The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-03
PERSONAL.

GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN paid 81 600 for choice of
boxes for the Patti season, which begins at the
Chicago Auditorium on Dec. g. Marshal Field,
s. w. Allerson and r. T. Crane paid 81 900 each
for their boxes
YOUNG ABRAHAM LINCOLN is still very sick in
Paris, and Minister Lincoln and Mrs Lincoln, who
are with him, were very much alarmed about
their sons recovery on Wednesday. He is now
considered to have passed the cribs, however.
r. D. BLACRMoRE recently appeared in court
as complainant against man who had stolen
$25 worth of his pears, and had the culprit
locked up for three months. Mr.. Blackmore is
better known at TeddIngton as a market gar
dener than as an author.
Ross RAYMOND who has been in jail in Man
chester, England, since August, was convicted
on Saturday Of uttering a, forged bill of ex-
change for Ell, at Blackpool, last summer
when he personated Mr.. Bennett Burleigh, the
war correspondent of the London Daily Tele
0ruDh.
QUEEN VICTORIA has taken more interest in
the Brazilian revolution than in any other pub
lie event of recent years. This is not strange
Victoria is clear-headed enough to realize that
the overthrow of Dom Pedro will encourage the
anti-monarchists of England, who are already
too strong for royal comfort.
EMILE lola first went to Medam in 1878 to
avoid the Paris exposition of that year. Dur
ing the last eleven years he has written all
his books at Medam. He has composed only
about 200 pages in Paris during that period. He
has lived at Medam summer and winter, but
will hereafter reside permanently in Paris.
THE ELDEST DAUGHTER of Gen. Malone of
Virginia, who arrived from Europe by the
Brittanic, has spent several years in Paris under
the charge of Marchesi When Mrs John w
Mackay was over here she said that Miss Ma
hone had one of the finest and sweetest voices
she had ever heard. The young lady will spend
the winter in Washington.
THE Prince of Monaco, who recently married
the Dowager Duchess of Richelieu, has more
old French titles than he has toes on his feet
His bride is enormously wealthy and the prince
AL, vuyiah Niof,v
and poetry are his chief fads, and he cares more
for romance than roulette. On the whole there
are worse princes in Europe than the ruler of
Monaco.
GovERNoR-E CAMPBELL of Ohio is
Knight Templar, a member of the Knights Of
Pythias, the Grand Army of the Republic and
the Order of Elks He attends the Presbyterian
church and is extremely charitable Campbell
is a great worker and is very systematic. He
possesses marked Scotch characteristics. one
of which is stubborn adherence to any opinion
once formed.
WILSON BARRETr's brother is considered in
England far cleverer actor than the head of
the big London melodramatic company. George
Barrett is a comedian, and what is rare among
comedians an actor of steadiness force and
power in heavy roles. He is also a more &C
complished man socially than Wilson, but he
has not the power of leadership which the older
brother possesses, and he is content to follow in
the latter's wake. The affection between the
two is very strong.
Mrs. MACKAY, the Bonanza queen" has,
writes the London correspondent of the Man
chester Courier provided during her absence
the public of London with a gratuitous enter
tainment of the most diverting nature At her
open window, in Buckingham palace gate is a
wonderful green parrot which attracts
hundreds of people every day to hear him talk
The crowd one Sunday was so great that the
policeman had to request the people to move
on. "Move on echoed the parrot, to the
intense delight of the mob. "Polly, what is
o'clock" asked q man. The parrot, pretend
ing TO look at the clock, cried out in answer,
are you, PolyY' Don't know; how old are
your was the answer. which of course pro.
voked great merriment, in which the parrot
joined. Asked what day of the week It was,
the wretch hoped about screaming, Sunday;
go to prayers ora pro nobtS, " and fell into a
paroxysm of laughter, which was quite con-
tagious.