New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-15
RSONAL.

Profcssor Robert Koch f. preparing an caborat"
trcat,c the life. works and death Of the bacillus.
Dr. Frederick nrnmaun. who performed tachrotomy
on Emperor Frederick In l--s. has now become EN-
tr,orduary Professor ~ surgery I'm ;hc University II
Berlin. lie va, graduated in medicine and surgery
barely ten year, ago
The late DR.. Rcichcnbach. Keeper of the botanical
Garden, At HAMBURG lcft his library and collections
Of plant 10 The vienna Court Museum. The library
contain, about 10000 works I'm 5000 volumes. aud
| the hcrharlun about 100000 sheets.
Mis- Harriet lo,mcr. the sculptor. will soon, SAYS
d" The Chicago Tribune" appear i'm new role. having
recently completed I'm connection with Miss Charlotte
Pcndlcton Of Philadelphia, the lhrcto for operctta
that @ill be brought out early next winter. Tho
music viii be- written hy "A distinguished composer
who's" name cannot now be- given. The plot is founded
play written several years ago In Rome Italy, by
Miss liosmcr. II was called 1885, and wa, an airy
looking forward to the customs and appliances I'm
vogue century later. soon after II was written It
was PLAYED I'm Rome with w. ". story. the sculptor,
In one Of the leading characters. Those who saw II
were delighted with II, quaint conccits and witty
illusions 10 prominent men and affairs Of that time,
calling II gem u II, Hearing Of 1t. the Queen
of Italy sent To Ms ilo-mcr for the manuscript \
few copies were accordingly printed for private disrl
button. but the play has never been made public.
The new brctto has already been secured by "A well
hnoWn theatrical manager who Will spare NO expense
m II, production. Miss lIosmcr = sun lard at woFR
VA her Chicago studio bat AT no distant day viii give
exhibition OF her AT the Att Institute
on that occasion shc VIII describe new system OF
proportion which 'h" believes viii be Of great use
Mr. Henry =. Waters. Of Salem. Mass. the we'll
known geueaossi.- who took up the investigations
IN American ancestry begun 10y the late Colonel
Chester. II England. viii address the New York
genealogical and biographical soccty ON Friday
evening On the subject Of his recent WASHINGTON.
John Harvard aud other genealogical discoveries
made In In" Old World
DR.. Henry J. W. Johnstonc who died recently in
England at the age Of eighty two. lived at Boulogne
during the stormy times which followed the abdica
ton Of Louis Philippe and the coup d'cat In these
events he took keen interest, and he was the hero
Of AN episode which, In the words Of The London
Time,,@ IS probably unique In the history of Journal
i'm In I-51 90 he addressed to The Tines a
series of letters remarkable for their powerful in
vcctvc, exposing aud cOndemnlng NapocOn's i'm
pcral designs. That these letters which appeared
with the signature of An Englishman,' displayed
great talent may fairly bc assumed since the Editor
If "The Times published them. though unauthen
Gated y name ana addsesi In faG' 1t WIS rSod n9t
came acquainted with the authorship al these letters
which we're attributed at the time to various persons
u cmIncncc.
A bcegar, named Pletro Marcolnl, who for thirty
years has been familiar figure in ST. Peters at Rome
has just died suddenly from apoplexy. as he was leav
ing the Raslllca. He was the ony mendlcant who
was permitted to follow his calling within the church
Itself, Plus TX having granted him that privilege
Leo XIII confirmed It later, and also, like his pre-
dcccs~or granted audience TO the bcggar who was
lame and afflicted. When MarcoIni was received by
,ins IL. he complained Of the cold lie felt Within
the church. whereupon the POPE bestowed upon him
an OH warm dressing gown Of his own THIS gar
mcnt however. the bcggar wore only on great
occa-ons ana the more solemn festivities of the
Church. Ne had been repeatedly offered large sums
for II by foreigners but always refused to part with
IL. IL Is said that Plus IX, when he went into St.
Peters. always highly amused 10 see the hcggar
e"wp Thc @agmen, ,yi,, nresumabIv descend "a
al heirloom to Mareoins children. together with the