Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-27
PERSONAL.

GENERAL GRANT is expected to soon
become permanent resident of Washing
ton.
NATHANIEL GREENE, the only living
grandson of General Nathaniel Greene,
is a practicing physician in Middletown,
r. /.
w. ;. GILBERT, the dramatist, is build
ing a S250,000 residence at kensington.
England. The playwrights lot is indeed
happy one.
A WESTERN paper refers to one of Ben
Buffers oratorical references to himself
as san Ossa of Cheek heaped upon
PeliOn of gall"
WENDELL PHILLIPS will deliver an ora
ton on '''Fhe Future of the South" at the
convention Ofthe National Cotton Planters
Association at Nicksburg, November u.
IT Is announced that the great English
baritone singer, Mr.. Santley, has been be-
| trothed to a beautiful South American
heiress and that the marriage will take
place shortly.
ZOLA'S new novel, "La JOie de Nivre,"
is to be, we are told, "the story of a family
drama; study of passion purely psych-
illogical and without inventories of fupi-
ture, analyses of odOrs, or secondhand
and (astidious descriptions of any kind"
THE only men in the United States
Senate now who do not come under the
head of erich" are Blair, Frye, Kenna,
Jones of Florida, and Riddleberger.
None of these have been sued on board
bill of late years, however.
JOHN BRIGHT, in a recent speech to his
constituents, remarked that he could
mot conceal from them his conviction
that the business of the country is quite as
well conducted during the six months of
the year when Parliament is not in ses-
sion as during the six months when it is
in session.
DIR. j. ii. MCLANE, of st. Louis, two
years ago was rich and prosperous
manufacturer of patent Vermituge and
pills. He went into politics, spent
$4,000 to secure Il short term in Congress,
and now his medicine factory has been
destroyed by fire. This is an awful warm
ing to business men to keep out OF poll
tics.
MR.. MEYER, of Paris, claims to have
invented paper indestructable by fire.
Specimens have been exhibited which had
previously been placed tor four hours in
pottery furnace. Mr.. Meyer has also in
vented incOmbustible cOlOrs and ink. The
invention is likely to be Of great value,
and the incombustible paper will be in
demand for wills, deeds, account books,
etc.
SARAH BERNHARDT is bitterly hated at
iuC OollGult do buC lOllOn lll-
story will show: Emile de Girardin had
an exquisite portrait of her, painted by
an eminent artist in 1876. When he died
he bequeathed it to the Coincide Fran
caise. "Where is the portrait now?' was
recently asked of member of the CON-
pany. "Up in the garnet with its face to
the wall"
REV. NEWMAN HALL is universally
known in England as the author of the
tract ''Come to Jesus" Some time ago,
the New York Tribune relates, he wrote a
reply to some of his critics, and, having
good deal OF ''the old man Adam" in his
natural makeup, used some pretty sting
ing language therein. Before publishing
it he read it to his friend, the late DIR.
Binney, and then said: snow, doctor,
I'm going TO print it in tract form, and
want yOutO suggest name forit." "Well,"
said the other, 'while you were reading
some of those hard hits at your enemies,
1t occurred to me that you ought to call it
Go to the Devil by the author of Come
to Jesus" Mr.. Hall saw the point, and
didn't Ouhlish tho tract at all