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Mn.  moody  Is  Id  Chicago. 
AI.EXANDKK  H.  STKPHKNa  IS  hCttOr. 
Khoda  Hkouohton  Is  engaged  upon  a  new 
novel. 
CHAKr.KH  nnuLKY  WARNER  and  wife  are  In  Lon¬ 
don,  homeward  bound. 
TuK  lion.  MUo  coodrlch  Is  dangerously  111  with 
rheurnallc  fever  at  Auburn. 
A  NEW  csUtlon  or  Starr  King's  book  on  “The 
White  mils  ”  Is  soon  to  appear. 
Knwis  UooTH’a  country  place  at  0*03  Cob,  It 
seems,  was  sold  under  a  inortgagc. 
Mr.  Alexander  Stakocck  of  Waltham,  Mass., 
Is  writing  a  hlswry  of  the  whale-fishery. 
Skckktarv  FLsir'sson,  stuyvesant  Kish,  was  re¬ 
cently  murrle<l  In  Now  York,  Uj  Miss  .\ntbun. 
Mu.  U.  K.  Locke  has  again  us.sumed  charge  of 
the  editorial  rtepartuient  of  the  Toledo  Bhule, 
,M  iss  coLitNSO,  (laughter  of  the  Bishop  of  Natal, 
Is  now  publishing  a  novel  In  the  Natal  Colonist. 
gkoroe  Wii.LtAU  Curtis  haslRSen  Invited  to  act 
as  orator  at  the  Fourth  of  July  celebration  In 
Herkimer. 
James  Kaki'ON  will  deliver  the  annual  address 
at  the  cominenoeiiient  exercises  of  Bates  College, 
at  Lewiston,  Mo. 
A  maonikicknt  Illustrated  edition  of  victor 
Hugo’s  “Quatro-vlngt-trelzo”  has  recently  been 
published  In  Karls. 
Gun.  N.  K.  Banks  Is  to  command  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston  at  its 
Spring  parade,  June  5. 
Prof.  Tv ND A i.i.  has  received  from  the  membei's 
of  the  rnyal  InsUtullon,  on  the  occasion  of  his 
marriage,  a  purse  of  jCBIS. 
The  ficv.  Dr.  Leonard  Bacon  has  begun  a  series 
of  lectures  on  “  Bccleslustlcal  Law  "  before  the 
senior  class  of  the  Yule  Law  ScUfjol. 
Mark  Twain  will  pnjslde  at  the  opening  of  tho 
California  building  on  the  Centennial  Hxhlbltlon 
grounds,  whlcli  Dikes  place  June  15th. 
JouN  c.  Hale  of  Hot  Springs,  .\rk.,  son-in-law 
of  Parson  Brownlow,  was  mortalU'  Avouiided  by 
the  millet  of  W.  P.  Walsh,  postmaster. 
Jkssk  pouekov,  a  rumor  from  Boston  Raj’s,  ivlll 
be  ahandiined  W  his  fate  by  the  governor  and 
counctl  at  their  session  on  Friday  next. 
MISS  Geutrudk  Morehouse  of  Portland,  Mich., 
is  tho  tli-st  woman  lawyer  la  that  state  who  has 
received  a  commission  os  iiotAry  public. 
THE  Hon.  Lewis  s.  Huntington,  a  gentleman 
well  known  In  the  I'liHed  States,  is  likely  to  be 
tho  next  lleutenanUgovernor  of  Manitoba. 
Mr.  Henry  W.  lonofeliow  has  rented  a  cottage 
in  Bryn  Mawr,  Moiitgoinory  County,  Penn.,  and 
will  pa-ss  the  summer  there  with  his  family. 
Brooks  .\ii.v.u.s  has  accopU'd  the  Invitation  to 
read  the  dceUiratlon  of  Indepi’udencc  at  l.he  cen- 
Umnlalcehjhratlon  of  the  Fourth  of  July  In  Boston. 
Kx-Gov.  SEYMOUR  lias  Consented,  It  Is  said,  to 
deliver  the  Historical  Addn?8s  at  the  Herkimer 
County  Centennial  celebration  at  Herkliner.J uly  3. 
BisHor  Williams,  (Protestant  ICplscojial)  of  the 
diocese  of  connoctlcuU  has  subscribed  fifty  dollars 
In  aid  of  the  haU  nine  of  Trinity  College,  Hartford, 
Conn. 
Prince  Oscar,  the  second  son  of  the  King  of 
Sweden,  has  embarked  at  Cuilscrona  for  the 
United  suites.  HeAVlll  visit  the  Centennial  Ex¬ 
hibition. 
The  Bov.  Charles  S.  Robinson  will  deliver  an 
address  at  the  fortieth  anniversary  of  the  Albany 
Tract  and  Missionary  society  In  that  city  to-mor¬ 
row  evening. 
PiiKsinENT  Porter  of  Vale  College,  avIU  address 
the  department  oriilgher  cdueallon  at  the  naeetlug 
of  the  National  Educational  assoclaUon  In  Balti¬ 
more,  July  loth. 
Mrs.  Belknap  and  her  little  daughter,  the 
WasWugton  Chi-onlcle  saj's,  will  leave  that  city  In 
a  few  days  and  will  pass  the  summer  In  some 
quiet  village  near  New  Y'ork. 
Michelet’s  tomb  In  tho  cemetery  ol  Pere  la 
Chaise,  near  Paris.  Is  opposite  that  of  Caslmlr 
Behivlgne,  and  near  the  monuments  of  Honore  de 
Balziio,  Eugene  Delacroix,  Charles  Nodier,  Boutin, 
and  Frcderlo  SouUe. 
A  PERSON  living  at  the  Wc.st  has  sent  a  letter  to 
President.  Eliot,  of  llarVvsrd  College,  asking  for 
hack  numbers  of  “  his  Illustrated  Journal,”  mean¬ 
ing  the  Harvard  Lampoon,  tho  comic  publication 
edl'ti'd  by  Oie  students. 
Dr,  Sen  i.t  EM  A  NN  wrl  U(s  that  he  has  Just  obtained 
a  now  finnan  for  two  years  for  Troy,  and  was  to 
proiau'd  there  on  May  5,  to  build  some  frame 
houses,  .so  as  to  be  able  to  continue  the  excava¬ 
tions  by  tlie  2l,st  instant, 
S.iMUEi.  F.  Hunt  one  of  the  most  graceful  speak¬ 
ers  among  the  young  lawyeas  In  Ohio,  Is  todehver 
the  oration  at  the  t  hirtieth  annual  conveiilion  of 
the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity,  at  the  Wil¬ 
liams  college  chapter,  in  September. 
MH.S,  N.  P.  Willis,  widow’  of  the  poet,  Is  noiv 
living  in  New  York  with  her  second  son  and  two 
young  daughters.  Her  eldest  son  and  daughter 
are  married  and  settled  down,  the  former  In  tho 
Interior  of  Pimnsylvanla,  and  the  latter  In  Exeter, 
N.  H. 
THE  life  of  A,  T.  Stewart,  by  General  J.  g.  Wil¬ 
son,  announced  by  D.  Appleton  A:  Co.  Immediately 
upon  Mr.  Stewart’s  death,  will  not  be  published 
by  that  house.  This  Is  undei-stood  to  be  in  defer¬ 
ence  to  tho  wish  of  Mrs.  Stewart,  supplementing 
that  of  her  husband,  that  no  biography  of  him 
should  be  given  to  the  public. 
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