Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-02
PERSONAL.

JOIN STUART Mills adopted daughter,
Helen Taylor, is an editor OF the London
Democrat.
MISS MARY ANDERSON has recovered from
her illness and played again at the Lyceum
Theatre, in London.
DANIEL MANNING and his pride are passing
their honeymoon within hop. skip and jump
of the White House.
W. W. CORCOBAN, who entertained Mr..
Buchanan when he took the oath OF office,
offers the like courtesy to Mr. Cleveland
VICTOR HUGO has purchased land on the
Paris street that bears his name aGd will have
a fine mansion erected thereon for himself
and family.
GAIT. JOHN WEBSTER, Of Salem, Mass. has
given to the town Of Newmarket. n. H.,
$4,000 library building. The structure was
dedicated the other day.
WHILE visiting the tombs Of her husband
and son at Chiselhurst the other day. the
Empress Eugene fell as she was alighting
from her carriage, sustaining fracture OF her
ankle.
Now that the Illinois Legislature is so close
" divided in politics people are noticing that
the Hon. David DAVIS IL circulating more
freely than usual among politicians and men
of influence.
At a rehearsal Of one OF his plays, Sardou
makes the fireman, porter. supernumerares,
etc. the audience. and carefully notes the
effect Of play ana acting upon them; and he is
not satisfied until their emotions are aroused.
JAMES BIRNEY, eldest son of James G.
Birney. the st John Of the Presidential cam
paign Of 1874, has become resident of Cieve-
land. after law practice of twelve years a
the Cincinnati bar, and a service IN Michi-
gan as Circuit Judge for several years.
EPHRAIM KEYsER has finished al his studio
in Rome the clay model of the statue OF De-
Kalb. The model presents an animated mar
tial and vigorous figure, the heroic soldier
being in what artists call ian enthusiastic
pose" and in the act OF leading his troops on
to victory. His upifted sword and radiant
face indicating onward and forward"
REPRESENTATIVE J. RANDOLPH TICKER, the
intimate friend OF Garfield, relates that the
latter once asked him if he knew where the
National motto, ''E pluribus unum.' came
from. Tucker admitted that he did not
"W ell" said Garfield, lit comes from de-
scriptiOn in Horace Of the preparation OF a
Roman salad" and he turned to it. There,
/ surely enough, was the list Ofingredents and
I the remark that the result was ''e pluribus
/ Unum."
SIR GEORGE GROVE remarked the other day
! to an interviewer: The English are the best
! chorus singers in the world and have good
/ ears, but we want to be taught to depend on
/ ourselves. How can we be called a musical
nation when we spend millions wear to hear
/ German or Italian music played and sung by
/ German and italian musicians, and when. if
/ one is asked. as l was asked the other day at
/ PontresIna. Who IS your best English piano
! forte player? there is literally no answer to
make"
! WHILE waiting his turn on the pr 'gramme
of a concert at the Edinburgh Music Hall, re-
Gently, Sims Re YES stroller ont of the stage
/ door into the street Two blind street singers
ran against him. and one asked, "DO Nou
/ know il Sims Reeves has turned up?" The
| popular tenor replied in the afiirmativ upon
which the beggar excl lined, shouldn't |
answer. and the street Cha acters. to their
amaZement. were led into the concert room to
1 enjoy the entertainment.