Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
PERSONAL.

THE LATE Augustus schelrs estate is valued
at about $4,000, 900.
1T is reported that Senator Fair and his di-
Yorced wife will soon be remarked
DIR. SCHLIEMANN is, for the second time,
making excavations on the site of Tiryns
THE Rev. George 4. Gordon. of Greenwich.
Conn, has become pastor of the Old South
Church, in Boston. The congregation there
have been without minister since November,
1882.
MRS. KATE SPRAGUE CHASE has taken a
house in the Avenue dU Bots dc Boulogne in
Paris, and proposes to reside there for some
time. She has recently been making tour in
the south of Europe.
THE WIFE of Prof. Alexander Graham Bell,
the inventor of the telephone. is a very charm
ing deaf mute who accompanies her husband
to Prevent receptions and is made much Of by
the best people in Washington society.
NJ. GOUNOD having ascertamed that Mrs.
Black, the original maid of Athens" was
living in poverty in a London suburb, took
ByrOn's poem and composed a song, the pro-
eeeds OF which are to be sent to Mrs. Black.
Ex-PosTMAsTER GENERAL TYNER is now
IS years old, and his hair has turned a silvery
white. lie Is still as erect as an arrow though.
and walks about the capitol with the same
hight and airy step that distinguished him in
other years.
A PICTURE OF the eX-Empress Eugenie's
HlSut rum 1 airs III 1911. painted by NJ. Henri
Dupray. Will be one of the features of the
coming Paris Salon. The work will show the
Empress starting from Dr. Evans house. ac-
companied by her lady in waiting, Madame
de Breton. and gentleman.
HERR AUGUST LEsIMPLE. conductor of the
Wagner Association in Cologne, and for 30
years an intimate friend and correspondent
OF Wagner's, has published a book of personal
predictions of the master at Dresden. It
bears witness to the devotion with which the
composer inspired his friends.
CHIEF ENGINEER MELVILLE, of the Jean
nette expedition, received the other day a
bottle of whisky which had been forwarded
to him on February 4, 1882, while he was in
the wllds of Siberia. The bottle had Travelled
5000 miles by sea, over ll,G00 miles on the
sedge journeys in Siberia and about $500
miles by rail.
JOHN BLAND, a respectable bank cashier in
Leeds. is the last survivor OF twelve children
one of whom was the late Adelaide Nelson,
whose plain. prosaic name OFF the stage was
Elizabeth Ann Bland. But Nelson or not
she was always bland. Her mother was for a
awhile an actress, her father was an engraver,
and the family was most respectable,
PROF. WALTER n. HILL, who was killed by
a recent explosion, was well known in
Newport. He was the first chemist en-
ployed at the torpedo station, where he was
retained for twelve years. He was instru-
mental in materially advancing the interests
of the station, and made many valuable dis
coyeries and inventions.
ACCORDING to the London correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian, the Marquis of Ri
pom has decided to remain ViccrOy OF India
until few months before his term of office eX-
pires, in June, 1885. He will probably come
home in March next year. The filing up of
the position has not yet been before the Cabi-
net SO that all statements giving the names
mentioned as likely to be appointed are pre-
mature,