The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-02
PERSONAL.

SENATOR CHANDLER has the smallest head in
the Senate, but when the gray matter in his
skull gets stirred up strangers are impressed
with the idea that he is all head and tongue.
Ex-Gov. ROBINSON of Massachusetts,. has
raised a mouStache. During his four years at
the head Of the commonwealth his face main
tanned an intellectual smoOthneSS.
THE Chicago Tribune says that IL J Further
Jr,, young man not yet 20 years of age is
preparing to found university in the Western
Venice, aud will devote Sl,00000) to the enter
prise. Furber IS now in Berlin studying phi
lOsOphy under German masters. His father is
engaged IN the insurance and real estate bust
ness in Chicago
On. RUSH HINDEKoPER, of Philadelphia. is
cons ldered the greatest veterinary surgeon in
the country. He is at the head Of the Veteri-
nary Department of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania, Dr. Hindekoper is a man of high social
standing and fine education and has done more
to raise his profession To a scientific basis than
any other man in the world
CAPT. HALE, of the Harvard Senior class is
hard at work preparing TO put a winning boat
on the water but Is q little discouraged bv the
fact that the candidates for place in the crew
are green aud not well matched; but a three
weeks training has frightened up matters a
little, and tine captain $ eNpletives are becoming
less vigorous
THE ONLY MAN, so far as heard from, who has
beaten the Billiards this winter is Hannibal
Hamlin. of Maine. When the thermometer
marked below zero in that State the neighbors
of the venerable eX-Nice President watched his
front door about post-offiCe time with great in
terest, expecting to see the overcoat at last
They were dsapl ointed, for when Mr. Hamlinap
peared pair Of new WOODEN inittens was the
only change to be seen in his dress as he stepped
briSky down e street. He detained his mail
and returned home in triumph without a sneeze
Mr.. LOWELL power of personal description
Is well Illustrated by the appended extract from
an article by that gentleman relative to Walter
SEHFu In4 don IsaNN faIf 81
cnce of one who was enphatlcaiy n man moi
the image Of a man; so emphaucally, indeed
that even Carlyle thought the journey to Bath
not too dear a prize to pay for seeing him and
found something royal in him When / saw
him he was in his 18th rear but erect and vigor-
GUS rs in mlddle-li,e here was something of
challenge even in he eriness of his pose, and
the head was often Icrr"l back like that of a
boxer who awaits a blow. lie had the air Of the
arena. do not remember that his head was
large, or his eyes in any way remarkable
MoSDAY is set apart in the social calendar of
the capital for the reception of the wives Of the
as lady OF the Supreme Court circle last Mon
day When Mrs Lamar arrived from Macon
Ga Justice Lamar took her to his X street
boarding house and said: This will do for to-
night. but tomorrow We will so into our own
house" SO the next day they moved into the
house ,6lS Tweuty-frst street. that is near the
boundary Of the city and few blocks north of
Dupont circle. Mrs Lamar stood near the hay
windows in the front room and received her
callers. She wore dress of stone brown MORE
trimmed with velvet. The rooms were pro,
fuSely decorated with plants that filed up all
the vacant corners.
Bishop WILLIAMS, of Connecticut the oldest
memberot the American House OF Bishops of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, is a tremen
dous worker. Besides attending To the details
connected with his diocese aud those which per.
tain - his position as the Prmate Of the House
Of Bishops, he delivers twelve lectures a week
- the students of the Berkeley Divinity School
Midiletown, Conn, and also lectures frequently
al Trinity College, Hartford. He breaches
nearly every Sunday and IN an incessant reader
lie reads not only philosophical and religious
works, but keeps up with current fiction. lie Ii
a student Of contemporary politics aud an an.
thority on affairs IN Central Europe He Isl por.
haps, the finest conyersatoualist in the country
aud has az command vast number of good
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