The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
/. ERSON Al.

JOHN H. PARNELL of Georgia, eldest brother
of the home rule leader, sailed for Queenstown
Tuesday,
CAPT HENRY CRAWFORD, who recently died in
Philadelphia, was the wealthiest steamboat
owner III Pennsylvania.
ALFRED D. RoTHsCHILD has been entertainine,
a small party of dipomatists, including Sir
Julian Pauncefote. at Hatton Hall, England
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX is devoting herself
almost entirely TO prose writing. She saws thar
the nervous strain of composing poetry is too
great.
LORD CHARLES BEREsFoRD is authority for
the saying that the guns of the transatlantic
liner Ieutonic could have sunk Nelson's whole
fleet in half an hour.
THE DEBUT of Mrs. James G.. Blaine, Jr.. will
not take place as soon as expected She is
lying seriously i'll with inflammatory rheuma-
tism at the residence of Mrs. O. A. Doremus in
New York.
Mr.. ARKELL, proprietor of Judge, and Russell
Harrlsons partner, is described as a little,
chubby man, with round face and a round
head, and mind that calculates with lightning
like rapidity.
CLAUS SPRECKELs. who has just returned from
Europe is in Philadelphia where he will have
his big refinery in operation by October He
contemplateS an annual output of 3000 900 tons
of refined sugar.
PRoT. MAX MULLER in a recent lecture at Ok
ford, England, on The Science of Language"
ia zen away man would be lower than the dumb
animals OF the field and forest.
GEN, ROGER A PRYOR is expected to visit his
friends in Nottaway county, Virginia before
returning to New York from the White Sui
phur His father, Rev. Theodore Pryor. al
though 50 years old, is still active in the min
istry.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD the English poet of
Light of Asia fame who will be a guest of
the president Of Harvard for viii during his
sojourn in this country, will have his long-de-
sired wish fulfilled of studying life at an Ameri-
can university.
GEN MALONE of Virginia is the son of a tavern
Keeper He walked barefooted TO Richmond TO
secure the governors aid to enter the Virginia
Military institute. While there he was twitted
with being poverty pupil" He was a major
general at 3d. refused to accept a house offered
to him by Virginians at the close Of the war.
SECRETARY HALFoRD can take no action in re-
gard to the use, by a cigar tie firm of a p1oto-
Jeanette. TIE picture is not Mss Halford's
but is evidently idealiStic head to which the
tobacconsUs have cleverly affixed the name
Miss Halford,' leaving it to be inferred
that it is meant for the Private Secretary's
daughter.
JUSTICE L. O. G. LAMAR, Judge Emory Speer.
Rev Dr. Nc Josh. exc mgr sSman Van Voorhis
of Rochester Col. NJ. Richards Mucke and 9th
ers of prominence are In attendance at the an.
nual convention Of hay fever sufferers at Beth
lehem, n. H. President Lockwood, in his open.
ing address, estimates the number of profes-
si6nal sneezers in the United States at 300 900
The oldest member of the association is Dr.
Edward Townsend of Philadelphia. He is 81
years old.
IT Is CURIOUS, says the San Francisco Alta.
| how the name David runs through the principal
| incidents in the life OF the late ex-Judge Terry
| He was named David and he killed David g
| Broderick in duel one of Broderick's seconds
was DavdD Cotton. and the duel was witnessed
| by David j. Brewer, United Stltes circuit Judge
| o. the Eight judicial district of Illinois TerTv
was killed by David NaSle. and Justice Fields
father and one of his brothers were baptized
| David