The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-05
personal.

Hon GROVER CLEv Gland is expected to at
tend the Pennsylvania ate convention of dem
ocratic clubs at Philadelphia on Oct is.
MICHAEL DIVER, t le turfnan, doesn't like to
bet less than 5000 at time. he says ii
a man is going TO bet at all he mignr as we'll
bet nigh.
WILLIAM O'BaIEN the Irish home ruler says
that the political novel which he is now writing
will have all Its characters accurately drawn
from life.
THE Rev DIR. Burchard, of Rum, Romanism
and Rebellion fame. is a en- iidate for tie pas
torSl of the Presbyterian church at Hemp
stead L. |.
JOHN BURNS, the English socialist, is distant
re alive of Robert Burus. ami he bears facial
resemblance to the dead PROFESSIONALISM sweet
est minstrel.
ALMOST with his dying breath Wilkie Collins
said: 81 want a simple funeral and no featA rs,
no Grape. no forms nor rsInonIes" His wisnes
were executed to the letter.
Miss PHOEBE CoUzINs, who has been long
time out or the field on account of i'll heath,
seems likely, before N my months are pa u, TO
resume her labOrS for Wonan'S ballot and the
temperance reform.
IRISH SECRETARY BALFoUR, who is called bg
his op ponentS the best hated man in England
is still young lie was born in 1913, and went to
parl lament in 1874. He does not loo like
strong man, either physically or mentally, but
he has slown that he is both
Pope LEO, despite his advanced age, is an I'M
usu lily early riser. He is rarely in bed after
$3.50 clocS, and by o'clock he may be seen
walking in the gardens of the vatican ate lded
by some memoer or his household. Very often
he gives audience to his secretaries before
breakfast.
CHECK for several thousand dollars sent to
Pope Leo XIII from Newark, n. j., has been
returned turOuya the regular channels to tue
Newark bank on which 1t was drawn, duly in
dorsed by the pope. The handwriting is neat
and even The check will be kept as
souvenir
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER is said to have
sold mis- Indianapolis property, and the Wash.
ington goSslps consCrue this act into meaning
that he will reside at Was ington hereafter
They also sssert that he would not have done
this had he not been sure of securing the nomi-
nation for the vacancy on the supreme court
bench
REV. JOHN ZoLLINeER of st, Paul. who was at
one time tn tutor of Bismarck's grand.
nepheWs, says that the boys were very fond of
Their Uncle Otto" The future iron Chancellor
used to take then out for romp quite often,
and was always kind and indulSeit to them.
Bismarck IN tnose days, says Mr.. Zollinger, was
a remarkably nervous man. he smoked
great DEAL ate immoderate,y, and drank good
FOR. ion of wine and b1er. He had a strong
hxi.g for English hteratu e. and read fire.
quently from Shakespeare, Shelley, Byron and
Keats.
SAYS an Adirondack correspondent: Whether
others would have as good luck here as the
Cleveland party did Of course cannot predict
Gle veland luck' is as well under TODD up here
as IL was anywhere. It had curious
verIdcation this year. Before the Cleveland
parry arrived about the middle Of August, the
wea Their had been almost cont. nuously wet. As
soon as they came the skies cleared, an they
had ia ee weeks of as bright weather as sports
men need look for. II l add to that the TACT
for II is post iSet eer e a MT Ia and T M
understood why faith in their luck is I'M
diminished"