New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-16
PERSONAL.

At the meeting OF the American Social Science ~
ISOLATION. In Saratoga. IN September an address
on Education nc s9nh L. p pr ana Su In;
d. preher OF Roanoke College. Salem Va
A CHICAGO clergyman the Rev, W. q. Clarke. ID
IN mako his debut as an actor at The Peoples In
stitltc Theatre In October. III IN Mr.. ciarkss
wish" snys the manager OF tho theatre. 10 have
tho east made up entirely OF prominent chicago
people Frank Lnwor FOR instance, In 10 be cast
for part possibly julius Caesar Alderman camp
bell VIII play "a prominent part. 90 WIZ Alderh,an
Conrad Kshc and We HSp' 70 ch nsxs viii SS
Palmer take h part OF rSrs ,ss S6S OF
brutus so you zee II w DC arn ny person Of
o as every pS, w besides Mr. CLARKE
@ tax" 1.,J cert sna WILL VII s w %
proper playa tho stage can be made us''"' e'u'
Gator"
The Richmond Dispatch" says that captain
George W. Couch Of the steamer O.d Dominion. 10
the oldest steamship captsin IN tns world mo In N
In commission forty-nne years
Alexander r. Shepherd. who used 10 be called
"Boss' shepherd. when he lived In washington
many years ago. IL now visiting that city win MS
family He has left his immense mining property
I'm Batapo.is Mexico. for a years rest. portion
Of that time he Will spend in Washington but II
is his intention to leave the last of this month
for a two months trip through Europe; returning.
ne Will spend the fall months in the thiteu Sla,es
and then probably make a trip 10 Japan, returning
again TO Washington to put In the REMAINDER OF
his years Vacation.
O. sackett. n newsdealer OF Grand Rapids. Mich.
row seventy-four years OF age. has had varied
career AT the close OF the war" he said the
other day. 81 settled in Kansas CITY as manager
q, a lecture bureau in connection with Redpath.
~ Boston His bureau sent entertainments to Chi
cago and | managed them from Chicago to Cali
fornia Among my attractions were Horace Gree
lev. John c. SAKE, VIII Carleton, Susan B. An
thony Artemus Ward. John 3. Cough and others
I was the only agent that Horace Greeley ever
lectured for outside OF Invitations from assoc.a-
tons and towns. learned by the papers that he
was TO open the ST. Louis fair and wrote him, ask
Ing for dates in Missouri. and Kansas. He replied
that inasmuch as he Was coming 10 ST. Louis, he
would give me six dates. His first lecture for me
was at Kansas City. After heavy advertising I
wrote TO learn his price re rsp,ed ,nat D" "0ue q
as much as I id others VINO did not Draw any
better houses than ne. | sod the entire mouse at
Kansas CITY for 81 seat. ] met Mr.. Greeley mo
to town I asked him II ne was ever in Kansas
city before He said: Yes; fifteen years ago
carne TO Wyantotte TO see John Brown There be-
Ing no livery stable at wyandot,c. they sent 10
Kansas City for livery rig for me. but when they
found who II FOR they refused TO let IL come.
wagon What d.d St Louis pay you for your two
leciuresT asked. They promised me 500. but
have not paid me anything ne said. NJ. Greeley
Toa not sss pay N o any h BY him ns had en no
been presented for payment. paid him $50
night"
John Dolman OF Philadelphia, who has just died,
abandoned the stage for law thlrty-hve years
ago His career was interesting from the fact thai
he achieved distinction in both professions.