The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-13
PERSONAL.
Courier.

| POSTMASTER GENERAL DICKINSON is extremely
| fond of the game of tenpins In his house in
Detroit he has handsome bowling alley which
| he greatly misses in Washington.
DIR. MARY WALKER draws her pension as "a
First Assistant Surgeon, United States Army -"
She is good soldier, too. She has jumped into
good many breaches in her time.
JOHN P. ST JOHN tells San Francisco re-
porter that Gen. Clinton B. Fiske will be the
Prohibition candidate for the Presidency, and
that the party Will poll 100000 votes.
JUDGE GRESHAM has the right to prefix the
title of General to his name, hut he never does
SO. He was Colonel of the Fifty-third Indiana
regiment during the Vicksburg campaign, and
was made a Brigadier General by Gen. Grant.
WILSON BARRETT, the English actor, has be-
gun the erection of a handsome theater on Ok
ford street London. The building will be COM
pleted ard equipped in time for the coming
dramatic season. 1t will be the best equipped
theater in London.
On April % the Goth birthday anniversary of
Gen. Grant is to be observed with appropriate
ceremonies by the Grant Memorial University
of Athens, Tenn. Judge Rea, of Mimi apolis
Commander-in-C Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, will deliver the grafton.
Mrs. MARY A. KNOWLES, of Augusta, Me-, be-
lieves in enjoying herself even if she has got
out of her teens. This lady, who was 80 years
old her last birthday, enjoyed herself in coast
ing down the hills the other day and appeared
as smart and lively as any of the other girls
THE Washington star has this society item:
THE marriage of Miss Leacy Green and Mr. ]
NJ. Leach will take place at Atlanta Ga, next
July. Mrs. Green, the widow of Judge Green
Of Culpepper has disposed of her estate in Vir-
ginia, and removed with her family to Atlanta. -
THE GERMAN Crown Prince hates everything
English, not excepting his mother. The other
day he had an attack of bleeding from the nose
and several hands offered handkerchefs to STAY
the flow. He refused them all, saying: THE
more of this - English blood lose the bet
ter"
LEONARD W. Walk, the Chicago SCULPTOR. saws
that once when taking plaster cast of Pres.
dent Lincon'S hands he detected scar on the
left thumb. Noticing that it had attracted his
attention the President said: You have heard
me called lail-splitter well one day while
sharpening a wedge on a log the AK glanced off
and nearly took the end Of my thumb off. That's
the scar"
COUNT ZANc, who died in Vienna about two
weeks ago, made a fortune of SS,0O0,000 by the
sale of Vienna bread. In 1912 he opened the
first shop in Paris for the production Of Vienna
bread, and the bakery still exists on the Rue
Richellcu under the name of the Maison Fang
Fang was somewhat spoken of as "the we'll
bread Count"
Iri a somewhat singular fact that Admiral
Porter, the head Of the navy, should receive a
higher salary than the commander of the
armies. He is paid Sl3,0Ooa year, while Lieut..
Gen. Sheridan receives only $1,000, although
the latter is allowed a communication of 500
month for quarters forage for four horses. Gen.
sherman. as General of the army, and Gen.
Grant also received $4,000
IT will not be disputed that Roscoe Conkling,
particularly up to the time when he resigned
his seat in the United States Senate, was a
strong party man. In nearly every public
speech he testified to his loyalty and honor for
the Republican party, and some of his utter
ances against the Democrats were quite as bit.
ter as any of Col Ingersoll's. Collector Magone,
however, told the other day of the time when
he was chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee and visited Utica. Mr.. Conkling was
then United States Senator and lived at Utica
He was home, and learning that Mr.. Magone
was in town he went to his hotel and insisted
that Mr. Magone should be his guest at his
beautiful home as long as he remained in Utica
Mr. Magone says that he has always gratefully
recalled MIR. Conkling's cordial hospitality at the
time, and particularly as It was rendered when
party feeling was savagely bitter.