The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-17
Personal.

Mr.. WHITEBREAD one of Mr.. Gladstone's
thick followers in the house of com
mons, Is the owner of a brewery which is said to
pay him 81, 100000.
Mr. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN's first and second
wives were Harriet Kenrick and Florence Ken
| casJ-iron hollowware firm of England Each
brought to Mr.. Chamberlain goodly fortune
The DUCHESS OF MoSrRosE has settled SIS, 900
| ON her youi hful husband, and the amount is to
he doubled when she dies as a solatium for her
loss. Mr.. Miner is now ''stepfather' to the
dube of Montrosc, who is twelve years his
senior.
Miss ADELAIDE ROBINSON, the champion lawn
tennis player lives a. New Brighton Staten
Island. She is a daughter of the late Beverly
Robinson, one of the 70 Inders of the Union club
and a member Of tbs New York stock ex-
change.
SIa THOMAS GRATTAH EsMoSDE the young
Irish baronet VINO has so warmly espoused the
cause of home rule will return to this country
~ the winter 10 claim an American bride, Miss
May Brady, young lady of great beauty and
many accomplishments.
BELvA LOCKWOOD is to be invited to dine with
the Sorosis club some time next mouth The
only invitation issued to horrid man will be
sent to the prohibition candidate for president.
1t IS against the rules OF Sorosis to permit men
to attend the social assemblies, but perhaps
ticD. Fisk Is not considered man enough to frac-
ture the rule.
MuRAr HALsTEAD, who has been in New York
lately, had an experience with Gen. Grants
father which he still remembers wildly. Mr..
Halstead had Deen critical about some appoint
ments maze, as he charged, by the elder
Grants influence. The old gentleman marched
into his sanctum one day with blood in his eyes
aud big stick in bis fist. declaring that he had
come TO know what the editor meant, AS Mr..
Halstead tells the story, there was chance
for escape, and he couldn't strike the Presi-
dent'S father even il he were not an old man.
Dpinn Of fsaffinp a
he was obliged tn "temporize." The way in
which he begged Mr. Grant TO sit down dozen
times before no finally got the old gentleman
settled in an easy-chair can be imagined. II
was the remark Mr.. Grant made as he settled
down that is pertinent TO history. We'll, " said
he, Il always knew from the time he was boy
that RosecTans would be failure" Mr. Hal
stead pru iently kept Rosecrans under FIRE of
discussion for the next hour, and came out of
the engagement whole, The old gentleman
held two men In great abhorrence Gen. Rose
Grams and Charles Sumner. A safe and sure
way to his favor was TO condemn either or both
THE STORY of Alexander Graham Bell reads
like romance. A little more than decade
ago this man, who came originally from
Canda and said to be now worth from S6,000-
900 to Sl0OO0,00, was walking about the streets
OF Washington pedding his telephone stock at
10 cents on the dollar and with no buyers. He
was in the phi aseology. OF the day, literally
upon his uppers" Before that time be had
been teaching deaf and dumb school in Boston
at salary that brought him very lean sup
port He had married a deaf mute with not
only beauty but considerable property, every
bit OF which had been sunk in the effort TO
place his telephone before the public. At that
time they boarded Ia a shabby looking house on
Four-and7a-half street, q little distance from
the Washington jail. Now they live in one OF
the finest residences at the capital, for which
he paid Sie6 900. and he and his swcet-faced
wife are surrounded by all the luxury that
great wealth can procure. Nor has he forgotten
his own days of hard struggle nor the early pro-
fvssion which at one time brought him means
street from his big house there is a charming
little cottage, where on three days of every
week he gathers class Of deaf mute children
and teaches them the things that will help to
brighton their silent lives