The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-18
PERSONAL.

SENATOR INGALLS, is said to be a fine Greek
| scholar He thinks Plato's apology is much
| superior to that of Voorhees,.
| JOHANN STRAUSS is at work on a new operetta.
1t is reported, the libretto of which is by Ludwig
| DOGGY, Hungarian, who has been successful
| in comedy writing.
any FRIENDS" said the French President to
| the crowds who were crying ''Vive Carnot," on
his recent tour. do not say 'Vive Carnot,' but
| 'Vive la Republiquer"
CONGRESSMAN PAT COLLINS, of Boston, is al
ready hard at work upon the address which he
| expects to deliver as chairman of the Demo-
| cratic National Convention.
ANN O'DELIA DIss DE BAR threatens to wreak
terrible revenge upon the people of New York.
| AS soon as she gets out of Jail She contemplates
| starting newspaper which will be largely de-
voted to interesting fakes from spookland.
EDISON, the electrician, has purchased $50 600
| worth of real estate in the neighborhood of
| Montclair and West Orange, n. j., and will
| erect upon this property the works of the Ed
| son Photography Company" The buildings
| will cost about $4,000.
REV. DIR. JOHN r. PAXTON, now chaplain of
| the New York Seventh Regiment, modestly told
| the boys in his sermon Sunday evening that of
| a regiment of 1903 that faced the iron hail of
Gettysburg only thirteen came out alive and
| he was one of the singularly fortunate num-
| Der.
THE official board of the West Presbyterian
| church, of New York city, at its last weekly
T. j. n.
| ton from $1,000 to $4,000 year. Recently he
was offered this sum to take the editorial man.
| agement Of the department of a religious news
! paper and declined it.
Maj. ROGER the discover of the Canadian
| Pacific pass throu n the Rockies will leave for
Alaska soon in order to report to an American
syndicate the feasibility of scheme to build a
railroad from some point on the Northern Pa
citic coast to Alaska via Calgary, Edmonton
and the Peace river country.
Supreme Court, retired, is now 80 years of age.
He is a tall fine looking man, who does not APP
pear to be more than CO. He has his salary Of
$1,000 year and good income besides but
he still lectures on constitutional law in one of
the Washington schools, and sometimes gives
professional advice.
SENATOR BUTLER, of South Carolina is a
| direct descendant Of the Duke of Ormond, of
ireland, and he Is entitled TO bear a coat of
arms One of his ancestors, Pierce Butler, was
an officer in the British army before the revo-
luton, who took the side of the colonies in the
struggle for separation and afterward became a
United States Senator.
Rosa BoNHEuR does not always wear male at.
tire, as the popular idea has it, She is seen on
the streets of Paris dressed quite as the average
well-to-do matron of France is accustomed to
dress, distinguished only by the red ribbon Of
the Legion Of Honor, pinned at her breast.
When she is at work, however, she does wear
trousers and wide brimmed hat,
JoHN WkNAMAKER the Philadelphia mer-
chant, has divided annoDg 272 employees whose
names we're on the roll OF honor part of last
years profits, amounting to f40,es1 %, nearly
SlS each. He also gave to the employees pen
sion fund check FOR SO 600 and his total paw
nlents 10 the various funds for the benefit Of
his help during the year amounted to S1O9 439 IS.
In NOVEMBER, 1887, woman aged 20 years. a
resident OF Leeds, England, was charged with
the larceny Of a shoemaker's last valued at al.
The Judge IN passing sentence said that the Of
Tense was a serious one, inasmuch as il was
likely to deprive patron of the cobbler of his
shoes when he most needed them. The defend
ant was then sentenced 10 nine months impris-
onmont and fined 60. Her only daughter was
buriei the day she went to prison.
Miss ELLA RUSSELL writes from St Peters
burg to H. E., of the London World, to recount
all her triumphs and magnificent presents
diamonds, flowers 800 bouquets). 1t seems she
sang from November till March in Warsaw
hfty-flve times in ten different operas, and re-
ceived a diamond bracelet, diamond ring, an
album. and-a solid silver and gold tea service
for twelve persons. On March % she says
she made her debut in St Petersburg in
''Traviata," with Masini. She has since sung
ten times, and was the last time presented with
a horseshoe formed Of tea-rose buds in the
center of which there was suspended small
blue velvet box. containing another rose, but
composed of diamonds II is wonderful what
an ostrtchlike capacity prima donnas possess
for asSitIilating stones, diamonds ever so hard,
OF, for the matter Of that. stones OF any color