The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24
PERSONAL.

Mr.. BRUSH, who was the pioneer in arc cleo
trio lights, was reporter on Cleveland news
paper at SIS week less than fifteen wears apo
He still lives in Cleveland, where he owns a
Sl,0OO,NO house.
THE DUKE OF PORTLAND has decided to devote
all his past and future winnings on the turf To
the erection and endowment of almshouses for
the poor people of Welbeck. The scheme orig.
mated with the duchess.
QUEEN VICTORIA will not entertain the Shah
of Persia at her own expense. The taxpayers
of England will have that privilege. Victoria
would not allow the Shah to occupy Balmorai
but decreed that he must go TO Buckirgban m
palace, thus throwing the expense of his visit
upon the people.
Bronson HOWARD, the dramatist. is suhiect
to literary moods. He has learned by expert
eGce that work he produces when he is not
under inspiration is practically OF no value. He
is q great smoker, and often finds that bv lipht
ing cigar he can at the same time start the
fire of his genius.
AT the close of the banquet recently tenderad
to him III Paris, at which many appreciative
speeches were made NJ. Jules Simon said. at
seems as thought had just been present. like
the emperor with whose story you are acoainted
at my own funeral, and l now know what nv
friends will say over my grave"
MIR. BLAINE's soN-N-LAw, Col Uoppinger. is
an educated lrishman of the fine and gentle.
manly type met in Dublin within the university
walls. He was an off ser in the Papal Zouaves
in Rome for some time, but resigned to come
to this country to live. He has an excellent
record as a soldier, and big saber cut across
his neck tells Of actual conflict of battle
JOHN BAIRD of Philadelphia has had a dozen
men employed for more than a year making an
exact model of the centennial buildings and
grounds The design is now completed, and
through Mayor Filter MIR. Baird has offered n
to the city The model is thirty feet in Diameter
and cost between $4,000 and $4,000. Trees
buildings, people and a thousand peculiar fea
lures of vari us kinds are reproduced win
model under piate-glass case in one of the
Philadelphia parks. The case will cost about
as much as the model.
THE Hon. DUNCAN GILLIEs, premier of Victo.
ria, Australia, arrived in the colony that he now
practically governs in the year 1852, being then
20 years old and the first money he earned was
for a job at breaking stones. He soon found
his way to the Ballarat goldields, worked as an
ordinary miner there for some time. developed
acapacty for ventilating the diggers griev-
anceS on the platform, was elected as one of
their representatives on the local mining court
next sent into parliament as member Of Bal
laret West, and to-day he would make his mark
in the British House of Commons as a polished
and effective debater.
In October, 1888, Col. Parker of Castleton, VT.
wrote letter to the Car of Russia congratu-
lating him on the escape from death of himself
and family by serious accident to the train on
which they were travelling. On Saturday the
colonel received letter from toe Russian min
lister at Washington in winch he said that he
was instructed by his Imperial Majesty TO &C
knowledge the receipt of the letter and to CON
vey to Col. Parker the thanks of the Car for
the kind expressions contained therein Col
Parker will preserve the letter with a number
of others which he has received from notable
people in this and other countries.