Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
Personal.

ROSCOE CoEKLING is said to be looking bet
ter, 80 far as health is concerned, than he has
for years.
Gen. Lees daughters, Mary and Mildred
were present at the inauguration Of their
fathers statue IN New Orleans Friday.
ALPHOEE PAoUETTE and wife, of Westfeld
Mass, took their Two months sold baby sleigh
riding, and the child was smOthered by eXceS-
siye wrapping.
TIE difficulty between the artist Meissonier
anu M. Meyer, the critic of the Paris GQu50is
/ over the formers portrait of Mrs. Mackey, has
teen amicaby adjusted.
w. C. ELAN, of fame as a duelist, has quit
| the servi' Of the Richmond Why. There
! was too much fighting and too little pay in
the service Of the Readjusters.
COL. JEAN BAsso has died in Genoa. He
| was so devoted friend and so faithful fol-
| lower of Garbaldi that he was popularity
! known as THE Generals Dog"
LO ENz WEIDHAN, who was "Herod' in
the Passion p ay'' at Oberammergau, died
! recently at a Munich hospital at the age of
90 years. He was a tanner by trade.
THERE is an old man in Clay county, \. c..
/ who has borne through ninety-JwO years the
! burden Of the name Of Alexander Gumbleton
RuffietOn Scufileton Oberda WhittletOn South
entail Benjamin Franklin Squires.
CLARA BARTON, as President Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Association, is doing noble
work among the flood sufferers, and proposes
10 go from one end Of the Ohio to the other in
her skIf, which makes her sort of modern
Joan of Ark.
PHILETUs SAWYER. who represents the
pine woods of Wisconsin in the United states
| Senate, is described by a correspondent as
always standing with his hands in his
I pockets, and mis- head cooked on one side like
"A rooster celebrating which worm he shall
eat"
The person in the suite of the Marquis Of
LanadoWne who has made the most decided
impression on the Canadians Is Lord Melgund
Ills lOTd-hlp l. about %, handsome, and wears
a gorgeous uniform. The only drop of bitter
ness in the cup Of the Canadian bellies is that
he is married.
CAvALLoTTI, member Of the italian Par
lament, and Luigi Iilica. both writers of
| comedies, recently had street encounter in
Rome. in the course OF which the former bit
his antagonist savagely in the calf of his leg
/ Cavall0tu Is now known as the kicking and
biting deputy"
The committee in Newport, r. l., having
charge of the Perry monument has contractor
with Mr.. William q. Turner, Of Rome. Ita y
formerly Of Newport. for the statue. The
committee Expects that the statue viii be
ready for uBvelllRg on the 10th of September
1879, the anniversary Of the battle Of Lake
Erie.
THE musical talent Of the Duke Of Edin-
burgn was shown during the recent visit OF
/ the fleet to Gibraltar, he having plat ed in
( concert given in the theatre Ia aid of the
! widow ami children Of q baUdmaster who had
I belonged TO the garrison. The piece His
Roy Hlghness selected was GOunOd's Ave
/ Maria,' for violin, piano and voice, and for an
{ encore he gave Braga's -, erenata." In both
he was admirably accompanied by Mrs. Cad
/ wallader Adams, M&s Manners taking the vO-
/ cal part, which she gave with great eX-
/ preston. The theatre was crowded with a
/ fashionable audience. among whom were the
/ Cherifa of Wazan amt her little son, and the
result was substantial benefit to the poor
widow.