New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-21
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Mayor Carter Harrison, Of Chicago. viii start for
this city to night TO take mart in next weeks dis
crssion at tho Nineteenth Century Club on MI
nicpal Progress and Government.
Mrs. Rhoda Corvin Morris, sister OF the Hon.
Thomas Corwln, recently celebrated her eighty
seventh birthday anniversary at Wilmington Ohio'
Mr. Francis H. Underwood, OF Boston, now
United States Consul at Glasgow Ia presently 70 de-
liver two lectures before the Edinburgh fhilosophi
cal Society on Cambridge and Concord; Two as
meets OF American Literature" He VIII discuss tho
evolution Of the Of literary producuNeness IN
America and in one discourse will give prominence
To Emerson, 1hOreau and Hawtn0rL', anu ia '"'
other to Longfellow, Holmes and Lowell
NJ. Paul Dhormoys relates that after his election
10 tho PRESIDENCY Of France Louis Napoleon rs
marked TO NJ Thers, "strasburg and Bouiogns wero
mad actions Yet these two pieces Of madness mah'
me known and caused my election" "leIhaIs
rnDIed 1liers Those two mad actions contributed
10 bring about your nomination. but youforget ,hini
which certainly helPei t. bring ac2ls your ei''''
In bia boyhood the late General Sir Herbert Mac
pherson was a pupil in Marin Academy. ana was
looked up TO by the other boys as hero. one iea'
brought him special renown. There was an on can
non which had done good service In tho iehihs
war in the grounds OF the academy Inc uo'nr
sprits we're never weary Of taking aim with IT, anu
Of threatening to discharge it, but they never "ehs
the length of putting their threat into execution
Young Macpherson did. He got quantity OF gun.
powter rammed 1t home. and fired, with the result
that large portion Of the adjoining wall came Gown
with a laundering crash. The admirng boys raised
n lusty shout "well done. BERTHE! but the ssnoOi
authorities took n more serious Wow OF uie S'''
ton They put the matter IN the hands OF INC w,
lice and the young hero was sunnohch, W -
court He forgot this experiehcs hons ysre5
afterward. when he returned from hgyP. eovei9t ~
With glory and presented WIN the lIcoo i ~
the burgh OF Marin. he asked If he fenienuefe9
it, lie laughinclv replied shouln .ni snr ~ ;tei
up with my first commission As ! was pa.s'mf u ~,
old Sherif's house to-day expecte. every nhn"''
TO him coming out to seize mo-
DR. Daniel c. Brinton. Of Philadelphia mas peeh
elected Professor Of American Linguistcs ana Arch
olocy in the University Of Pennsylvania. DR. Brntoh
has been for several years Professor OF E'hnooss
and Archaeology in the Academy OF Natural sciences
Of Philadelphia and Is vice president of the American
Association for ths Advancement OF scenes ior .no
section on Anthropology He IL the author OF nume,
ols works and on these Drdnches am hae
tied series OF works IN the native American ian-
ruaces under the title Library OF ADofiglhal tInei
can Literature" six volumes OF which nave "iie''S
appeared
Mr. Gorham OF the Agassn Museum, accon1ihR "
equivalence Journal" writer. iniuges In the pleas
ant dlosyncsy of keeping loose in his bedroom rev
eral full grown rattesnakes which he has tanned anu
% which he makes pets. lie sometimes honors MS
most chesben friends Nv admitting them TO this apart
mani and II Is usually found that one vlSlt j. an
they arc anxious TO make. Mr.. Gorham u sal " ~ ",
n natural snake charmer and to have the power VI
calling snakes from their coverts Dy whisuihg
WASHINGTON, Nov. eO.-General John NJ. Corse, re
Gently appointed postmaster at Boston, has received n
commission and will assume the duties OF MS once VI
December i.