The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-09
PERSON AL.

Miss EVA ~ EVANS and Mr. George G. Brown
were married Wednesday evening in the St
Paul ice palace, or, as the Globe says: Be
meath the frowning battlements of the ice cas-
tie aud IN thespery presence of Borealis, and
yet their tHabtsi beat as warm as if they had
been welded under tropical skies" Marriage
VOWS on ice ought to keep
GEN. SHERMAN has named the following com
mittee to arrange for the celebration Of Gen
Grants birthday, April q: Gen. John C. Robin
son, Gen George IL. Sharpe, Roscoe Conkling,
Nicholas Fish, Gen. \. L. Curtis, Gen. William
A. Seward, Col. John R. Paxton Roger A.
Pryor, T. b. AIusgrave, Levi NJ. Bates Logan c.
Murray and Gen. Charles II. I. Collins The
New York Republican cub also will give din
ner Feb. II, the anniversary of Lincons birth
day Senators Evarts, Sherman, Allison.
Spooner and Henderson and Congressman Nc
Kiney, of Ohio, and Mr.. b. f. Jones are among
those who have accepted invitations, and will
speak.
REV. DIR. COURTNEY. who has accepted the
Episcopal Bishopric of Nova Scotia, was rector
of st. James parish Chicago, for some years
In his congregation was a woman who con
stantly attempted to prove to Dr. Courtney that
the use of fermented wine in the holy commu-
MON was sinful. One day she attempted to put
her theory into practice. She approached the
altar where DR.. Courtney was administering the
rite of communion, and when he offered her the
cup of wine she refused it. The rector was
amazed, looked Sternly at the daring woman
and then Numbered out: Woman, | charge
thee come not here again" The incident
caused great excitement at the time in church
circles.
THE purchase by Andrew Carnegie, the Pitts
burg millionaire iron master of ten or twelve
newspapers in various parts of England was
matter of much comment IN this country and
abroad when il became known The purchases
were made four or five years ago. 1t was said
that Mr.. Carnegie intended ITO 20 in for Parlia-
ment, - but if that was his intention the move
ment proved failure. A more plausible ex-
PLANTATION was the one that he was ambitious in
a literary way, and that through these publica.
tons he became widely known as u writer. Mr.
Carnegie said q year or so ago that the papers
paid him handsome annual profit. II was,
therefore, a surprise to learn from one of his in
innate friends that he has sold all his newsDa-
pers Mr. Carnegie says that they were a source
of infinite trouble and worry 10 him for which
the profit he derived was in nc way compen-
satOry.
MISS KATE WILLARD, who is at present guest
Of the White House, was a schoolmate of Mrs
Cleveand's at Wells College, and her most in.
innate friend. After she graduated, Miss VII.
lard went to Germany TO cultivate her voice-a
rich me2Zo soprano-tor the operate stage
She is also said 10 possess a considerable dra.
matte talent. During her stay abroad Miss VII
lard and Mrs. Cleveland were in constant cor.
espondence aud there is no doubt that the
Presidents wife viii use her influence to make
her friends musical debut a brilliant one
CuiOusly enough, Washington society has NOT
yet discovered the young lady's musical talents
and 5ee IN her only remarkably pretty aud
graceful girl, with girls tendency 70 have a
good time Il was Miss Willard,
by the way, who orr sinated the
pretty aud careless coiffurs which Mrs
Cleveland afterward adopted and made famous.
ami which Is peculiarly becoming 10 both
though they differ In style. The embryo prima
donna s rather fragile in appearance She has
q cleanly cut pronln; her features are OF more
than common regularity mass Of pale
blonde hair covers her small. well shaped head
ami frames a delicate face In willfui waves and
short, fiufY locks Her cOunienance denotes
~ NlaHgafflnat Of
and 10 drsss 1he leans 10 the picturesque with
nlgrv tlaa ordinary sagcess.