The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-08
PERSONAL.

Mrs. GARRETT ANDERSON, the leading woman
physician Of England, makes an income of $50
900 year.
BRITISH MINISTER WEST and Miss West al
ways speak Spanish when alone together Span
iSh was the native tongue of the late Mrs West
Gov. BucKNER, of Kentucky, is a veteran
smoker who finds more solace IN pipe than a
cigar. He is rarely seen without a cob pipe in
his mouth.
President CLEVELAND reads French readily
Garfield was the only President who ever made
a speech III foreign language. He could make
a fluent Grafton in German.
MAYOR KUMPF, of Kansas City, refuses to stand
for re election because he has "beeu treated
meanlyN in his office. and because ingratitude
has been shown him from unexpected sources
The Mayor is evidently new in the business of
politics.
JOIN SPRING, an Englishman 20 years of age
the father of thirty two children. He has also
accumulated considerable property, and still
works every day.
FRIENDS of Judge Gresham are attempting to
strengthen his Presidential boom by claiming
that he IS one of the best poker-players in the
West. Will he have full hand at Chicago in
June, is the question:
SAMUEL MORRISON, who diel in Indianapolis
Thursday last at the age of 90, was the Oldest
native-born lndianian. His father was Revo-
lutonary soldier, who settled on the present
Morlsons birth.
DR.. FAIRFAX, of Virginia the gentleman who
really is a baron of Scotland and could call
himself Lord Fairfax if he liked, has recently
received the regular request to attend the meet
ing of Scotch mobiles to elect a representative
Peer for the British House of Lords.
WHEN asked few days ago if he would ac-
cept Presidential nomination Senator Ingalls,
said: II maintain the right OF every American
citizen TO aspire to the highest office in the
land The answer was somewhat indirect, but
there is reason to believe that Ingalls, lis
within
HENRI RoCHEFoRT's first duel occurred while
he was living with his parents and was devoting
the leisure which he could spare from his office
work TO the composition of the theatrical notes
for "Charvari" He had never handled a sword
in his life, and in the first pass sustained a
scratch on the ribs.
A YOUNG Philadelphia newspaper man recent
ly wrote to Mark Twain" asking him il he
would look over a serio- humorous skit sub
mitted 70 him in manuscript, and give a candid
opinion as TO its merit Mr.. Clemens answered
as follows Certainly; send ii right along
And he sure 10 put 1t between Il couple Of
shingles, or sawed-otf boards, or couple of
grindstones, or anything to keep it fiat. The
man that rolls manuscript ought to go to the
devil-and Will So
SOME PEOPLE think that the perennial Hanni
bal llamlin Is the Oldest statesman in Maine,
but he Is not. There was sturdy, mellow
faced gentleman at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York, the other day. who antedateS the
venerable HaInlin both in age and in the service
Of the country. James w. Bradbury was sent
10 the United States Senate 10y the Democrats
Of Maine Just folty-one years ago, and he
served his term Of six years like the good. hon
est, Oldfashioned JackSonian he is. He was
born in Maine back in 1909, when the present
commonwealth was part % Massachusetts,
and he graduated from Bowdoin shortly after
the State was admitted into tine Union. Tn re
are few men now living who were in the Sen
ate with him in those far away days. jefferson
Davis Is one OF them, and he had entered the
chamber the same year as Mr.. Bradbury.
Simon Cameron had been Senator two years
before that time. Hannibal Hainlin began his
service in iS4S, and George w. JONES' OF Iowa
who yet lives, at the green old age Of SO, out in
the city Of Dubuque is another OF the men who
belonged to that epoch and generation Of Sena-
torial statesmen.