New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-03
PERSONAL.

Tho d,uchtcr If Senator Mills, OF Texas, sat IN tho
senate galleries the other day when her father took tho
oath OF Office When she rose to go sac hlisseu hox
purse and an elaborate search In inc VICINITY iai.~
70 discover H. At length friend suggested that Sne
might have left IL in the Ibuse gallery where she nao
half hour previously Ihe Inv, tresre Wa
! recovered. The purse contained more uAn ne's
pocket change 1T the uIne'
President E. benjamin Andrews. OF Brown I'M
vcrsity, fcfcd I'm Chicago hist Mohoiy o'0"Ns
by the Brown alumni.
Nrv poocher n,rrates in "The Ladies Home Journal"
how dcenlv impressed her husband BIZ his fathers
mcno, failure before the death Of that parent Should
such a fate bcfa himself he thought he could never
bear IT, But Mrs. Beecher TO rcasSure him. ihtlmao"
that She would 10 Doubt discover any such misfortune
~ him before the world did. and would be unwilling 20
have him. under such conditions. continue IN ,ho
pulpit. His smiling repy was: HOW 40 you hnSm
but YOU may fail before do ana therefore NC u"o'o
10 Judge y
When BIlI Nyc was in Kansas City lecturing, no
contIv nix ltl, Joke was played on him There ID
in that city "a man who laughs rs sonorouay ana I'M
ro,ni,tlorly as a foghom. although he manages 70
cover a wider range of tones in this operation tnan
does that deep-lunged. mouTnful songstress' 1his
remarkable individual was syly provided win H1s
scat at the lecture The Cinclnnhu Cohinerci@s
Gazette In telling the story, says IL TOOK some
time for the subtle wit Of Bin Nye to bore itself into
humorist told one Of his irresistible Stories ana tne
expected laugh came The man spread out his ees;
Inv back in mis- ,cai. threw back his head ana roesI
ont his consernatOn-spreadi laugh. Hign ana iu1
above all other laughter the volume OF THIS iaugn'
II sank IL rose 1t repeated. II redoubied on itsei'
The laughter OF the rest O the audience was sIipi,
INT the man I'm showed no signs OF weary ing
or letting M 4 blank dazed look. Ike THAI o. IN.
iured innocence came over the lace OF BIZ Hye VIM
AYERS he will get with bis prosecutors the next
time he goes 10 Kansas CITY,
Frederick Douglas, says he knows nothing OK tho
scheme TO nominate him for President on pension
for ex slaves platform; end, whats more, he woulo
moi take any such nomination lie regards the move
ment as ill-advsscd.
Living children Of Revolutionary sires continue 10
10 reported to Pho Tribune. Among the latest nddl-
tons to the roll are these Tertius Clarke OF Chester
Conn., aged eghty-slx and Mrs. Lucy l. Hommedieu'
Of Westbro)k aged eighty -four children Of George
Clark Nathan Fierce, Of sufled, Conn. aged ninety
one Mrs Anna H. Hence his wife, aged eighty four
ard Der brother G. c. Bumap. now Of Marietta Ga.'
the latter two being children OF John Burnap: MIS-.
Caty Best OF FutonLam Schoharie County. y. \. ana
Mrs Betsy Foster 81 Glovcsyile. " Y. daughters u
Timothy Murphy. and both about ninety years DID,
trc biofhcr, Pea aged between eighty and elSnty'
I'VE all living I'm Fleming. y. Y. and sons OF suA
To. a. and Mrs Sarih Wilcox. u New brunswick.
a. j. daughters OF Christopher Van Deventer.
Generals Gordon. Longstrcet, Hampton. Cockreu
and Wheeler are among the eXConfederate officers
expected to attend the big reunion in New Orleans
next Friday and Saturday