The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
PERSONAL.

A SON of President Tyler has been chosen
president OF William and Mary college at Will
iamsburg, Va
GEN. MARTIN GONZALEZ, chief of staff to Pres
ident Diaz, has challenged Ramon Delphino, a
Cuban journalist, to fight duel, for attacking
him in the press,
HERDEKr HERKoMEa, the American artist,
who has SO long lived in London, is to be mar
ried in a few days at Sandsburg, Bavaria, to
Margaret Grifiiths.
HENRY LABoUc1rnE, the caustic editor of
London Truth, says that Stevenson's story Or
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is shilling shocker, -
and not the best of them.
CARLO PEILEGRIsI the celebrated caricaturist.
will not be interviewed nor photographed He
adopted his wcll-known signature Ape, he
says, because when carlcaturing he apes" the
peculiarities of his subject.
BENZ HARaIsoS's first cousin, DR.. D. W Har-
rison homeopathic physician OF Baton Rouge,
La, will be the republican candidate for con-
gress IN tie sixth district of Louisiana, now rep
resented 10y S. NJ Robertson.
Mrs SARAH HEAD. OF Chester, n. H., a widow
81 years of aga moved aud put into her barn
this summer one-baif a ton Of hay. For the
last five years she has cut her own firewood.
aud her barn is the best kept in the neighbor-
hood.
WoRD comes Of the death of Gen. Sir James
Brind, htro Of the Sepoy mptiny. We talk
of Victoria crosses" wrote distinguished Of
ficer to one of the historians of that war, but
Brind is a Iuap who should be covered with
them from head to foot.
LEO XuI. is in poor health, although bis real
condition Is carefully kept from the public. He
is in a painfully nervous state and is said to be
constantly pursued by a morbid fear OF death.
| the slightest ailnlent assuming in his excited
imagination the form Of a serious disorder.
RUssELL SAGE is at least fifteen years older
than jay Gould, but he has not "A wrinkle in his
| face, and is Us well preserved as a man of 30.
He attributes his continued good health, after
twenty-five years in Wall street TO the fact that
he never permits himself to worry about BUSH
ness outside of business hours
Mn. SIEpMAN as the banker, prefers TO be
known as Z. G.. Stedman. aud In literature as
Francis uOpknSOn Smith Is known eS h. II .
Smith, or Francis H. Smith while in art circles
he has q wide reputation as +. Ilopkinson Smith,
aud so business and art have their nice distinc-
lions even when exemplified in the same person
wnKIE COLLINS, the novelist, Is looking old,
and his hard work has left it's mark on him. lie
is thin and stOops very much, but his eyes,
though nearS GIFTED, are bright and sparkling.
II if quite common for him to work fifteen
hours at stretch, eating scarcely anything and
drinking only little champagne daring that
time lie gets very much excited over his
stories and walks about the room recitng the
speeches of his characters in a most dramatic
manner.
GEN. LEGI1iME, who is announced as the new
President Of Hayt in place OF Solomon, de-
posed is one of the two officials whom the latt n
sent out or the country in the early part Of June
with present of 5000 and six months salary
each He Is "a muatto who has always claimed
To uphold the interests Of the black party, but
his fidelity Ia this respect has Teen somewhat
questioned, aud altogether the OUTLOOK for n
quiet submission to bis rule Is no. yet re-
assuring