The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-12
PERSONAL.

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN's son Austen wants to
enter Parliament.
O'DoNovAN Rosa has taken to writing poetry
Who was it that said Rosa lacked courage2
GEN. SHERIDAN's children are now staying
with Mrs. kellogg, wife of Col. kellogg, of the
generals staff.
Mas. L4NaTRY owns nearly S25o,000 worth of
real estate in New York. In presence of these
figures the dramatic critic is dumb.
Miss MAUD POWELL, the young lady violinist
who has had such marked success both in Lon
don and New York, is native of Aurora, Ill,
and began her study of the violin when she was
years old
LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL is now regarded
as one of the leading authorities on dress in
London. She frowns at high hats, but is seldom
seen without parasol with stick serving as
walking cane.
JUDGE LAMBERT TREE, our minister to Brts-
sells. has ordered a bronze statue of the explorer
De La Sale, as present TO the city of Chicago.
1t is the work of jacques de Lalainge, and will
be cast in Brussels and will be placed in Lincoln
park
MISS CALDWELL, who recently received the
golden rose from the pope for her $500, 900 bend
faction, is n niece of the late Gen. John G.
Breckinridge and otherwise a most charming
young lady lust 49, with cear-cut features and
the half of a fortune estimated at S5,000,000,
WILLIAM WINTHROP ALLEN of Medfield. Mass
is now the oldest living alunlnus OF Harvard.
the class of 1917, of which Hon George Bancroft
aud Samuel T. Sewall, the well known lawyer
of Boston, are the only other surviving mem
bers
MISS NJ. f. BRADDoN is about to publish
novel entitled 1.-THE Fatal Three" Ii she was
an American there might be reason for the
belief that her story Is political and refers to
three famous RS" The chances are, how
ever that three aces suggested the title of the
book
JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY, whose poem in the
last number of the american Magazine at
tracted considerable attention, has published
various volumes of verses which have been well
treated by the critics and the public. Mr..
Harvey travels great DEAL and writes much of
his poetry on the cars.
accepted the presidency of Colorado college, to
which he was recently elected He is an Amherst
alumnus of 1874 aud has also studied at Ando-
yer, Johns Hopkins, and in Germany. He has
been pastor of the First Congregational church
of Baltimore for about five years.
president CLEVELAND generally takes his out
ing in a landau or Victoria, but of late he
seems 10 enjoy an occasional walk. Some time
since ACCOMPANIED by Secretary Fairchild, he
tramped to West Washington and back, and
the other afternoon. with the same companion,
he walked out Connecticut avenue.
ALEXANDER DUMAS lives by measure and
weight lie rises at $50 o'clock in the summer
and at : in the winter. His first breakfast inva-
riably consists of glass of milk. The second,
which he takes at noon, is a very plain meal
Dinner occurs at exactly o'clock, and at 10
O'Clock he is in bed He walks three miles
every day, and never works after O'Clock in
the afternoon.
THE Bavaran General, Sigmund Won Pranckh,
died recently IN Munich, He was Minister of
War from 1866 to 1875. and at the outbreak Of
the FrancoGerman war it was greatly due to
his influence that Bavaria at once actively
Joined Prussia, instead of simply maintaining
an armed neutrality When the unifcation of
Germany was contaminated he exerted his
patriotic zeal to secure for Bavaria, far as
possible, an independent position in the new
empire Pranckh was among the German gen
erals who received large pecuniary rewards at
he close of the war.