The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-11
PERSONAL.

ACCORDING to the New York Morntno Jour
nal, "Ex-POstmaster Thomas L. James has be-
come quite lummy with Mayor Grant, and
alludeS TO his honor as young statesman.
B KAHN is a wealthy New Yorker who looks
so mucn like Senator Quay that he is 0 ten
mistaken for him. lie is aOolt tne same hight
and build and has the same peculiar drop to his
eyelid.
AN EFFORT is being made to get Oliver
Wendell Holmes to write an autobiography
He refuses on the ground that his work, already
tel as mucl of himself as he cares to have the
public learn, and that ne desires TO spend his
remaining years in comparative likeness.
GEN. BouIANGER's HEALTH VIII Oh was very
poor when he went to Eng and has mDr we'd
greatly. He has been obi sed to connue him
self to q stiIct regimen ana has abandoned
wines for In llsh ale Fne Result Is tn 1t his
compl .xion Las more color and he has increased
in weight
GEN" BOOTH, in opening new Salvation
hall in Liverpool, defed anyone to poin out
any authorized doing OF the Salv III Army
nos utilized from tue bic. Tiny hal 2 700
societies and 5000 officers, for the most part
Self-supporte1, an the annual income was not
less taan 81 O0J 900.
J. PENDLEToN GROCER, a nephew of S. Van
RensS laer Cruger of New York, has a villa at
ArcAchon, southern France an has had re-
mar able success this SEASON with his center
board yacht Eclalreur walcl has won every
match OF her c.aSS. She was built mainly from
Mr.. Cruger's own designs, and ne has sailed her
himself, rather unusual feat among French
yacht owners.
SECRETARY OF STATE SALISBURY of Delaware
has oeen Spendi * his vacation L ing Branch
AIthou III e has been for yea the leader of
the Democratic party in Delaware, he has
always refused Office until he accepte his pres
ent position. Twice h. has oeen offered seat
in coz ..Ss. but preferred to remain at home
He is stiiiing man in appea ance, nearly 6
feet in Light, with sharp, pierclns eyes and a
manner winch is extremely attractive. He has
just ISIS red new volume of Delaware's laws
the eig 4teent since the state was founded.
CHARLES WHEArLY has been for twenty.six
years secretary OF the SarAtoga Racing As O.
citation He is n)w in his " year. Fitty-eignt
years of his life he has spent in and about the
race courses of Kentucky and New York. Mr..
Wheaty first aw a horse race in 1881, at the
Ho e diStilery course, now the very heart o
the city of Louisville. II was o c. a printers
devil az later on editor. He came TO New
York in 1883 AS presiding judge at Jerome
park he uas always given perfect satisfaction
SENATOR INGALLS, has been rather mysterious
in his move uents this summer. 1t is said in
Kansas that he naS spent oSt of his time in
his library. This has revived the rum n that he
is engaged upon novel of Washington life
7 e rLmor is furth r strengthened Oy the fact
that he rec ntly rec i've a call in Washington
from the reprrSenta,iv i've of a prominent New
York publishing house. tn re is one thing
which may be safely predict d about the
senator's novel-it VIII be interesting from its
uncompromisi * satire.
SAMrEI. CoLr the inventor of the revolver
that bears name, was originally a black
smith, ugh, uned Icated, coarse. bat a genius
in his Wav, A company WAS formed for the
manufacture of the pi tolls, but Colt mad so ter
riDle tenn ler and was so unreasonable that no
person could get along with him, so be bou hit
ont tie company for a so x and set up for him
self. lucrative contract from the rovern
ment during the Mexican war was the founda-
ton of a magnificent fortune He Dug a
large trait OF swami land mar Hartford Con H..
ana by 81 en- ling a liberal amount in draining
he brJu he these useless lands up to the value
of $l,000,0.0