Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-10
PERSONAL.

OSCAR WILDE is about to be married.
PROF. SoPHocLEs, Of Harvard College, il
dangerously i'll.
Ex-SECRETARY BELKNAP's wife and daugh-
ter are living in Paris.
ILLINOIS sends the tallest and the shortest
members to Congress-Finnerty and Dunham'
respectively.
THE Prince Of Wales is reported to be
making large purchases of real estate IN Nan
sas city, Mo-, and vicinity.
MAJOR WIN. p. GOULD. paymaster, United
States army. now on sick leave In New Ork,
has asked to be placed on the retired list.
MR.. KEIFER seems indisposed to acknowl-
edge himself as an ass and scOundrel, re-
spOnsible for all the sins OF the Republican
party.
NJ. CHALLEMEL-LACOUR, the outgoing
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, IS de-
scribed as a man with a bad liver, sharp
temper and razor tongue.
MRS. LAURA ORMEsTON. of Morristown, Ind,
having declined TO make public profession
of penitence for hOrsewhipping Ebert Tyner
in a street in that village, has been expelled
from church.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES birthplace,
the ''Old Holmes House." at Cambridge, Is
to go, the Harvard University buildings
crowding il out of existence. 1t was built III
the year 1888 or Whereabouts.
THE journal de Rome says that the govern
ment, to avoid conflict with the church, has
decided to place the monument of Victor En-
manuel in one of the lateral chapels of the
Pantheon. The erection of a monument in
the middle Of a church is, it appears, contrary
to canon law.
Tue Crown Prince Frederick William, of
Germany, with his suite, has started from
Madrid FOR Seville incOgnitO. King Alfonso.
the Cabinet Minister'S the diplomatic body
and other notable persOnages, took leave of
the Prince at the depot, where the King and
ba
JOHN G.. WHITTIER called on Mr.. @. W
Cable, in Boston, last Tuesday, and it was the
first meeting of the two authors. 81 have
read all of thy stories" said the venerable poet
to the novelist, land like them very much.
Thee has found an untrOdden field OF romance
IN New Orleans, and think thee the writer
whom we have so long waited to see come up
in the SOUTH
SECRETARY LINCOLN has a newer and more
elegantly appointed Office than any other
member of the Cabinet. 1t Is on the third
floor of the State, War and Navy building,
looking out upon Pennsylvania avenue. Rich
Turkish rugs partially cover the tessellated
hard wood floor. The fiat topped desk Is of
mahogany, covered with blue cloth. The
other furniture is covered with olive tinted
leather. On the walls hang portraits of Gems.
Grant sherman and Sheridan, and Secreta-
taries stanton and the two CamerOns. Mr..
Lincoln is an inveterate smoker while at
work, and in writing he uses a steel pen in
plain three cent wooden holder.
THE editor of a wel-known English Tory
journal, the Yorkshire Post, published the
following paragraph: "a Varied Bag.-Mr.
c. Sykes. NJ. p, has entertained dlstin-
gulshed party at Birmingham Thorpe during
the past week. First rate sport was obtained
in the well-stocked home preserves; indeed,
we believe the bag for quality and variety has
rarely, if ever, been surpassed ia the British
Islands. BY the kind permission of Mr.. Sykes
we append it in eXtensO: ,, JAG rabbits, l,l5s
hares, cock pheasants, l hen partridge,
236 water hens, ljS thrushes. 40 mis-
sci ditto, Il polecats, stoats, mag
pies, JIG jays, 3 peewits, l water rat, be-
sides a large variety of sea fowl. large
consignment of woodc0cks was specially or
dered from Holland for the occasion. but
| failed to arrive in time" The paragraph
was a hoax, but it was copied into many
| daily and weekly papers. Mr. Sykes could
not see the ''joke,'' and his solicitors at once
| demanded the name and address of the
author. Next day the editor telegraphed
! Lord Lascelles authorizes us to give his
| name as the author Of the paragraph" In
| the meantime all Yorkshire, according to the
| London Truth, Is anXIOusly waiting to learn
the nature of the PREPARATION" with which
| Lord Lascelles is to sOOthe the wounded sus-
capabilities of Mr.. Christopher Sykes.