The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-21
Personal.

VIsCoUNT CRANBRooK one of the Oldest mem
bers of the present British cabinet prdes him
self on never having, through his long life, read
| novel
THOMAS A. EDISON has invented a meter
whereby the flow Of electricity can be measured
But it will never be- able to make such shocking
plumbers as the average gas meter.
LOUIS, King of Portugal is seldom to be seen
without cigar, and he converses fluently in
English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
German and Swedish. He is pleasant and tells
ever SO many anecdotes.
THE last member of William Wordsworths
household is dead. This was the widow of his
son William. She was buried in Grasmere
churchyard fortnight ago, next to the grave
OF Dorothy Wordsworth.
LOUIS BLUM, a Cincinnati tailor. is under ex
animation to determine his sanity. His par
tcular delusion is that he is wanted to serve as
Wee President. The desire for office is quite
common weakness among Ohio men.
ENocH PRATT, who gave Baltimore Nd, free
library, has just celebrated his slst birthday
Mr. Pratt gave property. worth S25O.OOO and his
check for So50000 to the city, aud agreed TO give
$4,000 year TO the support of the library
THE POPE, through Mgr. Ferrata the papal
nuncio at Brussels, has intimated to the Belgian
government his willingness to be honorary
president of the international slave conference
and his intention to send special delegate to
the conference to represent him.
Rosa BoNHEUR, having asked leave to paint
III Tue tiHkelDeck nenaReT1e AT 1OfnDurg, Herr
Hagenbeck sent her three panthers and keeper
TO look after them. She now has them at The
seaside, aud more animals will be lent her
whenever she wants TO have them.
Mas. MARIE p EVANS, cna OF the claimants of
the estate of the late Myra Clark Gaines de.
cares tnaJ never, so long as she lives. will she
compromise the case. So the famous suit
which has dragged through large portion Of
this century, will be continued in the next or
AT least until nothing is left for the lawyers to
squabble over.
MRS. AsH8EAD BARTLETT, the American
mother of Lady Burdett Coutts' husband is
described as a Sprightly old lady of s. who
haOtualy wears widow IS weeds. and has Amer-
can ways. She lives at Eastbourne. and her
household includes an American heiress. Miss
Rossmore, her son, the silent member" Mrs.
\. H., Jr., and their seven children
SARAH ALrHEA Hill (Sharou) Terry, It has
just been discovered in San Francisco, has an
additional claim 10 fame. a few days before
sine WAS locked up for the recent eScapade in
Judge Fields court she encountered upon a
railroad train Judge Lorenzo sawyer Of the
United States district court, and attacked him
vciousy, giving his hal and whiskers an I'M
mercful pulling.
OPPONENTS of tobacco at Paris point with
great satisfaction 10 VI. Chevreul, whose 1924
anniversary has Just been celebrated, as a non
smoker. The same people also put forth
another non -snoking centenarian of France
NJ kenaudn-who is l04 years old. was present
at the battle Of Waterloo, reads and writes
without spectaces, is not hard Of hearing and
Is. in feet, according to the anti-tobacco
leagners, a perfect ancient phenomena, possess
ing all his faculties intact.
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL founder Of the relig-
ious sect known as Christians or Disciples of
Christ, was born IN county Antrim, Ireland.
Sept H. 1855 Next sunday many of his fol-
lowers in the United States will hold memorial
services. The Disciples to-day stand fifth in
numerical strength among the religious bodies
in the United States. They have about $500
churches and not less than 100000 memb srs.
Their annual increase is about $1,000 They
have five universities and nineteen colleges,
besides other schools and senlinarieS