Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-02
PERSONAL.
MGR. CAPEL is Iecturing in Milwaukee and
other cities # the Northwest.

MGR. CAPEL is Iecturing in Milwaukee and
other cities # the Northwest.
S. r. STODDARD, Of literary note, has pad
died his own canoe from New York to Bar
HarbOr.
SECRETARY LINCOLN is still detained at
Fortress Monroe by the serious illness of his
wife's mother, Mrs. Harlan.
VIENNA is bestowing on Mozart, who want
ed bread when living, monument that costs
$4,000, or more than he received for his whole
life work.
COL. DAN RICE, the veteran circus clown,
was recently presented with a 81 600 ring by
prominent rabbi of Baltimore as an evidence
of appreciation by the Jewish people OF his
numerous donations.
Col. r. NJ. JOHNSTON, the Georgia novelist,
has been criticized for dealing too much with
the rOugher phases of life in the South. He is
now engaged on story which deals with a
higher phase of Southern character.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES celebrated
his seventy fifth birthday last week. He re-
ceived the congratulations personally, by
mail and by telegraph of large circle of
friends and admirers throughout this country
and Europe.
Mr.. SPRAGUE. the former husband of Mrs
Kate Chase, threatens to come to the front as
the fusion candidate in the Rhode Island dis
trict now represented by Jonathan Chase,
"The Quaker Congressman Mr.. Chase de-
clines to stand again in political contest.
MIR. SWINBURNE recently TOOK a waiter at
the Arts Club in London and insisted on read
ing poem to him. In vain the mental beg
ged to be excused, pleading his duties. The
poet clung to him. and went on reading, paus-
ing occasionally to ask John Thomas what he
thought of il. The look of agony and DeWil-
derment on the fac of the hapless fOotman
would have made a study for Du Maurier.
VERY good, sir; very good indeed, sir, but
/" NO John, you must hear the resto
shouted the poet, grasping the retreating coat
tails; and John, in an agony, listened to verse
after verse. Mr.. Swinburne's bunch of keys
no longer contains the requisite bit of metal
TO enable him to open the doors at the Arts
Club.
ALFRED GREGORY, who has been appointed
one of the new pension examiners, and credit
Ell as from Georgia, is a son Of Civil Service
Commissioner Gregory. The very first action
taken by the Commissioner was an effort to
provide him with a soft place, and as he has
not lived IN Georgia long enough to wear out
his Illinois boots il will be seen that his inter-
ests have been constantly kept in view. When
the Civil Service Commission was organized
it elected Woods White, Of Atlanta, as Secre-
tary. Mr.. White makes $1,000 year as South
ern agent Of the Northwestern Mutual lnsur-
ance Company. and his willingness to take the
Secretaryshp was not understood until the
arrival of Alfred Gregory, son of the Com
missioner, from Illinois. Then it was under
stood that Gregory would represent White in
Atlanta while the latter was with the COM
mission. and hat, in fact, Gregory would in q
few weeks represent White with the commits
sion itself, while the latter would return to
his Atlanta business. The ubiquitous news
paper men got hold of the scheme and
frustrated it, That left Gregory in Atlanta
with nothing to do, and here he has remained
ever since, waiting for something to turn up.
1t seems that while waiting he has had the
commission to put him down as Georgia
man, and thus he comes into place which he
will fiji creditably enough, but for which
Georgia is in no way responsible.