Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
PERSONAL.

ROSWELL p. FLOWER has become a member
of the New York State Committee.
HENRY GEORGE spoke before an immense
audience at a labor demonstration in HamIl-
ton, Ont. last Monday.
Ex-Gov. DoRsHEIMER, Of New York, and
Gov. Cleveland were young men together in
Buffalo many years ago.
SB.J. PORTAL, the pioneer wine grower of
the Santa Clara Valley, is charging his win
cry to a capacity of 100000 gallons year.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES is not at
Manchester by he-Sea, but is having good
time at his country place IN Beverly Farms
near-the- Depot.
JOHN W. MACKAY denies the truth of the
statement telegraphed from Naples of the en-
gagement Of his daughter Eva to a member
of the Colonna family.
SENATOR EDMUNDs is living quietly at his
home in Burlington, VI, going out but little
and avoiding publicity. The loss of his
daughter weighs heavily on him.
GU1rEAU's SISTER, Mrs. scoville, now
known as Mrs. Howe, has sent her late hus
band a quantity of her unused wedding cards
in view Of his approaching marriage.
THE New Bedford Standard wants to know
whether person of the antecedents and re-
pute OF jay Gould is "a safe man to be trusted
on a jury where large interests may be at
stake"
UNITED STATES SENATOR HENDERSON, of
Nebraska, is lying i'll at the residence of Mr..
C. c. Dixie, in Brooklyn, with liberated sore
throat. He hopes TO be able to start for
Washington and the West in few days.
CHARLES w. KING, of the Cleveland. Ohio,
SUNDAY Sun, has sued the proprietors OF
saloon to recover 81, 300 lost at poker. The
surprising feature of this proceeding is the
idea that any newspaper man would mind
little thing like that.
THE Ell Paso (Tex.) Herald somewhat
vaguely SAYS of a colored youth who at one
time filed much space in the newspapers of
the country: 'Flipper is here, and he is only
an ex- Lieutenant. But he is heap bigger
man than good many Colonies we know
Of"
WILLIAM STILL, one of the wealthiest and
best known colored men OF Philadelphia,
CO. worker with Garrison, Phillips and Luz
cretia Mott in the anti-slavery cause, and the
author of the book 1.-The Underground Rail-
road" has announced himself for Cleveland
and Hendricks.
JOSIAH CROSBY, of Dexter, Me-, an ex-
President of the State Senate, and one Ell the
most influential Republicans in Maine. re-
pudiates Blaine and declares himself in favor
of Cleveland. lie thinks that Cleveland may
be relied upon to give the country mora
honest administration than Blaine"
RUFUS CHoATE was one Of the hardest men
to report that ever lived. Sometimes he
would start on a long sentence, and before he
got halfway through with it he would get all
tangled up and drop the sentence in mid-air.
as il were, without eyer finishing it. Hewould
then take up new subject entirely. 1t made
no difference, though, in the printed reports
of his speeches; he talked 80 rapidly that no
one could report HIM verbatim.
EMrEpoR WILLIAM has promised to attend
the ceremony of the opening of the new uni
Tersity buildings in Strasburg on the I'd Of
October, when there will be much pomp and
1t is now five years since His
Majesty visited the capital Of Alsace, on the
occasion Of the nlanmuVres of the Fifteenth
Corps, and then the French sympathies of
large portion Of the inhabitants were still
manifested.