New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-03
PERSONAL

Mr.. j. Beaver Webb will build him cottage at Bar
Harbor.
The Hon. Frederick Billings and family, Of Wood
stock. Vermont, viii spend the sprins in South caro-
lima.
The ex-O Queen Of Naples, living in exile in France
devotes her attention chiefly to Nurse racing sho nd
a large stable of capital horses
There Is an admirable project afoot, in which Amerl
can classical scholars may properly be Interested for
raising worthy memorial to the late Rev. Dr. hooerl
Scott Dean of Rochester and partner OF DIT Henry
c. Liddell In producing the famous OieeA IeA9IUn, ~
Lddell, by the way, is sun Dean Vi Ohr's'
oxford.
Ancnt the Wales silver wedding 1t observed that the
Prncoss's eight bridesmaids of twenty-five years ago
are all living all married. and none divorced Doubt
less they arc still beautiful
at is the one button left unfastened," Kaiser VII
helm used TO say that is tho ruin OF the army
Mr.. and Mrs Georg Henschel have gone to Russia
for brief tour armed with many distinguished letters
of introduction including one from the Princess u
Wales TO her sister the CzaIind-
One Of tho most frightened mon that the world ever
saw says "The Buffalo Courier" was Mr. Charles
Dickens IT,, the other night The only light on the
stage when no made his appearance was from the
chandelier over his head. lie had Just come 10 the
melancholy point whore Mrs Dombey' dies, when
there was a frghtful cracking and blazing at Mr.
DIskens's feet A sheet OF fame shot into the air,
and Mr. Dickens started back in onsernailOn while
most cOmlca expression OF surprise alarm ana terror
came into his face Tie alarm and terror were for an
instant shared by the audience, but the reader and his
hearers quickly put at their case when they say
that It was only the fooghts which had s4ddGen5
with flushed face continued his story OF Paul Dom
beyD
Ex-Governor Garcelon, OF Maine, wants to be a
delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
al thank Cod said Mr.. Horace Davis, in his inau
gural address as president of the California state
University that tie tire has come wien the treasures
of the higher educ alton laid open to women equally
with men and believe that this leayen will silently
work through the whole community, giving higher
to society, and exercising benign influence oven
upon public Affairs"
Mr. Arthur Wolaston Hutton, the librarian OF
the English National Liberal Club, has had remark
able career He was a scholar of Exeter College
Oxford, and obtained first class in the final schools
After serving for some years eurate at one of TIT
parish churches of oxford, he obtained valuable
family living In Lincolnshire. After while conscen
ous scrupes determined him to renounce the ministry
Of the Church OF England, and no Joined the Ora
torians AT birmingham under Cardinal Newman. Tim,
and experience, however, convinced him that he had
no vocation for clerical work. and he returned TO The
pursuits of literature and scholarship, i9r which he
had always shown peculiar aptitude lie Is mai
OF singularly wide and varied reading; he has dis
eliminating Judgment in literary matters, aud no Is
genuine lover OF books.
When Chief Justice Waite was in Boston few years
ago, he called upon an old friend, who is wellknOwI
author and publisher, and asked him X he had any
new books Of interest "well,' was tho reply I've
a new digest for youn The Chief Justice exprstet
bis desire TO see the new laborsaying machine which
would help to relieve the drudgery OF his Judicial lie
and was somewhat taken abaok on being handed
little volume, not hound In the traditional sheopshr
new edition OF Barilettis Familiar Quotations" An
said the Chief Justice as he ggsn ed genlally at Tho
author and looked appellznsy 4 his literary ,reaSu,
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