Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-21
PERSONAL.

STARK w. ARNOLD, a nephew of 'Stone-
WalI' jackson, is member OF the West Nlr
GINA Senate.
REPRESENTATIVES, RICHARDSON, of Tennes-
SEE, will be the tallest man in the new Con-
gress. He is about seven feet high.
Mrs. JAMES RUSSELL LowELL's grave, in
Kensal Green Cemetery, is within few yards
of that OF the late John Lathrop Motley.
THE members Of Minister Lcwelrs family
who have gone to join HIM in London will
probably remain there until he can return
home with them.
GEN. WIN. +. ROGERS, of Buffalo, and mem
Der of the late Congress wants to succeed
Martin /. Townsend as United states Marshal
for the Northern district of New York.
GEN. GRANT has not yet acknowledged the
receipt of his commission as a general on the
retired list, and his name has therefore not
yet been placed on the government pay roll
RICHARD BUTLER, who Is going abroad next
month. expects when he returns to be accom-
panied by BarthOldi, the sculptor, to whom
he has already addressed an invitation to that
end.
JULIUS Won PAYER, artist and Arctic ex-
plorer, has been forced to suspend his work on
a series of paintings illustrative OF Sir John
Franklin's voyages because of trouble in the
matter of his eyesight,
PRINCESS BEATRICE win have for brides
maids at her wedding the daughters of the
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the Grand Duke of Hesse, all her nieces. The
honeymoon is to be spent at Balmoral.
JUDGE WILEY, of the Court of Common
PleasOf Franklin county, Ohio, who has seVe-
raj times appeared on the bench while intoxi-
Gated, on Monday had a drunken squabble in
the street cars ending in fight. The people
talk Of compelling him to resign.
MISS SUSAN WARNER. the novelist, died of
paralysis at Highland Falls, Y. Y, recently,
in her 6sth year. She was the author of many
novels, of which "Queechee' and 1.-THE Wide
Wide WOrd'' were the best known, and for
many years she was regular contributor to
several magazines.
A WESTERN man. taking the train for home
at the Baltimore and Ohio depot n Washing
ton recently, is reported as saying: at all
comes acng Of this banked new tangled
mugwump sgame of penuckle, which The
President plays. II it was poker, or even
seven-up, I'd come in for an Ofice blank
quick"
JOHN WANAMAKER was to deliver an ad-
dress in Wilmington Saturday night. He was
told the train left Broad street station at :46.
Ii left at $40. In order not to disappoint his
audience MIR. Wanamaker, with characteris-
tic enterprise, chartered a special car and ar
rived in Wilmington Immediately behind the
regular train.
MAD. FANNY DUCHAUFOUR, who has Just
died at the age of so years, was long notable
figure In New Orleans society. She was
daughter OF DIR. Gardette, OF Philadelphia,
who came to America in 1880 with a French
expedition. Mad. DuchaufOur was born Of
DR.. Gardette's first wife. The second was
ZulIne Carrere. mother of Myra Clark Gaines,
who was consequently q step-slst of the de-
ceased, but some ten years younger. Mad.
DuchaufOur had quite an eventful career, re-
siding at times in Philadelphia, Nashville and
New Orleans. In her youth she wss beauti-
full and accomplished, and retained even in
old age remarkable intelligence and vivaci-
tv 1t is said that she knew really more of
Mrs Gaines true relationship to Daniel Clark
than has come to light.
CASTOR VAssY. whose death is announced.
was one Of the most Notable OF French news
paper reporters. Once a fire occurred at the
Hotel FendOme, and there were some mysteriv
GUS circumstances connected with it, All the
reporters were refused a word about 1t, both
at the hotel and the Police Prefecture; all,
shat is, except Vassy, He took a stenOgrapher
with him. marched boldly into the hotel
onice. and seating himself demanded i'm
periously of the concierge: what is your
name?" The man was taken aback, and gave
his name at once. "Take it down, Mr..
Sheriff." said Vassy; and then to the con-
cierge again: "Now, sir, tell us directly oil
YOU know about this affair."" The fellow
thought Vassy was the Police Commissioner,
aud told him long story, rich in scandalOus
details, which flied two columns of Vassy's
paper and gave it a stupendous "beat'l on all
It's contemporaries, II was the talk Of Paris
for mouth,