New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-10
PERSONAL.

Mr. George Crawford Plat, of Philadelphia, Is one
Of tho two three surviving members of sheridan's
body guard He has the little gold eagle that adorned
the centre Of Sheridan's batle-fag.
Sir Richard owen the great comparative anatomist
has entered his eghyHfh year in capital FORM mental
and physical.
Tho late Joseph A. Yates OF Besscmer, Alabama,
the Rebel officer In command Of the Iron Battery
at the fall Of Fort Sumter. lie conspicuous in
many battles Of the Rebellion, and when peace re-
stored he made himself useful and enterprisng cit
lzen and laborcd earnestly for the Industrial re-
habilltaon Of the South he had fought for the dis
solution OF the Union.
The notorious Lord Colin Campbell IS said to be
going to India to practice barrIser at Bombay
Poor India She has already suffered SO much at
British hands
Mr. James R. osgood has been elected member Of
the Reform Club, Of London.
Bumptious young Sir Lepel Griffin has got a fat APP
pointment In India, and will 90 back there
Speaking OF a recent notable social function in Lon
don, "The Sunday Tines OF that city observes ::
Among the American ladies' who have peacefully &C.
ccmplished the social conquest of Great Britain, few
rank higher than Mrs. Addr. 1t Is not surprising
therefore, that, notwfths andng the fact that H. r. IL
the Prince Of Wales unavoidably absent the TO
maindcr of the foremost representatives Of the fashion
able world came, they say in the States, solid
Six Duchesses, at period other OF the night,
graced Mrs. Adairs pretty rooms, the new Duchess OF
Marlborough, however, being throughout the night the
chief centre OF interest, and having at length rccoy
cred from the fagues and Inconvenience OF her late
Journey she made even more favorable mprcs sion
than was the case on her first appearance AZ Mrs OPP
and hor sister, Miss Yznaga created quito a comma
tlon by arriving at tho late hour OF I'm the morning
and IL was only after considerable ingenuity had becn
displayed that the secret leaked out that tho grcat
supper given by tho Augustln DAILY company had mo-
nopolZed the earlier part OF the evening Mrs Adalr's
dance may unheSitatingly be placed amongst the crea
successes OF tho year and IL thoroughly deserves ali
the good things that have been said about TT
There Is to be seen in dry goods shop at Phila
delphia Penn bust Of General Sheridan which gives
the latest study Of his features from life II was ex
ecuted by Mr.. j. j. Boyle the SCULPTOR who spent two
weeks with the General last winter making Sketches
Mr.. Boyle says that no found the General a very
nervous and uneasy subject and difficult to deal with
friendly and entertaining and anxious to do everything
required, but restless and unable to maintain n nose
longer than few minutes at time and constantly
intcrruptng the slttings to and see how The
WORK was getting on. At one time he actually SAT-
SIN Whole hour and at another time pcrhaps wontv
minutes, but these were exceptional occasions m,
pose rarely lasting moro than ton minutes AZ n time
The sculptor however, gave up his DAYS to the work
ana Tor fortnight studied his subject with an oarna
purpose to reproduce not only the measurements =,
tho head and features, but the measure Of the man