New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-09
PERSONAL.

Bishop Brooks OF Massachusetts,, will retain as MS
residence the reetory Of Trinity Church, Boston. Inc
house occupied by the late bishop Paddock has been
sold.
A movement Is being organized in Georgia for the
erection of statue Eli Whitney, the inventor oil the
cotton GIN The centennial OF his invention comes
next year; mud "The Augusta Chronicle, IN pr9pSs
ing the idea suggests that the monument should DC
unveiled at the Cotton Exposition Sf lsO2.
When the Rev. ~ j. Savage, the Boston Unitarian
preached In Washington last Sundays 1t was necessary
30 bring IN temporary seats to accommodate the con-
gregation so great was the rush.
1t is only few years ago that F. T. Dubois. now
Senator from Idaho, with salary of $1,000 year.
was trying hard to get 81 200 clerkship in washing
ton
John NJ Thurston, the prominent Nebraska lawyer,
saw great deal OF poverty in the days when he was
first practising in Omaha His wife now tells with
great pride how he used to buy box OF crackers aud
piece Of cheese and live on them exclusively uhui
the stock was exhausted. lie could scarcely scrape
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Mr. GIadstone's Canadian admirers arranged with
the Liberal leader months ago TO sit for por-
trait but as he had already had his picture painted
nearly forty times, and has let more than hundred
photographers take nkenesses, he dgnifed that he was
rather weary Of the business and would allow no ono
TO execute this Canadian commission but his friend.
SIR John Mllas However the colonsts had an artist
~ their own John Collins Forbes OF Toronto, to whom
they wished to intrIst the task; and Mr. Gladstone
was finally won to this scheme Inc picture Is
now completed and has Just been exposed Ill Lohdon
for criticism.
A correspondent Of The Hartford Courant,' writing
from Dresden where he had caught glimpse OF Rubin
STEIN remarks Madame Rubinstein and the great
artist are they say, well-llke other artists, not
simpaca to put it in the decent, soflened Italian
phrase so he lives in quiet little pension here In
Dresden while she dwells Ia prncesse In ST. Peters
burg where her palace rivals the Cars in splendor
and she gives the most magnificent entertainments OF
the season. But il is hard to believe that the auit
Is with the great musician, for have IL on q frlenu
who has way Of telling astonishing things that nc
gives her money for her pleasures and extrvagances
in bushel baskets simply remariing when he goes
through this ceremony Take II, spend III as you
pIease-only leave me In peace, TO my art'
British musicians especially those who were them
selves candidates for the place, were recently aston
ished by the selection Of Friedrich Niecks as Reid
professor of music IN Edinburgh University. 1t is the
more emunerative chair of music in the British King
DOM Professor Niecks, although of foreign BIRTH has,
since $780, been a naturazed British subject, and Is
n musician OF great attachments. lie was born at
Dusseldorf on February 3, 1e45, and was educated
in that city at Cologne and Leipsc, firstly as violnist
dnail he was twenty Lone he member OF the or
chesra) and afterward in philosophy, psycholoey,
literature and the fine arts. lie has long resided In
scotland and apart from his signed articles In various
periodicals he Is we'll known as all able writer upon
musical theory and aesthetics and as the author VI
valuable biography OF Chopin.