The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-09
Personal.

JACK Brown, a locomotive engineer on the
Michigan Central road, is the living image of
the late Gen Sheridan.
GEN. BoULANGER dresses with extreme ele-
gance. When in civilians attire he is one of
the most fashionable men in Paris
MISS ETHEL MACKENZIE, daughter of Sir
Morell is g journalist by profession and the
correspondent of two American papers.
Hon. W.-D. WAsHBURN and wife, of Mime
apolis, entertained 1000 guests last week at
ball given to mark their only daughters
entrance into society.
GEORGE n. TwIss of Columbus o.. a weather
prophet who has gained considerable local repu-
Jation, predicts that the coming winter will be
one of the coolest ever known.
NINE. JANE HADNG is studying English night
and day. II is now asserted that that far-see-
ing manager, Henry K. Abbey, has a scheme
for managing the distinguished French actress
for several years to come in a series of English
plays.
DOUGLAS B. W. SLADEN, author of the famous
poem 1.-THE Squirrels Brother" is being made
much of IN Boston's intellectual society. He is
handsome young man of ~ years and enjoys
the title of the poet laureate of Australia, OF
which country he is a citizen.
MISS j. Z. HARRISON is a candidate for the
chair of archaeology at University college,
| London. She is the most distinguished
authority on the art of Greek vases, and is dis
putting the place with some of the most eminent
| archaeological experts in England
MANY EULoGIEs have been paid to the late
Judge McAllister of Chicago. He hated the
millinery of life" said one. His court wa the
court Of humanity once heard him say: 4
have a contempt for judge who writes his
opinions from the shoulder He was a great
lover of music, and once said that If he hadn't
been judge he would have been fiddler"
WHEN Miss Fawcett daughter of the late
postmaster general of England, applied TO
famous mathematical coach at Cambridge to be
taken as his pupil she was rldely repulsed, and
the
take no tabbies.' Very well. This same Miss
Fawcett has been systematically beating the
best men of her year In the Trinity college ex-
aminations, and will doubtless be senior
wrangler for the ensuing year
LITTLE ELSIE LESLIE. who plays Little Lord
FauDtleroy" so charmingly. visited Mrs Frances
Hodgson Burnett at Boston last Sunday, and the
author and actress had pleasant chat. When
asked II she wasn't glad when Sunday came
around, so that she could rest, the viNacious lit
tie girl replied: "Oh. don't know. | like TO
play "Fauntleroy" so well that don't mind. F."
To the question whether she liked rehearsals as
we'll, she shook her curls rather doubtfully and
said she thought they made their rehearsals very
long in Boston.
Bavaria for the purpose of regaining his Ger
man citizenship, with the object OF thereby be-
ing enabled to marry his deceased wife's sister.
The municipal authorities OF Landsberg, near
Munich-the artists native place-granted
every possible facility To their distinguished
townsman who is at present spending
his third honeymoon there but intends soon to
return to London and To be re-naturalized in
England all the more as there is every pros
pcct OF his being chosen member OF the royal
academy.
LOUISA, LADY AsHBURroN, hopes to visit Bos-
ton during the coming winter as tbs guest of
Miss Harriet Hosmer. The two are warm
friends, and Miss Hosmer makes her home whea
in London at Kent house, Lady AshlMrtons
residence. The father of the late Lord Ash
burton married an American beiress .diss Bige
low, beautiful girl, whom he met wn.n he
visited this country, aad, with Daniel Webster
as Americas representative. arranged the cele-
brated treaty. Inherited from Miss Bigelows
fortune, the family own extensive property at
Mount Desert and in Maine, Pennsylvania and
New York.