The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16
PERSONAL.

GEORGE BANCROFT says that he feels as well
now as he did sixty years ago.
1T is RUMoRED that Buffalo Bill will soon take
his Wild West show over to ST. Petersburg.
Lolita, the actress, who is now in New York.
occupies the finest suite of rooms in the St
James hotel
GEORGE THATCHER, the minstrel, now admits
having lost several thousand dollars in bets on
Cleveland's election.
MRS. LOUISE CHANDLER MouIroN. who is to
pass part of october in Paris will sail for
Boston early In November.
WILKrE COLLINS library and art treasures. of
which he had choice collection, will be put IN
for sale at public auction.
THOMAS A. EDISON is member of the Aryan
Iheosophlcal Society of New York, and believes
hrmly III theoSophical theories.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN VANCE is back in the ranks
OF newspaper workers, having assumed control
OF the New Britain Comm Herald the past
week.
UNITED STATES SENATOR HAMPTON of South
Carolina has be putting in portion of his
vacation In horseback tour of North and South
Carolina.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has found a rival in CARDINAL
Manning, who, since the London dock strike.
has been called by his admirers the grandest
old man OF our times"
SwINBURNE, the poet, never carries a stick or
an umbrella when out walking; but he often
"
to the children he meets.
Young HAM GRIFFIN, Mary Anderson's half
brother, is quite English. He wears London
made clothes London-made shoes, and regrets
that he can't stay in London all the time.
AMONG THE NOTED MEN of the day names end
ing with son are unusually numerous. Harri-
son. Edison, Robert Louis Stevenson Tennvson
Murchison, and others, illustrate the truth of
this.
HENRY RUssELL's SONG, "A Life on the Ocean
Wave, has been adopted as the royal march of
Britain's marines. Mr.. Russell resides in Lon
don, and is now a very old man. He is the
father of w. Clark Russell, the sea story writer
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Belgrade saws
or eX-Queel Natalie: ''She is no M re a nat
tern mother thar a model wife. Political am
bltlon has completely mastered her. She is
nothing but politician and has little maternal
feeling"
COL MITCHELL, an American member of the
Khedives staff, is in this country on a three
months leave, with the privilege of extending
It. He speaks Germal, Spanish, French. Ital-
ian and Turkish, in addition to a number of the
Bedouin dialects.
ONE of the best portraits of George Eliot now
in existence is TO be found in Geneva The
painting was executed by an artist in whose
family she lived during her student days, and
was by that family presented to the public in
the latter period of her fame.
EDWARD BEII4AMY the author of Looking
Backward is now accused OF having stolen
that popular story almost literally from Vera
Zarovitch. Murat Halsteads paper is the
accuser, and it quotes some strikingly SINH
lar paragraphs TO show that the steal was YER
batim.
HADJI MAHTI presented his credentials TO NJ
Caruot on Saturday as ambassa Tor TO France
from Morocco He was escorted with tue
usual ceremonial, and the sultan had sent N.
Carnot twelve splendid horses which, in rich
harness and each in charge of n negro were
taken 10 the Eiysee gardens.
DURING the summer Bob" Burdette has
been serving as pastor 10 a Baptist church IN
Philadelphia A. the close Of his work they
gave him gold watch inscribed, Presented
q Robert j Burdette by his Baptist fr ends at
Merton square as a token Of gratitude and
esteem, Oct. Q. 1850 ON the outer case is
handsome monogram WITH "R j. b." The
charm was corneiian hound IN gold, aud in
relief the head Of Greek woman