The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
PERSONAL.

IT is said that Mrs. William Waldorf Aston is
setting the 400 the example of going to bed
nightly at 10 O'Clock.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN AMOS j. CUMMINGS is to
lecture in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St Louis
for the benefit of the Greeley statue fund
Ex-ATToRNEY GENERAL GARLAND is hunting
at ms hermitage at HomlnF Hill, Ark. He has
been chasing deer and having good time. He
wrote the other day to a friend TO say that he
had just killed fine buck
THE DUKE OF CoNNAUaHT, Queen Victoria's
third son, will next spring resign his command
at Bombay and return to Europe passing
through Canad and the United States on ms
way home, and spending several weeks in this
country.
Mrs. MARIA NJ. DEAN is Homeopathic physi-
clan WHO took an office in Helena, Mont three
years ago Her income last year was in the
neighborhood of S12000. Sne is graduate of
Wisconsin Upive fSlty and from Boston med
ical school, and also studied medicine in Berlin
She is 80 years old.
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRIcHs dainty little poem,
''Baoy Bell p" was refused by the Kaic re icker
Ad0dztne AMI other periodicals., and was finally
published in the New York Journal Of Conn
me &c, i strange place for the publication of
suca poem. The poet was paid IS forit. He
has since rec ived as much as 81, 900 for a short
poem, not SO long and not 50 good as Baby
Bell" Such is fame,
HENRY WATTERsoN, editor of the Louisville
Courier, urIdt is almost blind in one eye, and
sees very badly out of the other. He uses a
ma snifying glass when reading, and ues much
OF his writing through an ANA luenSis; his wife
also. assists ni n f. his work. When ne writ s
himself ne uses thick, glazed paper and a Quill
pen He writes a Scrawl almost as hard to read
as Horace Greeley'S. Wlen he works he goes
at 1t with a vim, taking off mis- coat and rolling
up his sleeves. Sometimes for days he does not
write u line, but amuses himself chatting with
his friends He enjoys good dinner. He has
beea in congress, has .ured, written book
or two, and in early life was ambitions TO he a
novelist.
GENERAL JOHN BANKHEAD MAGRuDER was an
officer IN tne army, and was particularly proud
of his horsemansh p. During the Mexican war
he rod splendid charger, Black Prince. Ma
gruder, who was then a captain. could perform
all sorts of feats on horseback, and took
pleasure in showing off his skill One day he
was witching the army with his horsemanship
when Texan came along and declared that he
could beat Magruder riding on his own horse
Naturally disguised at this piece of presump-
tion ne called his brother officers and said ne
was going to have a trial of morse nabshIp with
the Texan, and should the latter be defeated it
be whipped out of camp. They all agreed and
the rdingc onmenced Magruder excelled all
his former feats on nor ,eback, and was rewarded
with loud cneerS. The Texan then mounted
Black Prince and rode around and around in
the most reckless manner, when, suddenly.
when he got to the farthest side of thecamp he
darted off and Ma yruder never saw horse or
rider again. When the laugh which gre ted
this feat was over Magruder said it served him
right for trusting an unknown man to ride his
best horse.