Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-30
PERSONAL.

MIR. IRVING will play in Cincinnati during
this week.
Col. INGERsOLL has left Denver and is now
in Washington.
MRS. FARRAGUT, widow of the Admiral, is
living in comfortable style in New York.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES contradicts the
story that he is going to England to lecture.
MR.. WHISTLER, with his etchings, is show
ing the Boston people what he has done in
black and white.
Mr.. SULLIVAN, pugilist, has knocked down
the price of his tickets from two dollars to one
dollar IN San Francisco.
MR.. II. TELLER, a son of the Secretary
of the Interior, is mentioned as the probable
successor of Governor Ordway, of Dakota.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS has cause to be
proud OF the compliment paid to him by the
London Spectator, which is usually not very
kind to American authors.
YOUNG LADY converts to what is in London
called "POpe- Catholicity''' love Italian archi
lecture and Christmas pilgrimages to Rome.
They all hope to convert Gladstone.
Don MIGUEL was the first English speaking
settler in California. The year was 1917. He
is still living at the age OF 50. He and his wife
are at Los Angeles, with great grandchildren
around them.
DIR. LOIS 0. JACKSON fills the position of
resident physician in hospital for children
in Philadelphia. She is a pretty blonde. %
years of age, and is giving entire satisfaction
in her position.
REAR-ADMIRAL r. WORDEN, of the United
States Navy, is seriously Ill at his residence In
Newport He had bad fall a few weeks ago,
and ne has been falling ever since, so that he
is not expected to hYe
QUEEN VICToRIAs book is announced for
the 18th of next month, "mucn to the chagrin of
her sons and daughters. who dread the uni
versal laughter at the exhibition of the John
Brown craze" as London correspondent tel
eeraphs.
MISS WINNIE HALL, of Temple, Tex, is
the oldest old maid in America, having just
reached the age OF 100 years. Inc bachelors
will not take the advantage of the leap year
prerogative or her sex.
1T is reported that United States Circuit
Judge Thomas Drummond, of Chicago. will
retire from the Bench IN March next, after "a
years service. He was appointed by Pres-
dent TAYLOR to the United states District
Bench in 1850 and was made Circuit Judge
in 1869 by President Grant.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, who was to have deliv-
cred the Grafton before the Maryland Society
of the Confederate Army and Navy in Balti-
more on the 22d of February, has written that
his health will not admit of his speaking in
that city at this season of the year, and the
Grafton has been abandoned.
MISS MARY THORNTON MARYE, of Spott-
sylVania, and j. S. b. Thompson, of Culpeper,
are the parties to coming marriage that
will interest Virginia society people: Miss
Marye is of the family that lives on Marye's
Heights, where the terrific fighting was done
il the battle of Fredericksburg.
EX-GOv. JOHN NJ. PALMER, of Illinois, was
in early life clock peddler. Arriving at
Carthage, ILL.,, late one night, he was put by
the landlord in a room with stephen A. Doug
las. Douglas liked him and advised him to
qllit selling clocks and study law. Palmer did
as requested, and so far as is known has never
had occasion to regret the change.
THE wife of Mr.. George j. Holyoake died
it is said of her that she "shared unmurmer-
ingly the vicissitudes consequent upon the
part her husband chose to take in public ques
lions, though the sharpest results were expe
rienced by her." During her husbands i'm
pl,isonment in lS41-2 her eldest daughter died.
III her last illness kind and valued words Of
sympathy are said to have come to her from
Mrs, Tennyson