New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-08
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

Announcement is made of the engagement Of Miss
Mary w. Dickey. a daughter Of the late Charles
D. Dickey. who member Of the banking firm
OF Brown Brothers. to Surrogate James NJ. varnum
OF NewYork County. No date has been mentioned
for the wedding. Miss Dickeys family has been
prominent In the social life Of New-York for many
years. sister. Miss Sophia W. Dickey. than
ten years ago married TO Howard Townsend
After her death Mr.. Townsend. in October, 1894, in
the chantry OF Grace Church, married Miss Anne
L. Langdon, daughter OF the late Eugene Lang
don and sste- OF Miss Marion Langdon the wife
OF Royal Phelps Carroll Miss Dickeys brother.
Charles .. Dickey. jr.. married the widow OF his
cousin. Hugh T. Dickey. who formerly Miss
Louise Lawrence Whitney. a granddaughter OF
the late Bradlsh Johnson. General Varnum. VINO
was considered a confirmed bachelor was born
about nifty years ago. and has long been prominent
In the Republican party Of the city and State. He
is son Of the late james B. varnum. jr. who was
elected Speaker of the Assembly extra session. In
1881. General varnum graduated from Yale
University and the Columbia Law School in 1858,
and was admitted to the BAR in 1871, when ne en-
elected to the Assembly in 1879 and was reelected
the following year Upon the election Of Alonzo B.
Cornell TO the GovernOrshp General Narnum be-
came senior aide-de-camp on the Governors star:
He was a colonel in the National Guard from 1850
him Paymaster General OF the National Guard;
With the rank OF brisader general In 1883 General
the Republican ticket and although the state went
he va for Ss Of
ticket. He was defeated In 1891 ne was made
chairman OF the Republican State Convention In
velt appointed him Surrogate Of New-York County
to I'll the vacancy caused by the retirement OF John
OF nearly all the fashionable clubs, has two sisters
Miss Helen Louise Varnum and Miss Amy Lenox
Narnum, and one brother, Robert I. Narnum
Mr. and Mrs. ". D. Harper, Of this city. have
taken possession Of their summer home at Nor
wood Park. Long Branch. for the season.
Formal announcement is made OF the engage
ment Of Miss Margaret Elizabeth Bonne. second
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Harper Bonnell, Of
Dongan Hills. Staten Island. TO Ernest Flasg; OF
this city, he designer OF hs r. whose
work on the Corcoran Art Gallery in Wasnin9g,on'
at Annapolis. has brought him fame as an archi-
tect
Mr. and Mrs A. Lanfear Norre. OF this city,
have taken a lease OF Mayheld. Mrs. Walter L.
Kanes villa in Bellevue-ave. Newport for the
coming season
Pierre Lorlllard. r.. gave a dinner party on Sat
urday evening at his cottage. at Tuxedo Park His
guests included Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Tuckerman,
Mr.. and Mrs James Brown Lord Justice ice, George
Cecil Barring
Tuxedo Park. are Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer,
Mr. and Mrs s. H. Valentine. Mrs John Wolfe.
Mr. and Mrs Jules J. Vatable. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Lanfear Norrie Miss Whiting. Mrs. Marshall Bald
win. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. H.
L. Kean Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Tams. James w.
Gerard, ir.. Sumner K Gerard. E. " Taller. Ru-
dolph Neeser John 5. Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Frelinghuysen. W. r Houghtaling. Mrs. Otto
Andreae. James Stokes. Thomas Stokes, Henry q.
Barley Mr.. and Mrs W. Pierson Hamilton. James
L. Breese and r. Bayard Cutting
The enga gement is announced OF Miss Bessie II.
Schlesinger daughter OF Leo Schlesinger presi-
dent Of the Mechanics and Traders Bank. Gus
NJ. Minzeshemer. of this city. Miss Schlesnger is
a recent graduate of the Womans Law Class OF
New-York University.
Count da Conturbia. OF Rome. who Is 70 marry
Miss Claire Patterson. Of Baltimore, arrived from
Europe on Saturday in the steamship Paris.
An amateur performance Of "A Pair of Lunatcs'
and SNOWFALL" will be given for the benefit Of
the Stanton Street University Settlement on Friday
and Saturday evening. May p and 10. in the as
sembly-room of Miss Browns School. No rs Fifth
ave. The performance. by an entire amateur cast,
obtained from Mrs. J. Fred Pierson, No. 20 West
FYfty-second-st; Albert VI. Handy. Miss Adeline
Pierson and Mrs. w. Eugene Parsons. Among the
patronesses Mrs. George W. Kidd, Mrs John
A d Zerega Mrs Benjamin s. Church, Mrs. Gren-
VILE winthrop Mrs. j. Muhenberg Bailey Mrs.
Thomas S. Young. jr, Mrs. J. Fred Pierson. Mrs.
Edward r Bidde. Mrs. George II. Schieffelin Mrs.
Henry L. Burnett Mrs. Frederic Goodridge. Mrs.
Oscar Livingston Mrs Robert G. Mott, Mrs. VIII
lam Rowland Pell and Mrs. Wager Swayne.