sons dis
posa but the young nan busy turn skipper
the famous craft romans Jut OF commission, hauled
up at the Navy Yard.
Mr.. Howard Vincent. who has lately quilted the office
Of Director Of Criminal Investigations 40 Scotland Yard,
London, which he ed ably for six years and
tered the army IN bis youth and remained thoro for many
years During tho latter part OF his military he
visited each year u foreign country aud mastered ts
language. Thus In 1869 he spent his flrough In Italy,
10 ls70in Germany, in 1871 In Austria IN 1872 In Russia,
IN 1875 In Turkey. Come idea OF his energy and sp
picaIion may be gathered from the IN which he
set 10 learn Russian. On his arrival In ths
try advertised for Russian family where he could DO
received vsrsed in the language, and allowed to study
Russian to his hearts coutep He employed -four tutors
each with % different SYSTEM with whom he studied
eleven hours adsy. In six weeks he able 10 con-
In Russian with nuency and accuracy. These ac
qrenents led to his selection by TIE Daily Telegraph as
special correspondent with the army In the Danube
highest salary probably ever paid Ia an English
press correspondent, the rate being fixed Mt $4,000
year. Unfortunately, however, he was not allowed 10
earn IL for many weeks, for the Grand Duke Nicholas
England narras his experiences eleven columns OF
he Daily Isieydph, OF the longest letters pub
lished in a single issue Of that Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 3O.-Senator Conger. OF Michigan
has received notification that the degree OF LIZ d. has
bean conferred upon him by no Gettysburg college