New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
PERSONAL.

John Blgham, Pm. D., Of the University Of M,chh
gan has been elected Professor Of Philosophy in d
PAW University
Senior Romero. Mexican Minister to the United
States, Is the guest OF General John W. Foster A.
the latter's summer home In Henderson Harbor N
r., and they Will spend Sunday In WATERFOWL
Major Josiah II. Benton. who died In Copake. n
r. the other day. was an assistant paymaster IN
the Navy from 1862 to 1866. When celluloid was in
vented by an Albanian named Hyatt, Major Ben.
ton IN conjunction with one or two other gentle.
men. formed a company for Its man,u u and
vesting their money In what was at that time con.
sidered to be losing venture they had the SAT-.
faction Of at an early day seeing their venture de-
velop into marked success
A bust Of Richard NJ. Johnson. once Vice President
Of the United States, which Is soon to be placed "a
the Senate chamber. may now be seen In the base.
ment OF the Capitol In Washington. II Ia probably
not generally remembered that II Johnson who
is believed have killed the famous Indian leader
Tecumseh. He born in Kentucky in I7n. In
1912, johnson. then In Congress. went home to Ken.
lucky and raised regiment. On October g. 1885, be
fought in the battle OF the Thames. writer
in describing Johnsons part in this encounter says:
THE English forces were posted between the rive,
and the marsh. while the Indians on h,eA
ground In the swampy land. Colonel Johnson o..
dered his men forward, and the English let them
get almost within a few yards before the command
to fire given. Then the bullets laid the front
rank low. desperate battle took place. but the
conflict lasted for about eighte minutes the Amer.
leans being victorious Tecumseh found on the
field dead and II asserted that Johnson was the
one who shot him, an he was killed by q msn on
horseback and johnson was the only mounted
his command being infantry. II was also known
that Johnson had been engaged In a hand-to-hand
fight with one OF the most desperate OF the chiefs
and IL was thought that Tecumseh would be the
very to single out the leader to meet his toma.
hawk, a foe worthy Of his steel. Johnson himself
was badly wounded" The bust Is the work OF
James Voorhees,. son Of the Senator. and made
In accordance with resolution passed by the Sen.
had presided over that body be placed in the hall
the scene OF their political labors
The Rev Charles H. Yatman. an evangelist ven
known IN this city is about to make an evangellstc
tour to Hawaii. New-Zealand. Australia and South
Africa
William o. Grover. widely known the inventor
OF the Grover & Baker sewing machine. has Just
died In Beverly, Mass. at the age Of seventy-two
He made fortune out OF his invention while stin
a young man. and at once retired from business
devoting his time to religious and philanthropic
tvites.
Mrs Frances f. Benedict OF Philadelphia, who
has just died at the age OF sixty for years
weknown newspaper writer She one OF the
first to make a business OF writing advertisements
for the big drygoods houses She member OF
the famous rs Club OF PHILADELPHIA. and gave
valuable assistance 10 the directors OF the Cen
tennial Exposition.