New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
PERSONAL.

Sir Thomas Gladstone. brother Of the ex-fremier'
Is a strong Conservative, and an unequvocal oppo-
nent OF Home Rule in Ireland.
DuIing tho summer. says "The Plttsburg Chroni-
cle" when Mr.. Andrew carnegie was up In the noun
talns at Crcsson no driving around ono day when
he saw little boy about twelve years OF age playing
by tho roadside There something very at
tractvo looking In tho face OF the little felio"'
and MIR. Carnegie stopped to have CHAT with MIN
He found that the boys parents lived up In tno
mountains and were very poor. The ntuo 1ehow
was very intelligent and talkatve and Mr.. Carnegie
took fancy to him. He saw HIS parents ana oo-
tanned their consent to let the boy come with MIN 70
his cottage The boy came and stayed severa months
and Mr.. Carnegie became very much attached 10 MN
Last week he sent him to Manager jones' ol INC
Edgar Thomson Steee Works. and asked MIN 10
ind place Tor the little fellow In the once 90
"Joe" he Is called. is now IN one OF inc 90
partmcnts Of tho great mill. 200" Is becoming
domesucaed and Is likely # natural sharpness goes
for anything, to be q mill manager some day.
Mr. Bran stoker recently lccturcd to great
audience at the London Institution on "ADraham
Linoon."
Italy Is becoming land of monuments One has
been erected to Victor Emmanuel at Turin costing
5000 OOO all OF which paid by King HumDert.
Another going up on tho Janicuium In homo W
Garibaldi, TO cost as much. Milan, Naples, Cehoa'
Ia ermo, and Bologna putting up monuments 10
Victor Emmanuel costing from $4,000 10 Sloo'ooo
each. and Genoa is spending $4,000 on one 10
The Columbia Club, OF Spltalsneld, recehoy Pio-
sented to Mr. Bran Stoker handsomely nameo
address, copies Of the Bible and the Life OF Cnrse
and a musical album. The club is a social and friend-
ly society under the patronage Of the baroness Dur
dett Coutts, and the address. which was road ny
Mr. a. Bttan trustee, set forth thai Doth as eno
agent OF Mr. Henry Irving-who had on various
occasions and in most generous manner a'orue"
the memheis aud their wives opportunities Tor VIII
Messing the performances at his theatrc-as well as per
.onay MIR Brlm stolcr had rendered services 10
these East-End wcrkingmcn wnicn tncy ooiuliI,y
appreciated In addition to conveying 'nailNs,
they desired to commemorate MS recent heroic
act in lcaping from flNer s@ahnpo"e " S"'o W
life OF o fellow creature.
At Romo tho exEmpress Eugcnio went 70 INC
ROYAL Palace TO SEQ the sword carried by Napoleon
Bonaparte ut Marengo.
Fmln Bey has freed from the slave trade province
containing ten iillIon Inhabitants
| SIR Edward Cecil Culnness's gifts to his employees
have been unprccedenteily great To Mr.. Pursar'
for many years chef manager OF the preweilcs' Ito
recently presented check for $l'ooo'ooo'
Sir Harry yerney, ex-M. p, has this month cele
bratcd his eighty filth birthday anniversary.
Mr. George Burns, one of the three founders Oh
the Cunard steamship Company, Is still hVing'
ninety one years DID,
Even such blase man as the Prince OF wales
can enjoy o new sensation. H. r. IL. mas recently
smoked cigarette made OF tobacco grown in England
| Marie Hcibron's estate amounts to moro than
100000.
yictorien sariou has made a fortune by the pro-
duction of his plays in London. but has always con
CONTINUOUSLY refused to visit that city unul now
Miss Grace Hawthorne the ambitious young American
actress, is the attraction that draws him hither