Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-29
PERSONAL.

SERGEANT O'KEEFE, for many years the
signal service officer on Pixies Peak, has dis
appeared mysteriously from his home in Den
! YER
LIEUT.. DASESHOwRR and Mis- Helen Sloan
viii be married at Oswego, \. J., March y,
and after the wedding Will make visit for
a month IN Washington,
THE statue Of Lord Frederick Cavendish,
which is to be placed in the Town Han square
al Barr in Furness, will be unveiled dur
ing Easter week By Lord Spencer.
u. r. LOCKE, the "Nasby'' Of past cam
paigns has broken away from the regular Re
publicans and has male his paper, the Btade,
Of Toledo, an uncOmpromising Prohibition
journal.
LATE accession to the ranks Of royal
authors is the Infanta Donna Paz. The "POe-
sias de Paz de Borbon" have been printed in
an edition restricted to 80 copies, not intend
ed for sale.
NINE. MoDJEsKA's husband. the Count Be-
Zenta. made her present OF PAIR OF 5000
diamond ear-rIngs the other day, from the re-
suit Of a sale Of some prize cattle on his Cali
fornia ranch.
Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD has become a
member Of the New Orleans Cremation Asso-
citation, and Pere Hyacinthe, still lecturIng in
that city, mas publicly expressed his approval
Of the principles Of the society.
JOHN G. PHILLIPS, nephew of Wendell
Phillips, has filed an application ~ the Boston
Probate Court to be appointed administrator
Of the estate of his uncle in place OF the widow
who refuses to act as executor of her hus-
bands Will.
VICTOR HUGO is said to nave excused his APP
pearance at the French Academy, on the &C
casion OF Pailleron's reception, IN plain even
ing dress, on the ground that his suit OF uni
form was worn out. and that at his time Of
life it would be foolish to order another.
QUEEN VICTORIA has sent to the Sailors
Home at Portsmouth portrait Of herself,
with autograph, IN carved OAK frame. The
nicture il from a drawing on stone by Karl
~taub. taken from the portrait by Angel
which was painted in 1871, and which hangs
in the private dining room at W indsor Castle.
GEN. d. II. HILL has at last resigned the
Presidency Of the Arkansas Industrial Uni
versitv. which he has held, through consider
able tribulatlon at times, since 1871 The Fort
smith NeiC Era is of the opinion that he tried
to do his duty. but was the wrong man Tor the
place and should never nave peen appointed.
COR. Bob INGERs0LL, now travelling with
John r. AIiev towards New Mexico, bought
and furnished last summer a handsome house
on X street, in Washington, making him next
door neighbor to Senator John sherman. Ana
the two are intimate friends, tnougn John
sherman pretends to be pious to almost PurI-
tan extreme.
1.-THE only misgiving | had when left the
cutter to 20 to the wreck" says Lieutenant
Rhodes, the hero of the City Of Columbus dis
ter, "was about my baby. You didn't know
that had one, did you? He is a bright little
bow, about two years old. His mother died
some time ago, and as left in the boat call
ed out TO the Captain to look out for him II
anything happened to me"
EprxBURGH turned out en- masse to hear Mr..
Oscar Wilde lecture last week on two con-
secutive nights. He has just completed his
hundredth lecture since his return from
America and his 'dates are filed to the end
of March: then he resigns the lily for the
orange blossom. He thinks OF an Australian
tour. with view. he says, Of, if possible, re-
forming the ugly shape Of that country as de-
melted IN modern MAPS and viii come home
via Japan. bring me storks"