New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-25
PERSONAL.

Tho tuneful hcwgag Of Dixie will be nightly
sounded today at Lccsburg, Va. where will be held
reunion Of Of ex Rebel, with General Thomas L KOsser
at their head-thc agile Ros,er whom sheridan used
to chase around the country 20 merrlly. Many other
crel and Colonels have been invited to attend, in
Guiding Generals wade Hampton, VI. G. Butler, E. C.
Walthan, j. W. Daniel, VI. Il. Ransom, Eppa Hunton,
W. H. +. Lee u. H. Naury, Jane, Wheeler and W. IL.
PAYNE. and Colonel, Zcb' Vance, Charles OtclcH'
II. \. Herbert and W. G. p; BrcGhn~dSe; hnt the
most conspicuous names on the roll are those OF Two
real. live and openly confessed private Mee,r,' JONI
VI. Allen, Of Mississippi and william Wilson, 81
Virginia In honor of the occasion the people of
Lccsburg have boon requested 10 decorate their home
with the color, Of tho lot cause blended with the
National cmblcm'.
The Rev. DR.. samuel Henderson, who died suddenly
la, wccl, AT Troy. Ala. Of the foremost min
i,ter, of the Baptist Church in the south
When the statue Of Robert +. Lee reaches Richmond
IT viii be placed in wagon and dragged to the site
Of the monument by thousands Of men and women who
vii take hold Of a rope "a mile or more long.
The Hon. Horace A. Taylor, Commissioner of Rail
roads, and long chairman Of the Wisconsin Repub-
,can state Committee ha, purchased outright
The State Journal Of Madison. WI.
Representative Reyburn. Of Philadelphia, Penn, the
successor Of William d. Kelley. has invested # is
sad about II 900 900 in real estate at Lcavcnworth.
Kan.
The late A. c. Bradford. Register Of the United
states Land Office at san Francisco. belonged to the
old Bradford family Of Philadelphia, and was born
m Delaware. lie studied law IN Philadelphia with
benjamin Harrison Brewster. but deserted the Office
to start for California with the first rush Of gpli
seeker, lie was - the first contingent OF those
who started from New ORLEANS 70 the l~thmns on the
steamer Falcon and being unable b. find other means
nf tran ,portatiOu the Pacific side hr cm arkod on
the wlalcr Mantle, and arrived at san Francisco or
the 18th Of July, l-i3.
Mr. Eugene Field relates that when Max oRel'
first came to London he took little house IN retired
quarter Of the city About O'Clock one morning the
whole ncighborhood wa aroused hy cries IN the
street somebody shouting at the top Of his voice
" Murder. Fire Thicvc, - and this huhbuJ wa' pro
tra,tcd until everybody in the locality was at hi-
window 900 a state of violent alarm. II VT, Man
b'Ecll. who. returning home ~ tl~ unholF hpur ann
finding h.s.sN ,lcri ont took this way of arou>iu-
hi servants Finally standing IN the middle Of the
street. the exposure Of al eye. 'KeU lifted Dr., nat
and. bowling politely thi' way AMI thai. sad " Ihahhs
GOOD ncchhOr,. for Your friendly sol, tudc. haNlnl
awakened the concierge, Will nov enter my home
For the first time In history the Pope has conferred
a pontihcal decoration ON a monarch who does not
belong ~ the Christian faith The Holy Father la
ma forwarded 10 him tlc insignia together with az
autograph letter u which he thanks Na-rcd Deem for
tc PROJECTION and liberty accorded 10 the Catholics NJ
. Persia.
Leo NH {, Just now absorbed in the interesting bat
somewhat gloomy task ~ experimenting the maxim.
~ Doll, tomb. which. together with tho monument
hclYnc.us thereto. be Is anxious % have complete,
during his lifetime. When finished 10 Will consist
~ largo scpulchral urn. ON which tie life -n'
statue II the Pope is placed At either side II tln
ufr ar, two colossal statue, representing Religion
ard Justice. Tho statues are ~ CIrfaia marh"
and tho urn ~ porphyry. Three years VIII SUI b,
required 10 complete 10 and it is To- cost $4,000.