The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-03
PERSONAL.

Bishop Fl. n. McTYEIRE of the Southern
| Methodist church, is i'll with typhoid fever at
his home in the Vanderbilt university grounds
at Nashville.
DC MAuRIER, tho London caricaturist. has a
| little grandson VINO is the most beautiful
| youngster in Great Britain. At least so say
| artists who have had the privilege of looking
! at his ideal face, crowned with locks of golden
| hair.
Mrs. AMELIE RGvEs-CHANLER is to sail for
| Paris in the early part of December, where she
| contemplates remaining for over two years
| While abroad she says she will not touch pen to
paper, at least as far as anything for publca-
| ton goes.
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Cleveland, it is thought
| In Washington, will spend the holidays at Oak
view. H. Is understood that when she returns
| to the white house Mrs. Cleveland will some
what extend the frequency and scope of her
own social entertainments in the direction of
| drawing rooms and luncheons
| EMPRESS FREDERICK since her return to Lon
| don has spent a good deal oil time weeping over
| familiar scores, driving about with her mother
| aud receiving Populations of fearful royal
| tradesInen who, of course, have never failed to
inform her how grief-stricken and miserable she
| ought u DO for The rest of her life.
MNE. MuNEMITsu MUTsU, wife of the Japanese
minister as Washington entertains her intimate
| friends With music on the ''koto, the Japanese
piano. 1t is feet long by about inches wide
aud the silk strings are drawn lengthwise on the
rounded top. Mime. Mutsu is u clever performer
on the "koto, aud she is especially acceptab bic
when she renders the music Of the ''Mikado.''
DIR. LouIs LoEwE, whose death was recently
announced. was the trusted companion Of the
| late Moses MOntefiore on thirteen of his mis-
sions TO the east, to Russia, Roumana, Poland
and Rome. He was appointed librarian and in
terpreter to the Duke OF Sussex at the age of 80
years, and before his death was credited with a
knowledge of forty different languages and dia
lects, the majority of them Oriental.
II has been stated that Consul General Wal
Ter, upon his return from London to America
wouli take up his residence in New York. But
in a letter regr ting his inability to attend the
celebration of The fifteenth anniversary of the
Star of the Sea Total Abstinence Society Of
New lonion, Conn, lie says: In the early
summer | expect TO return to your good old
| town, to remain the rest OF my days among
| those who have always been kind to me as
| townsmen. neighbors and partisans
THE late Maj Lyman Bissel, U. S. A., who
| died in New Haven, Conn., last week, was
chief of police in that city on ST. Patrcks eve,
| 1854, When the town and gown row occurred
which suited in the death of q New Haven
bartender from knife-wound made by Yale
student a mob had attacked the collegians,
and after the tragedy referred 70 above had
| taken place the townmen obtained two cannons,
| loaded them, and were about to storm old South
College, when Maj BisseIl, at the risk of his
| own life, spiked the guns and prevented terri
BILE riot.
''JAcK THE RIPpER' is, of course, q person of
II
Gently TWO ladies' well known in the most select
| circles OF English society, were walking down a
London street discussing the Whitechapel muir
| ders, and they expressed desire that II the
| murderer were discovered he should be delivered
| up TO the women of London to be lynched. The
| next day they both received communications
| signed Jack the Ripper, informing them they
had been overheard, and that they would soon
be numbered among Jacks victims. The two
ladies have been under police protection ever
| since
| From politician TO preacher is not very long
| stride In the case Of RI. Rev. John Il. Newman,
whose familiar face may again be seen on
Broadway FOR brief time. After many years
OF effort this longtime pastor plenipotentiary
| to Gen GrAat wears the insignia OF bishop OF
| the Methodist crurch. His station Is at Omaha.
He is fine-lookng man, OF a stature above the
ordinary, and with face like the moon at the
| full Ills long, struggling gray hair is combed
straight back from his forehead. His eloquence
aud aggressiveness and push endeared him 70
Grant. In those days. at least his religion did
not sit oppressvely upon him, and he was a
| good politician as well as a powerful preacher.
| Being tarifty soul, he turned his relationship
/ to Grant TO good account, and had himself ap.
| pointed inspector Of consulAtes, which enabled
| hint make tour Of the world at the govern
ment's expense That sinecure is unknown I'M
| der the present administration. IL grew up
with the long continuance IN power OF the Re
| publican party and the gift was usually con.
| whom be desired0 compliment.