The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-20
PERSONAL.

FIVE United States Senators have sons at
Princeton college. They are Dolph and
Mitchell of Oregon, Gray of Delaware, Spooner
of Wisconsin and Mcmillan of Michigan.
Ar recent evening reception to the Quarante
Club in New Orleans all the ladies present up
peared in costumes representing the classic
heroines OF ancient Greece. Ine part OF ''lphi-
gena" was assumed by Miss Winnie Davis the
daughter of Jefferson Davis.
WILLIAM S. JACKSON, the husband of the late
Helen Hunt Jackson, better known in the liter
airy world as III. H., was married to his third
wife in Colorado Springs day or two ago. He
is a prosperous banker in that city and is well
known as a shrewd railroad manager. The for
mer name OF bis bride is not given.
EX-SENATOR PALMER the new minister to
Spain, is fond of dogs, and in Washington is
often seen with one in each overcoat pocket and
another peeping out of his vest. He has no
children, and, as he and his wife are OF an
affectionate disposition, their houses in various
parts OF the country are regular menageries.
DURING the vote on the prohibitory amend
ment in Dover, N H., eight young and pretty
women stood at each polling place serving
coffee and yankee doughnuts. The only return
which they asked for the refreshments was
vote "for the home as against the saloon" but
the perfdous voters took the rations and then
voted the wet ticket.
JOHN CHAMBERLIN, the famous Washington
boniface, credits himself with Senator Beck's
return to good health. Beck thought that he
had heart disease and his physicians we're in
clined to agree with him. Chamberlin, NJ, d.
however, was convinced that dyspepsia was the
cause of the kentuckiau's i'll health and he ad-
vised him to drink a certain liqueur-p peppermint
cordial-after dinner each day. The treatment
has proved beneficial and Senator Beck is on
the high road TO a fun recovery. He has totally
abandoned his idea that his heart was affected
No MEMBER of President Harrisons cabinet is
a total abstainer, though Wanamaker publicly
froWnS upon intoXicants. Mr.. Harrison likes a
swallow Of Irish whisky now and then, Blaine
: Of wi
joys a dinner at which each course has its appro-
pirate stimulant Tracy is fond of pint of
champagne at lunch. Noble likes malt drinks
aud INDUCES every day in a bottle of imported
ale, Miller seldom takes anything but rye and
Seltzer while Rusk swallows his corn Juice
plain. Elijah Halford has never tasted whisky,
but has slipped champagne now and then on
convivial occasions.
woman, aud her daughter is one Of the most
charming girls at Washington. At recent
reception at which the latter assisted, some one
said to a veteran Democrat: Come out in the
dinlng-room and let me give you something
and snow you the incest beauty, Senator In
gals daughter" "Humphr said the old cam
paigner A beauty Well, I've never seen
any of the ingalls, family but the old man."
Ten minutes later this friend lifted an eyebrow
to him TO signify that it was time for them to
be moving on toward the next call At twenty
minutes and thirty minutes after his introduc-
to the bright and unaffected little Kansas girl
the same signal was sent him. and finally the
friend dragged him bodily away. Then, OF
cour,e, he berated his friend for doing it, and
to his fellow democrat and four companions IN
arms said: We'll, now, l don't believe that
ingalls, is half as bad as you fellows try to
make him out.
GEN. Cyrus BUssEY Of New Orleans, Assistant
Secretary OF the Interior, is said to be the only
distinguished union soldier who ever escaped
jury service in the south by means Of the iron
clad test oath. Just after the war he was sum
moned on jury in the United States circuit
court In New Orleans in an important suit
brought by the government against the import
ers of about 100000 worth of Wines which
had had been seized Tor differentiation. Both
sides expressed their willingness TO accept him,
but when it came TO his turn to take the test
oath, which was then required of all jurors in
United States cases, he declared his inability to
do so conscientously. The judge, in amaze.
ment, asked why. Gen. Bussey explained that
he could not swear he had never at any time
given aid and comfort to the rebellion" be-
cause he remembered he had once given clean
shirt TO a confederate prisoner who subse-
quently escaped and rejoine1 the confederacyl
An audible smile went round the court room,
but the excuse had TO be accepted and he was
excused from jury service.