The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-15

AT present the oldest British peer is Viscount
Fversley, % years of age, and the youngest is
the Duke of Albany, who has seen but 3 years
of life.
REV. RUSSELL JENNINGS of Deep River, Conn,
who died last week, gave away during his life
at least $50, 900 in aiding and erecting Baptist
churches
CHAUNCEY DEPEw characterizes the NTugwump
as "a man who belon IS to one party and votes
with another" which is not bad as a piece of
cpigrammatic cleverness.
Count OKuMA. the new Japanese Minister for
Foreign Affairs, il, excepting Prince Sanjo the
Chancellor, the only man holding high Office in
the empire who has never Travelled abroad and
speaks no foreign tongue.
Mrs CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG SrRAKosCB re-
Gently recovered from an attack of whooping-
cough, and now her cook has gone insane.
What with Whcoping- and whuoping
cook, Mrs StrakOSch finds this a very unpleasant
spring,
MISS HATTIE, ALLEN NJ; D. the daughter of
Fl. Is. Allen, banker at Waterloo, Ia, has ac
cepted the Assistant Professorshp of Medicine
in the Michigan State University. DR. Allen is
the first lady who has ever held position of
this nature IN a Western university
.IoHN \. BEAL now in the Ohio penitentiarv
is probably the youngest convict in the United
States. lie is but 10 years old vet he murdered
his mother in The most cruel manner. showed no
remcrse AZ his trial and listened with indifTer-
ence to the life sentence passed upon hin!.
a HONOLULU NEWSPAPER says that Hawaii
viii never forget the muniGcent hospitality
bestowed upon Queen Kapoana in Boston IL
cost The Hub S1SO35 g. to win the graft lde of
the sandwich Islanders. Some things come
high in this world, but Boston has to have them.
ERNST Won wEcHMAR of Berlin. claims to
nave invented lying machine that will make
II perfectly possible Tor humanity to compete
with the birds. The apparatus is ugly, the
wings being about 30 feet by , and the body
supported by. air cushions as well as by the
WINS themselves.
CoNGRrssMEN BRECKINRDGE, Stone and Nc
Creaiy. all OF kenrucky, have done time" in
the penl. entiary. They were members of Nor
gan's band on its famous raid through Indiana
and Ohio, were captured by the United States
troops, and McCreary ami Breckenridge were
lodged in the Ohio Pcniteutiary and Stone in
that situated at Allegheny City.
SENATORS vEsT. of Missouri; Sawyer, Of Wis
consul, and Jones, of Nevada, are considered
the best story -tellers of the Senate They are
all members of the Commerce Committee and
relieve the monotonv of routine committee
wor. by anecdotes, witticisms and funny
stories rivaling each other in the effort to pose
as the leading humoriSt of the trio.
WHILE many women on this side Of the water
are discussing the evils resulting from many
useless aud helpless women emigrants being
thrown upon the charity OF the community
Miss Emily Faithful and other agitators in
England are urging State assistance to enable
the supertiuous women Of Great Britain to
emigrate TO this country as rapidly as possible
WoLcoTr, COM, the birthplace Of the late A
Bronson Alcott, is a deserted village high up in
the mountains, between Merideu. Waterbury
and Gristol In the days OF the revolutionary
war It was place of some importance, and was
at one time visited by Gen. Washington as the
guest Of Gov. WClcott, whose name the town
bears Now. says writer, the town is in
hahited only by hawks, crows and a white
haired rustic poet named Amos NJ. johnson"
CONGRESSMAN BSLNoSr's resolution provid
ing Tor the participation Of the United States
in the centennial anniversary Of the outbreak
OF the French Revolution caused lively debate
IN the House not long ago. Mr. Belmont end
Others referred to the historic friendship be-
tween this country and France. aud talked at
length OF the Marquis de Lafayette. Then
arose certain members who abused France TOR
discriminating against the American hog. AS
Acting Speaker . $. Cox left the chair after
the q bate he was heard TO rem rk: well, I'll
swear, II these blamed fellows haven't gone and
besmeard old Lafayette ell over with adulterat-
cd lard