The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-03
PERSONAL.

Mrs. CLEVELAND, it is said, is growing weary
of writing notes to people who have named
their babies for her. No wonder; if there is
anything that will make one weary of one 8
name it is such repetition.
GEORGE F. JONES, the chief telegraph opera
tor of the Postal Company in the Philadelphia
Stock Exchange, is a at-grandson of. John
Hancock of declaration of independence fame.
He was born Independence day, 1853, and served
in the war as a drummer-boy in the North Caro-.
lima Mountain Guards.
KING HUMBERt, of Italy, has just had eight
statues made to fill certain colossal inches in
the exterior of the Royal Palace in the Piazza
San Ferdinando, Naples. The statues are in
marble and are by the most eminent Italian
scuptors. They represent eight of the most
illustrious of the kings of Naples.
MRs. HALLooK of Milton N Y, this summer
cleared ST., 600 from five acres of raspberries
with but four months work She paid men for
setting out the plants and women and children
for picking the berries, and then used such care
in putting them on the market in an attractive
way that she found plenty of buyers.
WILLIAM l.. Scorr is by far the richest man
| in the House of Representatives. He served as
a page in congress in the old days Of Webster
and Calhoun He made the most of his fortune,
now estimated at S30, 000, 600, in mining and rail
roads. He dresses with scrupulous neatness
and his daintinesS in dining causes him to be re.
garded as an epicure.
Airs. G. +. JAMES, lineal descendant of
martina Warrington ana uauRnter-ln-laW OF eX-
Postmaster General James, will, it is said
shortly make her debut in a New York theater
and the many society friends of the charming
asprant are in hutter of expectation. The
lady is a petite blonde with magnificent color
ing, and is said TO be very attractive.
Mrs. ARTHUR STANNARD John Strange Win
teri says that when she went to the first re-
hearsal of "Bootes Baby" at the Globe theater
a large black cat followed her through the stage
door and on to the boards. From the moment
of that event she knew her play would prove a
success. Mrs. Staunard is a believer in luck,
and wears an amulet round her neck.
DR. TANNER of the forty days fast is de-
scrbed as a short, stocky built little man with
gray muttou-chop whiskers, firm set chin and
mouth keen gray eyes, the whole face indica-
tive of much determination. His latest scheme
is the founding of an institution in New Mexico
for the rearing up of an idealt type of the human
race from outcasts or orphan children commit
ted 10 his care.
JAMES DEPEw, brother of Chauncey, is a
prominent business man of Detroit, Mich. He
does not care for public or political life and
prefers the west to the east. He is tall, finely
built man, free and easy in his manner, but by
no means lacking in dignity, and resembles
somewhat his famous brother. He wears a
heavy mlistache but his deep set eyes and
prominent nose are like "Chauncey's."
GRANT ALLEN, the writer, has expressed the
belief that green was the primitive color, that
yellow was then introduced, followed by red
and finally by blue, but he has not mentioned
why the first color was green or why il ever
gave place TO red or blue. Rev. George Hens
result of nutrition and that the different varie.
ties of color are produced by the visits of insects
which have caused more nutritiye fluids to pour
into the attractive ORGANS.