Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-27

sons sickness than Mrs. Garfield was able
TO give her, so Mrs. DR.. Edison will visit her
at Mentor and tell her ali the sad story.
Robson, Of New Jersey, has q strong OPP
ponent for the Congressional nomination in
the person Of Hon. James H. Nixon, who
has already secured a respectable number
of delegates and is making things hot for
the ex Secretary Of the Navy.
The Duchess Of Albany, Leopold's bride,
is a short. fiat-faced, nez-retrousse-ed young
German woman, ungraceful. Tut healthy
and good-natured. She is simple in her
dress, fond of wearing few flowers, and is
very much liked by the people OF Clare
mont.
The old Fulton Market is now entirely
destroyed, and in day or two the pile of
debris-some 400 tons OF iron, glass, tin,
wood and gravel-will be removed, and the
last vestige Of the dingy, rieketv old trap
will have disappeared from the eyes OF the
Msnhattauese.
President Grevy, of France, has been in
vested with the Order Of the Golden Fleece
by the King of Spain, his neck being adorned
by the same collar worn by the late Gar
Alexander II. This order is one of the most
distinguished in all Europe, having been
founded in 1929 by Philippe Ill, Duke OF
Burgundy.
Oliver Hazard Perry, grandson OF the re-
nowned naval hero Of Lake Erie, and q
young man Of great intelligence and execu-
tive ability, has been appointed agent OF
the Middlesex Mills, at Lowell, Mass. Mr..
Perry has been Superintendent OF the manu-
featuring department Of the corporation for
the past eight years.
About a month ago the New York Legis-
lsture passed law making the maintenance
OF an opium smoking den, or visit to such
a place for the purpose Of smoking opium,
a misdemeanor. There are about hall
dozen Of these plaees-'joints," as they are
called-in the city Of New York, carried on
bv the Chinese, the patronage of which is
by no means exclusively Asiatic.
Coupons valued at two hundred and fifty
dollars, cut from bonds which were por-
ton Of eleven thousand dollars worth mys-
teriously stolen from the vaults of the Rock
River Insurance Company, Of Beloit, Wis,
in the fall of 1869, were recently found In
the cellar of house in that city, which at
the time was occupied by confidential
clerk of the company, who has since died
AldTd D6ll6 b11 tuC new S@AS Ava
women in New York is called the slide
glide, and is made up of long even steps,
with the body quite stffly erect, but rising
and falling considerably with each length
ened stride. That 1t is rapidly becoming
popular, and is especially adapted to tall,
elegant women. One arm usually bangles
at the side, while the other holds the psrasol.
Ashland, the home of Henry Clay, has
come back into the possession of his family,
having been purchased few days ago BY
Major Henry Clay Mcdowell, who married
the daughter of Colonel Henry Clay, of
Bueno Vista fame, a granddaughter OF the
statesman. Ashland, fifteen years ago, was
purchased by citizens Of Lexington as site
for an agricultural college, which proved an
unsuccessful project.
President Jarrett, Of the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron and Steel Workers OF
the United States, is young looking, dark
complexioned man, of medium height and
weight. He presents the general appear
ance of a shrewd and prosperous merchant.
Although he was some years ago an ordi-
nary iron puddler, his manners are courteous
md refined, aud his conversation indicates
the possession of much culture.
Messrs. Mitchell & Co., who bought the
main Centennial building in the PhiladeI-
phia Park for less than 100000 and sold
portion for Sl50,000, have offered the cen
trail transept-of which the roof frame,
said to be the finest in the world, and the
southern front are still standiDg-tor $780,
600. and are holding 1t to await the offer of
that sum IN the event of the public, or
corporation, or a syndicate, concluding to
mako the investment
The venerable Peter Cooper, OF New
York, now ninety one years Of age, never
wearies of doing something for the benefit
of his fellow-men. He. has now opened
permanent exposition OF inventions at the
Cooper Institute, in that city, for develop
ing an interest in mechanical inventions.
The plan is to bring together into one build
ing a number of patented articles for ex
hibition and sale. There are about 1000
square feet of flooring devoted to the eX-
hibitIon, and 1t is already self-sustainiDg.
Mrs. Dunmire, Guiteau's divorced wife,
10 recent letter from Denver, denies hav-
ing written the letter to C. II. Reed, coun-
sci for the assassin, recently published, su--
thoriZirg the use OF her name in the petition
for his pardon, and repudiates the same.
She SAYS: "With reference to my seeking
OullCau ndNC nCNCl
ed the thought, and as am In possession OF
an average degree Of common sense and
ordinary intelligence l could not reasona-
bly, or honestly entertain such an idea"
Probably no State of the Union makes so
much money out Of its natural attractions
as New Hampshire. The receipts from
summer boarders and tourists alone are
variouslv estimated at from IS, 100000 to
IS, 900, 900 per annum. This interest has
grown up almost entirely within twenty
years; has doubled, at least. In the last ten
wears is still rapidly increasing from year to
year and is established, not alone in the
White Mountain and Lake Winnepesauke
region and at the beach, but in every sec
ton of the State.
The latest cable dispatches state, that as the
story goes, several Of Nine. Adelina PATHS
friends in Paris have received invitations to
her approaching marriage. The name OF
the gentleman in interest and contract is
not given, and the rumor may be only
hoax. At all events Sarah Rernhardt's eX
ample in the matrimonial line seems to have
had a good effect among some members OF
the profession 10 Paris, for it is stated upon
good authority that Celtne Chaumont,
pretty little actress, is soon to be married
10 Mussay, the business manager OF the
Theatre Francois, and Mile. Lenville OF the
Vaudeville is also soon to enter the state of
wedlock.
Miss Maggie Mitchell visited GuIteau last
winter and ne persuaded her that what she
wanted was one of his books as soon as 1t
came cut. So she applied to high official,
who was immensely pleased at the chance
of doing her a favor. The correspondent
tells the story as follows: The high official
bought the book some time ago and sent 1t
to the binderY and had it dressed in morocco
and gilded. Then be thought 1t would be a
pleasing surprise to the charming Maggie II
he obtained Guitesu's autograph on the ny
leaf. SO he sent It TO the all with word to
Guiteau that his autograph was wanted for
Maggie Mitchell. That was quite enough
for the most colossal egotist that ever was
shut up This is what he wrote on the first
leaf:
"To my Friend,
Miss MAGGIE MITCHELL,
Love God and do right.
And we shall meet In Heaven.
Yours, sincerely,
CHARLES GUITEAU.