Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-11
PERSONAL.

BEECHER has made $4,000 by his lee
ture tour in the West.
HENRY XuLARD's combined salaries
are said 10 amount u $4,000 year.
PHILLIP ARMOUR, the Chicago specu-
latuF. has fresh bouquet OF n0Wers
on his desk every day.
WENDELL PHILLIPS is i'm such poor
health that De VIII Doe unable % take the
stump this fan in Massachusetts.
MIR. IRVING's engagement in New
York beginning on October ~. at the star
Theatre. viii last till November q.
Miss KATE PATTERSON. Of Baltimore,
granddaughter Of Betsey BOnaparte, i
engaged to marry Pierre La Montagu.
WHILE JULES VERNE is growing fat
some Of the readers Of his novels are
growing thin from lying awake o nights
reading them.
ONE or THE LEADING physicians i'm
China j. Miss Howard, AN American
lady VINO gained considerable reputation
i'm this country.
Mrs. EDISON. the wife of the inventor.
is the originator of what promises 10 be
a popular arrangement Of the electric
light in chandeliers.
Mrs. MAJOR NICKER>ON No. ] lives
quietly in her Pennsylvania home. and
saws She viii not bother herself any more
about her TecTeant husband.
RIdoE SAYS that the Duke 81 Ricn-
monds family are all good angle :. They
should secure "A government office. and
then their fish stories would get into print.
IT HAS BEEN suggested that Alfonso
engage John l.. sullivan as travelling COM
panIon in his future tours 10 France.
Can Boston part with its foremost citizen.
though:
REV. DIR. HoUGHToN should fly with
all haste 10 that haven Of popular"
preachers. Brooklyn. Perhaps he can get
DR.. Fulton % form "a joint stock company
for the manufacture OF sermons for the
people"
Mr.. LYTT0N SOTHEBN. son Of Dun
dreary." i not achieving much success in
his effort to produce throughout the cOun-
try the plays made famous by his father.
The man who undertakes to initiate dis
tinguished father has a big contract
always.
\ FRIEND of the actor john McCul-
Tough in London has sent him a rare old
meZZOtiut engraving Of "The Death Of
Virginia" 1t is by Bartollozzi, the faith
or Of Nestris. and is from the collection OF
Skeene. the keeper Of the prints and en-
cravings in the British Museum.
TIE TRADEsAIEN of Florence are re-
i0icing at the prospects of having lsmail
Id>Na ana his ldItln scllltO IN luElE cllA
The eX-khediye has just concluded the
purchase Of the Gheradeska palace-Onc
Of the finest in Italy-an enormous struc-
ture. with extensive Outbuildiugs and
spacious gardens. The price for the whole
was 5000.
4 LIFE-sIZE STATUE of John Brown i
To be placed on a pedestal erected i'm the
grounds at Balmoral. The site selected
by the Queen Is to the south of the castle.
and the statue Will bc visible from its
windows. y monument in memory of
Brown Is to be put up in the Prince Con-
sorts mausoleum at FrogmOrc. and he
viii also be COMMUNICATED by "a tablet in
the nave at Il. Georges Chapel.
GENERAL SHERMAN and General It'd
ball. who have been on tour Of inspec-
tion and observation Of the military posts
in the far West returned to Washing
ton last week and resumed their
duties at the War Department. They
have Travelled lo.61N miles in 10 days.
General Sherman will attend tie reunion
Of the Society of the Army Of the Tennes-
see at Cleveland on the 18th and 18th inst.
after which he will return to Washington
and close up the affairs OF his office. 50
that Lieutenant General Sheridan may be
fully installed before the meeting of Con-
gresS.