New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-06
PERSONAL.

public dinner VIII this evening be rendered to Dr.
d. Hayes Agnew, OF Philadelphia, at the Academy OF
Music at that city, In commemorson OF the hftieth
anniversary of his graduation as Doctor Of Medicine
Eminent representatives OF the profession Will DO pros
ent from all parLs OF the country.
The Minister Of sweden and Norway and Nine. dc
Rcuterskjold will sail for home tomorrow.
memorial Of the late Daniel Manning has been
placed by his widow in st. Pauls Church, Albany.
1t IS a large Latin cross Of polished brass, appro-
prlstely inscribed
Mr. Morgan II. Bulkeley, exMayor OF Hartford,
Conn., on administering the oath Of Office to his sue
cessor Mr. Root, last Tuesday, presented TO the city
the portraits Mayors for the past hundred years
which he had purchased and framed uniformly at his
own considerable expense.
The editors of Tho Columbia Spectator" have
opened a subscription among the college students of
this country for the fund for monument to J. J.
Audubon, the illustrious naturalist.
There Is a great dsquiet among the rtualIst clergy
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church Of Philadelphia
over the news that their former fellow and leader,
Father Rivington, Of 81. Clements, has become
Romanist
Long before he became Attorney-General Of the
United States, Mr. Benjamin Harris Brewster was
offered very exalted office condition that he would
dispense its vast patronage certain purposes
Patronagel' exclaimed he, frownng hercely at the
important statesman who had made the offer, pat
ronage be - DO you think that have a herd OF
swine to feed at the public trough" And so he did
not get the Office One of the most striking charac-
teristcs Of Mr. brewster said who knew him well
few years ago. Is his domesticlty. his homo Is his
paradise; his Preside his altar And rarely beautiful
home 1t Is There Is none OF your modern aestheuclsn
about 1t, no garIng coors nor subdued browns and
pale lilies, elongated stors nor japanese dragons
contaminated virilc taste in everything. His inner
Office Is delightful spot in which to pass half hour
paintings; a number OF quaint old engravngs; an
ancient IRE place, which oentlmes when he Is alone
the only light that illumines the room-the Students
lamp wherein the midnight oil often burns, being ex
Portable chairs are its only furniture lie lives and has
bis office in a roomy old mansion, happy with his wife,
beautiful Boy who promises to keep alive the honor
and the memory Of his father
Senator Pasco tells his Florida constituents that
he VIII secure them S25O,00O for public building at
! Jacksonville
Kaiser Wilhelm died Just day before the annlver
sary of the death Of his mother, Queen Louise
| The late Senator Carnot a schoolmate of Louis
| Napoleon at Augsburg. The future Emperor was
| looked upon as Ounce.
Mr. Andrew Lang has been chosen lecturer on
| Natural Theology at ST. Andrews University
That solemn old owl, NJ Lcconte de Isle, doesn't
| believe that Shakespeare ever wrot" plsy. " lie
waso says the French poet, an uneducated and I'M
cultivated butcher-boy, who died young with great
should not fail to cali on NJ de Isle during his present
| visit to Europe.
Dr. Moren Mackenzie has been made an honorary
citizen of San Reno
Speaking Of the late German Emperor, NJ Albert
Wolf says In lie Figaro' Army officers wero not
allowed to gamble at Baden.Baden. One evening the
King was visiting the tables when he noticed subordl-
| nate In civilian dross trying his luck at trente-et-
| uuarante. He had placed two or three louis on inc
table and had won nice little sum, when he saw inc
King opposite lie turned PALE trembled, and hesl-
| tated TO take possession of his money Thereupop
King william approached and whispered In MS ear
| Don't DO afraid Take In your money, Dut oont 10
| IL apain'D