The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-21
PERSONAL.

Two SONS of Charles Dickens and one son of
Anthony 'rrollope are in the stock raising bust
ness IL Australia.
ELIAS J. HALE has served forty years as Town
Clerk of Foxcroft, Me. and in all that time not
a ballot has been cast against him.
QUEEN VICTORIA has invited the King and
Qneen of Italy to visit Windsor Castle in June
and they have accepted the invitation provided
the situation Of affairs at the time will permit.
AMONG the descendants of Thomas Planta
gent Duke of Gloucester, fifth son of Edward
Ill, was stephen j. Penny, woo was, not many
years ago. sexton at st. Georges, Hanover
square, London.
LORD AUGUSTUS LOTUS, at one time Queen
Victoria S ambassador in Vienna, now presides
over the bookkeeping department of the millin-
cry store recently opened by Lady LOTUS. They
have no other means OF support.
MORGAN II. BULKELEY, ex-AIayor of Hartford,
Conn, on administering the oath Of Office to his
successor presented to the city the portraits of
its Mayors for the past 100 years. which he had
purchased and framed uniformly at his own ex-
pelse.
THE wealthiest man in the northwest is James
J. Hill, of Il. Paul. President of the Manitoba
railroad. His fortune Of 5 1000 900 has nearly
all been made during the past ten years in rail
road SpeculatOns aud real estate. Mr.. Hill is
81 years old, and bids fair to double his wealth
before departing this life.
LITTLE MARSHALL P WILDER says that he in
tended To read a letter from Queen Victoria at
his benefit at Wallack's Theater next Monday
afternoon, but that he has learned that such a
proceeding ON his part would offend his friend
Prince Bismarck, so he VIII retrain--aud he
hopes the alIdience will kindly join in the re-
fran
A PURE BLooDBD AZTEC is among the party Of
Mexican pilgrims now iourneyins toward Rome
The most valuable single present to be given by
the pilgrims to Pope Leo is a massive cross of
solid gold studded with precious stones 1t is
nine inches in length, and is said to be worth
upward of $4,000,
MAI. SINCLAIR, who is in charge of the Mount
Vernon Barracks, Ala, has in hfs care $50
Apache prisoners who belonged TO Geronimo's
band. Under Sinclairs management they are
becoming partially civilized. They have learned
the use Of broomS and washtubs, and n few OF
the more progressive squaws even iron their
clothing.
SENATOR SrocKBRIpeE, of Michigan, is lover
OF horses ana he likes handsome animals. Gen.
Alger, Of Detroit, sent for him the other day 10
look at a horse he thought of buying. II want
something that would beat the other fellow. ="
was tue Generals sole instruction. Senator
SIockbridee looked the beast over, and when he
reported on il said The horse was speedy
enough but so homely that after you had
passed the other fellow you would he ashamed
ever TO look him in the face. So l told them
you didn't want him"
MARCUS A. RooT, the first American dagrier.
rectyper died ia Philadelphia last Thursday at
the aEe Of 50 lie was born in Granville, O
ana moved TO the Quaker City in 1855. In 1913
his attention was called TO the dagucrreotype.
lie al once gave mp all other enterprises aud
was soon established as the leading daguerreo-
typer in this country. He had orders from all
over the wo III. and founded establishments in
New York Boston. st. Louis Washington The
first daguerreotype he ever took was taken On
silver, and was a view from one Of the windows
Of the Philadelphia Mint. IL was on exhibition
at the Centennial. and is now in possession of
the Philadelphia Press, The portraits of Henry
Clay and Daniel Webster on the United States
currency we've taken from dagueTeotypes fnads
by Mr.. Root.