New-York tribune., 1885-01-07
PERSONAL.

Professor sillmans house in New-Haven was slightly
damaged by sunday evening and more by the water
used To put out the fire.
Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coke is mourning tho loss OF
a book Ms which lac mailed at Buffalo to his Boston pub
fishers and has not since heard o.
Representative Houk will go ont OF Congress and into
the chief editors chair The Chronicle OF Knoxville,
Tenn, on March L.
The Rev Phillips Brooks will spend long vacation in
Europe this year.
Governor Hill has the reputation OF being one OF the
most bashful OF and various anecdotes illustrating
this current in Albany. One OF these accounts for
the snguary youthful appearance which he presents In
the acts OF photographs OF Assemblymon during the
time that he was legislature. The first note that
new member receives arriving at the Capitol Is us-
ally circular from Photographic establishment ask
ing him call and sit for picture which VIII appear In
the legislative album annually made About three
quarters of the members respond 20 this first call. and
second circular brings nearly all the remainder The few
who do not pond then personally waited first
by the photographer person and he fails by an at
tractiye lady attendant and no one down to 1871 had
been known resist the various applications. But d. B
HILL OF Chomung in that year found to be ineorrgi-
ble The circulars had effect the photographers call
had no effect and succeeded In eluding the visit OF
the young lady Time passed. and the artist was In
despair Many albums had been ordered. but none could
completed without the photograph OF the paaniul
photographer In Elmra, asking for negative oi the
bashfu lawmakcr But IL appeared hat he nad hau no
picture taken snco he was schoolboy, ana the mega
tive of that supposed 10 be useless since he had ar
rived at mans estate The Albanian was not however;
bo dauntcd by any such objection lie promptly sehu
for the Youthful picture nled the waiting space IN e
albums with COPIES and thus completed the set or Menu
bers This accounts for the appearance OF face ap-
parently that OF page boy ON the Chemug page Oh the
album or lSIl
Mr. Charles Gibson, who IA suggested by number OF
Democratic papers particularly in the West for the Ber
lin mission leading lawyer or St. Louis. who speaks
German and French, has u number Of friends among
dipomatsts and has been decorated by Doth the Ger
man and Austrian Emperors distinguished legal
vices The only office he held was that OF solicitor
General during LlncOn's Administrations while MS law
partner. Edward Bates, was Attorney -GeneraL
Ex-senator Dorsey IS said 10 be poet OF no moan
ability restrained by excessive difidenoo from publish
Ing his verses
Mr. Passmore Edwards has purchased The Weekly
Times OF London for 500 900 and will make n an organ
ot advanced Radicalism. surprising even his former
journal. The Echo. Ia violence.
While there "a discussion the grant 20 be made
TO Prince Albert Victor OF Wales II may be remembered
that the royal family OF England gets probably smaller
revenue from the Kingdom, IN proportion to It's wealth.
than any other in Europe. Parliamentary allowances
10 all members of the family aggregate about S2oso
ooo and the receipts from the duledoms OF Lancaster
and Cornwall swell this to. say S3'2oo'ooo' "hich
their total public income The revenue OF the
Empre is probably something more than 81 .OOOOOoooo
So the royal income is only about three euhs OF one
ner cent OF the state funds Compare these figures with
tbose relating To the Car That monarch receives
II 2 go 900 out OF total National revenue or only
little more than $500, 100000 year: Take anOther
example: The petty littlo Prince OF Montenegro app
nronrntes $40 500 out OF his Nations $500 OOOno fur
fro seven per cent And In addition TO that he gets
S24 900 year from Russia and $4,000 from Austria