The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-20
PERSONAL

HENRY IRVING is said to be $50 900 better off
for his last visit to the United Ttates.
If Nine. Diss Debar was really born in Ken
lucky, her familiarity with spirits is easily ac
counted for.
SAM JONES will try to convert st. Louis to
local option May and B. big tabernacle is to
be erected for the meetings.
COUNT ZIcHY. the Hungarian pianist who has
but one arm, having lost the other by acct
dent while hunting is giving concerts in Italy
with great success.
SENATOR SHERMAN, originally nicknamed
Ohio lcicle," has been rechristened odd Re
get into the White House.
MINISTER PHELPS expr sses himself heartily
glad to be- in the United States again. He wears
a suit of gray tweed mutton chop whiskers,
and distinctively English appearance.
STEPHEN B. ELKINs Ex-senator Henry G..
Davis, Ex-senator Camden and Senator Kenna
are going afoot over the mountains of West
Virginia next month, and will spend three
weeks roughing it In that country.
GEN BANKS is talked Of for Congress in his
old Massachusetts district. His years, carrying
him back to the birth of his party, aud his still
forcible oratory, would attract attention in the
House, whether he did anything or not
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS is to deliver the ora
ton, and George Parsons Lathrop is TO write.the
poem for the reunion of the survivors of the
Armies of the Potomac and of Northern Vir-
ginia, July i, and 3, at Gettysburg
REFERRING to Senator Morrl's birthday party
of last Saturday evening, Washington CORE
spondent says: Senator Vance brought his
charming wife, attired in Greek dress of soft.
white wool. She looked like Mary Anderson as
GdldteG.'
LITTLE OrTo HEGNER, the musi cal prodigy
who has created a sensation in London, is a
pretty boy, with black curly hair and an INTEL
igent face. He is not 50 much opposed TO
osculatory salutations from the gentler sex as
was JOSEF Holman. But then, Otto is bru-
nette.
ONE Of Mark Twain'S eccentrcties lies in his
habit of always wearing slippers on railroad
train. Sometimes he even puts on smoking
jacket. and makes himself as much at home in
a drawing room ear as in his own library. He
wants to give the impression doubtless, that he
is in no sense abroad when travelling
SPEAKING OF George Gould, a correspondent
writes TO a Boston newspaper: His voice Is
low almost soft, apd mildly modulated. He
wouldn't smoke cigar for farm, and the
drinking he does wouldn't harm a kitten. His
widest excess since his marriage has consisted
in an occasional visit to the theatre. He is ell
ways accompanied by his wife.
DR.. ANNA KlNGsFoRD, who recently died in
London. beloved, as did many of her friends
that she was the re-embodied spirit of Lady
Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days
three centaries or more ago. She visited the
Tower of London Que day, in the body of DR.
kingsfOrd and became acquainted with herself,
as it were. DR.. kingsford was very brilliant
woman. and learned languages and history with
wonderful ease
X. d. SEARS, champion tennis player of Amer.
lea is among the wel-known men who have
suffered more or less severely of late from alb
scesses. During the past winter an abscess
formed on Mr. Sears neck. Before the nature
of the swelling had been discovered the sore
had burrowed SO deeply that very delicate
operation had to be performed Before the
wound had healed sufficiently Mr. Sears began
MA "A Ia.
extremely probable that Mr. Sears will not be
able to defend the tennis championship this
summer