Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-07
PERSONAL.

HENRY WILLARD, of railway fame, has re-
turned to New York from Europe.
Mr.. CLEVELAND has arranged to pass q few
days at Greenwich, Conn.,, shortly.
Pope WALKER, who, with Robert Toombs,
are the only surviving members of the original
Confederate Cabinet, is practcing law at
Huntsville, Ala.
A LETTER received from Representative
Reagan, of Texas, written from CapOn
Springs. announces that his health has been
quite restored, and that he will leave for his
home in Texas soon.
WILLIAM HENRY HURLBERT, until recently
editor of the New \ Ork World, and Miss Kitty
Tracy, daughter of the late William Tracy,
of New York, are to be married in Yorkshire,
England, on Aug. ID.
FRED SHARON, son of ex-senator Sharon,
and Mrs. Louise Breckenridge, daughter of
Lloyd Tevis, President of the Wels-Fargo
Express Company, and divorced wife of Hon.
O. +. Breckenridge, son of the late Vice
President, were married Sunday night in San
Francisco.
HENRY WARD BEECHER is lying i'll at his
residence in Peekskill. He had been unwell
for some time and as he became rapidly much
worse his physician was sent for and remained
with him during Friday night. Mr.. Beecher
was much easier Sunday.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE DRUMMOND,
who has just resigned from the bench, is con-
sidered to have one of the ablest legal minds
the country. lie wears an OVerCOdB shorter
than his undercOat, ancient, dilapidated silk
hat, broad, heavy, ClOd-hOppering shoes, and
trousers too short by three inches.
SENATOR BAYARD is conspicuous figure
this summer at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
He is seen daily in the surf. where his daring
feats of swimming attract universal atten-
ton. A rather ''natty" bathing suit, as a cor
respondent describes it, distinguishes the
Senator from the rest of the bathers.
APROPos of Meissonier's unlimited egotism,
a story is told that a rich amateur managed
for him a pleasant little surprise. He asked
him to come and see new treasure OF paint
ing, and sat him down befOre-a MeiSsOnier.
"What is your OpiniOn?' asked the rOguish
friend. ''You should be proud indeed" an
swered MeissOnier with deep solemnity, ''to
possess such masterpiece"
MRS. LOUISE CHANDLER MoULTON writes
from London that, at a ball there, among
many pretty women the very pretticst was
Oscar Wilde's young wife. She wore a wreath
of white lilies round her lovely dark hair, her
dark eyes were bright, her cheeks glowed,
and she looked las happy as love and wealth
and beauty, all three, could make girl"
She had fan to which were attached masses
of lilies.
GEN. TAYLOR, when he returned from
marked interest to the Washington CORE
spondents. He was very accessible, and was
generally found sitting sidewse on chair,
with his legs crossed. He wore a badly fitting
black dress suit, with black ek-handker-
chief and large pair of spectacleS. His head
was large, with high and massive forehead,
which fell off toward the crown, as If there
was a lack of individuality and self-esteem.
His under lip was rot as prominent as was
represented in the portraits of him, and his
features displayed that indOmltable iron ma
ture which he had exhibited on hard fought
fields,