The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-24
PERSONAL.

| JOHN JAcoB AsToR is called the richest man
| in New York to-day, his fortune, which is maiu-
| ly in real estate. being estimated at 100000.
| COO. He Is about ~ years Of age and q wild
| over
JOSEPH PRzYBJLsKI. a recent candidate for a
municipal Office in Detroit, owes his defeat 70
the inability of ticket makers and handlers TO
wrestle successfully with his Polish cognomen
| At least, this is the avowal of the Free Press.
| ami IL seems to be in consonance with the
| facts
REPRESENTATIVES LONG Of Massachusetts and
! Breckenridge of Kentucky recently attended a
! dinner party in Philadelphia a nd made speech b.
| es. The ex governor Of Massachusetts, who is
about TO resume the practice of law, remarked
| Mr.. Breckenridge is a distinguished member
Of the retiring Democratic party, wnile / am a
| retiring member OF the distinguished Republi-
can party.
HOLMAN Hunt the religious painter, is, de-
| spite his idealism, seeker for actually To
become better couversant with his subject he, a
| few years back. built house and studio on the
| outskirts of jerusalem. The Hin of Calvary
! can be- seen from his studio windows. His his
| tory is a strange one. He was in his early year
a clerk in an auctioneer's office. As re Sketched
ana drew all day long, he proved but an iudif-
! ferent clerk.
SENATOR HEARST of California does not make
an appearance suggestive OF great wealth. His
black clo.hes are generally unbrushed. illhttinr
ard b tggy. His nat il rarely new ami never
-
his long gray beard are untrimmed Yet Seua-
tor Jones 81 Nevada himself u millionaire says
that his California colleague IS as ricu as Will
lam X. Van ierblt. The man who paid $500
for vearng colt must certainly have dollar
or two
MAJOR BIGGs, recently elected TO congress
from tine Second California district, was a
'forty-nnar and a sheriff in stirring frontier
times when desperadoes we're given short shrilt
He paid tue California secretary of state S. for
having his election certif d 10 and started for
Washington, but when his certificate arrived
and he was asked TO pay So more for express
and other charge, he declined TO receive the
paper. lie says: This busine of being con
gresham is not worth paying; Sll for | thought
II was dear when put up the s.. and I'll stay
out OF the next congress before Ill put up the
other So.
ONE OF the most interesting and original
southerners in New York is DIR. Sayre, the
great physician and specialist, who lives in
comfortable OLD fashioned way In the heart II
the Fifth avenue loo atty His practice is some
thing enormous and patients from all over the
country come TO him Almost any morning
you will find his anterOom crowded with from
ten 20 thirty patients waiting for a consul, a
ton. He is very brusque ana abrupt, If not i'm
patient, in manner, and yet underneath Is a
heart as big as a railway station. His nerve
and precision in surgical operations Is some
thing marvellous. aud his success phenomenal.
The old gentleman loathes crowd and so
ccty," hut is most fascinating and loyablo
personality when with his few inumateA
THAT quiet. courteous. medium.sized man,
with the suaye manner and live coal OF an eve
you see going up the steps Of the Victoria, Is
Judge Chisholm, formerly OF Savannah, says
the New York PrsSs He is one of the directors
Of the Ocean steamship Company and the law
adviser u the great Plant system OF steamships
and railroads In Florida. lie came 20 New
York some years ago to practice Law where his
sound judgment hne business capacity and in
corruptible integrity OF character soon told,
and h rapidly rose in the confidence Of the
community He served his four years In the
confederate army, and made excellent
record. The Chisnolms are an old Scotch fam.
ily, long settled in Georgia. who have all OF the
tenRcty OF purpose. thrift and fortitude OF the
Scotch All the men are brave, and the women
OF the clan fair.