New-York tribune., 1890-05-23
PERSONAL.

4 sult has been brought against OK xSenator saon'
, v.l,,.in for the recovery Of title lands worth
several million dollars
Tho Hon. Elijah Morse will deliver the Decoration
Dav address at the National soldiers Home at WASH
lnrou.
Nj, Florence Nightingale has Just completed her
SEVENTEEN year. and her sister, the WIG Oh III many
Nrrucy. has just died.
The present ,crou, illness Of Lord Alcester Is due
10 M, having been knocked down by an omnibus IN
ordou ,on. days ago. Three of hi, ribs were broken
"A bad experience for a man Of seventy years
The engagement is announced OF Miss Helen L.
smith, Youngest daughter of Ex-Governor J. Gregory
smith, OF 81 Albans Vt, 10 the Rev. Donald =
N,Kay pastor OF the First Congregational Church OF
~ Adams, who came to that place last winter rom
Fiinbur.h scotland. and b, young man OF great
talent IL j, understood the marriage VIII take pace
In August september to be followed by tour 10
England and scotland.
The late Writ Dexter, Of Chicago. was well known
I'm r,.ton a. he usually spent his summers at Beverly
Manchester
Lawrence Barrett sailed yesterday aboard the
steamer Lahn. from Bremen, for New York. Mr..
Barrett j, In excellent health and spirits and null OF
hope and zeal Tor his next dramatic season.
The German Emperor has Just had magnificent
sword manufactured in Berlin gift to the Sultan.
\ lion, head IN gold with ruby eyes forms the top
the hit i, formed by tho ~uan's monogram IN gold
set with very hne brilliant>. The blade IS OF gdei
,lrcl with uChled scabbdrd. ana the sword Knot Is
-ct with diamonds The whole Is wondtIinl pleto
of workmanship, and does credit 10 the technical art
OF Berlin.
The Duke Of Norfolk has written from Palestine 10
the Qnccn Of England to inform her Of interesting
incident connected with the visit of the English Pill
crlms to the Holy Land. ON II. Georges Day, toF
the first time since the age the Crusadcs Pontihcal
Ush Ma, sung at the silver altar in front Of the
Holy >cpulchro by English prclate. the Hon and
Kight Rev. william Clifford. Bishop of Clifton; ana
his lord,hip also preached. after which the anthem.
" Domino ~alYIm fac Rcgnam NO.tram'-in other
words, God save the Ouccn'-WaS sung by the pI
srims tn was the first instance that the Queen
or any other British Sovereign had been puiN'N
pr,yed for n that place probably since the time Oi
richard Cocur de Lion, and certainly the first since
the Reformation
The ease with which Governor Beaver OF Pennsyl
vania gets about leg and two crutchcs sur
pri,rs almost every who meets him. In reply TO
a query on this point the General tells story.
ca,s mate of mine at Jefferson College lost an arm
while lighting the southern army At a reunion
of our cla,, after tnc war | nas the first member on
hand After engaging at II Canon,burc hotel
siuntcrcd around the Old college buildings waiting
for the rest the boys Of the class of J6 To turn up
The first one 10 put in an appearance had an empty
coat sleeve. While rebel shell had taken my leg
, non ball had torn away his arm. | invited him
up 10 my room and he was with that night.
noticed that he had no difficulty at all In arranging
his clolug and In doing pretty nearly every thing else
that a with two arms finds necessary to 90
said him that the loss OF didn't seem 10 ~
commodc him. We'll, do YOU know. jim ho replied
that since lost my other arm and md that every
Of two often wonder what reason the good LORD had
for making a man with two arms Now In my case
strongly as my MANNED classmate did, but one lee
seems to answer me very we'll