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Gen. Grant was greeted at Tientsin, June 29 by an address from the toreign residents delivered by the chairman of the municipal council. On May 30 a grand banquet was given him by the Chinese authorities at the principal native temple. Viceroy of Chihli, commander in chief and grand secretary, Li Hung Chüng, Ño such attentions were ever before bestowed upon any foreigner at t'ekirjg. Postmaster General Key called on Gov. Talbot at Boston on Friday and held an informal reception at the postofh'ce The Prince Jerome Napoleon intends to visít the ex-Empress Eugenia as soon as she has reeovered. Blanqui has agreed again to stand as candidate for deputy for Bordeaux. M . Favre, contractor of the St. Gothard tunnel, has died of apoplexy. J. C. Bancrof t Davis and Mr. Bullivan of the Chicago Journal sailed Saturday for Europe. Hon. D. L. Filer, of Ludington, is dangerously ill. Secretary Bherman arrived at Boston Monday. At his own requcst there was no public reception. Prince Charles of Roumania, it is reported, jas threatened to abdícate unless the Jews are emancipated. Vice-President Wheeler is going to Colorado !or a health trip this season. John Proffatt, a prominent lawyer and au;hor of several legal works, died at San Francisco, Tuesday, aged 32. ChaR. Landseer, the English painter, brother of the late Bir Edwin Landseer, is dead.