Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-14
PERSONAL.

| LIEUT.. HARDER, of Jeanette tame, is Wis
| itng Mrs. Garfield in Cleveland.
| Mr.. DANA, of the New York Sun, will start
| for the City of Mexico on the 18th inst.
MADAME MINNIE HAUK is teaching the
| Texas cowboys to love opera. At Austin and
| Galveston she called forth the widest APP
| plause.
| IT Is REPORTED that Commander VIM. b.
! Hoff. now on special duty in the Navy Depart
ment. VIII be ordered TO command the Arctic
| steamer Alert.
But two of our presidents survive
Grant and Hayes-but Mrs. Tyler and Mrs.
| Polk, widows of eX-Presidents Of past gene
ration, still linger with US.
LORD LANsDowNE surprises visitors at Ri
dcau Hall by taking them to the Ottawa rink
| and showing them that he can distance some
of the natives in fair race on the ice.
HON. J. RANDOLPH TUCKER, Of Virginia,
will deliver the address to the graduating class
more Academy of Music on Friday next.
THE Italian societies Of New York have
placed memorial tablet of marble over the
door of the house on Staten Island where
| Garibaldi lived an exile from 1851 to 1853
EX-SENATOR PoMEBoY, of Kansas-"Old
POM" as he was called-is rancher now,
and he is bitterly opposed to secret societies.
Old Pom was a good stalwart in his day, but
the sun of that day has set.
II WAS a soldier for two years." said Signor
Salvini to a newspaper reporter IN London
recently, "and fought under Garlbaldl at the
siege of Rome in lS49. My campaigns on the
stage have happily been more fortunate"
JAMES FORNEY, who has just been promoted
from a Captancy to be a Major in the marine
corps. is a son of the late Col John w. For
ney, the journalist and politician. Major For
ney has seen much active service, both on land
and sea.
VICTOR HUGO entered upon his eighty-third
year on February 20. The French Govern
ment struck medal in his honor, the pre-
sentatiOn of which was the feature Of the cell
ebratiOn. In the poets house, in the avenue
called after his name, crowds of his friends
and admirers flocked to pay him homage.
BOSTON is Boosting that in Washing ton the
other day three eX-GovernOrS of Massachu-
in one gorgeous group not far from the Cap
tol; but not a journal notes that at the same
time the biggest Ex-Governor of the lot, Ben
Butler, was just around the corner.
HERBERT SPENCER, the foremost philosO-
pher of the time, always has objected to sit
for a portrait or even to be photographed,
though occasionally he has been worried into
it, but lately has consented to permit Boehm
to make amarillo bust Of him and that sculp-
tor has begun the work.
CELIA GARIBALDI, the youngest daughter
of the General, was recently married at Turin
to Prof. GraZlaldi. King Humbert sent the
bride a handsome diamond bracelet. Some
beautiful flowers were offered by Garibaldrs
veterans. SignOr Depretis sent the brides
mother a cordial letter of congratulatiOn.
GOV. BLoxHAM, of Florida, passed into the
Bellevue Hotel, Philadelphia, Tuesday even
ing and embraced Gov. Bum, of Idaho; as the
twain met the Executive of the Peninsula
State exclaimed: 1--WE got the picture of the
next Governor of the best of the territories on
the walls of my best room and every day my
wife decOrates it with orange blossoms. Why
didn't you come to Florida? We would have
given you anything you wantedP'-Phi5ade1-
phid Press.