The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-09
PERSONAL.

P. T. BARNUM will take his big show to Lon
don, opening at the Olympia about Nov. l.
Though nearly 80 years old, he is still hearty
and robust. He says he is going to show the
people of Europe what grand show is.
"BAGDAD' LEYLAND, VINO IS to marry Miss
Chamberlain, the famous American beauty got
his queer name from "bagging' his father in
the hunting field ia Leicestershire. He rnistook
the paternal legs for q hare and filled them with
shot
DAVID A WELLS. who is reckoned learned
man and has Just been LII. DID by Harvard
says that he would despair of getting into col
le2e nowadays were he required to pass the ex-
aminations tnat young men are called upon to
pass before they receive their entrance papers
MICHAEL SAITYKoFE the Russian poet who
puzzled his admirers once by publishing ne
cuarly stupid article and afterward ex ,lainbd
that it was to Illustrate the only class of literary
productions that the Russian censorship would
permit him to publish, died recently in st Peters
burg.
LADY JANE GREY, according to letter Of her
time preserved in the archives of Genoa, was
sdort and thin, but prettily shaped and grace
full, with small features a straight nose and
red lips, her hair being auburn and her eve.
hrows dark, while her eyes were ''rossin or
light hazel.
Mss MAY FoRTEscUE, the English actress
who was fortunate enough to obtain $4,000
damages from Lord Cairns IN a breach of
promise trial some years ago. has just sue
ceedad in Winning, another case of similar
nature against Laurence Henry st. Paul Moore
On this occasion 'she was content to accept a
verdict of $780, ~.
BEN HOGAN, formerly champion heavv-weight
Of Arnericai VINO fought Tom Allen for the
championship of the world, at Council Bluffs
in 1873, has sailed for Europe where he will
make tour as an eva gelst. Mr..iHogan is
not an evangelist for revenue onl , as he gave
up Furnishing business as proprietor of a con
ceEt saloon and gambling house to enter the
ranks, and he pays his own expenses
Ntss HOWE AND MISS BURBANK. teachers in
the high school at Hartford, Conn, sailed the
other day for Europe, bound OF a long tour all
by themselves. After leaving the steamer they
viii take passage nOrthward along the Norws-
gan coast, going as high as North Cape. to-
ward tao Land OF the. Midnight Sum-" The
Journey will last for about three months, ana
will doHbtless befull Of novelty for the ed
venturous voyagers.
Oh. NICHOLAS SEHN. born, bred, and educated
in Wisconsin, is reported to have recently sue
ces5fuy performed in Milwaukee an operation
precisely similar to that which failed in the
case OF Emperor Frederick Of Germany One
of the journals of that state says: 1t is the
pride Of Wisconsin that it has surgeon who
not only can successfully compete with but lead
such surgeons as Mackenzie, Bergman, Vir-
chow, Bilroth Gross and Agnew."
A KANSAS EDITOR, in drawing a pen sketch of
Senator Ingalls,, writes Mr. ingalls, is not very
pretty, his hair Us very gray, and ne is exceed
ingly thin, aud would make good clothes prop
or living illustration OF the Dr. Tanner theory.
His legs resemble a pair of breech-loading, sin
gle-barre guns Ehrust into gun bags 1t is a
mystery to us how he manages to carry such a
big head full OF lS-carat brains around on such
an emaciated set Of underpnnings."
WHEN the Rev DR.. John Hall was aboard the
steamer bound for Europe, the other dav. he did
not look Ike man of 60, who has been en-
gagged in preachinS for forty years He was
hale and hearty, full Of energy and in prime
spirits. He has probably the largest income OF
any Clergyman in the United States for besides
his salary OF $4,000 and free house, he is the
recipient Of fees, gifts aud requests from his
wealthy parishioners that amount to a hand
some sum every year. He has been pastor of
the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church, New
York, since 1867, and is an IrShman from
county Armagh