The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-29
PERSONAL.

SIR Provo WALLIS, the senior Admiral Of the
| British navy, is 100 years old.
JOHN 0. GRAY, of Abba, Ia, is said to have
served at the age of IL years as a drummer boy
| at Waterloo.
GooD-THUNDER is one Of the leading Indians in
| the Northwest His services will probably be
| in demand during the coming campaign.
Mr.. ENDIcoTT is irreverently spoken of by the
| Boston GLOBE (Dem) as our sedate and highly
| starcbed Secretary of War-evidently one of
those rare artists who don't dare to be as funny
| as they might be.
PRINCE ALFRED BELL. son of King Bell of
| Cameroons, has learned the trades of locksmith,
| joiner and ship carpenter and is now studying
| and working in the machine shops of the North
| German Lloyds at Bremerhaven.
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL is an enthusiastic
| lover of science. The branch to which he de-
votes most attention is that of engineering At
| his home at AYondale he has fine collection of
books on engineering, and he spends a great
deal of time in their perusal.
ELIAS JAMES, a religious enthusiast, rushed
/ through the streets of San Francisco recently
carrying banner which informed the populace
that the world would Come to an end in 1892
Elias the prophet ended in a police station, but
was not held as he promised to calm his agita-
ton for the future.
THOMAS w. LAYTON, of Boston, has issued a
book entitled: THE Krank-His Language and
What II Means" The volume is dedicated to
lovers of our national game, and is bound in the
same kind Of leather used in covering a baseball
Thus does the literary output of the Hub CON
form itself to contemporary tastes.
SARAH X. BOLTON describes viii Carleton as
"a tall, vigorous-looking man, who believes in
outdoor exercise, especially walking, who is
fond of rowing, sailing, and horseback riding
who uses no stimulants, VINO is kindly I'm manner
Yet decided In character, who honors woman
hood and all that is pure and elevatng and
who is fond of music, playing on several in
strumcnts."
GEN BouLANGER, in the course of an inter
view at the Hotel dc Louvre, said: II am ex-
tremely So istied with the result of my tour
about my having been pelted and Kissed. Some
hostile demonstrations of absolutely no impor-
lance were gotten up against me by govern
ment men, especially at Nalencenes bu. every
where the large majority of the crowds was in
my favor"
CHARLES EGBERT CRADDocK Miss Murfree).
the gifted Tennessee writer of fiction is thus
pen-pictured: "A small woman; so lame she
can scarcely cross the floor unadcd. Slight
yet square in figure. A small, white face with
the withered wilderness of one whose health had
always been delicate. Pale neutral brown HAIR
that OF shy, clover woman who has lived much
IN retirement
THE late Col. j. r. Anderson, Prohibition can
didate for Governor Of Kentucky, never knew
the taste OF brandy or whisky, and never tasted
wine except az the communion table. He never
used tobacco in any form. II is also said that
he never was confined to his bed by sickness for
day during his whole life Of nearly 20 years.
His personal appearance was pleasing, and the
expression Of his countenancs is well described
as glad and grateful" lie was a lifelong
Democrat. but never nspired TO office. The
only official positions he ever filed were those
OF Mayor and Alderman of Bristol He was a
Mason in high standing and Knight Pemplar