The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-21
PERSONAL.
JoHN /. SULLIVAN is IS years old.

JOHN l.. SULLIVAN Is - years old
JOIN BRowN, Of New York. has been the tailor
| of every President since Andrew Johnson's time,
| and stlll his shears go marching on.
EVANGELIST Moody is concluding revival in
Louisville, and has joined the ranks of those
who believe that the nday newspaper is one
Of the chrf obstacles in the way of the salvation
of the world.
B. f. lsHEMARU, a son of wealthy and inauen-
tial people in Japan. who has been student Of
Kenyon College at Gambler, O., has become
ravinS lunatic, and will be sent TO the asylum
for the insane
JAY GouLD paid $500, 900 for his country home
up the Hudson, and it is said to cost him $500
day, or nearly $4,000 year. 1t embraces al
most a square mile of land, ninety-five acres of
which is lawn.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL has been elected 10 a
profeSSolShip emeritus in Harvard University
He recently declined a petition of the students
to lecture there on the ground of the many du-
ties that demand his instant and exclusive atten
ton
SENATOR INGALLS, says that he would rather he
John l.. Sullivan than Daniel Webster IN this
Ingalls, displays the brilliant intellectual power
which always enables him to grasp the essential
points of a subject. Daniel Webster is dead
you will observe.
AMONG the gorgeous appointments of Robert
CARROTS million-dollar mansion in Baltimore is
bathing pool modelled after the famous bath
of an old French king. Ii is constructed of sill
yer and Tennessee marble, and the water is con
Quoted to it through brass pipes and gold plated
faucets.
W. r. GAINES, of Clarence, Mo, lost a COW
more than a month ago and after searching in
vain for her came to the conclusion that she had
been stolen. few days ago while he was
pulling straw from a stack his hands came in
contact with an animals tail, and following it
up he found that it belonged to his long lost
cow. The COW appeared none the worse for her
long imprisonment
Ho SHEN CHEZ is one Of the brightest men,
bers of the Chinese Legation at Washington
He says that in China young men are taught to
box, but that the country has no professional
pugilists. The beSt fighters in China never
exhibit themselves in public. If prize-tght
occurs, it takes place in a private room a d
only a few friends of the contestants are
present. And yet Denis Kearney says that the
Chinese are sunk in the lowest depths of deg.
radiation.
president GEORGE B RoBERTs, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, is something of a novelty in
the business world lie Is said to be very care.
full TO avoid anything that even looks like
profiting personally by the inside information
which his responsible Office forces upon him
When il was proposed TO build the Schuvllill
Valley branch of the Pennsylvania Mr.. Roberts
objected to having it pass through his farm lest
il should he said that he directed the selection
OF the right of way SO as TO enhance the value
OF his real estate
Mrs JAMES Eusrrs, wife of the Louisiana
Senator, gave a charming afternoon tea and re-
cepton Tuesday in the spacious new house in
which the family have been residing the past
twelve months. She was assisted by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Eustis, Miss Buckner, Of Louisi-
ana. and Miss Nellie Thorn. The house was
deliberately decorated with flowers IN every
direction. The table was laden with good
things aud had as a centre piece large bouquet
of La France roses Little Miss Eustis served
punch in the library.
SENATOR VOORHEES,. of Indiana, is much an
noyed because senator Sherman's tariff speech
was printed and circulated throughout the
country ia the Congressional Record before 1.-THE
Tall Sycamore's" answer to the same was in TYNE
The speeches were delivered on the same dav.
and Senator voorhees, feels that be has lust
cause TO be dispeased with the Government
Printer for seeming to show a preference in
Shermau's favor. ne is doubtless right in this
matter. tariff speech by John sherman
should not go forth to the public without an
antidote.