The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-24
Personal.

ALEXANDER DUMAS is to be made a commander
of the Legion OF Honor, and Emile lola a
chevalier
MISS HELEN MARTIN of Providence. R. I not
yet ~, rich and highly connected, Is a rising
literary star
JAMES Corr, aged 1o5 years, died at Moon
shine, near Billiards. Bar Yuba county Cali
fornia, June 3D. He made homestead entry at
the age OF ~.
SAwTELLE FITzHENRY of Dubuque, Ia, died
recently aged 0S years and months The old
gentleman was a veteran OF the war of 1912 and
has up to the last month enjoyed good health
Ex-Gov. BERRY OF New Hampshire is going
on 9S years Of age, and still skips about from
house to house visiting among his friends He
laughs at the idea of not getting out of the yay
OF bObtailed horse car.
THE earl and countess of Aberdeen gave
garden party in London, last Saturday after
noon, 10 some 300 delegates of the Pan Presbv
terrain council. Among the Americans present
were Drs. Schaff of New York and Murkland of
Baltimore.
LORD ToLLESAcHE, the English peer who has
recently sold three of his family pictures for
S29OOOO, has expended 1897 800 in purchasing a
steam brewery at Ipswich, with sixty nine beer
saloons attached for his tenth son, Mr. Ranulph
Tollemache
SwINBURNE is indignant because of the cur-
rent story TO the effect that he liz so intensely
literary that when he goes fishing he declines
W uNc any biluE Jul DDth NoTHS TOT b1lL. itp
can see how such report got about and says
it's no such thing
Mrs. PHULIPISE STRAUS died the other even
ing at the nome of her Son-in-law, in Bellevillp
ILL.,, after long illness of dropSy aged % years
She was born in Kaiser lantern R6enish
Bavaria, in 1904, and came with her husband To
America in lS4i and settled near Mistadt Ill
Mas. SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN is a devoted
student OF horticulture. She said recently to n
friend that She cnvied the President Of the
United states none of his possessions nor per
qulSlteS but the free will of the well euuipped
greenhouses of the white house. John prefers
the blue room.
LILLIAN, Duchess of Marlborough, as the
former Mrs. Lily Hammersley is described on
the cards of invitation for the reception in Lon
don given in her house by her mother-in- law.
the dowager duchess. also becomes by her mar
rlage princess of Mndelhelnl, one of the titles
her husband inherits from the great Churchill
THE Prime" and Princess OF Wales will this
week give silver fete in honor of their twenty
NTH wedding anniversary Lady Randolph
Churchill Lady Charles Beresford, Mrs bu
Maurier, Mrs. Bancroft and other ladies' 81 rank
and distinction will manage 1t, and the receipts
Will go TO pay the debt on hospital for chill
dren.
CHARLES Roy, a Freuch-Canadian, residing
on the lower ST. Lawrence, has lust complrtcd
his lOOth year He is still the poSseSSOr ~
good health HIS wife died some 10 years ago
aged ~. They had "a children, the first diving
at an carly age The second, named Jenn i}ap-
tiSt", IS hale and hearty at -. lie is the father
Of 10 children. ana of his brothers and sisters
Charles had ~ children, Michael u, Augusta
~ FRANCHISE H. Pierre Is. Rose . and Joseph .
This extraordinary family counts. In five gen.
eratiOns, no less than 700 souls The elder Roy
Fought IN the wars Of 1912 aud 1897.
Mary GRAHAM died In Philadelphia Pa
Recently al The age Of qj years. She was born
N Ireland, where she lived until about thirteen
years ago, whom upon the death Of her hus-
baud. Sue came 10 this country and took up her
RESIDENCE with her son. She was, II ia said
never ill and wa confined 10 her bed bat two
days previous tu her death Unto within two
years nso che wh, steady attendAnt 40 the
second Reformed Presbyterian church uu
heFenteruth r' rrf. below Race OF her chu
drrn bat one De- living Her drscendants 10 the
iohrih generation are quite numerous.
hAKiKL 7. l,oAlIs. an oid resident " Merrl
m1rA =. #. u.e4 f4rre recently Mr lrgIl.s
AHt born iu MN" bone" lu which boz dIHI
nuI Do WlnI Doe rrhdfd all Ma IIa
md was " lrHu. months aud u dajs ~
az %" BAL rfrfr l h.s town ln many positions
m nnuYr aHi u4t Ineiuding several terms as
~ % fnian an3 tnp terms lu tha legislature Mr
ihsal's naf = soldier in The var ~ lFl2 Hs
Naa fciopf AIF aud republican. and msn
$40 rkeftn1 "a 81 influence in be- parry ~
~ ~ constant Hffrndluf IA ihe CONGREGATIONAL
rhniHh ln POI. inHu lls wife died H isit, aud
81 n sAftifs1 " lalue " liS ca1afra