Hubbard, Joseph

STILLMAN, astronomer; born at New Haven, Conn., Sept. 7, 1823; graduated at Yale, in 1843; was a istant in High School Observatory at Philadelphia; employed by Fremont to reduce his Rocky Mountain observations; commi ioned profe or of Mathematics in the U. S. Navy, (1845), and a igned to duty in the Naval Observatory, at Washington, where he remained during the rest of his life, gaining a high place in his profe ion. Died Aug. 16, 1883. Hubbard, or Hubbard City, in Texas, a post village of Hill cc., 24 m. S.E. of Hillsboro on St. L.S. W. R.R.; has a broom factory. Pop. (1890) 894. Hub/by, n. ( Colloq.) A term of endearment for husband. Hub'ner ( hoob'ner ), JOSEPH ALEXANDER, BARON, diplomatist, was born at Vienna, in 1811. After filling several subordinate posts in the imperial service, he became Austrian amba ador at Paris in 1850, and in 1856 signed the Treaty of Paris, having been instrumental, it is supposed, in preventing his sovereign from taking part with Ru ia, and in insuring his neutrality. Later he was employed in mi ions to Naples and Rome, and in 1867 was placed at the head of the Austrian emba y in the latter city. He managed many difficult matters with great tact and ability, and was made a grand officer of the Legion of Honor. He visited the U. S. in 1870 and 1871, and afterward resided in Rome. where he published several works of travel and a biography of Pope Sixtus V. Died July 30, 1892. Huet (oo- a '), CONRAD BASKEN, critic, born at The Hague, Holland, Dec. 28, 1826; educated at the University of Leyden, and entered the ministry. His first charge was at Utrecht; be then settled at Haarlem, remaining for ten years (1851-62), when he gave up the ministry and turned his attention entirely to the field of literary criticism. His extraordinary range and the ability of his work was soon acknowledged. He undertook uni- versal criticism, similar to that of Saint-Beuve in France; wrote for De Gids , the leading literary review of Holland; edited the journal Java - Bode in Batavia; established a paper of his own called Algemeen Dagblad van Nederlandsch Indie. The best of his criticisms are contained in the collections of e ays entitled Litter- arische Phantasiïn; Nieuwe Litter aris che Phantasiin; Oude Romans; . He was also the author of Over- drukfes; Lidewyde No vellon; Nation ale Vertvogen and many other works. Died May 1, 1886.