The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-08
PERSON AL.

Mas. Booth, wife of the Salvation Army gen.
eral, is slowly dying of cancer. She bears
her pain with fortitude.
Mrs. MARY F.SHENDLEY of London, formerly
OF Pittsburg, has presented the latter city with
800 acres of ground for park.
DWIGHT L. MOODY is said TO have propounded
in recent sermon the dogma that nobody who
plays progressive euchre can hope to go to
heaven.
The QUEEN OF ENGLAND uses about two dozen
pairs OF gloves year, costing her S. I'd. per
pair. They are always black usually four
buttoned. and the size is ~.
Col SHEPARD of the New York Mdl and Er.
press is in a big row over the Fifth avenue stage
line, of which he is principal stakeholder He
promised TO provide stables for the companv
but has not done so, and a suit is threatened.
BISHOP COLEMAN of Wilmington DEL, well
known in ecclesiastical circles, is of Quaker
BIRTH and was formerly an Episcopal minister
but resigned that calling to study for the priest
hood. His work since his ordination has been
devoted to the education of the colored race
and in this he has met with considerable
success.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE, in describing some un-
published MSS. of his father that he is at pres.
ent editing says: He wrote so small a hand
that he would put ], 800 words upon a page of
ordinary letter paper, and when he had written
a word Of a line that dispieased him he rubbed
it out with his finger and wrote over the inky
space thus made.
THE King of Siam is magnificent object in
state attire He glistens from head to foot
with jewels worth more than 100000 1t is
commonly reported in Bangkok that he has 800
wives and eighty seven children, though the ex-
act figures have never been given to his subjects
He was father at the age of IL and is now
only 80 years old. II he lives a few years more
he will be able to assume the title OF father of
his country The king is good fellow fond
of a reasonable number of his children, and
very kind to his 300 wives He is very progress.
i've and has done great deal of good to Siam
MUCH AMUSEMENT has been created in Hart
ford over the rivalry between Mrs. Stoves BIZ
ographers. The controversy between Mrs
McCray and the Rev. Charles Stowe as to who
should write the real story of Mrs, Stoves life
is well known. The publishers of the rival
volumes have had a neck-and- neck race, each
to get his book out first Mrs. McCray's eager
ness is such that she has, in her book twice
killed Mrs. Stowe, as see the statement: "Mrs
Stowe said to the writer, year or two before
her DEATH" Mrs. Stowe possesses remarkable
vitality for her years, and is daily seen by
neighbors aud friends, who are amused that
she should be thus consigned to the next world
before her time.
WILLIAM COOPER has mad remarkable ca
reer. Born in Buncombe county, North Caro-
lima, and reared in Texas, the opening of the
civil war found him carrying a musket in the
confederate ranks. He was severely wounded
during the war, and he has since gone through
enough to kill a dozen ordinary men. Just after
the war Mexican 'greaser" on the frontier in
Texas, sent bullet clean through Cooper's
head. He was picked up for dead after Coon
er's companions had strung up the Mexican
But Cooper didn't die, and few years later
found him penetrating the jungles of Africa.
He carried with him stock of merchandise,
aud made small fortune bartering for skins
He has been around the world several times and
speaks half dozen languages. Twice
Cooper has landed in New York with something
like 8 10000 to his credit. but each time he was
buncoed out of 1t by so-called friends.