Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-11

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alcohol not necessary to health ana not
helper in work, physical or mental.
Mrs. JOHN MCCULLOUGH fatly and emphat-
ically denies the lately current rumOr mat
she Intended putting her husband Ia an asy-
lum.
THE family Of Senator Pendeton is spoken
Of as ore Of the most fastidious and exclusive
IN Washington, and their home IS q model Of
combined luxury and comfort.
The wife Of Lieut.. Greedy excites the envy
ing admiration Of her friends by displayln-
on her parlOr floor a large rug OF seal III,
relic Of her husbands Arctic life.
IT is reported that Postmaster General
Hatton is IN spOndence with the trustees
Of the Chicago Tunes. with a view 10 taxing
the editorial chair Of that Journal
MRS. SUSAN Hewlett. a venerable and re-
sDected lady Of Amelia county. q, aged -
wears. has Tecetly cut her third set OF teeth
ana regained her cyesight to wonderful eX-
tent.
Mrs. JERE BLACK. who is still with her
daughter Mrs. HOrnsby. in W Washington. Will
enter the White House after President CleFe-
land Is installed there for the fret time since
Mr.. BuchaDan's term expired.
sIR MOSES MoNTEPIoRE has fully recoy-
cred from his recent indisDOsitiOn, though he
is much depressed by the recent death OF rs
h0usekeeper. an old lady 80 years younger
than SIR Moses, and for 40 years past his faith
ful attendant.
TIE old German Ferdinand Schum acher by
name. the inventor Of oatmeal on the merl-
can breakfast table. is now the owner Of
great wealth. including haf dozen mills,
two grain elevators and several WAREHOUSES
with upward Of q thousand people IN MS DuS-
iuess.
FELIX MOsCHELRs, who has returned from
England and taken a studio again IN New
YORK. this winter. exhibited at the December
monthly meeting Of the Century Clu0 an al
rnirable portrait Of Mr.. Henry NJ. stanley
rF.e frefs asrfalrt N
Browning.
TIE plaintiff in the COleridge suit, Mr.. Ad-
ans, is a big. heavily built man, over six feet
in height and endowed with a quantity Of
iron gray hair. lie has an excellent voice
and delivery. and made EoOds though Jeffl
blv long iuded, speech. His announcement
that he had been an Invalid Tor the hrst =
years Of his life created cOnsiderable aInuse-
ment. for a more robust looking individual IS
seldom seen.
Col. RoBERT l. CHESTER, the messenger
sent to Washington by the electoral college
of Tennessee, is the oldest Democrat, and, for
that matter, the oldest citizen, IN the state.
being three years oil Ter than the government
now central at Nashville He was quar-
termaster under Gen. jackson IN the war OF
1912. His first vote was for James Monroe In
1916. and at eighteen Presidential elections he
has voted the Democratic ticket.
Mas. REAR ADMIRAL DUPONT wilI not come
on to the unwilling OF her husbands statue
on Dee. 10. She cannot move out OF her room
except ia q rolling chair, and has not stepped
on the ground for Is years. She is carried
once q year in an inyalid's chair to the house
Of her brother, which is in sight Of her own
residence on the Brandywine. because IL was
the home OF her childhood. ehe - also Du-
pOnt by birth, and her name, SOphy Dupont,
has remained unchanged, the Admiral
having been her first cousin.
IL male attire Miss Terry is not so attrac
tive as when wearing the natural hablliments
Of her sex, writes Bakely Hall. Her means
Of locomOti0n. so to speak, are not up to the
standard. They bulge at the knee. Her
figure is not particularly shapely, ana the
more glazing incongruities are accumulated
by the masculine attire. Her costume, how
ever, serves to show exactly how she manages
her peculiar walk. 1t is a sort Of bent-knee
movement, and has been copied with more or
less success by all the women on the stage.