The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-07
PERSONAL.

THE oldest Presbyterian clergyman on the
Pacific coast is the Rev. DIR. Reasoner, of Cor
wallis county, Oregon. He is 80 years Of age,
| but able to take an active part in the duties of
| his passionate.
JOHN +. SHAwHAN, a well-known San Fran
cisco millionaire in bonanza days, appeared in
| court last week and made affidavit that he
| could not pay $500 back alimony due to his
divorced wife.
PRINCE FERDINAND of Bulgaria still sits upon
| his rather unstable throne and bites his thumb
| at the great powers Of Europe. This is fun for
Ferdinand and doesn't hurt the powers. But it
cannot go on forever.
| DoNA MARIA DE ANDREDA is considered to be
the most cultivated woman in Brazil She spent
four years in New YORK studying the American
school system, which she is introducing with
success in her own country.
Miss JANE STULI, who lived near Owingsville,
| KY, died Monday, the day on which she to
have becom- a welded wife. At her own re-
quest she went to the grave with the bride groom
death, clad in her wedding robes.
Miss HENNA l.. LElFFNER of New York has
| sued her uncle Job for breach of promise. She.
says he has been promising for two years to
marry her. Miss Henna wants S., 0c0 and her
| uncle Job wants TO get out OF Jail.
CUPID has been making captures on the base
ball field. Among professionals who have re-
Gently shown that they do not believe that mar
| riage is failure are Grumbling, Cleveland,
| Thompson krock and Van Haltren.
j. Ii. CRAIG OF Iowa city is DeneVe0 10 De the
| largest man in the world. He is 30 years old,
| 6 feet Az inches in hight. and weighs now 792
| pounds. He has weighed SS3 pounds, but uses
| tobacco to keep his weight below S00
HIRAM LUKENs, q Irnter. has been employed
on the Doylestown pa InteHigencer since
1892 He set up the whig election ticket in
| 1910. and has set up every other whig and re-
| publican electiol ticket form for Bucks county
since then.
Gov. BLAKE OF Newfoundland has been ap-
pointed governor of Queensland Australia, and
| has accept I'd. II is one of the richest pluns in
the gift Of the Salisbury government. The
salary is S25 900 year, and the emoluments
something enormous
Col. EBENEZER BURGESS BALL of Virginia,
who is said TO be the nearest living relative of
Gen Washington was recently rendered the
position of Waterman at the top OF the Wash
ington national monument at a salary of SIS
per month, but he declined.
NINE lie RAY contemplates another voyage of
exploration. This intrepid French woman, who
has travelled all over Asia Minor, is about to
start for Teheran. from whence she intends
making excursions into the least accessible por-
tions of the Persian dominions.
DR.. CHARcoT,the great French physician, says
that children under 10 can not have their brains
overworked. No forcing, he asserts, will get
ont of them more cerebral work than the brain
will accomplish without fatigue. IL IL not until
after the age of 10 or Is that surmenage becomes
possible.
THE Empress Augusta intends to publish
number of the letters which were written to
her by the late Emperors william and Freder-
lex, with both OF whom she always kept up a
regular correspondence. IL is probable that the
book will be published either at Amsterdam or
at Geneva.
THOMAS \. EDISON still works as hard and as
industriously as though he just beginning
his career, and any day he may be found at his
bench at his shop in Orange, n. j., hard at
work in his shirt sleeves. making with his own
hands models he considers too delicate to trust
to another.
THE Queen Regent cf Spain has had her en-
barrasslneuts increased 10y the German Empe-
ror sending her word that he hopes soon TO pay
her visit She wants to keep on good terms
with Fran e, which has BEEN so far, pleasant
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