Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-08
PERSONAL.

Mr., BLAINE's guest Of honor on Sunday
evening was Gen. sherman.
KIT CARsOS's monument at Santa Fe is to
be unveiled on Decoration Day.
GOULD's partner, Conner, figures out Goulds
income as the bagatelle of $6.OO0OOO year.
THE late DR.. Theodatus GarlIch, of Ohio,
had 10 his aquarium several educated" trout,
which would swim to him when called and
otherwise intelligently carry on to the dehght
and wonderment Of small boy visitors.
PRINCE BIsMARcK's next birthday-his
seventieth-which falls on next April l. VIII
also be the fiftieth anniversary OF his otnclal
service. and on that account II Will De cele-
brated with more than ordinary solemnity.
HERR sToLTE, the Dresden painter, has an
order from the South Carolina Society OF the
Cincinnati for portrait of the Revolutionary
General MOulton, which. when done, Will be
presented to the Mount Vernon Association.
SIR THOMAS GLADSTONE, eldest brother of
the Prime Minister of England, is very
large landed proprietor. He owns IN Kim
cardineshire alone no fewer than $4,000 acres,
but many of his farms return him no income.
At present he has over 5000 acres OF arabic
land divided into l3 farms.
THEY are telling the story in Roston that
lady in that city who wanted to know when
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born wrote
to Robert Browning to find out, and received
the answer: Il know neither the day, month
nor year of Elizabeth Barrett Brownlng's
had the slightest curiosity"
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, a nephew of Cyrus
W. Field and stephen j. Field, died few
days ago at PhRniX, A. t., under the as
sumed name of Donald Mckenzie. He W as
implicated in the Boss Tweed affair, and
family troubles caused HIM to leave his home
in WestbrOOk, Me-. some five or six years ago.
At PhWniX young Field, whose last days were
spent in poverty, was respected as an upright
man.
MISS TILE FRELINGHUYsEN is so much
improved IN health as to be able to hObble
down stairs on crutches and assist in some OF
the social duties. She will, however, probably
be again a sufferer for this renewed use of the
lame knee, for the physicians say she Will not
be well in many months unless she positively
gives up exercise. 1t is a singular coincidence
that another young lady of prominence in
society, Miss Mary Pendleton, daughter OF the
Senator Is also obliged to walk with crutches.
Her injury was from an unlucky step while
playing lawn tennis last summer, spralnlng
her ankle, from which injury she has not, to
the great regret Of her friends, yet recovered.
JAY GOULD, having had his fine steam
Yacht, Atlanta, put in thorough sea going
order, is about to enjoy a Southern cruise
with his family. The yacht will be sent to
Charleston, S. c., and Mr.. Gould and fam
ilv will leave New York about Jan. Is for
that place, where they will embark. The
programme as arranged includes stops at Sa-
vannah, Jacksonville and st. Augustine on
the way down the Atlantic coast. The party
will visit the New Orleans Exposition. 1t is
said that the great capitalist will return to
Wall street overland, taking time to inspect
personally the railroads of the Southwestern
system. Mr.. Gould will be absent from New
York abOut four months.