Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-30
PERSONAL.

GEN. AND MRS. FREMONT are in W ashinrton
hard at work upon the Generals memoirs
Jessie is nominally her husbands secretary,
bears fully half the burden of arrangement OF
materials and composition.
THE late Mr.. Conway Richard Dobbs, OF
Castle DoDbs, county Antrin, was one of the
last survivors of those who fought with Lord
ENmOuth at Algiers. He was sent to Parlia-
ment for the first time with Mr.. Gladstone in
1882.
JULES BRETON wrote to a friend in New
York that he felt good on hearing that the sale
That was before his group of white-robed
communicates brought $45,500 at the Morgan
sale.
GEORGE EBERs, the biographer Of Alma
Tadema, SAYS that Alma IS a fancy name
adopted by the painter partly because 1t has
pleasing sound and partly because it ena-
bles him to have his pictures entered on the
first page OF art catalogues.
BENZ AMIN CROSBY, who died at New Ca
naan, Conn, last week was a grandson OF
Enoeh Crosby. the original of Harvey
Birch" the hero of Coopers famous novel,
''The Spy" He was buried at CARMEL N
Y, the native place ofhis grandfather.
M. DE BRAzZA, the African explorer, who
recently fell and broke his collar bone while
descending the stairs OF the Ministry of Ma
rine, Paris, is doing well, butwill not be freed
from the surgical apparatus applied to his
arm and shoulder for two or three weeks yet.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT was Town Clerk
OF Great Darlington, Mass. siXty-One years
ago, and one Of hts duties was TO record the
marriages solemnized there. Among the
marriages 30 recorded was that of civilian
&. Bryant and Frances Fairchild, January II,
1871
DURING a visit TO the seaside Sarah Bern
hardt saw q madwoman daily casting pieces
OF bread upon the waves. The poor creature
explained that she was feeding the fishes so
that they would not in their hunger devour
the body OF her son. who had been drowned
at sea. The actress made a note OF the case,
and has now illustrated IL in "A marble group.
JOIN w. BooKwALTER, who has been con-
spicuOus in Ohio politics, now has two homes
-One IN New York, the other at Springfield,
o. In each house ia a fine collection OF art
objects, bought IN Egypt, Persia, India and
Japan. said Mr.. Bookwalter at Springfield
the other day: 81 shall leave again in May
or June for Egypt, India and the Malay Arr
chipelago, where my health is easily preserv-
ed. | expect to spend much OF my future
time IN those lands"
MISS THrRsBY received the money for her
memorial concert in New York one morning
breakfast by number OF the ladies who had
directed the concert and an Omelette was
given her to serve. On cutting It she found
that abe really had before her the famous
golden eggs for the omelette was made OF $40
gold pieces. A crust OF cotton separated
them from the real omelette above them. IL
was rather an opulent sort OF breakfast dish
and was worth $4,000.
Col. MCCALMONT, one Of the fierce Irish
Tory members, has become o stock guy OF the
British House Of Commons. lie Is solemn
verbose. dry and irritating. He began a
speech the other day by reading letter
which lay 80 ilatly In his hand that it was not
perceived, aud his delivcrance was presumed
10 be his own. The opening sentence, enun-
ciatcd with awful gruesomeness In q deep
key. was II am "a widow upon which the
House reared and roared again. like boys at
play and the CulOneps cOuntcnanco, pic
cure Of anazement. woe and scorn, increased
the hiliaritv bevond all bounds.