New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-26
PERSONAL. =
cratic organ:

,,.o,,ocal contradiction is given by Colonel George
" Williams. the negro orator and historian, TO the
rocentv current tales OF his engagement ana marriage
to young English lady whom he mot oil oosru mp
while going to Europe last monIh. ING Io"i""No
rlmor," he says " is without fouh"''io"'
The last trip aoat made By the late Cap FORBES
-, poston. was on June 20, 1886, when, from the
dock Of the yacht Twilight. in company with MS
ro,her the Hon John NJ Forbes. he saw his nephews
yacbt. the puritan, win the great regatta OH Maroe
head
,oor, tho lecturers at Wesleyan University this
r,nter WIN be the Hon Carroll d. Virgin, froiessor
" brown Goode. and the Rev. Dr. D. NJ bucAcy'
Tho mansion OF the late Mr.. Sheffield tho FOUNDER
y, tho Sheffield Scientific School, OF Yale has been
transformed into bioosca iapora'oiS ior ',1 'noi
nlh school and the finest apparatus ootainaole has
- o,,rod One large room I'm the building has
bccn ftrcd up as botan cal laporalory Inc name
elected for the building Is inc o""io'u oloosicsi
Laboratory"
pr,rco Oscar Bernadotte, the second son OF the
c,,.odon who a couple OF years ago renowned
-. ~ and prlviloges OF his royal birth to marry
,",. Tbha Mtnck performed an act of galantry last
oh which will go far to Increase his popularity
,brouehout his fathers dominionS. small boat
18th three men had capsized near the head Of the
,tor At Karlskrona, where he resides. Without hcsi
ans moment the ySaIs desed no 'a thur sas
ord succeeded In Icscuing TWO Oh 'he drowning mon
NJ. third disappeared beneath waves, ana MS
ny ,ras found I'm the surf couple OF days later.
n utSoa oscar Is about 10 receive reward for his
pIlne o IN The shape Of tho little medal for saving
no The same which Prince blshharch prizes above
All his other orders and dccorauohs'
The waistcoat worn by the ill-fated Louis II of
pavarla on the dag of his mysterious death is now
-~hn,,cd at FI,rth In tho shop window OF a liquor
5oaier who purchased 10 al tho auction sale of the
1orsona effects Of the late King. Lest there should
=, any doubt as TO the authenticity OF tho garment
rus dspayed. the auctioncers warrant and bill OF
, arr mined 10 H. When princes show so lHtlc
resporeion as 10 permit such outrage OF all sense
~ decercy a, This, IT. Is scarcely surprising that the
Masses should lose much Of their respect and veneratiou
| for royhl'y'
An impression prevails in England that Prince
,hert Victor OF Wales will never return alive from
| Trdis IL is well known that no has from the very
oset been extremely aSersc 10 making the trip. and
| hst he has REGARDED his Indian odyssey with the
most gloomy forcbodings. The news, therefore, thai
on the very first day Of his arrival in Bombay tn
| elephant on which he was riding stumbled and fell
and that at later hour the same afternoon the
horsds which he was driving boiled. and smashed
III carriage 10 pcces has been received with much
| mncasIncss In London II Is true that the Prince
cscaned ON each occasion with nothing beyond few
scratches and severe shaking but the fact romans
thar the two accidents the same day are regarded
| nv the supentitious as exceedingly oninous DO
cunning TO the Indian tour Of Englands future King