The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-07
PERSONAL,

JOHN ERICssoN is actually to have a monu-
ment in Central park, New York. But the
money-912. 000--was appropriated by the state
legislature.
PRoF. GARsIDE, late of the Johns Hopkins
university, who has been engaged in the social
istic propaganda some time, is said to have
gone over, bag and baggage, to the anarchists.
Hon. WILLIAM c. ENDTooTT, ex-Secretary of
War, and Sigourney Miller, eX-comptroller of
the treasury, have formed partnership for the
practice Of law and will open an Office in BoS-
ton.
PRESIDENT CARNor of France is strongly in
favor of capital punishment He is greater
believer in it than was VI. Grevy and the guillo-
tine is much more active in Paris than it was
some years ago.
PRoF. BLAcKIE said in a lecture recently de-
livered in London that a century ago was
time of miserable humbug. He thinks that
much of the literature OF that time is preten-
tious. but hollow and false
A CORRESPONDENT says that NJ. Ferry is aging
rapidly His bapISmal certificate would not
carry him quite up to 90, but his carriage, his
bent head and his STOPPING figure give the lie
to tho official date of his birth.
WILLIAM RoANE RuFFIN, great grandson of
Thomas jefferson, died last Monday in Chester
field county. Va. He was for many years rector
of the board of visitors of the University of
Virginia, of which his great ancestor the
founder and chief patron.
The study of Gustave Eiffel, engineer and
architect of the big tower of Paris is a regular
curiosity shop In it are to be seen any num-
Der of queer inventions and outlandish relics
He has Buddhist shrine that is over 500 years
old, and sixteenth century figure Of ST. John.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES in a note on the
occasion Of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's birthday
celebration said to her daughter: LAS for your
mothers age, l am bound to believe her own
story, but l can only say that to be 20 years
young is something more cheerful and hopeful
than to be 20 years old"
REV Mr. SpURGEoN, the great Baptist min
lister of England, lives on a magnificent estate
having parks varied with lakes aud streams
and adorned with statuary and conservarories
filed with rare plants. His stables are as fine
in arrangements and appointments as the royal
establishment at Windsor, and his coachman
sports gorgeous livery.
QUEEN VIcroRIA recently squelched an En-
glish woman of very high rank who applied for
permission to drawing-room. 1t seems that
the applicant contracted a second marriage
several years ago and for this reason has been
religiously Shunued oy court circles. Victoria
went into passion on the receipt of her APP
plieation and roundly denounced her 'imperti-
nence and audacity.
Mrs JOSEPHINE BAXTER, who died recently
at Pomona Cal, had an unusually varied mat
rimonial experience. She had no less than SIX
husbands in thirty years. and lost them all by
death except one. Her first husband was a
teacher, the second a pork PACKER, the third q
lieutenant in the regular army, the fourth a
preacher, he fifth a sugar planter, and the
sixth a lawyer. who survives her.
CARDINAL MANNING, who recently sang the
praises of John Wesley in an address in London
is the most popular Catholic clergyman in Eng
land. He is highly democratic ia his notions
and expresses them freely. The cardinal is fit
to rank beside the Grand Old Man in point of
robust intellect and good physical condition at
80. The secret of his green old age is temper
ance. At the Royal academy dinner the other
evening he ate a crust OF bread and drank a
frl. # H.
political and artistic magnates went through
the twenty courses and the dozen wines.
BEEcHAM's PILLS act like magic on a
weak stomach,