Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-09
Personal,

MINNIE HAUK still flies the stars and stripes
from her historic castle IN Switzerland.
Ex-ATToRNEY GENERAL BREWSTER will
visit the castle Of the Cars before returning
TO this country.
MRs. JAMES BROWN POTTER has met the
Prince of Wales, and now she win return TO
the United States.
COUNT PALATINE RUPRECHT l. who founded
the University of Heidelberg just 500 years
ago, was very illiterate man.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT finds life abroad
entirely too congenial to visit this slow old
continent for any time this year.
THE late Mrs. Spencer Walpole was the last
surviving daughter of Spencer Percival the
only English Premier assassinated.
IT is said that Armour, of Chicago, paid
$50, coo for a seat in the New York Produce
Exchange which he never occupies.
PRINCE NAPOLEON. the exile, is expected to
arrive IN America next month. Society wo-
men are probably ready to make lion of
him.
W. ID. HowELLS writes all his novels with a
typewriter. and the fuency OF his style has
some of the defects of work that is too easily
erformed.
Il. c. sTEpMAN, the banker poet, IS enjoying
his frat vacation for two years. He is up at
New Castle, y H., and, as one OF his friends
puts 1t. royalty loading"
SIR STAFFORD NoRTnCoTE is the only Tory
peer whom Mr.. Gladstone refers to in Parla.
mentary debate as "my friend" The others
are right honorable gentlemen"
DIR. WILLIAM r. DUNToN, the well known
Germantown physician, has rendered the use
of his Adirondack camp TO President and
Mrs. Cleveland, who will occupy 1t during
their vacation this month.
PETER A. B. wIDENER. the millionaire
street railroad operator, IS about to build for
himself what will be the finest private resi-
Bllla0plUhlA
street, with frontage Of 100 feet, eighty feet
high and will extend along Girard avenue
100 feet.
MRS, s. S. Cox, the wife of the American
OF the Order of Good Works. 1t lisa pendant
star set with diamonds, twenty-sN on each
one Of the Ave points of the star. The order
was instituted to honor Lady Layard, who
WAS second Nightingale in the hospitals.
GEN. JOSEPH Il. JOHNSTON. Commissioner
of Railroads, left Washington Friday after
noon on his annual tour OF Inspection OF the
subsidized railroads. lie will hrst go to
Omaha and inspect the Union Pacific and ITS
branches. From Omaha he will 20 TO San
Francisco, where he will decide upon his fu-
ture movements
JOHN X. MCLEAN, of the Cincinnati En-
quirer who some time ago purchased the
house in Washington occupied by Hamilton
Fish when Secretary OF State, has begun TO
remodel aud enlarge IT. The principal change
Will be an addition on the west side. which
will make the house double one and enlarge
the facilities for entertaining purposes
1T is understood that Mayor Grace thinks
that by accepting the place OF Colonel on the
retired list, Gen. Porter vacated the police
mihsionership and accordingly be will
proceed to appoint his successor. Commits
sloner OF Jurors Charles Reilly is said 10 be the
m al selected by the Mayor rs Gen. Porter's sue
cessor. Gen Porter was appointed by Mayor
Edison, and has been counted q Tammany
man. Mr.. Reilly is the leader OF the county
Democracy IN eso FoRrth dis.riot.