The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
PERSONAL.

GEORGE AUGUSTUS sALA has retired from
Journalism, and desires to enter parliament.
ONE of Dom Pedro's latest official acts was
the comforting Of the Rose Of Brazil upon NJ.
Naudin, horticulturst.
ERNEST l.. RIGGs of Bridgeport, Conn, sent a
Thanksgiving turkey to each of the newly
elected democratic governors.
JOSEPH ANDERSON, the brother of Mary An
derson, and a sonin-law of Lawrence Barrett,
has left the stage and entered London pub
fishing house.
GEN. ALGER is working up an elaborate
scheme to make an individual history, as far
as possible, Of every man who is now living who
served in the war.
Sir JULIAN PAUNcEFoTE is devoting a good
deal of time to the study of American litera-
ture. He says that he had no realization OF the
richness and variety of the work of our men of
letters.
EMILE AUGIER, the recently deceased French
writer, once replied to an interviewer: 81 was
born in 1920, and since then nothing extraordi-
nary has happened to me. That is all have to
tell you"
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER has presented, through
Hon. w. L. Putnam, fine portrait of himself
to the Cumberland. Me-, bar. 1t will be given a
place in the attorneys office at the city build
ing at Portland
TURNER. the iceman, apparently has walk
over for congress in the Sixth New York dis
trict. Roswell P. Flower sent him a check for
$500 Monday, which he declined to accept per
sonally. but promptly turned it over to the dis
trict campaign committee.
GEN. BoULANGER's personal expenses are de-
frayed by his admirers in France. Every week
he receives certain amount collected from
working people in the provinces. The amount
varies from week to week, but has been
thus far large enough to keep the wolf from the
door,
Governor. ELECT CAMPBELL of Ohio declares
that the recent visit 20 him of W. E. Bacon of
Toledo, ex-President Cleveland's brother-in-
law, was purely social one, had no politf
cal significance whatever, and, In fact, neither
one mentioned politics. either state or ma
tional
NELLIE BLY,, the Worlds correspondent,
reached Brindisi. Italy, Monday morning, on
her round the-world trip and was to sail in a
few hours for Alexandria. Miss Bsland, in the
other direction, is now on the Pacific, expecting
TO reach Yokohama Dec. II. They left New
York Nov, IA.
THE REV, DR.. A. T. PIERsoN tells of an Irish
evangelist who had way of always addressing
his hearers as dear souls" prefxing to the
phrase the name OF the town In which they
lived But he came TO grief when, in address
ing an audience in the city of Cork, he began by
calling them dear Cork souls"
SIR LYON PLAYFAIR. who sailed from New
York for Liverpool on Wednesday of last week
began to make his mark at an early age When
young man he was commissioned by Sir Robert
Peel to prepare government report. So ably
was the task accomplished that the premier
said: Il must recognize this. I'll advance you
in any way can" Drawing up to his desk he
committed his promise to paper Mr.. Playfair's
reply was characteristic: Sir Robert, your
word is enough" AS he spoke he tore the note
into fragments.
THE reports Of Mrs. Stoves mental weakness
are said to be exaggerated Mrs. Stowe is 76
years of age, and, like all persons of extremely
nervous temperament when they reach such age
is more or less broken down, physically and
mentally. But to say that she is demented, is
to say what is not true. She is not at all times
in the possession of her mental powers to the
any topic, but some of the letters she has
written within the past few months show
strength not to be despised. She delights in
stroling about the neighborhood when the
weather is flne and she frequents the green
houss of Mr.. Clemens, who lives but few doors
away, where she will pass hours looking at the
d dot, dn rn singing put any WORD WI imme
possession.