The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-10
PERSONAL.

NINE. gravy thinks that her husband and
son-in-law are the victims of a political con,
spiracy.
H. RIDER HAGGARD denies that he is coming
to America Immediately. He may come over
next fall.
Mr. AND Mrs. FRANK GORDON arrived in Wash
ington last week, ana are in their apartments at
the Portland.
Mrs. JONI P.HALEthe mother of Mrs William
f. Chandler, has been stricken with paralysis at
her home in New Hampshire.
AND now it is said that Walter Phelps Dodge
may continue his college course. He wishes to
be an NJ. A, which letters in his ease would
stand for Matrimonial Advertiser. But what the
young man needs most at present seems to be
Dodge club, vigorously applied.
Sig. TAMAGNo, of the Scala theatre. Milan.
has entered into contract with the ImpreSario
Ferrari for $4,000 for fifty performances in
the character Of Othello in Nerdi's new opera
being at the rate of 81, 800 for each appearance
The ontract is for an operate tour IN South
America.
BLIND HUGHIE," whose voice was cultivated
after the true Scotch method, and who was a
well known singer of the streets died recently
in England. His favoIte was patter song en-
titled Good News a conglomeration of alb
surdtieS, into which Blind Hughe" threw re-
markable individuality.
LIFE-sIzE PLASTER DUsrs of August Spies are
having wide sale in Chicago. The bust is
from east of his face taken after death Plas-
ter impressions of the fac IS of the executed An
archists were taken by an unknown sculptor just
before the funeral No bust of I4ingg was OBJ
tanned. He was already too busted, as it were
THE chestnut bell has become in fact what IT
was in design, but an echo of that which was.
And now rises Richard Golden, of The Arabian
Nights Dramatic Company, and says he in
vented the pesky device He saws he had the
idea 'locked IN in trunk for six months be-
fore he put it in practice II is much to be re-
GREETED that he ever unlocked that trunk
SOME PEOPLE who have heard of the Duke of
Marlborough only as a scapegrace were sur
prised at seeing the advertisement of an essay
from his pen in the January Forum, upon In
ternatiOnal Legal Tender" But, in fact the
Duke is gifted with all the talents necessary to
the authorship of he essay in question He has
other traits than those which have given him an
undesirable notoriety, as one at least of the re-
porters who interviewed him in New York not
long ago quickly found out.
Ex.PosrMAsTER GENERAL JAMES, who looked
forward TO an advancing career in politics long
before he was member Of Garfields Cabinet
has flung away political ambition and attends
closely 10 his duties as President of the Lincoln
Bank, founded by the late William II. Wander
bill. Mr.. James is the most amiable of all the
bank Presidents in the city of New York There
is plenty of evidence lying on the surface that
he has grown greatly in wealth during the past
few years The young countryman and printer,
who rose to the editorship of a rural paper and
then removed to New Yorh to take a hand in
politics has wooed fortune on another field ande
is on the winning track,
THE Earl of Derby, whose seat is in the
suburbs of Liverpool, is pronounced klepto-
maniac His grace's particular weakness is for
old silver, and the greater its antiquity and
beauty the more certain it is TO find its way
into his pocket. There is a story to the effect
that when kneeling at the communion table
only the ready hand of the rector saved tie
quaint old wine cup from sliding up the Farl's
sleeve. 1t is the duty of his valet 10 examine
his masters clothes every morning when he
has diued out the night before. Whatever is
found is taken TO the Countess, a beautiful and
good woman, who returns it to the owner with
pretty note Of apology. The Earl is quite
aware of his unfortunate weakness and has
struggled against it in vain. No fear of detect
ives or exposure makes heavy his light fingers.
and IL is said he VIII not trust himself to 20
alone to public sale where old silver is dis
PLAYED.