The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-22
PERSONAL.

SAMUEL j. RANDALL's HEALTH continues to i'm
prove steadily, and he hopes TO return to Wash
| ington, after q summers rest near the city, as
| hale and hearty as he was before his illness
| VIscoUNr VAUDEVILLE, the bankrupt, is q
| round-shouldered man, with slouching gait
| and general appearance of physical declna
] His face is notified and his small eyes are heavy
| and dull.
| WILLIAM D. HowELLs is engaged on a novel,
| the piot of which is based on incidents of New
| York society life. Advance notices of the book
| say that il will take the sninen from every
| thing else which he has written.
| s. D. HOWE of Wilkesbarre is the possessor of
| a 1212-cent note, or ''ll-penny bit" scrip issued
| by the Easton and Wikesbarre Turnpike Com
| pany in 1915 The scrip is in size about by 2
| incaes, and was printed in Philadelphia.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has authorized the pur-
| chase OF a suitable site for big music hall in
| New York, the cost of which will probably
| reach ST. 0DOO01. He will himself paw for the
| ground and building, aud probably for the
maintenance Of the hall as well.
MRS. HUMPHREY WARD writes a small and neat
| but eminently strong and vigorous hand, with
no tiouriShes; sometimes in earnest haste RON
ming sew raj words together. She signs herself
| Sincerely yours, Mary A. Warl," with a single
| straight dash beneath the name.
PUNDrTA RAMABAI, the educated Hindoo
woman who cams to this country to raise
money for a home in Bombay whore the child
| widows of the higher castles might be educated,
| obtained about $4,000 in subscriptions and the
| promise of an income of $500 a year for
period of ten years.
ARcHDEAcoN CoLLEY, preaching on Satan re.
Gently at st. James church, Narylebone, Lon
don, replying to an imaginary remonstrance
from those who believe in giving the devil his
| due, exclaimed ''Ah, my friends. if we gave
the devil his due many of us would be missing"
The awkwardness of the use of 'us' in such
case occurred to Rim afterward, and he seemed
seriously embarrassed, while the congregation
smiled.
CAPT. JOHN Ericsson left an estate valued at
about $3.50, 900, which is divided among his rel
atives and business associates. Theodore r.
Timby of Washington now comes TO the front
with a claim that he was the original inventor
of the revolving turret war vessel, that the
Monitor was built by Eric son upon a model
constructed by Timby in 1871, and that he re-
ceved a royalty Of 5000 on each vessel built
upon his plans by Ericsson and his associates.
LONG" JONES is in Washington, and an inter
viewer credits him with this Cleveland is GO
ing to be the democratic nominee four years
from now. Since his defeat he has grown
stronger than ever. You will hear the best men
in the Democratic party praiSing him and stand
ing up for him. Those courteses which he and
Mrs. Cleveland extended to Gen. and Mrs. Har-
rison were not lost TO public sight either. They
were graceful, and under the circumstances, an
appropriate thing TO do. III Cleveland hadn't
sent out his tariff message he might have been
reelected It showed the boldness Of the man"
Ep1roR FRANK PrxLEY Of tho San Francisco
Ar0ondut. furnishes this free hand drawing Of
Labouchere of London Truth who is En-
glishman with French name He is gar
rulous as a hen. In parliament be talks and in
his journal ne writes upon every possible topic
news, politics, foreign diplomacy, society
gossip, social scandals, are all material in the
POT du fen" which be keeps constantly boiling
When his prejudices draw toe red herring
across the trail of narrative IL Is as impossible
for him TO follow the scent of truth as for a
blind dog. with a nose stuffed with Limberger
cheese. TO follow the trail OF the fox