New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-16
PERSONAL.

The Rev Dr. Robert Co.lyer will preach in TIA
Church of the Messiah Of this city, on Sunday
September q. and the new associate pastor OF the
church. the Rev. DR. Minot j. Savage will nresnn
his first sermon on the following Sunday.
The scientists OF France VIII celebrate On rr,d.,
OF this week the fftieth anniversary Of the dl.co
cry OF the planet Neptune by Urbaln lie ysrrls.
and John Couch Adams lie Vcrrler decided no
calculations that there must be a planet OF abo,,
the mass and orbit of Neptune in order to accour,
for certain disturbances r the orbits Of other nsn
cts. He therefore wrote to DR. Gale the astro,
omer Of the Berlin Observatory. requesting him .,
point his telescope to Il particular spot in the al,
on an evening Indicated. and. in effect said: w.
will see a planet which have not seen. and wb,ch
no human eye has seen. but which, neyertba
less. must be on the spot. because my calculations
have pointed out the necessity for its exIstsrc.n
iS n GalIe ara as dir"ctea: ana on September IS
outlying planet which revoIved around the sur
The English astronomer. Adams. arrived a, ~.
same conclusion at the same time. WIG
The friends of Joseph Edgar ChanberIln. q, -.
editorial staff OF THE Boston Transcript" gay.
him dinner last Saturday evening to mark N.
publication day of his two little books "Tbs
Listener in the Town" and THE Listener in IN.
Country" Mr. Chamberlin has for some years con-
Quoted an editorial column In The Transcrip,r On
titled The Listener" The grace and literary
charm Of this column have caused it to be widely
read and quoted. '
town, r. T. for Washington Monday night
Johannes A. Oertel known the "artlst-pries,.
who is now more than seventy years Of age is uv
ing in Belar. Md. His best-known painting "Rock
of Ages" painted for Augustus Storrs o,
Brooklyn The reproduction Of this picture ia
widely known. He lived in this city for number
of years AMI painted a series Of cartoons for the
Church Of the Heavenly Rest entitled WAITING q,
the Gate" suggested by Bry9nt's poem Al nres
cnt he Is the assistant minister Of the Episconai
Church at Belar, and is at work on series Of
Scrptural pictures
Ex-Commodore r. ID. Morgan is reported 10 have
sold his yacht, the May, to Mrs. J. H. Fell OF Phil
adelphia, who this year chartered the Barracuda
Mrs. George Lunt who has just died at her hom.
in Scituate, Mass at the age Of eighty years WAS
a sister of the late Thomas William Parsons tho
poet, and had herself written poetry.
The Rev. DR.. Elwood Worcester who has "a
Gently accepted the rectorship Of St Stephens
Church, Philadelphia. which the Rev Dr. s ID Nc
Council left to take charge of Holy Trinity Church
Brooklyn. became chaplain and professor OF philos.
ophy at the Lehigh University in tho fall of 1890
He leaves that place for his PHILADELPHIA charge
Dr. Worcester Is scarcely moro than thjrfv years
old. He holds the degree Of Pin d. from ono ~
the German universities and is "A graduate NJ
columbia University and the General Theological
seminary. In this city. He has made close qtiidy
or BIBLICAL criticism, and IS generally accounted a
Broad Churchman.