The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-08
PERSONAL

Ex-QUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN recently won
10000 francs on horse race.
Gnu FoNe, a Celestial capitalist of New York.
proposes TO start Chinese savings bank, 1t
will be the first of its kind ia this cOuntry.
MRS FRANCES e. WILLARD celebrated her
fl tieth birthday Sunday evening. There was a
lar o gathering in her honor at the First
Methodist church, Evanston, Ill.
LITTLE KING ALEXANDER OF SERv1A is much
impressed with sense of is own di nifty. He can
scarcely write three lines on auy topic without
using the expression II, the king"
]. D. WAsHBURN, the United States minister
to Switzerl md, arrived in New York Sunday by
steamer La Btetagne from Havre. He left
Mrs. Washburn in Paris, and will soon return
to his post.
COMMISSIONERS ROOSEVELT SAYS he heard
nothin OF his alleged desire to repres mt Nortn
Da2ota in the Unite States Senate until he got
back to New YORK. "I'm q summer can idate ="
he added smihngly; 'get killed off in the fail -
THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE, which is to be
elected in veneer, will choose a United
States senator. Among the candidates for the
position ar Senator Wilson, Gov. Jackson,
John Brown, James Alfred Pearce and Henry
Page.
All REposrs as to the declining health of MIR.
Pals ze-, OF the New York W.rtd may 70 SET
down as fahrieations. Col. Oockerill, his man
aging editor, says that he is better than he has
been for five years. and that his sight is improv-
ing. He is expecting TO SO to Wiesbaden in q
few days
REV. GEORGE WASHINGTON, who styles himself
Eldest Representative Of the Durhsm Branch
in England, y writes TO London Journal ur .ing
Englisl collectors OF documents illustrating the
career of Gen. Washington 10 organize the IL
selves into associations TO preserve the papers
collected and meet from time +, time to COM
pare experiences and exchange views.
ARCHBISHOP POTTER, Catholic bishop of Bonn
bay. whose death has been cabled, was a Jesuit
father and a great hnguist as he wrote and
spoke seven European Languages and over a
dozen of the native tongues OF India and Asia
generally. His grace wa an inveterate chess
player, and on one occasion was known tO have
forgotten his yesper service while abs )rbed in
the anne. For this his selfinflicted penance
was no chess for two months, to him a most
severe punishment.
GOOD STORY is told of Gov. Tom Bennett,
now a citizen OF Richmond, Ind, who presided
over the destinies of Idaho more than q decade
ago. A member of the legislature, who had
been a lnoyed by his neighbours hog, introduced
a bill compelling the owner to keep the pre-
scribed ani nal within pen. The bill a,sed
aud went up TO Gov. Bennett for his approval.
To the surprise OF the members and the chagrin
of its sponsor, it was returned with his veto.
When asked the reason, he exclaimed II
don't bsieve in the bill in the first place and II
| did, l wouldn't sign a bill that spelled hog
with BIZ II and governor with little e."
IT IS RELATED OF the late Lord Beaconsfield
at a certain academy banquet he walked round
the room before dinner and rs heard to
remark that the pictures were extremely COM
mDnplace. In his speech at the dinner he
expressed his delight at the exhibition rs a
wnoie, adding that what had delighted him
most of all was TO see everywhere evidence Of
a high ain, and on so many pictures the stamp
OF imagination His neighbor reminded him Of
what 10 mad said before dinner. well, " an
swe.ed the veteran politician, Il have always
found that IL ans cred best TO praise people for
the qualify in which they are most '1cielt."