Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25
PERSONAL.

NEXT MONTH the King of Portugal will
visit London and be lodged In Buckingham
Palace.
+. :. CHURCH has the distinction among ar
lists that he never so much has been aboard an
ocean steamer, much less to Europe, whittier
go so many men of the brush.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON, the actor, and his wife
! have returned from a salmon fishing trim.
rhee intend to pass the rest of the summer at
| their old home, HokOkus, n. j.
WINSLOw, the Boston forger, is n big man
in BuenOs Ayres. He edits the leading paper
there, is an uuequaled lobbyist, shrewd
diplomat the founder Of several banks and
the chief lion of society.
CARTER HARRIsoN's ambition, as he franklv
Gays, is to be elected fifth time as the Demo.
cratic Mayor of the Republican city of Chi
cago and then to succeed Shelby NJ CuIlum
in the United States Senate.
ALTHOUGH Senator Edmunds' re- election ia
generally conceded. his enemies in Vermont
are keeping up their opposition to him and
will probably succeed in eecting a mum Der of
members of the Legislature who will vote
against him.
THOMAS JEssUP MILLER, who died in Lou
doun Va, few days ago, was a Washington
lawyer of note. His grandfather. Walter
Jones, is remembered as the advocate who
argued the Glrard will case IN PhiiadeIphia
with Horace Binney and Daniel Webster
THE engagement between Miss Minnie
Smith, sister of Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt
and Count Moran, an Italian nobleman has
been broken OF because 1t has been found
that the Counts estat ties are owned by MONEY!
lenders and the family jewels are in pawn.
TUE late A. T. Stewart found It to his ad.
vantage to give to each head OF a department
of his business a percentage of the profits
made in that department. in addition to a
guaranteed sa larry. One year the head of his
lace department earned s27 900 and the head
OF another department S., 900, the percentages
being about per cent. OF the profits of the de.
partmcnt.
MRS. LELAND STANFORD has given to a
forthcoming church fair at San Diego Cal a
large doll dressedto look like Marina Wash
ington, and other people Will contribute other
dolls representing other eminent persons ~
various nations. Mrs. Stanford also gives A
collection Of photographs Of prominent peo
pie with their autographs, including those of
the President and Mrs. Cleveland.
# would seem that the Prince OF Wales,
sons have been guilty of very fragrant piece
Of plagiarism No passage in "rhe Cruise az
the BaCchante' mas been 80 admiringly uuoted
as the one written while between Barbados
and Martinique, which begins: 1--WE should
be less than men," and ending but the sad
memory of their useless valor, etc" It is m
deed most eloquent and effective passage IA
vel IT may be, for it turns out TO have been
copied almost word for word from Char,ea
kingsley'- charming work "At Last" where
il Win be found in the second chapter.
HOLMAN HUNTS father did not want him
10 be an artist and set him to keeping books.
Hunt says. in an autebiograp hical paber
The window OF nv room was made of ground
glass and. having but little to do, | passed NV
time drawing with both pen aud pencil flies
upon iIs roughened surface. A good blot of
ink suniced for the body and some debcate
strokes with - hard pencil for the wings and
at short distance the deception wasperfect
Day by day the mum Der Of flies in that room
Increased, till one uRy my employer, coming
In, stopped suddenly IN front Of ibe window
and sad: Il can't make out how IL is: every
day | come into this room there seems to be-
more htes IN IT, and he took out his handker.
chief " brush them away"