The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-22
PERSONAL.

HERBERT c. ToLMAN, Yale senior is offered
the chairs in English and Latin at the college in
Ahmednagar, India.
WILSON WINTER, of Oshkosh, Wis, was mar
ried Tuesday to Miss Ella Spring In this in
stance the usual order of things is reversed
Spring fingers in the lap of Winter.
THE Boston artist, William Willard. has been
commissioned to paint an IDEAL portrait of
Shakespeare Jessica, beautiful young Jewess
of that city having consented TO sit for it.
PROF. J. C. SPENCER lay delegate to the
Methodist General Conference from japan and
teacher in the Anglo-Japanese College, arrived
in San Francisco last week with his family.
Mrs SARAH TAYLOR, colored woman of
Knoxville Tenn, has three married daughters
BY a remarkable coincidence Mrs. Taylor and
her daughters each gave birth to a baby re-
Gently on the same day.
ROMAN BAcA, a wealthy citizen of San Mateo.
n NJ, has on his place sheep herder whose
age, as proved by documents in his possession,
is at least Is years. He does his work as well
as any man on the ranch.
REV ANTomETTE Brown BLACKWELL, who
now lives in Elizabeth, j., was the first
woman preacher in this country. She was the
minister of an Ohio Congregational church IS
years ago She is now Unitarian.
THE Pacific coast boasts of two enormous DO
licemen. Thomas Kennedy, of Red Bluff and
Marshal Mansfield, of Chicago. weigh together
more than 800 pounds Naturally, they make
IT'S REPORTED in London that the Duke of
Marlborough will return to this country in
June to continue his wooing of a fair. young
and, above all wealthy widow, whose charms
attracted him when he was here last year.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL made money on his
first book II was printed at ms own expense.
When only few copies had been solt the pub
Usher, who held the others, was burned out
His stock was insured at full value, and the fire
helped Mr.. Lowell considerably.
THE Hon. Roger Archibald Percy North, Lord
Norths second son, has been thrown into the
bankruptcy court. His liabilities were S2l 900
and his assets $500, while his pay Sergeant
in the~Royal Dragons was IS cents a day. His
elder brother has opened butcher-shop.
CAPT. c. L. DrTToN, of the United States Geo
logical Survey, expects to have his monograph
on the Charleston earthquake ready for the
printer by june /. The work will be very COM
plete. according to Science, which journal says
Besides the observations made by Professors
in several colleges, by hundreds Of railroad Of
iicals and at signal stations, hundreds OF Intel
ligent private citizens havs reported their own
experiences, giving to Capt. Dutton n mass of
data such as has not before been collected in
regard 10 a dozen earthquakes
SIR ANDREW CT ARK, who has just been elected
President Of the College of Physicians, London.
great part Of his success in life TO his in
tiInacy with Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone. After the
epidemic OF cholera in 1896 Mrs. Gladstone
established an orphanage and n convalescent
institutions that she became acquainted with
Or. Clark, who was professionally attending
them. The acquaintance thus formed ripened
into friendship Mr.. Gladstone placed himself
in DR.. Clark's hands, and during the Liberal adj
mlnistration OF 1893 "a the Premier's physician
became the fashion. His influence over Mr..
Gladstone and the illustrious patients absolute
trust ia his skill and Judgment are very re-
markable. Shrewd observers would say that
they ara in some measure founded on the cir
cunistance that Sir Andrew generally prescribes
what he thinks his patient would like, and that
though generally opposed 60 violent exercise
and the severest Of censoTs As to the pleasures
of the table he permits Mr. Gladstone TO fell
trees 70 his hearts content, and encourages the
use of that port wine of which Mr.. Gladstone is
30 fond.