The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-26
PERSONA.

GEORGE GOULD is beginning to be afflicted
with his fathers torment-ng complaint of neu-
ralgia.
CouNr BADExI will succeed Herr Won Zaleski
rs governor of Galica under the Austrian gov
eminent.
ADELINA PATTI says that she means to make
| q liberal provision in her will for the education
of poor girls with good voices.
LOUIS REEVES says that the day of the tenor
| has passed. All the interest of the lover of
| opera is engrossed by the soprano.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will
visit this country during the winter and take
| part in some of the social gaiety of New York.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY RIDDLE of Washington,
| d c., has made q remarkable record this year.
His Office has tried 430 cases, with 10 convc-
| tons.
LORD DuFFERTN is invested with the titles of
| Marquis of Dusferin and Ava aud Earl of Ava
| according to the official announcement made in
| London
| ON Streatham common still stands a hollow
| tree, into which in boyhood Cardinal Manning
| used often to climb, to crack nuts and eat bar
| ley sugar.
Mrs. LANGTRY told an Omaha reporter that
she loved nothing better than TO attend to her
household duties. and that she delights in mend
| ing her own clothes.
Mr.. STANLEY's last words on leaving Cairo on
his present mission were: 1T must not be sup
posed that | am lost because am unable TO
Communicate with the outer world.
MISS NETT1E CARPENTER, the violinist, will
close her engagement in Paris on Dec % and
begin an American tour about the middle of
January, under Maj. Ponds direction.
WHEN John wentworth and Stephen A.
| Douglas represented Illinois together in con
gress, Wentworth was the tallest and Douglas
| the shortest member of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
JOIN CHARLES DENT, one of the most promi.
nent of recent Canadian historical writer's, died
lately of heart disease IN Toronto literature
in Canada, as a rule, does not pay well, but Mr.;
Dent was fairly successful. His profits out of
5000. N0 "''1'
THE Duke of Norfolk appeared to be more
amused than annoyed when he heard of his re.
ported engagement to Miss Mcravsh of Balti-
more. 1T is a little hard on the lady, how
| ever" said his grace, and some sort of punish
ment should be devised for the person who orig
| mated the rumor."
"MR. IRVING" the London correspondent OF
! the New York Tribune says, has again been
dscoursing on the drama considered as a moral
| agent. His enthusiasm for bis art runs
| higher than ever. He is hardly content TO place
| it on level with poetry, music or painting, but
| puts II above all three. Poetry is hardly read,
good music bores the average audience, paint
| ings they will not see or study, but good play,
| well acted, captivates everybody, and leaves
them better than 1t found them. All this and
| much more did this great actor urge upon
| friendly hearers at the laying of the memorial
| stOne OF bue new bOlJOD Inc pres
discusses but declines to adopt this view TO its
full extent. Nor do the Ennlish know quite
whether Mr. Irving is serious or joking when
| he tells them that in America when they found
a city the first pubic buildings are the church
| and theater"
by the death of MIR. william Clifford Pal
| grave" says the 81. James Gazette. I'VE have
| lost one of our most graceful writers and our
most adventurous travellers. Wherever he went
| he had the art OF understanding the people with
whom he was brought into contact, and OF sym
pathizing with them. His most famous exploit
was his journey into Central Arabia, then an
unknown region. Being priest in the Order Of
the Jesuits, he was not permitted to protect
himself assuming the Karb of q Moslem, and
he tTavsled as a doctor through the very center
of strict and savage fanaticisfn. After his re-
turn he was employed on various special mis-
| sions by our government and he was the author
of several charmingly written books, the last of
| which was recently reviewed in our columns.
He was member Of a very gifted family. His
| father was a famous historian, one Of his
brothers is the Oxford professor Of poetry and
another is clerk of the house OF commons