The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05
PERSONAL.

THE talleSt policeman in the United States
is Lieut. MdlIn of W,st Philadelphia, who is 6
feet ., and large in proportion.
MGR EDWARD MCCoLGAN pastor of ST. Peters,
Baltimore, and now IS years of age, mas gone
TO Cape May on mis- annual vacation.
In the portrait which Sir John Millais il now
painting, Mr., Gladstone Is represented sitting.
Win his little grandson standing by MS knee
CuAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw has invited Mr.. Glad
stone To visit hiIn IN New York, and hopes that
toe distinguished statesman viii come over in
the fall.
GEN. BUTLER called deacon out OF church al
Bar HarOOr the other Sunday 10 help Elm with
a boat; and tGey are talking of enforcing the
blue laws in Maine.
AMELlE RIvEs-CHANLER has not attracted
mucl attention on Gne otner side of the water
Sac Wet over at a time when she was thrown
INTO competition with good many prominent
Americans.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, the new minister
TO Germany, is ruStlcatlng at the little village
of Dunatf, a few miles from scranton. Dunaf
was his boyhood home. He Is accompanied bv
Galusna \. crow, eX-Speaker OF the House Of
Representatives, whose home is near there.
CAPT. R. b. FORBES of Milton, Mass, the vet
eran seaman and Shipbuilder, is now at work on
four miniature yachts two OF which he propose,
to turn over to some benevolent fair. He also
has history of famous ShipNrecks nearly com
plettd, ami on Sept. 10 will celebrate his Sjth
birthday.
AMONG the Americans recently in London was
Miss Catlarine Willard. This handsome and
gifted young woman was a schoolmate of N s
c eyelaud, aud made loLg visit at The white
house. Sac sung at -everal houses in Washing.
ton with great success. Sle has been Stuiymg
in Berlin for year. Daring her London vi.t
she sung at a number of nusicaleS and made n
fine impress on. She has allied for home, and
ii is said will become the rage in New York next
winter. Mrs Cleveland takes warm interest
in her career.
W. T. ANDERSON of Warwick, n. y. has in
his possession a fiintlock mIsket which has a
curious history. 1t was the gift of William "
King of Eng and, to kamehameua IL, King of
the Sandwich Islands TIE latter present d it
TO one OF hlS governors, aud upon his death it
was purchased by Or. JU id, minister of fl auca
san Francisco, aad the latter sold II to Col II
O. RyersOn. The colonel pre- SenJed it to MIR
Anderson father. 1t is a 92luable piece of
workma lsnip as well as ancient relic.
ONE ADVENTURE of Bottesni's should be re-
membered. Hs was playing one nj Sht at Ant
werp, and there was full room ana consider
aba curiosity for his turn to begin. He TOOK
his place beside his colossal dOuole bass and
began his var atoms The pablo were electri
1ied-and 50 was the player. No one who knows
the double bass could say of the instrument that
it was sqeaky and shreky. 1t has its faults
but at least shrillness is not one of them The
sounds came forth that ev inIng piercing AMI
Strumc-t seemed bewltched, and the sounds
continued even when the bow was not dra vvp
across the string2. Fer a moment Bottesini
faltcred and then plunging his hand into ne
eternal cavities of MS big instrument, he drew
il back yer hurrledly. lie introduced it again
very carefully, and took ont aud held out to Tie
room q cat. The entertainment did not end
there. There were kittens TO follow.