The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
PERSONAL.

DUMAINE, the Partisan actor who was at one
time secretary to Dumas, was recently seized
with a paraly tic stroke on the stage of the Am
bgu Theatre.
A CITIZEN of Rome. y. Y. remarked yesterday
that Jacob Sharp had not looked better at any
time in the last ten years than he does at
present He drives daily and is in high spirits.
Mr. PoBERr LOUIS STEVENSON left Philadel-
phi la week and returned to Saranac. She
tell h husband, whose literary inspiration
COME TO him in sleep, that the Quaker City is
just the place for him.
KING KAIAKAuA has put all his real estate in
trust to secure the payment of his debts. He
owes $3.50, o0) exclusive of $1,000 due the Chi
nese merchant, which paid to the King a
bride TO secure monopoly of the opium trade.
ELLIOTT 2. KlsSER, who has been elected
Chairman of the Democratic state Committee
Of Pennsylvania. is abou, 40 years of age and a
lawyer by profession. He resides at HaZleton,
the place of his birth Mr. Kisner is about six
feet high, with broad shoulders and a vigorous
frame. lie has a round, smooth face, keen.
bright eye and strong, cheerful voice. He is
not an orator, but an able, clear and forcbe
writer lie can, however, speak finently and to
the point when he considers it expedient. As
political manager he is aggressive and untiring,
and fertile in devices.
CONGRESSMAN HATCH, Chairman of the Com
mttee on Agriculture, recently moved that any
memba T. of the committee who should bee late at
a meeting should be fined The motion was
unanimously passed without debate. The char
man was the first to subject himself to a fine
One day his week he kept his committee wait
ing some time, and il was decreed that he should
purchase three bushels of apples in atonemeut.
he submitted to the penalty, and the day fol-
lowing the corridors were filed with Congress
men muuching apples obtained from the Com
mttee on Agriculture.
MAX O'REIl" and his wife have taken apart-
ments on Madison avenue, New York, for the
remainder of the season Nine Blouet is a tall
woman with very black hair who doesn't strike
strangers as being handsome, but whose ac-
qu9intanceS all confess to an indeScrbable
charm about her. She is very clever and her
friends call her modern Nine, de Stael.' NJ.
BlOuet, her husband is Mt work on BOOK which
is to treat of America much as John Bull and
his Isle treated of England. In the meantime
he may be seen for several hours i'll the morn
ing reading the newspapers. He takes great
interest in American Journalism in general and
in newspaper headlines in particular. He and
Nine, Blouet are making collection of them
for use in his book.
SOME GENTLEMEN who have a little money
themselves and have means of knowing what
other rich men own estimated Mr.. Gouds
wealth AZ SllOOO0N0 Included in this total
were S200l0000 of Missouri Pacific paving
per cent. dividends; S2j,WO,OO of Western
Union, paying per cent, and Slt 10000 of
Manhattan. paving per cent. Mr. Gould also
holds 100000 shares of Wabash common stock
He saw the stock 90 to 80, and when il went
into bankruptcy he bought in for exchange an
original certificate for 5000 shares. together
even 10000. Mr. Gould has been credited with
wreckiug the Wabash Ii is curious sort of
a wreck that finds the wrecker by IA the largest
holder Of the stock when it has the least value
Mr. Gould also holds large amount Of Wabash
and Iron Mountain bonds, To say nothing of a
considerable amount Of real estate.
CONGRESSMAN GEORGE T. BARNES. OF Augusta
Ga, is one of the spectacular men Of Congress
Everybody knows the great big, brawnv
Southerner as bluff hearty, laughter loving
member, and one rich enough to have hobby
He developed II pretty freely last session and IL
was a sort Of mild mania for collec ing the
queer letters, of which every Congressman re-
ceves more or less. He gathered quite a num-
Der of them last term and he is at work again
already notifying his friends in the House that
they will have "A chance TO immortali1c them.
selves bv turning over their letters from the
cranks Of their districts 70 him. For Mr.. Barnes
Intends TO publish them in book form aud has
employed a competent artist 10 do up the illus
trations in goodstyle. As the Georgia Congress
man is one OF the best read men in the House
besides being the persouification of humor and
good nature. he may be trusted 10 make some
very entertaining selections from the corTespon
dence Of his brother members.