The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-02
PERSONAL.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has + Ridden horse racing
n Prussia on Sunday and holy DAYS

EMPEROR WILLIAM has Ridden horse racing
in Prussia on Sunday and holy days.
JUDGE CHARLES J. McCURDY, of Lyme. Conn,
is now the eldest living graduate of Yale. He
was graduated in the class of 1917.
LAURENCE ELEPHANTS WIDOW, who leaves Lon
don soon for Syria, intends to reside perma-
nently IN that country with American relatives.
GEN. SIR Francis GRENFELL, who won the re-
cent battle before Suakim, is to be generously
rewarded for his service by Queen Victoria.
He may even receive the order of the garter if
he has enough ready money TO pay for it
namely, $1,000.
ELLIS PHELAN, an ex-confederate soldier, was
elected judge of probate in Waterbury. Conn.
at the last election, and on the same day a
union veteran was chosen a member of the Ala.
bama legislature in the same district where
Phelan formerly lived.
MAYOR J. H. slime of Washington is making
a collection Of branches from trees that grew
on great battle-fields of the late war. He has
just received from a friend in Virginia cedar
from Mine Run, pine from Charlottesville,
cedar from Hancock winter quarters in 1868 "a
and cedar from Saughter's mountain.
Princess HELENE, third child of the Count Of
Paris, is likely to be married to Grand Duke
Alexis of Russia, She was born in En- gland Il
years ago, and has very sweet face and a
holds herself well, and dresses very simply, bur
looks more like an unaffected scnool girl Of IS
than young woman approaching IS.
"IF had been able to follow my own inclina-
tion,' says NJ. Dumas Il should have occupied
myself do not say exclusively. but certainly
TO a large extent with horses and dogs, fencing
and the chase, and above all, with gymnastics
To be possessed of great muscular power was
long ago my ambition, and l should have SO
cured 1t, for nature has met me half way, but
fate-or fortuue-decided otherwise"
JONI TYLER son and private secretary of
President Tyler, still lives at Washington. He
holds the place Of representative OF the public
on the board which superintends the destruction
OF mutilated currency, to which he was ap-
pointed by Pres dent Arthur and Secretary
Folger. Agr. Tyler served his father without
any salary from the government, the bitter
political autagon,sm OF congress preventing an
appropriation for that purpose He fought on
the confederate side during the war.
tbs PRESIDENTS NIEcEs, Misses Mary and
Carrie Hastings, arrived at the white house las,
Saturday evening for a visit of a week or ten
days These young ladies are the daughters of
tue Presi Tents sister, who is mis- sionary IN
India, and this is their second visit TO Washing
ton the first having been on the occasion OF
President Cleveland STANDARDIZATION Miss Mary
Hastings is at present a teacher in the Ha1gh-
ton seminary. Miss Carrie Hastings has con
Siderable talent for painting and is studying art
in New York.
WHEN the late n. J. Bradlee undertook the
moving OF the Pelham hotel, BoSton--a feat in
engineering heretofore unprecedented-some
one suggested that probably the walls would
crack somewhat, Il shall know II If they Dc"
was his reply, "for have taken great precai-
ton" But old cracks may be called new ones, -
was suggested Il am prepared for that" was
his reply. II have pasted with my own hands
very thin sheets OF tissue paper wherever there
IS hable 10 be any strain, and the slightest crack
will at once I've apparent"
A FRIEND Of Eugene Field tells me. says the
New York Star, that he has just discovered a
number Of Interesting letters from Edgar Poe
10 a friend in Oauawka, Wts., written just be-
fore the poets death. This gentleman was a
great admirT OF Poe's, and he wanted TO start
magazine at that place, which was then a
iourishing village and promised 20 be q large
city. Poe was the editor he had selected Scr
the magazine, aud the correspondence was In
reference TO the way it should be managed.
One Of the last letters Of the poet 20 his friend
contained a request for loan Of SO, which, Il
is unnecessary 70 say, was never repaid.